HBI Deals+Insights / Payor and Operator Models

Is the profit motive at odds with impact investing goals in emerging market healthcare?

Last week Bloomberg accused US private equity firm TPG of putting profit before the interest of patients in various emerging market hospitals it has invested in. We spoke to TPG to get their response to the specific accusations made against them. We also spoke to others operating in Africa about whether there is, at a more general level, a tension between seeking profit whilst simultaneously seeking to achieve impact investing goals in emerging market healthcare.