Lower Spend Concentration + Accelerating posture
Financial Infrastructure, Credit & Asset Management
Lower Spend Concentration + Accelerating · $494B disclosed spend · led by Geographic Expansion plays · activity accelerating across 186 public buyers.
Useful acquirers add AUM, proprietary data, distribution, accounts, origination flow, or regulated market infrastructure that can be scaled across existing platforms.
Disclosed acquisition spend is below the atlas median HHI (576), while recent activity is accelerating.
Public buyers
186
96 core (10+)
Recorded buys
1,661
265 last 3 yrs
Disclosed spend
$494B
$186.1B recent
Matched issuers
826
4 segments
Strategy fingerprint
How this market gets bought
Spend-weighted strategy mix from public buyers' 10-K language. Each archetype shows the buyers who lead it.
Tuck In
3% mix
Small additive deals folded directly into the existing business.
- SuRo Capital Corp.SSSS68
- StoneX Group Inc.SNEX37
- BGC Group, Inc.BGC37
- Moody’s CorporationMCO29
- Brookfield Business CorporationBBUC20
- Factset Research Systems Inc.FDS17
“There are other funds focused on renewable power and transition, infrastructure, private equity, real estate, and credit strategies that compete for investor capital.”
Brookfield Asset Management Ltd. (BAM) · FY2025
Bolt On
23% mix
Mid-sized acquisitions extending the existing product or service core.
- World Acceptance CorporationWRLD194
- LPL Financial Holdings Inc.LPLA93
- SuRo Capital Corp.SSSS68
- StoneX Group Inc.SNEX37
- BGC Group, Inc.BGC37
- Morningstar, Inc.MORN37
“Selective bolt-on acquisitions that accelerate the ability to scale and grow Moody’s businesses;”
Moody’s Corporation (MCO) · FY2018
Platform
22% mix
Foundational deals establishing a new platform or business line.
- LPL Financial Holdings Inc.LPLA93
- SuRo Capital Corp.SSSS68
- StoneX Group Inc.SNEX37
- Morningstar, Inc.MORN37
- S&P Global Inc.SPGI34
- Nasdaq, Inc.NDAQ31
“KKR plans to continue the existing strategy and business of KJRM.”
KKR & Co. Inc. (KKR) · FY2022
Geographic Expansion
27% mix
Buying density or new geographies to extend the footprint.
- World Acceptance CorporationWRLD194
- LPL Financial Holdings Inc.LPLA93
- SuRo Capital Corp.SSSS68
- StoneX Group Inc.SNEX37
- BGC Group, Inc.BGC37
- Morningstar, Inc.MORN37
“acquired Featurespace Limited, a developer of real-time artificial intelligence payments protection technology”
Visa Inc. (V) · FY2025
Horizontal Consolidation
14% mix
Acquiring direct competitors to consolidate the market.
- World Acceptance CorporationWRLD194
- LPL Financial Holdings Inc.LPLA93
- SuRo Capital Corp.SSSS68
- StoneX Group Inc.SNEX37
- BGC Group, Inc.BGC37
- Morningstar, Inc.MORN37
“consolidation and increasing competition among global markets for trading, clearing and listings.”
Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (ICE) · FY2025
Vertical Integration
1% mix
Adding upstream or downstream capability inside the value chain.
Technology Acquisition
10% mix
Buying products, IP, or engineering depth for capability gain.
- LM Funding America, Inc.LMFA290
- LPL Financial Holdings Inc.LPLA93
- BGC Group, Inc.BGC37
- Morningstar, Inc.MORN37
- S&P Global Inc.SPGI34
- Nasdaq, Inc.NDAQ31
“Safeguard’s charter is to build value in growth-stage businesses by providing capital as well as strategic, operational and management resources.”
Safeguard Scientifics Inc. (SFES) · FY2012
Talent Acquisition
2% mix
Acquisitions led by team or human-capital rationale.
- S&P Global Inc.SPGI34
- Safeguard Scientifics Inc.SFES22
- Beacon Financial CorporationBBT18
- Factset Research Systems Inc.FDS17
- Freedom Holding Corp.FRHC17
- Piper Sandler CompaniesPIPR13
“We may incur significant expense in connection with expanding our existing businesses, recruiting financial advisors, or making strategic acquisitions or investments.”
Raymond James Financial, Inc. (RJF) · FY2016
Buyer landscape
Disclosed buyer scale by annual spend
Each bubble is a top public buyer with disclosed acquisition spend. X = average disclosed spend per active year. Y = total disclosed spend. Midlines are buyer medians. Color = dominant strategy archetype.
| Buyer | Dominant play | Disclosed spend | Spend / yr | Buys | 3-yr spend trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jpmorgan Chase & Co.JPM | Geographic Expansion | $84B | $7.6B | 6 | New cycle $81.8B recent |
| Visa Inc.V | Geographic Expansion | $38.6B | $2.6B | 6 | Steady -14% |
| Nasdaq, Inc.NDAQ | Bolt On | $34.2B | $1.8B | 31 | Accelerating +881% |
| Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.ICE | Horizontal Consolidation | $28.8B | $2.2B | 23 | Steady +7% |
| Morgan StanleyMS | Bolt On | $23.3B | $7.8B | 2 | Paused $20.6B prior |
| Jefferies Financial Group Inc.JEF | Bolt On | $16.9B | $1.9B | 11 | New cycle $1.4B recent |
| The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.GS | Geographic Expansion | $14B | $1.4B | N/A | Steady no signal |
| Mastercard IncorporatedMA | Platform | $12.8B | $986M | 17 | Winding down $5.4B → $30M |
| Global Payments Inc.GPN | Geographic Expansion | $12.6B | $628M | 20 | Accelerating +149% |
| PayPal Holdings, Inc.PYPL | Bolt On | $9.8B | $1.4B | 17 | Winding down $6.4B → $19M |
| Onemain Holdings, Inc.OMF | Platform | $9B | $4.5B | 2 | Steady +0% (count) |
| CME Group Inc.CME | Horizontal Consolidation | $8.9B | $1.3B | 9 | Paused $410M prior |
| Freedom Holding Corp.FRHC | Geographic Expansion | $8.7B | $1.2B | 17 | Cooling -25% |
| Moody’s CorporationMCO | Bolt On | $8.6B | $430M | 29 | Cooling -86% |
| Invesco Ltd.IVZ | Horizontal Consolidation | $8.5B | $1.1B | 6 | Paused $5.6B prior |
| Brookfield Business CorporationBBUC | Bolt On | $8.2B | $1.6B | 20 | New cycle $2.1B recent |
| KKR & Co. Inc.KKR | Platform | $7.7B | $1.1B | 5 | Accelerating +26% |
| Bitmine Immersion Technologies, Inc.BMNR | N/A | $7.4B | $7.4B | N/A | New cycle $7.4B recent |
| Blue OWL Capital Inc.OWL | Platform | $7.2B | $2.4B | 5 | Winding down $6.8B → $445M |
| S&P Global Inc.SPGI | Bolt On | $6.8B | $520M | 34 | Accelerating +538% |
| BlackRock, Inc.BLK | Bolt On | $6.4B | $3.2B | 6 | New cycle $6.4B recent |
| Capital ONE Financial Corp.COF | Geographic Expansion | $5.7B | $1.9B | 8 | Steady +100% (count) |
| Nelnet, Inc.NNI | Geographic Expansion | $4.9B | $448M | 25 | Accelerating +215% |
| Raymond James Financial, Inc.RJF | Talent Acquisition | $4.8B | $479M | 8 | Paused $3.4B prior |
| State Street CorporationSTT | Geographic Expansion | $4.6B | $456M | 9 | Steady -17% |
| Golub Capital BDC, Inc.GBDC | Horizontal Consolidation | $4.4B | $889M | 3 | New cycle $3.1B recent |
| Schwab Charles Corp.SCHW | Horizontal Consolidation | $4.1B | $688M | 6 | Paused $3.2B prior |
| Credit Suisse AGGLDI | Horizontal Consolidation | $4.1B | $4.1B | 2 | New cycle $4.1B recent |
| Bread Financial Holdings, Inc.BFH | Bolt On | $4.1B | $340M | 13 | Paused $342M prior |
| LPL Financial Holdings Inc.LPLA | Bolt On | $4B | $308M | 93 | Accelerating +879% |
| Synchrony FinancialSYF | Bolt On | $3.9B | $2B | 7 | New cycle $3.9B recent |
| American Express Co.AXP | N/A | $3.6B | $329M | N/A | Accelerating +78% |
| Ares Management CorporationARES | Geographic Expansion | $3.4B | $569M | 10 | Steady +20% |
| Factset Research Systems Inc.FDS | Bolt On | $3.4B | $210M | 17 | Cooling -82% |
| Franklin Resources, Inc.BEN | Bolt On | $3.3B | $302M | 16 | Steady -13% |
| Nomura Holdings, Inc.NMR | Horizontal Consolidation | $3.2B | $319M | 6 | Winding down $113M → $100K |
| UBS AGAMUB | Geographic Expansion | $3.1B | $515M | 8 | Steady +0% (count) |
| Msci Inc.MSCI | Bolt On | $3B | $332M | 13 | Steady -20% |
| Janus Henderson Group PLCJHG | Bolt On | $2.8B | $920M | 1 | New cycle $129M recent |
| Victory Capital Holdings, Inc.VCTR | Bolt On | $2.7B | $679M | 4 | Accelerating +146% |
| PRA Group, IncPRAA | Geographic Expansion | $2.6B | $216M | 5 | Accelerating +27% |
| Blackstone Inc.BX | Geographic Expansion | $2.6B | $284M | 8 | Paused $500K prior |
| Fdctech, Inc.FDCT | Platform | $2.5B | $2.5B | 1 | New cycle $2.5B recent |
| Ally Financial Inc.ALLY | Platform | $2.5B | $415M | 9 | Paused $1.7B prior |
| Price T Rowe Group Inc.TROW | Platform | $2.5B | $1.2B | 2 | Paused $2.5B prior |
| Affiliated Managers Group, Inc.AMG | Geographic Expansion | $2.3B | $281M | 10 | Paused $363M prior |
| Ameriprise Financial, Inc.AMP | Bolt On | $2.1B | $430M | 10 | Cooling -82% |
| Western Union COWU | Geographic Expansion | $1.9B | $216M | 9 | Steady +0% (count) |
| TPG Inc.TPG | Geographic Expansion | $1.7B | $434M | 1 | New cycle $1.7B recent |
| Stifel Financial Corp.SF | Horizontal Consolidation | $1.7B | $94M | 35 | Steady +25% |
| Ares Capital CorpARCC | Horizontal Consolidation | $1.6B | $778M | 2 | Steady +0% (count) |
| Piper Sandler CompaniesPIPR | Bolt On | $1.5B | $105M | 13 | Cooling -87% |
| ORIX CorporationIX | Bolt On | $1.4B | $282M | N/A | Winding down $755M → $600K |
| UP Fintech Holding LimitedTIGR | N/A | $1.3B | $625M | N/A | Cooling -60% |
| WisdomTree, Inc.WT | Geographic Expansion | $1.2B | $175M | 6 | New cycle $271M recent |
| BGC Group, Inc.BGC | Bolt On | $1.2B | $67M | 37 | New cycle $385M recent |
| Tradeweb Markets Inc.TW | Bolt On | $1.1B | $379M | 5 | Accelerating +347% |
| Coinbase Global, Inc.COIN | Technology Acquisition | $1.1B | $212M | 11 | Accelerating +212% |
| Alliancebernstein Holding L.p.AB | Talent Acquisition | $999M | $125M | 6 | Paused $818M prior |
| Carlyle Group Inc.CG | Platform | $965M | $193M | 2 | Paused $780M prior |
| StoneX Group Inc.SNEX | Geographic Expansion | $913M | $54M | 37 | Accelerating +76% |
| Virtus Investment Partners, Inc.VRTS | Platform | $910M | $114M | 9 | Steady -4% |
| Scully Royalty Ltd.SRL | Horizontal Consolidation | $727M | $242M | 2 | Steady +0% (count) |
| Morningstar, Inc.MORN | Geographic Expansion | $678M | $48M | 37 | Accelerating +584% |
| LM Funding America, Inc.LMFA | Technology Acquisition | $667M | $133M | 290 | Winding down $247M → $12M |
| Brookfield Asset Management Ltd.BAM | Tuck In | $638M | $319M | 1 | New cycle $638M recent |
| LendingTree, Inc.TREE | Bolt On | $633M | $90M | 11 | Steady -100% (count) |
| American Bitcoin Corp.ABTC | Geographic Expansion | $630M | $126M | 8 | Cooling -72% |
| Regional Management Corp.RM | Geographic Expansion | $604M | $201M | 4 | Steady +0% (count) |
| Robinhood Markets, Inc.HOOD | Geographic Expansion | $589M | $196M | 5 | Accelerating +243% |
| Houlihan Lokey, Inc.HLI | Platform | $584M | $58M | 3 | Cooling -75% |
| Safeguard Scientifics Inc.SFES | Technology Acquisition | $584M | $32M | 22 | Cooling -86% |
| SEI Investments CompanySEIC | Geographic Expansion | $554M | $92M | 7 | Accelerating +383% |
| Beacon Financial CorporationBBT | Geographic Expansion | $532M | $76M | 18 | Steady +100% (count) |
| D. Boral ARC Acquisition I Corp.BCAR | Platform | $500M | $500M | N/A | New cycle $500M recent |
| Green DOT Corp.GDOT | Platform | $487M | $81M | 7 | Steady +0% (count) |
| Innventure, Inc.INV | Platform | $472M | $472M | 1 | New cycle $472M recent |
| Trinity Capital Inc.TRIN | Platform | $461M | $154M | 6 | Paused $461M prior |
| Marketaxess Holdings Inc.MKTX | Bolt On | $455M | $46M | 10 | Accelerating +494% |
| Blue Acquisition Corp/CaymanBACC | Platform | $450M | $450M | N/A | New cycle $450M recent |
| Cipher Digital Inc.CIFR | Platform | $385M | $385M | 2 | Paused $385M prior |
| MARA Holdings, Inc.MARA | Platform | $385M | $64M | 11 | New cycle $372M recent |
| Finance of America Companies Inc.FOA | Bolt On | $385M | $128M | 2 | New cycle $356M recent |
| Lufax Holding LtdLU | N/A | $384M | $128M | N/A | Cooling -56% |
| Pennantpark Floating Rate Capital Ltd.PFLT | N/A | $334M | $167M | 2 | Steady +0% (count) |
| Lazard, Inc.LAZ | Geographic Expansion | $330M | $66M | 4 | New cycle $11M recent |
| Open Lending CorporationLPRO | N/A | $329M | $329M | 1 | Paused $329M prior |
| Marex Group plcMRX | Geographic Expansion | $328M | $164M | N/A | New cycle $328M recent |
| Prospect Capital CorporationPSEC | Platform | $320M | $107M | 1 | Steady +0% (count) |
| Brookfield Oaktree Holdings, LLCOAK-PA | Platform | $320M | $160M | 1 | Steady +0% (count) |
| SLM CorpSLM | Bolt On | $308M | $154M | 3 | Steady -100% (count) |
| SuRo Capital Corp.SSSS | Geographic Expansion | $301M | $151M | 68 | Steady +0% (count) |
| Consumer Portfolio Services, Inc.CPSS | Horizontal Consolidation | $284M | $284M | N/A | Steady no signal |
| Blackrock TCP Capital Corp.TCPC | Platform | $281M | $281M | 2 | New cycle $281M recent |
| LendingClub CorporationLC | Platform | $255M | $127M | 3 | Paused $145M prior |
| Navient CorporationJSM | Bolt On | $251M | $126M | 1 | Paused $16M prior |
| Gold.com, Inc.GOLD | Bolt On | $238M | $48M | 3 | Accelerating +86% |
| Federated Hermes, Inc.FHI | Geographic Expansion | $230M | $29M | 2 | Cooling -58% |
| THE Marygold Companies, Inc.MGLD | Bolt On | $222M | $22M | 8 | Accelerating +62% |
| Chicago Atlantic BDC, Inc.LIEN | N/A | $220M | $220M | 1 | New cycle $220M recent |
| SLR Investment Corp.SLRC | Platform | $217M | $108M | 5 | Paused $217M prior |
| PJT Partners Inc.PJT | N/A | $215M | $72M | 4 | New cycle $11M recent |
| Btcs Inc.BTCS | Geographic Expansion | $201M | $201M | N/A | New cycle $201M recent |
| Riot Platforms, Inc.RIOT | Platform | $199M | $40M | 8 | Cooling -44% |
| Enova International, Inc.ENVA | Geographic Expansion | $183M | $46M | 5 | Paused $139M prior |
| Stepstone Group Inc.STEP | N/A | $182M | $182M | 1 | Paused $182M prior |
| XP Inc.XP | N/A | $157M | $78M | N/A | New cycle $157M recent |
| World Acceptance CorporationWRLD | Geographic Expansion | $148M | $18M | 194 | Cooling -39% |
| Hut 8 Corp.HUT | Bolt On | $136M | $136M | 1 | New cycle $136M recent |
| Evercore Inc.EVR | Geographic Expansion | $133M | $17M | 11 | Steady +100% (count) |
| Oportun Financial CorporationOPRT | Platform | $132M | $132M | 2 | Paused $132M prior |
| SoFi Technologies, Inc.SOFI | Platform | $131M | $65M | 1 | Steady +24% |
| Crescent Capital BDC, Inc.CCAP | N/A | $127M | $63M | 2 | Winding down $118M → $9M |
| Hercules Capital, Inc.HCXY | N/A | $126M | $126M | N/A | Steady no signal |
| MGT Capital Investments, Inc.MGTI | Technology Acquisition | $124M | $41M | 5 | Steady +0% (count) |
| TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC Corp.TPVG | N/A | $122M | $122M | 1 | Steady +0% (count) |
| Lake Superior Acquisition Corp.LKSP | N/A | $115M | $115M | 1 | New cycle $115M recent |
| Patria Investments LimitedPAX | N/A | $114M | $57M | N/A | New cycle $114M recent |
| Corebridge Financial, Inc.CRBD | N/A | $112M | $56M | N/A | Winding down $107M → $5M |
| Upstart Holdings, Inc.UPST | N/A | $106M | $53M | 1 | Cooling -81% |
| Westwood Holdings Group, Inc.WHG | Horizontal Consolidation | $105M | $15M | 7 | Cooling -98% |
| BCP Investment CorporationBCIC | Bolt On | $101M | $34M | 6 | Accelerating +155% |
| SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON CoSCE-PG | N/A | $100M | $100M | 4 | Steady +0% (count) |
| Siebert Financial Corp.SIEB | Technology Acquisition | $100M | $11M | 9 | Cooling -99% |
| Apollo Global Management, Inc.APO | Platform | $99M | $99M | 1 | New cycle $99M recent |
| Terawulf Inc.WULF | Bolt On | $98M | $33M | 2 | Cooling -72% |
| HNO International, Inc.HNOI | N/A | $83M | $83M | 1 | New cycle $83M recent |
| NerdWallet, Inc.NRDS | Vertical Integration | $82M | $27M | 2 | Cooling -80% |
| Atlanticus Holdings CorpATLC | Platform | $80M | $40M | 2 | New cycle $73M recent |
| Senmiao Technology LimitedAIHS | Horizontal Consolidation | $74M | $37M | 3 | Paused $73M prior |
| FinVolution GroupFINV | N/A | $72M | $36M | N/A | Accelerating +1043% |
| J & Friends Holdings LtdJF | N/A | $70M | $35M | 1 | Paused $70M prior |
| TON Strategy CompanyTONX | Bolt On | $69M | $14M | 4 | Cooling -79% |
| Hennessy Advisors, Inc.HNNA | Bolt On | $67M | $11M | N/A | Steady no signal |
| ZeroStack Corp.ZSTK | Geographic Expansion | $65M | $22M | 2 | Accelerating +64400% |
| Silvercrest Asset Management Group Inc.SAMG | Geographic Expansion | $64M | $16M | 2 | Paused $58M prior |
| Oppenheimer Holdings Inc.OPY | Platform | $62M | $16M | 7 | New cycle $5M recent |
| Princeton Capital CorporationPIAC | N/A | $60M | $60M | N/A | Steady no signal |
| BBX Capital, Inc.BBXIA | Geographic Expansion | $57M | $19M | 2 | Cooling -65% |
| Miami International Holdings, Inc.MIAX | Horizontal Consolidation | $57M | $57M | 1 | New cycle $57M recent |
| Jianpu Technology Inc.AIJTY | N/A | $51M | $17M | N/A | Paused $21M prior |
| MAASE Inc.MAAS | Geographic Expansion | $50M | $17M | N/A | Accelerating +9020% |
| Mount Logan Capital Inc.MLCI | Platform | $47M | $47M | 1 | New cycle $47M recent |
| AIOS Tech Inc.AIOS | N/A | $45M | $15M | 3 | Cooling -98% |
| CPI Card Group Inc.PMTS | Bolt On | $44M | $44M | 2 | New cycle $44M recent |
| BIT Digital, Inc.BTBT | Geographic Expansion | $39M | $39M | 1 | New cycle $39M recent |
| OLD Market Capital CorporationOMCC | Geographic Expansion | $39M | $13M | 3 | Steady -10% |
| Horizon Kinetics Holding CorporationHKHC | Bolt On | $39M | $10M | 2 | Accelerating +31% |
| Medallion Financial Corp.MBNKO | Platform | $36M | $36M | 2 | Steady +0% (count) |
| Noah Holdings LtdNOAH | N/A | $35M | $12M | N/A | Cooling -87% |
| SUI Group Holdings LimitedSUIG | N/A | $34M | $17M | 1 | Steady +0% (count) |
| SWK Holdings CorporationSWKH | Platform | $33M | $16M | 5 | Steady -100% (count) |
| Currenc Group Inc.CURR | Bolt On | $32M | $32M | 1 | New cycle $32M recent |
| Netcapital Inc.NCPL | Platform | $30M | $15M | 2 | Paused $30M prior |
| Virtu Financial, Inc.VIRT | Platform | $28M | $9M | 3 | Steady +0% (count) |
| Mentor Capital, Inc.MNTR | Technology Acquisition | $26M | $13M | 1 | Steady +0% (count) |
| Cohen & Steers, Inc.CNS | Platform | $25M | $12M | 2 | Steady +0% (count) |
| Donnelley Financial Solutions, Inc.DFIN | Technology Acquisition | $23M | $6M | 3 | Paused $6M prior |
| eToro Group Ltd.ETOR | N/A | $21M | $21M | N/A | New cycle $21M recent |
| Perella Weinberg PartnersPWP | N/A | $19M | $19M | 1 | New cycle $19M recent |
| Vinci Partners Investments Ltd.VINP | N/A | $17M | $9M | N/A | New cycle $17M recent |
| Hamilton Lane IncHLNE | N/A | $17M | $6M | 2 | Cooling -85% |
| Futu Holdings LtdFUTU | N/A | $15M | $15M | N/A | New cycle $15M recent |
| Newtekone, Inc.NEWT | N/A | $14M | $14M | 1 | Steady +0% (count) |
| Akso Health GroupAHG | N/A | $13M | $13M | 1 | New cycle $13M recent |
| Heritage Global Inc.HGBL | Geographic Expansion | $13M | $3M | 6 | Paused $2M prior |
| Burford Capital LimitedBUR | N/A | $9M | $9M | N/A | New cycle $9M recent |
| Cardiff Lexington CorporationCDIX | Bolt On | $8M | $2M | 7 | Paused $2M prior |
| OFS Capital CorporationOFS | N/A | $8M | $8M | 1 | Steady +0% (count) |
| Galaxy Digital Inc.GLXY | N/A | $8M | $8M | 2 | New cycle $8M recent |
| Citrotech Inc.CITR | N/A | $7M | $2M | 3 | New cycle $4M recent |
| Dominari Holdings Inc.DOMH | Platform | $7M | $1M | 4 | Cooling -45% |
| Sharplink, Inc.SBET | Horizontal Consolidation | $7M | $7M | 1 | New cycle $7M recent |
| AlTi Global, Inc.ALTI | Bolt On | $7M | $7M | 4 | New cycle $7M recent |
| Amtd Idea GroupAMTD | Horizontal Consolidation | $4M | $4M | N/A | New cycle $4M recent |
| Winvest Group Ltd.WNLV | N/A | $3M | $1M | 2 | Accelerating +186% |
| Yiren Digital Ltd.YRD | N/A | $2M | $2M | N/A | New cycle $2M recent |
| Cohen & Co Inc.COHN | Platform | $2M | $2M | 3 | Steady +0% (count) |
| TaoWeave, Inc.TWAV | Technology Acquisition | $2M | $2M | 2 | Steady -100% (count) |
| LexinFintech Holdings Ltd.LX | N/A | $1M | $1M | N/A | New cycle $1M recent |
| TOP Kingwin Ltd.WAI | Horizontal Consolidation | $600K | $600K | 1 | New cycle $600K recent |
| Brera Holdings PLCSLMT | Platform | $500K | $500K | 1 | New cycle $500K recent |
| Medwellai, Inc.MWAI | Bolt On | $200K | $200K | 5 | New cycle $200K recent |
| Rhino Bitcoin Inc.RHNO | N/A | $200K | $200K | 1 | New cycle $200K recent |
| U.s. Global Investors, Inc.GROW | Geographic Expansion | $200K | $200K | 1 | Steady +0% (count) |
| Circle Internet Group, Inc.CRCL | N/A | $100K | $100K | 2 | New cycle $100K recent |
Playbook theatre
The language of consolidation, by archetype
Direct sentences from public buyers' 10-K filings, grouped by the strategy they describe.
“acquired Featurespace Limited, a developer of real-time artificial intelligence payments protection technology”
“The acquisition aligns with our technology-enabled payments strategy”
“The Firm believes that the First Republic acquisition is complementary to the Firm's existing franchises.”
“Strategic Initiatives includes the Ares SSG platform subsequent to the completion of the acquisition on July 1, 2020.”
“goodwill impairment charge and higher legal collection costs and fees associated with expanded activity in our legal collections channel”
“the acquisition of Great Lakes Educational Loan Services, Inc. ("Great Lakes") on February 7, 2018 and the ability to successfully integrate technology and other activities”
Submarkets
Where the cadence lives
Activity intensity, lead buyers, and footprint per segment within this market.
Asset & Wealth Management
387Asset managers, wealth platforms, BDCs, investment managers, and advisor networks.
Buyers
76
Core
37
Spend
$175.8B
2006–2025 · last year 24
Credit, Payments & Non-Bank Finance
691Credit services, specialty finance, consumer lending, payments, and receivables platforms.
Buyers
44
Core
25
Spend
$119.4B
2006–2025 · last year 13
Capital Markets & Brokerage
418Brokerage, trading, market making, advisory, wholesale financial, and capital-markets platforms.
Buyers
56
Core
25
Spend
$103.3B
2006–2025 · last year 70
Financial Data & Exchanges
205Market data, indexes, exchanges, clearing, trading infrastructure, and workflow platforms.
Buyers
10
Core
9
Spend
$95.5B
2006–2025 · last year 14
Accelerators
Recent 3-yr cadence above prior
Jpmorgan Chase & Co.JPM
Geographic Expansion
$81.8B recent
$81.8B vs N/A
Nasdaq, Inc.NDAQ
Bolt On
+881%
$25.8B vs $2.6B
Bitmine Immersion Technologies, Inc.BMNR
$7.4B recent
$7.4B vs N/A
BlackRock, Inc.BLK
Bolt On
$6.4B recent
$6.4B vs N/A
Global Payments Inc.GPN
Geographic Expansion
+149%
$5.1B vs $2B
Credit Suisse AGGLDI
Horizontal Consolidation
$4.1B recent
$4.1B vs N/A
Coolers
Recent 3-yr cadence below prior
Morgan StanleyMS
Bolt On
$20.6B prior
N/A vs $20.6B
Blue OWL Capital Inc.OWL
Platform
$6.8B → $445M
$445M vs $6.8B
PayPal Holdings, Inc.PYPL
Bolt On
$6.4B → $19M
$19M vs $6.4B
Invesco Ltd.IVZ
Horizontal Consolidation
$5.6B prior
N/A vs $5.6B
Mastercard IncorporatedMA
Platform
$5.4B → $30M
$30M vs $5.4B
Raymond James Financial, Inc.RJF
Talent Acquisition
$3.4B prior
N/A vs $3.4B
Trajectory
20 years of cadence and spend
Annual recorded buys and disclosed spend across the matched buyer set.