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 amount of capital raised for private debt globally in the first half of this year was almost $62bn, just short of the record H1 total in 2015.
2 min read · 04 July 2017
Olli Heinila joins from eQ, as the firm’s chairman hints at further hires to come in the private equity and credit team.
1 min read · 16 June 2017
The $53bn US pension posted a first-quarter return of 2.51% for an allocation covering private debt, private equity and venture capital.
2 min read · 08 June 2017
The world’s third-largest pension fund is actively hiring investment professionals in its overseas offices.
2 min read · 29 May 2017
With power shifting to sponsors, lenders are finding that winning the deal often means losing control.
3 min read · 07 March 2017
Closed-ended private debt fundraising reached a respectable $67bn by the end of Q3, but last year’s $106bn total will be hard to reach.
1 min read · 10 October 2016
Closed-ended private debt fundraising reached a respectable $67bn by the end of Q3, but last year’s $106bn total will be hard to reach.
1 min read · 10 October 2016
Following a sluggish first quarter, private debt fundraisers enjoyed a far more fruitful period from April to the end of June.
2 min read · 13 July 2016
Terra Firma and Deutsche A&WM sold the motorway service station company for €3.9bn.
1 min read · 17 September 2015
Tank & Rast has been sold by Terra Firma and RREEF Infrastructure to a group of four institutional investors.
2 min read · 04 August 2015
