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Account Maintenancejoellewis/finance_skillsProcess account maintenance requests across the account lifecycle. Use when changing a client address or contact info with identity verification, updating beneficiary designations after marriage, divorce, birth, or death, re-registering or re-titling an account to a trust or new entity, selecting tax lot methods or fixing cost basis records, applying legal or compliance holds or Reg T freezes, setting up systematic withdrawals or standing instructions, processing a death notification and estate account setup, handling a QDRO, power of attorney, or guardianship, closing accounts and managing escheatment, or designing data quality review programs.02Account Opening Compliancejoellewis/finance_skillsEmbed compliance controls into account opening and verify regulatory readiness. Use when designing CIP/KYC identity verification gates, implementing OFAC and sanctions screening at onboarding, collecting beneficial ownership certification for entity or trust accounts, building risk-based approval tiers that route applications by risk level, defining compliance screening requirements and exception tracking, adding senior investor protections (FINRA Rules 2165/4512) or trusted contact procedures, establishing CDD risk ratings and ongoing monitoring triggers, or preparing account opening procedures for SEC or FINRA examination. For the operational pipeline these controls plug into, see account-opening-workflow.02Account Opening Workflowjoellewis/finance_skillsDesign and operate back-office account opening pipelines from application intake through custodian submission and activation. Use when building account opening automation, reducing NIGO rejection rates from custodians or clearing firms, defining document requirements for trusts, entities, IRAs, or estate accounts, setting up multi-custodian account opening across Schwab, Fidelity, or Pershing, troubleshooting account opening failures or processing delays, or benchmarking cycle times and first-submission acceptance rates. For risk-based approval tiers and compliance screening requirements, see account-opening-compliance.02Account Transfersjoellewis/finance_skillsProcess and manage account transfers between and within financial institutions. Use when handling full or partial ACAT transfers between broker-dealers, troubleshooting ACAT rejection codes or FINRA Rule 11870 timelines, setting up non-ACAT transfers (Fund/SERV, DTC free delivery, physical certificates), processing internal journal entries, handling retirement rollovers or Roth conversions with proper tax reporting, transferring cost basis under IRC Section 6045A, moving decedent assets to beneficiaries with date-of-death step-up, or reconciling residual credits and fractional shares after transfer completion.02Advertising Compliancejoellewis/finance_skillsEnsure investment advertising and marketing materials comply with SEC Marketing Rule and FINRA Rule 2210. Use when the user asks about performance advertising, showing backtested or hypothetical returns, net vs gross performance presentation, client testimonials or endorsements in marketing, social media posts by advisers or reps, third-party ratings in pitchbooks, or advertising recordkeeping. Also trigger when users mention 'can we show this track record', 'pitchbook compliance review', 'marketing rule violations', 'cherry-picking performance periods', 'predecessor performance portability', 'extracted performance', or ask whether a website, one-pager, or presentation needs compliance approval.01Advice Standardsjoellewis/finance_skillsDetermine when a product, platform, or communication crosses the regulatory line from education into investment advice requiring investment adviser registration. Use when the user asks about the definition of investment advice under Advisers Act Section 202(a)(11), whether a fintech feature or AI chatbot constitutes advice, the publisher's exclusion for newsletters or model portfolios, the broker-dealer solely incidental exclusion, adviser registration thresholds and exemptions, or DOL education vs advice safe harbors. Also trigger when users ask 'do I need to register as an investment adviser', 'does this app give investment advice', 'is this tool just education or advice', 'robo-adviser registration', or 'disclaimer language for financial content'. (For what triggers a 'recommendation' under Reg BI, use reg-bi.)01Advisor Dashboardsjoellewis/finance_skillsDesign, build, and optimize dashboards for RIA practice management with AUM tracking, revenue analytics, and KPI frameworks. Use when the user asks about tracking firm-level metrics, monitoring advisor productivity, measuring organic growth rate, analyzing client retention and attrition, building executive or branch manager views, setting up exception alerts for NIGO and operational items, benchmarking against industry peers, or designing role-based dashboard access. Also trigger when users mention 'how is the practice doing', 'revenue per advisor', 'client attrition', 'net new assets', 'effective fee rate', 'practice benchmarking', 'AUM growth decomposition', or 'advisor capacity'.02Alternativesjoellewis/finance_skillsAnalyze alternative investments including hedge funds, private equity, and venture capital. Use when the user asks about hedge fund strategies (long/short, macro, event-driven), PE or VC performance metrics (IRR, TVPI, DPI), fee structures ('2-and-20', carry, hurdle rates), the J-curve effect, illiquidity premiums, lock-up periods, or hedge fund replication. Also trigger when users mention 'managed futures', 'CTA', 'fund of funds', 'vintage year', 'capital calls', 'distributions', 'carried interest', or ask how to evaluate an alternative investment manager.01Anti Money Launderingjoellewis/finance_skillsGuide BSA/AML compliance program design, ongoing transaction monitoring, and FinCEN reporting for broker-dealers, banks, and investment advisers. Use when the user asks about suspicious activity reports, currency transaction reports, OFAC screening, structuring detection, ongoing risk-rating reviews and escalation, or FinCEN requirements. Also trigger when users mention 'large cash deposit', 'sanctions check', 'money laundering red flags', 'unusual transaction patterns', 'wire to a foreign country', 'SDN list', 'tipping off a client about a SAR', 'AML audit', 'correspondent account due diligence', or ask whether a transaction needs to be reported. (For onboarding identity verification, CIP/CDD, beneficial ownership, and initial customer risk rating, use know-your-customer.)01Asset Allocationjoellewis/finance_skillsDetermine how to distribute capital across asset classes using strategic and tactical allocation frameworks. Use when the user asks about portfolio allocation, mean-variance optimization, Black-Litterman, risk parity, glide paths, or target-date strategies. Also trigger when users mention 'how much in stocks vs bonds', '60/40 portfolio', 'policy portfolio', 'core-satellite', 'liability-driven investing', 'asset-liability matching', or ask how to split their money across investments.02Bet Sizingjoellewis/finance_skillsDetermine how much capital to allocate to individual positions within a portfolio. Use when the user asks about position sizing, the Kelly criterion, fractional Kelly, risk budgeting, or conviction weighting. Also trigger when users mention 'how much to put in one stock', 'maximum position size', 'how concentrated should my portfolio be', 'number of holdings', 'VaR budget per position', 'how big a bet', or ask about scaling position sizes with volatility.02Books And Recordsjoellewis/finance_skillsGuide the design and maintenance of recordkeeping programs under SEC Rules 17a-3, 17a-4, and 204-2. Use when the user asks about document retention schedules, how long to keep trade records or customer complaints, WORM storage requirements, email or text message archiving, social media capture, BYOD compliance policies, or electronic storage audit trails. Also trigger when users mention 'we got an exam request for records', 'migrating to a new archiving vendor', 'blotter retention', 'order ticket requirements', 'off-channel communications', 'WhatsApp archiving', or ask how long specific records must be kept.02Client Disclosuresjoellewis/finance_skillsGuide which client disclosure documents must exist, what each must contain, and when and how they must be delivered to clients of investment advisers and broker-dealers. Use when the user asks about Form ADV Part 2A or 2B content, Form CRS content and delivery, prospectus delivery obligations, privacy notice delivery, trade confirmation timing, account statement distribution, electronic vs paper delivery compliance, or the content and client-delivery side of the annual brochure update. Also trigger when users mention 'onboarding document checklist', 'what disclosures do we owe new clients', 'brochure supplement for a new adviser', or 'CRS conversation starters'. (For filing mechanics and regulatory deadlines — IARD amendments, Form PF, 13F — use regulatory-reporting; for whether fee disclosure content is adequate, use fee-disclosure.)01Client Onboardingjoellewis/finance_skillsDesign and implement end-to-end client onboarding workflows from prospect intake through funded account, covering KYC verification, document collection, e-signature, and custodian submission. Use when the user asks about building a digital onboarding flow, integrating identity verification or CIP checks, reducing NIGO rejection rates, opening complex account types like trusts or entities, connecting to custodian APIs, designing suitability questionnaires, or comparing advisor-assisted vs self-service models. Also trigger when users mention 'new account opening', 'onboarding bottleneck', 'KYC integration', 'beneficial ownership', 'OFAC screening', 'account funding', or 'onboarding automation'.02Client Reporting Deliveryjoellewis/finance_skillsDesign, generate, and deliver client performance reports across all channels, covering quarterly reports, tax reporting, portal integration, and compliance review. Use when the user asks about building or redesigning report templates, choosing what to include in quarterly or annual client reports, transitioning from print to digital delivery, integrating a client portal, presenting net-of-fee performance with benchmarks, managing report production timelines, or handling e-delivery consent. Also trigger when users mention 'client reporting', 'quarterly performance report', 'report customization', 'tax lot report', '1099 supplement', 'report disclaimers', 'UHNW reporting', or 'report QA process'.02Client Review Prepjoellewis/finance_skillsPrepare advisors for client review meetings by assembling context packages, performance summaries, drift analysis, talking points, and meeting agendas. Use when the user asks about preparing for a client review, building a pre-meeting checklist, generating talking points for an upcoming meeting, identifying allocation drift before a review, automating review prep workflows, or assembling a meeting package with exhibits. Also trigger when users mention 'client meeting prep', 'review preparation', 'what should I discuss with my client', 'proactive recommendations', 'life event triggered review', 'meeting agenda', or 'compliance pre-check before review'.01Commoditiesjoellewis/finance_skillsAnalyze commodity markets including futures curve dynamics, roll yield, and supply/demand fundamentals. Use when the user asks about commodity investing, commodity ETFs, contango, backwardation, roll yield, commodity indices (GSCI, BCOM), or commodities as an inflation hedge. Also trigger when users mention 'oil prices', 'gold as a safe haven', 'agricultural futures', 'convenience yield', 'storage costs', 'natural gas', 'copper demand', or ask why commodity ETF returns differ from spot price changes.02Conflicts Of Interestjoellewis/finance_skillsIdentify, disclose, and mitigate conflicts of interest in advisory and brokerage relationships under Reg BI and fiduciary duty. Use when the user asks about compensation-based conflicts, proprietary product incentives, revenue sharing disclosure, principal trading consent, soft dollar arrangements, pay-to-play restrictions, gifts and entertainment limits, personal trading policies, or code of ethics requirements. Also trigger when users mention 'is this a conflict', 'recommending our own funds', 'higher payout on annuities', 'outside business activity conflicts', 'allocation fairness across accounts', 'political contribution to a pension board member', or ask how to disclose or eliminate a conflict.01Corporate Actionsjoellewis/finance_skillsProcess and manage corporate actions from announcement through settlement. Use when handling dividends, stock splits, reverse splits, mergers, or spin-offs, managing voluntary elections for tender offers, rights offerings, or exchange offers, calculating record date and ex-date entitlements under T+1 settlement, collecting and submitting elections to DTC or custodians, handling fractional shares and proration for reorganization events, adjusting cost basis and tax lots after events, reconciling expected entitlements against actual receipts, or investigating missed or incorrectly processed corporate actions.02Counterparty Riskjoellewis/finance_skillsGuide counterparty credit risk measurement and management for OTC and securities trading, organized around three workflows: assessing a new counterparty, responding to a credit-deterioration event, and executing a default close-out. Use when measuring current or potential future exposure to a counterparty, setting or reviewing counterparty credit limits, evaluating ISDA Master Agreement netting and close-out mechanics, designing CSA collateral terms or uncleared margin compliance (VM/IM, SIMM), assessing central clearing mandates under Dodd-Frank or EMIR and CCP default waterfalls, monitoring creditworthiness via CDS spreads or ratings, quantifying wrong-way risk, or computing EAD, SA-CCR, and CVA. For Reg T and FINRA Rule 4210 brokerage margin see margin-operations; for settlement risk, DVP, and CLS see settlement-clearing.02Crm Client Lifecyclejoellewis/finance_skillsDesign and optimize CRM systems and client lifecycle workflows for advisory firms, covering segmentation, household management, service tiers, and retention analytics. Use when the user asks about client segmentation models, building household structures, defining service tier SLAs, scheduling reviews, tracking lifecycle stages from prospect through estate, identifying at-risk clients, analyzing wallet share, consolidating held-away assets, or evaluating CRM platforms. Also trigger when users mention 'client segmentation', 'retention risk', 'at-risk clients', 'household linking', 'multi-generational', 'service tiers', 'Redtail', 'Wealthbox', 'Salesforce for advisors', 'referral tracking', or 'contact gap'.01Currencies And Fxjoellewis/finance_skillsAnalyze currency markets, exchange rate mechanics, and FX risk management for international portfolios. Use when the user asks about exchange rates, FX hedging, interest rate parity, carry trades, forward premiums, cross rates, or currency overlay programs. Also trigger when users mention 'strong dollar', 'weak euro', 'hedging foreign stocks', 'purchasing power parity', 'currency risk in my portfolio', 'EUR/USD', 'yen carry trade', or ask whether to hedge international investments.02Data Qualityjoellewis/finance_skillsDesign and operate data quality programs for financial data — validation rules, pricing validation, data lineage, exception management, profiling, and governance. Use when building validation rules for pricing or client data pipelines, detecting stale prices, designing a data quality monitoring framework, calibrating validation thresholds, implementing data lineage for BCBS 239 or MiFID II, investigating reconciliation breaks or billing errors traced to bad data, preparing for regulatory exams on data accuracy, building data quality scorecards, or defining data stewardship roles. Trigger on: data quality, pricing validation, stale prices, data lineage, data validation, data profiling, exception management, data governance, BCBS 239, data completeness, data accuracy, validation rules, data anomaly, data stewardship, data quality scorecard.01Debt Managementjoellewis/finance_skillsProvide frameworks for managing and paying off personal debt effectively. Use when the user asks about debt payoff strategies (avalanche vs snowball), refinancing decisions, debt consolidation, debt-to-income ratios, or the opportunity cost of paying off debt vs investing. Also trigger when users mention 'which debt to pay first', 'should I refinance', 'credit card debt', 'student loan payoff', 'DTI for mortgage', 'balance transfer', 'good debt vs bad debt', or ask how to get out of debt faster.02Digital Assetsjoellewis/finance_skillsAnalyze digital assets including cryptocurrency fundamentals, blockchain mechanics, DeFi protocols, and on-chain metrics. Use when the user asks about crypto investing, Bitcoin, Ethereum, staking yields, DeFi lending, impermanent loss, or on-chain valuation metrics. Also trigger when users mention 'blockchain', 'proof of stake', 'proof of work', 'smart contracts', 'NFTs', 'stablecoins', 'NVT ratio', 'TVL', 'crypto portfolio allocation', 'halving', or ask about risks and returns of cryptocurrency.01Diversificationjoellewis/finance_skillsBuild diversified portfolios using correlation analysis, efficient frontier construction, and factor-based diversification. Use when the user asks about portfolio variance, correlation effects, the efficient frontier, minimum variance portfolios, diversification ratios, or factor diversification. Also trigger when users mention 'don't put all eggs in one basket', 'how many stocks do I need', 'correlation breakdown in a crisis', 'are my holdings really diversified', 'risk contributions', or ask why diversification fails during market crashes.02Emergency Fundjoellewis/finance_skillsSize and structure an emergency fund based on individual circumstances, income stability, and expense profile. Use when the user asks about emergency fund sizing, how many months of expenses to save, where to keep emergency savings, or tiered fund structures. Also trigger when users mention 'rainy day fund', 'how much cash should I keep', 'high-yield savings account', 'money market fund', 'freelancer cash reserve', 'variable income buffer', or ask what counts as an emergency expense.02Equitiesjoellewis/finance_skillsAnalyze equity securities, factor models, and equity portfolio construction. Use when the user asks about stocks, equity valuation ratios, index construction methods, or style analysis. Also trigger when users mention 'P/E ratio', 'growth vs value', 'market cap weighting', 'sector allocation', 'GICS classification', 'earnings per share', 'Fama-French factors', 'CAPM', 'dividend yield', 'PEG ratio', 'EV/EBITDA', or ask which factors explain equity returns.02Examination Readinessjoellewis/finance_skillsPrepare for and respond to SEC and FINRA regulatory examinations across the full exam lifecycle. Use when the user asks about exam notification letters, document request lists, deficiency letter responses, mock examination programs, annual compliance reviews under Rule 206(4)-7, or SEC/FINRA examination priorities. Also trigger when users mention 'we just got an exam letter', 'preparing for our first SEC exam', 'how to respond to a deficiency finding', 'staff interview preparation', 'what does OCIE look for', 'examination readiness checklist', 'sweep exam on off-channel comms', or ask what to expect during a regulatory audit.03Exchange Connectivityjoellewis/finance_skillsGuide the design and management of trading venue connectivity and market data infrastructure. Owns the FIX session layer (logon, heartbeats, sequence number gaps, resend and gap recovery, disconnects). Use when building or troubleshooting FIX sessions for order routing or drop copy, integrating exchange protocols like OUCH, ITCH, PITCH, or Pillar, designing market data feed architecture (consolidated SIP vs direct feeds), handling trading halts or circuit breakers or LULD bands, planning co-location or failover and disaster recovery for exchange connectivity, implementing Rule 15c3-5 market access controls, or mapping symbology across venues and data sources. For order state machines and execution-report handling see order-lifecycle.02Fee Billingjoellewis/finance_skillsBuild and manage advisory fee billing operations from fee schedule design through calculation, collection, revenue recognition, and compliance disclosure. Use when the user asks about tiered or breakpoint fee schedules, billing cycle configuration, AUM valuation for billing, direct-debit vs invoice collection, GAAP revenue recognition for fees, ADV Part 2A or Reg BI fee disclosure, diagnosing billing exceptions or refunds, migrating from spreadsheet billing to automated systems, or forecasting advisory revenue. Also trigger when users mention 'fee calculation', 'billing engine', 'effective fee rate', 'household billing aggregation', 'mid-period adjustment', 'billing in advance vs arrears', 'fee compression', or 'ERISA 408(b)(2)'.02Fee Disclosurejoellewis/finance_skillsEvaluate whether the substance of fee and cost disclosures is complete, accurate, and not misleading across advisory, brokerage, fund, and retirement plan contexts. Use when the user asks whether Form ADV Item 5 fee content is adequate, prospectus fee table format, Reg BI cost disclosure content, 12b-1 fee transparency, revenue sharing arrangements, wrap fee program cost-effectiveness, or ERISA 408(b)(2)/404a-5 fee disclosure content. Also trigger when users mention 'hidden fees', 'total cost to the client', 'are we disclosing all layers of fees', 'expense ratio comparison', 'fee billing in advance vs arrears', 'share class selection', or 'indirect compensation'. (For which disclosure documents must exist and when they are delivered, use client-disclosures.)01Fiduciary Standardsjoellewis/finance_skillsApply the investment adviser fiduciary duty (IA Act Section 206), ERISA fiduciary standards, the DOL fiduciary rule and PTE 2020-02, and state fiduciary rules. Use when the user asks whether a fiduciary standard applies, what the duty of care and duty of loyalty require of an adviser, ERISA Section 404 prudent expert obligations, PTE 2020-02 rollover exemption conditions, DOL fiduciary rulemaking status, or state-level fiduciary developments. Also trigger when users mention 'are we a fiduciary here', 'retirement plan adviser obligations', 'DOL fiduciary rule', or 'dual registrant hat switching' from the adviser side. (For the broker-dealer best-interest standard and the canonical Reg BI vs fiduciary comparison, use reg-bi.)01Finance Psychologyjoellewis/finance_skillsRecognize and mitigate cognitive biases that impair financial decisions, and coach clients toward values-driven financial lives. Use when the user asks about behavioral finance, money psychology, loss aversion, overconfidence, herd behavior, or emotional investing. Also trigger when users mention 'why do I panic sell', 'money fights with my spouse', 'I can never save enough', 'fear of investing', 'lifestyle creep', 'keeping up with the Joneses', 'Rich Life', 'money scripts', or ask how emotions affect financial decisions.01Financial Planning Integrationjoellewis/finance_skillsIntegrate financial planning engines with the advisor technology stack — data flows between planning tools, CRM, PMS, custodians, and aggregation platforms; capital market assumption (CMA) governance and synchronization; plan-to-IPS-to-model linkage; and governed tax reference parameters in planning tools. Use when the user asks about connecting eMoney, MoneyGuidePro, or RightCapital to CRM or portfolio systems, eliminating manual re-entry between systems, keeping plan and portfolio assumptions consistent, mapping plan outputs (required return, risk capacity, withdrawal schedule) into the IPS and model assignment, or establishing plan update cadence and data-freshness rules. Also trigger on 'plan-to-IPS linkage', 'assumption synchronization', 'CMA governance', or 'planning tool integration'. For planning methodology itself — Monte Carlo modeling, Roth conversion strategy, Social Security claiming, retirement projections — use financial-planning-workflow instead.01Financial Planning Workflowjoellewis/finance_skillsOrchestrate the advisor workflow for assembling and delivering a comprehensive financial plan — data gathering, cash flow analysis, retirement modeling, Monte Carlo analysis, Roth conversion and withdrawal sequencing, Social Security claiming strategy, education and estate goals, scenario modeling, and prioritized recommendations. Use when the user asks about building a financial plan, structuring a planning engagement, retirement or Social Security modeling, Roth conversion strategy, scenario analysis, prioritizing competing recommendations, preparing a plan presentation, or deciding when a plan needs updating. Also trigger on 'comprehensive financial plan', 'discovery meeting', 'retirement modeling', 'Monte Carlo', 'Roth conversion', 'Social Security claiming', 'savings rate', or 'is my client on track'. For planning-tool data flows, capital market assumption governance, or connecting planning software to CRM/PMS, use financial-planning-integration instead.01Fixed Income Corporatejoellewis/finance_skillsAnalyze corporate bonds and credit instruments including investment grade and high yield debt. Use when the user asks about corporate bonds, credit spreads (OAS, Z-spread, G-spread), credit ratings, default probabilities, callable bonds, or private credit. Also trigger when users mention 'junk bonds', 'fallen angel', 'yield-to-worst', 'covenant analysis', 'CDS spreads', 'recovery rates', 'direct lending', 'mezzanine debt', 'BBB downgrade risk', or ask how to evaluate corporate credit risk.02Fixed Income Municipaljoellewis/finance_skillsAnalyze municipal bonds including tax-equivalent yield calculations, GO vs revenue bond evaluation, and muni credit analysis. Use when the user asks about municipal bonds, tax-exempt income, tax-equivalent yield, AMT bonds, callable bonds, yield-to-worst on munis, or muni credit quality. Also trigger when users mention 'muni bonds', 'tax-free bonds', 'state tax exemption', 'general obligation', 'revenue bonds', 'Build America Bonds', 'muni yield ratio', 'de minimis rule', or ask whether munis make sense for their tax bracket.02Fixed Income Sovereignjoellewis/finance_skillsAnalyze US Treasury securities and interest rate risk: bond pricing, yield curve construction, duration, convexity, TIPS, and forward/spot rate analysis. Use when the user asks about Treasury bonds, yield curve construction, interest rate risk, duration, convexity, TIPS, or breakeven inflation rates. Also trigger when users mention 'T-bills', 'T-notes', 'bond pricing', 'yield to maturity', 'inverted yield curve', 'forward rates', 'spot rates', 'DV01', 'real yields', or ask how bonds react to interest rate changes.02Fixed Income Structuredjoellewis/finance_skillsAnalyze structured fixed income products including mortgage-backed securities, asset-backed securities, and CLOs. Use when the user asks about MBS, ABS, CLOs, CDOs, prepayment risk, tranching, or waterfall structures. Also trigger when users mention 'mortgage bonds', 'agency MBS', 'pass-through securities', 'PSA prepayment speed', 'negative convexity', 'extension risk', 'contraction risk', 'CMO tranches', 'securitization', or ask how structured products redistribute credit and prepayment risk.02Forward Riskjoellewis/finance_skillsEstimate potential future losses using VaR, Expected Shortfall, Monte Carlo simulation, and stress testing. Use when the user asks about Value-at-Risk, CVaR, Expected Shortfall, scenario analysis, stress testing, or factor-based risk decomposition. Also trigger when users mention 'how much could I lose', 'worst-case scenario', 'tail risk', 'risk budget', 'component VaR', 'marginal VaR', '99% confidence loss', 'Monte Carlo simulation', or ask how to project portfolio risk forward.02Fund Vehiclesjoellewis/finance_skillsCompare and select investment vehicles including mutual funds, ETFs, index funds, and separately managed accounts. Use when the user asks about ETF vs mutual fund, expense ratios, fund tax efficiency, ETF creation/redemption, tracking error, or share class comparisons. Also trigger when users mention 'which fund should I buy', 'Vanguard vs Fidelity', 'index fund costs', '12b-1 fees', 'load vs no-load', 'SMA vs ETF', 'fund turnover ratio', 'securities lending', or ask how fees compound over time.02Gips Compliancejoellewis/finance_skillsEnsure firms claiming GIPS compliance under the CFA Institute Global Investment Performance Standards satisfy requirements for composite construction, performance calculation, presentation, and verification. Use when the user asks about building composites, time-weighted return calculation under GIPS, GIPS Reports and pooled fund reports, error correction policies, wrap fee or SMA program performance under GIPS, GIPS verification, or GIPS advertising guidelines. Also trigger when users mention 'claiming GIPS compliance', 'composite membership rules', 'terminated portfolio returns', 'gross vs net of fees under GIPS', or 'GIPS verification findings'. (For SEC Marketing Rule and FINRA 2210 regulatory compliance of marketing materials, use advertising-compliance.)02Historical Riskjoellewis/finance_skillsQuantify realized risk from historical data using volatility estimators, drawdown analysis, and downside risk metrics. Use when the user asks about historical volatility, maximum drawdown, drawdown duration, historical VaR, downside deviation, semi-variance, or tracking error. Also trigger when users mention 'how risky has this been', 'worst decline', 'Parkinson estimator', 'Yang-Zhang', 'peak-to-trough loss', 'recovery time', 'annualized volatility', or ask how to measure past investment risk.02Integration Patternsjoellewis/finance_skillsDesign and implement integration architectures connecting financial systems — APIs, FIX protocol, ISO 20022, event-driven patterns, batch feeds, idempotency, and resilience. Use when building custodian integration pipelines, implementing FIX connectivity for order routing, designing ISO 20022 or SWIFT migration messaging, building batch file processing for custodian feeds or EOD reconciliation, implementing idempotency for transaction APIs, designing retry or circuit breaker patterns, mapping data between systems with different schemas, or troubleshooting integration failures causing recon breaks. Trigger on: FIX protocol, ISO 20022, custodian feed, batch processing, API design, idempotency, circuit breaker, dead letter queue, data mapping, integration architecture, SWIFT migration, mTLS, file feed, event-driven, message broker.02Investment Policyjoellewis/finance_skillsConstruct comprehensive Investment Policy Statements governing return objectives, risk tolerance, and portfolio constraints. Use when the user asks about building an IPS, setting return objectives, assessing risk tolerance, defining investment constraints, or establishing rebalancing and benchmark policies. Also trigger when users mention 'investment plan', 'policy portfolio', 'risk capacity vs willingness', 'spending rate for an endowment', 'foundation payout', 'manager selection criteria', or ask how to document their investment strategy.01Investment Suitabilityjoellewis/finance_skillsAssess investment suitability obligations under FINRA Rules 2111 and 2090 across all three suitability prongs. Use when the user asks about reasonable-basis, customer-specific, or quantitative suitability, product-specific concerns for complex products, leveraged ETFs, variable annuities, or alternatives, household-level suitability and concentration analysis, hold recommendations, or the institutional suitability exemption. Also trigger when users mention 'is this investment suitable', 'suitability questionnaire design', 'complex product due diligence', 'concentrated position in a client account', 'customer refused to provide their risk tolerance', or ask whether a recommendation fits a customer's profile. (For churning, turnover-ratio, and excessive-trading enforcement triggers, use sales-practices.)01Know Your Customerjoellewis/finance_skillsGuide customer onboarding identification, due diligence, and profile maintenance under FINRA Rule 2090, the CIP rules, and the FinCEN CDD Rule. Use when the user asks about onboarding identity verification, beneficial ownership collection for entity accounts, enhanced due diligence for PEPs or high-risk customers at account opening, assigning the initial customer risk rating, KYC refresh triggers, or documentary vs non-documentary verification. Also trigger when users mention 'account opening requirements', 'who is the beneficial owner', 'new client identity check', 'how often to update KYC', 'essential facts for the account', 'foreign customer onboarding', or ask what information must be gathered before opening an account. (For ongoing transaction monitoring, SAR filing, and surveillance-driven risk re-rating, use anti-money-laundering.)01
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