Interviews

Tradeweb CEO: Opportunities Around Predictive Markets

Tradeweb CEO Billy Hult discusses the bond trading market and the room for opportunities in predictive markets. He talks with Romaine Bostick and Katie Greifeld on The Close. ...

Activists Face New Needs for Diligence: Gonzalez-Sussman

Elizabeth Gonzalez-Sussman, partner and head of shareholder engagement and activism; M&A at Skadden, joins Dani Burger and Scarlet Fu on Bloomberg Deals. She discusses how activist investors must...

Gilead to Buy Cancer Biotech Tubulis in $5B Deal

Bloomberg's Michelle Davis joins Dani Burger on Bloomberg Deals. Gilead agreed to buy private German biotech Tubulis in a deal worth up to $5 billion as it looks to boost its portfolio in a hot...

Industrial Firm Madison Air Seeks $2.23 Billion in IPO

Bloomberg's Bailey Lipschultz joins Dani Burger on Bloomberg Deals. Madison Air Solutions is seeking to raise as much as $2.23 billion in its initial public offering, in what would be the biggest...

Pimco to Weigh $14B Debt Deal for Oracle Data Center

Bloomberg's Laura Benitez joins Dani Burger on Bloomberg Deals. Pacific Investment Management is in talks with Bank of America to help provide roughly $14 billion of debt financing to build a...

We'll See Resumption of Deals: Blackstone's Baratta

Joe Baratta, global head of private equity strategies at Blackstone , joins Dani Burger on Bloomberg Deals. He said markets are craving investments immune from AI dislocation. He also shared his...

Volatility Can Create Opportunity: Palliser Founder

James Smith, founder and chief investment officer of Palliser Capital, joins Dani Burger on Bloomberg Deals. They discuss M&A market trends and how his company found an AI manufacturing play within...

Fed Minutes Show Officials See Dual-Sided Risks From Iran War

Federal Reserve officials wrestled with starkly differing scenarios for the US economy following the outbreak of the Iran war, including one that called for interest-rate cuts and another that...

Ecuador's Noboa Open to Broader US Role on Security

Ecuador's President Daniel Noboa says he would welcome US troops to help address his country's security crisis, as long as they follow the lead of local armed forces. In an interview with...

Snowflake Seeing Strong Return on AI Investment: CEO

Some of Snowflake's coders are producing work 24 hours a day using AI agents, says CEO Sridhar Ramaswamy. He joins Caroline Hyde and Ed Ludlow on Bloomberg Tech. ...

Minutes Show Fed Officials See Differing Risks From Iran War

Minutes of the Federal Open Market Committee's March 17-18 meeting show most Fed officials worried the war could hurt the labor market and warrant lower interest rates. At the same time, many...

Apple's Foldable Phone On Track for September Launch

Apple's first foldable phone is still on track to launch in September, despite reports of major manufacturing delays. Bloomberg's Mark Gurman discusses the phone's features and why it could mark a...

US and Iran Agree to Hold Talks Even as Hormuz Stays Blocked

Retired General Frank McKenzie joins Balance of Power, stating the US will be able to claim a significant victory in the war with Iran if all the conditions outlined by the US are met, though...

Analyzing a Fragile Ceasefire

A fragile Iran-Israel ceasefire hangs in the balance as tensions rise across the Middle East. Rachel Bronson, a Nonresident Senior Fellow on Energy and Geopolitics at the Chicago Council on Global...

Activist Investors Surge in Volatile Markets

Activist investing is booming despite market uncertainty. Darren Novak, the Global Co-Head of Shareholder Engagement and M&A Capital Markets at JP Morgan joined Bloomberg Open Interest to explain...

Exxon Lost 6% of Global Production Amid Iran War

Exxon Mobil Corp. saw 6% of its global output knocked out in the first quarter as oil and natural gas operations in the Persian Gulf were paralyzed by the Iran war. Kevin Crowley reports on...

Iran Gains Leverage After Ceasefire: Expert

A temporary US, Iran cease-fire may calm markets, but deeper geopolitical risks are intensifying. Former State Department official Jennifer Gavito joined Bloomberg Open Interest to break down...

Relief Rally Likely to Be Capped, Oppenheimer's Stoltzfus Says

John Stoltzfus, Oppenheimer Asset Management chief investment strategist, says what he see as a mild selloff during the Iran war will likely cap the extent of the US stock market relief rally on...

Strait of Hormuz by No Means Open for Business, Says Oil Analyst Sen

Amrita Sen, founder and director of market intelligence at Energy Aspects, discusses tanker flows in and out of the Strait of Hormuz as the US and Iran announce a two-week ceasefire and explains...