After having invested before in $1COV (+0%) with the aim to be acquired by Adnoc/XRG and another investment in $ILTY Illimity Bank in Italy giving access to $IF (+0.09%) 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 (-2.73%) Unicredit stakebuilding in both $ALPHA (-2.65%) Alphabank & $CBK (-1.41%) Commerzbank and a failled attempt to acquire $BAMI (-1.43%) Banco BPM. We saw $BMPS (+0.3%) Monte dei Pachi acquire $MB (+0.47%) Mediobanca. $BPE (-1.96%) Bper Banca merge with $BPSO (+0%) and rumored to be on the wishlist of Unicredit.

Denmark is consolidating but could be still more ongoing:

A recent merger of $SYDB (-2.41%) Sydbank, Arbejdernes Landsbank & $VJBA Vestjysk Bank.

In Spain

We've seen a major but failed attempt to forget about the Spanish attempt of $BBVA (-2.75%) Banco Bilbao of $SAB (-2.69%) Banco Sabadell.

The Netherlands:

$ING (-0.84%) ING taking a substantial stake in $VLK (-0.62%) Van Lanschot Kempen.

$ABN (-4.33%) 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 (-1.96%) - Bper Banca - Italy

$BAMI (-1.43%) - Banca BPM - Italy

$ABN (-4.33%) - ABN Amro Bank - Netherlands

$ALPHA (-2.65%) - Alpha Bank - Greece

$JYSK (-2.2%) - Jyske Bank - Denmark

$ALR (-1.54%) - Ailor Bank - Poland

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