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The legion of income investors holding shares of Legal and General were cheered by the insurance leviathan's decision to bump up the 2011 dividend by more than a third, well ahead of market expectations. The final dividend in respect of fiscal 2011 has been increased by a whopping 39% to 4.74p per
Read moreNomura has reiterated its buy recommendation and 180p target price for insurance group Legal and General after its 2011 results came in ahead of consensus expectations in key areas. Nomura says the focus of the results was on the dividend, which was raised by 35% to 6.4p, surpassing expectations of
Read more- UK unemployment on the rise - Banking stocks lifted by US stress test results - Legal and General beats forecasts in 2011 Stocks held on to earlier gains by lunchtime on Wednesday despite some gloomy jobs data. Financials were leading the rise, buoyed by the results of the stress tests in the US
Read moreNomura has reiterated its buy recommendation and 180p target price for insurance group Legal and General after its 2011 results came in ahead of consensus expectations in key areas. The group generated an IFRS operating profit of £1,056m, from £1,002 in 2010, and just ahead of estimates of £1,042m.
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Read moreThe legion of income investors holding shares of Legal and General were cheered by the insurance leviathan's division to bump up the 2011 dividend by more than a third, well ahead of market expectations. The final dividend in respect of fiscal 2011 has been increased by a whopping 39% to 4.74p per
Read more- Legal and General jumps five per cent after solid 2011 - Majority of US banks pass stress tests - Osborne considering 100-year gilts London's blue chips rose strongly on Wednesday morning, led by financial stocks, following on from a surge on Wall Street last night. The Footsie opened up at level
Read moreCity sources predict the FTSE 100 will open up 21 points from yesterday's close of 5,956, with investor sentiment boosted after stocks surged in the US and Fitch announced an upgrade of its rating for Greece out of default territory. All four of insurance leviathan Legal and General's operating b
Read moreAll four of insurance leviathan Legal and General's operating business divisions delivered increased sales, cash generation and profits in 2011. Although operating profit in 2011 rose to £1,056m from £1,002m the year before, profit before tax eased to £956m from £1,092m in 2010, below market expect
Read moreNomura has reiterated its buy rating and 630p target price on insurance giant Aviva, after its full-year results showed 'good earnings and improving solvency'. Full-year earnings were better than expected with IFRS operating profit of £2,503m beating consensus estimates of £2,414m and operational c
Read moreUBS has raised its target price for UK lender Barclays by 21% but has maintained its neutral rating on the stock, saying it is "well-positioned but under-earning." The uplift in the target price, from 199p to 240p, reflects the improvement in tangible net asset value from the BlackRock revaluation
Read moreBritish Land: Credit Suisse downgrades to neutral from outperform, target cut to 532p from 560p. Barclays: UBS raises target from 199p to 240p, neutral rating kept. Shore Capital upgrades to neutral from sell. Exane BNP upgrades to overweight from neutral. Standard Life: Nomura raises target from
Read moreNomura has highlighted Legal & General (L&G) as its preference in the UK insurance sector, saying that it has higher cash yields than peers Aviva, Prudential and Standard Life. "We estimate that L&G still has the highest cash yield of 10% in the sector, measured against our FY 2011 cash earnings fo
Read moreIndustrial property firm Segro and Moorfield Real Estate Fund have together, through their recently established joint venture (JV), completed the acquisition of the UK Logistics Fund from Hermes Real Estate Investment Management, Legal & General and LaSalle Investment Management. The move marks a s
Read moreFootsie limped back above the 5,400 level in thin trade, with financial stocks leading the way. OLD MUTUAL SURGES AFTER DISPOSAL South African savings and insurance group Old Mutual was the best performing blue-chip after announcing that it is to sell its Nordic business Skandia AB for £2.1bn in
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