Total financial services industry M&A deals worth $2.3bn were announced in the US in April 2022, with Bolt Financial’s $1.5bn acquisition of Wyre being the sector’s biggest investment, according to GlobalData’s deals database.
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The value marked a decrease of 82.2% over the previous month of $12.96bn and a drop of 53.3% when compared with the last 12-month average of $4.95bn.
The US held a 25.19% share of the global financial services industry M&A deal value that totalled $9.17bn in April 2022.
In terms of M&A deal activity, the US recorded 67 deals during April 2022, marking a decrease of 5.63% over the previous month and a drop of 16.25% over the 12-month average.
US financial services industry M&A deals in April 2022: Top deals
The top five financial services industry M&A deals accounted for 96.3% of the overall value during April 2022.
The combined value of the top five financial services M&A deals stood at $2.23bn, against the overall value of $2.3bn recorded for the month.
The top five financial services industry M&A deals of April 2022 tracked by GlobalData were:
1) Bolt Financial $1.5bn acquisition deal with Wyre
2) The $246.9m acquisition of Manning & Napier by Callodine Group and East Asset Management
3) National Bank $230m acquisition deal with Bancshares of Jackson Hole
4) The $136m acquisition of Community Bancorporation by National Bank
5) The First BancShares $116.7m acquisition deal with Beach Bancorp
