HBM Healthcare Investments – executive interview (9 October 2024)
Executive interview
9 October 2024
HBM Healthcare Investments (SIX: HBMN) is a Swiss investment company focused on the global healthcare sector, with a particular focus on private equity and small-cap and emerging biotech companies. In this interview, we talk with the CEO, Dr Andreas Wicki, about the broader healthcare trends, the outlook for the sector and how the company’s portfolio is positioned to leverage the dynamism in the sector. In particular, Dr Wicki outlines the rationale for the company’s leanings towards private equity and Asian markets, as well as its significant exposure to the biotech space. We discuss the main themes in the sector (with innovation as the key underlying driver), particular therapeutic areas of interest as well as the overall macroeconomic sentiment in the sector following the recent interest rate cuts by the US Federal Reserve. MORE »
