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Interview: Javier Eguiguren, CFO, Banmédica

Santiago-listed payor-provider Banmédica is at the forefront of international expansion in Latin America with six insurers, ten hospitals and eight outpatient clinics in Chile, Colombia and Peru. Sales were up 14.5% to CLP 265bn (US$ 380m) in 2015, with a 9% EBITDA margin. This year it plans to invest over US$100m to expand capacities in all three countries, jumping from 1,900 to 2,500 hospital beds. We talk to CFO Javier Eguiguren.

FREE BLOG Expect an acquisition binge

It is hard to overestimate valuations for healthcare service groups in Emerging Markets. Fullerton, a chain of 200 outpatient centres in south East Asia is likely to have a market cap (excluding debt) of US$1.1bn. That values its 400 doctors and 700 nurses at around US$10m per head. Meanwhile, Saudi German, now known as Middle East Healthcare Company, IPOed in mid-April on the Saudi exchange, valuing it at $1.8bn.

Big German hospital group to open London hospital

Schön Klinik, the fifth largest German private hospital operator will open a London hospital with 40 beds in the summer of 2017. It is also looking elsewhere in Europe. We talk to Schön managing director Andreas Ludowig.

Outpatient sector to roar ahead in India

Single specialty chains offer the fastest growth in Indian healthcare says the CEO of MyDentist, Vikram Vora. Diabetes care, orthopaedics and rehab offer opportunities that remain untapped by private equity and are servicing the country’s growing elderly population.

Asia “healthcare bubble” set to burst?

The Asia Pacific region is home to four of the ten largest acute care operators in the world, trading at an average EV/EBITDA multiple of 22x. APAC now has 58 listed healthcare services groups for an aggregate market cap of $158bn. But has it passed its peak? At the Healthcare Business International conference in London, private equity firms spoke of 2016 as a ‘crash year’, marked by political uncertainty and financial instability.

Paras launches maternity chain

Paras Hospitals in Northern India plans to roll out a chain of specialist outpatient maternity centres. It is one of several hospital chains which are rapidly deploying specialist outpatient chains in a race to quickly reach new consumers.

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