| * Chinese banks provide best bargains * Emerging markets: Call goes out for specialist advice * The Palestinian economy's hard road out of isolation * EM bond rebound brings record within reach * Indonesia's economy faces headwinds * Brazil's Vale rises on Chinese demand * Mexico makes energy reforms more ambitious to lure investment Markets: mostly down Chinese banks provide best bargains
Because China's financial system is in a bad way its cheap lenders are not a cause for concern – what matters more is what Beijing does about it
http://on.ft.com/19FfZsR Emerging markets: Call goes out for specialist advice
The well-heeled from fast-growing economies increasingly look to succession planning
http://on.ft.com/19FfXkE The Palestinian economy's hard road out of isolation
Officials in the West Bank and Gaza fear that a $4bn plan to revive the economy will not gain traction as long as political uncertainty persists
http://on.ft.com/19FfXkH EM bond rebound brings record within reach
Developing world debt sales back strongly after summer of turmoil, leading to forecasts of a second bumper year of overall issuance
http://on.ft.com/19FfXkK Indonesia's economy faces headwinds
Dip in GDP growth underlines emerging consensus that the country is entering a 'new equilibrium' of slower economic expansion after five years of annual growth
http://on.ft.com/19FfXkL Brazil's Vale rises on Chinese demand
Vale, the world's second-largest miner by volumes, posted its first quarterly profit increase in more than two years as China's steelmakers replenish stocks and the company's aggressive cost-cutting plan starts to pay off.
http://on.ft.com/1gsv5pX Mexico makes energy reforms more ambitious to lure investment
The Mexican government is negotiating a more ambitious energy reform than previously expected with the main opposition party, opening up the prospect of market-friendly contracts that could attract billions of dollars into the sector, according to two senior officials familiar with the talks.
http://on.ft.com/HH5Vpa Emerging Markets
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