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.
Franklin Templeton Thoughts: On Central Banks and Volatility
Thoughts on recent global market volatility and potential central bank actions from our EMEA Investment Strategist, Kim Catechis, Franklin Templeton Fixed Income’s David Zahn, and Martin Currie’s Zehrid Osmani.
Hili Finance Company p.l.c. – New Bond issue
MeDirect will be accepting applications for the €50,000,000 Hili Finance Company p.l.c. 4% unsecured Bonds 2027.
BlackRock Commentary: Market view of rate hikes too hawkish
Central banks are giving ever more hawkish signals to appear to be responsive to surging inflation. Normalizing policy rates to pre-pandemic levels makes sense to BlackRock, as the powerful economic restart does not need stimulus. Markets are betting they will raise rates well beyond that. They disagree, as such policies wouldn’t contain inflation without a heavy toll on growth.
Franklin Templeton Thoughts: Global Plays on Inflation for 2022
When considering portfolio allocation, it’s important to keep in mind the wide dispersion of returns among economies. Dina Ting, Franklin Templeton’s Head of Global Index Portfolio Management, assesses the recent dislocation among global equity returns, with a look at one notable inflation outlier—Japan.
Notes from the Trading Desk – Franklin Templeton
Last week saw markets whipsaw from day-to-day as nerves remained brittle over central-bank policy, geopolitics risk and corporate earnings. The key focus for last week was Wednesday’s Federal Reserve (Fed) meeting, which saw Chair Jerome Powell maintain a hawkish stance and leave an interest-rate hike at the March meeting on the table.
BlackRock Commentary: Keeping our modest equity overweight
Coming into 2022, BlackRock dialed down overall risk to have a modest overweight to equities on concerns about confusion over the macro environment. They don’t see a need to reduce risk further: the confusion has materialized.
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