Product Type: Market Research Report
Published by: Datamonitor
Published: June 2008
Product Code: R313-33876Description Introduction
M&A activity in the financial services sector requires all players to have understanding of deal dynamics. This analysis provides a comprehensive look at all M&A, public offerings, and venture finance activities in the for the month of April 2008
Scope- Insight into recent M&A activity in the financial services sector throughout the world.
- Covers mergers and acquisitions, public offerings (both IPO and secondary offerings) and venture finance.
- Includes a detailed appendix covering top legal advisors, financial advisors, top private equity firms, and top venture capital firms.
Highlights
The financial services sector recorded 156 M&A deals in April, a decrease of 24.2% compared with the six-month average.
In value terms, the month witnessed M&A transactions worth $21.4 billion, a decrease of 51% over the six-month average.
Financial services companies raised $19.8 billion in April through 13 public offerings, an increase of 120.5% over the six-month average in value terms
Reasons to Purchase- Track major deals among your competitors and plan your acquisition strategy accordingly.
- Understand which sectors in the financial services industry have proven the most attractive to investors, and identify the key deal makers.
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Table of Contents - Overview
- Catalyst
- Summary
- Analysis
- Banco Sabadell has boosted its Latin American Private Banking business with the acquisition of the Miami office of BBVA
- Both BBVA and Sabadell can benefit from strong growth in Latin American wealth
- Brazil's wealthy population is booming, while Argentina's lags
- Argentina's retail savings and investments market has changed substantially since 2001
- Several players hit by the credit crisis have looked to sell assets and raise capital from the markets
- Citigroup's sale of up to $400 billion of non-core assets has seen it linked with a number of deals
- The auction of RBSI is likely to have a big impact on both the private motor and household insurance markets
- Appendix
- Definitions
- Ask the analyst
- Datamonitor consulting
- Disclaimer
- List of Figures
- Figure 1: The number of affluent individuals in Argentina, Brazil and Mexico will top 4.5 million by 2011
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