Private Credit Cracks Worry Investors | Open Interest 2/27/2026

Get a jump start on the US trading day with Matt Miller and Dani Burger on "Bloomberg Open Interest." OpenAI shatters fundraising records. The ChatGPT maker closes a staggering $110 billion round, backed by Amazon, SoftBank, and Nvidia.  Jack Dorsey swings the ax at Block. And MFS’s blowup sends fresh tremors through the financial sector as new cracks emerge in private credit. Monroe Capital Chairman and CEO Ted Koenig joins us. His firm manages $23.6 billion in assets.
Plus Paramount shares surge on reports it could spend $111 billion for Warner Bros. We’ll speak with Okapi Partners CEO Bruce Goldfarb — his firm advises Paramount.

Chapters:
00:00:01 – Bloomberg: Open Interest begins
00:00:49 – Morning Movers: Block, Amazon
00:01:44 – OpenAI to raise $110 billion at $730 billion valuation
00:03:04 – Block Slashes Nearly Half Its Staff in AI Bet
00:06:34 – Cracks in Private Credit Deepen
00:09:27 – Netflix Drops WBD Bid, Leaving Paramount Winner
00:14:20 – High Interest | US, Iran Set New Nuclear Talks
00:15:34 – Bruce Goldfarb, Okapi Partners CEO
00:26:40 – Anastasia Amoroso, Partners Group CIO, Private Wealth
00:36:19 – Top Calls | Southwest Airlines, Cars.com, Duolingo
00:37:46 – Pentagon Open to Talks with Anthropic
00:43:19 – BREAKING: MFS Creditors Allege £930 Million Shortfall from Double Pledges
00:43:36 – Blue Owl vs. The ETF Trade-Off
00:47:38 – Joyce Huang, American Century Senior Client Portfolio Manager
00:56:39 – High Interest | Apollo Credit Fund Cuts Dividend
00:57:45 – Ted Koenig, Monroe Capital Chairman & CEO
01:05:57 – Paramount Faces Gov. Scrutiny Over Warner Deal
01:07:56 – Gary Atkinson, Algorhythm Holdings CEO
01:14:42 – Money Movers: Block, Apollo,
01:16:27 – Anthropic Rejects Latest Pentagon Offer
01:22:30 – Anxiety Around AI’s Disruptive Potential
01:25:38 – Trading Diary
01:26:09 – Bloomberg: This Weekend: What’s on Tap
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