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.
What is Smishing and how can it be avoided?
Smishing is a form of a cyberattack where the victim is tricked into believing that a message was sent from a trusted organization asking them to update personal information or provide other information such as login credentials.
Morningstar Views: What to Do When the Market is Manic
Why doing a whole lot of nothing might be the ultimate contrarian approach.
Liontrust Insights: Building trust through integrity
A ‘do no harm’ approach is always our aim as sustainable investors. But sometimes even the best managed companies make mistakes. How fund managers respond to these mistakes can give a good insight into the integrity of their investment processes.
BlackRock Commentary: Leaning further into cyclicality
The UK has led the developed world in the pace of its vaccine rollout, with the euro area set to catch up after a slower start. Vaccine rollouts and fiscal spending are paving the way for an accelerated global restart, reflected in a recent rise in real rates. This supports a broadening of the cyclical tilt in BlackRock’s tactical views, with their recent debut of a UK equities overweight and upgrading euro equities to neutral.
Notes from the Trading Desk – Franklin Templeton
Last week, volatility in bond yields remained a key driver for equity market sentiment. In particular, mid-week commentary from US Federal Reserve (FED) Chair Jerome Powell was a key talking point.
BlackRock Commentary: Climate transition – a driver of returns
BlackRock are incorporating the effects of climate change – and of the climate transition – in their return assumptions, as they believe avoiding climate-related damages will help drive growth and improve returns for risk assets. They see climate-resilient sectors as potential beneficiaries of a “green” transition, and are strategically overweight DM equities as they are skewed toward these sectors.
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