Analysis of the key themes driving private equity deal activity reveals that artificial intelligence accounted for 5 financial services deals announced in Q2 2024, worth a total value of $12.4m. The $12.4m investment by Forest Partners (Korea) in December & Company Asset Management was the industry’s largest disclosed deal. A thorough analysis of the disruptive themes and the Private Equity deal activity are included in GlobalData’s Banking and Payments Industry Mergers and Acquisitions Deals by Top Themes report. Buy the report here.

In value terms, artificial intelligence-related deal activity increased by 520% in Q2 2024 compared with the previous quarter’s total of $2m. Related deal volume increased by 400% in Q2 2024 versus the previous quarter and was 400% higher than in Q2 2023.

The top-ranked financial advisors supporting these private equity deals in H1 2024 were Allen Mooney Barnes Investment Banking Group; Barclays; Panmure Gordon Group with 1, 1, 1 deals respectively.

The top-ranked legal advisors supporting these private equity deals in H1 2024 were Debevoise & Plimpton; Dentons Bingham Greenebaum; Latham & Watkins with 1, 1, 1 deals respectively.

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This content was updated on 26 July 2024

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