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The Middle East, a bright spot for new share sales for four years, faces a significant challenge from the recent volatility in equity markets and a slump in oil prices. Even so, bankers are hopeful that dealflow will resume in coming weeks.

A low-profile hedge fund executive who’s among the dozens of disciples tracing their roots to the late investing legend Julian Robertson is poised to become the face of the Trump administration’s sanctions strategy.

Russ Koesterich, Global Allocation Fund portfolio manager at BlackRock, discusses his firm’s stock and bond allocations in the current market environment and makes the case for being modestly overweight US equities. (Source: Bloomberg)

US equity futures sell off after the President triggered a relief rally by postponing most higher tariff rates for foreign trading partners, except China. Tim Graf of State Street points to the potential for financial dislocation to extend as the reason for Trump's postponement. This isn't time to be on the offensive, says Keith Lerner of Truist. Rob Arnott of Research Affiliates calls the breadth of available opportunities extraordinary. "Bloomberg Brief” delivers the market news, data and analysis you need to set your agenda. (Source: Bloomberg)

Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. reported fourth-quarter earnings that missed analysts’ estimates after corporations curtailed spending on information technology amid global geopolitical tumult.

Welcome to Tech In Depth, our daily newsletter with reporting and analysis about the business of tech from Bloomberg’s journalists around the world. Today, Kurt Wagner previews an important day in court for Meta and the FTC, with major implications for the future of the social media titan.

Persistent concerns that Alphabet Inc. has fallen behind in the artificial intelligence supremacy race has weighed on the stock this year, and not even the cheapest earnings multiple in about two years, or limited risk from tariffs, has been enough to entice investors.

The last six months have given the US climate tech sector an extreme case of whiplash, yet venture funding to the industry is on the rise.

European and Asian markets soared on Thursday, mirroring a dizzying rally on Wall Street, after US President Donald Trump announced a 90-day pause on higher tariffs just hours after they came into effect. But there was no reprieve for China, which now faces import levies of 125%. Traders now shifting their attention to the damage caused by the trade war, sending US futures tumbling.

Today's guests: Virginie Maisonneuve, Allianz Global Investors; Tina Fordham, Fordham Global Foresight Founder; Jean-Claude Trichet, Former European Central Bank President; Jeff Currie, Carlyle, Energy Pathways Chief Strategy Officer

"The Pulse With Francine Lacqua" is all about conversations with high profile guests in the beating heart of global business, economics, finance and politics. Based in London, we go wherever the story is, bringing you exclusive interviews and market-moving scoops. (Source: Bloomberg)

Jeff Currie, Chief Strategy Officer for Energy Pathways at Carlyle, says there’s a lot of downside risk, with oil and commodities “in the cross-hairs” of the trade war.

“I think oil probably has this right in re-pricing the risk again this morning,” he said. Currie joins "The Pulse with Francine Lacqua" on Bloomberg Television. (Source: Bloomberg)