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Politicians have warmed to a ‘People’s Vote’, but public mood over Brexit is unchanged

Construction to recreate the playwright’s homes will begin next year

Market is worth £2bn but double-digit sales growth of recent years is forecast to drop

South Africa's land reforms will include issuing title deeds to small-scale farmers living on tribal lands, a senior ruling party official said on Friday, in comments likely to rile powerful traditional chiefs.

Emerging market bonds returned to favour in the past week, taking in some $1.5 billion, though there were heavy redemptions from broader bond and equity funds which shed a collective $8 billion, Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BAML) said on Friday.

The government's $1.4 billion Thailand Future Fund will open its books to potential investors on Oct. 12, the fund's financial adviser said on Friday, ahead of what is expected to be the largest public listing since 2015.

China's banking regulator issued new rules on Friday allowing wealth management products publicly sold by banks to invest in equity-related mutual funds, giving WMPs an indirect way to buy stocks and potentially benefiting the share market. Previously, such WMPs were only allowed to invest in money market and bond funds.

HSBC said full service was quickly restored after some customers were temporarily unable to use their mobile banking apps on Friday.

Kenya's economy expanded faster in the second quarter of this year than in the same period last year due to better performance in agriculture, manufacturing, accommodation and food services, the statistics office said on Friday.

South African investors including Allan Gray, Investec's asset management arm and Old Mutual are backing litigation against crisis-hit Steinhoff in the Netherlands, they said on Friday.