Monday broker round-up UPDATE
11th Feb 2013 07:41
Aquarius Platinum: Deutsche Bank shifts target price from 82p to 83p keeping a buy recommendation. AstraZaneca: JP Morgan cuts target price from 2970p to 2750p and retains an underweight rating. Avation: WH Ireland ups target price from 120p to 140p, while its buy recommendation is kept. Bellway:
Read moreMonday broker round-up UPDATE
4th Feb 2013 07:17
Antofagasta: Nomura lowers target price from 1400p to 1250p and keeps a neutral rating. Aviva Group: Barclays cuts target price from 317p to 302p leaving its underweight rating unaltered. Beazley: Berenberg starts with a target price of 217p and a buy recommendation. Big Yellow Group: UBS reduces
Read moreSunday newspaper round-up: Banks, Afren, 3i
3rd Feb 2013 13:25
Ahead of a major speech on the issue on Monday, George Osborne is still negotiating with Vince Cable, the Business Secretary, on the exact detail of a reserve power the Government could use if banks were found to be abusing new regulations. Figures close to the Chancellor said he would not back a "b
Read moreFTSE 100 movers: WPP rises on upgrade
30th Jan 2013 15:32
Leading the upside was advertising and media firm WPP after Jefferies upgraded its rating for the stock from hold to buy. The broker said that an analysis WPP's largest clients and their 2013 ad budget 'looks encouraging' and 'with expectations low, we see upside risk'. Meanwhile, heavyweight fina
Read moreLondon midday: Markets nervous ahead of US GDP, FOMC
30th Jan 2013 11:39
Strong gains for financial stocks were being outweighed by heavy losses in the resources sector in London, with markets trading mixed ahead of a busy day in the US later on. "European markets are looking exhausted, broadly flat as traders continue to refrain from building equity positions after the
Read moreThursday broker round-up UPDATE
24th Jan 2013 08:20
Ashtead Group: Jefferies raises target price from 450p to 525p and keeps a buy recommendation. Aviva: Berenberg cuts target price from 480p to 470p, while retaining a hold recommendation. JP Morgan revises target price from 424p to 443p and maintains an overweight rating. Barr (AG): Societe Genera
Read moreBroker snap: UBS downgrades insurers Standard Life and Phoenix
22nd Jan 2013 09:50
In its review of the insurance sector, UBS also cut its recommendation for peers Standard Life and Phoenix from 'neutral' to 'sell' on valuation grounds. The broker said: "After strong share price performance in 2012, the sector no longer offers such clear value, and fundamentals look challenging"
Read moreMonday broker round-up UPDATE
14th Jan 2013 06:57
Aberdeen Asset Management: JP Morgan ups target price from 414p to 479p and retains an overweight rating. HSBC downgrades to neutral. Aggreko: UBS cuts target price from 2350p to 2250p maintaining a buy rating. ARM Holdings: Piper Jaffray downgrade to neutral. Ashmore Group: JP Morgan shifts ta
Read moreFriday broker round-up UPDATE
11th Jan 2013 07:01
Aberdeen Asset Management: Credit Suisse raises target price from 380p to 410p reiterating an outperform rating. Afren: Deutsche Bank cuts target price from 175p to 165p stayling with its buy rating. Ashmore Group: Credit Suisse moves target price from 380p to 375p and downgrades to underperform.
Read moreBroker snap: Investec reviews insurance sector after Retail Distribution Review
7th Jan 2013 10:56
Investec has labelled St James's Place and Standard Life as its top 'buys' as part of its review the insurance sector. Meanwhile, it has upgraded its rating for Legal & General (L&G) from 'sell' to 'hold' and downgraded RSA from 'hold' to 'sell'. "The outlook in the UK is clouded by the introduct
Read moreLondon close: Footsie ends 2012 on a dull note, fiscal-cliff weighs
31st Dec 2012 12:50
After a slight rebound late morning, the Footsie dropped to near its intraday low by the close of trade in a shortened trading session as US budget uncertainty dented risk appetite. Markets across Europe finished with mild losses today as they closed early for New Year's Eve. Fiscal cliff concern
Read moreLondon midday: Risk appetite scaled back ahead of fiscal cliff deadline
31st Dec 2012 11:19
UK stocks were trading firmly in the red by Monday lunchtime with less than 24 hours to go before the US fiscal cliff deadline, when 600bn dollars in automatic spending cuts and tax increases come into effect. Markets were even shrugging off some upbeat economic data from Asian powerhouse China ove
Read morePrudential break-up on the cards
31st Dec 2012 10:11
Prudential could be broken up next year as part of Chief Executive Tidjane Thiam's structural review of the insurance company. According to The Independent on Sunday, Prudential is on track to hit Thiam's ambitious profit targets this year which "could be the catalyst for the most radical re-shape
Read moreMonday newspaper round-up: Prudential, Fiscal cliff, Next...
31st Dec 2012 07:06
Tidjane Thiam, Prudential's ambitious boss, is planning to review the company's structure next year in a move that could lead to the long-mooted break-up of Britain's biggest insurance group. Prudential is on course to meet the tough profit targets set by Mr Thiam two years ago and experts believe t
Read moreTuesday broker round-up UPDATE
11th Dec 2012 07:18
Andor Technology: WH Ireland raises target price from 480p to 500p, while maintaining a buy rating. Anglo American: Nomura cuts target price from 2000p to 1800p keeping a neutral rating. Antofagasta: Nomura reduces target price from 1450p to 1400p and downgrades from buy to neutral. Ashtead Group
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