bloomberg lp competes with thomson reuters in providing financial news, data, and analytics. he also holdings has drawn interest from suitors including blackstone and carlisle. bloomberg has learned that that the private equity firms are considering submitting bids for the giant. a deal for nielsen, which has the market value of $9.6 billion, would rank as one of the year's biggest payouts. representatives declined to comment. ceo says he does not see an impact on oil sales from the u.s.-china trade war, but bob dudley says -- the price it pays for steel. speaking exclusively to bloomberg, he said he sees further upward pressure on crude prices. >> what is going to happen with iran sanctions? is that oil going to come off the market or go back on the market? you could see volatility up, you can see it going down. oil prices seem high to me. overall, the stock levels are low, so there is upward pressure, but volatility is the word from now to the end of the year. juliette: and that is your bloomberg business flash. nejra: juliette saly in singapore, thank you so much. let's br

bloomberg lp competes with thomson reuters in providing financial news data and analytics.hat is your bloomberg business flash. much.thanks very juliette saly with your first word news. ism in zurich and joining me sarah frier he on a very cold deck of this hotel. -- we're up the looking at the family office business growing and becoming reallyzu a successful piece of -- really a successful piece of the banks p&l. offices all of a sudden booming in this century? , in regions like europe and the united states, family offices are helping. , family office support, 7% of the offices i have interviewed have been asia,d -- clearly in industries are growing very fast. [inaudible] the reality is a couple of things are driving the increase of family offices. first of all, increased sophistication in the way families manage their money. there is clearly an increasing wealth. there have been a number of liquidity events over the past 20 years that have resulted in two very significant -- that you require it -- a professional type of management. matt: are you think that people are just

the bio of thomson reuters financial and risk operation, the largest leveraged buyout of 2018, $18.8lion offering a portion exceeding $10 billion. still with me, jeffrey rosenberg, krishna memani and noelle corum. noelle, leverage loans have exploded this year. the demand is absolutely massive. where do you stand on the big debate? noelle: we continue to like leveraged loans. we don't think demand is going anywhere. a lot of those lows are coming from the institutional side. they tend to be rather sticky. as long as u.s. growth is healthy and we expect it to be for several quarters that will continue to support leverage loans. krishna: we agree. leverage loan market is being driven by a need for income in an environment where rates are rising. that gets you to the right point , in terms of demand and supply. the overall -- the cred quality of the corporate sector is stable. it is not superlative, but it is stable. and the fact that loans are senior at this point in the cycle where credit spreads are relatively tight. i think that makes it a more attractive as well. jeffrey: we all ag

blackstonewatching per they will be marketing some high-yield debt to finance its acquisition of thomson reutersd trading market. what will they have to pay to do it? isid: meantime, joining us bloomberg opinion columnist, and that is dale. >> -- that is dell. >> what does this mean for holders of the stock? dell had the merger with emc, and dell wants to go public again. holders have not been happy with the price. i do not think these numbers today will change anything. guidance for fiscal 2022, 2023, a few years out. the fact that these numbers are good today i do not think what change the underlying valuation assessment here by holders. alix: what will change shareholder perspective? >> i think they are holding a for a higher offer. dell and silver lake have indicated they are not going to go down that path. then you talk about the third option, dell going public and forcing the conversion of those dvnt shares. there is a debate on whether that would be better for the holders, and a number of people i talked to think it is. it would not be that great for dell because it has a lot of debt and

a representative for blackstone declined to comment on thomson reuters, saying it does not comment onket rumors. that is your bloomberg business flash. nejra: taylor riggs in new york, thank you. let's turn to the fed meeting. bank -- the central bank is expected to raise rates today. policymakers are expected to continue the policy rate hike straight through 2019. it is a more aggressive pace than fed watchers anticipated in june. the trade tensions and geopolitical risks shift the fed? you heard what the bloomberg survey said. is that in line with your thinking? >> it would be along with our thinking. we are in consensus with where u.s. rates go. to the usstimulus economy and the cycle in the potential it has for raising inflation, some of the inflationary pressures you can see beginning to build, i think there has to be a risk that u.s. interest rates hike -- rates rise quite late cycle. sees an unusual time to fiscal stimulus. economists thought that the next recession would be triggered by the fed raising quickly.quickly -- too actual risk came from below. let's say the fed does