Legal & General
Investment | 3 Feb 16
ANALYSIS: Did Uncle Sam shoot himself in the foot?
The first rate rise since the financial crisis was a long time coming and markets initially responded relatively well, but it is starting to look like a miss-step by the Federal Reserve.
LGIM’s early unbundling of research costs applauded
Legal & General Investment Management’s (LGIM) decision to change the way clients are charged for research ahead of the Mifid II deadline has been applauded by the co-founder of investment firm SCM Direct.
People Moves | 28 Jan 16
PEOPLE MOVES: Julius Baer, Legal & General, Emirates NBD…
Swiss private bank Julius Baer named its new chief executive for the UK and Ireland, while Legal & General promoted from within to fill its Cofunds chairman role. Emirates NBD appointed a new wealth management chief investment officer, Vestra Wealth added to its private office, and SBG appointed a new head of lender relationships.
Legal & General IM expands index funds range
Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM) has launched a global real estate index fund and announced the imminent launch of an emerging markets government bond index fund.
L&G consolidation continues with Suffolk Life sale
Legal & General has further rationalised its offering by announcing the sale of Sipp provider Suffolk Life to Curtis Banks Group. The move follows L&G’s recent decision to dispose of non-core businesses, which saw it withdraw from France, Ireland, and Egypt in 2015.