Tag Archives: Dennis Leech

Prem Sikka’s peerage – its value to accounting , governance and pensions

Posted on August 2, 2020 by henry tapper

Prem Sikka, too, is an appointment to be welcomed as strengthening the Lords pensions team. Read his monograph from 2006, “Pensions crisis a failure of public policymaking”, https://t.co/xBHu7dgVKJ. Chapter 2: THE PENSIONS CRISIS: FACT AND FICTION explains the valuation and… … Continue reading →

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How will USS value itself today?

Posted on April 2, 2020 by henry tapper

  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 →

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Is the USS really in crisis?

Posted on November 25, 2017 by henry tapper

Professor Dennis Leech is Emeritus Professor of Economics at Warwick University. This week has seen the University Employers threaten to withdraw sponsorship for future DB accrual, the University Union announce intended strike action and the DWP Select Committee ask fundamental questions about … Continue reading →

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USS pension changes would be a disaster (but they are preventable) – Dennis Leech

Posted on November 23, 2017 by henry tapper

The changes to the USS that UUK proposed on Friday will substantially alter the nature of academic employment in the Pre-92 universities and will damage higher education irrevocably. They will mean academic salaries having to rise substantially to attract the … Continue reading →

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Property (and who owns it)

Posted on December 26, 2016 by henry tapper

Something out of nothing Two distantly related matter are troubling me this morning. The first is the ownership of intellectual property and the second the ownership of a shower cubicle. Let me talk about the shower cubicle first. I was … Continue reading →

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Pensions Deficits: Mark-to-market valuation is the elephant in the room

Posted on July 26, 2016 by henry tapper

Following on from yesterday’s blog from Hilary Salt, here are some interesting thoughts from Dennis Leech,  Professor Emeritus of Economics, University of Warwick You can contact Dennis directly at d.leech@warwick.ac.uk   The chief economist of the Bank of England, Andy Haldane, … Continue reading →

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