Total financial services industry M&A deals worth $961.7m were announced in North America in May 2022, led by Berkshire Hathaway’s $620m acquisition of Markel, according to GlobalData’s deals database.
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The value marked a decrease of 69.7% over the previous month of $3.17bn and a drop of 80.2% when compared with the last 12-month average of $4.86bn.
North America held a 9.23% share of the global financial services industry M&A deal value that totalled $10.42bn in May 2022. With an 8.95% share and deals worth $933m, the US was the top country in North America’s M&A deal value across financial services industry.
In terms of M&A deal activity, North America recorded 59 deals during May 2022, marking a decrease of 23.38% over the previous month and a drop of 34.44% over the 12-month average. The US recorded 52 deals during the month.
North America financial services industry M&A deals in May 2022: Top deals
The top three financial services industry M&A deals accounted for 99.6% of the overall value during May 2022.
The combined value of the top three financial services deals stood at $958m, against the overall value of $961.7m recorded for the month.
The top three financial services industry M&A deals of May 2022 tracked by GlobalData were:
1) Berkshire Hathaway $620m acquisition deal with Markel
2) The $313m acquisition of PCSB Financial by Brookline Bancorp
3) Flink Sapi De CV $25m acquisition deal with Casa de Bolsa, de CV, SA and Vifaru
