Total financial services industry M&A deals worth $10.5bn were announced in the US in August 2021, with Brookfield Asset Management Reinsurance Partners’ $5.1bn acquisition of American National Group being the sector’s biggest investment, according to GlobalData’s deals database.

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The value marked an increase of 57.5% over the previous month of $6.64bn and a rise of 178.9% when compared with the last 12-month average of $3.75bn.

The US held a 21.13% share of the global financial services industry M&A deal value that totalled $49.5bn in August 2021.

In terms of M&A deal activity, the US recorded 75 deals during August 2021, marking a decrease of 1.32% over the previous month and a rise of 5.63% over the 12-month average.

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US 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 M&A 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