Pro Tip: Learn how to use HBI Alerts to follow your favorite topics

Business Models and Strategy

 

Why Ireland is attracting the attention of big nursing home groups

Ireland is a relatively small market, with a population of just five million, and aging demographics behind most of continental Europe. Despite this, it is attracting the interest of large nursing home groups and property funds. HBI talks to two market experts about the appeal of the Irish nursing home sector and how it will develop in the future.
March 11, 2021

Interview: Dr Juan Abarca Cidon, president, HM Hospitales

We talk to Dr Abarca Cidon, part of the controlling family and current president of Spain's third-largest for-profit hospital group HM Hospitales with nearly €500m in sales. He talks strategy, Covid, and rumours of selling a stake in the company.
March 4, 2021

Cofinimmo expands in Normandy

Cofinimmo has acquired five new healthcare sites in Normandy for approximately €44m further extending its French portfolio. The Belgian-based real estate company's new assets comprise four nursing and care homes, one of which is currently under construction, and one assisted-living facility.
February 18, 2021

Atrys CFO on recent M&A and pan-European radiotherapy plans

Spain-listed diagnostics and radiotherapy group Atrys Health's CFO talks HBI through the strategic rationale of its spate of recent acquisitions including a €550m merger with another listed group, after we questioned the diversity of deal-making it is pursuing. He says it is looking at acquiring radiotherapy centres in Europe outside Iberia. 
February 17, 2021

UHCG faces tough call in Brazil

Amy Shaw, the incoming CEO of UnitedHealthcare Global (UHCG), the world's largest owner of for-profit hospitals in emerging markets, faces tough choices. UHCG, the international arm of US insurer UnitedHealth, has a colossal headache in Brazil, by far its largest market. For instance, reports suggest UHCG may have to pay R$1bn to shift its personal policy portfolio in a deal which has already been sweetened by the addition of several hospitals. There is speculation that, like Cigna in the 1990s, which wrote off some US$500m on medical plan Golden Cross, that UnitedHealth may decide to exit Brazil completely. A full pull-out looks unlikely, but the full year 2020 results to be announced on Wednesday, January 20 may well see big write-offs. 
January 15, 2021

Korian enters long-term real estate partnership

France-based pan-European Care group Korian has entered into a 15-year-partnership with BNP Paribas Cardif and EDF Invest, creating a real estate vehicle with Korian at the helm.
January 14, 2021

HBI 2020: The future of domiciliary homecare – meeting an insatiable demand

In many markets there is a growing, perhaps even an insatiable demand for unskilled homecare. Is it a sector where it is possible to make money, and how? Is reimbursement sufficient? How do you attract and retain staff? And what effect is COVID having on the market? An expert panel at HBI 2020 considered all this, together with the biggest risks, and best opportunities, as we all dare to look forward to a more normal life in 2021.
December 21, 2020

HBI 2020: Investor interest in hospitals increases while outpatient valuations drop

Investors from varied backgrounds - infrastructure, private equity, and REIT, are all bullish about the prospects for healthcare investment in 2021, according to a panel of experts speaking at the HBI 2020 European Investment Panel discussion. But the pandemic may have 'readjusted the relative value discussion across sectors' according to one private equity investor.
December 21, 2020

Interview: Dr Peter Byloos, Optegra

As HBI reported last week, UK, Czechia and Poland-based ophthalmology platform Optegra Eye Health Care is being acquired by H2 Equity Partners. HBI caught up with Optegra CEO Dr Peter Byloos to hear his views on the market (and inevitably these days, the impact of COVID), and to find out about Optegra’s plans under new ownership. 
December 3, 2020
Older posts
Newer posts

Our Services

Company

Resources

Log in
Register
Log in
Register

Our Services

Company

Resources

Find Us