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The firm outlined compliance and business needs, Sequel Studio led User Interface/User Experience (UI/UX) design, and Kadabra’s team—project managers, architects, developers, QA, and DevOps specialists—drove the technical build, ensuring a seamless launch with ongoing support.
A leading investment firm, managing $109 billion in assets since the 1800s, teamed up with Sequel Studio and us to revamp its financial portal using Drupal. The project aimed to create a compliant, fast, and visually engaging platform with real-time market data displays. Drupal’s flexibility delivered a secure, user-friendly solution, boosting engagement by 35% and cutting load times by over 50%, with ongoing support enhancing its impact.
About the project
The firm’s existing portal struggled with slow performance, outdated design, and limited compliance with financial regulations, hindering user engagement. Goals were to ensure SEC compliance, improve speed, enhance visual appeal with dynamic data displays, and boost interaction through an intuitive interface.
Requirements included secure data handling, interactive forms and graphs for market data, and a modern design aligned with the brand. A thorough discovery phase with stakeholders shaped a user-centric solution, validated by the client. Our Managed Team—project managers, architects, developers, QA, and DevOps experts—partnered with Sequel Studio to build a platform with streamlined navigation and real-time features. The result was a compliant portal with load times reduced from 6 seconds to 1.8 seconds, a 35% rise in engagement, and enthusiastic user feedback, delivered on schedule.
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50% reduction in load times (from 6 to 1.8 seconds)
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35% increase in user engagement
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94/100 PageSpeed score on desktop
Drupal turned our portal into a secure, dynamic hub that delights our users.
Why Drupal was chosen
Drupal was selected for its robust security and scalability, perfect for meeting SEC compliance and handling real-time data in a financial setting. Its open-source nature allowed for tailored features and community-driven updates, ensuring a modern, adaptable platform that empowered editors without technical expertise, all within a tight timeline.
The work had a high level of technical complexity, not the least of which was compliance with the SEC (U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission) regulations.
Because it was Sequel, we knew the project would be enormous. We ran a six-week discovery phase to identify everything that needed to be done to complete the project, which would include designing the Drupal architecture to align with the client’s business model. The results of our evaluation showed us we would need 3,000 hours to complete everything. We had five months to get it done.
Technical Specifications
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These were chosen to provide secure, easy-to-use content tools, dynamic displays for market insights, and modern design elements—focusing on compliance, speed, and user appeal to meet the firm’s regulatory and engagement goals without technical complexity.
