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The ABC of USS – a guide to the jargon that surrounds our pension scheme
A is for Assets, but also for Assumptions.
In the Universities Superannuation Scheme pension (USS), the assets are held as investments, mostly in stocks and shares but also partially in Gilts (see ‘G’) and in other asset classes. The USS pension scheme assets are currently valued at around £78bn and were posted at around £68bn in the last published scheme accounts.
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