Total financial services industry M&A deals worth $10.5bn were announced in North America in August 2021, led by Brookfield Asset Management Reinsurance Partners’ $5.1bn acquisition of American National Group, according to GlobalData’s deals database.
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The value marked an increase of 57.1% over the previous month of $6.66bn and a rise of 165.5% when compared with the last 12-month average of $3.94bn.
North America held a 21.13% share of the global financial services industry M&A deal value that totalled $49.5bn in August 2021. With a 21.13% share and deals worth $10.46bn, the US was the top country in North America’s M&A deal value across financial services industry.
In terms of M&A deal activity, North America recorded 91 deals during August 2021, marking an increase of 4.60% over the previous month and a rise of 12.35% over the 12-month average. The US recorded 75 deals during the month.
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By GlobalDataNorth America financial services industry M&A deals in August 2021: Top deals
The top five financial services industry M&A deals accounted for 96.9% of the overall value during August 2021.
The combined value of the top five financial services deals stood at $10.14bn, against the overall value of $10.5bn recorded for the month.
The top five financial services industry M&A deals of August 2021 tracked by GlobalData were:
1) Brookfield Asset Management Reinsurance Partners $5.1bn acquisition deal with American National Group
2) The $3bn acquisition of The Hagerty Group by Aldel Financial
3) GuideWell Mutual Holding $900m acquisition deal with Triple-S Management
4) The $696m acquisition of Alliant Capital by Walker & Dunlop
5) Paysafe Holdings UK $441m acquisition deal with SaftPay
