To replace a legacy trade surveillance system, a major hedge fund engaged Caspian One to build an agile, end-to-end kdb+ solution. With £5.4 million in funding and a team of six onsite specialists deployed within three weeks, Caspian One designed, built, and tested a high-performance trade surveillance platform in collaboration with the client’s 100-person global team.

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.

In Poland, a globally acclaimed investment bank needed to address a niche engineering skills gap and diversify its technology teams. We provided a detailed insights report and a flexible pricing model for resource augmentation, scaling to 45 resources within four months, achieving a 20% diversity ratio, and extending the initiative to other regions like Asia and the USA.

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.

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. =

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.

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.

A leading investment bank in Toronto needed a VP of Kdb for their FICC low latency trading team, requiring expertise in kdb, Python, and Java, and a strong financial services background. Caspian One sourced 24 experts, shortlisted 15, and facilitated nine interviews, leading to a successful acquisition. Starting in April 2023, this resource has contributed to core platform solutions and immediately supported business needs, demonstrating our capability to meet complex, specialized hiring demands.

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.

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. 

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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. 

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.

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.