Total financial services industry M&A deals worth $2.8bn were announced in Europe in August 2021, led by Apex AcquisitionLimited’s $2.07bn acquisition of Sanne Group, according to GlobalData’s deals database.
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The value marked a decrease of 21% over the previous month of $3.48bn and a drop of 31.9% when compared with the last 12-month average of $4.04bn.
Europe held a 5.56% share of the global financial services industry M&A deal value that totalled $49.5bn in August 2021. With a 5.29% share and deals worth $2.62bn, 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 44 deals during August 2021, marking a decrease of 25.42% over the previous month and a drop of 10.20% over the 12-month average. The UK recorded 22 deals during the month.
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By GlobalDataEurope financial services industry M&A deals in August 2021: Top deals
The top five financial services industry M&A deals accounted for 97% of the overall value during August 2021.
The combined value of the top five financial services deals stood at $2.67bn, against the overall value of $2.8bn recorded for the month.
The top five financial services industry M&A deals of August 2021 tracked by GlobalData were:
1) Apex AcquisitionLimited $2.07bn acquisition deal with Sanne Group
2) The $314.83m acquisition of Shenzhen Investment International Capital Holdings Infrastructure by Mei Wah Industrial (Hong Kong)
3) Federated Hermes $160.52m acquisition deal for 29.5% stake in Hermes Fund Managers
4) The $84.05m acquisition of Coinify by Voyager Digital Holdings
5) DeFi Technologies $37.05m acquisition deal with DeFi Yield Technologies
