Pressure On Both Buyers And Sellers Could Drive M&A This Year

Alvarez & Marsal managing director for PE services Paul Aversano says that 2015 will be another great year for M&A regardless of whether we see a Fed rate hike

Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) are set for another strong year in 2015, but there’s been some concern that deals could get disrupted when the Federal Reserve starts increasing rates, probably later this year. According to Paul Aversano, managing director for private equity services at the global professional services firm Alvarez & Marsal, a Fed rate hike just won’t make much of a difference when everything else points to a year with lots of M&A activity.

“Interest rates have been so low that even the initial couple of rate increases, they usually do...