Harris Williams says lenders are key to M&A boom

June 12 - Reuters - Middle market M&A specialist adviser Harris Williams & Co. said on Tuesday it expects no prolonged slowdown in the record pace of global mergers unless lenders become less aggressive.

Some experts have said higher interest rates in Europe and uncertainty about the cost of borrowing in the United States could slow some aspects of the global M&A boom.

Accommodating debt markets helped spur M&A activity to record levels in the past year, with more than $4 trillion of deals in 2006 alone, but the hot pace has slowed during the past two weeks. Read More.