News & Updates
In our News & Updates section, we’ll keep you informed about what is happening at MeDirect Group. Through this section we also publish weekly market updates provided by well-established fund houses and other interesting financial reads. Make sure to visit often to keep yourself up to date.

Liontrust Insights: Why investors can’t ignore disruption
Disruption is impacting every sector, and it is becoming increasingly common to see the destruction of products and business models. James Dowey explains disruption, what is driving this and what makes a good disruptive investment.

Legg Mason Perspectives: The future of the office sector
COVID-19’s sudden impact on the market for office space could spark unanticipated changes longer-term. Here we describe three of the factors that we believe will be the most significant in shaping the office of the future.

BlackRock Commentary: China emerges from virus lockdowns
China’s economy – the first to enter lockdowns and the first to emerge from them – is restarting. We see the economy likely returning to near-trend growth by late 2020, supported by policy stimulus, especially on the monetary front.

Notes from the Trading Desk – Franklin Templeton
Despite the month-end selloff on Friday, global equities put in a strong performance last week. Markets in the Asia Pacific (APAC) region were also broadly higher, with Japan the clear outperformer.

Exploring Mutual Funds – Benchmarks
The significance of a benchmark index is to provide a perspective and relevant yardstick to measure mutual fund returns and enables investors to gauge a fund manager’s investment capabilities.

Liontrust Insights: Reasons to be cheerful (as well as fearful)
Covid-19 uncertainty has lowered confidence in economic forecasts. But Phil Milburn explains why there are reasons to be cheerful as well as fearful when it comes to the investment grade and high yield bond markets.



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