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We launched the Investment Builder, the defined contribution part of USS, in October 2016. Five years on, we look at five key facts that are helping you to prepare for your future in a way that fits in with your values and beliefs.

We launched the Investment Builder, the defined contribution part of USS, in October 2016. Five years on, we look at five key facts that are helping you to prepare for your future in a way that fits in with your values and beliefs.

Our primary legal duty as Trustee is to protect the benefits promised to, or accrued by, USS members to date. To do that, we have to identify the cost of securing those benefits – that is, the cost of paying a set income for life in retirement regardless of what happens to the economy in the future.

David Watts, a social scientist and historian, joined the Board on 1 March 2021 as a UCU appointed director. David has worked for the University of Aberdeen since 2007, first in the School of Geosciences and since early 2018 in the Rowett Institute.

Dame Kate became a Director of Universities Superannuation Scheme Limited in April 2020 and became Chair in September 2020. She’s also a member of the Investment Committee.

Sam became a Director of Universities Superannuation Scheme Limited on 12 August 2024, and is also a member of the Investment Committee.

We manage a wide range of risks to safeguard our members pensions. We take actions to ensure risks are kept within manageable limits.