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PRI reporting framework 2020

Asset class implementation gateway indicators [OO 10 - 12] Peering questions [OO LE 01 - HF 01]

Investment policy [SG 01 - 04] Objectives and strategies [SG 05 - 06] Governance and human resources [SG 07 - 08] Promoting responsible investment [SG 09 - 11] Outsourcing to fiduciary managers and investment consultants [SG 12] ESG issues in asset allocation [SG 13 - 15] Asset class implementation not reported in other modules [SG 16 - 17] Innovation [SG 18] Communication [SG 19]

Indirect – Manager Selection, Appointment and Monitoring

Listed Equity and Fixed Income Strategies [SAM 01] Selection [SAM 02 - 03] Appointment [SAM 04] Monitoring [SAM 05 - 07] Outputs and outcomes [SAM 08 - 09]

Direct - Listed Equity Incorporation

ESG incorporation in actively managed listed equities [LEI 01 - 10] Implementation processes [LEI 01 - 10] (A) Implementation: Screening [LEI 04 - 06] (B) Implementation: Thematic [LEI 07] (C) Implementation: Integration of ESG factors [LEI 08 - 10] Outputs and outcomes [LEI 12 - 13]

Direct - Listed Equity Active Ownership

Overview [LEA 01] Engagement [LEA 02 - 08] Outputs and outcomes [LEA 09 - 11] (Proxy) voting and shareholder resolutions [LEA 12 - 21]

Direct - Fixed Income

ESG incorporation in actively managed fixed income [FI 01 - 12] Implementation processes [FI 01 - 03] (C) Implementation: Integration [FI 10 - 12] ESG incorporation in passively managed fixed income [FI 13] Fixed income - Engagement [FI 14 - 16] Outputs and outcomes [FI 17 - 18]

Confidence building measures

Confidence building measures [CM1 01 - 07]

Export Public Responses

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Basic information

OO 01. Signatory category and services

01.1. Select the type that best describes your organisation or the services you provide.

Non-corporate pension or superannuation or retirement or provident fund or plan

Corporate pension or superannuation or retirement or provident fund or plan

Insurance company

Foundation

Endowment

Development finance institution

Reserve - sovereign or government controlled fund

Family office

Other, specify

01.3. Additional information. [Optional]

OO 02. Headquarters and operational countries

02.1. Select the location of your organisation’s headquarters.

United Kingdom

02.2. Indicate the number of countries in which you have offices (including your headquarters).

2-5

6-10

>10

02.3. Indicate the approximate number of staff in your organisation in full-time equivalents (FTE).

435 FTE

02.4. Additional information. [Optional]

We do not have offices in other countries. The FTE number includes salaried staff of USS Investment Management (based in London) and USS Ltd (based in Liverpool).

OO 03. Subsidiaries that are separate PRI signatories

03.1. Indicate whether you have subsidiaries within your organisation that are also PRI signatories in their own right.

Yes

03.3. Additional information. [Optional]

OO 04. Reporting year and AUM

04.1. Indicate the year end date for your reporting year.

31/12/2019

04.2. Indicate your total AUM at the end of your reporting year.

Include the AUM of subsidiaries, but exclude advisory/execution only assets, and exclude the assets of your PRI signatory subsidiaries that you have chosen not to report on in OO 03.2

Total AUM
Total AUM	trillions	billions	millions	thousands	hundreds
Currency
Assets in USD
Assets in USD	trillions	billions	millions	thousands	hundreds

Not applicable as we are in the fund-raising process

04.5. Additional information. [Optional]

The Annual Report and Accounts are disclosed here https://www.uss.co.uk/how-uss-is-run/running-uss/annual-reports-and-accounts and details of how USS invests are outlined here https://www.uss.co.uk/how-uss-invests/how-uss-invests-home.

OO 06. How would you like to disclose your asset class mix

06.1. Select how you would like to disclose your asset class mix.

as percentage breakdown

	Internally managed (%)	Externally managed (%)
Listed equity	10-50% 30	<10% 3
Fixed income	10-50% 30	<10% 6
Private equity	<10% 1.5	<10% 6
Property	<10% 4	<10% 1
Infrastructure	<10% 6	0 0
Commodities	0 0	0 0
Hedge funds	0 0	<10% 2
Fund of hedge funds	0 0	0 0
Forestry	0 0	0 0
Farmland	0 0	0 0
Inclusive finance	0 0	0 0
Cash	<10% 2	<10% 2
Money market instruments	0 0	0 0
Other (1), specify	<10% 6.5	0 0
Other (2), specify	0 0	0 0

`Other (1)` specified

          Private Debt & Inflation Linked Credit

as broad ranges

06.2. Publish asset class mix as per attached image [Optional].

06.3. Indicate whether your organisation has any off-balance sheet assets [Optional].

Yes

06.5. Indicate whether your organisation uses fiduciary managers.

Yes, we use a fiduciary manager and our response to OO 5.1 is reflective of their management of our assets.

No, we do not use fiduciary managers.

06.6. Provide contextual information on your AUM asset class split. [Optional]

OO 07. Fixed income AUM breakdown

07.1. Provide to the nearest 5% the percentage breakdown of your Fixed Income AUM at the end of your reporting year, using the following categories.

Internally managed	95 SSA 2 Corporate (financial) 3 Corporate (non-financial) 0 Securitised Total 100%
Externally managed	80 SSA 9 Corporate (financial) 2 Corporate (non-financial) 9 Securitised Total 100%

OO 08. Segregated mandates or pooled funds

New selection options have been added to this indicator. Please review your prefilled responses carefully.

Provide a breakdown of your organisation’s externally managed assets between segregated mandates and pooled funds or investments.

Asset class breakdown	Segregated mandate(s)	Pooled fund(s) or pooled investment(s)	Total of the asset class (each row adds up to 100%)
[a] Listed equity	0% <10% 10-50% >50 %	0% <10% 10-50% >50 %	100%
[b] Fixed income - SSA	0% <10% 10-50% >50 %	0% <10% 10-50% >50 %	100%
[c] Fixed income – Corporate (financial)	0% <10% 10-50% >50 %	0% <10% 10-50% >50 %	100%
[d] Fixed income – Corporate (non-financial)	0% <10% 10-50% >50 %	0% <10% 10-50% >50 %	100%
[e] Fixed income – Securitised	0% <10% 10-50% >50 %	0% <10% 10-50% >50 %	100%
[f] Private equity	0% <10% 10-50% >50 %	0% <10% 10-50% >50 %	100%
[g] Property	0% <10% 10-50% >50 %	0% <10% 10-50% >50 %	100%
[j] Hedge funds	0% <10% 10-50% >50 %	0% <10% 10-50% >50 %	100%
[n] Cash	0% <10% 10-50% >50 %	0% <10% 10-50% >50 %	100%

08.2. Additional information. [Optional]

OO 09. Breakdown of AUM by market

09.1. Indicate the breakdown of your organisation’s AUM by market.

87 Developed Markets

13 Emerging Markets

0 Frontier Markets

0 Other Markets

Total 100% 100%

09.2. Additional information. [Optional]

Note we do not currently split out frontier markets from emerging markets, though have some exposure.

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