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The United Arab Emirates has reportedly opened talks with the US about a financial backstop in case the country plunges into further crisis due to the war on Iran, according to the Wall Street Journal. Kasia Klimasinska reports on Bloomberg Television.

The fight for talent in the hedge-fund industry has reached new extremes, with hedge funders using maneuvers like "gazumping" to grab more money for themselves, resulting in a vicious price spiral. Just how much gazumping is going on is unclear, but recruiters say some traders now are securing pay packages of $50 million or more. Clients end up footing the bill for these practices through opaque "passthrough" fees. Bloomberg's Tom Metcalf reports.

Sebastian Raedler, head of European equity strategy at Bank of America, discusses the outlook for tech stocks, cyclicals and the risk of demand destruction as a result of higher energy prices. He speaks on Bloomberg Television.

Ole Hansen, commodity strategy head at Saxo Bank, discusses market sentiment as oil jumped amid a weekend flare-up in US-Iran tensions. "Even with the setback we saw on Friday, these prices are still too high relative to what potential consumers are prepared to pay," Hansen tells Bloomberg Television.

Anna Edwards, Guy Johnson, Tom Mackenzie and Mark Cudmore break down today's key themes for analysts and investors on "Bloomberg: The Opening Trade."

Chancellor Friedrich Merz said he plans to convene Germany's national security council, adding that the council is empowered to take immediate action to ensure the nation's energy security if needed. Meanwhile, Germany's sovereign wealth fund, known as Kenfo, is abandoning long-held restrictions on investing in weapons manufacturers. Bloomberg's Oliver Crook reports.

Oil and natural gas prices have soared after the US Navy seized an Iranian-flagged cargo ship during a chaotic weekend that saw Tehran firing at vessels and reimposing controls in the Strait of Hormuz. Bloomberg's Laura Davison and Stephen Stapczynski report on the latest.

Kerry Craig of JPMorgan Asset Management says the markets are "moving in circles to a certain degree" but investors are seeing developments in the Middle East as "pointing towards an off-ramp in the conflict." He tells Bloomberg Television that the focus is increasingly shifting to micro fundamentals given the start of earnings season in the US.

Randa Slim, Johns Hopkins University SAIS Senior Fellow, speaks to Bloomberg TV about the next steps for Iran and the US after back-and-forth over potential peace talks in Islamabad this week.

Global Co-Head of JP Morgan Payments, Umar Farooq and Head of Services at Citi, Shahmir Khaliq, spoke with Bloomberg's Emily Mason in a bank debate interview.