Total financial services industry M&A deals worth $2.2bn were announced in Europe in May 2022, led by AUB Group’s $746.74m acquisition of Tysers Insurance Brokers, according to GlobalData’s deals database.

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The value marked a decrease of 54.4% over the previous month of $4.8bn and a drop of 52.9% when compared with the last 12-month average of $4.65bn.

Europe held a 21.02% share of the global financial services industry M&A deal value that totalled $10.42bn in May 2022. With a 13.92% share and deals worth $1.45bn, the UK was the top country in Europe’s M&A deal value across financial services industry.

In terms of M&A deal activity, Europe recorded 34 deals during May 2022, marking a decrease of 17.07% over the previous month and a drop of 34.62% over the 12-month average. The UK recorded 15 deals during the month.

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Europe financial services industry M&A deals in May 2022: Top deals

The top five financial services industry M&A deals accounted for 90.4% of the overall value during May 2022.

The combined value of the top five financial services deals stood at $1.98bn, against the overall value of $2.2bn recorded for the month.

The top five financial services industry M&A deals of May 2022 tracked by GlobalData were:

1) AUB Group $746.74m acquisition deal with Tysers Insurance Brokers

2) The $700m acquisition of BNY Alcentra Group by Franklin Resources

3) Santa LuciaCompania de Seguros y Reaseguros $377.78m acquisition deal with Seguros Y Reaseguros,Ccm Vida Y Pensiones De Seguros Y Reaseguros and Liberbank Vida Y Pensiones

4) The $110.8m acquisition of Societa Cattolica di Assicurazione by Assicurazioni Generali

5) illimity Bank $42.2m acquisition deal with Aurora Recovery Capital