European financial services M&A insight
October 2009
Welcome to the seventh edition of this report. While the report’s name and format may have changed, its goals remain the same. We still seek to:
- Deliver in-depth analysis on financial services M&A activity throughout Europe
- Provide a consistent and continuous means to compare and contrast that activity
- Recognise current and future trends
- Identify investment opportunities.
This edition includes:
- Data analysis: steady as she goes
- Tumultuous times: what next for the UK building society sector?
- Northern exposure: opportunities for a macro-economic play in the Baltics and Eastern Europe
- European asset management: coming in from the cold?
- A new financial services landscape: the operational impact of divestments
- Asset management and alternatives: primed for acceleration
- Looking ahead: the scene is set for a pick-up in deal activity