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Well the results are in FUM are down again by 5 % ,But pretax profits are up 8% , I would have preferred a special dividend rather than a share buyback , Final dividend in may 3.19 p Investment performance in 2013 was reasonable on a relative basis and flows showed modest recovery towards the end of the year after a weaker first half," Chief Executive Manny Roman said in a statement. The company said it had proposed a final dividend of 5.3 cents a share, and also announced a share buyback totalling $115 million.

Well its been six months of limited movement in the SP bouncing from 78 - 90 AHL and the rest of the funds under management have been struggling to find positive ground But the final dividend is due , there is excess surplus cash for suitable funds to sourced or returned to shareholders over the last two years EMG has turned north at this time of year, After due consideration I am rejecting the 1% YEILD from the safety of deposits and have topped up at 0.83 on Friday and now leave it now in the lap of the gods . GLA

The good news seems to keep coming with this very quite small undervalued stock Here's their conclusion. Interesting that they foresee upside to 15p-18p of EPS in a recovery. This would give a 200p share price on a P/E of 12 with a midpoint of 16.5p EPS, or 330p on a P/E of 20 approaching that of its comparators: "Outlook - We note management's comments that the staffing recovery appears to be taking hold in the US and UK, and while the preference for employers remains in favour of temp/contracting, we believe there are clear signs that perm demand is improving. With Q3 trading in-line, we make no changes to our forecasts, but believe that themomentum is en couraging. Valuation - The shares are trading on a calendar 2014E PE of 10x, at a discount to its UK staffing peers. While the shares have outperformed by 43% over the past 12-months, the shares have been largely in-line over the past one and three months.

Todays figures have been similar to most of this week, There may be a black hole in the finances but somewhere out there someone is accumulating stock !! Number of Trades 4,041 Vol Sold 10,379,861 Vol Bought 15,004,728

James Quinn, Financial Editor RSA GROUP To say RSA Group hasn’t had the best of finishes to the year would be an understatement. In the past month, the FTSE 100 insurer has issued its third profit warning in quick succession, parted company with its chief executive and seen its credit rating downgraded by S&P. On top of that it has faced calls from investors to put itself up for sale, while the executive chairman, Martin Scicluna, works out which parts of the businesses to sell in order to generate in the region of £500m of capital. So why then are the shares worth looking at? Well, it’s a risk, perhaps a big risk, but if Scicluna does what he says he will do, and makes capital his number one priority, by the end of 2014, RSA will begin to look very different. Leaner, more agile, and with a more manageable cost structure, investors should begin to fall in love with it again. Clearly, it will take some time – if ever – before RSA goes back to being the dividend heavyweight it once was, but for investors looking for share price growth, RSA could be a risky, but potentially lucrative, choice.

Well Jack it could be down to the santa rally , or that AHL could possibly have a + week for a change, What I have noticed is if you look at the sp on this day last year there is hardly any difference , I just hope it follows that same pattern through to may next year GLA

Under the farm-out agreement to Premier and Rockhopper, the combined group will retain a 40% interest in PL04a and PL04c in exchange for a carry on one exploration well in each licence, ElaineIsobelIreneZebedeeJaynePL004aPL004bPL004c Falkland Oil & Gas | 6 December 2013 4 expected to be Jayne and Isobel.

first of the good times ahead reports / research from edison http://www.edisoninvestmentresearch.com/serve_pdf.php?d=researchreports&f=FOGL061213Outlook.pdf

I will catch up with you on the new board , new era starts in earnest in first quarter 2014 GLA

I would like to say its been a pleasure BUT I cant ,Time to leave you for pastures new ,Faire une difference entre au revoir !

AHL up 0.7 % in two days since last valuation on the 25.11.2013 Man AHL Diversified PCC Limited: Class A Man AHL USD 1.1243 0.7% 1.0% Lets keep this performance up till the end of the year slowly but surely grinding upwards GLA

Couldn't agree more bring on the new era , And Daya its not going up one tiny cent over 17,76 pence its a done deal now please accept this as Fact !!!

The combination values the entire issued share capital of Desire at approximately £61 million and each Desire share at 17.76 p . For each desire share = 0.6233 FOGL consideration Shares SIMPLES ,,,, Suspension of dealings in desire shares by 8 am on 5th December 2013 GLA

AHL Diversified PCC Limited: Class A Man AHL USD 1.0939 1.1% 1.2% Ahl up 1.2 % from last updated figure ,s this week ,

Hopefully the new drilling campaign will underway by late 2014 , senior geophysicist required apply below !! http://www.fogl.com/fogl/dlibrary/panda/FOGL_SeniorGeophysicist_Nov2013.pdf

Good to here from you hope you are doing well AHL is performing with typical volatility , Time will tell but something needs changing ASAP to make the basic profit it should be achieving above inflation But maybe it could be a case of batten down the hatches and wait until the spring surge as per the last two years and sell in may just after the dividend . As a long term suffering shareholder locked in looking for the exit door GLA .

Des may be no more but the future drilling at Elaine Isobel and Jayne funded by our new partners will more than make up for the previous problems , forget the past onwards and upwards . GLA

http://www.iii.co.uk/articles/123778/fogldesire-merger-aims-december-comp All done and dusted before the end of the year ?

Forget the price of the takeover des was going nowhere without further funding , Its got to be good news going forward to the next drilling campaign now at least we will see the drill results from Elaine and Isobel which the board had such high hopes , I am sure FOGL also have run the slide rule through these twins many times before this takeover , onwards and upwards . GLA

This is a very tightly held share only five trade,s today on the back of this excellent update , interim dividend at xmas to look forward to , If the goverment policy of reducing unemployment is actually working then HVN will make a lot of money out of it a share for the long term with little downside, A good job i picked it out two years ago in the low 50,s in hindsight i should have bought more .