Total financial services industry cross border deals worth $5.5bn were announced globally for April 2021, with the $914.36m private equity deal with Equiniti Group being the sector’s biggest investment, according to GlobalData’s deals database.

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The value marked a decrease of 45.2% over the previous month of $10.07bn and a drop of 39.4% when compared with the last 12-month average of $9.11bn.

In terms of number of cross border deals, the sector saw a rise of 15.12% with 99 deals in April 2021 when compared to the last 12-month average of 86 deals.

In value terms, North America led the activity with cross border deals worth $2.1bn in April 2021.

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financial services industry cross border deals in April 2021: Top deals

The top five cross border deals accounted for 60.04% of the overall value during April 2021.

The combined value of the top five cross border deals stood at $3.31bn, against the overall value of $5.5bn recorded for the month.

The top five financial services industry cross border deals of April 2021 tracked by GlobalData were:

1) Siris Capital Group’s $914.36m private equity deal with Equiniti Group

2) The $845m asset transaction with Bank of Montreal by Ameriprise Financial

3) DBS Group Holdings’ $813.65m acquisition of 13% stake in Shenzhen Rural Commercial Bank

4) The $425m venture financing deal of Brex by Baillie Gifford, Base10 Partners, Durable Capital Partners, GIC, Greenoaks Capital Management, IVP LuxCo, Lone Pine Capital, Madrone Capital Partners, Ribbit Capital, TCV, Tiger Global Management, Valiant Capital Management and Y Combinator Continuity Fund I

5) Nuvei Technologies’ acquisition deal with Mazooma Technical Services for $315m.