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10 May 2012
Legal & General (L&G) has named group chief financial officer Nigel Wilson as its new chief executive, replacing the outgoing Tim Breedon, who departs from the role next month.
04 May 2012
LGIM’s European fund manager Gavin Launder has been promoted to head of European equities at the group.
03 May 2012
Legal & General (L&G) is anticipating a drop-off in sales through financial advisers over the coming months and into early 2013 as firms concentrate on developing their business models for retail distribution review (RDR) implementation.
17 February 2012
The fragility of the financials sector has been well documented after a turbulent 2011. Top managers reveal whether the tides are about to turn.
07 February 2012
Poor results from companies such as Unilever, AstraZeneca and Shell last week showed the valuation gap between defensives and cyclicals is closing in a “vicious” fashion, according to JO Hambro Capital Management’s James Lowen.
01 February 2012
Legal & General Investments has cut the AMCs on five of its index tracker funds and TERs across 13 products in the range.
13 January 2012
With volatility set to dominate again this year, experts predict which sector or geographical region will surprise on the upside.
29 November 2011
James Murdoch has been re-elected as chairman of beleaguered media group BSkyb despite calls from fund management groups for his resignation.
14 November 2011
Cofunds has denied its backers want out after a report emerged that shareholder L&G has made an offer for the platform.
14 November 2011
L&G has made an approach for Cofunds, in which it has a 25% stake, in a deal which could value the supermarket at up to £200m, according to reports.
07 November 2011
Investors could be faced with a plethora of fund charging models post-RDR as well as higher overall costs and ‘premium’ prices for a top tier of better performing funds or specialist mandates.
31 October 2011
Leading funds and the ABI are working on proposals to prevent newly listed companies from entering the FTSE 100 or other leading indices until after a three-month cooling-off period.
28 October 2011
Legal & General International (Ireland) and Suffolk Life have named Skandia as their new distribution partner.
22 September 2011
Tim Breedon, CEO of insurance group Legal & General (L&G), is to retire from the company at the end of 2012, when he will have completed a quarter of a century at the insurer.
10 August 2011
Legal & General Investments’ Richard Hodges has fled to cash and trimmed high yield in a move to protect his £1.8bn Dynamic Bond trust against Lehman-like market conditions.
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