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BMI Healthcare change of ownership completed

BMI Healthcare, the UK's largest hospital chain by number of sites, has announced the completion of a previously-announced deal that sees Hospital Topco Limited, a company majority owned by PE firm Centerbridge and effective landlord of most of BMI's hospital properties, become majority owner of BMI's operating company. What now?

FREE BLOG The Saudi dichotomy: opportunity or risk?

When you talk to anyone about the MENA healthcare market, it’s very hard to steer the conversation away from Saudi Arabia. It’s awash with potential – but is the Khashoggi case having the cooling effect some in the region feared?

NMC Saudi JV put back, group reiterates earnings guidance

London-listed EMEA healthcare group NMC Health says the final agreement on its joint venture in Saudi Arabia with state-owned investor Hassana will be signed in Q1 2019, which seems contrary to earlier filings saying it would be completed in the current quarter. We talk to CEO Prasanth Manghat about the deal there, the payor climate in neighbouring UAE and the group's strategy more broadly.

Has the hospital sector been downgraded in developed markets?

Hospital operators listed in Germany, South Africa, Australia and the UK have been outperformed by their indices over the past three years, and NMC, the main exception on the FTSE 100, recently took a kicking because of critical note from Jefferies. What does that say for the sector which was always supposed to be recession-proof?

Turkish lira fall drags IHH’s Q3 results into the red

A month ago we wrote that pan-Asian hospital group IHH Healthcare might be looking to exit its Turkish subsidiary, Acibadem. Over the past week, it revealed a loss in Q3 because of the Lira's fall and also announced a new single-largest shareholder. One source suggests it might be looking to sell before March's local elections in Turkey.

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