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Virtus Investment Partners (NYSE:VRTS) reported preliminary assets under management of $147.5 billion and other fee-earning assets of $1.7 billion as of August 31, 2026.

Victory Capital (NASDAQ:VCTR) reported total assets under management of $356.5 billion as of August 31, 2026, with total client assets reaching $360.2 billion.

Jeff Currie, founder & CEO at Real Macro and co-founder & director at 1947 Oil and Gas, discusses the impact of China's return to the oil market, shortages in oil and crude products, and the possibility of $5 gasoline in the US ahead of the midterm elections.

Jeff Currie, founder & CEO at Real Macro and co-founder & director at 1947 Oil and Gas, explains why the need for refineries to balance production of gasoline and diesel products can push gas prices higher ahead of the US midterm elections.

Lazard (NYSE:LAZ) reported preliminary assets under management of $290.3 billion as of August 31, 2026, up from $286.9 billion at the end of July.

"We have to appreciate that we could be in the midst of a now secular uptrend in bond yields," says Cameron Dawson, chief investment officer at NewEdge Wealth. She does see "tactical buying opportunities" in US Treasuries and says rising yields will continue to put downward pressure on equity valuations. Dawson speaks on "Bloomberg Surveillance."

MoneyHero Group (NASDAQ:MNY) reported second-quarter 2026 revenue of US$15.8 million, down 13% year over year, with a net loss of US$1.2 million.

Isabelle Mateos y Lago, chief economist at BNP Paribas, discusses the weight of Friday's US CPI report on the upcoming Federal Reserve interest-rate decision. She says her firm believes "monetary policy is not restrictive enough" and that the US economy "probably" needs three rate hikes, starting next week.

Bundesbank President Joachim Nagel, speaking Thursday at the European Central Bank's monetary policy press conference in Berlin, said he's worried about the rise of far-right parties such as Alternative for Germany. "Some of these [far-right] concepts are self-defeating in an economic sense," Nagel explains. "Is this helpful to attract foreign investors to come to this country? Definitely not."

SV Health Investors' Ruth McKernan says wearables and health data are helping move medicine from the general to the personal. She says AI is already speeding up parts of drug discovery and improving patient selection for clinical trials. But McKernan says some parts of development cannot be rushed, and the UK still needs more funding to help life-sciences companies scale. She spoke to Tom Mackenzie on the latest episode of Bloomberg Tech: Europe.

Bond bears are pushing benchmark Treasury yields toward the closely-watched 5% level ahead of US inflation data that stands to determine expectations for a Federal Reserve interest-rate hike next week. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent dismissed concerns about the US bond market after Thursday's smaller-than-expected debt buyback operation sent yields to multi-year highs. The Treasury market is in "very good shape," Bessent said in an interview with Steve Bannon. Speaking to Caroline Hepker and Francine Lacqua on Bloomberg Radio Julien Lafargue, Chief Market Strategist at Barclays Private Bank said that Bessent may have overplayed his hand.

The UN's atomic watchdog IAEA says it has observed construction activity at Iran's Pickaxe Mountain. That's after President Trump drew attention to the suspected nuclear site in public comments at least twice in the last week. Shira Efron, Distinguished Chair for Israel Policy at RAND spoke to Bloomberg's Abeer Abu Omar about the activity in Iran and what this means for Israel especially as election looms in the country.