Singapore-based private equity firm Quadria Capital has raised $304m toward healthcare investments in South East and South Asia. Abrar Mir, managing partner at Quadria Capital, explains why the region is so attractive to investors.
How did the crash hit European public healthcare systems? Seven years on, an exhaustive new book by a dozen academics, Economic Crisis, Health Systems and Health in Europe, suggests the deep recession has had little impact. The book’s 500 pages narrow down on how countries responded to the crisis. Interestingly, when Healthcare Europa looked at […]
Public healthcare systems are so slow moving that they are often seen as oil tankers, lumbering giants who take forever to turn. But in some ways they look and behave more like oil wells. They are immoveable.
Capio, the Swedish, German and French hospital group, owned mainly by Apax and Nordic Capital, is to float 25-37.5% of its shares on the Swedish NASDAQ at a fixed price of SEK48.5. The multiple looks low. That reflects political uncertainty and low EBITDA margins. The IPO will be closely watched by other large Swedish private healthcare groups. Read on for our analysis.
Medlife, Romania’s largest private healthcare operator, is looking to list on the Bucharest stock exchange in the next six months if it fails to find a new investor to buy Value4Capital’s 36% stake.
Belgian healthcare real estate investment trust Cofinimmo has tripled its investments in Germany with the purchase and leaseback of two high-end wellness and sport centres from the Aspria Group. We speak to Cofinimmo CEO, Jean-Edouard Carbonnelle about the deal.
A Finnish operator claims that a doctor service for elderly care home residents has cut hospital admissions by 60-70%, saving many thousands of euros a year in costs.
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