The financial services market is growing and, while dominated by major global players, also contains a surfeit of smaller and medium-sized businesses which are attractive to private-equity investment.

Investment interest in this sector is fuelled by new technology platforms, innovation, recession-related consumer demand for specialist financial products, and improved customer engagement.

Investment appetites continue to be healthy in the following areas:

•          Consumer finance and lending

•          Insurance & leasing

•          Asset management

•          Financial technology (fintech)

•          Debt collection & management

•          Business process outsourcing (BPO)

•          Wealth management