Great M&A articles

A couple of great articles about the state of M&A in the wholesale distribution sector following the sale of HD Supply to a consortium of private equity firms. Adam Fein's post asks - is M&A peaking in this sector? I think the bigger question is whether or not the overall M&A market is peaking? I for one still believe that many private equity groups are just coming around to the idea of wholesale distributors as an attractive sector. That being said as long as private equity firms and strategic buyers continue to have cheap access to capital I think the pace of M&A will continue on the macro level and may intensify within the wholesale distribution sector.

http://www.mdm.com/stories/ma3710.html

http://www.mdm.com/issues/blog/general/4184-1.html

http://www.distributiontrends.com/2007/06/is-m-peaking.html