Top 10 Private Equity Investors in the Financial Services Industry in the World in 2021 by Deal Volume

Warburg Pincus LLC, KKR & Co Inc, TA Associates Management LP, Tiger Global Management LLC, and Advent International Corp are among the top 5 private equity investors in the financial services industry in 2021 by deal volume. In terms of the geographic split, all the world’s top 10 private equity investors in the financial services industry are headquartered in North America. They employed a total of 9,341 people in 2021. The Airwallex-Sequoia Capital China deal was one of the major deals in the financial services sector in 2021. G Squared (G Squared) is a venture capital firm that offers investment management, advisory, and other related services. Airwallex Pty Ltd, an Australian provider of cross-border payment solutions and offers cross-border payment platforms to businesses and individuals, has secured $200 million in an oversubscribed Series E financing round led by Lone Pine Capital. With the completion of Series E, Airwallex has achieved more than $700 million in equity funds raised to date. The deal was completed in Q3 2021. The KKR & Co Inc-CaixaBank SA is another major deal in the financial services sector in 2021. KPMG LLP served as financial advisor to CaixaBank SA, while Kirkland & Ellis LLP served as legal advisor to KKR. KKR & Co Inc, a US-based global investment company that provides alternative asset management, capital markets, and insurance solutions. It manages alternative asset classes such as energy, private equity, infrastructure, real estate, credit, and hedge funds. It has announced to acquire portfolio of toxic mortgages from CaixaBank SA, a Spain-based provider of banking, asset management, insurance and investments solutions to individuals, SMEs, and corporate customers, for a consideration of EUR200 million ($228.84 million).