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 US-based, energy-focused fund manager has promoted nine of its team, with five becoming managing directors. Three of the new MDs are based in London.
The firm headed by Alan MacKay has seen its management team and Hermes Fund Managers take bigger stakes after the departure of Henderson from the firm’s shareholder base.
The firm has partnered with CalPERS to acquire a portfolio of four natural gas plants from ArcLight Capital. The deal represents the pension system's second direct infrastructure stake.
The European private equity firm was in the market for 20 months with its second renewable energy fund and comfortably surpassed a €500m target.
The funds of funds manager has recruited Heiko Schupp from infrastructure fund manager EISER as head of European infrastructure investments – a newly created role.
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.
The London-based placement agent has hired James Wardlaw to its specialist infrastructure practice as a partner.
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.
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.
The Connecticut-based energy investor has formed a gas gathering joint venture with Energy Corporation of America in Pennsylvania’s Marcellus Shale.