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Market welcomes Attendo’s H1 figures as it turns the COVID corner

Attendo's H1 results saw improvement as COVID's impact lessened. And while the effects of the pandemic clearly have had a negative impact on the listed Nordic care group, the market reacted positively. A share price which at the start of July was down over 35% on it's mid-February price rallied, and it is now just 10% down compared to its pre-COVID position.

Adding value post-COVID – where are the easy wins?

How do you add value to a business in a post COVID world - and are there any easy wins for new acquisitions? On Wednesday last week, an online audience heard HBI365's lively Q&A panel with with Ameos CEO Dr Axel Paeger, McKinsey partner Sebastian Sieler, and L Catterton managing partner Chinta Bhagat.

FocusCura acquired by Swedish locksmith conglomerate

Netherlands-based elderly tech solutions developer FocusCura has been bought by listed Swedish conglomerate ASSA ABLOY around 18 months after spinning off its telemonitoring app Luscii into a separate subsidiary. The €20bn market-cap 'access solutions' firm is a curious buyer but it tells HBI that the acquisition creates opportunities to develop further products for elderly care.

Elderly care post-Covid: HBI Big Picture Seminar

How has Covid affected the elderly care sector across EMEA? To find out, HBI-365, the new global digital platform, brought together a panel of three: Fredrik Gren, CEO and president, Ambea, a sophisticated and large Pan-Scandinavian care group, Alexei Sidnev, CEO, Senior Group, the largest player in a big emerging market, Russia and Pierre-Emanuel Bercegeay, CEO, Ouihelp, a VC-backed, digital-savvy domiciliary homecare start-up in France. The seminar was followed by the first meeting of our HBI-365 elderly community with a useful roundtable on workforce.

PATRIZIA deal suggests healthcare real estate remains resilient, despite COVID

Global real-estate investor PATRIZIA AG has acquired a portfolio of seven healthcare assets in Germany specialising in assisted living and specialist care in a sale & leaseback deal. Is this a good time to be investing in this sector in the light of the coronavirus pandemic? How is it affecting prices? HBI looks further at the deal and speaks to a consultant to find out more.

Attendo divests its Norwegian assets

Listed Nordic care group Attendo is divesting its Norwegian operations to a not-for-profit company, assessing that long-term opportunities for private companies to develop sustainable operations for elderly care in the country are limited.

COVID-19 and Emerging Market healthcare

We talk to two of the world's largest investors in emerging market health care about Covid's likely impact. Despite so far much lower death rates, the initial effect on health care operators has been worse than in Europe. Covid is set to destroy several motors for growth such as healthcare tourism and the deployment of […]

Who is raising money?

Making sense of the money markets isn't easy right now. But some big players - Ramsay, Zur Rose and TPG are still raising money and some sectors such as German outpatient are still seeing M&A consolidation.

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