Total financial services industry deals worth $16.9bn were announced globally for September 2021, with the $2.73bn acquisition of Paidy being the sector’s biggest investment, according to GlobalData’s deals database.
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The value marked a decrease of 74.5% over the previous month of $66.01bn and a drop of 27.2% when compared with the last 12-month average of $23.14bn.
In terms of number of deals, the sector saw a rise of 2.25% with 318 deals in September 2021 when compared to the last 12-month average of 311 deals.
In value terms, North America led the activity with deals worth $6.43bn in September 2021.
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By GlobalDatafinancial services industry deals in September 2021: Top deals
The top five deals accounted for 49.3% of the overall value during September 2021.
The combined value of the top five deals stood at $8.31bn, against the overall value of $16.9bn recorded for the month.
The top five financial services industry deals of September 2021 tracked by GlobalData were:
1) PayPal Holdings $2.73bn acquisition deal with Paidy
2) The $2.2bn acquisition of Prudential Annuities Life Assurance by Fortitude Group Holdings
3) Country Garden Property Services HK HoldingsLimited $1.55bn acquisition deal with Wealth Best Global
4) The $919m acquisition of Happy Bancshares by Home BancShares
5) HDFC Life Insurance $915.45m acquisition deal with Exide Life InsuranceLtd
