GIPS Consulting

The Challenge: GIPS Compliance Requires More Than Good Intentions

For many Registered Investment Advisors (RIAs), pursuing GIPS® compliance is both a strategic opportunity and an operational challenge. While the benefits are clear — enhanced credibility, institutional appeal, and standardized performance reporting — the path to compliance can quickly overwhelm even well-run firms.

Building and maintaining a GIPS-compliant framework requires in-depth understanding of composite construction, performance calculation methodology, data integrity, documentation standards, and verification preparation — all while continuing to serve clients and manage daily operations. Many firms lack the internal bandwidth or expertise to tackle this process efficiently, particularly during periods of staff transition, platform migration, or rapid growth.

Our Approach: Operational Expertise That Simplifies the Path to Compliance

Pi Consulting Group partners with RIAs to provide hands-on, operationally driven support throughout the GIPS compliance process. With nearly two decades of experience in RIA back-office operations — including reconciliation, performance reporting, data quality, and platform transitions — we bring the structure and discipline needed to move from intent to execution.

We assist firms with:

· Initial Readiness & GAP Assessments: Reviewing current processes and identifying what’s needed to meet GIPS standards, including performance data availability, composite definitions, and internal documentation.

· Composite Construction & Data Validation: Helping define, group, and validate accounts within composites — with a focus on clean, verifiable performance data that stands up to scrutiny.

· Policy & Procedure Development: Drafting firm-specific GIPS policies and procedures that reflect operational reality and align with best practices.

· Performance Report Preparation: Building GIPS-compliant performance presentations, tailored to your firm’s structure, strategy, and reporting needs.

· Verifier Coordination: Serving as the operational liaison during the independent verification process — gathering data, organizing responses, and managing the workflow between your team and the verifier.

· Ongoing Compliance Support: Assisting with annual updates, composite maintenance, and operational enhancements to ensure long-term compliance with minimal disruption.

Our clients value a partner that not only understands GIPS, but understands them — their systems, their staffing models, and their day-to-day operational pressures. That’s where Pi Consulting Group delivers.