>>> Valentino rules out listing in 2016; will look at IPO again in 2017 (transla

Valentino rules out listing in 2016; will look at IPO again in 2017 (translated) 

Valentino, the Italian fashion group, will not list in 2016, Italian-language daily Il Sole 24 Ore reported. The report cited CEO Stefano Sassi who said that the conditions were not right for a listing in 2016 because of market instability. The report said that Valentino would look again at a listing in 2017.

The report added that Valentino posted a 48% increase in revenues in 2015 to EUR 987m while EBITDA almost doubled from EUR 98.5m to EUR 180.2m. The item added that EBIT rose from EUR 43m to EUR 104.4m.

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Reuters - DreamWorks interested in Viacom's Paramount Pictures: CEO

DreamWorks interested in Viacom's Paramount Pictures: CEO

Hollywood studio DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc (DWA.O) would be interested in a merger with Viacom Inc's (VIAB.O) Paramount Pictures, the company's chief executive said on Tuesday.

"I could imagine that with a good financial partner coming with us, putting together the asset of Paramount and DreamWorks could be extremely valuable," DreamWorks CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg said at the Morgan Stanley investor conference in San Francisco.

DreamWorks would not be interested in buying a stake in Paramount, he added.

Viacom is considering selling a "significant" minority stake in Paramount Pictures, Chief Executive Philippe Dauman said last week.

The entire studio is worth $4 billion, according to an estimate by Sanford Bernstein analyst Todd Juenger.

Katzenberg, who worked with Paramount for 11 years, said the next 12 months for DreamWorks would be "choppy".

DreamWorks, which is in the middle of a turnaround, has been reducing its dependence on the volatile feature films business to concentrate on increasing revenue from licensing its original content to media houses and video streaming companies.

DreamWorks' shares closed up 2.3 percent at $26.26, while Viacom ended 1.9 percent higher at $37.56.

>>> Street Pre-Markets Indications

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* EUROPRIS - 20M SHARE PLACING HERE, PRICES AT 39, CALL DESK FOR DETAILS *
* MARINE HARVEST - Geveran sells 8.4%, 37.8m shs. NOK117/share. MS sole *
* TELENET - ($125m, Citi) – upsized to 2.5m shares. Citi Sole. *
* NEXITY - ($310m, SG sole) – 6.95m shares *
DARTY - Says It’s Reviewing Takeover Proposal from Steinhoff @125p.......RSTR
SUBSEA - EBITDA 50% ahead,Backlog down 10% QoQ, down 26% YoY..............+5%
VIRGIN MONEY - Strong set of results. Adj PBT came in at £160.3mn, 6% beat+5%
BILLITON - Potential Sanmarco settlement, $5bn over 15 yrs. Reuters.....+2/3%
STAGECOACH - trading update all v reassuring. Stock warned in December..+2/3%
NOVAE - GWP £787m up from £638m in 2014. Combined ratio of 90.8%..........+2%
BANKS - US Banks ok, breaking technicals to the upside. Europeans good....+2%
MINERS - Continue their march higher in Oz, should be ok here too.........+2%
ROYAL UNIBREW - 4% EBIT beat, growth strong, EPS 17% beat.................+2%
SYNTHOMER - Results in line/v small beat. Outlook in line w/ previous.....+1%
BARCLAYS - We REIT BUY post divi cut yesterday. 2016 another clean up year+1%
JUST EAT - Note out post numbers here; outlook keeps us bullish...........+1%
YARA - CMD focused on 1) crop nutrition growth 2) cost optimisation.......U/C
INTERTEK - Sales £2166m,Org growth 1.6%,EBITA margin 15.9%,all ok.........U/C
AIRBUS - Investor day in NYC - repeat of positive comments from London....U/C
JMAT - FD stepping down for personal reasons and mutual agreement.........U/C
DKSH - Longstanding CEO to transition to Chairman role some time in 2017..U/C
ITV - Revs ahead,EPS 2% beat,EBIT inline.Spec divi, but outlook uncertain.U/C
ISS - Looks solid but no guidance raise for 2016, said to be challenging..U/C
JERONIMO MARTINS - Earnings today after the close.........................U/C
ACERINOX - We DOWNGRADE to UNDERPERFORM, PO €8 post 4% miss on volumes....-1%
KUEHNE & NAGEL - FY Results marginally light, not enough for the multiple.-2%
LUXOTTICA - EBIT/NET both light.0.89 divi + buyback.Outlook ambitious.....-2%
LAIRD - FY15 Revs/EPS/Div in line.Growth weighted to H2 disappointing.....-3%
ELEKTA - Very poor. Sales 6% miss,EBITA 20% miss.Downgrade FY outlook.-10-15%
MainFirst Pre Mkt Indications
*K&N-FY Net 679m(674),Sales 20.3b(20.4),Ebit 850m(859),Div 5(4.2)......+1.7%
*ELEKTA-Q3 Sales 2.55b(2.72),Ebita 335m(436),more cost cutting.........-10%
*LUXOTTICA-Q4 Sales known 2.01b,Ebit 213m(224),NI 120m(136)............-2%
*LOGITECH-Reits 2016 o/lk,sees FY17 op Inc 185-200m,500m 2 s/hlders....+1%
*MORPHOSYS-FY Rev 106.2m(104.5),Ebit 17.2m(13.7),NP 14.9m(11.2),si 11%.+8%
*RWE-To name Markus Krebber as new CFO says Handelsblatt...............+1%
*RENAULT/NISSAN-Mulls buying stake in HERE mapping unit-Reuters........+0.5%
*BUREAU VERITAS-In partnership with Dassault Systems - Echos...........+0.5%
*BOSSARD-FY Ebit 70.3m(73),Net 54.5m(55.7),Divs 3(3),o/l tough.........-2%
*BOBST-FY Ebit 75.4m(73.6),Net 59.2m(54.35),outlook looks mixed........+2%
*AURELIUS-Rev 2b(2),Op Ebitda 266m(236),co plans 5-7 acq's in 2016.....+1%
*BRAAS MONIER-FY Sales 1.26b(1.26),NI 55.1m(44.9),Ebitda 196.8m(197.5).+3%
*PBB-II 102m(100),Com Inc 2m(3),RLL 7m(-4.3),EBT 30m(42),Div 43c(34)...+1%
*ISS-FY Rev 79.6b(79.2),Ebitda 5.31b(5.09),Mkt remains tough,150m b/b..+1%
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Acerinox -1-2% CS downgrade to NEUTRAL (2017E already being priced in)
Amec +2% New debt facility following completion of refinancing
Autos +1-2% US SAAR 17.9m units vs analyst est. 17.6m
Biomerieux -1-2% 2016 net 110m vs cons 145m, business remains volatile
Bossard -1-2% Sales 656.3mln cons 658mln, dividend inline
Corbion +1-2% Revenues slightly ahead, EBITDA slightly light, divi ahead
Elekta -5-7% Sales light, additional cost savings, guidance looks light
Hugo Boss M/P CS downgrade to NEUTRAL (No near term catalysts)
Intertek +1-2% PBT is a 3% beat against cons and EPS a 4% beat
ITV UNCH Revs a beat, special divi better, outlook for Q1 lighter
K+N -0.5% Gross pft better, divi and outlook inline, no special divi
Laird PLC M/P FY adj profit/revenues inline, divi slightly better
Logitech M/P New 2017 guidance more or less in line
Luxottica +1% Adj op income inline, net income 4% miss, positive buyback
MorphoSys +3-4% FY15 revs €106.2 vs cons €104.5m, outlok better
Miners +2% Copper +1.50%, Brent +0.90%, Iron Ore +1.45%, China +3.5%
Oils +1-1.5% U.S. API inventories 9.91m barrels, cons 2.35m
Poundland -5% CEO stepping down
Stagecoach M/P No's inline, keeps FY EPS expectations
Subsea -2-3% Dividend been cut, also taken an impairment

*ROLLS-ROYCE SEES `ALIGNMENT' WITH VIEWS OF VALUEACT: DAVIS

*ROLLS-ROYCE NAMES BRADLEY SINGER AS A NON EXEC DIRECTOR
*ROLLS-ROYCE SAYS APPOINTMENT WON'T TRIGGER NEW STRATEGY REVIEW
*ROLLS-ROYCE SEES `ALIGNMENT' WITH VIEWS OF VALUEACT: DAVIS
*ROLLS SAYS `PRIORITY' TO STRENGTHEN RELATION W/U.S. INVESTORS
*ROLLS: `2 OR 3' U.K. INVESTORS WERE `UNCOMFORTABLE' WITH CHOICE
*ROLLS' DAVIS HAS NO COMMENT ON HONEYWELL/UTC TALKS EARLIER

(CS) Hugo Boss : Losing the last pillar of the bull case

We are downgrading our rating to Neutral (from Outperform) with a new target price of €58 (from €90). We got our call wrong as we believed a 5% dividend yield and attractive valuation would be enough to support the shares despite weakening fundamentals for the menswear market (see Hugo Boss: Buying a sustainable dividend yield on 01-Feb-2016). The stock has more than halved from its peak last April and derated to 13x 2016e P/E on our revised numbers. That said, we fail to see the near-term catalysts that could drive a rebound in the share price and see further downside risk to 2016-17 forecasts