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Expert assessment of prospects for financial services merger

  • Focus Area:

    Financial Services Strategy
    Competition economics
    Competition and Regulatory Economics

  • Area of Expertise:

    Merger analysis and public interest

  • Client:

    Confidential

  • Countries:

    South Africa

  • Date:

    2019

  • Project name:

    Expert assessment of prospects of the proposed disposal and sale of the businesses of two large financial services firms

Genesis was retained to provide an independent expert assessment of the proposed acquisitions and disposals between two financial services firms.

Despite risks of significant market share accretion, the team was able to demonstrate and argue that market dynamics presented a case for the existence of significant and meaningful competitive constraints.

The merging parties elected not to file the transaction due to other potential commercial risks.

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