New S&P Data: Megadeals in payments, brokerage sectors shape 2019 M&A advisory league tables
S&P Global Market Intelligence published its 2019 M&A advisory league tables today. Key highlights include:
Q4 2019 hedge fund letters, conferences and more
- Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC worked on the two biggest deals by value in the financial technology and payments space in 2019, helping it to top the advisory rankings.
- Bank of America Securities worked on seven deals in 2019, the most among deal advisers in the fintech and payments space.
- J.P. Morgan Securities LLC ranked second by deal value, having advised Fiserv on the First Data deal and Global Payments on the TSYS acquisition.
- Credit Suisse (USA) Inc., Centerview Partners LLC and Morgan Stanley also made it to the top of the rankings with their work on the FIS/Worldpay deal, with Credit Suisse (USA) and Morgan Stanley advising Worldpay and Centerview Partners advising FIS.
Please find the relevant charts below and here’s a link to the full analysis.