The new CEO of listed pan-Asian hospital giant IHH says it is looking to move into new markets like Indonesia and Vietnam. Meanwhile, it is also planning to expand its offering in India and Turkey, and turnaround its underperforming China assets.
HBI speaks to Nabil Fawaz, sector manager for World Bank member MIGA. MIGA promotes cross border investment in developing countries by providing guarantees (political risk insurance and credit enhancement) to investors and lenders in sectors including healthcare.
Global private equity firm Blackstone has entered the Indian hospital market with two big acquisitions. It is acquiring a 75% stake in Hyderbad-based CARE Hospitals. In a separate deal, CARE is buying a majority stake in rival group KIMS Health. The plan is to merge the two groups and create one of India's largest hospital chains.
The Indian division of UAE and Indian hospital group Aster DM Healthcare is reportedly proving popular with buyers - with multiple suitors purportedly valuing the business at around $1.5bn.
The sale of Malaysia and Indonesia-based hospital group Ramsay Sime Darby marches on, with a shortlist of candidates reportedly jostling for the $1.5bn purchase. Reports suggest French hospital group Ramsay Santé is next.
Listed pan-Asian hospital giant IHH is continuing to grow through bolt-ons, having made two major acquisitions this month. For Q2 2023 the company reported a drop of 51% in net profit compared to Q2 2022, to RM302m ($65m). However, the company said this was mainly because the Q2 2022 figure was unusually high, and is continuing to grow organically as well as through M&A.
Half the top 50 listed health care service groups globally by market cap are now headquartered in emerging markets. What does that tell us about the sector internationally? We publish the top 50 with detailed analysis in Deals and Insights.
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In contrast to Europe, South and Southeast Asia are continuing to see significant deal activity. HBI hears that SAFE Fertility Group, one of Thailand’s largest IVF providers, and Qualitas Medical Group, a primary care chain with practices across Malaysia, Singapore and Australia, are up for sale. On top of this, Agilus Diagnostics, one of India’s largest labs groups, is set to IPO.
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