Total financial services industry M&A deals worth $596.14m were announced in the UK in February 2021, with Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System’s $375m acquisition of Brit being the sector’s biggest investment, according to GlobalData’s deals database.
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The value marked a decrease of 12% over the previous month of $677.05m and a drop of 88.3% when compared with the last 12-month average of $5.09bn.
The UK held a 3.17% share of the global financial services industry M&A deal value that totalled $18.81bn in February 2021.
In terms of M&A deal activity, the UK recorded 27 deals during February 2021, marking a decrease of 22.86% over the previous month and a rise of 8.00% over the 12-month average.
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By GlobalDataUK financial services industry M&A deals in February 2021: Top deals
The top five financial services industry M&A deals accounted for 100% of the overall value during February 2021.
The combined value of the top five financial services M&A deals stood at $596.14m, against the overall value of $596.14m recorded for the month.
The top five financial services industry M&A deals of February 2021 tracked by GlobalData were:
1) Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System’s $375m acquisition of Brit
2) The $198.49m acquisition of Nucleus Financial Group by James Hay
3) JTC’ $17.3m acquisition of INDOS Financial.
4) The $2.7m acquisition of Sure Ventures by Pires Investments
5) Mattioli Woods’ acquisition of Montague for $2.65m.
