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 Partners Group vehicle, which was restructured and listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange earlier this month, has resumed investment activity by putting a total of €30m into two European buyout funds.
Andy Thomson catches up with Mads Ryum Larsen, head of the investor relations effort at Industri Kapital.
The UK has seen almost £25bn worth of deals in 2006, but is not riding the private equity wave to the same extent as the US or continental Europe.
The London- and Paris-based investment group has wrapped up a total of €86m in fresh funding.
The Australian airline has rejected a A$10.9bn offer from a consortium including several private equity firms.
Having devoted much time and effort to China, Silicon Valley VCs are beginning to turn their attention to Asia’s other emerging giant. By Andy Thomson.
The Madrid-based private equity firm has posted a final close of its latest fund, which will focus on mid-market buyouts in Iberia.
London-listed Aurora Russia has backed a business that allows largely Moscow-based immigrant workers to transfer money to their families in neighbouring CIS countries.
Troika Capital Partners, manager of the Russia New Growth Fund, has invested in Eurokommerz, the largest factoring company in Russia and the CIS.
The UK-focused mid-market private equity firm has bolstered its ranks with the appointment of Simon Hemley.