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Investing for the future

Sustainable investment is experiencing unprecedented rates of growth and is being embraced by the mainstream investment market. What is fuelling this investor appetite, and how should pension funds respond?

'2020 Vision': Research on the future pension and investment landscape

The investment world is subject to change on an unprecedented level. The pressure on pension fund sponsors, fiduciaries, asset managers and consultants to keep up with change is intense. Watson Wyatt is developing a view on how this landscape might evolve over the next decade or so. The survey, run in association with the Financial Times, was designed to encourage participation from all parts of the industry in developing these views. This presentation summarises the results from the survey. A longer paper is currently being prepared.

2008 Global Pension Assets Study

Key findings: Increased pension assets provide some potential relief from adverse demographics; Pension fund asset allocation shows signs of becoming more defensive, but slowly; The mix of asset class (beta) and active management (alpha) risk taking is adjusting.

Bridging the Employee Engagement Gap

The link between employee engagement and financial performance is a strong one. Watson Wyatt data collected from around the world show that when engagement is high, so is financial performance.

Playing to Win in a Global Economy – 2007/2008 Global Strategic Rewards Report and European Findings

The 2007/2008 Global Strategic Rewards study examines how companies in Asia- Pacific, Canada, Europe, Latin America and the United States are tackling attraction and retention issues and reward management. The first half of the report highlights the similarities and differences between the regions, while the second half focuses on European-specific data.

Best-Practice Investment Governance: ‘Good to Great’ Opportunities

Case Study research by Watson Wyatt and Oxford University on governance and investment capabilities.

Best-Practice Investment Management: Lessons for Asset Owners from the Oxford–Watson Wyatt Project on Governance

The world’s leading institutional investors show a clear link between their superior performances and their strong governance according to joint research conducted by Roger Urwin of Watson Wyatt and Professor Gordon Clark of Oxford University.

The World’s 500 Largest Asset Managers

The P&I/ Watson Wyatt global 500 ranking is prepared using joint research by Pensions & Investments and Watson Wyatt.

The World's 300 Largest Pension Funds

The P&I/Watson Wyatt global 300 ranking is prepared using joint research by Pensions & Investments and Watson Wyatt.

Wealth Shock and Impact of Health on Risk Aversion and Savings

This paper models the relationship between risk aversion, status of health and changes in savings among older individuals in the UK. Using responses to a unique questionnaire, we show how these factors are correlated with the decline in total savings after the markets crashed in 2000.

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Most Requested Research

• Effective Communication: A Leading Indicator of Financial Performance - 2005/2006 Communication ROI Study™ 
• 12th Annual National Business Group on Health / Watson Wyatt Survey Report 2007 
• AVC Survey 2005 
• Driving Employee Engagement to Improve Financial Performance - 2007 WorkCanada^TM Survey Report 
• Global Compensation Practices - Survey of WorldatWork members by WorldatWork and Watson Wyatt Worldwide 

Technical and Policy Papers 

Technical and Policy Papers are available for download free of charge to registered members of My Watson Wyatt .