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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.
From never-ending cycle talk to the lure of special situations, we report back to you the major conversational topics doing the rounds on day one.
The former leader of the Obama administration's auto industry restructuring told PDI at our New York Forum about his fears for the economy and credit markets.
Two senior execs from Blu Family Office explain in a three-minute video why they like short-term loans, but are wary of the capital flooding into private debt.
Investors in syndicated loans are winning concessions from borrowers, but it’s too early to say the balance of power has decisively shifted.
Vantage Capital delivered the profit from its investment in South Africa’s New GX Capital, and has so far delivered a 2x money multiple across its three mezzanine funds.
Suzana Peric has been brought in to assist origination efforts for the strategy, for which a €1.3bn fund was closed at the end of last year.
Who would you want to be working alongside if you had a pool of private debt capital to raise? From that question, we identified some of the industry’s key players you want on your team in our Rainmaker 20.
Private debt managers are being forced to consider the consequences of what once seemed unthinkable – the UK crashing out of the EU with no trade agreement.
The vast majority of Europe’s syndicated loan deals are seeing investors forcing documentary and pricing changes, with a marked increase over last year.
The Madrid-headquartered asset-based lender has closed its third fund in around six months and in the absence of a conventional fundraising process.
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