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    • Tuesday, 28 March, 2023
      Workplace pensions
      UK universities pension plan warns against shake-up of funding rules

      Largest private-sector retirement scheme, with fund of £90bn, tells regulator of ‘deep misgivings’ over proposals

    • Sunday, 12 March, 2023
      Climate change
      UK pension funds threaten to vote against BP and Shell directors over climate targets

      USS and Border to Coast’s plan follows companies backtracking on emissions targets

    • Monday, 24 October, 2022
      UK labour disputes
      UK universities face national strike as pay and pensions dispute escalates

      UCU threatens to ‘bring entire sector to a standstill’ after securing landmark mandate

    • Thursday, 6 October, 2022
      Pensions crisis
      UK’s largest pension scheme was warned against debt strategy before crisis

      Universities including Oxford, Cambridge and Imperial College advised £90bn USS of ‘significant risks’

    • Monday, 25 July, 2022
      Pension chief bonus sparks union anger ahead of university strike ballot

      College staff condemn payment to Universities Superannuation Scheme boss after facing retirement benefits cuts

    • Saturday, 18 June, 2022
      UK universities
      Universities accused of misleading claims over UK staff pension reforms

      Younger workers could lose up to £200,000 under benefits changes introduced in April, analysis shows

    • Tuesday, 31 May, 2022
      Explainer
      Will improved finances bring an end to UK university pension battle?

      Union insists cuts to benefits imposed in April can be reversed but employers stand firm

    • Monday, 30 May, 2022
      USS pension deficit shrinks from £14bn to £1.6bn in two years as markets surge

      Head of universities sector scheme suggests changes that led to widespread strike action might be adjusted

    • Saturday, 19 February, 2022
      Jo Grady
      Academic pensions are not a gift, but a right we have earned

      Staff who kept universities afloat during the pandemic deserve dignity in work and retirement

    • Monday, 14 February, 2022
      UK university pension fund sets ‘staging post’ emissions goals

      Largest private scheme by assets plans to invest £500mn in new decarbonisation strategy

    • Sunday, 14 November, 2021
      Martin Wolf
      UK university pensions suffer from misplaced prudence

      It is a fallacy to suppose that a fund could be insured against the direst outcomes

    • Monday, 1 November, 2021
      Pensions crisis
      UK academics begin legal action to halt proposed cuts to pensions

      Move also seeks to speed up the Universities Superannuation Scheme’s efforts to divest from fossil fuel companies

    • Tuesday, 31 August, 2021
      UK university union plans industrial action over pension cuts threat

      Move follows vote by committee to back proposals to cut funding shortfall in main retirement scheme

    • Sunday, 27 June, 2021
      Martin Wolf
      It is folly to make pensions safe by making them unaffordable

      Misguided policies threaten the security in retirement of almost everyone working in the UK private sector

    • Friday, 28 May, 2021
      Cuts to university pensions will leave staff ‘one-third worse off’

      Union accuses fund of ‘failing to come clean’ over impact on defined benefit schemes

    • Monday, 3 May, 2021
      UK university pension fund proposes net zero investment strategy

      But plan draws criticism from academics seeking swift exit from fossil fuels

    • Wednesday, 7 April, 2021
      UK universities
      UK universities propose cutting benefits to save pension scheme

      Measures are employers’ response to shortfall in funding rising from £3.6bn to £18bn in 2 years

    • Wednesday, 10 March, 2021
      UK business & economy
      Pension regulator under fire over university fund valuation

      Concerns raised after sector’s main retirement fund estimated shortfall of up to £18bn

    • Wednesday, 3 March, 2021
      UK universities face big rise in pension contributions

      Shortfall in superannuation scheme jumps to an estimate of more than £14bn

    • Monday, 14 December, 2020
      UK Broadband
      Altnet boom continues as G.Network raises £1bn for fibre upgrades

      London-focused telecoms company wins backing from Universities Superannuation Scheme

    • Sunday, 6 September, 2020
      Pensions crisis
      UK universities and staff face huge jump in pension contributions

      Retirement scheme deficit jumps from £3bn to £18bn in two years

    • Wednesday, 29 July, 2020
      Pensions crisis
      Universities pension fund blames doubling of deficit on pandemic

      Defined benefits schemes under increasing pressure from low rates and market turbulence

    • Wednesday, 29 July, 2020
      UK universities’ pension fund deficit rises to £13bn

      Shortfall at largest private-sector pension fund more than doubles after market turbulence

    • Sunday, 31 May, 2020
      ESG investing
      UK university pension fund to axe controversial investments

      Universities Superannuation Scheme, worth £75bn, bows to pressure for ESG policy changes

    • Wednesday, 4 March, 2020
      ESG investing
      Pension fund giants team up in attack on ‘short-termism’

      GPIF, Calstrs and USS warn of potential ‘catastrophic’ risk of sole focus on short-term returns

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