Andy Thomson
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 buyout of vending machine business Gruppo Argenta by Cognetas and Investitori Associati marks the former’s first Italian deal since launching a Milan office in September 2006.
The Spanish buyout firm has teamed with The Carlyle Group to buy web hosting firm Arsys for €160m – in the process avoiding the kind of competitive auction that proved unproductive for the firm this year.
Darby Overseas Investments is supporting a Polish firm’s plans to exploit growing demand for its products from the bio-diesel industry.
Horizon Capital, a Ukraine-based private equity fund, has bolstered its financial institutions portfolio by acquiring positions in banks in Belarus and Moldova.
Private equity's trials and tribulations this year are far from the end of the world, writes Andy Thomson.
As buyout firms attempt to vaccinate themselves against the numerous viruses floating around the financial system, are they wise to be investing in healthcare, asks Andy Thomson.
As buyout firms attempt to vaccinate themselves against the numerous viruses floating around the financial system, are they wise to be investing in healthcare, asks Andy Thomson.
As buyout firms attempt to vaccinate themselves against the numerous viruses floating around the financial system, are they wise to be investing in healthcare, asks Andy Thomson.
As buyout firms attempt to vaccinate themselves against the numerous viruses floating around the financial system, are they wise to be investing in healthcare, asks Andy Thomson.
Banks and investment groups may have found a cure for debt indigestion in the form of the hung bridge fund. By Andy Thomson, editor Private Equity International