Latin American hospital operator Auna S.A. on Tuesday filed an initial public offering to trade on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol AUNA. Morgan Stanley, J.P. Morgan BTG Pactual and Santander are underwriting the IPO for Auna, which runs hospitals and clinics in Mexico, Peru and Colombia. The business was founded in Peru in 1989 as Oncosalud, a specialist in prepaid coverage plans that offered services for the prevention, detection and treatment of cancer. The company’s executive chairman is Jesús Zamora León, who is co-founder, chief executive and chairman of Enfoca, a Latin American investment firm founded in 2000.
