L&G

Life insurer Legal & General (L&G) posted better-than-expected first-half results on Wednesday, helped by strong performance from LGIM and its international divisions.

Nick Griffiths, co-head of interest rates and global portfolios at Aberdeen, has been poached by Legal & General Investment Management.

Punch Taverns' bondholders are seeking to halt the ailing firm from selling pubs in its estate and instead arrange a debt for equity swap.

Richard Black is to manage Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM)'s first UK equity income offering.

Gavin Launder, fund manager of the L&G Investments European Absolute Return fund, discusses whether a return to trend is sufficient for this large and diverse market.

In the latest Conjecture debate, our panelists from S&P, L&G Investments and Liontrust discussed Absolute Returns.

L&G Investment Management (LGIM)'s multi-manager team is moving its equity focus away from emerging markets towards the US and other developed economies.

LGIM's Richard Hodges has added 12% to his high yield positions in the £1.3bn Dynamic Bond trust, and expects to take exposure to 50% this year.

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L&G Investment Management's Nick Brack has joined Charlemagne Capital as the head of UK mutual fund sales.