UK & European Financial Services M&A: Sector Trends H2 2023 | H1 2024 — Specialty Finance / Marketplace Lending -
Consolidation fever grips non-bank lenders and banks alike—SME lending, revenue-based finance and...more
9/30/2024
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Banking Sector ,
Capital Markets ,
EU ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Markets ,
Mergers ,
Private Equity ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs) ,
Specialty Financing ,
UK ,
Venture Capital
On 27 June 2023, the UK signed a long-awaited Memorandum of Understanding ("MoU") with the European Union ("EU") to increase co-operation on financial services.
The MoU has been a long time coming: regulatory cooperation...more
The fintech landscape continues to evolve at speed. Recently it has faced various setbacks including a cooling of appetite for crypto risk and a tightening in the VC funding market. But the forces of innovation propelling...more
It has been a period rife with notable shifts on the global stage; a new administration in the US, the end of the Brexit transition period and the reaching of key milestones in the discontinuation of LIBOR, to name but a few....more
11/16/2021
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Biden Administration ,
Climate Change ,
Cross-Border ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
EU ,
European Commission ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Financial Markets ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Libor ,
OCC ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Sustainability ,
UK
Financial institutions M&A sector trends: specialty finance/marketplace lending — H1 2021 and outlook for H2 2021 -
M&A levels dipped in H1 2021. Whilst institutional banks backed trade and B2B finance platforms and VC...more
9/29/2021
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Banks ,
Buyers ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
EU ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Markets ,
Investment ,
Investors ,
Mergers ,
National Stockpile ,
Private Equity ,
Specialty Financing ,
Venture Capital