BUZZ-Top of the Street: Kuehne + Nagel, NN Group, ASR Nederland, Euronext A round-up of notable broker activity this morning from Europe's top-ranked* analysts: ** Barclays raises Kuehne + Nagel KNIN.S to "equal-weight" from "underweight", pointing to high exposure to sea freight and leaner corporate structure ** J.P.Morgan upgrades Dutch insurer NN Group NV NN.AS to "overweight" from "neutral", seeing it as a "strong" beneficiary of Dutch pensions reform ** The broker also downgrades ASR Nederl

BUZZ-JPM upgrades NN Group on Dutch pension reform potential, cuts ASR ** J.P.Morgan upgrades Dutch insurer NN Group NV NN.AS to "overweight" from "neutral" seeing it as a "strong" beneficiary of Dutch pensions reform ** It downgrades its peer ASR Nederland ASRNL.AS to "neutral" from "overweight" on lower estimates for non-life insurance and fee-ba

EUROPE RESEARCH ROUNDUP-Adyen, AstraZeneca, Auto Trader July 2 (Reuters) - Securities analysts revised their ratings and price targets on several European companies, including Adyen, AstraZeneca and Auto Trader, on Tuesday. HIGHLIGHTS * Adyen NV ADYEN.AS : Jefferies cuts target price to EUR 1,695 from EUR 1,821 * AstraZeneca AZN.L : Jefferies raises target price to 11,700p from 11,300p * Auto Trader AUTOA.L : Jefferies raises target price to 935p from 830p * Halma HLMA.L : HSBC raises target pri

UPDATE 1-Highlighting Exxon suit, investors urge firms to keep shareholder spats out of court Updates total amount of assets under management in paragraph 2, indicates PGGM as pension investor in pararaph 6 AMSTERDAM, May 28 (Reuters) - A group of around 40 large European and American institutional investors on Tuesday urged companies to refrain from taking shareholders to court over disagreements relating to their proposals.

Highlighting Exxon suit, investors urge firms to keep shareholder spats out of court AMSTERDAM, May 28 (Reuters) - A group of around 40 large European and American institutional investors on Tuesday urged companies to refrain from taking shareholders to court over disagreements relating to their proposals. The group, which represents $4.4 trillion in assets under management, highlighted the lawsuit filed by Exxon Mobil XOM.N against two activist groups, in which the oil company seeks to bar thei