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Article #21Re: USS pension fund in deficit?
From: Sam Nelson
Date: Thu, 01 Jun 2006 09:05
Date: Thu, 01 Jun 2006 09:05
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In article <f51mzcxyfvs.fsf@3lg.org>, Robert Inder <robert@deadspam.com> writes: > >>>>> Sam Nelson writes: > > Subject: Re: USS pension fund in deficit? > > Date: Wed, 31 May 2006 20:07:41 +0100 > > > In article <e5kjik$kdp$1@scotsman.ed.ac.uk>, M Holmes > > <fofp@holyrood.ed.ac.uk> says... > >> Those hoping to collect a USS pension in future years may be interested > >> in the following: > >> > >> http://news.ft.com/cms/s/300abac8-ef3f-11da-b435-0000779e2340.html > > > Colour me not surprised. It was only a matter of time. Anyone under > > 50 or so is going to be working until they drop. > > Oh... rhubarb! If you wish. I still reckon we're all stuffed. Live fast, die young, have a good-looking corpse. > They're going to be working until fifteen years before they are likely > to die. > > Which if five years (50%) more than their parents. Equally, USS itself claims there's nothing wrong at all, and that the author of the article just doesn't like its investment strategy. Still, what does GBP6.6E9 count for these days? Fiddling small change? -- SAm.
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