Deliver a burst of bright sunlight amidst storm clouds across the European financial services M&A landscape. Service providers merge, acquire, partner and de-SPAC their way to scale, scope and new technology....more
UK & European Financial Services M&A: Sector trends H2 2021 | H1 2022 — Payments -
Investor appetite is at an all-time high—while VC investors back growing service providers, PE investors supercharge IPO glide paths and...more
7/28/2022
/ Acquisitions ,
Banks ,
Capital Markets ,
EU ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Global Market ,
Investors ,
Mergers ,
Private Equity ,
UK ,
Venture Capital
Financial institutions M&A sector trends: payments — H1 2021 and outlook for H2 2021 -
The COVID-19 pandemic drove e-commerce to levels never seen before—payment rail, service and solution providers responded with an...more
9/24/2021
/ Acquisitions ,
Banking Sector ,
E-Commerce ,
EU ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Initial Public Offering (IPO) ,
Investors ,
Mergers ,
Private Equity ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
UK ,
Venture Capital ,
Venture Funding
Financial Institutions M&A sector trends: Consumer finance — H1 2020 and outlook for H2 2020.
A time of temperance as COVID-19 covenant breach forbearance, payment holiday and repossession deferral relief measures take their...more
Financial institutions M&A sector trends: consumer finance — H2 2019 and outlook for 2020 -
Financial sponsors see opportunities to back new entrants targeting under-serviced customer segments, including gig economy...more
2/28/2020
/ Acquisitions ,
Banks ,
Consumer Financial Products ,
EU ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Sponsors ,
Mergers ,
Payday Loans ,
Private Equity ,
UK ,
UK Brexit
Nordic M&A activity has staged something of a comeback. Q2 2019 witnessed a sharp quarter-on-quarter rise in total value of 198% (to US$25.6 billion) versus a slight 6% fall in volume (to 259 deals), giving reason for...more
9/10/2019
/ Acquisitions ,
Chemicals ,
Denmark ,
Electric Vehicles ,
Finland ,
Foreign Investment Fund ,
Lithium Batteries ,
Mergers ,
Norway ,
Oil & Gas ,
Sweden
Financial institutions M&A sector trends: credit cards/consumer finance — H1 2019 and outlook for H2 2019.
CURRENT MARKET -
Consistent, marginal upward.
WE ARE SEEING -
New market entrants securing funding from...more