if you 'buy the rumor and sell the news, is all this rain a rumor?
these two shares are stuck between interims maybe worth a quick .10p short?

more rain forecast, or don't they pay out claims anymore?

Only the thread initiator or MAM can do that.

British Assets Trust Plc > 3%.

LEGAL & GENERAL'S RETIREMENT SOLUTIONS INVESTMENT - LUCIDA PLC.

Legal & General Group Plc ("Legal & General" or the "Group") has today agreed to acquire the entire share capital of Lucida plc ("Lucida"), the closed UK annuity buy-out company with a portfolio of £1.4bn of annuity assets, from LCM Holdings Limited. The acquisition, by the Group's subsidiary Legal & General Assurance Society ("LGAS"), an AA- rated entity, for an estimated consideration of £151m, is expected to complete in Quarter 3 2013, subject to PRA and FCA approval.

RBC Capital Markets Outperform 0.00 176.20 - 200.00 Reiterates

Berenberg Buy 190.70 190.70 200.00 210.00 Retains

LGEN > 3% of Aviva

New high this morning @194.20p

New high this morning @199.90p and trying to break £2.

L&G Half-year Results 2013 - Part 1

Part 2

Part 3


DIVIDENDS UP 22% AND EARNINGS PER SHARE UP 13%
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS - STRONG PERFORMANCE:

· OPERATIONAL CASH GENERATION UP 14% TO £537M (H1 2012: £471M)
NET CASH GENERATION UP 23% TO £500M (H1 2012: £407M)

· OPERATING PROFIT UP 10% TO £571M (H1 2012: £518M)

· PROFIT BEFORE TAX UP 13% TO £592M (H1 2012: £523M)
PROFIT AFTER TAX UP 15% TO £464M (H1 2012: £405M)

· EARNINGS PER SHARE UP 13% TO 7.82P (H1 2012: 6.93P)

· RETURN ON EQUITY1 16.8% (H1 2012: 15.8%)

· INTERIM DIVIDEND UP 22% TO 2.40P PER SHARE (H1 2012: 1.96P PER SHARE)

BUSINESS HIGHLIGHTS - ACCELERATING GROWTH:

· LGIM GROSS FLOWS UP 66% TO £24.9BN; NET FLOWS UP 100% TO £8.0BN
LGIM AUM £433BN (FY 2012: £406BN)

· BULK ANNUITY SALES £670M (H1 2012: £67M)
INDIVIDUAL ANNUITY SALES UP 44% TO £754M (H1 2012: £522M)

· SAVINGS AUA AFTER ACQUISITION OF COFUNDS £111BN2 (FY 2012: £70BN)

· UK PROTECTION GROSS PREMIUMS UP 3% TO £689M (H1 2012: £672M)
US PROTECTION GROSS PREMIUMS UP 10% TO $503M (H1 2012: $456M)
GENERAL INSURANCE PREMIUMS UP 10% TO £183M (H1 2012: £166M)

Thanks Skinny, I must have another look at this sector.

These are up 99% for me - hopefully 100+% on this update.

Up 100%?.. Is that all -):

Well it has taken since August 2011! :-)

Prime Markets Buy 204.45 215.00 215.00 Reiterates

Bank of America Merrill Lynch Neutral 204.45 195.00 195.00 Reiterates

A change of heart since yesterday.

Bank of America Merrill Lynch Neutral 201.90 201.90 195.00 210.00 Retains

Ricardo Group Plc go under 5%.

Citigroup Neutral 196.20 196.20 181.00 210.00 Retains

Wrong info post -):

Stan - its LGEN that have gone under 3% of Findel Plc!

RNS

Thanks Skinny, good job someone's awake -):