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in the terms of the deal, massmutual options become a shareholder in invesco.n we talked to the ceos this morning, they were pretty adamant that this is an investment. them to be a partner with this. i think it will be interesting point to howy invesco has handled deals in the past. it will be interesting. it will be interesting to see if they fully sustain and improve the shares like is done today, ofif it will be a challenge combining two large firms. , i was talking to one of the people involved in those larger deals. you talk about these guys -- did they feel like from a cultural point of view they were on the same page? katherine: to an extent. they said it is still early days in terms of how they will structure this combination, right? they are not sure about whether they will fully integrated or it will be a standalone thing, which makes sense. the deal was signed this morning. but they do talk about how oppenheimer funds will add a lot of asset management, which is different. obviously invesco has grown so huge in the passive space. that way they are ad

the asset manager is owned by massmutual.products at one of the largest managers have extremes traded funds. invesco -- exchange traded funds. most of it will be in preferred shares. the largest alternative asset manager, blackstone group, posted a third-quarter profit that beat estimates. $24 billion in new capital. their bedrock i would equity was the biggest contributor to income. the trump administration persuaded iraq to sign a general electric $50 billion power deal and said of germany's siemens. senior u.s. officials warned the prime minister that going with siemens could put the u.s.-iraq relationship at risk. iraq signed a memo of understanding the ge in recent days. that is your bloomberg business flash. alix: earnings season kicked off last week. afterlast quarter's record reporting, are we at peak earnings? profits rolled over the next six quarters. joining the is romaine bostick. has that been the reality? romaine: we are still at a peak or rising. 20 look at profit margins -- when you look at profit margins, for