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• Watson Wyatt Announces Earnings Release Date and Conference Call for Third Quarter Fiscal 2008

  - 2008-04-17

  ARLINGTON, Va. -- Watson Wyatt Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE, NASDAQ:WW) today announced it will release its financial results for the third quarter of fiscal 2008 on Thursday, May 8, before the stock market opens. Additionally, Watson Wyatt will provide an on-line Web simulcast of its conference call relating to the third...

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• Pensions surplus

  - 2008-04-03

  Business News IN BRIEF *Blue-chip firms' pension funds shrugged off turmoil in investment markets to hit an aggregate surplus of 40bn at the end of March, the pension advisory firm Watson Wyatt said yesterday. The surplus is the largest since 2002, Watson Wyatt said, up from 29.2bn the...

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• News: Alternative assets still a major pull for pension funds.

  - 2008-03-10

  Byline: David Rowley Pension funds continued to diversify their assets over 2007 with alternative classes increasingly favoured, according to Watson Wyatt. UK pension funds advised by Watson Wyatt last year increased their allocation to hedge funds by over 60% compared to ...

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• On the move: Going places.

  - 2008-03-10

  Watson Wyatt hires six industry specialists Watson Wyatt has hired a range of new talent to expand its investment team. Mayur Lodhia joins from Old Mutual Asset Managers and has been appointed as an investment consultant in the client consulting team. ...

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• News: Consultants dispute value of alpha fees.

  - 2008-03-03

  Byline: David Ricketts Alpha-hungry pension funds are paying 50% more in fees than they were five years ago, according to new research from Watson Wyatt. The global consulting firm found that fees now average 110 basis points compared to 65 basis...

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• News: Cardano adds GKN scheme to growing portfolio.

  - 2008-03-03

  Byline: David Ricketts The GKN Group pension scheme has selected Cardano to manage a GBP300m portfolio of active equity investments on a discretionary basis. The scheme hopes the move will generate superior returns from equities. The move switches some...

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• News: Workers warned variable annuties need further tests.

  - 2008-03-03

  Byline: David Rowley Employees should exercise caution over purchasing variable annuities, as their value for money is not yet proven, claims Watson Wyatt. Variable annuities enable customers to invest money in a range of funds and obtain an amount of equity...

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• GHP closes flury of Class A leases in Rochelle Park

  - 2008-02-27

  White Plains based GHP Office Realty, LLC has inked over 55,000 s/f of new leases and renewals at 218 Route 17 North, Rochelle Park, N.J., a 95,000 s/f, class A building. Watson Wyatt & Company, a world wide consulting firm, signed a long-term renewal and expansion for over 21,000...

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• Watson Wyatt Worldwide to Present at Baird's 2008 Business Solutions Conference

  - 2008-02-22

  WASHINGTON -- Watson Wyatt Worldwide, a global consulting firm, announced today that it will participate in the Robert W. Baird & Co. 2008 Business Solutions Conference at the Four Seasons Hotel in Boston. Carl Mautz, Watson Wyatt's chief financial officer, is scheduled to present at 10:50 a.m. Eastern Time...

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• Watson Wyatt Worldwide Chief Financial Officer Plans to Retire

  - 2008-02-07

  ARLINGTON, Va. -- Watson Wyatt Worldwide, Inc., announced today that vice president and chief financial officer Carl Mautz plans to retire in August 2008, after completing the financial results for the current fiscal year and the financial plan for fiscal 2009. A search, including both external and internal candidates, is...

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