Capital Index is pleased to announce the launch of its dedicated Capital Index China website (www.capitalindex.com/cn) as the next step in its planned international expansion as business growth continues.

On the launch of Capital Index China, Robert Woolfe, Chief Executive of Capital Index comments;

 Tech Data Corporation  announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the Technology Solutions business from Avnet, Inc. (NYSE:AVT) for $2.4 billion in cash and 2.785 million shares of Tech Data common stock, in a transaction valued at approximately $2.6 billion, based on a 15-day weighted average closing stock price.

Brought to market by Musa Jammeh and Taimoor Iqbal of Route Trading Ltd (an experienced UK financial services compliance professional, and a tech entrepreneur with a background in money transfer),MoneyRouter is the first instant verification system to help thwart money laundering.

Academy Securities, a registered broker-dealer certified Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise (DVBE) and Minority Business Enterprise (MBE), announced the addition of Jeremy Traska as a Director in Debt Capital Markets. At Academy, Mr. Traska’s areas of concentration will include global power, utilities, energy and structured products.

Managers of Wealth (MoW) event FinTech EUROPE 2016 is to be held in central London on 27 October, 2016. The speakers represent many industry leading organisations and have extensive experience which contributes to their interesting, stimulating and insightful topics all very relevant in the post Brexit economy.

BNP Paribas Securities Services is expanding its blockchain platform for private stocks to help private companies issue minibonds via crowdfunding platforms. The bank is working in partnership with renewable energy crowdfunding specialists Lendosphere, Enerfip and Lumo on this initiative. 

Imprivata®, the healthcare IT security company, today announced the completion of its acquisition by leading private equity investment firm Thoma Bravo, LLC. Under the terms of the merger agreement, Imprivata shareholders are entitled to receive $19.25 in cash for each share of Imprivata common stock they hold.

Analytic software firm FICO today announced it is providing the decision management platform for UniCredit's buddybank, a bank project exclusively designed for smartphones.

Revelstoke Capital Partners (“Revelstoke”), a Denver-based private equity firm, today announced it has expanded its team with two new operating partners: Steve Geringer, Chairman of AmSurg Corp. (Nasdaq: AMSG), and Greg Steil, Founder of ATI Physical Therapy Holdings, Inc. (“ATI Physical Therapy”). Mr. Geringer and Mr. Steil will also join the board of directors of Fast Pace Urgent Care (“Fast Pace”), Revelstoke’s newest portfolio company.

 Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation Europe Limited (SMBCE), a subsidiary of the global Japanese commercial bank, is deploying ClusterSeven’s End User Computing (EUC) governance platform to enable the bank to understand its EUC (spreadsheets, databases and financial modelling tools) landscape, identify where the risks lie and institute the necessary automated controls to mitigate them.