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30 May 2018 Blog
Big banks must do more for fintech startups
With the recent news of Mastercard’s creation of Accelerate, an initiative to drive the fintech industry’s growth, it’s time to take a new look at why banks and other large financial institutions should do more to support fintechs.
9 May 2018 News
Legal & General Investment Management active ownership report published
Active ownership means using our scale and influence to bring about real, positive change to create sustainable investor value. Our latest report explains how we achieved this in 2017.
8 May 2018 Blog
Last Time Buyers looking to downsize hold the keys to easing housing crisis
The UK housing market is at a crunch point; it has become split across generational lines and is now a major symptom of, and contributor to, intergenerational inequality. The Institute for Fiscal Studies has illustrated that young middle-class professionals today are half as likely to get on the housing ladder as they were 20 years ago, so now is the time to free-up properties that will be beneficial to all parties.
25 Apr 2018 Blog
Landlords who engage will see financial rewards
Bill Page, Business Space Research Manager for Legal & General discusses the two themes that stood out from his three years of chairing the research committee of the British Council for Offices (BCO): occupiers are customers, and office space is a performance lever for companies, not just a shell that gets handed over.
23 Apr 2018 In the news
Universities must embrace the value of commercial spin-outs
The conditions have never been better for Universities to work with financial institutions in developing a fusion of the academic and the entrepreneurial. Nigel Wilson, featured in The Telegraph, discusses how Universities should follow the successes shown in the US and China.
20 Apr 2018 Blog
Adopting an Amazon mindset in insurance
In insurance and financial services there are many new concepts - transforming from clunky systems to slick, transparent, clear, highly regulated comparison engines. But where next? Nick Frankland, Managing Director of Fintech at Legal and General Insurance highlights the key fundamentals that need to be in place so that markets can operate to the same levels as Amazon or Uber.
9 Apr 2018 Report
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The Red Report is the outcome of the company’s inaugural mental health forum last year, which gathered business leaders, mental health experts and sports personalities to discuss mental health in the workplace. Attendees worked together to identify five key issues they believe are barriers to hinder open, honest discussions around mental wellbeing at work.
20 Mar 2018 In the news
Breakfast with The Boss Podcast: Nigel Wilson
Set around the breakfast table, Breakfast with the Boss traces the careers of our most prominent leaders, dissecting their journey to the top and the hurdles they encountered on the way. Combining biography with an in-depth discussion of their industry, Breakfast with the Boss provides listeners with an intimate insight into the exciting world of business and leadership.
8 Mar 2018 News
Legal & General publishes UK Gender Pay for 2017
Legal & General Group Plc (Legal & General) has published the gender pay gap for its UK business, and set out four initiatives to take it closer to achieving its ambition of 50/50 gender balance across the workforce by 2020.
8 Mar 2018 Blog
Now is the time to achieve global leadership in Fintech
The UK is awash with disruptive talent. Local start-up companies are addressing the challenges faced by customers and consumers, constantly looking for solutions that can help solve real-life problems. With help from UK government we can nurture our Fintech companies into becoming the next Amazon, Facebook or Tencent. We can’t afford to miss out on the opportunity again.
9 Feb 2018 News
More than £7bn boost to the economy from Britons releasing housing equity for retirement, new research from Legal & General reveals.
8 Feb 2018 Blog
More than three quarters (76%) of parents with children aged 18-40 said they still felt responsible for their child’s financial security some or all of the time, according to new research from Legal & General.
6 Feb 2018 Blog
UK consumers at risk of losing nearly £100bn every year, research reveals
New research from Legal & General has revealed that UK consumers risk losing £99.98bn* because their life insurance policies aren’t written into trust*.
5 Feb 2018 In the news
For every failure, there are a thousand new companies ready to thrive
In The Sunday Telegraph, Nigel Wilson, Group Chief Executive points out how US and China-led global growth is showing the positive impact of the digital revolution as entrepreneurs exponentially grow their businesses.
2 Feb 2018 News
It’s all about the numbers and the brains of the future
In 2017 Legal & General set out to provide financial education to at least 200 teachers and 3,000 students at Key Stage 2 (KS2) to better prepare them for their future. So how did we do? Jeff Davies, Group Chief Financial Officer for Legal & General Group explains.
19 Jan 2018 Blog