Bloomberg Emerging-market stocks fell, extending their longest selloff since June as investors weighed the outlook for policy accommodation by global central banks. The Mexican peso declined after a poll showed Donald Trump leading in Ohio. The MSCI Emerging Markets Index slumped for a fourth day as volatility increased. Indonesia led a retreat in shares as benchmarks in China, Malaysia …

  Bloomberg Despite hopes of a new dawn for Iran’s economy after nuclear-related sanctions were lifted, major Western banks are reluctant to do business with the Islamic republic for fear of US retribution. President Hassan Rouhani has said that to reach the target of eight-percent growth needed to modernise the industrial sector and relaunch the hobbled economy, Iran needs up …

  Bloomberg A South African bank that gave President Jacob Zuma a mortgage to settle a Constitutional Court order to repay taxpayers the money spent on upgrading his residence said it sticks to loan processes no matter who the client is. “In granting a loan, the usual processes and conditions apply no matter who the client may be,” VBS Mutual …