S1E15: Investing in healthcare via private equity: WealthBT Ep 15

  • 27 Jun 2022

Synopsis: Learn to protect and grow your wealth in this monthly Business Times podcast series for affluent individuals, hosted by BT wealth editor Genevieve Cua. 

What are the promising investment themes within healthcare? Private equity offers an avenue to invest in promising smaller companies before their value becomes widely recognised. For more insights, Genevieve Cua speaks to Hui Yang Goh, Pictet wealth management’s senior adviser for alternative investments in Asia.

This episode is brought to you by Pictet Wealth Management.

Highlights (click/tap above): 

01:38 The various routes to invest in healthcare, from private to public markets

02:17 2021 was a banner year for returns from the healthcare theme in public and private markets

03:35 Why invest in healthcare at all: Highlighting the growth drivers

06:36 Hui Yang Goh on how PE enables investors to tap into innovation by smaller companies: the opportunities and risks

09:16 What are the most attractive healthcare themes with the greatest potential?

11:34 Investors are nervous about the macro environment. Hui Yang’s insights on the impact on deal valuations broadly and the resilience of healthcare in particular

13:31 Incorporating sustainability and ESG considerations into healthcare PE investments

Produced by: Genevieve Cua (gen@sph.com.sg), Howie Lim & Claressa Monteiro

Edited by: Howie Lim

More about:

Biotech – where investors can access the value created by medical innovation

https://perspectives.group.pictet/innovation/biotech---where-investors-can-access-the-value-created-by-medica

An innovation story: the long-term outlook for health and care

https://perspectives.group.pictet/innovation/an-innovation-story--the-long-term-outlook-for-health-and-care

Pictet Wealth Management

https://asia.group.pictet/wealth-management

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