Legal & General results on target

6th Mar 2019 07:24

(Sharecast News) - Legal & General lifted its total dividend 7% for 2018 and assured that its growth should be unaffected by ongoing political and economic uncertainty.

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Wednesday broker round-up

20th Feb 2019 13:19

(Sharecast News) - Ocado: Peel Hunt downgrades to hold with a target price of 110p.

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Tuesday broker round-up

8th Jan 2019 11:20

(Sharecast News) - Vodafone: RBC Capital Markets downgrades to underperform with a target price of 125p.

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Direct Line said to be considering £400m bid for L&G division

19th Dec 2018 14:26

(Sharecast News) - FTSE 100 insurer Direct Line Insurance Group is said to be mulling a £400m move on Legal & General's general insurance arm.

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RBC forecasts outperformance for European insurers, wealth managers

11th Dec 2018 12:05

(Sharecast News) - European insurers should outperform the market in 2019, RBC Capital Markets predicted, with strong balance sheets and stronger pricing boosting earnings, though Standard Life Aberdeen was downgraded.

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Sector movers: Sinking tide drags down all ships

6th Dec 2018 14:33

(Sharecast News) - Every single sector was in the red on Thursday as the FTSE 100 and 250 indices finished around two-year lows amid a general market sell-off sparked by renewed worries about US-China trade relations.

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Legal & General lifts pensions risk transfers to £8.4bn

8th Oct 2018 08:28

(Sharecast News) - Legal & General has bought out the £2.4bn Nortel Networks UK pension plan, taking its pensions transactions to a record £8.4bn for the year for its pension risk transfer business.

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Legal & General completes biggest ever UK bulk annuity with BA pension scheme

13th Sep 2018 07:19

(Sharecast News) - Legal & General Group has completed a £4.4bn buy-in for the British Airways pension scheme, Airways Pension Scheme (APS), covering nearly 22,000 pensioners, it announced on Thursday.

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L&G delivers solid first half and pledges 'extremely busy' second

9th Aug 2018 07:10

(Sharecast News) - Legal & General grew first-half profits more than expected and, although the life insurer's earnings were down and cash returns lower than might be hoped, an "exceptionally busy" second half is anticipated.

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Whistleblowers report L&G to FCA over compliance failures

31st Jul 2018 11:12

(Sharecast News) - Employees at Legal & General have reported the company to the Financial Conduct Authority over alleged compliance and risk failures at the insurer's £1trn asset management arm, the Financial Times reported.

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

16th Feb 2017 17:00

(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

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

15th Feb 2017 17:15

(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

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Sector movers: Miners boosted by yuan strength

5th Jan 2017 15:35

(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

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Legal & General appoints EY's Jeff Davies as CFO

22nd Dec 2016 07:05

(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

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Legal & General optimistic about structural growth opportunities

5th Dec 2016 12:53

(ShareCast News) - In a statement ahead of its capital markets event later on Monday, Legal & General said all three of its divisions were well positioned to capitalise on "significant structural growth opportunities" arising from geopolitical, economic and demographic changes. The investment manage

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