Learn more about investing

How much do you understand about investing?

It’s important to understand what investments are and how they work. Basics of investing provides a useful introduction to the basics.

How do you feel about investment risk?

All investment involves a degree of risk. It’s important that you understand, and are comfortable with, the risks you're taking before making any investment choices.

Our guide to risk and reward will help you understand how you feel about investment risk and how you might identify with one of our five customer risk profiles.

Want more detailed information about your funds?

For more information on your investments, see Fund information. For specific details about your funds such as their up-to-date performance, visit our Manage Your Account.

For more information about your core fund range and the choices available to you, see Your core fund range. For specific details about your funds such as their up-to-date performance and unit prices, visit our Manage Your Account.

Are your savings invested in the right place?

How your pension is invested can make a big difference. So, it’s important to make sure you’re invested in a way that reflects your circumstances and goals.

If you want to make sure that you are making responsible investment choices our responsible investing guide will help you understand your options.

Find out how our investment management business incorporates a responsible investing approach, considering ESG issues in their investment process.

How much income do you think you’ll need in retirement?

It might seem a long way off, but working out how much you’ll need (or want) in retirement will be an important factor in helping you decide how much to pay in and where to invest it.

Our ‘Retirement Living Standards’ tool helps you understand how much you’ll need to live on in retirement.

Based on the retirement living standards from the Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association (PLSA), it helps you work out what your retirement might cost based on three lifestyles and allows you to tailor your living costs to your own needs.

If you want to learn more about the retirement living standards, visit retirementlivingstandards.org.uk.

When are you planning to take your money?

The amount of time until your selected retirement age could influence the amount of risk you’re prepared to take. For instance, the further away it is, the more risk you might be prepared to accept. Similarly, you may want to take less risk, the closer you are to retirement. 

Can you afford for your pension pot to go down in value?

Are you prepared - or able - to accept a fall in the value of your pension savings in return for the possibility of greater returns? Or would you prefer more predictable, although potentially lower, returns?

Where can I find more information about funds? 

You can view information about all the funds available to your scheme by logging into Manage Your Account. 

You can view information about all the funds available to your scheme and detailed information such as up-to-date fund performance, by logging into Manage Your Account.

How often will you review your investment choices?

Please note Legal & General cannot provide financial advice. If you want help to make your own investment choices, you should speak to a financial adviser. You can find one in your local area at unbiased.co.uk. Financial advisers usually charge a fee for their services, but it will be personal to you and your circumstances.

We can offer you a way of paying your adviser directly from your pension pot, this is called a facilitated adviser charge. The Facilitated adviser charge guide explains how this works.