Legal & General
Legal & General hires PGIM exec to lead asset management business
Eric Adler will replace Michelle Scrimgeour, who is stepping down from the role after five years
L&G picks Santander’s António Simões to succeed Sir Nigel Wilson as CEO
Former banker to take over from City titan Sir Nigel Wilson at one of UK's largest financial services firms
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Sir Nigel Wilson: We’ll pick ‘best of the best’ reports to solve City’s listings drought
Sir Nigel Wilson is among a group of City grandees looking to defend London's capital markets crown
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City execs push for plan to bolster UK’s capital markets
The report is being commissioned by the private sector lead Capital Market Industry Taskforce
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Legal & General beats profit forecast and hikes dividend
Insurance giant grows ahead of guidance, reporting £2,5bn in profit
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Ex-JPMorgan duo start impact business with Legal & General backing
Female-led investment advisory firm will target sustainable infrastructure projects in emerging markets
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Legal & General CEO Sir Nigel Wilson to retire
Influential executive set to depart after hunting for a new leader for the financial services behemoth
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HSBC exec Stuart White opens up about depression as City bosses told to be vulnerable to improve diversity
'We need more square holes in organisations because we don’t all fit into the ‘round hole’ world,' says The Diversity Project chair Helena Morrissey
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Trading Places: HSBC, Credit Suisse, Jupiter plan cuts, Kirkland scores two London partners
Find out who is on the move in the City and beyond this week
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BHP shares down following investor criticism of plan to ditch primary London listing
BHP is one of the largest companies on the FTSE 100, with investors now weighing up ramifications for the City
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Legal & General reports 73% drop in profits
However, LGIM reported a 9% increase to £1.2tn in assets under management in the first six months of the year
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LGIM urges companies to look beyond shareholders during Covid-19 crisis
The influential £1.2tn asset manager wants the companies in which it invests to focus on long-term sustainability
LGIM mounts campaign to take UK corporate governance global
The principle that the roles of company chief executive and chair of the board should not be held by the same person dates from the Cadbury report in 1992
LGIM’s Sonja Laud: ‘We need to see the future relationship with Europe’
The chief investment officer of Legal & General Investment Management on diversity, passive investing and how UK equities can become attractive again
LGIM continues run of top female hires to fill compliance role
Camille Blackburn to join from Aviva Investors in early 2020 as head of compliance
Legal & General overhauls trading systems at £1.2tn investment arm
Higher trading costs linked to EU regulations are hitting the returns fund managers can deliver to customers
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L&G’s £1.6bn National Grid buy confirms record year for pension deals
2019 has now far eclipsed 2018's total for pension insurance transactions
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L&G’s Oxford property project subject to planning delay
Land designated for new student and staff accommodation does not yet have planning permission
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Legal & General strikes £4bn real estate partnership with Oxford university
Investing in student accommodation has become popular among asset managers
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LGIM appoints Sonja Laud as new CIO
Succession of former Fidelity equities chief to the role means the UK’s largest fund manager will be led by two women
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