Which financial stocks offer the best potential? (Part II)

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In the second of a two-part Big Question, Investment Week asks which financial services companies are standing out as the sector's recovery continues

Click here for part 1 Carl Stick, manager, Rathbone Income fund Legal & General The financial services sector offers both quality businesses and decent valuations, in an environment where balancing the scales is proving difficult. We believe Legal & General and Aviva are examples of this: the former benefiting from a strong bulk purchase annuity market; the latter a play on dynamic management change. Lloyds Banking Group should profit from rising interest rates, whilst its balance sheet is improving as well. Importantly, all three look good value and offer attractive progressive d...

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