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European dividend futures are stirring from their months-long slumber, reflecting investor expectations that positive COVID-19 vaccine updates on top of trillions of dollars in stimulus will fast-track an anticipated recovery in company profits.

Dividend payouts by the world's biggest firms in 2020 will fall by 17.5%-20%, equivalent to some $263 billion, as a result of the coronavirus crisis, a report on Monday forecast, but could rebound strongly next year.

Activist investment firm Trian Fund Management LP has taken a 9.9% stake each in asset management firms Invesco Ltd and Janus Henderson Group Plc, totaling about $900 million, people familiar with the matter said.

Shareholder activist Trian Fund Management LP has taken a 9.9% stake each in investment firms Invesco Ltd and Janus Henderson Group Plc, totaling about $900 million, people familiar with the matter said. (Reporting by Svea Herbst in Boston and Praveen Paramasivam in Bengaluru...

BlackRock <BLK.N> said on Wednesday it had lifted the suspension of its 3.1 billion pound ($4 billion) British property fund, one of several to resume dealings after a six-month freeze due to uncertainty about valuations.

The Hut Group's <THG.L> shares soared 30% in the company's first day of trading on Wednesday after batting away corporate governance concerns to seal its 5.4 billion pound ($6.99 billion) listing, one of London's largest tech IPOs to date.

Fund managers Columbia Threadneedle and St James's Place <SJP.L> said on Wednesday they would reopen their suspended UK property funds after British surveyors said they no longer saw any "material uncertainty" in real estate valuations, which was a major barrier to reopening...

British surveyors said on Wednesday there was no longer "material uncertainty" over real estate valuations, paving the way for the reopening of many frozen funds in the 70 billion pound ($91 billion) UK property fund sector.

E-commerce firm The Hut Group confirmed its intention to float on the London Stock Exchange on Thursday, in potentially the biggest listing of a British company since 2013 and the first major London listing since the COVID-19 crisis.

Six asset managers including M&G <MNG.L> and Legal & General <LGEN.L> said they were keeping property funds totalling more than $7.5 billion in assets frozen as valuers continue to struggle to assess real estate due to the coronavirus crisis.

Wall Street securities analysts revised their ratings and price targets on several U.S.-listed companies, including Martin Marietta Materials, ONEOK and Superior Energy Services, on Friday. HIGHLIGHTS * Apollo Investment Corp : Citigroup cuts to sell from neutral * Martin...

(Corrects Apollo Investment Corp item to say BMO cuts price target to $11 from $16 not $6) May 22 (Reuters) - Wall Street securities analysts revised their ratings and price targets on several U.S.-listed companies, including Martin Marietta Materials, ONEOK and Superior...

Wall Street securities analysts revised their ratings and price targets on several U.S.-listed companies, including Comcast, Mirati Therapeutics and Oceanfirst Financial, on Friday. HIGHLIGHTS * Comcast Corp : Keybanc cuts to sector weight from overweight * Mirati Therapeutics...

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Although this week's suspensions of UK property funds were due to fallout from coronavirus rather than cash calls, they raise "legitimate questions" about offering daily redemptions, the Financial Conduct Authority said on Thursday.

Property funds should suspend themselves if they can no longer properly assess the value of the real estate assets they hold, a British funds industry trade body said on Wednesday.

British asset manager Aviva Investors said on Wednesday it had suspended trading in its UK property fund after market volatility made it difficult to value the fund's assets.

Asset managers Kames Capital <AEGN.AS> and Janus Henderson <JHG.N> said on Tuesday they had temporarily suspended dealings in their UK real estate funds as market turbulence caused by coronavirus made it hard to accurately value the properties they contain.