FT News Briefing

Elon Musk goes to Washington

Calendar year inflows in to exchange traded funds surpassed their previous full-year record at the end of October, and we look at how Donald Trump’s win ushers in a new era for Elon Musk. Plus, rival groups of bondholders are vying to extend loans to the troubled UK utility Thames Water.  Mentioned in this podcast:<a href="https://on.ft.com/4erJC4G" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Elon Musk’s gamble on Donald Trump pays off</a><a href="https://on.ft.com/40Gzula" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">How Thames Water became a battleground for hedge funds</a><a href="https://on.ft.com/4fEKK5W" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">ETF flows smash full year record</a> The FT News Briefing is produced by Niamh Rowe, Fiona Symon, Sonja Hutson, Kasia Broussalian and Marc Filippino. Additional help from Mischa Frankl-Duval, Breen Turner, Sam Giovinco, Peter Barber, Michael Lello, David da Silva and Gavin Kallmann. Our engineer is Joseph Salcedo. Topher Forhecz is the FT’s executive producer. The FT’s global head of audio is Cheryl Brumley. The show’s theme song is by Metaphor Music. <a href="https://www.ft.com/content/c0722d20-5a09-47e5-b413-af58ad741a50" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com</a> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color:grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

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