Hospital management group Hospital Corporation of China (HCC) is looking to raise HK$500m (US$64m) through an IPO on the Hong Kong stock exchange this month. The proceeds will help fund HCC’s expansion in China.
A wave of IPOs in the Nordics and the UK look likely in healthcare services. Investec is planning to IPO fast-growth British teleradiology group Medica and East European outpatient player Medicover is supposed to be IPOing in the second quarter in Sweden. Meanwhile the two largest Finnish providers look set to IPO in 2017.
Leading French nursing home groups are looking to expand in Europe and pull back in France because of unfavourable domestic conditions. This is according to Stephane Pichon of Your Care Consult, who says that we should expect to see acquisitions – and possible sales – in the next six months.
The CFO of the UK's second largest hospital group says the group's margins were negatively affected adversely by two problems last year - but it still saw rapid growth for other reasons.
Israeli elderly care providers Golden House, which runs care homes and assisted living apartments in Israel and Europe, and real estate investor Ravad have bought LRH Homes in England for over £70m.
Indian diagnostics chain Metropolis has acquired Sanjeevani Pathology Labs in Rajkot, Gujarat, in an all-cash transaction. HBI speaks to Metropolis managing director Ameera Shah to find out more about the reasons behind the deal which concluded earlier this month, and the group's business strategy.
The post-acute market presents a real opportunity in Brazil, after the ban against foreign investment in hospitals was lifted in 2015. This is according to Martin Benitez, an independent consultant with extensive M&A experience in the Brazilian healthcare market who is involved in just such a transaction. He speaks to Healthcare Nova about his latest project, and the market in general.
Large Polish lab group Diagnostyka is going to be put up for sale, as private equity player Mid Europa Partners looks to cash in again following on from its successful sale of Alpha Medical. Healthcare Europa catches up with Mid Europa co-managing partner Matthew Strassberg at a time when M&A activity has "rejuvenated" the market.
Italian not-for-profit operators at the European Institute of Oncology (IEO) and the Monzino cardiology centre are to decide whether to accept a San Donato and Humanitas’ joint offer of €250m on March 6.
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