Thursday broker round-up UPDATE

5th Jun 2014 09:37

Aberdeen Asset Management: Liberum Capital initiates with a target price of 555p and a buy recommendation.Ashmore Group: Liberum Capital starts with a target price of 303p and a sell recommendation.ASOS: N+1 Singer places both its target price (prev.: 4100p) and its hold recommendation under review.Brewin Dolphin: Liberum Capital initiates with a target price of 379p and a buy recommendation.Close Brothers Group: Liberum Capital starts with a target price of 1498p and keeps a buy recommendation.First Group: Jefferies lowers target price from 139p to 136p and retains a hold recommendation.Hargreaves Lansdown: Liberum Capital initiates with a target price of 829p and a sell recommendation.ICAP: Liberum Capital starts with a target price of 306p and a sell recommendation.Intermediate Capital Group: Liberum Capital initiates with a target price of 424p and a hold recommendation.International Personal Finance: Liberum Capital initiates with a target price of 744p and a buy recommendation.Johnson Matthey: JP Morgan cuts target price of 3900p to 3850p and maintains an overweight rating.Jupiter Fund Management: Liberum Capital starts with a target price of 515p and a buy recommendation.Man Group: Liberum Capital initiates with a target price of 112p and a buy recommendation.MITIE: Jefferies moves target price from 315p to 325p maintaining a hold recommendation.Paragon Group: Liberum Capital initiates with a target price of 476p and a buy recommendation.Premier Oil: Deutsche Bank ups target price from 500p to 515p and keeps a buy recommendation. UBS increases target price from 315p to 345p and leaves its neutral rating unchanged. Canaccord Genuity moves target price from 390p to 400p and retains its buy recommendation.Prospect Japan Fund: Westhouse Securities initiates with a buy recommendation.Provident Financial: Liberum Capital starts with a target price of 1726p and sell recommendation.Rathbone Brothers: Liberum Capital initiates with a target price of 2214p and a buy recommendation.Rio Tinto: RBC Capital reduces target price from 3800p to 3700p and maintains an outperform rating.Royal Bank of Scotland: Jefferies shifts target price from 414p to 418p and keeps a buy recommendation.RPC Group: JP Morgan raises target price from 690p to 740p and reiterates an overweight rating.Sainsbury: Nomura cuts target price from 300p to 285p and reiterates a neutral rating.Schroders: Liberum Capital initiates with a target price of 2879p and a buy recommendation.Tate & Lyle: Jefferies lowers target price from 730p to 715p and downgrades from buy to hold. Numis ups target price from 693p to 730p and keeps a hold recommendation.Tesco: Nomura cuts target price from 275p to 265p and stays with its neutral rating.Tullet Prebon: Liberum Capital initiates with a target price of 240p and a sell recommendation.