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January 2017 – Dame Helena Morrissey appointed Head of Personal Investing

Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM), the global fund manager with £842bn of assets under management, has announced the appointment of Helena Morrissey as Head of Personal Investing for its UK direct business.

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October 2017 – Steve Davis appointed as Head of Propositions

Steve Davis has joined Legal & General Personal Investing as Head of Propositions.

23 January 2018 – L&G Future World Equity Factors Index Fund launched

LGIM launches a Future World fund for UK retail investors

L&G Future World Equity Factors Index Fund seeks to address climate change risks today to protect investments in the future in an innovative investment fund.

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April 2018 – Janine Menasakanian appointed Head of Distribution Strategy

Janine Menasakanian has joined Legal & General Personal Investing as Head of Distribution Strategy

9 May 2018 – Legal & General Investment Management active ownership report published

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.

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14 May 2018 - Legal & General Investment Management launches first gender diversity fund focused on UK companies

Legal & General Investment Management launches first gender diversity fund focused on UK companies

New fund will invest more in companies that have achieved higher levels of gender diversity.

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25 June 2018 – Legal & General relaunches Personal Investing business with new Own Your World campaign

Legal & General launches “own your world” campaign to engage the nation around the power of investing.

Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM) has today launched its ‘Own Your World’ campaign with the aim of revolutionising investing and to encourage the nation to invest together to make a positive impact.

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7 July 2018 - Legal & General partners with Girlguiding UK

Legal & General will sponsor a “Saver badge” for Girlguiding UK and plans to invest substantially into a financial literacy scheme.

Head of personal investing, Dame Helena Morrissey, (as featured in The Times) emphasised that the badge would help highlight the practicalities of money management to children, but acknowledges that it’s not a solution to promoting financial literacy amongst the young.

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24 October 2018 – Legal & General and Girlguiding UK launch ‘My Future Business’ entrepreneur competition

Legal & General and Girlguiding UK launch ‘My Future Business’ entrepreneur competition for girls and young women

Legal & General and Girlguiding team up to challenge senior Girlguiding units to turn £100 into £300.

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10 December 2018 – 40% of Mumsnet and Gransnet users want to invest but can't

40% of Mumsnet and Gransnet users want to invest but can't

Over a third of Mumsnet and Gransnet users would consider investing if they could grow their money over the long term (37%), according to a new study completed by Legal & General in partnership with Mumsnet.

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30 January 2019 – Legal & General announced as headline sponsor for England Korfball Grand Finals

Legal & General announced as headline sponsor for England Korfball Grand Finals

The Legal & General England Korfball Grand Finals will see the country’s best players return to London’s iconic Copper Box Arena over the 1-2 June 2019 for the highlight of the Korfball season. 

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1 April 2019 – Legal & General reveals Britain’s investing hotspots

Legal & General reveals Britain’s investing hotspots

Research from Legal & General has today revealed the UK cities with the greatest number of investors, with some surprising results.

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16 April 2019 - Gender diversity drives record number of LGIM votes against UK chairs

Gender diversity drives record number of LGIM votes against UK chairs

Legal & General Investment Management's annual Active Ownership report reveals that LGIM voted against over 100 UK chairs in 2018, up from just 13 in 2016, using their voting power to influence change and having strengthened its voting policies last year.

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25 April 2019 - Korfball provides the perfect solution to getting children more active

Korfball provides the perfect solution to getting children more active

England Korfball welcomes Sport England’s recent research, which has highlighted enjoyment as the most important factor in determining children’s activity levels and calls for a rethink of how youngsters can be engaged in sport at school.

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28 May 2019 - Legal & General Investment Management expands Multi-Index range with launch of new Future World funds

Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM) has expanded its Multi-Index range with the launch of two sustainable, diversified and risk-profiled Future World funds.

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20 June 2019 - Legal & General Personal Investing and Girlguiding inspire next generation of female entrepreneurs

Legal & General Personal Investing and Girlguiding inspire next generation of female entrepreneurs

Legal & General Personal Investing and Girlguiding are bringing the message of entrepreneurship, financial savviness and social responsibility to young women across the UK.

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12 September 2019 - Asset Management Market Study: Frequently asked questions

In response to the Asset Management Market Study, we have updated the investment objectives and policies of our UK authorised funds to make them more useful for our investors. This includes explaining why or how our funds use particular benchmarks or, if they do not use a benchmark, how investors should assess the performance of a fund. There is no change to the way the funds are managed.

For further information on the Asset Management Market Study, please see our Frequently Asked Questions and Update for Investors below.

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July 2018: Legal & General consumer research reveals threat to the environment

Legal & General consumer research reveals threat to the environment: we say we care but leave it to others to take responsibility

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July 2018 – Legal & General announces partnership with Girlguiding

Helping girls and young women to be savvy savers

We've partnered with Girlguiding, the UK's largest charity for girls and women, to support and sponsor their new Saver badge.

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The Times

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July 2018: Legal & General launch Own Your World campaign

Legal & General launch Own Your World campaign to get the nation invested.

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