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Bloomberg
11-04-2025
- Business
- Bloomberg
Tariff Drama Pushes Wall Street Into Arms of Private Credit
Welcome to Going Private, Bloomberg's twice-weekly newsletter about private markets and the forces moving capital away from the public eye. Today, we look at Wall Street's familiar dance with private credit and the risks of volatility for portfolio companies. Also, BlackRock's earnings — Silas Brown and Eleanor Duncan. If you're not already on our list, sign up here. Have feedback? Email us at goingprivate@ Leveraged finance bankers came into the year riding high on a promise of an M&A deluge (and the bonuses that come with it.) But this month's tariff drama has left them with something of a 2022 redux.
Bloomberg
08-03-2025
- Business
- Bloomberg
Artificial Intelligence Unleashes Call Center Havoc
Welcome to The Brink. It's Eleanor Duncan and Edward Clark in London, and Libby Cherry in Frankfurt, looking at the AI impact on call centers. We also have updates on City Brewing, Eutelsat and Perella Weinberg Partners. Follow this link to subscribe. Send us feedback and tips at debtnews@ Almost a year ago, Swedish fintech company Klarna unleashed havoc in the call center industry with a shock announcement: Its artificial intelligence assistant was doing the equivalent work of 700 full-time agents.
Bloomberg
01-03-2025
- Business
- Bloomberg
Musk's Starlink Gives Space Lenders a Crisis of Confidence
Welcome to The Brink. It's Eleanor Duncan and Abhinav Ramnarayan in London, where we looked at the debacle of satellite companies facing Starlink competition. We also have news on Altice, FTX and Evergrande. Follow this link to subscribe. Send us feedback and tips at debtnews@ In September, Elon Musk wrote on X — the social media platform he owns — that SpaceX 's Starlink constitutes roughly two-thirds of all active Earth satellites. Since then, the world's richest man has become one of the most influential advisers in the White House, deepening concerns among competitors and their investors that SpaceX may become even more dominant in the sector.
