Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS) outperformed it strategic investment benchmarks in the last financial year, according to its annual report published today. The assets of the DB section of the scheme (the USS Retirement Income Builder) grew by £3.6bn to £63.6bn in 17/18, taking its growth in the five years to 31 March 2018 to £25bn.
MADRID - 20 June 2018 - Redexis Gas, a leading company specialising in natural gas distribution and transmission as well as liquefied petroleum gas distribution and supply in Spain, announced today that ATP, USS and GT Fund, jointly with CNIC, have completed the acquisition of 50.1% of Redexis Gas from GSIP.
USS and 59 other investors, who combined represent almost $10.5 trillion in assets, have signed an open letter to the Financial Times calling for more transparency on tackling climate change from the oil and gas industry.
LONDON - 22 May 2018 Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS) and Places for People, today announced that they have entered into a £330m joint venture (JV) agreement to invest in the UK private rented sector (PRS).
Universities Superannuation Scheme Limited (USS) has participated in a follow-on acquisition of Yorkshire Water’s inflation linked notes backed by Yorkshire Water inflation swap cash flows. These Notes have been issued by an SPV, Aysgarth Finance.
Universities Superannuation Scheme Limited (USS) has reached an agreement with Petrobras’s auditor, PwC Brazil, to settle claims brought against it as part of a class securities action. The settlement with PwC Brazil (PricewaterhouseCoopers Auditores Independentes) is valued at $50m.
Universities Superannuation Scheme Limited (USS), one of the largest pension schemes in the UK, has appointed Dominic Gibb as their new Group Chief Financial Officer (CFO).
Following the announcement made earlier today by Petrobras, USS is pleased to announce that it has reached an agreement with Petrobras in principle to partially settle the securities class action against Petrobras and its related entity, Petrobras International Finance Company, as well as certain of Petrobras’ former executives and directors in the Southern District of New York.
USS is one of 225 investors to sign on to the Climate Action 100+ initiative which launched at the One Planet Summit in Paris on 12 December 2017.
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