04/02/2020at 13:01

Ilmarinen, Danske Bank and SEB rescue scandal-ridden care home chain from looming bankruptcy

Improving care of elderly and disabled seems to have come with a hefty bill at Esperi Care, whose new owners are starting to look for the next investor.

Mikko Mursula, CIO of Ilmarinen. | Photo: PR / Ilmarinen

by REETA ILONA PAAKKINEN

Finnish care home chain Esperi Care, which was embroiled in a care home scandal last year, has been taken over by its lenders Danske Bank, SEB and Ilmarinen due to the “deteriorating financial situation”, the chain announces.

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