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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.
Our 2017 awards indicate an asset class brimming with confidence and continuing to diversify.
Over the last few years, the M&A market has been characterised by companies hunting for acquisitions. That may be about to change. We spoke with four senior executives – Michael Romanek of Rise Partners, Jon Herbert of Beechbrook Capital, Garrett Ryan of TwinBrook Capital Partners and William Fitzpatrick of Raymond James Financial International – about […]
Where will the stress points be as interest rates move up? Four asset class executives share their thoughts in this two-minute video.
Too much capital and too few deals? We asked senior executives for their thoughts in this two-minute video.
In Goldman Sachs BDC’s fourth-quarter earnings call, chief operating officer John Yoder said there were signs of money moving into risk-free assets.
PDI celebrates its fifth birthday this month. In that time, private debt funds have made a huge impact, striding further into territory vacated by the banks. Andy Thomson reports
Panellists at our fifth anniversary celebration, hosted by Dechert, advised not to expect a loosening of regulation to unleash fierce competition from the banks.
Confidence in prospects is high, but up to now investors have been more impressed with what other alternative asset classes have delivered.
With stock markets fluctuating wildly, private sources of capital may be favoured by healthcare companies – bringing further growth to the nascent debt financing segment.
Justin Mallis, who worked with a number of credit funds in his former role, becomes global head of project management at his new employer.
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