Our Expertise

First Derivatives understands the value of exceptional expertise to our clients. Our background is steeped in Vendor Professional Services. Our executive and senior management have all held significant leadership roles on the Vendor Side with the markets top leading trading, risk and processing applications providing our clients with the proven guidance required for their system implementation and support.

We have over 15 years of supplying implementation and support services to the world’s leading financial institutions on the choice and usage of vendor applications. We are not only experts in our field, but we have an expert methodology in place to ensure that our clients get the best advice. Our Vendor Services team is dedicated to giving you the best possible service in line with your expectations and requirements.

Our vendor capabilities draw on First Derivatives' global large Capital Markets Consultancy practice which is growing to over 400+ consultants together with our knowledge management tools.

First Derivatives is a highly referenceable global organization with a distinguished reputation in providing services which span across the client engagement.

Calypso Expertise

Our senior management has held senior roles within Calypso including the management of Professional Services Operations for Calypso in EMEA (Europe, Middle East & Africa) and APAC (Asia Pacific). This multi-cultural and global expertise has been drawn from a distinguished background in Business Analysis and Project Management which adds value to our clients program and steering management. Our management has worked side by side with our clients to set the technology and implementation vision with our clients stakeholders to ensure they derive utmost value from their strategic investment.

Together with our Calypso Implementation & Support Services Team, we have an 8 year+ established background on Calypso with top financial institutions including providing full services and resourcing from the initial assessment of vendor systems, the de-commissioning of legacy systems, implementation, production support, upgrades through to vital ongoing consultative analysis of the system.

First Derivatives have also established a commanding expertise in the implementation of Calypso Fast Track which accelerates the time to market for the Calypso solution. The company is focused upon consolidating and expanding our well established experience in providing full lifecycle services with the directive of steering our clients towards long term stability of usage in relation to their 3rd party systems.