Listless reply to USS consultation
Employers and critics offer divergent interpretation of 1 per cent response rate. John Morgan reports
Employers and critics offer divergent interpretation of 1 per cent response rate. John Morgan reports
Concerns raised over pension scheme’s ability to judge its health after virus crisis market plunge
Union members at 152 UK institutions asked to walk out for fourth time in little over three years
Converting the USS into a defined contributions scheme could give younger academics a bigger pension pot, argues David Voas
Employers might find it easier to reach agreement with a less politically skewed membership body, says an anonymous academic
In providing a maximum pension of half of one's final salary, plus a tax-free lump of three times salary, the USS is providing benefits that are broadly equivalent to a pension of two-thirds of...
Birmingham v-c to step down from pension fund board this August
Leaked summary of report into Jane Hutton’s conduct on USS board says speaking to media ‘by no means a proportionate response’ when regulators were still investigating concerns
Christopher Williams (THES, December 20) says academics must question how their pensions are invested. The Association of University Teachers raises this issue at Universities Superannuation Scheme...
Andrew Oswald invites us to believe that the Universities Superannuation Scheme could raise academic pensions from 50 per cent to 66.6 per cent of final salary if only the trustees ignore actuarial...
MP calls for urgent investigation into dismissal of Jane Hutton as potential strike action nears
Hundreds of retired academics may get windfalls of up to £30,000 as the universities pensions scheme corrects an anomaly that went unnoticed for nine years. The Universities Superannuation Scheme is...
Asking for higher contributions is painful but unavoidable in such uncertain times, says USS chair Sir David Eastwood
Bumper year for fund managers at the Universities Superannuation Scheme
Pension fund chair says Warwick statistician had ‘breached a number of her director’s duties’, but insists probe was ‘completely separate’ to investigation of her claims