Total financial services industry M&A deals worth $3.7bn were announced in Europe in March 2022, led by RBC Wealth Management’s $2.08bn acquisition of Brewin Dolphin, according to GlobalData’s deals database.

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The value marked an increase of 39.2% over the previous month of $2.63bn and a drop of 17.01% when compared with the last 12-month average of $4.41bn.

Europe held a 12.98% share of the global financial services industry M&A deal value that totalled $28.2bn in March 2022. With a 9.29% share and deals worth $2.62bn, 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 44 deals during March 2022, marking an increase of 10.00% over the previous month and a drop of 16.98% over the 12-month average. The UK recorded 20 deals during the month.

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

The top five financial services industry M&A deals accounted for 96.9% of the overall value during March 2022.

The combined value of the top five financial services deals stood at $3.55bn, against the overall value of $3.7bn recorded for the month.

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

1) RBC Wealth Management $2.08bn acquisition deal with Brewin Dolphin

2) The $575m acquisition of Finaro by Shift4 Payments

3) Aviva $515.12m acquisition deal with Succession Wealth Management

4) The $233.57m acquisition of 86.965% stake in Assiteca by Howden Broking Group

5) Lunar Way $144.83m acquisition deal with Instabank