Legal & General Investment Management
Covid Provides RPA a Chance to Shine, but Skeptics Remain
The pandemic has highlighted the need for greater automation, leaving some retail banks to embrace RPA, which could seep into the wholesale capital markets.
Buy Side Bands Together on Blockchain Vision in Landmark Paper
Fund managers, vendors and trade associations release joint paper on making distributed-ledger technology work for the buy side.
Rimes Hires LGIM’s O’Donovan as COO
O'Donovan joins Rimes after a career in data management at the asset management arms of Legal & General, UBS and JP Morgan.
Truths and Myths of Machine Learning
ETAS panel dismisses common perceptions about artificial intelligence and machine learning, asking for business cases to take off.
BST European Summit 2016: Blockchain as an Opportunity
The buy side should embrace blockchain technology by joining forces, says Igor Lobanov, head of systems architecture at Legal & General.
ETAS 2015 Roundtable Hits on Startups, Role of 'Benevolent Dictators'
Innovation was front and center at the European Trading Architecture Summit 2015 in London.
BST European Summit 2015: Business Strategy Must Embrace Tech to Compete, Says C-Level Panel
Business strategies must be able to leverage technologies with right attitudes in place, say senior panelists.
Top Stories of 2014: IBOR Takes Hold on the Buy Side
From case studies to special reports, a look at IBOR in 2014
Top Stories of 2014: The Buy Side Beefs Up
Variety and volatility framed this year's tech developments
EFIS Live: CDOs on Oversight
Inside Reference Data editor Michael Shashoua reported live via Twitter on the CDO end user panel from the European Financial Information Summit in London on September 16.
Managing Data Supply Chains For Golden Copy
Shoring up the components of the data supply chain is proving key to producing golden copy data. This can mean standardization and centralization, or the careful federation and linking of operations tasks, as Michael Shashoua reports
Diving In: IBOR Initiatives Drive Culture of Responsibility at UK Buy-Side Firms
The debate surrounding the investment book of record has moved to a new stage, with the release of a working group’s standards, and initiatives by the vendor community toward targeted products. Meanwhile, at two of the UK’s largest investment managers,…
LGIM CIO Emphasizes Change Management Integration in BST Europe Keynote
While people, processes and technology are important for an effective means of coping with change at buy-side firms, cultural acceptance is the critical factor, said Paul Stevens, CIO at Legal & General Investment Management, during his keynote address…
IBOR Breakfast Briefing: Good Governance Essential for Success
Panelists at a breakfast briefing that covered the investment book of record (IBOR), hosted by Waters, debated the key aspects of the technology itself, saying that any IBOR system requires a layer of data governance in order to be successful.
IBOR Takes Hold on Buy Side
The investment book of record, or IBOR, is becoming an attractive option for buy-side firms that want a more accurate view of their portfolio positions at the start of the trading day. Nicholas Hamilton explores the options available for firms looking to…
O'Donovan Joins Legal and General IM as CDO
Diarmuid O'Donovan has joined Legal and General Investment Management as chief data officer, where he will be responsible for building a data management office
Technology and People Make Cross-Asset Platforms Challenging, Panelists Say
Panelists at the Buy-Side Technology European Summit 2013 in London this week debated the challenges associated with developing and deploying single platforms to support cross-asset trading operations. Some argued that smaller buy-side firms are better…
Front-Office Data Focus Spurs IBOR Push
Data management and aggregation are perennial challenges for all market participants. But for buy-side firms, elements of these disciplines have crystallized into an Investment Book of Record—an overview combining position-level data, cash flows,…
Omgeo Signs Legal & General to Central Trade Manager
Post-trade specialist Omgeo has announced that Legal & General Investment Management has selected its Central Trade Manager (CTM) software.