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by Phil Cozens on Oct 26, 2010 at 09:33

* Bank of America downgrades Old Mutual to neutral from buy, cutting target to 155p from 160p Standard Life to neutral from buy, with a 250p target Aviva to underperform from neutral, raising target to 410p from 400p and Legal & General to neutral from buy with a 113p target. The broker has a neutral and £15.50 target for Admiral and a buy for Prudential. raising target to 760p from 745p

* Seymour Pierce has an add for Aggreko, raising target to £17.75 from £16.50 and an add for Aquarius Platinum

* Investech upgrades Go-Ahead Group to buy form hold, raising target to £14.50 from £12,50

* FinnCap has a sell and 440p target for Mothercare

* Panmure Gordon has a sell and 250p target for Aquarius Platinum, a sell and 265p target for ARM Holdings, a buy for ASOS, raising target to £16.16 from £12,23, a buy and 240p target for Cineworld, a buy and 200p target for Faroe Petroleum. a hold for Fidessa, raising target to £15.94 from £14,75, a buy and 190p target for Mouchel, downgrades Regus to hold from buy with a 90p target and has a buy and 50p target for Speedy Hire

* Arbuthnot has a strong buy for SmartFocus, raising target to 20p from 18p, downgrades ACM Shipping to neutral from buy with a 225p target, downgrades Clarkson to neutral from buy, with a £10.50 target and has a strong buy for Braemar Shipping, cutting target to 575p from 600p

* KBC Peel Hunt downgrades Fidessa Group to sell from hold with a £14,84 target

* Evolution has a buy for Cineworld, raising target to 245p from 235p and retains add for Cairn Energy, cutting target to 501p from 542p

* WH Ireland Securities upgrades Getech Group to speculative buy from market perform

* Altium Securities has a buy for Cineworld, raising target to 250p from 230p

* HSBC has an underweight for Home Retail, raising target to 200p from 195p

* Bank of America downgrades Cairn Energy to neutral from buy, cutting target to 485p from 535p

* Numis has a buy for International Personal Finance, raising target to 437p from 376p, downgrades Fidessa to hold from buy and initiates coverage of CSR with a buy and 480p target