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There’s a lot to think about, when it comes to planning for your future, but as a USS member you can access guidance provided by Mercer and if you need it, financial advice.

Find out about changes to the Investment Builder that might impact you.

Retirement looks a bit different for everyone and it’s becoming more common for USS members to retire flexibly

We held our annual Institutions’ Meeting on Thursday 10 December 2020. The ‘virtual’ meeting provided us with an opportunity to update our sponsoring employers on how we’ve performed, the work we are doing to improve the services we provide, and our perspective on how we can deliver on our mission: to work with Higher Education employers to build a secure financial future for our members and their families.

Reflecting the long-term nature of the pension arrangements of our members, we take a long-term approach to investment strategy. The overall balance of our investments in the defined benefit (DB) section reflects the primary objective of any DB pension: to provide members with a set inflation-linked income for life in retirement, regardless of what happens to the economy in the future.

In early May, USS announced its first investment in solar energy. Mike Powell, Head of Private Markets, explains why renewable energy is a growing area of focus for investment.

Changes made to the our asset allocation before, and during the pandemic, made a positive impact on performance as we continued to build on our liability-matching capability.

Our new Stewardship and Voting Policy will see us vote more personally against responsible directors where possible. David Russell, Head of Responsible Investment, talks to our new voting approach and looks at how we’ve voted for climate action recently.