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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.

UK pension funds back next phase of post-Brexit City shake up

Private pensions pledge up to 50 billion pounds

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Hunt to outline "evolutionary" pension funds investment reforms for UK

(Alliance News) - UK Chancellor Jeremy Hunt will promise "evolutionary not revolutionary" reforms to get pension funds making billions of pounds of riskier investments in fast-growing firms to boost economic growth.

UK's FTSE 100 inches lower as industrials dip; healthcare stocks rebound

Airlines rise after strong numbers from giant Ryanair

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LONDON MARKET MIDDAY: FTSE 100 rising as tough quarter draws to close

(Alliance News) - Stock prices in London were on the up heading into Friday afternoon, managing a solid gain in the final morning of a tough quarter for equity markets.

UK life insurers' exposure to Thames Water is 'minimal', Citi says

(Sharecast News) - Analysts at Citi pointed out on Thursday that the UK life insurance sector's direct exposure to Thames Water was "minimal".

LONDON BROKER RATINGS: HSBC likes Aviva; Credit Suisse lifts Drax

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

LONDON BRIEFING: Markets ponder strong US economy, slow China recovery

(Alliance News) - Stocks in London were called higher on Friday, as investors weighed conflicting economic data from the world's two largest economies.