Aviva Share News (AV.)

LONDON BROKER RATINGS: Jefferies raises John Wood to 'buy'

(Alliance News) - The following London-listed shares received analyst recommendations Friday morning and Thursday:

UK's FTSE 100 at two-week low as surprise US credit rating cut sours mood

Fitch downgrades U.S. credit rating to AA+

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UK's FTSE 100 ends marginally higher, notches monthly gains

Beverages down on Heineken's outlook

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UK's FTSE 100 ends flat as BOJ sparks rate worries, higher on the week

AstraZeneca boosts pharma index to one-month high

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LONDON BROKER RATINGS: KBW cuts Aviva 'market perform'

(Alliance News) - The following London-listed shares received analyst recommendations Friday morning and Thursday:

UK stocks rise on media stocks boost, global rate pause hopes

Energy shares fall on drop on Shell Q2 profits

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abrdn hires away Persimmon CFO; will fold Gars into other funds - Sky

(Alliance News) - abrdn PLC on Thursday said it has hired Jason Windsor as chief financial officer, poaching him from housebuilder Persimmon PLC.

Consumer goods makers flex pricing power in second quarter

July 26 (Reuters) - Consumer products giants including Unilever, Coca-Cola and Reckitt have shown they can raise prices to cope with higher costs, but investors told Reuters they want to see more innovation to drive dwindling sales volumes.

Greece fires: Does travel insurance cover wildfires?

LONDON/FRANKFURT, July 24 (Reuters) - Wildfires and evacuations on the Greek island of Rhodes, and a heat wave blasting much of southern Europe, have raised questions for tourists about their travel insurance coverage.

Prudential and M&G restate 2022 results for new accounting rules

(Alliance News) - Prudential PLC and M&G PLC on Thursday became the latest London-listed insurers to publish restated 2022 results, as the industry adopted new accounting rules.

TOP NEWS: Aviva predicts half-year and annual profit growth

(Alliance News) - Aviva PLC on Wednesday said it expects to report upper single-digit profit growth in 2023, as the insurer set out annual guidance as it restated the prior year's outturn due to the adoption of new accounting rules.

LONDON BRIEFING: Pound below USD1.30 after soft UK inflation figures

(Alliance News) - Stocks in London are called higher on Wednesday, following softer-than-expected inflation figures.

Aviva issues guidance under new industry accounting standards

(Sharecast News) - Insurance and financial services firm Aviva issued an update on Wednesday in a bid to reassure investors over the effects of the industry-wide adoption of IFRS 17 accounting standards.

Asset managers "backtracked on climate resolutions at oil major AGMs"

(Alliance News) - Some of the UK's largest investors have been accused of backtracking on their support for a climate resolution at oil majors' annual general meetings this year.

Britain's 50-billion pound pensions gamble could put savers in fresh peril

LONDON, July 11 (Reuters) - Britain's financial services industry has broadly cheered fresh government proposals to jumpstart the economy by channelling 50 billion pounds ($64.5 billion) of pension fund cash into fledgling firms, but the plans could backfire on savers, experts said.