Total financial services industry M&A deals worth $797.9m were announced in the UK in April 2021, with Utmost Group’s $664.88m acquisition of Quilter International being the sector’s biggest investment, according to GlobalData’s deals database.
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The value marked a decrease of 67.8% over the previous month of $2.48bn and a drop of 66.9% when compared with the last 12-month average of $2.41bn.
The UK held a 5.19% share of the global financial services industry M&A deal value that totalled $15.37bn in April 2021.
In terms of M&A deal activity, the UK recorded 28 deals during April 2021, marking a decrease of 36.36% over the previous month and a rise of 7.69% over the 12-month average.
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By GlobalDataUK financial services industry M&A deals in April 2021: Top deals
The top five financial services industry M&A deals accounted for 94.3% of the overall value during April 2021.
The combined value of the top five financial services M&A deals stood at $752.68m, against the overall value of $797.9m recorded for the month.
The top five financial services industry M&A deals of April 2021 tracked by GlobalData were:
1) Utmost Group’s $664.88m acquisition of Quilter International
2) The $74.39m asset transaction with Adam &Investment Management Limited and NatWest Group by Canaccord Genuity Group
3) Mattioli Woods’ $9.61m acquisition of Pole Arnold Financial Management.
4) The $2.21m acquisition of Mattioli Woods by Caledonia Asset Management
5) Claire Oakley and Jason Oakley’s acquisition of Acorn to Oaks Financial Services for $1.58m.
