Financial Services Deal Insights, January 2008

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 January 2008



Report Highlights
Consolidation in the securities and commodity exchanges sector continued in January, while commercial banking witnessed increased M&A activity in emerging markets The sub-prime crisis has driven M&A and private placement activity in the mortgage lending segment with significant participation from private equity and sovereign funds The Financial Services sector recorded 179 M&A deals in January 2008, an increase of 1.1% on month-on-month basis


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DATAMONITOR VIEW 1
CATALYST 1
SUMMARY 1
ANALYSIS 2
Consolidation in the securities and commodity exchanges sector continued in January, while commercial banking witnessed increased M&A activity in emerging markets 2
The sub-prime crisis has driven M&A activity in the mortgage lending segment, with significant participation from private equity and sovereign funds 2
The financial services sector recorded 179 M&A deals in January 2008, an increase of 1.1% on a month-on-month basis 3
Mega deals continued in January 2008, taking the month's total to $45.5 billion, an increase of 137% on a month-on-month basis 4
Valuation may come down in the financial services sector 5
In value terms, financial services companies raised $5.2 billion in January through public offerings, an increase of 20.9% on a month-on-month basis 6
Companies have been raising capital through private placements to overcome losses incurred in sub-prime lending 7
APPENDIX 11
Definitions 11
Ask the analyst 11
Datamonitor consulting 11
Disclaimer 11

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Table 1: Top legal advisors by value (August 2007 to January 2008) 8
Table 2: Top financial advisors by value (August 2007 to January 2008) 8
Table 3: M&A top legal advisors by value (August 2007 to January 2008) 9
Table 4: M&A top financial advisors by value (August 2007 to January 2008) 9
Table 5: Top private equity firms by value (August 2007 to January 08) 10


Figure 1: Deal volume trend in the financial services sector, August 2007 to January 2008 3
Figure 2: Deal value trend in the financial services sector ($ bn), August 2007 to January 2008 4
Figure 3: M&A trend by deal size, August 2007 to January 2008 4
Figure 4: Sector analysis by deal multiple 5
Figure 5: Public offering activity by geography, August 2007 to January 2008 6
Figure 6: Public offering activity by geography, August 2007 to January 2008 6
Figure 7: Private placement deal activity by geography, August 2007 to January 2008 7
Figure 8: Private placement deal activity by geography, August 2007 to January 2008 7

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