All Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS) articles
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FeaturesTo insource or to outsource? That is the question
Three of the UK’s largest pension investors take different approaches to the balance of insourcing and outsourcing investment expertise and capabilities, as Louise Farrand reports.
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News‘Mess with fiduciary duty at your peril’: USS chief welcomes government approach
The government is taking the right approach to fiduciary duty in planning guidance rather than legislating, according to the chief executive of the Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS).
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NewsUSS agrees industrial property JV with Fiera
The country’s largest pension scheme has struck a deal with US investment giant Fiera to establish a joint venture to invest in UK industrial property.
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NewsUK’s largest pension funds back regional investment drive through ‘Sterling 20’
The move builds on the Mansion House Accord agreed in July, and will be launched at the government’s inaugural Regional Investment Summit in Birmingham.
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People NewsAppointments: Lothian hires chief operating officer
The latest hires, promotions and appointments for the week ending 3 October 2025.
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People NewsUSS boosts senior team with general counsel and finance director hires
The UK’s biggest private sector pension scheme has hired the deputy CEO of NOW Pensions as its new group general counsel, as well as the chief financial officer of private bank Brown Shipley.
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People NewsAppointments: TPR boss gets non-exec role; board appointments at IA
The latest hires, promotions and appointments for the week ending 26 September 2025.
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NewsUSS overhauls responsible investment approach
The pension scheme’s revitalised multi-pronged sustainability strategy is partly dependent on government policy coordination.
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NewsUSS rules out bid for healthcare property developer Assura
The £77.9bn pension scheme has opted not to pursue a bid for healthcare property investor Assura that it had previously submitted with KKR.
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UK Investment Summit: Speaker line-up revealed
The chief executives of the National Wealth Fund and the British Business Bank are to deliver keynote speeches at Pensions Expert’s UK Investment Summit on 27 February.
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NewsUSS, Brunel to help shape National Wealth Fund
The UK’s biggest private sector pension scheme and one of the eight local authority pension fund pools are among the members of a taskforce set up by the government.
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NewsFour new scenarios that could act as a ‘tipping point’ in pension industry’s approach to climate change.
The Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS) has teamed up with the University of Exeter to publish research which presents four new climate scenarios that look at shorter-term and realistic horizons to inform investment decision making.
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NewsUSS: Private market allocation helps it shrug off rising inflation and market volatility
Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS), one of the last defined benefit schemes open to new members, said market volatility, rising inflation and the war in Ukraine had made investment challenging in the year ending 31 March 2023.
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NewsUCU declares ‘historic victory’ over recovery of ‘stolen pensions’
The University and College Union declared a “historic victory” on April 17 after members voted overwhelmingly by 85 per cent to move forward with pension proposals agreed with employers, leaving the door open for benefits to be restored.
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NewsUSS confirms full restoration of benefits on course for April 2024
The Universities Superannuation Scheme has confirmed that restoring benefits cut last year will cost less than employers and staff are currently paying into the pension scheme.
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OpinionTurbulent weather ahead for DB schemes
USS Investment Management chief executive Simon Pilcher details the current risks faced by defined benefit schemes, and how an investment strategy should be based on balance, diversification and resilience.
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NewsUniversities staff to strike again over pay and pensions
On the go: More than 70,000 staff at 150 universities will strike on February 1, in a dispute that includes disagreement over the 2020 valuation of the Universities Superannuation Scheme
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OpinionOvercharged, over-litigious and over here: class actions in UK pensions
Pinsent Masons partners Tom Barton and Ben Fairhead consider the possibility of a ramping up of litigation in UK pensions.
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NewsUSS surplus hints at ‘positive choices’ over contribution rates
On the go:The Universities Superannuation Scheme has swung into a £5.6bn surplus, according to its latest monitoring report, offering the possibility of “positive choices” regarding future contribution rates, while sparking fury among those taking strike action against scheme reforms.
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NewsUniversities set for ‘biggest ever’ strikes over pensions
More than 70,000 staff at 150 universities will go on strike for three days in November, in the latest escalation of a dispute that includes disagreement over the valuation of the Universities Superannuation Scheme.