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 London-based buyout firm has acquired a 22 percent stake in Post Danmark, the state-owned Danish post office, from the Danish government.
1 min read · 30 December 2012
The Chinese auto parts manufacturer, in which Baring Private Equity Partners has a minority stake, has raised $450m from an IPO in Hong Kong.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
The recent announcement that UK pension fund Railpen has set aside four percent of total assets for allocation to hedge funds should come as no surprise: it has always been an adventurous investor. Andy Thomson reports.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
Listed Australian private equity firm Allco Equity Partners has announced its intention to invest more than AU$750m over the next 12 months.
1 min read · 30 December 2012
Blackstone Group, the New York-based alternative asset manager currently raising a $13bn private equity fund, is planning to muster as much as $10bn for hedge fund investment.
1 min read · 30 December 2012
The global private equity firm is demonstrating a penchant for investing in other firms’ funds. But don’t expect it to launch a fund of funds operation just yet, reports Andy Thomson.
3 min read · 30 December 2012
ATP, the Danish pension fund that owns a 5.5% stake in TDC, has thrown the buyout of the Danish telecom firm into doubt by rejecting a private equity consortium’s bid.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
The Italian telecom operator acquired in a €12.1bn buyout in May 2005 is to begin marketing a €1.25bn high yield bond issue this week.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
There has been an explosion in both the popularity of hedge funds and the amount of capital allocated to them for investments. This means they are increasingly encroaching on private equity territory, says Simon Davies.
3 min read · 30 December 2012
Institutional investors are declining to reach for the brakes as the private equity train hurtles down the tracks. Andy Thomson reports.
3 min read · 30 December 2012
