Legal & General Group Plc LGEN

Boss Antonio Simoes told staff in an email on Wednesday that the company needs to ‘become a leaner organisation’.

City investment giant Legal & General (L&G) is planning to slash around 1,000 jobs in a cost-cutting drive.

Core operating EPS up 11% year-on-year, exceeding guidance, with asset management fee-related earnings surging 37%.

Lloyds Banking Group (LSE:LLOY) plans for Group Chief Risk Officer Stephen Shelley to retire in October 2026. Shelley is set to join Legal & General Group Plc as an independent non executive director. The move triggers a scheduled senior leadership change in Lloyds Banking Group's risk function. This is one of several leadership shifts across UK financial stocks that could reshape risk profiles, so it can be useful to compare Lloyds Banking Group with other businesses that focus on...

Legal & General Group (LON:LGEN) reported higher first-half earnings, increased its interim dividend and said it expects full-year core operating earnings-per-share growth to exceed the top end of its prior 6% to 9% target range. Chief Executive Officer António said the insurer, pension provide

Legal & General Group (LON:LGEN) used its 2026 annual general meeting to highlight progress on its strategy to become a “simpler, growing, and better-connected” business, while also marking major leadership changes at the board and executive level. Chair Sir John Kingman, presiding over his fin

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If you are wondering whether Legal & General Group’s current share price actually lines up with its underlying value, you are not alone. This article is built to help you stress test that question clearly. The stock has seen a 6.4% decline over the last 7 days, a 9.2% decline over the last 30 days, and is down 8.0% year to date, while the 1 year and 3 year returns stand at 9.6% and 33.1% respectively, with a 24.0% return over 5 years. Recent coverage around Legal & General often centers on...

The latest analyst work on Legal & General Group includes a refreshed price target of £2.80, alongside a slightly higher internal fair value estimate of £2.67. Taken together with one downgrade to Neutral, this suggests analysts are rebalancing their view of potential upside against how much is already reflected in the share price. As you read on, you will see how this evolving narrative could influence the way you track Legal & General from here. Stay updated as the Fair Value for Legal &...

Legal & General Group (LSE:LGEN) is back on many investors’ radars after recent share price softness, with the stock showing negative returns over the past week, month and past 3 months. See our latest analysis for Legal & General Group. While the recent 1 day share price return of a 6.77% decline at £2.41 and weaker 7 and 30 day share price returns suggest pressure is building in the short term, the 1 year and 5 year total shareholder returns of 9.85% and 26.42% respectively point to a still...

Legal & General Group (LON:LGEN) used its full-year 2025 results presentation to emphasize continued earnings growth, a strengthened capital position following the sale of its U.S. protection business, and a stepped-up capital return program that includes its largest-ever share buyback. Chief e

Those following along with Legal & General Group Plc ( LON:LGEN ) will no doubt be intrigued by the recent purchase of...