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Universities Superannuation Scheme Limited – the trustee of the UK’s largest private pension scheme by way of assets – is pleased to announce that Professor Adam Tickell will join its board as a Universities UK (UUK)-appointed non-executive director on 1 April 2024.

We’re proud to announce that USS won the DC Innovation of the Year award at the UK Pension Awards 2024 for the Investment Builder – the defined contribution (DC) part of the scheme.

USS is one of 225 investors to sign on to the Climate Action 100+ initiative which launched at the One Planet Summit in Paris on 12 December 2017.

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.

LONDON - 22 May 2018 Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS) and Places for People, today announced that they have entered into a £330m joint venture (JV) agreement to invest in the UK private rented sector (PRS).

USS Investment Management, the wholly-owned investment management arm of the Universities Superannuation Scheme, has announced a plan to reshape its developed equity markets away from traditional stock-picking and towards a longer-term thematic approach which better leverages its internal investment capabilities in matching its pension liabilities.

Universities Superannuation Scheme is now one of the biggest pension schemes in the UK in assets under management (AuM) – with a value of £60.5bn, according to its latest Annual Report & Accounts.

USS and 59 other investors, who combined represent almost $10.5 trillion in assets, have signed an open letter to the Financial Times calling for more transparency on tackling climate change from the oil and gas industry.

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.