Who we are
Legal & General is a leading UK financial services group and major global investor.
We’ve been safeguarding people’s financial futures since 1836, and strive to build a better society, while improving the lives of our customers and creating value for shareholders.
We are one of the world’s largest asset managers and provide powerful asset origination capabilities. Together, these underpin our retirement and protection solutions: we are an international player in pension risk transfer, in UK and US life insurance, and in UK workplace pensions and retirement income.
Assets under management (AUM) in 2023
£1,159bn
Return on equity (ROE) in 2023
9.7%
Target net zero
By 2050
Our businesses
Asset Management
Our global asset management business provides our clients and partners with complex, responsible investment solutions, working internationally across public and private markets.
Institutional Retirement
We work with companies, DB pension schemes and their advisors to help them secure and protect their scheme members' retirement benefits.
Retail
We’re a UK market leader in life insurance, workplace pensions and retirement income, supporting customers throughout their lives to help them save, plan, protect and enjoy retirement.
Our progress
£3.3bn invested
To date, we have invested £3.3 billion in transition finance, including £1.4 billion in renewable energy, £1.2 billion in green bonds and £0.7 billion in other solutions (such as technology, infrastructure and real estate).
A city transformed
We have invested over £1 billion in Cardiff, transforming the city centre and generating excellent financial performance. Our regeneration of Cardiff has not only created state-of-the-art workspace, homes and better transport, but also a sense of arrival when people step off the train into Central Square. Cardiff shows the scale of our ambition
Investments of £378bn
We are committed to raising standards at the companies and markets in which we invest, on behalf of our clients, to address the challenges of a rapidly changing world. Our investment management business is a major global investor with total assets under management (AUM) of £1.2 trillion, of which £378 billion (2022: £332.2 billion) is in
Purpose driven
Our purpose is to build a better society, while improving the lives of our customers and creating value for shareholders. Click below to view our highlights from 2023.
Take a closer look
Our investments are reshaping Britain's towns and cities. Explore our map to find out more.
Our history
The Legal & General history is a colourful one. In June 1836, six lawyers founded Legal & General. And that’s just the start… Our aim to build a better society has been present for as long as we have. Passionate in the belief that capitalism and social progress are not opposing forces, we took our first step in regenerating Britain’s towns and cities.
We invested £20,000 in the Stockton and Hartlepool Railway to help keep cities moving, and made our very first investment in property development, in Birkenhead. More than 150 years later, our goal to regenerate cities has resulted in us investing £32bn in towns and cities across the UK.
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