Chris Hughes

Bloomberg Opinion Columnist

Chris Hughes is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering deals. Previously, he worked for Reuters Breakingviews, the Financial Times and the Independent newspaper.

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Keurig Dr Pepper To Buy JDE Peet’s For $18 Billion In Revamp

Bloomberg Opinion

M&A FOMO Is a Serious Threat to Your Shares

April 9, 2026

April 9, 2026

OpinionChris Hughes

M&A FOMO Is a Serious Threat to Your Shares

Keurig Dr Pepper To Buy JDE Peet’s For $18 Billion In Revamp

March 31, 2026

March 31, 2026

OpinionChris Hughes

Boaz Weinstein's Hedge Fund Is Closing In On a Big Win

Key Speakers At Bloomberg Invest

March 24, 2026

March 24, 2026

OpinionChris Hughes

Nelson Peltz Is Giving Hedge Funds a Little Sweetener

Billionaire Wharton Dropout Peltz Warns Big Tech Dominance Over

March 20, 2026

March 20, 2026

OpinionChris Hughes and Andrea Felsted

Unilever Has $36 Billion in Tasty M&A Options

Unilever Plc Chief Executive Officer Hein Schumacher Interview

March 19, 2026

March 19, 2026

OpinionChris Hughes

Private Credit’s Biggest Players Go From Good to Bad to Worse

Asia Pacific Financial and Innovation Symposium

March 10, 2026

March 10, 2026

OpinionChris Hughes

Bill Ackman Is Pioneering the ‘Buy-5-Get-1-Free’ Hedge Fund IPO

Pershing Square Capital Management LP Chief Executive Officer Bill Ackman Interview

February 27, 2026

February 27, 2026

OpinionChris Hughes

Oh No, Rationality Prevailed in the Warner Bros. Auction

Key Speakers At The Bloomberg Screentime Conference

February 26, 2026

February 26, 2026

OpinionChris Hughes

Nelson Peltz Just Got a Near $9 Billion Reality Check

Key Speakers At The FII Priority Summit

February 26, 2026

February 26, 2026

OpinionChris Hughes

Monsanto Is Playing Chicken With the US Legal Machine

Monsanto Is Playing Chicken With the US Legal Machine

February 17, 2026

February 17, 2026

OpinionChris Hughes

Warner Bros. Is Testing Larry Ellison's Pain Barrier

Netflix Shares Slide As Spending Mounts Amid Warner Deal

February 17, 2026

February 17, 2026

OpinionChris Hughes

Is Cazenove No Longer a Finance Name to Be Proud Of?

Nuveen to Buy UK Asset Manager Schroders Plc in £10 Billion Deal

February 16, 2026

February 16, 2026

OpinionChris Hughes

A US Hedge Fund Has Made a Risky Bet on the London Stock Exchange

Inside The London Stock Exchange

February 12, 2026

February 12, 2026

OpinionChris Hughes

Schroders Exit Makes the City of London Even More Like Wimbledon

Schroders Exit Makes the City of London Even More Like Wimbledon

February 11, 2026

February 11, 2026

OpinionChris Hughes

Who’s On the Other Side of the Big AI Selloff?

Who’s On the Other Side of the Big AI Selloff?

January 23, 2026

January 23, 2026

OpinionChris Hughes

A 56% Premium for a FTSE-100 Stalwart Doesn’t Look Enough

Opening Day Of World Economic Forum (WEF) 2025

January 22, 2026

January 22, 2026

OpinionChris Hughes

The ‘Godfather of PE Secondaries’ Timed His Exit Perfectly

Key Speakers At The 2017 Milken Conference

January 15, 2026

January 15, 2026

OpinionChris Hughes

How Larry Ellison Can Get Warner to Play Ball

Trump Signs Action To Create Sovereign Wealth Fund In Next Year

January 9, 2026

January 9, 2026

OpinionChris Hughes

Glencore Prepares for the Trade of All Trades With Rio Tinto

Tinto on Renewed Talks to Buy Glencore to Create World’s Biggest Mining Company

January 8, 2026

January 8, 2026

OpinionChris Hughes

Boaz Weinstein Busts Baillie Gifford’s SpaceX Sale

Key Speakers At Bloomberg Invest

December 19, 2025

December 19, 2025

OpinionChris Hughes

Drahi’s Bondholders Are Suckers for Punishment

Drahi’s Bondholders Are Suckers for Punishment