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Interview: Phil Frame, NorthEdge

NorthEdge is a regionally focussed UK PE firm, headquartered in Manchester and with presence across the North and Midlands. It invests in lower mid-market companies across the healthcare, technology and business services sectors, and currently has £900m of assets under management.  In an interview with HBI, Phil Frame, Partner and Healthcare Investment Lead at NorthEdge, discussed some of the areas of healthcare innovation the firm is currently most excited about, and the abundant opportunity in the UK regions.

How occupational health captured the interest of private equity

Europe’s occupational health market is seeing growing interest from investors as employers across the continent become increasingly amenable to taking a proactive approach to supporting their employees’ health. The sector is beginning to see significant M&A and PE acquisitions.

Healthcare investment “through the bottom of the cycle” — Goldberg (Rothschild)

At last year’s conference Hedley Goldberg, Managing Director at multinational investment bank Rothschild, predicted healthcare M&A activity would begin picking up again in Q4 2023 or Q1 2024. But we’re now halfway through 2024 and there are still very few deals above €500m taking place. Goldberg is confident, however, that we have now passed through the bottom of the cycle.

HBI 2024 Day Three, Morning Briefing

The morning of day three of HBI 2024 included sessions on the right model for AI, ophthalmology, diagnostic imaging, nuclear medicine and occupational health.

Fullerton founders charged with bribing insurer

The three founders of Asia-Pacific occupational health care provider Fullerton Healthcare have been charged for paying bribes to the (now former) CEO of insurance and professional services firm Aon Singapore. A regional source tells us this is an example of the risks that come with having a more free-wheeling private health sector.

Three things we learned at Global Health, Riyadh

HBI attended the Global Health Exhibition in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and saw first-hand how the country is changing ahead of its 2030 transformation plan. Here are our three key takeaways from the event.

HBI 2023: Models that cover more people

Insurers are making fundamental changes to health care delivery. A lively discussion at HBI 2023 explored the changing relationship between private medical insurance, the providers who are delivering new models, and the rise of employee paid insurance.

HBI 2023: Healthcare regulation – opportunities and risks

Regulatory changes are one of the major concerns among players in healthcare services. A busy panel of lawyers, operators and investors considered this thorny issue at HBI 2023, with a general feeling that even the strictest of regulations can provide some kind of opportunity, and that private funding is so essential a component in health care today, it cannot be legislated away.

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