Universities Superannuation Scheme Limited (USS) has acquired the PINE unit trust (PINE), a portfolio of 32 children’s nurseries and one special educational needs school from private equity fund manager Epiris for £95m.
As part of our involvement with Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC), of which USS is a founding member, USS has signed a letter which calls on governments to stand by their commitments to the Paris Agreement at their upcoming Summit in Taormina, Italy on 26 – 27 May.
Universities Superannuation Scheme Limited (USS) is calling on the Supervisory Board and Board of management of AkzoNobel to engage in a meaningful and constructive dialogue with PPG in light of their revised offer for the company.
London/Edinburgh, 20 April 2017 — A Macquarie-led consortium, comprising Macquarie Group Limited (Macquarie), Macquarie European Infrastructure Fund 5 (MEIF5) and Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS), has agreed to acquire the UK Green Investment Bank plc (Green Investment Bank) from HM Government for £2.3 billion.
The winners were announced yesterday at the IJGlobal Europe and Africa Awards dinner. The IJGlobal Awards 2016 recognise and celebrate the best in energy and infrastructure globally.
USS and Morgan Sindall Investments Limited (MSIL) have launched a new joint venture (JV) – the ‘Supported Housing Investment Limited Partnership’ (SHIP). The landmark transaction brings together USS, one of the largest pension schemes and real estate investors in the UK, with MSIL’s market-leading expertise in social infrastructure development and investment.
This collaboration has been seeded with a USD3.1 billion portfolio of outstanding loans to a diversified portfolio of specialist direct lending funds originated by Credit Suisse over the course of H2 2014 and FY 2015, each of which is secured by an underlying portfolio of loans to medium-sized European companies.
USS has adopted Ortec Finance’s Asset-Liability Management (ALM) solution, which will be fully integrated into USS’s investment process.
Thirteen leading international asset owners and five asset managers with over £2 trillion under management launched the Transition Pathway Initiative (TPI) on 11 January to better understand how the transition to a low-carbon economy affects their investments.
Read how we implement our commitments to the UK Stewardship Code and summarise our responsible investment activities and outcomes across all our asset classes.
