Banking Sector M&A, Dealmaking For Regional Banks | Bloomberg Deals 3/18/2026

A weekly, midday program that delivers high-impact, editorially driven coverage of the most important corporate transactions shaping the global market. Today's guests: KBW President & CEO Tom Michaud, Key Institutional Bank President Randy Paine, McKinsey Senior Partner Amit Garg, Andreessen Horowitz General Partner Angela Strange, and Lincoln International CEO Rob Brown. Chapters: 00:00:00 - Bloomberg Deals opens 00:01:53 - Unicredit Makes $40B for Commerzbank KONE in Talks TK Elevator Takeover 00:05:49 - Public Storage Buying National Storage for $10B 00:07:14 - Six Flags Investor Jana Urges Sale 00:09:38 - BW CEO Tom Michaud: Webster Deal Was A Surprise 00:11:24 - Michaud: Trump Admin Leveling the Playing Field 00:13:19 - Michaud: Certain Underwriting Going to be Conservative 00:15:32 - Michaud: Bank Consolidation Will Continue 00:17:02 - Michaud on AI Anxiety 00:21:20 - JPMorgan Halts Qualtrics $5.3B Debt Deal 00:24:16 - The Investment Committee: Dealmaking for Regional Banks 00:35:49 - Lincoln International CEO Brown: No ‘Major Concerns’ For Private Credit 00:39:38 - Brown: Don’t See ‘A Credit Crunch’ Issue 00:43:30 - TD Sees Rogers Building $18B Sports Empire -------- More on Bloomberg Television and Markets Like this video? Subscribe and turn on notifications so you don't miss any videos from Bloomberg Markets & Finance: https://tinyurl.com/ysu5b8a9 Visit http://www.bloomberg.com for business news & analysis, up-to-the-minute market data, features, profiles and more. Connect with Bloomberg Television on: X:   / bloombergtv   Facebook:   / bloombergtelevision   Instagram:   / bloombergtv   Connect with Bloomberg Business on: X:   / business   Facebook:   / bloombergbusiness   Instagram:   / bloombergbusiness   TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@bloombergbusi... Reddit:   / bloomberg   LinkedIn:   / bloomberg-news   More from Bloomberg: Bloomberg Radio:   / bloombergradio   Bloomberg Surveillance:   / bsurveillance   Bloomberg Politics:   / bpolitics   Bloomberg Originals:   / bbgoriginals   Watch more on YouTube: Bloomberg Technology:    / @bloombergtechnology   Bloomberg Originals:    / @business   Bloomberg Quicktake:    / @bloombergquicktake   Bloomberg Espanol:    / @bloomberg_espanol   Bloomberg Podcasts:    / @bloombergpodcasts