LGIM Blog – Sonja Laud, Chief Investment Officer

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Sonja Laud

Sonja Laud is Global Chief Investment Officer (CIO) of L&G’s Asset Management division and a member of the Executive team.

She leads the firm’s entire Investment, Responsible Investment and Trading teams for public markets.

Sonja joined L&G in 2019 from Fidelity International where she was Head of Equity.

Prior to that she worked at Barings where she launched and managed global multi-asset portfolios.

Prior to that, she worked for Schroders where she managed, for eight years, several successful global, European and UK equity funds, with a focus on high-dividend stocks.

Sonja started her career at DWS in Frankfurt, where she was an award-winning global equities portfolio manager.

Sonja has completed a Global Executive MBA programme at TRIUM (LSE, NYUStern, HEC) and has MSc, EMIM from ESCP Europe.

She is a CFA charterholder. She is a regular media commentator, appearing across broadcast including the BBC, Sky News, Bloomberg and CNBC.

Other articles by Sonja Laud

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2025 global outlook: Touchdown?

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US election: themes and implications

We take stock of the upcoming US election, focusing on the implications for investors across a range of asset classes.

UK General

UK election: Implications for investors

We weigh what the Labour win means for the macro outlook – and what the vote tells us about longer-term themes.

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Rates, politics and asymmetric opportunities

When we started planning this publication back in March, markets were still pricing in a significant amount of policy easing from the US Federal Reserve (Fed), the world’s most important central bank.

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Geopolitical risk and the global market outlook

As the Middle East conflict enters a worrying new phase, we assess what the uptick in geopolitical risk means for investors.

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What next? Skirting risks, harvesting yields

As inflation and growth dynamics vie with political risk for investor attention next year, we anticipate fresh volatility - and opportunity - in this higher-rate environment.

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Welcome to the revolution: Investing amid an AI inflection point

AI is one of several structural changes underway, to which we must adapt on behalf of our clients – and future generations.

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CIO spring update: Stress test

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