Legal & General Share News (LGEN)

Legal & General Increases Vectura Stake To 3.7% From Below 3% (ALLISS)

LONDON (Alliance News) - Vectura Group PLC said Tuesday FTSE 100-listed insurer and asset manager Legal & General Group PLC increased its stake in the pharmaceutical firm

Legal & General CEO pay drops by a third to 3.5 mln stg

LONDON, March 7 (Reuters) - Legal & General Chief Executive Nigel Wilson was paid 3.5 million pounds ($4.86 million) in 2017, a drop of 36 percent from a on

TOP NEWS: Legal & General Nears GBP1 Trillion In Managed Assets

LONDON (Alliance News) - Financial services provider Legal & General Group PLC on Wednesday reported record operating profit in 2017 as it nears GBP1.00 of assets a

UPDATE 1-Slowing improvement in UK life expectancy boosts Legal & General FY profit

By Carolyn Cohn LONDON, March 7 (Reuters) - A slowdown in improvements in life expectancy in Britain boosted insurer Legal & General's 2017

Legal & General FY operating profit beats forecast, up 32 pct

LONDON, March 7 (Reuters) - British insurer Legal & General reported an above-forecast 32 percent rise in 2017 operating profit of 2.1 billion pounds ($2.92 it by a

UK Stocks-Factors to watch on March 7

March 7 (Reuters) - Britain's FTSE 100 index is seen opening down 18 points on Wednesday, according to financial bookmakers. * IAG: The chief executive of British IAG is a

London close: FTSE falls on dollar dip, ex-divs and tendency to gold safety

(ShareCast News) - London equities limped to a lower close Thursday, pulled down by a trinity of factors including dollar weakness, a tendency to safe-haven gold and ex-dividend stocks. These combined to see the FTSE 100 down 0.34% to 7,277.92, and the FTSE 250 down -0.65%% to 18,705.72. Both ladder

London close: FTSE gains on financials as US consumer inflation surprises

(ShareCast News) - London stocks ended Wednesday higher as investors considered news that UK's jobless rate held steady at end-2016, with forecast-busting US inflation numbers helping boost global markets led north by financials. The FTSE 100 ended the session up 0.47% or 33.85 points at 7,302.41, s

FTSE hits 1-month high on stronger financials and miners

(ADVISORY- Follow European and UK stock markets in real time on the Reuters Live Markets blog on Eikon, see cpurl://apps.cp./cms/?pageId=livemarkets) * FTSE 100 closed 0.5 pct higher * Mid-caps and small-caps hit all-time highs * Banks, insurers lead gains after Yellen comments<

Britain's FTSE boosted by banks and insurers

(ADVISORY- Follow European and UK stock markets in real time on the Reuters Live Markets blog on Eikon, see cpurl://apps.cp./cms/?pageId=livemarkets) * FTSE 100 up 0.5 pct * FTSE 250 hits all-time high, up 0.1 pct * Banks, insurers lead gains after Yellen comments * TUI do

MOVES-Ex-Newton CEO Helena Morrissey joins Legal & General fund unit

LONDON, Jan 30 (Reuters) - Helena Morrissey, ex-chief executive of Newton Investment Management and a leading City campaigner for gender equality, is to join the fund arm of insurer Legal & General as head of personal investing. Morrissey will join Legal & General Investment Management, whi

Sector movers: Miners boosted by yuan strength

(ShareCast News) - Miners and oil related companies were leading the pack north after China's currency rose for a second day, boosting prices for most commodities. As of 0720 GMT the onshore yuan was trading at 6.8120 against the US dollar and was up by 0.80% against the greenback, its best level si

TOP NEWS: Legal & General Hires Ernst & Young's Jeff Davies To Be CFO

Legal & General appoints EY's Jeff Davies as CFO

(ShareCast News) - Legal & General has poached Ernst & Young senior partner Jeff Davies to be its new chief financial officer. He will start in the spring, replacing Mark Gregory, who has agreed to stay on until the end of August to ensure a smooth handover. Currently a senior partner at the 'big f

Chesnara Successfully Raises Funds For L&G Dutch Acquisition (ALLISS)