Andy Thomson is a Senior Editor at PEI with responsibility for Private Debt Investor, the leading title focused on the world's private debt markets. Andy works closely with team members in London, New York and Hong Kong. He has been with PEI for many years, having worked previously on Private Equity International and Infrastructure Investor.
The Northern European buyout firm has more than doubled the size of its previous fund, and opened offices in Oslo, Frankfurt and London.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
Strong economic growth will be maintained by fiscal measures, while private equity firms will play a role in infrastructure projects and help Chinese companies grow internationally, industry experts said at PEI's Emerging Markets Forum in London.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
Regulators' recent remarks have heightened confusion about how to value portfolios in today’s volatile economic climate, writes Andy Thomson.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
Milan’s Advanced Capital will invest with up to 20 fund managers in the energy sector. CEO Robert Tomei said the investments will be split between the developing and developed worlds, as well as between traditional and alternative energies.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
Research from the European trade association indicates that the tax and legal environment in the region has got slightly worse in the last couple years.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
A new survey reveals why buyout purchase multiples have been increasing in 2008, writes Andy Thomson.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
As the Beijing Olympics get underway, the world’s finest sprint hurdlers are not the only ones in China whose view of the finishing line is obscured by some rather large obstacles, writes Andy Thomson.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
London-based Ashmore Investment Management is aiming to raise a new, “significantly larger” fund for investment in emerging markets just ten months after it closed its last vehicle on $1.3bn.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
Milan’s Advanced Capital is carrying out the first phase of its global expansion plan.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Tuninvest, the Tunis-based private equity firm, has closed its second fund focused on the Maghreb region on €125m.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
