Legal & General Share News (LGEN)

LONDON BROKER RATINGS: HSBC says 'buy' AstraZeneca but 'reduce' GSK

(Alliance News) - The following London-listed shares received analyst recommendations Friday morning and Thursday:

Britain's 50-billion pound pensions gamble could put savers in fresh peril

LONDON, July 11 (Reuters) - Britain's financial services industry has broadly cheered fresh government proposals to jumpstart the economy by channelling 50 billion pounds ($64.5 billion) of pension fund cash into fledgling firms, but the plans could backfire on savers, experts said.

UK pension funds back next phase of post-Brexit City shake up

Private pensions pledge up to 50 billion pounds

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Allergy Therapeutics appoints new CFO; interim CFO to leave in August

(Alliance News) - Allergy Therapeutics PLC on Monday said it has promoted Group Financial Controller Shaun Furlong to chief financial officer.

Hunt to outline "evolutionary" pension funds investment reforms for UK

(Alliance News) - UK Chancellor Jeremy Hunt will promise "evolutionary not revolutionary" reforms to get pension funds making billions of pounds of riskier investments in fast-growing firms to boost economic growth.

LONDON MARKET MIDDAY: Stocks down; eyes on China slowdown, Fed minutes

(Alliance News) - Stock prices in London were lower at midday on Wednesday amid a solidly risk-off mood following a slew of weak economic data, including from the world's second-largest economy.

Legal & General confirms five-year targets

(Sharecast News) - Legal & General Group reiterated its five-year growth targets on Wednesday, as it confirmed that recently introduced accountancy changes would not have any impact.

LONDON MARKET OPEN: Stocks head lower before Fed minutes

(Alliance News) - Stock prices in London opened in the red on Wednesday, amid fears of slowing growth in China, and escalating tension between the two world's largest economies.

TOP NEWS: Legal & General says on track to achieve five-year plan

(Alliance News) - Legal & General Group PLC on Wednesday set out a confident outlook and said it enjoyed a busy first-half of pension risk transfer dealings.

LONDON BRIEFING: L&G confident; Supreme wins "significant" vaping pact

(Alliance News) - Stocks in London are expected to open lower on Wednesday, as investors assess weaker Chinese economic data, and look ahead to the release of the latest US Federal Reserve meeting minutes.

UK life insurers' exposure to Thames Water is 'minimal', Citi says

(Sharecast News) - Analysts at Citi pointed out on Thursday that the UK life insurance sector's direct exposure to Thames Water was "minimal".

Lab crunch: British science has nowhere to go

OXFORD, England, June 20 (Reuters) - For Ros Deegan, the thrill of raising $100 million to expand a biotech firm among the dreaming spires of Oxford was soon tempered: unable to find a bigger laboratory, she routinely had to work at home.

UK's FTSE 100 rises on energy boost; Informa jumps

ECB raises rates by an expected 25 bps

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Legal & General new CEO has "hard act to follow" after Wilson's tenure

(Alliance News) - Legal & General Group PLC on Thursday named its new chief executive, but Antonio Simoes has a "hard act to follow."

Legal & General hires Santander's Antonio Simoes as CEO

Simoes will join the company on Jan. 1, 2024

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