Watch Mergermarket’s Virtual Event on the Nordic market  outlook and the impact of Covid-19 here.

Watch Mergermarket's webinar on UK M&A and the impact of COVID-19 here. 

European financial services companies experienced lower levels of M&A in 2019 versus the year before both in terms of transaction volume and value, according to Mergermarket data. However, industry dealmakers are tipped to remain busy, as insurers and banks review their operations while bourses and private equity investors scout for deals.

Cyber security in M&A deals and value creation strategies were just some of the topics discussed at the Italian M&A and Private Equity Forum. 

Private equity’s love affair with the French Financial Services sector is growing year-on-year, and as deals begin to pile up, Dealspeak digs around to unearth details beneath the data

A spate of privatisations across Arab nations provided a backdrop to an otherwise muted year of mergers and acquisitions within MENA as the region reached USD 24.2bn across 118 deals. Mergermarket discusses drivers expected to guide M&A throughout 2019.

Last Thursday at Mergermarket’s annual Financial Services Forum in NYC, several speakers from major financial institutions identified emerging markets, private credit and fintech as major growth areas for traditional and alternative asset managers. 

• Italian inbound and domestic M&A deal value remains stable
• PE buyouts see highest value since records began
• The consumer sector’s market share dropped 85.5% since 2017 from 50.2% to 8.8% in 2018

• Deal volume 16.1% up on this time last year
• Increasing economic stability in region set to reassure investors
• PE deals and privatisations in foreground

The reasoning behind Clydesdale and Yorkshire Bank Group’s (CYBG) proposed GBP 1.6bn all-share offer for rival Virgin Money is clear.

Expert speakers joined us in Madrid to highlight the latest trends in Spanish M&A and Private Equity. Catch up on what insights were shared. 

Since the start of 2017, increasing competition, cheap financing and record fundraising has led to increasingly larger buyouts, and the trend shows no signs of waning.

This is a review of 2017’s most prolific Asian individual financial and legal advisers. The information can also be found in our League Tables tab as well as on the Profiler app available here.

Which were the biggest deals in the MENA region in 2016?

Chinese investors have been on a buying spree in Europe with a significant rise in deals in 2016. Yet the tone of regulators both in Germany and China looks set to tighten conditions for cross-border transactions.