Tag Archives: #USS
USS is in a mess but not a mess like Biden’s.
Take a look at these two pictures, they both show strike action over pensions. The picture on the left is of a university lecturer protesting over cuts and contribution hikes to the USS, the picture on the right is … Continue reading
The USS valuation and a way forward
The controversy over the University Superannuation Scheme’s current valuation sums up all that’s gone wrong with defined benefit pension schemes. Let’s start with the view of John Kay, one of Britain’s most respected and outspoken economists. John Kay, one of … Continue reading
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Tagged #USS, John Kay, John Ralfe, Kevin Wesbroom, Mike Otsuka, Pensions, Sam Marsh, USS
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Nick Hillman’s “USS trilogy” reviewed
HEPI (the higher educational policy group) has published three blogs on its website authored by Nick Hillman (pictured). The website hasn’t attracted much comment so I asked Con Keating to send me his. “Idiosyncracy” as a euphemism. When I accepted … Continue reading
Another expert – Woon Wong- finds USS accumulating surplus assets.
Universities’ superannuation fund is accumulating surplus assets – Woon Wong. 19 Jan 2021 Woon Wong1 believes that the valuation of the USS’s liabilities and the call for higher payroll contributions are incorrect. Woon argues that the scheme is entirely … Continue reading
Weathering the Storm
Iain Clacher & Con Keating As part of our Funding Code research, we searched for academic or practitioner papers covering long-term expected returns forecasts. We were particularly interested in the ex post accuracy of these forecasts. We found none which … Continue reading
Posted in actuaries, advice gap, age wage, pension genome, pensions, risk
Tagged #USS, CETV, DB transfers, ppf, Ralph nader, USS
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