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.
Multinational French labs group Cerba is to enter the Saudi market, via a joint venture with Nexus Gulf Healthcare (an investment firm in the region) that will be headquartered in Riyadh.
PureHealth, an Abu Dhabi group which is effectively state-owned, is set to buy Circle Health, the UK's second largest hospital group by revenue, for $1.2bn. The deal follows PureHealth's acquisition of a minority stake in a major US hospital chain. It comes as revenue from both private pay and NHS outsourcing surges in the UK.
The imaging sector presents a significant opportunity for private investors and operators, given its strong fundamentals and low levels of consolidation. Speakers on the ‘Opportunities in diagnostic imaging and teleradiology’ panel at HBI 2023 were particularly enthusiastic about the opportunity in Germany and France, and about building teleradiology platforms.
HBI talks to Biju Mohandas, partner and global co-leader for healthcare investments at global impact investor LeapFrog Investments, about investment strategy, increased localisation of supply chains, and the opportunities and the risks of artificial intelligence.
HBI speaks to Simon Miller, Headspace’s international partner lead, about the company’s long-term vision to create a digital mental health platform offering a personalised service across a wide continuum of care.
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.
HBI chats with mydentist CFO Richard Storah about the UK-based dental group’s history, its plans for 2023 and beyond, and how he sees the post-pandemic market.
