Total financial services industry M&A deals worth $4.9bn were announced in Asia-Pacific in November 2021, led by Amer International Group’s $2.5bn acquisition of Huishang Bank, according to GlobalData’s deals database.

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The value marked an increase of 116.5% over the previous month of $2.24bn and a drop of 19.3% when compared with the last 12-month average of $6.01bn.

Asia-Pacific held a 31.33% share of the global financial services industry M&A deal value that totalled $15.48bn in November 2021. With a 25.65% share and deals worth $3.97bn, China was the top country in Asia-Pacific’s M&A deal value across financial services industry.

In terms of M&A deal activity, Asia-Pacific recorded 34 deals during November 2021, marking an increase of 25.93% over the previous month and a rise of 3.03% over the 12-month average. China recorded five deals during the month.

Asia-Pacific financial services industry M&A deals in November 2021: Top deals

The top five financial services industry M&A deals accounted for 93.9% of the overall value during November 2021.

The combined value of the top five financial services deals stood at $4.56bn, against the overall value of $4.9bn recorded for the month.

The top five financial services industry M&A deals of November 2021 tracked by GlobalData were:

1) Amer International Group $2.5bn acquisition deal with Huishang Bank

2) The $1.38bn acquisition of Shenzhen Investment Holdings by Shenzhen Expressway

3) Siam Commercial Bank Public $534.79m acquisition deal for 51% stake in Bitkub Online

4) The $75.6m acquisition of 35% stake in Korbit by SK Square

5) CNG International Investment $67.52m acquisition deal with King Charm Development