President-elect Donald Trump has announced that Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy will lead a new department designed to dismantle government bureaucracy. Also on the show: Qatar has named Mohammed Al Sowaidi as the CEO of its $510B sovereign wealth fund; investors have put in 131B riyals of orders for the IPO of a Saudi Arabian financial services firm; investors watch closely for US CPI data; unprecedented foreign exchange pressures and economic challenges throughout Africa have impacted MultiChoice’s earnings; Indian online food ordering company, Swiggy, starts trading; Israeli Defense Forces says it has destroyed the majority of the Hezbollah weapons storage and missile production facilities in the southern suburbs of Beirut; Nigeria is seeking a $5B trade facility from Saudi Arabia to shore up capital for its economic reform program; Bloomberg TV speaks to Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis at COP29 in Baku, Bloomberg sources say the UK is now in the final stages of negotiating a free trade agreement with the GCC. Guests include: Ryan Bohl, RANE, Senior Middle East and North Africa Analyst; Rashmi Garg, Al Dhabi Capital, Senior Portfolio Manager; Ali Zaidi, US White House Climate Advisor; Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Greek Prime Minister; Calvo Mawela, MultiChoice, CEO.
00:00 Introduction
04:26 Trump says Musk, Ramaswamy to lead government efficiency effort
08:18 Ryan Bohl, RANE, Senior Middle East and North Africa Analyst
14:32 QIA names new CEO of $510B fund
18:32 Saudi finance firm IPO gets $35B in orders
27:00 Rashmi Garg, Al Dhabi Capital, Senior Portfolio Manager
33:00 MultiChoice blames interim loss on intense currency pressure
36:40 Fighting for climate cash at COP29
42:10 Swiggy’s $1.3B IPO starts trading
49:30 IDF says most Hezbollah arms facilities destroyed
53;30 Trump says Musk, Ramaswamy to lead government efficiency effort
58:26 Ali Zaidi, US White House Climate Advisor
01:06:05 Nigeria seeks $5B trade facility from Saudi
01:12:50 Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Greek Prime Minister
01:23:30 Calvo Mawela, MultiChoice, CEO
01:28:15 UK nears free trade agreement with GCC
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