I hold these stock.

DYOH (do your own homework.)

To-day there was a slight drop in price, but number of analysts are giving favourable reports.

What triggered my interest was better than expected results and if I am right looking at charts it shows an inverted head and shoulders. Hopefully a good sign. Also the current rate of Share price growth is about 90% pa over the last 5weeks. This is unlikely to continue indefinitely but SP could hit 850p over next few weeks.

To-day at close, there were some large buys of about 5million shares. 40million approx.

Another trigger for me was the following which should increase earnings.

Aviva to form JV in Taiwan with First FinancialAFX
LONDON (Thomson Financial) - Aviva PLC, the UK's largest insurer, said it has entered into a joint venture with First Financial Holding Co Ltd to sell insurance and pension products in Taiwan. The joint venture company, First-Aviva, will distribute long-term savings and pension products in Taiwan through an exclusive agreement with First Financial's flagship unit, First Commercial Bank. Aviva, which will have a 49 pct stake in the joint venture, added that the initial paid up capital of the new company will be 34 mln stg.First Commercial Bank is Taiwan's second largest bank network, with five mln retail customers, it added.TFN.newsdesk@thomson.comkkb/faj/slm




Date: Wednesday 25 Apr 2007
LONDON (ShareCast) - If the message gets home that Aviva will not bid for Prudential, the stock should rebound strongly, especially if Aviva can sustain its current impressive performance. There is still work to be done but, at 794.5p, the shares are a strong buy says the Independent.
Date: Tuesday 24 Apr 2007
LONDON (ShareCast) - Aviva stood out among the risers on a tough day for blue chip stocks. The life insurer posted an upbeat first quarter statement with brokers pleased with the numbers.



DYOH

Citigroup Buy 475.00 476.20 525.00 525.00 Retains

Aviva and Astra International Joint Venture

AVIVA AND ASTRA INTERNATIONAL SIGN JOINT VENTURE IN INDONESIA

§ Astra International and Aviva join forces to create life insurer Astra Aviva Life
§ Partnership between Indonesia's largest publicly listed company and the UK's largest insurer in one of Asia's fastest growing markets
§ Joint venture to serve both Astra customer network and the wider market in Indonesia

PT Astra International Tbk ("Astra"), Indonesia's largest publicly listed company and Aviva plc ("Aviva"), the UK's largest insurer, today signed an agreement to form Astra Aviva Life, a 50-50 joint venture to sell and distribute life insurance products in Indonesia.

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Through 480 this time ?

Ex-divi wed 5th Mar (4.1875p)

Is this a drop in divi?

Bank of America Merrill Lynch Buy 461.40 462.50 - 540.00 Retains

Skinny,

I flogged the majority of my holdings in these yesterday.

Satisfied with return.

As stated somewhere else I thought projected fundamentals and charts were not showing overbought and medium term trend OK.

However, I am wondering what the effects of the cost of "Flooding" will have in the short term.

Also pull out of sbs on OML and RSA.

Still wondering!

But trawling thro' charts of Ft 350 the majority are seem moving into overbought short term territory!

I'm holding for now but am looking to reduce - 480p seems to be a step too far for these, having looked at it 3 times since 2009.

I agree it is becoming difficult to find investments with reasonably upside potential.

JP Morgan Cazenove Overweight 469.00 469.00 486.00 491.00 Reiterates

Every body is asking - what effect will the flood damage have on Aviva.
Any body got an answer ?

This from Friday :- Aviva, RSA, Direct Line Face Heaviest Losses From British Floods

If correct, then :- " For Direct Line, RSA (RSA) and Aviva, losses as a percentage of 2014 net income will be about 15 percent, 9 percent and 5 percent respectively, according to Goldman Sachs."

FY13 Part 1 of 5

Cash flow
∙ Cash remittances1 to Group up 40% at £1,269 million2 (FY12: £904 million)
∙ Operating capital generation1 £1,772 million (FY12: £1,859 million)
∙ Remittance ratio 72%1,2 (FY12: 49%)
∙ Final dividend per share 9.4p (FY12: 9p). Full year dividend per share 15p.

Profit
∙ Operating profit1 6% higher at £2,049 million (FY12: £1,926 million)
∙ IFRS profit after tax £2,151 million (FY12: loss after tax £2,934 million)

Expenses
∙ Operating expenses £3,006 million1,3, down 7%
∙ £360 million cost savings already achieved
∙ 2013 cost savings ahead of plan

Value of new business
∙ Value of new business5 up 13% at £835 million (FY12: £738 million)
∙ Poland, Turkey and Asia5 contributed 21% of Group VNB (FY12: 16%) and collectively grew 49%

Combined operating ratio
∙ Combined operating ratio 97.3% (FY12: 97.0%)
∙ 2014 flood losses of £60 million in the UK in January and February, in line with long term average

Balance sheet
∙ Intercompany loan reduced by £1.7 billion to £4.1 billion at end of February 2014 (FY12: £5.8 billion)
∙ Agreed plan to reduce inter-company loan to £2.2 billion by end of 2015, utilising £450 million of existing cash resources and £1.45 billion of other actions
∙Liquidity of £1.6 billion at end of February 2014
∙ Economic capital surplus4 £8.3 billion (FY12: £7.1 billion4), coverage ratio 182%
∙ IFRS net asset value per share 270p (FY12: 278p)
∙ MCEV net asset value per share 445p (FY12: 422p)

2013 FINAL DIVIDEND ON AVIVA PLC ORDINARY SHARES AND

DIVIDEND ON 8(3) /(4) % CUMULATIVE IRREDEEMABLE PREFERENCE SHARES

Aviva announces that:

-- On 5 March 2014, the Directors declared a final dividend of 9.4 pence per share on Aviva ordinary shares. The final dividend for the year ending 31 December 2013 will be paid on 16 May 2014 to shareholders on the Register of Members on the record date of 4 April 2014. Holders of Aviva American Depository Receipts (ADRs) will be paid the dividend approximately five business days after the payment to ordinary shareholders.

-- On 5 March 2014, the Directors declared a dividend of 4(3) /(8) % per share NET on 8(3) /(4) % Cumulative Irredeemable Preference Shares. The dividend for the six month period ending 30 June 2014 will be paid on 30 June to shareholders on the Register of Members on the record date of 6 June 2014.

-- The Directors approved the following provisional dividend dates.
Ordinary shares

2014 Interim payment

Ex-dividend date - 9 October 2014

Associated record date - 10 October 2014

Payment date - 17 November 2014

Preference shares

8 3/8 % pref. shares - Payment 2

Ex-dividend date - 3 September 2014

Record Date - 5 September 2014

2nd Payment Date - 30 September 2014

8 3/4 % pref. shares - Payment 2

Ex-dividend date - 4 December 2014

Record Date - 5 December 2014

2nd Payment Date - 31 December 2014

6 March 2014

A slight divergence!

Beaufort Securities Hold 519.25 - - Reiterates

Barclays Capital Underweight 519.25 380.00 415.00 Reiterates

JP Morgan Cazenove Overweight 519.25 491.00 528.00 Reiterates

Aviva PLC Deutsche Bank Hold 519.25 430.00 430.00 Reiterates

RBC Capital Markets Underperform 519.25 400.00 400.00 Reiterates

Canaccord Genuity Buy 523.25 504.00 460.00 570.00 Reiterates

Shows what brokers know.

RBC Capital Markets Sector Performer 509.50 509.50 400.00 550.00 Upgrades

Nomura Buy 509.50 509.50 489.00 625.00 Retains

Credit Suisse Outperform 481.10 480.30 502.00 565.00 Reiterates

Disposal of Turkey GI business

AVIVA SELLS ITS TURKISH GENERAL INSURANCE BUSINESS

Aviva plc ("Aviva") today announces the sale of its Turkish general insurance business Aviva Sigorta A.Ş, to a private equity consortium led by EMF Capital Partners ("EMF"). This agreement is part of Aviva's strategy to narrow the group's focus on businesses where it has a leadership position and can generate attractive returns.

Aviva's life and pensions business in Turkey, AvivaSA, is unaffected by this transaction. AvivaSA is a key growth business for the group, one of Aviva's future cash generators and a leading life and pensions provider in Turkey.

The sale is subject to relevant regulatory approval and is expected to complete in the first half of 2014.

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City watchdog to probe 30m financial policies

The City regulator is to investigate about 30 million insurance company policies over concerns that customers are subject to "unfair" conditions.

The investigation will include pensions, endowments, investment bonds and life insurance policies sold in the UK between the 1970s and 2000.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) will look into policies which penalise savers who want to switch providers.

The FCA told the Daily Telegraph it might "intervene on exit charges".

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JP Morgan Cazenove Overweight 487.45 528.00 570.00 Reiterates