Total financial services industry private equity deals worth $5.8bn were announced globally in July 2021, with The Blackstone Group’ $2.2bn private equity deal for 9.9% stake in SAFG Retirement Services being the sector’s biggest investment, according to GlobalData’s deals database.
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The value marked an increase of 196.4% over the previous month of $1.94bn and a rise of 25.3% when compared with the last 12-month average, which stood at $4.59bn.
Comparing deals value in different regions of the globe, North America held the top position, with total announced deals in the period worth $4.7bn. At the country level, the US topped the list in terms of deal value at $4.7bn.
In terms of volumes, North America emerged as the top region for financial services industry private equity deals globally, followed by Asia-Pacific and then Europe.
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By GlobalDataThe top country in terms of private equity deals activity in July 2021 was the US with 15 deals, followed by the UK with three and Australia with one.
In 2021, as of July, financial services private equity deals worth $28.23bn were announced globally, marking an increase of 30.9% year on year.
financial services industry private equity deals in July 2021: Top deals
The top five financial services industry private equity deals accounted for 92.3% of the overall value during July 2021.
The combined value of the top five financial services private equity deals stood at $5.31bn, against the overall value of $5.8bn recorded for the month.
The top five financial services industry private equity deals of July 2021 tracked by GlobalData were:
1) SAFG Retirement Services $2.2bn private equity deal for 9.9% stake in The Blackstone Group
2) The $2bn private equity of Generate Capital by Andra AP-fonden,AustralianSuper,Aware Super,CBRE Caledon Capital Management,Harbert Management,QIC,Railways Pension TrusteeLimited and Wellcome Trust
3) Challenger $540m private equity deal for 15% Stake with Apollo Global Management and Athene Holding
4) The $265m private equity of Galway Sustainable Credit by Oaktree Capital Management
5) LMAX $300m private equity deal with J.C. FlowersLLC
