Who we are
Established in 1836, L&G is a leading financial services group and major global investor.
Our very first investments in the UK’s earliest railways and real estate showed that capital can generate social benefits alongside returns for investors. That idea continues to guide us today.
Assets under management (AUM)
£1.1 trillion
Target net zero
By 2050
Our businesses
L&G is made up of three complementary businesses, each of which is adding new products and solutions to meet changing customer needs and drive their strategic goals. With a shared purpose and strong synergies between them, our businesses are working together to serve the long-term investment needs of clients, customers, shareholders and society.
Asset Management
Our asset management business is a major global investor across public and private markets. Our clients include individual savers, pension scheme members and global institutions, who invest alongside L&G’s own balance sheet.
Institutional Retirement
We work with companies, DB pension schemes and their advisors to help them secure and protect their scheme members' retirement benefits.
Retail
As a leading UK provider of retirement and protection solutions, we help the customers of today and tomorrow have better long-term financial outcomes.
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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