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 funds of funds manager has recruited Heiko Schupp from infrastructure fund manager EISER as head of European infrastructure investments – a newly created role.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
Global Infrastructure Partners, the New York-based global infrastructure fund manager, has so far raised around $2bn for its second fund and is thought to be targeting a first close by the end of this year.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
The London-based placement agent has hired James Wardlaw to its specialist infrastructure practice as a partner.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
RTR, an Italian solar power generation business owned by private equity firm Terra Firma, has acquired 10 photovoltaic plants from Terna, the operator and owner of Italy’s high-voltage grid. The deal is valued at €264m.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
The London-listed renewable energy investor has added to its French wind portfolio with assets acquired from Eolia Renovables. It has also acquired its first asset in Poland.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
The Connecticut-based energy investor has formed a gas gathering joint venture with Energy Corporation of America in Pennsylvania’s Marcellus Shale.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
The UK renewable energy investor has announced the final close of its New Energy Investors II fund, within its target range of €300m to €400m. The firm’s second private equity fund is seeking to identify opportunities in renewable power generation.
1 min read · 06 January 2013
The Swiss private markets manager has invested in Sorgenia France, a French wind energy joint venture established by KKR and Italian energy company Sorgenia in June.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
Partners Group, the Switzerland-based private markets investment manager, has continued its international expansion with the launch of a new office in Paris. The firm now has 15 offices in total around the world.
1 min read · 06 January 2013
The London-based manager, which has just launched a new €200m renewables fund, has appointed ex-Macquarie senior managing director Erich Becker as a partner.
1 min read · 06 January 2013
