Top financials mergers and acquisitions in March 2026
Every verified merger and acquisition in the financials sector in this period, ranked by disclosed value. Updated every morning.
We tracked 22 deals in the financials sector in March 2026, 16 of them with a disclosed value, worth $11.8bn in total. The largest was Carlyle's $2.8bn deal for MAI Capital Management (majority stake), ahead of Mastercard Incorporated and BVNK at $1.8bn.
Top financials mergers and acquisitions in March 2026
- 130 MarCarlyle → MAI Capital Management (majority stake)Carlyle takes control of MAI Capital at $2.8bn-plus valuationFinancials / Wealth managementCompleted$2.8bn
- 217 MarMastercard Incorporated → BVNKMastercard agrees up to US$1.8bn deal for BVNKFinancials / Payments infrastructureCompleted$1.8bn
- 32 MarSoochow Securities Co., Ltd. → Donghai Securities Co., Ltd.Soochow Securities moves to take control of Donghai SecuritiesFinancials / BrokerageIn review$1.7bn
- 427 MarCrossCountry Mortgage → Two Harbors Investment Corp.CrossCountry Mortgage outbids UWM for Two HarborsFinancials / Mortgage servicingCompleted$1.1bn
- 512 MarSavills plc → Eastdil Secured LLCSavills agrees US$1.1bn deal for Eastdil SecuredFinancials / Real estate investment bankingCompleted$1.1bn
- 628 MarRaiffeisen Bank International AG → Garanti BBVA Group RomaniaRaiffeisen agrees €591m deal for Garanti BBVA RomaniaFinancials / BankingAgreed$681m
- 72 MarMagellan Financial Group Ltd → Barrenjoey Capital PartnersMagellan agrees A$903m all-share merger with BarrenjoeyFinancials / Investment bankingCompleted$637m
- 89 MarZurich Insurance Group → Generali Ireland P&C (RedClick)Zurich agrees €337m deal for Generali's Irish insurer RedClickFinancials / InsuranceAgreed$389m
- 930 MarSun Life Financial (BGO / SLC Management) → Bell PartnersSun Life buys Bell Partners as it takes full control of BGO and CrescentFinancials / Real estate investment managementCompleted$350m
- 1016 MarBain Capital Private Equity → Perpetual Wealth ManagementBain Capital agrees A$500m carve-out of Perpetual's wealth armFinancials / Wealth managementAgreed$350m
- 1116 MarStoneX Group Inc. → CAB Payments Holdings plcStoneX abandons rival bid for CAB PaymentsFinancials / Cross-border paymentsTerminated$321m
- 122 MarHelios Consortium (Mara BidCo: Helios Fund V, Helios Fairfax Partners, Helios Fund III) → CAB Payments Holdings plcHelios launches hostile $297m bid for CAB PaymentsFinancials / Cross-border paymentsAnnounced$300m
- 1316 MarWisdomTree, Inc. → Atlantic House Holdings LimitedWisdomTree buys Atlantic House for £150mFinancials / Asset managementCompleted$200m
- 1426 MarKustom AB → Vipps MobilePay Checkout (merchant contracts)Kustom agrees up to NOK490m deal for Vipps MobilePay CheckoutFinancials / E-commerce paymentsCompleted$51m
- 152 MarQBE Insurance Group Limited → Raheja QBE General Insurance Company Limited (51% stake)QBE agrees Rs324 crore deal to take full ownership of Raheja QBEFinancials / InsuranceCompleted$35m
- 1629 MarCMS Info Systems Limited → Financial Software and Systems' ATM managed services businessCMS Info Systems buys FSS's ATM managed services arm for up to Rs115 croreFinancials / Payments infrastructureAgreed$12m
- 1727 MarShizuoka Financial Group, Inc. → The Bank of Nagoya, Ltd.Shizuoka Financial Group and Bank of Nagoya agree to integrateFinancials / BankingAnnouncedUndisclosed
- 1826 MarCorebridge Financial, Inc. → Equitable Holdings, Inc.Corebridge and Equitable agree US$22bn all-stock mergerFinancials / Life insurance and retirementAgreedUndisclosed
- 1919 MarMercer (Marsh) → AltamarCAM PartnersMercer agrees to buy Spain's AltamarCAMFinancials / Asset managementAgreedUndisclosed
- 2013 MarRamp Business Corporation → Billhop ABRamp buys Stockholm payments firm BillhopFinancials / B2B paymentsCompletedUndisclosed
- 2113 MarOaktree Capital Management → Atlantic Coast Life Insurance Company (controlling stake)Oaktree agrees to take control of A-CAP's Atlantic Coast LifeFinancials / Life insurance and annuitiesAgreedUndisclosed
- 223 MarMSCI Inc. → Compass Financial Technologies SAMSCI buys Swiss index calculator CompassFinancials / Index providerCompletedUndisclosed