Total financial services industry M&A deals worth $1.3bn were announced in the UK in July 2021, with Lloyds Banking Group’s $541.39m acquisition of Embark Group being the sector’s biggest investment, according to GlobalData’s deals database.
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The value marked a flat growth over the previous month of $1.3bn and a drop of 25.3% when compared with the last 12-month average of $1.74bn.
The UK held an 11.43% share of the global financial services industry M&A deal value that totalled $11.37bn in July 2021.
In terms of M&A deal activity, the UK recorded 29 deals during July 2021, marking an increase of 45.00% over the previous month and a rise of 20.83% over the 12-month average.
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By GlobalDataUK financial services industry M&A deals in July 2021: Top deals
The top five financial services industry M&A deals accounted for 95.7% of the overall value during July 2021.
The combined value of the top five financial services M&A deals stood at $1.25bn, against the overall value of $1.3bn recorded for the month.
The top five financial services industry M&A deals of July 2021 tracked by GlobalData were:
1) Embark Group $541.39m acquisition deal with Lloyds Banking Group
2) The $387.17m acquisition of Charles Stanley Group by Raymond James Financial
3) Seraphim Capital $247.33m acquisition deal with Richard Branson
4) AssetCo $38.46m acquisition 30% stake in Parmenion Capital Partners
5) The $34.46m acquisition of Knight Corporate Finance and Knight R&D by K3 Capital Group
