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Webinars

As well as watching the webinars live, you can also watch recordings of webinars that have already taken place. Just choose the webinar you want to watch below.

  • Our journey to Net Zero

    Here’s your chance to catch up on our latest webinar where you’ll hear from USSIM's Head of Strategic Equities – Innes McKeand and Head of Responsible Investment - David Russell. They talk about why climate change matters for investments, what Net Zero is and how they’re planning to achieve our Net Zero ambition, and of course what this means for members.

  • Focus on Pensions Tax

    This session includes: an overview of benefits - a summary of the key features and benefits of being a member in USS, how USS works – a brief look at how your benefits build up in USS, pension tax – including Annual Allowance, Tapered Annual Allowance, MPAA and Lifetime Allowance, managing tax – including USS specific tax mitigation options like Enhanced Opt Out and Voluntary Salary Cap.
  • Understanding DC

    This session looks at the key features of the Investment Builder (the defined contribution or DC section of USS), how you can build up savings and how you can take your Investment Builder savings. So whether you’ve recently started to save in the Investment Builder, or have been doing so for a while and just want to know more, make sure you register now and join the webinar.

  • Planning for retirement

    This session looks at the benefits and options available to you as a member of USS on retirement, including: an overview of your benefits in USS, how USS works and how your benefits build up, what your options on retirement are, explanation of Normal, early, late, flexible and ill health retirement types, the retirement process and what you can do to help plan. It will be useful for those planning for, or thinking about retirement, or those just wanting to know what your options will be on retirement.

  • About USS

    This session covers topics that anyone in USS or looking to join USS may find useful, including: an overview of your benefits in USS, how USS works and how your benefits build up, what your options on retirement are, life events that can affect your pension, what benefits are payable to your loved ones when you die, and what all that means for you.

  • New to USS

    This session covers topics that anyone new to USS or looking to join USS may find useful, including: an overview of what you pay and what you get for your membership, how USS works, and how your benefits build up, the benefits available to your loved ones when you die, what options you have at retirement, and what happens if you leave USS.

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