Total financial services industry M&A deals in Q2 2019 worth $6.08bn were announced in the UK, according to GlobalData’s deals database.
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The value marked an increase of 144.1% over the previous quarter and a drop of 15.2% when compared with the last four-quarter average of $7.17bn.
The UK held a 12.8% share of the global financial services industry M&A deal value that totalled $47.53bn in Q2 2019.
In terms of deal activity, the UK recorded 59 deals during Q2 2019, marking a drop of 23.4% over the previous quarter and a drop of 23.4% over the last four-quarter average.
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By GlobalDataThe UK financial services industry M&A deals in Q2 2019: Top deals
The top five financial services industry M&A deals accounted for 93.8% of the overall value during Q2 2019.
The combined value of the top five financial services industry M&A deals stood at $5.7bn, against the overall value of $6.08bn recorded for the quarter.
The top five financial services industry M&A deals tracked by GlobalData in Q2 2019 were:
1) Deutsche Borse’s $3.5bn asset transaction with Refinitiv
2) The $889m acquisition of SafeCharge International Group by Nuvei Bidco
3) Allianz (UK)’s $729.42m acquisition of Liverpool Victoria General Insurance Group
4) The $305.4m asset transaction with Legal & General Group by Allianz
5) Million Glory Developments’ stake acquisition of Golden Sphere Developments for $275.76m.
Verdict deals analysis methodology
This analysis considers only announced and completed deals from the GlobalData financial deals database and excludes all terminated and rumoured deals. Country and industry are defined according to the headquarters and dominant industry of the target firm. The term ‘acquisition’ refers to both completed deals and those in the bidding stage.
GlobalData tracks real-time data concerning all merger and acquisition, private equity/venture capital and asset transaction activity around the world from thousands of company websites and other reliable sources.
More in-depth reports and analysis on all reported deals are available for subscribers to GlobalData’s deals database.
