Pro Tip: Learn how to use HBI Alerts to follow your favorite topics

Open access

 

G Square sells Swiss dentist and buys a Dutch one

The auction of Zahnartzentrum, the largest Swiss private dentistry chain has ended with management buying back the minority stake held by private equity house G Square, the only private equity house to specialise solely in investing in healthcare services across Europe. Meanwhile, G Square has just bought a substantial stake in a very similar business in the Netherlands.
July 23, 2015

Martini-Klinik shows how to compete on quality

Specialist prostate cancer centre, Martini-Klinik, has used patient reported outcome measures (PROMs) to become the largest of its kind in the world. Over 2,200 surgeries are performed annually at the not for profit facility that is linked to a Hamburg university hospital. The model can, and should, become widespread according to CEO, Dr. Detlef Loppow.
July 22, 2015

Indian IPO flood

At least six Indian hospital groups are planning to IPO within the next year. No one wants to jump first, but eventual valuations are likely to be strong, despite a fall in optimism surrounding healthcare stocks.
July 22, 2015

New hospital heralds launch of PMI in Hungary

A big new outpatient centre has just opened in Hungary  with the promise of “the first private medical insurance policy for Hungarians at cut price rates. A 150 bed hospital will follow shortly. Joseph Priel, the president of Euromedic International, the largest Hungarian medtech distributor,is behind the new 3,500 square metre clinic, boasting two operating […]
July 21, 2015

FREE BLOG Your two retirements…

How does assisted living fit into elderly care? Adam Scott, at consultancy Mansfield Advisors, reckons many elderly go through two retirements. The first at 60 plus is a continuation of your middle-aged lifestyle. The second in your mid to late seventies, perhaps after illness, is closer to your children. This is where most assisted living options play.
July 17, 2015

Colisee does a mini Orpea

Fresh from last month's Italian acquisition, Groupe Colisee, the fifth largest French nursing home group, is sniffing around Spain. It has also set up a Chinese JV, all since it was bought by private equity house Eurazeo PME in July 2014.
July 17, 2015

Canadian pension fund Investissements PSP takes 14% stake at Korian

Canadian pension fund Investissements PSP has acquired a 14% stake in Korian, the big Pan-European nursing home operator having bought shares from Batipart, Covea and ACM Vie on 10 July. In December 2013, another Canadian pension fund, CPPIB, bought a 15% stake in rival nursing home chain Orpea.
July 17, 2015

Report: Bulgarian Healthcare Market – A private cure for a public problem

Bulgaria is the poorest and most corrupt country in the European Union. It also has a surprisingly large private hospital sector. As in Turkey and Finland, patients are free to use their National Health Insurance Funds to partly pay for private treatment. The public sector appears to be in terminal retreat. Here we profile the top ten players and talk to several CEOs on why and where they see expansion.
July 17, 2015

Municipalities smile on new psychiatric hospitals in Germany

Two new psychiatric hospitals are underway in the Rhineland-Palatinate region of Germany, near the French border. Parkklinik Hornbach and Parkklinik Hermeskeil cost €15m and €25m respectively, with €28.6m already raised from banks and private investors. Thomas Schiwek, managing director for the Parkklinik Hornbach project, says he wants to tap the high-end market and that municipalities support these initiatives.
July 16, 2015
Older posts
Newer posts

Our Services

Company

Resources

Log in
Register
Log in
Register

Our Services

Company

Resources

Find Us