Aviva Share Discussion Threads

[garycook] 15/4/2015 10:10

What,s with the sell off ?

[lord gnome] 14/4/2015 20:07

royconchie - my new AV. shares were in my TD Direct account first thing this morning. I suggest that you check again.

[glasgow13] 14/4/2015 15:02

selftrade paid yesterday.

[royconchie] 14/4/2015 13:41

Hey! Us humble FLG shareholders still haven't got our AVIVA allocations yet and now we hear that directors have been able to sell their AVIVA shares but of course we can't! How does that work or is it just TDW who are dragging their feet?

[uppompeii] 14/4/2015 09:09

Thanks broadwood.

[broadwood] 13/4/2015 16:05

The combined Aviva and Friends Life Group (FLG) stands to benefit from higher cash-flows, a reduced risk profile and better growth prospects, according to analysts at JP Morgan Cazenove.
In total, management now expects free cash flows of £1.4bn. That will help it raise its dividend by 10%/15%/20% over the next three years, the broker wrote in a research note sent to clients after its restriction period was lifted.

Aviva will now offer a free cash flow yield of 5.6% in comparison to the estimated UK life insurer average of 4.4% for 2016.

The acquisition of Friends Life will decrease the insurer's debt leverage on a tangible net asset value basis to just 36% by 2015, the broker estimated. Hence, no additional deleveraging will be needed.

"From a Solvency perspective, we believe the risk of the combined group will reduce as compared to Aviva standalone as FLG has low risk profile businesses (i.e. unit linked) whereas Aviva has high risk profile operations such as spread and non-life businesses," analysts Ashik Musaddi and Kunal Zaveri write to clients.

The tie-up will also solve the prior lack of scale in the pensions business, which meant Aviva and Friends Group were not cost efficient, improving their growth prospects. The outlook for asset management revenues has also improved thanks to scale and inflows from FLG's life business.

Mussadi and Zaveri have started coverage on Aviva with an 'overweight' recommendation and 622p

[bracke] 13/4/2015 15:15

Just for you uppompeii.

[uppompeii] 13/4/2015 15:07

Agreed mac15, I try to forget the day Moss's legacy lost me a significant amount and am now happy to have clawed back that amount on trading and snaffling the divi without fuss. Still a little irked that Pru who were at parity back in 2008ish are £17 or so though!

[mac15] 13/4/2015 15:04

Very rare for these to have a bad day now compared with the mineshaft falls during the Eurozone crisis. Not much mention of the dividend either, which used to attract hundreds of comments. Looks like further upside to come so will hold for a bit longer.

[broadwood] 13/4/2015 13:31

Analysts at Barclays, JP Morgan and Morgan Stanley have all reportedly weighed in with positive recommendations on Aviva following the closure of its purchase of Friends Life

[uppompeii] 13/4/2015 11:38

Yep Dr., I've never known a bad day, just gap filling..

[dr biotech] 13/4/2015 11:04

I guess today is the day we welcome any former Friends Life posters. Good solid up day, as it always in on here :-)

[bracke] 13/4/2015 09:49

That's a chunky gap this morning.

[mazarin] 09/4/2015 13:28

Apologies for being slightly off topic, but does anyone here refer to Sharecast and know why it now quotes NASDAQ and no longer quotes FTSE indices?

[uppompeii] 09/4/2015 13:03

Wise words as expected EG. I would add that I am made further wary following XD as I remember larger pull backs than seemingly warranted when the share is trading without dividend support, just experience nothing provable...

[bracke] 09/4/2015 12:19

The share price is certainly 'pinging' around creating gaps every day. It's being pulled one way and then the other. The price action suggests an uptrend but I would be wary of trading that.

[dr biotech] 08/4/2015 15:41

I don't think Buywell has a clue to be honest.


AV is a very different company to the one 5 years ago let alone 15. And with the current activity it will be very different in another two.

[skinny] 08/4/2015 07:29

Ex dividend today the 8th and not tomorrow @12.25p.

[uppompeii] 07/4/2015 18:02

That is a very long timeframe for a chart buywell! Do they hold value over that period?

[buywell2] 07/4/2015 15:36

I remain unconvinced re the recent rise above the top channel line


Should USA raise rates later this year or labour get in then ..... things could change



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[optomistic] 01/4/2015 10:06

Market opening at 0300hrs...good to see the MM's putting some time in ;-)

[uppompeii] 31/3/2015 17:02

Glad I took a sneaky 4p then, disappointing I know. Still hold my Sipp etc though for longer term.

[bracke] 31/3/2015 17:00

Ref My Post 21845

"Well the share price did reach the Mediam Line anything more is a bonus.

552 needs to hold as support. If it fails then 535 may do the job but 520 is a probability. As for the gap fill, maybe not yet awhile."
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552 failed and down to 535.

[uppompeii] 31/3/2015 14:13

I think the clock is wrong in the intra day chart...nevertheless took a few on the dip for a quickie