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Spanish and Portuguese hospital groups show us the future of European private healthcare — Alberto Fernandez, Healthcare Activos

Like most healthcare REITs, Healthcare Activos is primarily focused on investing in nursing homes. But since 2018 it has begun investing in hospitals as well. In a conversation with HBI, Co-CEO Alberto Fernandez explained why the largely privately funded hospitals run by Spanish and Portuguese private hospital groups are much more attractive investment prospects than the equivalents in Bismarckian countries.

MyDentist rumoured for sale amid shifting UK oral health landscape

Private equity firms Bridgepoint, Cinven, TDR Capital, and Triton Partners are reportedly among the early bidders interested in acquiring MyDentist, the UK’s largest dental chain, according to Sky News.  The current owners, Palamon Capital Partners, are hoping to fetch around £900 million, although the final deal could be closer to £800 million, the newspaper further reported.

Medicover expands further in CEE as demand for private diagnostics increases

Multinational hospital, outpatient and diagnostics group Medicover has expanded its laboratory diagnostics operations in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) by acquiring pan-European diagnostics group Synlab’s businesses in six countries: Romania, Turkey, Cyprus, Slovenia, Croatia, and North Macedonia. 

Affidea expands in Switzerland with Uroviva acquisition

Affidea, a pan-European diagnostics and outpatient group, has acquired Uroviva Group, a Swiss urology network, from German Equity Partners IV, a Frankfurt-based buyout fund managed by ECM Equity Capital Management.

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