Crypto Asset Security
We helped a crypto asset management firm enhance their security controls, maturing 152 ICS controls, carrying out penetration testing and third-party security assessments, and ensuring compliance with their risk appetite, significantly reducing risk exposure and securing Board approval.
OMS Adapters
In November 2023, we enhanced the OMS systems of a European bank by developing a consolidated orderbook adapter for a unified risk view and a FIX adapter for streamlined client order submissions. These enhancements allowed traders to transition smoothly to the new OMS, improving operational continuity and setting the stage for future growth.
MiFID II Cash Equities Technology
To meet stringent MiFID II compliance requirements, a leading global investment bank engaged Caspian One to re-engineer their Cash Equities Technology framework. With a total project funding of £17.3 million, Caspian One deployed a team of 35 specialised consultants to work alongside a 420-person internal department.
Capacity Testing
In 2022, we helped a bank address trade processing delays by implementing a capacity test system for their OMS. The project concluded in August 2023, resolving the delays and ensuring future scalability and operational efficiency, significantly enhancing the bank's ability to handle increasing trade volumes and maintain a competitive edge.
Scaling Technology for a Rapidly Growing Trading Platform
A leading fixed income trading platform approached Caspian One for help scaling its technology infrastructure to support rapid client onboarding. By augmenting their team with top-tier engineering talent, Caspian One ensured that their internal systems remained scalable and reliable, enabling the platform to continue its exponential growth in the competitive trading space.
Strategic Sales Expansion in EMEA
In March of 2024, Caspian One supported a leading US cloud technology company in their strategic expansion across EMEA by securing two senior sales professionals in Germany and Poland. These placements were crucial in driving the company's growth plans in the DACH and Central Eastern Europe regions, positioning them to achieve their ambitious revenue targets for 2024/25.
Vice President - Technology & Cyber Security
In late 2018, a prominent investment bank sought a VP-level Technology & Cyber Risk Specialist for their London office. Caspian One sourced an expert with extensive experience in technology risk management and regulatory compliance. The professional's impactful contributions led to significant enhancements in the bank's cyber risk governance and technology compliance frameworks. Our ongoing support has fostered their growth, with the specialist now serving as Vice President of Technology & Cyber Security, driving critical initiatives and ensuring robust risk management practices.
Implementing kdb
A leading investment bank in Toronto needed to implement Kdb for the first time to enhance its FICC Low Latency Trading technology. Caspian One secured a project lead and built a robust team around them, two specialist resources including a VP of Kdb. This team has successfully integrated kdb, enhancing the bank's trading operations with faster and more efficient services. This strategic change has significantly boosted banks' market responsiveness and competitive edge.
Global Data Storage Lead to Director
In early 2018, a leading investment bank needed a VP-level Global Storage Lead for their London office. Caspian One acquired for the bank, an exceptional expert who brought extensive experience in data migration and storage solutions. Their exceptional performance earned them a promotion to Director within two years. Our continued support has ensured resource growth and success, enabling them to drive the bank's storage strategy, manage a global team, and execute significant projects, enhancing operational efficiency and technological advancement.
AWS, Cloud-Centric Deployment
We helped a global hedge fund migrate to AWS Cloud by empowering their development team with new tools, building a scalable platform, and overcoming security concerns and project challenges, ensuring a smooth and efficient transition.
Derivatives Trading Platform
In 2018, we modernised a 20+ year old derivatives trading platform for one of Canada's top financial institutions. This involved decommissioning the current platform, modernizing the bank's XVA systems, and redeveloping the new platform from design to development, delivered under tight budget constraints.
DevOps POD Build for Digital Asset Management Firm
Caspian One supported a Hong Kong-based digital asset management firm in scaling a DevOps team in London to build their core platform, implement monitoring and logging, and enhance automation. Starting with the appointment of a new Managing Director of DevOps, we rapidly sourced and built a team of eight skilled professionals.
Dynamics and Power Platform SME Placement
A global investment management firm sought to expand their Enterprise Solutions team with a Dynamics 365 and Power Platform expert. They partnered with Caspian One, who quickly sourced and placed a highly skilled consultant. This expert helped the firm enhance reporting, automate processes, and empower their business units to become more self-sufficient, driving innovation across the organisation.
Keeping DevOps and Engineering on Track for a Global Reinsurance Firm
Caspian One partnered with a leading global reinsurance firm to deliver managed services across Azure DevOps and Cloud Engineering. Faced with IR35 concerns and internal restructuring, Caspian One adapted the existing team to maintain compliance while continuing to deliver on key infrastructure projects. Their expert management ensured consistent progress and valuable outcomes, despite the firm’s shifting priorities.
Fortifying IT Security for a Leading Canadian Bank
In early 2024, we revamped the outdated IT security systems of a major Canadian bank. Our expert team upgraded data transfers from FTP to SFTP and resolved critical security vulnerabilities. By January 2025, the project will have eliminated all critical security risks and threats for the bank.
Optimising Trading Risk Technology for a Leading Investment Bank
For nearly a decade, Caspian One has partnered with a top American investment bank to provide complex trading technology services. In 2022, we secured a critical Risk Viewer project by outshining nine other vendors. Our team enhanced the platform's performance, ensuring a smoother trading process and demonstrating our commitment to quality and cost-effectiveness.
Driving High-Performance Time-Series Analytics
We optimised a partner's PySpark benchmark and developed PyKX-based Spark examples, achieving a 10x performance improvement in time-series analytics and reducing TCO, enabling the partner to showcase significant efficiency gains.
Rescuing a Global Transaction Monitoring Platform for Real-Time Risk Management
A leading German investment bank turned to Caspian One to save a high-stakes, £66 million global transaction monitoring platform that had been failing for over two years. Within three months, Caspian One's team was able to deliver initial ROI by capturing and reporting on 80% of GTB risk data.
Bringing State-of-the-Art Prime Brokerage to the US Market
Caspian One collaborated to build a new system for a bank's Global Prime Brokerage business. This 5-year initiative focused on development, automation, and database optimisation while integrating multiple vendor systems and migrating the current Canadian platform, ensuring seamless integration and improved efficiency.
Libor Transition: Enabling Stability Through Financial Change
A prominent financial institution in Canada proactively tackled the Libor transition through a multi-year program led by an expert Program Manager. This initiative developed strategic plans, updated and digitized 50,000+ systems, and remediated documentation, ensuring a smooth transition.