After having invested before in $1COV (+0.28%) with the aim to be acquired by Adnoc/XRG and another investment in $ILTY Illimity Bank in Italy giving access to $IF (+0.99%) Banca IFIS with a 10% discount.

I'm now thinking to invest in further banking consolidation. Since there seems to be a wave of banking consolidations coming up both cross boarder and within individual European countries.

Italy shows:

$UCG (-0.09%) Unicredit stakebuilding in both $ALPHA (+1.31%) Alphabank & $CBK (-0.74%) Commerzbank and a failled attempt to acquire $BAMI (+1.93%) Banco BPM. We saw $BMPS (+1.8%) Monte dei Pachi acquire $MB (+2.2%) Mediobanca. $BPE (+0.98%) Bper Banca merge with $BPSO (+1.17%) and rumored to be on the wishlist of Unicredit.

Denmark is consolidating but could be still more ongoing:

A recent merger of $SYDB (+0.57%) Sydbank, Arbejdernes Landsbank & $VJBA Vestjysk Bank.

In Spain

We've seen a major but failed attempt to forget about the Spanish attempt of $BBVA (+0.7%) Banco Bilbao of $SAB (+0.46%) Banco Sabadell.

The Netherlands:

$ING (+1.34%) ING taking a substantial stake in $VLK (-0.62%) Van Lanschot Kempen.

$ABN (+0.33%) Doing several take overs in Germany and buying the trading app Bux and rumored to be bought themselves.

When thinking this through I see a potential for take over but, if it won't happen there is still good dividends to be earned. Therefore there is less of a need of a quick turn around.

I'm now looking for a "smaller" bank that traded and a likely take over candidate.

Where would you invest?

$BPE (+0.98%) - Bper Banca - Italy

$BAMI (+1.93%) - Banca BPM - Italy

$ABN (+0.33%) - ABN Amro Bank - Netherlands

$ALPHA (+1.31%) - Alpha Bank - Greece

$JYSK (+1.15%) - Jyske Bank - Denmark

$ALR (+1.65%) - Ailor Bank - Poland

Any other alternatives, or opinions about this idea, I'm happy to read!