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  Financial Services

  Mega-deals drive European financial services M&A in Q1

  May 5, 2026

  Four landmark transactions illustrate a sector increasingly favoring bold bets over organic growth.

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  Weekend Analysis

  PE bet big on financial advisors. AI is making it nervous

  March 6, 2026

  After a record run, financial services is expected to cool off until the impact of new robotools and the future of human advisers becomes clear.

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  Financial Services

  Big deals drive record year for European PE in financial services

  January 15, 2026

  Investment surged in 2025 as sponsors backed large insurance, pensions and wealth platforms despite a drop in deal count.

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  IPO

  Shawbrook’s London IPO lifts hopes for recovery in UK listings market

  October 30, 2025

  The specialist lender raised $459M in its LSE return as policymakers push to revive stock flotations.

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  Financial Services

  PE exits in Europe’s financial services hit record $36.3B

  October 24, 2025

  Large deals in 2025 have further inflated the sector’s already strong year.

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  Private Equity

  Stone Point closes flagship fund on $11.5B

  July 14, 2025

  The financial-services-focused firm surpassed the fund’s $9 billion hard cap, closing as PE fundraising takes longer overall.

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  Limited Partners

  ‘Aggressive’ Mubadala Capital forms alliance to chase US AI, financial services

  May 8, 2025

  The asset management arm of the Abu Dhabi-based sovereign fund formed a powerful alliance last week.

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  Financial Services

  European financial services see surge in PE investment

  April 22, 2025

  Asset managers accounted for four of the ten largest financial services PE deals this year.

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  Financial Services

  Bain Capital cashes out of Esure in €1.5B sale to Ageas

  April 14, 2025

  Bain Capital is exiting investment in British insurance firm Esure through a €1.5 billion sale to Ageas

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  M&A

  GP consolidation, insurance deals drive rise in financial services M&A

  January 30, 2025

  The financial services sector saw its best M&A year since 2021, with significant activity in insurance and asset manager acquisitions fueling deal growth.

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  Private Equity

  Payment fintechs see Q1 uptick in buyouts

  May 17, 2024

  Fintechs that facilitate payments continued to be acquired at a steadily increasing clip in Q1, outperforming most of the PE buyout market.

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  Buyouts

  M&A marks 2nd-worst year in a decade

  January 30, 2024

  Total deal values of private market M&A marked some of the lowest figures since 2013.

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  PE Exits

  4 charts: Too early to call a recovery in European PE?

  October 19, 2023

  Some small signs of recovery are starting to show in European private equity, although it’s early days to call any major rebound.

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  Financial Services

  European financial services buck PE market slowdown

  August 15, 2023

  European financial services PE deal activity has been robust in 2023, in contrast to the wider market. Private equity investment into financial services has already hit €59.5 billion.

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  Top Investor

  Carlyle leads the way in Europe’s financial services deals

  May 11, 2023

  The Carlyle Group tops a ranking of PE firms involved in the European financial services sector, completing 64 deals in the past five years.

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  Fintech

  The House of Plaid looks nothing like the House of Morgan

  April 10, 2021

  Plaid has outgrown its Visa deal to quietly usher in a new era for fintech.

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  Financial Services

  HIG buys KPMG’s UK unit amid Big Four shake-up

  March 3, 2021

  KPMG has agreed to sell its UK restructuring business to HIG Europe as it readies itself for regulatory reforms aimed at the Big Four accounting firms.

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  Blockchain

  Carlyle makes a blockchain bet with Calastone deal

  October 25, 2020

  The Carlyle Group has agreed to buy a majority stake in blockchain-based funds network Calastone in a significant exit for its VC backers.

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