Japan’s Nissha Group, which specialises in industrial materials, devices and medical technology, has agreed to acquire a 60% stake in USM Healthcare, a medical device manufacturer based in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
Private equity activity in Japan’s healthcare sector continues to accelerate, driven by strong capital inflows, ageing demographics, and growing opportunities in digital health and senior-care services.
CVC Capital Partners, a Luxembourg-based private equity firm, has acquired an additional 45% stake in Indonesia's chain of multi speciality hospitals, Siloam Hospitals, from the country’s conglomerate Lippo Karawaci for 16.6 trillion rupiah ($1 billion), making CVC the majority shareholder. This transaction, involving 5.85 billion shares, was announced on the Indonesia Stock Exchange.
An increasing number of Japanese investors are looking to invest in African health care. As Africa strives to increase accessibility to care and increase insurance coverage, we speak to an investor who things the Japanese model is a good fit.
Global investment manager AXA IM Alts (the alternative investment arm of AXA IM) has joined forces with Spanish real estate investor Grupo Lar to invest in Spanish health care real estate assets, marking its launch into the Spanish health care market.
This week we looked at perceived healthcare quality across selected European countries last year based on research conducted by market research company IPSOS.
US-based homecare tech specialist Honor Technology has acquired Home Instead, the global leader of franchise homecare services. The deal creates a global homecare group worth more than $2.1 billion in homecare revenue. HBI chats with sources including Home Instead's UK CEO to find out what the deal means for markets outside of the United States.
HBI speaks to Stephan Dyckerhoff, CEO of elderly care specialist Buurtzorg Asia, about how the company is managing its business interests in India, China, Taiwan and Japan as coronavirus sweeps the continent.
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