Legal & General Group PLC

Legal & General Group Plc engages in the provision of risk, savings, and investment management products and services. It operates through the following segments: Legal and General Retirement Institutional (LGRI); Legal and General Capital (LGC); Legal and General Investment Management (LGIM); Retail Retirement; and Insurance. The LGRI segment is involved in pension risk transfer business including longevity insurance. The LGC segment includes shareholder assets invested in direct investments primarily in the areas of specialist commercial real estate, clean energy, housing, and SME finance, as well as traded and treasury assets. The LGIM segment offers institutional and retail investment management. The Retail Retirement segment provides retail annuity and drawdown products, workplace savings, and lifetime mortgage loans. The Insurance segment focuses on the United Kingdom protection and Fintech business, as well as the United States retail protection business. The company was founded on September 19, 1836 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Wednesday will see insurers and housebuilders in focus with half-year results due from both Legal & General Group PLC (LSE:LGEN) and Taylor Wimpey (LSE:TW.).PLC (LSE:TW).

Legal & General and Taylor Wimpey key results mid-week

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The coming week will see more results from blue-chip banks in the form of HSBC and Standard Chartered, meanwhile, oilers will once again be in focus as BP delivers figures. Other notable names in the diary will be bakery chain Greggs, insurer Legal & General, engine maker Rolls Royce, housebuilder Taylor Wimpey and exchange operator LSE Group.

Banks, BP and Greggs among key updates in coming week, Bank of England and non-farms draw macro focus

Wm Morrison Supermarkets PLC (LON:MRW) could end up in private equity hands for the “wrong reasons”, warned the investment arm of Legal & General Group PLC (LON:LGEN). Apollo Global Management confirmed on Monday it's considering putting an offer forward, days after the grocer told shareholders to approve a £6.3bn offer from Fortress Investment.

Morrisons could be taken over for wrong reasons, warns Legal & General

The potential private equity takeover of Wm Morrison Supermarkets PLC (LON:MRW) has fired up debate in the City. Legal & General Group PLC (LON:LGEN) has slammed the proposal while MPs are preparing to bring in the competition watchdog in case a deal goes ahead.

Negative sentiment over Morrisons takeover mounts as Legal & General, MPs express concern

Legal & General Group PLC (LON:LGEN) said its fund management division voted against 130 companies over their climate change policies during the latest AGM season. The fund manager recently instigated a major drive on climate change with its investee companies and increased the number it actively engages ten-fold to 1,000.

Legal & General sanctions 130 companies over climate change foot-dragging

Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM), the investment arm of Legal & General PLC (LON:LGEN), has emerged as one of the shareholders revolting against Royal Dutch Shell PLC's (LON:RDSB) climate plans. LGIM, which is the UK's largest fund manager with £1.2 trillion of assets, voted against the oiler's own energy transition strategy at its AGM last week.

Legal & General Investment Management joins investor revolt against Shell climate plans

UK insurer, pensions and financial services provider Legal & General has a strong brand, business model and attractive yield. Risks include geographic concentration and market disruption.

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Legal & General Group plc (LON: LGEN) said on Wednesday that its operating profit posted a slight decline in 2020, amidst the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic that wreaked havoc on businesses from across the globe last year. The company, however, expressed confidence that it will return to profitable growth in 2021.

Legal & General reports a slight decline in its full-year operating profit

Legal & General PLC (LON:LGEN) said it had set aside a further £110mln for possible early deaths due to the new strains of Covid-19. The FTSE 100 life insurance and pensions group said the pandemic reduced operating profits by £228mln in the year to end-December, which included £76mln for Covid-19- related claims.

Legal & General increases provisions for Covid-19 deaths due to new variants

The mid-point of the week will see food delivery and insurance take the spotlight in the results diary with final results from Just Eat and Legal & General. Investors will also have a litany of other results to look forward to including numbers from Spirax-Sarco, Balfour Beatty and National Express.

Just Eat, Legal & General dominate Wednesday results diary

U.K. insurer Legal & General has a generally stable business which is set to keep on growing. The dividend is well covered by free cash flow over a multi-year timeframe.

Legal & General: An Attractive Dividend Choice Yielding Over 6%

FREDERICK, Md., Dec. 2, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Legal & General America (LGA) has raised over $900,000 through its Annual Charitable Giving Campaign. A portion of the funds raised will be donated to Boys & Girls Club of Frederick County, as well as hundreds of other charities chosen by LGA...

Legal & General America Raises over $900,000 for Charity through its Annual Charitable Giving Campaign

Since our last report, shares have rallied by more than 35% as the market has realized the company's true value and robust dividend growth prospects. Through the various structural and capital synergies that LGEN has been setting in place for years, the company has been able to deliver superior ROE.

Legal & General: New Dividend Growth Plans Retain An Exciting Expected Return Potential

Legal & General's 9% Yield Is A  Steal, Covered By 1.8X EPS

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Legal & General America Awards $10,000 Life Lessons Scholarship to Stockton University Junior

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The current crisis has seen dividend cuts, dividend suspensions and now dividend resumptions.

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Legal & General (LON: LGEN) said on Wednesday that its operating profit in the first half (H1) of the current fiscal year came in 2% lower at £1.13 billion attributed to the Coronavirus pandemic. Previously L&G expressed plans of issuing debt in June.

Legal & General’s operating profit tanks 2% in the fiscal first half

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His comments come after some business leaders and lawmakers have called on the government to relax the guidelines.

Legal & General CEO urges UK government to adopt one-meter social-distancing measures

Legal & General (LON: LGEN) said on Tuesday that its assets under management (AUM) saw an 8% growth in the past 2 months. To further benefit from the favourable market conditions, the British life insurer announced that it is now considering issuing debt.

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