Pay it forward
鈥淯SS鈥 multibillion-pound deficit could leave staff footing the bill鈥 (News, 31 October) reported allegations of a 鈥渂lack hole鈥 in the Universities Superannuation Scheme and quoted the view that it...
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Assets, liabilities and old age tensions
In 鈥淧ay it forward鈥 (Letters, 7聽November), Dennis Leech attacks my analysis of the financial health of the Universities Superannuation Scheme, the UK鈥檚 largest pension scheme.The basis of his attack...
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Calculating the pensions pay-off
The USS offers a low-cost, totally risk-free, index-linked income in retirement - plus additional death in service benefits, dependants' pensions and ill-health provision. It can offer these benefits...
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Market deficit
The letters on the Universities Superannuation Scheme published by 探花视频 in the past two weeks (鈥淎ssets, liabilities and old age tensions鈥, 14聽November; 鈥淓quity inequities鈥, 21聽...
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Top-up pensions contributions
Andrew Oswald ("Richer than you thought", THES, April 14; "The pension millionaire game", April 28) has shown how niggardly our pension providers can be. What is especially galling to those of us who...
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Investors seek ethical pension
Shareholders in the old universities' main pension scheme are expected to agree new ethical investment policies when they meet for their annual general meeting next week. The Universities...
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Pensions: preempt the Treasury
Managers of the Univer-sities Superannuation Scheme were right to err on the side of caution in estimating a decade or two ago how well investments would fare to pay staff pensions ("Richer than you...
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Letters
Local issues will need very close attentionThe two opinion pieces on the implications for higher education of the Scottish referendum raise questions for universities in England as debate about the...
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Share price crash cut pension fund's value by 24 per cent in eight months
USS suffered in 2008 but board refuses to divulge current figure. Rebecca Attwood reports
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The week in higher education - 11 September 2014
The University of Edinburgh has been warned to 鈥渢hink carefully鈥 about its relationship with a 鈥渟hadowy鈥 social club, the Edinburgh News reported on 4 September. Edinburgh is already under fire after...
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Pension deal aims to avert staff loss
Some older academics in the TPS will now be able to work and claim a pension, says Chloe Stothart A key reform of one of the higher education sector's main pension schemes could help prevent an early...
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News in brief 鈥撀16 April 2015
TES GlobalTHE parent acquires UniJobs探花视频鈥檚 parent company, TES Global, has acquired UniJobs, the online global network for academic and research positions, it was announced this...
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Young academics 鈥榳ill be 30 per cent worse off in retirement鈥
Young academics will be 30 per cent worse off in retirement than their older colleagues, a new study suggests.
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Struggle to balance the pension books
"I bet when MPs debated top-up fees last winter they never imagined that so much would be going on staff pension funds," said Richard Allanach, finance director of the University of East London....
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York to dock pay for staff joining UCU action
The University of York鈥檚 plans to withhold pay from staff joining a union marking boycott over pension cuts have been criticised as 鈥渂ullying鈥.