Total financial services industry M&A deals worth $1.5bn were announced in the US in January 2022, with Markerstudy Insurance Services’ $539.72m acquisition of BGL Insurance being the sector’s biggest investment, according to GlobalData’s deals database.
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The value marked a decrease of 55.8% over the previous month of $3.28bn and a drop of 67.4% when compared with the last 12-month average of $4.45bn.
The US held a 25.31% share of the global financial services industry M&A deal value that totalled $5.73bn in January 2022.
In terms of M&A deal activity, the US recorded 115 deals during January 2022, marking an increase of 27.78% over the previous month and a rise of 51.32% over the 12-month average.
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By GlobalDataUS financial services industry M&A deals in January 2022: Top deals
The top five financial services industry M&A deals accounted for 88.4% of the overall value during January 2022.
The combined value of the top five financial services M&A deals stood at $1.28bn, against the overall value of $1.5bn recorded for the month.
The top five financial services industry M&A deals of January 2022 tracked by GlobalData were:
1) Markerstudy Insurance Services $539.72m acquisition deal with BGL Insurance
2) The $303.18m acquisition of Sezzle by Zip
3) B Riley Financial $175m acquisition deal with FocalPoint Partners
4) The $150m acquisition of Vertex Ventures US by StepStone Group
5) NinjaTrader Group $115m acquisition deal with Tradovate Holdings
