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.
Notes from the Trading Desk – Franklin Templeton
After a steady grind higher through the summer, global equities stumbled last week as several headwinds weighed on sentiment. Concerns over the negative impact of Chinese regulatory crackdowns hit a number of sectors, the Federal Reserve’s (Fed’s) July meeting minutes and rising concerns over the spread of the Delta COVID-19 variant were all cited as reasons for a pullback.
BlackRock Commentary: Don’t ignore climate risks in portfolios
Severe climate events around the world this year have intensified debate around the effects of climate change and the risks they pose to portfolios. Investors should no longer view the transition to a low-carbon economy as a distant event only, In BlackRock’s view, as it is happening here and now.
Notes from the Trading Desk – Franklin Templeton
It seems that adage of ‘never be short a quiet market’ held true recently as European equities saw their tenth consecutive all-time high, their longest run of record high sessions since 1990.
Liontrust Insights: Reflationary narrative likely to be revived
A slowing in the pace of growth and fears about the spread of the Delta variant of Covid-19 have recently led financial markets to question the reflation trade. We just view this as a tempering of over-exuberant market expectations. Ultimately, growth is still going to be very strong.
MeDirect Bank continues its accelerated transformation
MeDirect continued to build its highly customer centric app combining a broad range of investment services seamlessly integrated with daily banking functionality.
Franklin Templeton Thoughts: Are You Pricing In Water Risk?
Devastating floods, unseasonal hurricanes, excessive droughts, megafires, and more demonstrate how extreme water risk is global now. From an investor’s perspective, the economic implications of risks related to water are significant and should be a consideration when investing.
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