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.
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MeDirect absorbs significant COVID-19 related losses but remains well capitalised and on track for future growth
During the first half of 2020, MeDirect Group continued to implement its retail digital transformation to deliver long-term profitable growth as a more diversified pan-European retail and digital challenger bank.
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BlackRock Commentary: Implications of a weaker dollar
A prolonged period of U.S. dollar gains has reversed abruptly. The policy revolution to cushion the pandemic’s blow is a key driver, as it has eroded the dollar’s interest rate advantage and helped lift risk appetite off its March trough, in BlackRock’s view.
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Notes from the Trading Desk – Franklin Templeton
Key themes Franklin’s Trading Desk team has an eye on include the shrugging off COVID-19 concerns, Gold prices surge and the confusing Bank of England messaging.
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Exploring Mutual Funds – Avoiding Fund Overlap
Owning several funds can result in creating significant overlap of securities. That is, individual holdings within the mutual funds are often the same, or quite similar. While fund names differ, their holdings may not.
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Franklin Templeton Thoughts: Active Investors Wake Up Before a Revolution
The world is waking up the 4th Industrial Revolution, with the impact of COVID-19 accelerating many changes already underway. Franklin’s head of equities, opines on how underlying fundamental disruptions in our economy can present opportunities for active investors.
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Liontrust Insights: Europe and the Hamiltonian Moment
Alexander Hamilton’s moment was assuming the Revolutionary War debts of the various states at the federal level, making the new central authority liable for repayment. But what relation does it bear to the acrimonious European summit in July 2020?
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