After having invested before in $1COV (-0,17 %) with the aim to be acquired by Adnoc/XRG and another investment in $ILTY Illimity Bank in Italy giving access to $IF (+0,66 %) 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 (+0,26 %) Unicredit stakebuilding in both $ALPHA (-3,9 %) Alphabank & $CBK (+0,01 %) Commerzbank and a failled attempt to acquire $BAMI (+1,87 %) Banco BPM. We saw $BMPS (-0,5 %) Monte dei Pachi acquire $MB (-0,15 %) Mediobanca. $BPE (+0,52 %) 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 (+2,09 %) Sydbank, Arbejdernes Landsbank & $VJBA Vestjysk Bank.

In Spain

We've seen a major but failed attempt to forget about the Spanish attempt of $BBVA (-0,4 %) Banco Bilbao of $SAB (+0,7 %) Banco Sabadell.

The Netherlands:

$ING (+0,84 %) ING taking a substantial stake in $VLK (+1,37 %) Van Lanschot Kempen.

$ABN (-0,56 %) 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 (+0,52 %) - Bper Banca - Italy

$BAMI (+1,87 %) - Banca BPM - Italy

$ABN (-0,56 %) - ABN Amro Bank - Netherlands

$ALPHA (-3,9 %) - Alpha Bank - Greece

$JYSK (-0,17 %) - Jyske Bank - Denmark

$ALR (-2,76 %) - Ailor Bank - Poland

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