Belgian REIT Cofinimmo has bought a large portfolio of care home beds at an agreed rent. We speak to a market source who advises on real-estate deals who questions the level of rent.
This week we plot three variables showing possible future market potential for for-profit residential elderly care across eleven different countries and three European regions.
Healthcare-specialised private equity firm Gilde Healthcare launched its third fund last week worth €200m. The fund, Gilde Healthcare Services III, will focus on lower mid-market healthcare providers and medical product suppliers in the Benelux and DACH regions. Gilde is currently invested in nursing home operator Stepping Stones, domiciliary care, occupational healthcare and a number of […]
Listening to providers across the board, one would think forecasting growth is simply a matter of predicting demographics. Add political and regulatory limitations and you've got a pretty accurate picture of how the market is going to develop. In actual fact, we think predicting growth is a far more complex equation, where growth limiters will play a far more prominent role than providers would have us think.
This week we calculate the ratio of elderly care beds for all citizens aged 85 and over across sixteen European countries. The resulting graphic gives a telling overview of provision and opportunities across different markets.
Javier Echevarria, CEO, Europe and LatAm of Veritas International (VI) has one of the most interesting challenges in marketing - how do you persuade wealthy consumers to spend around $2,000 on predictive whole genome sequencing (WGS)? He has a broad canvas - his remit is to sell across LatAm, UAE, Europe and Japan.
Belgian nursing home group Armonea has merged with French rival Colisee after months of preparing for a sale, creating Europe's fourth largest nursing home group. We hear from a reliable source that this is effectively a takeover by the French player.
The number of people who are covered by private health insurance has largely risen across Europe in the past decade, according to a report by the OECD.
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