Ageas: Circling around Direct Line, Aviva edges ahead. D'Ieteren: TVH distribution footprint restructured in Belgium. Dutch insurance - Achmea Life JV with PE firm, aiming to take 20% of Dutch buyouts. Elia: FY24 guidance up. Prosus: 1H25 Preview. Renewi: Macquarie is back. Sif Group: First monopile rolls out of new factory
With 2 changes in our Dynamic Top Pick list (we add Azelis and we remove Solvay) we maintain a defensive stance on the market for 2H24. The long anticipated interest rate cuts by central banks have finally started. The Trump election victory in the US does not bode well for European stocks as he favours a protectionist course. Although industrial companies with a US base could actually benefit. Cleantech names with exposure to the US could also suffer (unless owned by E.Musk). We expect the US ...
We maintain a defensive stance on the market for 2H24. The long anticipated expectations for interest rate cuts by central banks will finally come to pass. The election fever in the US is reaching boiling point and the conversations are becoming more polarised than before. Also corporate profit growth in Europe slows and the French elections have cast a negative spell. In Germany by-elections in the Eastern part showed a shift to extreme right and left that will make budget decisions even more ...
While most buyouts due to the Dutch pension reform will come in 2026-27, with an expectation of €10bn of AuMs (NN's fair share), the Solvency 2 ratio may struggle to go much beyond the 200% to 2027 without markets help. With a capital generation showing some bright spots (Insurance EU, Non-Life) but also some only temporary supports (Bank, RE, Japan), we expect it not to provide significant surprises in the near term. The long-term picture, however, for the Dutch sector brightens with pension re...
>Conclusion: 1H24 Solvency in line, OCG/FCF better but targets unchanged - The end-1H24 Solvency ratio was in line with our expectations supported by the strong NL housing market. For Q3 the equity/rate/real estate market impact is quite neutral for the S2 ratio, and we estimate the S2 ratio to rise to 198% by end-2024. The years after the S2 ratio will grow further by the retained capital generation. This retained capital generation can be offset by the NL pension bu...
>Conclusion: Solvency, OCG and FCF somewhat better, guidance unchanged - The 1H24 Solvency, OCG and FCF were all marginally better than expected. Their future guidance for OCG and FCF remain unchanged. In total we expect some outperformance of the share price today. We keep our Outperformance recommendation. This residential house effect on Solvency and the good non-life combined ratio are also good for a.s.r. as well.1H24 Solvency better than consensus a...
>Conclusion: S2 ratio decline somewhat to 193% by end 1H24, OCG of € 900m - For end 1H24 we expect the group Solvency 2 (S2) ratio to decline marginally to 193% (from 197% end 2023) driven by one-off earlier highlighted items and temporary sovereign spread widenings. We estimate a good OCG of € 900m for 1H24, and they already guided an OCG of € 1.8bn for FY24. Operationally in non-life P&C the combined ratio is likely to be somewhat higher by more fires/weather claims...
>Conclusion: Better OCG, FCF, SBB, div, & pension buyouts improved positioning - NN Group had put much information in its FY23 results: good results, increasing multiple targets and increased its recurring SBB. End 2023 its solvency was better than expected, and we expect it to rise to 203% by end 2024 and to 210% by end 2025. The S2 ratio sensitivity rose for real estate, equity and mortgages, but the hybrid actions YTD24 are improving these sensitivities/tiering res...
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