Melissa Sawyer, Global Head of M&A, spoke with Bloomberg about next year’s M&A landscape and what interest rates may signal for dealmakers. She highlighted how “traders have been betting that the steepest global tightening cycle in a generation is over…[which will] give buyers the confidence to start doing deals.” She also noted that monetary easing is expected to begin around the middle of 2024, which could further strengthen the deal market.
“As people have a sense that rates have stabilized, people will be ready to fire up the M&A engines again and get back to work,” she said.
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