Total financial services industry M&A deals worth $120m were announced in Europe in January 2021, led by Interactive Investor’s $67.91m acquisition of Talos Securities Ltd, according to GlobalData’s deals database.
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The value marked a decrease of 99.03% over the previous month of $12.31bn and a drop of 98.9% when compared with the last 12-month average of $10.89bn.
Europe held a 0.80% share of the global financial services industry M&A deal value that totalled $14.99bn in January 2021. With a 0.68% share and deals worth $101.67m, the UK was the top country in Europe’s M&A deal value across financial services industry.
In terms of M&A deal activity, Europe recorded 40 deals during January 2021, marking a decrease of 45.21% over the previous month and a drop of 23.08% over the 12-month average. The UK recorded 30 deals during the month.
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By GlobalDataEurope financial services industry M&A deals in January 2021: Top deals
The top three financial services industry M&A deals accounted for 84.7% of the overall value during January 2021.
The combined value of the top three financial services deals stood at $101.67m, against the overall value of $120m 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’s $5.51m acquisition of Masia Investment
