ANALYST VIEWS: CAN ANDREW MOSS MAINTAIN AVIVA’S GROWTH? March 8, 2012 JONATHAN JACKSON | KILLIK & CO The Aviva story is one of longer-term normalisation of earnings and returns, through improved profitability, capital discipline and cash generation. .Aviva is not going to be high growth in the short term, it is cheap on a price to earnings basis and has a high dividend yield which is [...]
ANALYST VIEWS: CAN ANDREW MOSS MAINTAIN AVIVA’S GROWTH? March 8, 2012 JONATHAN JACKSON | KILLIK & CO The Aviva story is one of longer-term normalisation of earnings and returns, through improved profitability, capital discipline and cash generation. .Aviva is not going to be high growth in the short term, it is cheap on a price to earnings basis and has a high dividend yield which is [...]
Who’s switching jobs October 23, 2012 BT Dan Fitz has been appointed company secretary of BT Group. He is currently group general counsel, and replaces Andrew Parker. Fitz has also previously served as group general counsel at Misys, and held the same position at Cable & Wireless. BlueBay Asset Management Erich Gerth has been appointed global head of business development at [...]
BT adds rugby to its TV offering September 12, 2012 BT has secured a £152m deal for the rights to show Premiership rugby union matches on its TV service, in the latest aggressive move from the company after its shock grab of Premier League football rights. The four-year contract, which allows BT to show 69 live games a year from the start of the 2013-14 [...]
BT adds rugby to its TV offering September 12, 2012 BT has secured a £152m deal for the rights to show Premiership rugby union matches on its TV service, in the latest aggressive move from the company after its shock grab of Premier League football rights. The four-year contract, which allows BT to show 69 live games a year from the start of the 2013-14 [...]
Welsh wiser for Quins contest September 6, 2012 LONDON Welsh full-back Tom Arscott insists his team-mates are relishing the challenge of testing themselves against the best the Aviva Premiership has to offer, as they prepare to visit champions Harlequins tonight. Arscott, who scored the top-flight newcomers’ first ever Premiership try in their 38-13 defeat to Leicester last weekend, said: “A lot’s been said [...]
Botica’s boot mitigates Evans injury blow October 14, 2012 HARLEQUINS boss Conor O’Shea is calling for calm after fly-half Nick Evans limped off during Harlequins opening Heineken Cup win over Biarritz, adamant the fly-half will not be sidelined for too long. The 32-year-old was taken off after just 17 minutes of the European clash at the Stoop on Saturday, which Quins went on to [...]
Aviva to cut jobs in fund management January 30, 2012 INSURER Aviva will shed 160 staff from its fund management business, with London suffering the bulk of the cuts, after deciding to focus its efforts on “core” operations. Around 12 per cent of Aviva Investors’ global workforce will lose their jobs during 2012 as the firm cuts niche investment products following poor demand for riskier [...]
Gemili to compete over 200m August 15, 2012 ATHLETICS: Teenage sprinter Adam Gemili will compete in the 200m at the Aviva Birmingham Grand Prix later this month. He said: “I am keen to show that I can make that transition from the 100m and compete against the best.”
Versatile Youngs can handle England Test job, insists Lancaster November 8, 2012 ENGLAND head coach Stuart Lancaster has hailed the metamorphosis of Leicester’s Tom Youngs from centre to Test hooker after handing the 25-year-old his international debut in tomorrow’s clash with Fiji. Youngs, whose scrum-half brother Ben will start the first of this month’s four Tests on the bench, is one of five changes from England’s last [...]