The IFC has invested in the biggest sub-Saharan Africa healthcare investment platform since Abraaj's ill-fated $1bn fund with a view to acquiring and integrating hospitals in east and southern Africa. It's still not that big.
Life Healthcare confirmed last week that it was looking to exit its Polish hospital business, Scanmed, citing further regulatory changes. Other investors are also looking to leave the country and assets that were expected to sell remain unsold. What went wrong in a market we once described as "stuff as dreams are made of"?
The co-buyer of Columbia Asia's Southeast Asian hospitals, conglomerate Hong Leong Group, is reportedly looking to raise a $385m (1.6bn RM) loan to finance the deal.
Revenue is up at Chinese Hospital chain United Family Healthcare ahead of the completion of its acquisition by Hong Kong investment firm New Frontier Corporation. With China's attitude to for-profit healthcare softening and regulations easing, there are positive signs coming out of the country for foreign operators.
US Academic Medical Centre Mayo Clinic has become a shareholder and operator of a large public hospital in Abu Dhabi, UAE, its first outside of the United States. It confirms HBI's exclusive report in February, which the group denied at the time.
Russian hospital network Medsi, backed by listed investor Sistema Capital, has launched a franchise model to grow its network of clinics. The move could be a way for the group to expand beyond Moscow where most of its business is concentrated.
We talk to Albert Fernandez, former managing director for Healthcare Services in Europe at advisory firm PJT Partners and now CEO of Spain's largest healthcare property investor Healthcare Activos. In this wide-ranging interview, he shares his thoughts on fixed rental inflators, the Spanish market, and the internationalisation of Europe's hospital sector.
Shares in under-fire Fortis, the large Indian hospital chain targeted by pan-Asian group IHH, dropped by almost 8% following a ruling by the Indian Supreme Court that Fortis' founders were guilty of contempt on Friday for not settling a debt, adding that similar proceedings against Fortis could follow. The IHH deal is now on hold. Could it be in jeopardy?
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