Interviews

Seeing Transformative M&A: Freshfields' Ethan Klingsberg

Freshfields Partner and Co-Head of US Corporate and M&A Ethan Klingsberg discusses navigating regulation, key M&A strategies, and why in the next few months we may see 'transformative M&A.' He...

America's Decade-Long AI War Efforts Get a Trial by Fire

On a recent Friday night, the US made two drastic moves that could end up altering the future of artificial-intelligence-powered warfare. Just after 5 p.m. Eastern time on Feb. 27, Donald Trump's...

NASA's Artemis II to Return to Moon in Bet on Agency's Future

Bloomberg's Loren Grush said that NASA's Artemis II mission to get back to the moon is aimed at being a 'proving ground' for potential missions to Mars. She said that NASA hopes to take the lessons...

Iran Impact Hitting Those at Bottom of 'K-Shaped Economy Hardest, Says Peter Atwater

Peter Atwater, president of Financial Insyghts, said that fallout from the Iran war is 'disproportionately' impacting those at the bottom of the 'K-shaped economy' as Americans feel the crunch of...

Hamilton Lane Co-CEO: Investors Staying in Private Credit

Hamilton Lane Co-CEO Erik Kirsch discusses the state of private credit, highlighting the vastness of the asset class and the issues with painting it with too broad of a brush. He talks with Katie...

Iran President Reiterates Guarantees Sought Before Ending War

Hagar Chemali, Former Director for Syria and Lebanon at the National Security Council, and CEO and Founder of Greenwich Media Strategies, says she doesn't envision a result where Iran retains...

Markets Surge to Close Ugly Month | Closing Bell

Comprehensive cross-platform coverage of the U.S. market close on Bloomberg Television, Bloomberg Radio, and YouTube with Bailey Lipschultz, Katie Greifeld, Carol Massar and Tim Stenovec. ...

Prediction Markets Shouldn't Include Everything: Smarkets

Jason Trost, CEO of Smarkets, joins Scarlet Fu and Tim Stenovec on Bloomberg Crypto. They discuss the recent pushback against prediction markets. ...

Trump Has Attacked American Pocketbooks, California AG Says

The restart of some 50,000 barrels a day of oil production off the coast of California will have have no impact on oil prices, California Attorney General Rob Bonta says in an interview on...

UBS's McCartney on M&A Outlook Amid Iran Conflict

Dealmakers are navigating a volatile backdrop as the war in Iran continues to cloud the global economic outlook. Gareth McCartney, UBS Global Head of Capital Markets Origination, discusses the...

HGGC CEO: Deals Continue Despite Uncertainty

Rich Lawson, Co-Founder and CEO of private equity firm HGGC, says deals are still getting done despite geopolitical uncertainty. He speaks with Dani Burger and Matt Miller on Open Interest. ...

Iran Ready to End War But Wants Guarantees, President Says

Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian told EU Council President Antonio Costa in a call Tuesday that his country is ready to end the war with the US, but it needs certain guarantees. This is according...

UK Could Be Facing a Jet Fuel Shortage, Says Soc Gen's Haigh

The Strait of Hormuz closure is turning into real energy shortages according to Societe General. Michael Haigh, Global Head of FIC and Commodities Research says the final vessels carrying jet fuel...

Citizens CEO: Private Credit Industry Growth Will Slow

Bruce Van Saun, Citizens Financial Group Chairman and CEO discusses challenges facing regional banks as credit growth is tested, and how lenders are applying AI and cloud-based tools to improve...

Institutional Investors 'Cautiously Optimistic': Grewal

Akila Grewal, Partner and Global Head of the Institutional Client Group at Apollo, discusses the state of private credit with Bloomberg's Dani Burger and Matt Miller on 'Open Interest.' ...

Refiners Could Wait Weeks for Oil, Even After Strait Is Fully Reopened, Macquarie Says

Some refiners could wait several weeks for oil even after the Strait of Hormuz is fully reopened, keeping up the pressure on prices. Macquarie Group Global Energy Strategist Vikas Dwivedi said in a...

Trump Tells Allies to Just 'Take' Jet Fuel From Hormuz

President Donald Trump lashed out again at allies for not supporting the US in Iran and says if they want jet fuel, they should just take it from the Strait of Hormuz. Retired US Army Colonel Wayne...

Energy Crisis: Gas Tops $4 a Gallon in US

Gas prices in the US keep surging. The nationwide average has now topped $4 a gallon for the first time since August 2022 due to the war with Iran. Bloomberg's Julian Lee reports. ...

USTR Greer on Hormuz, China Talks, Trade Tariffs

US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer says the US is insulated from supply chain effects from the Strait of Hormuz and discusses the Trump administration's perceived shortfall of the World Trade...