Listing activity in 2009 experienced a significant slowdown as a result of the situation on the international capital markets since September 2008, according to the Luxembourg Stock Exchange. The year was marked by a sharp decline in the admission of securities representing securitized assets or structured products. In contrast, bond

Innovalight, a privately-held firm selling silicon ink-based solar cell materials and technology, has raised USD18m in additional capital. The new round of capital will be used to expand the company’s proprietary silicon ink production for customers. The series D financing was led by EDB Investments of Singapore. Also joining was

A&J Venture Capital Group says it plans to open offices in the US and Hong Kong. The company has also launched its website. Chief executive Andreas Klimm says: "We are very close to securing locations in the US and Hong Kong to open offices to expand our business operations which

Parthenon Capital Partners, a private equity firm with offices in San Francisco and Boston, has completed an investment in loanDepot, an online consumer direct mortgage origination company based in Irvine, California. The purpose of the investment is to provide the necessary growth capital for the company to secure warehouse funding

Atlantic-Pacific Capital, a global placement agent for alternative investment funds, has held the final close of Riverside Fund IV, a USD406m lower middle market buyout fund. Fund IV was significantly oversubscribed and exceeded Riverside Partners’ initial target of USD325m when the fund was launched in April 2009. Fund IV received

WHEB Ventures, a European clean technology venture capital firm, has invested in the home energy management company PassivSystems. Established in 2008 and headquartered in the UK, PassivSystems is developing the new PassivEnergy home energy management system. Without forcing energy consumers to change their lifestyles, Passiv’s system monitors and automatically optimises

Berkery Noyes has advised Tradeware Global in its sale to SS&C Technologies. The acquisition of Tradeware Global expands SS&C’s electronic trading offering in the broker/dealer market on a global basis. The acquisition adds approximately 250 clients and 60 staff based in New York and London to SS&C’s global capabilities. Tradeware

The UK saw a 24.5 per cent decrease in UK mergers and acquisitions and equity capital market transactions announced during 2009, according to data from Experian. In the UK there were 4,269 deals announced in 2009 compared to 5,656 in 2008. GBP272.6bn worth of transactions were announced in the UK

Merger and acquisition deal value and volume fell 27 per cent in 2009, but the end of the year showed signs that the recession is coming to an end and M&A is starting to pick up, according to a report by mergermarket. The last quarter of 2009 was the best