How the Fed’s interest rate cuts could affect hospice M&A

How the Fed’s interest rate cuts could affect hospice M&A 
Hospice News; by Jim Parker; 9/19/24 
The Federal Reserve cut interest rates by 0.5% on Wednesday, which will likely have an impact on hospice M&A. Interest rates have widespread implications for the hospice mergers and acquisitions market, particularly when it comes to private equity investments. PE firms, and some publicly traded companies, tend to finance their acquisitions by taking on debt. The rate reduction — from close to 5.5% to between 5% and 4.75% — means that the flow of dollars may pick up as borrowing gets less expensive. The slash in interest rates could result in a resurgence of M&A in the hospice space through the end of the year and into 2025, according to Cory Mertz, managing partner at M&A advisory firm Mertz Taggart. ...