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  • Broker snap: H&T discount to rival "unreasonable"

    Thu 02 Sep 2010
    Investors looking to invest in pawnbrokers, currently enjoying a rise in popularity on the back of the strength of gold, will find better value with H&T Group shares than those of its competitor Albemarle & Bond, research firm Equity Development believes.
  • Broker tips: Hays, Go-Ahead, H&T

    Thu 02 Sep 2010
    Recruitment firm Hays delivered full year results that were ahead of expectations but the outlook for the UK continues to look bleak in KBC Peel Hunt’s view, though the broker notes this is largely reflected in the price.
  • Broker snap: Panmure slashes Go-Ahead price target

    Thu 02 Sep 2010
    Panmure Gordon has cut its rating for bus and train group Go-Ahead Group despite Thursday’s results from the group exceeding its expectations, as the broker has concerns over the potential lack of earnings growth in the coming years.
  • Broker snap: Hays worth holding for the yield

    Thu 02 Sep 2010
    Recruitment firm Hays delivered full year results that were ahead of expectations but the outlook for the UK continues to look bleak in KBC Peel Hunt’s view, though the broker notes this is largely reflected in the price.
  • Broker tips: ICAP, Ocado, Lloyd's insurers

    Wed 01 Sep 2010
    Inter-dealer broker ICAP is set to launch a new electronic platform for euro interest rate swaps (IRS) on 6 September, which suggests to ICAP fan Panmure Gordon that dealers are warming to the faceless alternative to telephonic transactions.
  • Broker snap: Ocado may get FTSE 250 boost

    Wed 01 Sep 2010
    The flotation of loss-making grocery delivery outfit Ocado was a humbling experience for some of the City’s biggest names and a wallet-damaging one for shareholders persuaded to support it.
  • Broker snap: ICAP to launch new electronic platform

    Wed 01 Sep 2010
    Inter-dealer broker ICAP is set to launch a new electronic platform for euro interest rate swaps (IRS) on 6 September, which suggests to ICAP fan Panmure Gordon that dealers are warming to the faceless alternative to telephonic transactions.
  • Broker snap: Lloyd's syndicates watching 'hurricane Earl'

    Wed 01 Sep 2010
    Hurricane season is underway and a 120 miles per hour category four hurricane, ‘hurricane Earl’, could hit land in North America later this year. For once, it looks as if the Gulf of Mexico will not be affected but a number of Lloyd’s syndicates will be monitoring its progress for fear it will hit the eastern seaboard of the USA.
  • Broker tips: Diageo, EnCore, BTG

    Tue 31 Aug 2010
    Charles Stanley described in-line full-year results from drinks brands giant Diageo as ‘resilient’ and the broker thinks trading should continue to improve gradually in line with the recovery in the global economy.
  • Broker snap: Extraordinary summer for EnCore

    Tue 31 Aug 2010
    The winning streak has continued at EnCore Oil with another major North Sea find, offering Westhouse Securities an opportunity to reiterate its ‘buy’ recommendation and revise its target price to 84p.
  • Broker snap: Nyomed deal to boost BTG revenues

    Tue 31 Aug 2010
    Daniel Stewart has upped its current year product revenues forecast for BTG after the specialty pharmaceuticals company signed another agreement with US outfit Nyomed.
  • Broker snap: Steady recovery in view at Diageo

    Tue 31 Aug 2010
    Charles Stanley described in-line full-year results from drinks brands giant Diageo as ‘resilient’ and the broker thinks trading should continue to improve gradually in line with the recovery in the global economy.
  • Broker tips: Xchanging, AMEC, IQE,

    Fri 27 Aug 2010
    Business process outsourcing (BPO) specialist Xchanging held a conference call this week to clarify some accounting issues that were concerning the market, but questions remain on other fronts, Panmure Gordon reckons.
  • Broker snap: Upside potential limited at Xchanging

    Fri 27 Aug 2010
    Business process outsourcing (BPO) specialist Xchanging held a conference call this week to clarify some accounting issues that were concerning the market, but questions remain on other fronts, Panmure Gordon reckons.
  • Broker snap: FinnCap ups IQE price target

    Fri 27 Aug 2010
    IQE, the world’s largest merchant supplier of compound semiconductor wafers to the global wireless, consumer electronic, light emitting display and solar cell markets, is releasing results next week, and while FinnCap is not expecting things to have changed much since the July update, the second half of the year may present a brighter story.
  • Broker snap: AMEC needs to deliver on margins pledge

    Fri 27 Aug 2010
    Margins were lagging at AMEC in the first half of 2010 but the engineering and project management group beat expectations on revenue growth, Nomura Securities said.
  • Broker tips: Hunting, F&C Asset Management, Forth

    Thu 26 Aug 2010
    FinnCap believes interim results from Hunting leave the oil services group well placed to achieve the broker’s projected full year numbers which have been upgraded to take into account the recent Innova-Extel acquisition.
  • Broker snap: FCAM divi cut to sour sentiment

    Thu 26 Aug 2010
    The halving of the interim dividend by fund manager F&C Asset Management caught the market on the hop, and is likely to sour sentiment in the short term, KBC Peel Hunt reckons.
  • Broker snap: Good will to Hunting

    Thu 26 Aug 2010
    FinnCap believes interim results from Hunting leave the oil services group well placed to achieve the broker’s projected full year numbers which have been upgraded to take into account the recent Innova-Extel acquisition.
  • Broker snap: Chance of valuation uplift at Forth

    Thu 26 Aug 2010
    Results from Forth Ports were ahead of Nomura Securities’ expectations, but not enough to persuade the broker to up its price target or full year forecasts.


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