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Legal & General: Product Launch

Legal & General's asset management division is significantly expanding its private credit platform as part of a broader push into private markets. Private markets AUM grew 20%+ to £79bn; company targets £85bn+ by 2028 with increased investment over next two years.

Source: City AM

What happened
Legal & General's asset management division is significantly expanding its private credit platform as part of a broader push into private markets. Private markets AUM grew 20%+ to £79bn; company targets £85bn+ by 2028 with increased investment over next two years.
Who
Legal & General · UK
When
2026-08-05
Source
City AM
So what
Legal & General's launch shifts talent demand before revenue catches up.

The leadership read

Legal & General's launch shifts talent demand before revenue catches up. In the sector, taking a release to scale rewards product leaders with a commercial edge and operators who build the post-launch motion. Watch whether Legal & General backs it with senior go-to-market hires across EMEA. That separates a platform move from a one-off.

Market context: This lands while the Talent Market Index reads 122.7 (Hot) — up 17.8 versus the prior month — and EMEA signal share is easing (-17.7pts).

Legal & General: 2 signals in the last 90 days; 0.1% of MitchelLake's EMEA signal flow; 4 tracked across 120 days.

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