Europe’s financial services industry saw a drop of 0.9% in overall deal activity during Q3 2019, when compared to the four-quarter average, according to GlobalData’s deals database.
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A total of 221 deals worth $39.67bn were announced for the region during Q3 2019, against the last four-quarter average of 223 deals.
Of all the deal types, M&A saw most activity in Q3 2019 with 127, representing a 57.4% share for the region.
In second place was venture financing with 72 deals, followed by private equity deals with 22 transactions, respectively capturing a 32.6% and 10% share of the overall deal activity for the quarter.
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By GlobalDataIn terms of value of deals, M&A was the leading category in Europe’s financial services industry with $33.73bn, while private equity and venture financing deals totalled $5.24bn and $695.72m, respectively.
Europe financial services industry deals in Q3 2019: Top deals
The top five financial services deals accounted for 89.8% of the overall value during Q3 2019.
The combined value of the top five financial services deals stood at $35.62bn, against the overall value of $39.67bn recorded for the quarter.
The top five financial services industry deals of Q3 2019 tracked by GlobalData were:
1) London Stock Exchange Group’s $27bn acquisition of Refinitiv
2) The $3.6bn private equity deal with PK AirFinance by Apollo Global Management and Athene Holding
3) Mastercard’s $3.18bn asset transaction with Nets
4) The $1.17bn acquisition of equensWorldline by Worldline
5) KKR’s private equity deal with Heidelpay for $666.27m.
Verdict deals analysis methodology
This analysis considers only announced and completed deals from the GlobalData financial deals database and excludes all terminated and rumoured deals. Country and industry are defined according to the headquarters and dominant industry of the target firm. The term ‘acquisition’ refers to both completed deals and those in the bidding stage.
GlobalData tracks real-time data concerning all merger and acquisition, private equity/venture capital and asset transaction activity around the world from thousands of company websites and other reliable sources.
More in-depth reports and analysis on all reported deals are available for subscribers to GlobalData’s deals database.
