Total financial services industry M&A deals in Q4 2020 worth $19.18bn were announced in the UK, according to GlobalData’s deals database.
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The value marked an increase of 269.4% over the previous quarter and a rise of 61.4% when compared with the last four-quarter average of $11.89bn.
The UK held a 25.7% share of the global financial services industry M&A deal value that totalled $74.57bn in Q4 2020.
In terms of deal activity, the UK recorded 79 deals during Q4 2020, marking a rise of 11.3% over the previous quarter and a rise of 9.7% over the last four-quarter average.
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By GlobalDataThe UK financial services industry M&A deals in Q4 2020: Top deals
The top five financial services industry M&A deals accounted for 97.7% of the overall value during Q4 2020.
The combined value of the top five financial services M&A deals stood at $18.73bn, against the overall value of $19.18bn recorded for the quarter.
The top five financial services industry deals of Q4 2020 tracked by GlobalData were:
1) Intact Financial and Tryg’s $9.27bn acquisition of RSA Insurance Group
2) The $9bn merger of Foley Trasimene AcquisitionII and Paysafe Group
3) Global Fintech Investments’ $190m acquisition of Finablr
4) The $141.86m acquisition of Above Ace and Success Edge by Easyknit International Holdings
5) Tesco Personal Finance’s acquisition of Tesco Underwriting for $135.2m.
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.
