LONDON – December 4, 2019 – Nomura, Asia’s global investment bank, has selected Pico, a leading provider of technology services for the financial markets community globally, to build, host and manage a new platform supporting its latest innovation programs in foreign exchange (FX) and rates trading businesses.
Singapore-based EDBI named as Pico investor and strategic partner
– Pico will benefit from the fund’s strong regional expertise and value creation abilities to propel its Asia Pacific growth –
NEW YORK, NY – November 13, 2019 – Pico, a leading provider of technology-as-a-service for the financial markets community globally, today announced that EDBI, a global Asian-based Investor, is now a Pico investor and strategic partner.
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Pico Introduces First Pure Optical Backbone Network Connecting Key Financial Market Data Centers in New Jersey
Capable of delivering up to 10Tbps of backbone capacity and 100Gbps of client access capacity
New York, London: October 8, 2019 ‒ Pico, a leading provider of technology services for the financial markets community globally, is pleased to announce the launch of an optical dark-fiber network with capacity of up to ten terabits per second (Tbps), initially connecting Wall Street liquidity centers Equinix NY4 (Secaucus), Nasdaq (Carteret), Intercontinental Exchange NYSE (Mahwah), and Cyxtera NJ2 (Weehawken).
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Pico Announces New Managed Hosting Services at Borsa Italiana
Delivering low-latency hosting services with direct connectivity in the exchange colocation facility
New York, London, Milan – October 1, 2019 – Pico, a leading provider of technology services for the financial markets community globally, today announced the latest extension to its European network of exchange colocation facilities with the addition of hosting services at the Borsa Italiana exchange colocation facility in Milan.
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Pico Appoints Former ITG CEO, Francis J. Troise, to its Board of Directors
Role to support Pico as it accelerates and leads the next phase of transformation in capital markets technology services sector
New York, NY – September 17, 2019 – Pico, a leading provider of technology services for the financial markets community globally, today announced the appointment of Francis J. Troise to its Board of Directors supporting the firm’s growth and innovation trajectory.
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Singapore Exchange (SGX) Strategic Partner Pico to Strike the Daily Securities Market Opening Gong
Celebrating 10 years of Pico and 20 years of SGX
Singapore, New York, London, Dublin – August, 28 2019 – Jarrod Yuster, CEO of Pico, a leading provider of technology services for the global financial markets community, today will strike the opening gong at the Singapore Exchange (SGX) as part of the celebrations marking the 20th anniversary of the SGX.
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Pico to acquire Corvil, creating the new benchmark for technology services in financial markets
Combines world-class providers of Infrastructure-as-a-Service and real-time performance analytics to unlock a new era of transparent and on-demand global fintech services
New York, London, Dublin – July 9, 2019 – Pico, a leading provider of technology services for the global financial markets community, today announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Corvil, a market leader in real-time analytics and machine intelligence products for financial markets infrastructure performance and operations.
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Pico Names Emma Wheeler New Chief Commercial Officer, EMEA
New York, NY – June 18, 2019 – Pico, a leading infrastructure, connectivity, cloud technology, data and analytics services provider to the financial services industry, today announced the appointment of Emma Wheeler as Pico’s Chief Commercial Officer for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) starting this July. She joins Pico as a member of the global senior executive team, reporting to Pico CEO Jarrod Yuster and working closely with Pico Global Head of Sales Michael Verkuijl and Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) Marc Hineman.
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Pico Wins TradingTech Insight 2019 North America Awards in Best Managed Services for Trading Category
New York, NY – June 13, 2019 – Pico, a leading infrastructure, connectivity, cloud technology, data and analytics services provider to the global financial services industry, has won the A-Team Group’s TradingTech Insight North America Awards (formerly called the Intelligent Trading Technology Awards) in the Best Managed Services for Trading category for the third year in a row.
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As Asia’s markets come of age, market ecosystems need to keep pace – Blog Post
There’s no question that trading firms are enticed by Asia. China’s continued expansion and status as a global economic powerhouse is a dominant factor, but beyond that there is a general sense that Asia offers additional opportunities for trading firms, especially when compared with well-trodden European and US markets.
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Pico Launches Low-Latency Global Connectivity Ring, Expanding PicoNet to the World’s Major Financial Data Centers
New York, NY – June 04, 2019 – Pico, a leading infrastructure, connectivity, cloud technology, data and analytics services provider to the financial services industry, today announced the launch of its global connectivity ring, expanding the PicoNet backbone to the major financial data centers in North America, Europe and Asia. PicoNet is Pico’s private, proprietary network that enables clients to excel in today’s competitive markets by providing low-latency and reliable connectivity to hundreds of liquidity sources, information providers and counterparties.
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Pico Wins “Best Low-Latency Data/Technology Provider” at 2019 Inside Market Data/Inside Reference Data Awards
New York, NY – May 22, 2019 – Pico, a leading infrastructure, connectivity, data and cloud technology services provider to the global capital markets, has been named “Best Low-Latency Data/Technology Provider” at the 2019 Inside Market Data/Inside Reference Data Awards.
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Pico continues global expansion with new co-lo facility and direct connectivity to Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing
New York / Hong Kong – May 7, 2019 – Pico, a leading infrastructure, connectivity, data and cloud technology provider to the global financial services community, today announced its continued global expansion with the launch of a new colocation facility and direct connectivity to the Hosting Services Data Centre of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX).
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Pico Extends Global Buildout with Strategic New Hires, Additional Offices and Increased Data Center Presence in Asia Pacific (APAC)
March 12, 2019
NEW YORK / SINGAPORE – Pico, the leading infrastructure, connectivity, data and cloud technology provider to the global financial services community, is pleased to announce its continued global expansion into the world’s major financial markets with several strategic new hires, additional offices and increased data center presence in Asia Pacific (APAC).
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Pico Appoints Jason Emerson as Chief Operating Officer
January 24, 2019 10:03 AM Eastern Standard Time
NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Pico, the leading infrastructure, connectivity, data and cloud technology provider to the global financial services community, today announced the appointment of Jason Emerson as Chief Operating Officer. Jason brings more than two decades of financial and operational experience to the role, most recently serving as Chief Financial Officer of Dynasty Financial Partners and, before that, Chief Operating Officer of Convergex.
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Pico Appoints Michael Verkuijl as Global Head of Sales and Marketing
NEW YORK, Nov. 27, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Pico, the leading infrastructure, connectivity, data and cloud technology provider to the global financial services community, today announces the appointment of Michael Verkuijl as Global Head of Sales and Marketing. In this role, Michael joins as a member of Pico’s executive team, reporting to Jarrod Yuster, CEO.
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Rival Systems further expands into equities market with CTA and UTP feed handlers
CHICAGO, July 26, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Rival Systems (Rival), an award-winning provider of trading and risk management software, today announced the rollout of CTA and UTP feed handlers within its Rival Trader platform. Native support for these equity feeds will provide Rival clients with easy access to equity data.
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Pico Selects Zayo for Global Network Backbone
Solution to provide connectivity to key financial markets
March 21, 2018
BOULDER, Colo.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Pico, a leading financial infrastructure services provider, has selected Zayo Group Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: ZAYO) for a low-latency global backbone network. Pico’s extensive evaluation process culminated with the selection of Zayo and the design of a solution that includes two diverse rings connecting major financial markets for Pico in the U.S., Europe and Asia, with fully diverse subsea, terrestrial systems and cable landing stations.
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Juniper Networks’ Expanded Portfolio Makes Enterprises Multicloud-Ready
Expanded Portfolio in the Data Center, Campus, Branch and Cloud Simplifies the Journey to a Secure and Automated Multicloud
SUNNYVALE, Calif., Feb. 15, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Juniper Networks (NYSE:JNPR), an industry leader in automated, scalable and secure networks, today introduced an expanded portfolio of offerings that will bring businesses closer to a secure and automated multicloud environment. Adding to its robust portfolio of data center, campus, branch and cloud networking solutions, Juniper Networks is providing the infrastructure solutions organizations need to become multicloud-ready.
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Pico has been awarded “Best Managed Services for Trading” from Intelligent Trading Technology (ITT)
June 14, 2017
In the competitive field of managed services for trading, which requires excellence in factors including lowering latency, ensuring efficient throughput, managed market data, routing orders and even clearing services, Pico’s achievements in so many areas earned recognition in this category of A-Team Group’s Intelligent Trading Technology Awards.