31 July 2019
Protecting all that is good about USS
USS plays a key role in supporting the continued success of a sector that is of vital importance to the UK economy.
Recent views from USS
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26 July 2019
First impressions
When I was offered the role of Chief Pensions Officer at USS, the high calibre of its people and its commitment to quality and value really appealed to me. Recently, I’ve been reflecting on if and how my initial expectations, shaped from the outside looking in, have been met or changed over the course of my first 100 days in post.
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17 April 2019
Working at USS
What makes USS such a great place to work? We asked our colleagues to share their thoughts.
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28 March 2019
From university to USS
As the principal pension scheme for some of the country’s leading higher education institutions, we asked our colleagues to share their memories of student life and their journey to USS – where they look after the retirements of the people who taught them.
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4 March 2019
An alternative approach to funding pensions?
Financial markets have been analogous to Spain’s world famous Pamplona bull run over most of the past decade, with equities leading the charge. Born out of the financial crisis, quantitative easing and the search for real returns have engendered an asset price boom
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28 February 2019
Protecting the promises made to members
Every three years, the Trustee must make judgements about how various expectations and risks will play out over the long-term and the short-term that could influence the scheme’s ability to pay members’ benefits. It must also review whether recent experience has met with previous expectations, and respond accordingly.
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6 April 2018
Why a US court case about a Brazilian oil company might matter to your pension
Earlier this year we learned that an historic settlement had been reached in a large and long-running legal case. The total value of the settlement is USD 3 billion (ie. USD 3,000,000,000). This is a genuinely historic settlement for a case of this kind – it’s the largest securities/investments class action settlement in over a decade, and is the largest settlement ever in a class action involving a non-US issuer (ie. Petrobras). It is the fifth largest class action settlement ever in the US.