Universities Superannuation Scheme Ltd

Revenues:	Under $20 Million
Employees:	Under 99

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USS is the second largest pension fund in the United Kingdom and the principal pension scheme for UK universities, acting for 378 universities and academic institutions. It has more than £30 billion in assets, and approximately 250,000 members. USS has a commitment to long-term and active share ownership. USS has initiated and participates in a number of collaborative public equity investor projects covering issues as diverse as climate change and the Pharma business model, to US corporate governance and executive remuneration. USS currently has approximately 5% of its assets allocated to alternative investments, with a target to grow this allocation to 20% over the medium term. Within alternative investments, USS has made sizable commitments to private equity fund managers and is also making investments directly into private equity transactions.

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United Kingdom: Segro Sells Great Western Industrial Park For GBP110.4M. TendersInfo; 11/7/2009 ...flexible business space, said Friday it has sold Great Western Industrial Park in Southall, West London to Universities Superannuation Scheme Ltd for GBP110.4 million. MAIN FACTS: -The sale price represents a net initial yield of 6.9... ...more

Segro's sale lifts property hopes ; NEWS IN BRIEF [Edition 3] Evening Standard - London; 11/6/2009 ...Southall, Middlesex. The industrial property developer sold the 773,000 sq ft park to pension fund Universities Superannuation Scheme. The price tag was 10% more than the park's book value in June, leading experts to hail growing green... ...more

News:. Pensions Week; 11/30/2009 ...are in line with the proposals recently announced by the Institutional Shareholders' Committee." The Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS) also backed the proposals, and called on shareholders like pensions schemes to respond "constructively... ...more