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Watson Wyatt Worldwide

(WW) is in the Business Services Industry

Market Cap:$2.0B

Last Fiscal Year Sales:$1.7B

Public
US

Dow Jones Description

Watson Wyatt simplifies the messy world of human resources. Founded in 1878 as actuarial firm R Watson & Sons, and headquartered in Arlington, VA, Watson Wyatt Worldwide (NYSE: WW) provides consulting on human resources issues. The company offers solutions in three groups: Benefits, Technology Solutions, and Human Capital. It has exertise in retirement plans, benefits services, employee management, compensation, disability, and HR procedure streamlining. It operates from over 90 offices in North America, South America, Europe, and Asia. The company has annual revenue of about 737.42 million and employs about 3,875 people. In August 2005 Watson Wyatt & Company acquired the assets and assumed the liabilities of European-based Watson Wyatt LLP. In January 2006 it changed its name to Watson Wyatt Worldwide.

Number of Employees 6,235

Contact Information

901 N Glebe Rd

Arlington, Virginia 22203

www.watsonwyatt...

(703) 258-8000

Peer Companies

NAICS Code Human Resources Consulting Services: 541612

Company News

Recent Events

Watson Wyatt Worldwide Announces Regular Quarterly Dividend

12/07/09 - Stock Split / Dividend - View Story
EU mergers and takeovers (Nov 30)

11/30/09 - Merger / Acquisition - View Story
Watson Wyatt, Towers Perrin detail merger background

11/12/09 - Merger / Acquisition - View Story
Cisco Net Falls 18%; Time Warner Sales Up

11/05/09 - Financial Announcement - View Story
Watson Wyatt Q1 Net Profit Down, Adj. EPS Beats Estimates; Guides Q1 Below Estimates; Backs...

11/05/09 - Merger / Acquisition - View Story
Watson Wyatt Announces Earnings Release Date and Conference Call for First Quarter Fiscal 2010

10/15/09 - Financial Announcement - View Story
Watson Wyatt Launches New Version Of BenTrack - Quick Facts

9/17/09 - Product Announcement - View Story
Watson Wyatt Earnings Fall, but Beat Expectations

8/13/09 - Financial Announcement - View Story
IDA seeks to keep Towers Perrin in county

7/17/09 - Merger / Acquisition - View Story
Business in the Burbs: Towers Perrin gets IDA offer to stay in Westchester

7/16/09 - Merger / Acquisition - View Story
Towers Perrin and Watson Wyatt to Combine, Form 'Towers Watson'

7/06/09 - Joint Venture / Alliance - View Story
Towers Perrin, Watson Wyatt to Merge

6/30/09 - Financial Announcement - View Story
Concerns Brew About Integration of Watson Wyatt, Towers Perrin

6/29/09 - Bond / Stock Rating - View Story
REFILE-Bank of America promotes two M&A bankers

7/06/09 - Merger / Acquisition - View Story
UPDATE 1-US consultants Towers Perrin, Watson Wyatt to merge

6/28/09 - Joint Venture / Alliance - View Story

News & Analysis

payroll solutions and watson wyatt worldwide - All News and Analysis

Study Suggests Businesses Ready to Reverse Pay Actions

BNET - 2009-08-20

Executive confidence may be returning, according to consultancy Watson Wyatt Worldwide, because a growing number of employers are considering reversing pay freezes and cuts, among other things. by Erik Sherman

Tags: Watson Wyatt Worldwide, Payroll Solutions, Erik Sherman
Workforce Management And Retirement In A 401(K) World

BNET - 2007-09-01

This article, the first in a two-part series based on 'Pension Aspirations and Realizations: A Perspective on Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow', explores the ways retirement will be different, for both employers and employees, in a 401k world. The second article looks at ways of making Defined Benefit DB plans more...

Tags: Workforce Management, Watson Wyatt Worldwide, 401(k) Plan, 401(k), Retirement Plans, Payroll Solutions, Investment, Human Resources, Benefits, Finance
Reviewing and Rethinking the Annual Bonus

BNET - 2005-11-01

Board pay is an issue that has taken up a lot of column inches in the press over the last few years. In parallel with this, previously sleepy institutions have woken up and been prepared to engage actively with boards. The result has been some bruising battles, with GlaxoSmithKline, J...

Tags: Watson Wyatt Worldwide, Board, Corporate Governance, Payroll Solutions, Business Operations, Corporate Law
DC - A Ticking Time Bomb?

BNET - 2005-11-01

Defined contribution DC plans transfer all the investment risk to employees and 'Empower' them to take control of their retirement savings. This employee empowerment could indeed be part of a wider cultural shift within an organization to give greater flexibility, control and personal responsibility to individual. This article suggests that,...

Tags: Watson Wyatt Worldwide, Payroll Solutions
The Uncertain Future of Longevity

BNET - 2005-10-19

More than ever before, pension fund and life insurance liabilities are sensitive to changes in mortality. In the UK, annuity and deferred annuity liabilities of pension schemes and insurers amount to over ú1 trillion. Historically much attention has been paid to investment risks but increasingly recognition is being given to...

Tags: Liability, Watson Wyatt Worldwide, Annuity, Investment, Payroll Solutions, Insurance, Financial Planning, Finance, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance

Corporate Governance Development in UK and Continental Europe

BNET - 2005-10-01

The potential onset of 'Corporate Governance Fatigue' is a risk for all publicly-quoted companies, which needs to be resisted strongly. The commitment of corporate Boards to fairness, transparency and accountability has an appreciable effect on whether the greatest practicable enhancement is achieved over the period of their shareholders investment. The...

Tags: Watson Wyatt Worldwide, Corporate Governance, Corporate Law, Payroll Solutions, Business Operations
Saving Private Pension Insurance: An Evaluation of Current Proposals to Shore Up the PBGC

BNET - 2005-04-01

PBGC is not a system of private insurance, rather it is in large part a system of social insurance and it has been the approach to date that profitable firms that sponsor DB pensions subsidize firms with weaker prospects. Yet federal sponsorship of this particular social insurance program is unique...

Tags: Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp., Watson Wyatt Worldwide, Pension, Insurance, Financial Planning, Payroll Solutions, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance, Finance
The Business Case for Employers to Invest in Disease Management: A Systematic Review of the Literature

BNET - 2005-04-01

This paper examines the business case for implementing disease management programs in employer-sponsored health plans, based on a systematic review of disease management program outcomes published in peer-reviewed journals. This review targets disease management programs for chronic conditions that are common in active employee groups: asthma, coronary artery disease CAD,...

Tags: Business Case, Watson Wyatt Worldwide, Payroll Solutions
Credit Ratings and Pensions Across the FTSE 350

BNET - 2005-03-01

Estimated impact of pension liability over enterprise value on credit ratings is perhaps not very large in absolute terms compared to other factors such as corporate leverage or volatility but is indeed statistically significant. This article presents an analysis that shows that credit rating agencies do take into account the...

Tags: Watson Wyatt Worldwide, Pension, Payroll Solutions, Benefits, Human Resources
Absence Management

BNET - 2005-03-01

Over the last 10 years, sickness absence has worked its way up the Human Resource agenda. Changes to sick pay policy or methods of managing absence adopted by major employers are national news nowadays. This paper examines why this trend has developed and examines the response by business leaders in...

Tags: Absence, Watson Wyatt Worldwide, Payroll Solutions, Workforce Management, Human Resources