16 Feb

Reuters (Link)

• Among individual risers, shares in Segro bounced 6.6 percent after the property group beat consensus expectations in its results for 2017.“A solid report card, with attractive fundamentals and an outlook which are sure to maintain interest in what is perhaps the more conservative end of a steady-eddy sector,” Mike van Dulken, head of research at Accendo Markets, said in a note.

15 Feb

Evening Standard (Link)

• Henry Croft at Accendo Markets said: “The challenge facing Standard Life Aberdeen is to plug the hole left by Lloyds’ departure, while the latter will seemingly now look to reinvest part or all of Scottish Widows’ funds without delay in order to avoid a protracted period with their funds in cash.

 14 Feb

CityAM (Link)

• “Sky is the clear winner, seeing its average cost per game falling 16 per cent from £11.1m to £9.3m and picking up a further two games per season from 2019-22 to take its total to 128,” said Henry Croft, Research Analyst at Accendo Markets.

 13 Feb

Financial Times (Link)

• “Shareholders are comforted by strong demand [from holidaymakers in north and central Europe], summer already 35 per cent sold and continued improvement in destinations such as Turkey and north Africa, which had been shunned following acts of terrorism,” said Mike van Dulken, head of research at Accendo Markets, in a note. “Very reassuring too is the growing cruises segment faring so well with revenues and profits jumping in spite of much implement weather in [second half of] last year.”

 12 Feb

CityWire (Link)

• This morning’s cutting of the dividend will be the final straw for many loyal shareholders who have stuck with the company in the hope a deal will be reached within the next five months, the stream of negative news finally outweighing any hope of a resolution,’ said Henry Croft, research analyst at Accendo Markets.

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