Total Financial services industry M&A deals worth $538.4m were announced globally in July 2022, led by Kingdom Holding’s $268.66m acquisition of M&G, according to GlobalData’s deals database.
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The value marked a decrease of 81.2% over the previous month of $2.87bn and a drop of 96.9% when compared with the last 12-month average, which stood at $17.3bn.
Comparing M&A deals value in different regions of the globe, Europe held the top position, with total announced deals in the period worth $377.47m. At the country level, the UK topped the list in terms of deal value at $275.51m.
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.
The top country in terms of M&A deals activity in July 2022 was the US with 30 deals, followed by the UK with ten and Australia with five.
In 2022, as of July, Financial services M&A deals worth $65.5bn were announced globally, marking an increase of 17.8% year on year.
Financial services industry M&A deals in July 2022: Top deals
The top five M&A deals accounted for 94.4% of the overall value during July 2022.
The combined value of the top five Financial services M&A deals stood at $508.11m, against the overall value of $538.4m recorded for the month.
The top five Financial services industry M&A deals of July 2022 tracked by GlobalData were:
1) Kingdom Holding $268.66m acquisition deal with M&G
2) The $92m acquisition of 35% stake in Avenue Holding Cayman by Itau Unibanco Holding
3) Assicurazioni Generali $87.45m acquisition deal with Cattolica Assicurazioni Soc. Coop.
4) The $32m acquisition of 8.3% stake in Consorcio Financiero by International Finance(Brazil)
5) Axxon Group $28m acquisition of 8% stake in Alper Consultoria E Corretora De Seguros
