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  • 13 May 2025

    USS signs Mansion House Accord for private market investments

    Private markets already form an important part of our investment portfolio as we believe they can achieve beneficial investment outcomes for our members over the long term. We have therefore signed the new Mansion House Accord – a non-binding, voluntary expression of intent to invest at least 10% in private markets across defined contribution (DC) default funds by 2030, with at least 5% of total assets going to UK private markets.

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  • 19 December 2024

    Lawrence Churchill appointed Chair of the Joint Negotiating Committee

    The Joint Negotiating Committee (JNC) has appointed Lawrence Churchill CBE as its new independent Chair.

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  • 13 December 2024

    USS completes sale of stake in Heathrow Airport

    Following the disclosure from Ferrovial SE, we can confirm that USS has completed the sale of a 7.90% stake in FGP Topco Limited (parent company of Heathrow Airport Holdings Ltd), alongside certain other shareholders, for consideration of £684m, retaining a 2.10% shareholding.

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  • 8 October 2024

    USS awarded Gold accreditation from Investors in People

    Universities Superannuation Scheme’s Pensions Operations team has achieved the coveted Investors in People Gold accreditation. The award follows Pensions Operations achieving the Customer Service Excellence (CSE) accreditation for the second year in succession, with compliance-plus achieved in three areas.

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  • 12 August 2024

    Dr Samuel Marsh appointed to USS Board

    Universities Superannuation Scheme Limited – the trustee of the UK’s largest private pension scheme by way of assets – is pleased to announce that Dr Samuel Marsh joined its board as a University and College Union (UCU)-appointed non-executive director on 12 August 2024.

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  • 9 August 2024

    Recent media reports on our investments in the Middle East

    You may have seen reports in the Financial Times, the Times, the Daily Telegraph and in other places this week relating to USS reducing its investments in the Middle East.

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  • 1 August 2024

    Transfer of responsibilities from UUK to UCEA

    Universities UK’s (UUK) role in relation to USS transferred to Universities and Colleges Employers Association (UCEA) on 1 August 2024.

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  • 29 July 2024

    USS publishes 2024 Report and Accounts

    Universities Superannuation Scheme has published its annual Report and Accounts, covering the financial year to 31 March 2024. The scheme has also published its latest Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) Report.

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  • 11 June 2024

    USS wins DC Innovation of the Year award

    We’re proud to announce that USS won the DC Innovation of the Year award at the UK Pension Awards 2024 for the Investment Builder – the defined contribution (DC) part of the scheme.

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Stewardship Report 2024

Read how we implement our commitments to stewardship and summarise our responsible investment activities and outcomes across all our asset classes.

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