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FREE BLOG Paris in the springtime

Watching Paris host first the Olympic Games and now the Paralympic Games has been a pleasure that I’m sure many of you will have enjoyed this summer. The Games, which have been organised to be the most sustainable ever, have proven the ultimate showcase for a city which will always be synonymous with enlightenment and of course romance.

FREE BLOG Hyperspecialisation in healthcare — an area for PE investors to watch

Here at HBI, we’re always exploring innovative ways to deliver healthcare content to our readers.  I recently read an article on LinkedIn titled ‘The Double-Edged Sword of Hyperspecialisation in Medicine: Challenges of Choosing the Right Doctor’. This article prompted me to reflect on how hyperspecialisation impacts patient care and its implications for healthcare investors, especially given […]

FREE BLOG Are PE firms guilty of ‘asset stripping’ hospitals?

A new study published in The Journal of the American Medical Association examines what happens to the total value of assets held by hospitals after they are acquired by PE firms, finding that it typically drops. Does this suggest PE firms are guilty of ‘asset stripping’ hospitals to enrich shareholders at the expense of hospitals’ long term interest? 

FREE BLOG Health tech venture investment may also be through the bottom of its cycle

Last month we reported that healthcare M&A investment may be through the bottom of the cycle, after two years of downturn. But it’s not just M&A of healthcare services providers that has been negatively impacted by the increase in interest rates over the past two years. Venture capital investment into health tech start-ups and scale-ups has also been affected, but now may be about to rebound.

FREE BLOG Guest Blog: My Key Highlights from the Healthcare Business International Conference

Farid Fezoua — Global Director of Health, Education & Services, International Finance Corporation Global healthcare is in flux. Amid shifting demographics, rapid technological transformation, climate-induced risks, and changing patient expectations in the face of widening disparities, traditional healthcare models are falling short. How do we reverse this trend and keep global development on course? What can we learn from emerging market contexts?

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