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How will USS value itself today?
News has come in that the University Superannuation Scheme (USS) is going to press ahead with a valuation of its assets and liabilities as at the 31st March 2020. It reasons for it in a public statement. I had … Continue reading
Posted in pensions, USS
Tagged Bill Galvin, Dennis Leech, financial markets, Higher education, Kevin Wesbroom, pensions, USS
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The state of USS is the state of us.
In normal times, USS reporting itself to the Pensions Regulator for being under-funded would be considered a major news story. But what Jo Cumbo reported as happening yesterday is not headline news, it is a sideshow to what is being … Continue reading
Posted in accountants, actuaries, advice gap, age wage, pensions
Tagged Bill Galvin, jo cumbo, pensions, state of us, USS
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“The way we were” – Mike Otsuka calls for USS to return to Topper form.
Here I distill my threads of the past few days into a single message: the @FirstActuarial & @ucu approach to the investment and valuation of #USS is not some radical new theory. Rather, it’s in line with the way #USS … Continue reading
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Tagged Bazooka, Bill Galvin, first actuarial, Mike Otsuka, pensions, Topper, USS
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Bill Galvin – on accountability at #USS
If Jo Cumbo hadn’t mentioned it I’d have missed it. Bill Galvin- erstwhile CEO of the Pensions Regulator and now boss of the University Superannuation Scheme wrote a thought piece on the USS blog – it’s here. It’s a meditation … Continue reading
Bill Galvin , stop whingeing to the FT and come down here!
Bill Galvin would be well-advised not to snipe at social media for peddling misconceptions about the University Superannuation Scheme. Dennis Leech, Professor of Economics at Warwick concludes a recent article with the question will this independent group be subject to … Continue reading
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Tagged Bill Galvin, first actuarial, ft, Hilary Salt, pensions, social media, USS, UUK
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Aren’t Employer and Union’s interests aligned at USS?
Adrian Boulding has left a comment on yesterday’s blog that is rather better than the blog itself. As I am on the last day of my holiday in Paris, I will blog the comment and add a few thoughts … Continue reading
Posted in advice gap, DWP, pensions
Tagged Adrian Boulding, Bill Galvin, ft, pensions, UCU, Universities UK, USS
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Would a shift from bonds to growth assets keep the USS afloat? – Mike Otsuka
Michael Otsuka is Professor of Philosophy at the London School of Economics. He has also served as the pensions officer for the LSE’s UCU branch. This article originally appeared on Wonkhe.com, the home of higher education policy, people and … Continue reading
Bill – get some DC resource into the Regulator now!
Bill, t tPR need a gong-worthy head of DC asap. Continue reading
The Regulator, wisdom and the crowd
The Pension Regulator, it needs be said , did not have a good Professional Pension Show. Things started well enough with a keynote speech that laid out its 2012 agenda Get DB solvent Get DC sorted Get Auto-Enrolment in Simples… And that … Continue reading
Posted in annuity, corporate governance, customer service, dc pensions, de-risking, Fiduciary Management, Liability Driven Investment, NEST
Tagged annuity, Bill Galvin, bribery act, Brighton, corporate governance, customer service, dc pensions, de-risking, Employment, Fiduciary Management, Financial services, Government, Human Resources, Keynote, Liability Driven Investment, National Employment Savings Trust, NEST, pension, Pension Regulator, Trusteeweb, William F. Galvin
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