Pico Expands Its Asia-Pacific (APAC) Footprint into Australia
01 9월 2021 - 7:00AM
Business Wire
Pico, a leading provider of mission critical technology,
data and analytic services for the financial markets community,
continues its global expansion efforts by launching its colocation
services in the Australian Liquidity Centre (ALC) for access to the
Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) and Chi-X Australia (located
in Equinix SY2).
Operating from its new Sydney base, Pico will support clients in
accessing this important market, with ASX among the top 20
exchanges globally by market cap, and with dark mid-point matching
for best execution. Pico will provide dedicated and shared
infrastructure options, comprehensive infrastructure procurement,
connectivity, and hosting, all supported by on-site engineering and
data center management expertise. In addition to ASX and Chi-X
market data, Pico will offer tailored technology solutions based on
its global market data services. Furthermore, through Pico’s ASX
connectivity, clients can access more than 60 dual-listed stocks of
New Zealand’s top companies.
“We are delighted to extend the reach of our globally
comprehensive technology solutions to Australia – including our
Layer 1 ultra-low latency connectivity – which is available
to market participants trading on the Australian Securities
Exchange,” said Roland Hamann, Chief Technology Officer &
Head of APAC at Pico. “With the continued increase in electronic
trading across all asset classes, market participants now require
global access and connectivity to all liquid and electronic
markets. Our global expansion efforts remain focused on
supporting clients to move fast, access new markets and to
harness new opportunities.”
Opening in Australia marks yet another milestone in Pico’s rapid
APAC expansion, having recently added China to its global
footprint. With support from local teams, Pico now serves
electronic trading participants across the APAC region, with
comprehensive connectivity and venue presence across APAC in
Singapore (SGX and SG1), Hong Kong (HKEx and HK5), Japan (JPX, CC2
and TY3), the Republic of Korea (KTY and BUSAN) and Taiwan (TWSE
and BQ).
Pico has built a cloud infrastructure for financial markets
participants with mission critical exchange connectivity spanning
47 data centers traversing all key global market centers in the
Americas, Europe and Asia. Its resilient proprietary network,
PicoNetTM, is a globally comprehensive, low-latency and fully
redundant network connecting all major financial data centers with
access to major public cloud providers. This allows Pico the
technical capability to offer any financial market data anywhere to
its clients for true borderless trading. The combination of Pico’s
global infrastructure and data services with its analytics and
machine intelligence solution, Corvil Analytics, contributes to
clients being equipped with cutting-edge solutions to meet
ever-changing market conditions.
Pico/Athena
On August 4, 2021, Pico announced that it had entered into a
definitive agreement for a business combination with FTAC Athena
Acquisition Corp. (Nasdaq: FTAA), a special purpose acquisition
company. Upon closing of the transaction, the combined company will
operate as Pico. The transaction reflects a pro forma enterprise
value for the combined company of approximately $1.4 billion. The
business combination, which has been unanimously approved by the
boards of directors of both Pico and FTAC Athena, is targeted to
close in late 2021, subject to stockholder approvals and other
customary closing conditions.
About Pico
Pico is a leading provider of technology services for the
financial markets community. Pico provides a best-in-class
portfolio of innovative, transparent, low-latency markets solutions
coupled with an agile and expert service delivery model. Instant
access to financial markets is provided via PicoNet™, a globally
comprehensive network platform instrumented natively with Corvil
analytics and telemetry. Clients choose Pico when they want the
freedom to move fast and create an operational edge in the
fast-paced world of financial markets.
To learn more about Pico, please visit pico.net.
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For Pico Global, Inc.: Investors: Michael Bowen and Ryan
Gardella PicoIR@icrinc.com
Media: Brian Ruby PicoPR@icrinc.com
For FTAC Athena Acquisition Corp.: Mehar Jagota
mehar@ftspac.com
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