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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.

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.

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.

Universal Ownership is the concept that institutional investors (like major pension funds) hold such large, diversified portfolios that they represent a slice of the entire market or economy. Essentially, they own a little bit of everything. Find out what this means for USS.

There are times when there is a lot of interest in our investments – but commenting on individual assets, or on speculation about potential deals, isn’t always wise.

Stewardship is allocating and overseeing capital to create long term value for beneficiaries which leads to wider economic, environmental and societal benefits.