Total financial services industry M&A deals worth $101.67m were announced in the UK in January 2021, with Interactive Investor’s $67.91m acquisition of Talos Securities Ltd being the sector’s biggest investment, according to GlobalData’s deals database.
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The value marked a decrease of 98.9% over the previous month of $9.38bn and a drop of 98% when compared with the last 12-month average of $5.08bn.
The UK held a 0.68% share of the global financial services industry M&A deal value that totalled $14.99bn in January 2021.
In terms of M&A deal activity, the UK recorded 30 deals during January 2021, marking an increase of 3.45% over the previous month and a rise of 25.00% over the 12-month average.
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By GlobalDataUK financial services industry M&A deals in January 2021: Top deals
The top three financial services industry M&A deals accounted for 100% of the overall value during January 2021.
The combined value of the top three financial services M&A deals stood at $101.67m, against the overall value of $101.67m recorded for the month.
The top three financial services industry M&A deals of January 2021 tracked by GlobalData were:
1) Interactive Investor’s $67.91m acquisition of Talos Securities Ltd
2) The $28.25m acquisition of CVR Global by Begbies Traynor Group
3) Morris Capital’ $5.51m acquisition of Masia Investment.
