Insights

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Annual results: financial stability at LGT

Assets under management increased year on year and LGT remains well positioned to achieve further solid growth in 2023. Following the announcement of the company’s annual results, we speak to LGT Wealth Management CEO Ben Snee about the key takeaways. Clearly, the macroeconomic environment at the moment is turbulent. What do the financial results released this week indicate about LGT’s ability to weather market instability? Ben Snee: LGT Group remains extremely well-capitalised, with...

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Lifestyle

The female financiers that history forgot

50 years ago to the day, on 23rd March 1973, women were first admitted to the London Stock Exchange. It was another two years before a woman could open a bank account in her own name. This didn’t stop women participating in capital markets though, as Abika Martin, Investment Manager, explores
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Lifestyle

The Spring Budget: what it means for your pension

The Spring Budget, presented to the UK Parliament on Wednesday 15th March, contained some surprising measures, including changes to the pensions landscape. Adam Swift, Wealth Planner, outlines what this means for pension planning.
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Market View

A knife-edge decision

Looking back to the start of the month, the predominant concern for investors was just how much further central banks would increase rates in March. Given the signs of economic resilience and stickier inflation, the hawkish rhetoric was upped. All of those assumptions were brought into question...

Spotlight

Our Spotlight video series highlights our thoughts on the markets and our approach to investing. With new content added regularly, click on the videos for our latest insights.

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Making investment matter

Phoebe Stone, Head of Sustainable Investing, discusses the crucial topics for sustainable investors today including the journey to net-zero, the food revolution and preventing biodiversity loss.
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The economic moat: why do some companies succeed, and others fail?

Russell Harrop, Head of International Equities, discusses how the economic moat can help analyse and predict the future success of a company.
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Lessons from COP26: what are the key takeaways?

Head of Sustainable Investing, Phoebe Stone, discusses the key takeaways from COP26, which took place in Glasgow earlier this month.
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Who can apply for a Tier 1 Investor Visa?

Valentina Tacchino, Head of International outlines the requirements involved for applying for a Tier 1 Investor Visa.
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What is net-zero and how can we achieve it?

Phoebe Stone, Head of Sustainable Investing, outlines the importance of reducing carbon emissions to net-zero and what this means in reality for businesses like ours.
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The investment landscape: Q2 2021

Jonathan Marriott, Chief Investment Officer, discusses the investment landscape for the previous quarter and shares his outlook for the future.
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Sustainability: a paradigm shift

Phoebe Stone, Head of Sustainable Investing, looks at the paradigm shift in attitudes towards sustainability that the pandemic has fostered.
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Property and infrastructure: the impact of coronavirus

Meena Lakshmanan, Head of Alternatives, discusses the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on property and infrastructure.
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Inflation-linked bonds

Jeremy Sterngold, Head of Fixed Income, discusses inflation-linked bonds.
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Why compounding is our deity

Russell Harrop, Head of International Equities, provides an introduction to compounding.

Quarterly reports

Quarterly Report Q3 2022

Every quarter, our Investment Committee digs into the data to provide an update on the performance of global markets and individual asset classes. Read all the latest news and views here.

Quarterly Report Q2 2022

Q2 2022 market review

Specialist reports

Governance guide - Selling your business

Population trends for investors

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