Total financial services industry M&A deals worth $7bn were announced globally in June 2021, led by AIALimited’s $1.86bn acquisition of 24.99% stake in China Post Life InsuranceLtd, according to GlobalData’s deals database.

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The value marked a decrease of 10.6% over the previous month of $7.84bn and a drop of 33.6% when compared with the last 12-month average, which stood at $10.55bn.

Comparing M&A deals value in different regions of the globe, Asia-Pacific held the top position, with total announced deals in the period worth $3.91bn. At the country level, the China topped the list in terms of deal value at $2.14bn.

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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The top country in terms of M&A deals activity in June 2021 was the US with 67 deals, followed by the UK with 20 and Brazil with nine.

In 2021, as of June, financial services M&A deals worth $57.2bn were announced globally, marking an increase of 44.9% year on year.

financial services industry M&A deals in June 2021: Top deals

The top five M&A deals accounted for 55.2% of the overall value during June 2021.

The combined value of the top five financial services M&A deals stood at $3.87bn, against the overall value of $7bn recorded for the month.

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

1) AIALimited’s $1.86bn acquisition of 24.99% stake in China Post Life InsuranceLtd

2) The $985.19m acquisition of Nutmeg Saving & Investment by JPMorgan Chase

3) Hollard Insurance Group’s $467.37m acquisition of CommInsure

4) The $300m acquisition of SafeAuto Insurance by Allstate

5) HDFC Bank’s acquisition of HDFC ERGO General InsuranceLimited for $257.18m.