Top-up pensions contributions
Andrew Oswald ("Richer than you thought", THES, April 14; "The pension millionaire game", April 28) has shown how niggardly our pension providers can be. What is especially galling to those of us who...
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Equity inequities
Considerable attention has been paid to the Universities Superannuation Schemeās ability to meet its obligations (āUSSā multibillion-pound deficit could leave staff footing the billā, News, 31...
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Marking boycott: universities threatened with further action if they dock pay
UCU writes to pre-92 institutions warning them not to withhold salary over pensions dispute action
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Investors seek ethical pension
Shareholders in the old universities' main pension scheme are expected to agree new ethical investment policies when they meet for their annual general meeting next week. The Universities...
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The 10 most popular stories of October 2014
Which were the most-read Times Higher Education stories of last month? Well, since you askedā¦
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Pensions: preempt the Treasury
Managers of the Univer-sities Superannuation Scheme were right to err on the side of caution in estimating a decade or two ago how well investments would fare to pay staff pensions ("Richer than you...
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Letters
Views on pensions depend on principlesRe the proposed changes to the Universities Superannuation Scheme (āReforms seen as āradical attackā on pensionsā, News, 18 September): in non-academic terms we...
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News in brief - 30 October 2014
USS pensionsTobacco investments under attackThe Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS) should reconsider its investments in companies that sell tobacco, arms and fossil fuels, a new campaign says....
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Pay it forward
āUSSā multibillion-pound deficit could leave staff footing the billā (News, 31 October) reported allegations of a āblack holeā in the Universities Superannuation Scheme and quoted the view that it...
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Assets, liabilities and old age tensions
In āPay it forwardā (Letters, 7Ā November), Dennis Leech attacks my analysis of the financial health of the Universities Superannuation Scheme, the UKās largest pension scheme.The basis of his attack...
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Market deficit
The letters on the Universities Superannuation Scheme published by Times Higher Education in the past two weeks (āAssets, liabilities and old age tensionsā, 14Ā November; āEquity inequitiesā, 21Ā ...
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Struggle to balance the pension books
"I bet when MPs debated top-up fees last winter they never imagined that so much would be going on staff pension funds," said Richard Allanach, finance director of the University of East London....
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Pension deal aims to avert staff loss
Some older academics in the TPS will now be able to work and claim a pension, says Chloe Stothart A key reform of one of the higher education sector's main pension schemes could help prevent an early...
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Share price crash cut pension fund's value by 24 per cent in eight months
USS suffered in 2008 but board refuses to divulge current figure. Rebecca Attwood reports
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When ethics wins the pension fund debate
Guy Hughes describes the staff campaign to force the Universities Superannuation Scheme to rethink where it invests its money The Universities Superannuation Scheme announced last week that it will...