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Report: Healthcare property – Massive investor demand, limited supply

Two years ago, our European healthcare property survey found the sector in the doldrums with new funds failing to get off the ground, what is the situation now?  Lorena Ruibal reports. Today, we see a spate of new European and US entrants striving to meet strong institutional demand for an asset class, which is increasingly […]
August 11, 2014

Bupa acquisitions on track, CEO tells Healthcare Europa

Bupa’s £1.6bn, 18 month-long M&A orgy is paying off, says CEO Stuart Fletcher. Announcing first half 2014 results for the international insurer and healthcare provider, he claimed: “Acquisitions are inline with our expectations.” But the UK remains tricky. Bupa is pruning its UK care home network and the amount of PMI bought by individuals continues to fall.
August 8, 2014

Poor outlook for private healthcare sector in Sweden

Sweden’s extensive private healthcare sector faces months of uncertainty. The left is almost certain to win the Swedish general election on 16 September 2014. The only question is whether we will end up with a minority, moderate Social Democrat government or a Red/Green Alliance backed by the Marxist Feminist Initiative and the Left. What does this mean for the sector?
August 6, 2014

Public healthcare sector killing private companies in Italy

Late payments, shut downs and politically driven management – welcome to the world of Italian private healthcare operators. We talk to Sergio Antonio Bolognese at Espansione, a consultancy specialising in advising the private sector, on the problems it faces.
August 4, 2014

Permira to build new imaging services provider

Private equity house Permira is backing a merger between Mesa Medical, a Pan-European supplier of third party maintenance and used imaging kit, and Asteral, which is the largest provider of managed equipment services around imaging equipment in the UK. The deal will alarm suppliers like Siemens, GE and Philips.
August 1, 2014

Lasik remains tough for Clinica Baviera

With a network of ophthalmology centres across Spain, German and Italy Clinica Baviera provides a useful litmus test for what is happening in ophthalmology and, beyond that. for general demand for non-essential surgery/dentistry paid out of pocket. Demand, particularly for laser treatment, remains weak.
August 1, 2014

Interview: Ahmed Badreldin, Partner, The Abraaj Group

No other private equity house can match Abraaj’s experience of investing in healthcare services in the developing world. A lead investor in Turkish hospital group Acibadem, which was then sold to IHH, the international hospital chain, Abraaj has rolled out a lab buy and build in Egypt, Africa and the Middle East, has recently started a similar play building a Pan-North African chain of hospitals and has also invested in half a dozen hospital and outpatient clinics across sub-Saharan Africa. Ahmed will be speaking at Healthcare Europa 2015 on April 28 in London.
July 24, 2014

MD Medical continues growth

Despite big share price falls in 2013, Russian hospital group MD Medical continues to expand its obs and gynae chain, which serves the wealthiest 20% of the population across the country.
June 17, 2014

A third of Dutch private clinics will be forced to close

A hundred of the 300 private clinics in the Netherlands will go bust as they lose out to foundation hospitals in getting contracts from insurers, says Hans Maarse, professor of health policy analysis at Maastricht University. ZKN, the association of independent clinics in the Netherlands, has confirmed this.
June 13, 2014

Babiš buys into IVF and gynae clinics

Czech billionaire and current Minister of Finance, Andrej Babiš has bought IVF clinics in Poland and the Czech Republic through a private equity fund he controls.
May 29, 2014
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