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InterviewsUSS: British universities adopt modern pension investment governance
Mirko Cardinale, head of investment strategy and advice at USS Investment Management, speaks to Carlo Svaluto Moreolo about the recent changes in the scheme’s governance framework
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NewsPeople moves: Former USS responsible investment head joins Chronos
Plus: Northern Trust Asset Management names head of global institutional client group; HSBC AM appoints global CIO
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NewsUSS and academics develop new approach to climate scenarios
New narrative scenarios are more realistic than mainstream quantitative scenarios, according to new report
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USS shifts £5bn of DB, DC equity to climate transition benchmark
Adoption of EU standard-meeting benchmark means portfolio emissions will initially be at least 30% lower
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NewsUSS launches inaugural asset-backed securities mandate
Initial focus on investment grade and likely to exceed £1bn over the next couple of years
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USS hires from BlackRock for new ABS head role
Oram will be tasked with building a new team focussed on sourcing, valuing and executing structured credit opportunities in the public markets
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NewsPeople moves: USS picks manager selection head
USS, DWP, Seafarers’ Pension Fund, La Française, PensionDanmark, PFA, JOHCM, BNP Paribas AM, Willis Towers Watson, FNV, Newton, Amundi
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USS eyes efficiency gains from digital diligence platform adoption
DiligenceVault technology enables efficient collection and management of data
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Opinion PiecesShould UK pension funds re-embrace home investment bias?
UK pension funds could be part of a broader, coordinated investment drive to fuel the growth of the country’s internationally unloved small and mid-cap companies
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Special ReportUSS & DiligenceVault: Digital platform eases process of due diligence
USSIM reports positive experience using DiligenceVault’s platform to carry out due diligence of asset managers
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NewsPeople moves: APG Asset Management appoints multi-asset managing director
DC Investment Forum, Cambridge Associates, APG, USS, Newton, Fulcrum
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NewsUK universities pension fund names new head of responsible investment
Carlisle was most recently head of sustainability at Jupiter Asset Management
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USS offers DC members access to private markets
Move shows that funds like USS can provide ‘access for members to these investments at reasonable cost’
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USS closing equity unit to reshape developed markets approach
New approach to focus on investment implications of environmental, social and governance issues
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NewsCompanies behaving badly will be post-crisis losers, say USS, BTPS
Universities’ scheme shifts to UK bonds after US debt soars
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USS ‘pushing regulator to the limit’ on risk, says CEO
£68.5bn scheme’s leaders say they have taken a position of ‘maximum flexibility’ in a bid to resolve a long-running dispute over contributions
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Roger Gray to step down as USS investment chief
CEO of higher education scheme’s investment operations to exit after a decade in charge
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NewsPeople moves: USS creates head of fixed income and treasury role [updated]
USS, IIGCC, APG, ATP, Hermes GPE, First State Investments, PGIM Fixed Income, JPMAM, Lyxor, Neuberger Berman, AMP Capital, NN IP Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS) – In January Ben Clissold will join the UK’s largest private pension fund as head of fixed income and treasury of its investment management business, a ...
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People moves: USS expands private markets team
USS, Stap, LSE, AXA IM, BNY Mellon, Northern Trust, Putnam Investments
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USS partners Credit Suisse in private financing deal
Higher education employers’ scheme in “innovative landmark transaction” with investment bank





