Shares in Spire Healthcare jump after approach from Toscafund, founded by City figure known as âthe Rottweilerâ The board of Britainâs largest private hospital operator has backed a buyout proposal worth £1bn from its second biggest shareholder, a hedge fund manager known as âthe Rottweilerâ, sending its shares soaring by nearly 50%. Spire Healthcare, which owns the Claremont hospital in Sheffield and St Anthonyâs hospital in south London, said it had received a non-binding proposal worth 250p a share from funds advised by the activist investor Toscafund Asset Management. Toscafund was founded in 2000 by Martin Hughes, a longtime City figure who has been at the forefront of many takeover situations, earning him the nickname âthe Rottweilerâ for his aggressive approach. Spire said: âThe possible cash offer is at a value that the board would be minded to recommend unanimously to Spire Healthcare shareholdersâ if a firm offer was tabled. Its share price, which had hit a five-year low of 142p in March, jumped by 47p to 221p on Thursday, giving the company a market capitalisation of £892m. The Toscafund approach came after talks between Spire and the private equity
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There are strategies to improve healthcare, but US isn’t trying them. An updated analysis comparing healthcare systems across 20 countries finds once again that the US system is an outstandingly poor performer,…
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