Total financial services industry M&A deals worth $14.99bn were announced globally in January 2021, led by $9.16bn merger of Hapvida Health System and Notre Dame Intermedica Participacoes, according to GlobalData’s deals database.
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The value marked a decrease of 50.5% over the previous month of $30.26bn and a drop of 33.2% when compared with the last 12-month average, which stood at $22.43bn.
Comparing M&A deals value in different regions of the globe, South and Central America held the top position, with total announced deals in the period worth $9.17bn. At the country level, the Brazil topped the list in terms of deal value at $9.16bn.
In terms of volumes, North America emerged as the top region for financial services industry M&A deals globally, followed by Europe and then Asia-Pacific.
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By GlobalDataThe top country in terms of M&A deals activity in January 2021 was the US with 110 deals, followed by the UK with 30 and Canada with nine.
In 2021, as of January, financial services M&A deals worth $14.99bn were announced globally, marking an increase of 64.6% year on year.
financial services industry M&A deals in January 2021: Top deals
The top five M&A deals accounted for 95.8% of the overall value during January 2021.
The combined value of the top five financial services M&A deals stood at $14.35bn, against the overall value of $14.99bn recorded for the month.
The top five financial services industry M&A deals of January 2021 tracked by GlobalData were:
1) The $9.16bn merger of Hapvida Health System and Notre Dame Intermedica Participacoes
2) The $3.5bn acquisition of Annuity Investors Life Insurance, Great American Insurance Group and Manhattan Life Insurance by Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance
3) SVB Financial Group’s $900m acquisition of Boston Private Financial
4) The $426.79m acquisition of Blom Bank Egypt by Arab Banking(Bahrain)
5) Shanghai Fengquanyu Enterprise Management’s acquisition of Minsheng Securities for $364.06m.
