• Google, Aviva, and financial services: The Companies and Markets Show

  • Aug 16 2024
  • Length: 50 mins
  • Podcast

Google, Aviva, and financial services: The Companies and Markets Show

  • Summary

  • We begin with life insurer Just Group which raised its profit outlook after corporate pension deals boomed. Julian Hofmann unpacks the recent results and discusses whether the shares offer value and how the business might expand.


    Another insurer's results, Aviva (AV), follows. Mark Robinson and Julian talk about what the business is doing right and how it’s benefitting from diversification.


    Arthur Sants joins from New York to discuss his cover feature on Google’s parent company Alphabet (GOOGL). Arthur explains how Google became the world’s top search engine, its recent run-in with the Department of Justice, the threat of AI and more.


    One Savings Bank (OSB) is last up and Jemma Slingo reveals what led to the 20 per cent share price drop after its latest update.


    Timestamps

    1:21 Just Group

    10:19 Aviva

    19:42 Alphabet

    42:04 OSB



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