@joellewis/settlement-clearing

Guide the understanding and management of trade settlement and clearing processes. Use when designing settlement workflows for T+1 compliance, understanding DTC/NSCC/FICC clearing infrastructure, analyzing continuous net settlement (CNS) netting obligations, setting up institutional trade processing (affirmation, confirmation, allocation, matching), investigating settlement fails and designing fail reduction programs, implementing buy-in procedures under Reg SHO Rule 204, assessing corporate action impact on pending settlements, evaluating DVP/RVP mechanics for institutional deliveries, handling when-issued or as-of trades, or managing settlement bank relationships and intraday liquidity. Also covers FX funding gaps for cross-border T+1 settlement.