Course Description

This course is designed to introduce new users to the Calypso platform, a comprehensive front-to-back technology solution for the financial markets. With over 21 years of experience, Calypso has developed a single platform that can help customers consolidate, innovate, and grow, bringing simplicity to complex business challenges.

Calypso is a front-to-back solution that delivers a single source of truth across the business, enabling quicker decision-making and efficient operational processes. Real-time, workflow-based, open, and cross-asset by design, Calypso provides you with an integrated and open platform to support the front office, middle office, risk, treasury, regulatory compliance, collateral management, securities finance, clearing, margining through to post-trade processing, across cash and derivatives products.

This course covers the Calypso platform's Front Office, Middle Office, and Back Office functions. Participants will gain a comprehensive understanding of how the platform supports trading, processing, risk management, and accounting across the entire trade lifecycle.

By taking this course, participants will gain a basic understanding of the platform's coverage, including trading, processing, risk management, and accounting. The course will provide readers with a solid foundation of knowledge, enabling them to build on their understanding through more in-depth courses later.

Readers will gain knowledge and hands-on experience around the system while being introduced to different aspects and features of the Calypso platform.

Upon successful completion, participants will learn about:

  • Front Office, Middle Office, and Back Office Functions
  • Calypso Platform
  • Calypso Front Office Solution
  • Calypso Middle Office and Risk Management Solution
  • Calypso Back Office Solution
  • Calypso Capability Groups


NOTE: This course aims to provide participants, specifically those with little or no prior Calypso experience, with a comprehensive introduction to the Calypso platform.

Calypso provides a variety of courses on trading and risk management, including Front Office Introduction, Market Risk and Hedge, Collateral Management, and Pricing Sheet.

For more information, kindly visit our portal at: https://km.calypso.com/.


Course curriculum

  • 1

    Introduction to Nasdaq Calypso

    • Overview of Nasdaq Calypso

    • Introduction to Nasdaq Calypso

  • 2

    Introduction to Nasdaq Calypso(Spanish)

    • Introduction to Nasdaq Calypso