Pensions Digest, Towers Watson's monthly publication brings together recent developments for pensions professionals.Continue reading...
Statistics contains the recent history of past statistics as well as the new monthly figures.Continue reading...
Alternative assets under management on behalf of pension funds by the world’s largest alternative investment managers remained unchanged in 2009 compared to the year before at US$817bn, according to global research produced by Towers Watson in conjunction with the Financial Times.Continue reading...
Today’s European Commission (EC) Green Paper holds significant promise of furthering the development of cross-border pension schemes according to global professional services company Towers Watson.Continue reading...
This edition of Pensions Digest brings together recent pension developments previously brought to you by Towers Perrin’s Monitor and Watson Wyatt’s Pensions News Filter.Continue reading...
The Budget announcement that public sector pensions and second-tier State Pensions will rise with CPI rather than RPI inflation from April 2011 means pensioners will get significantly less than they had expected, according to Towers Watson.Continue reading...
The Chancellor, George Osborne, presented his first Budget report on 22 June 2010. Recognising industry concerns, it contains a number of measures affecting pensions, the most important of which is a commitment to work with the pensions industry to find simpler ways of restricting tax relief for high earners than the high income excess relief charge.Continue reading...
Welcome to the 2010 edition of UK Long-term statistics, Towers Watson’s annual publication that presents historical data for key economic and investment indices.Continue reading...
As the growth of defined contribution (DC) pension provision continues both in the UK and US as well as across Europe and beyond, the inherent issues and risks involved in running such schemes are increasingly being recognised.Continue reading...
Insights: Healthcare and protection focuses on the health-related aspects of insurance and financial services, both products and service provision. In this issue, we consider: changes in the treatment of heart attacks in the UK and how that may impact survival rates that need to be allowed for in product pricing and valuation bases; the potential impact on the Italian health insurance market as a result of recent legislative reform; possible drivers for a change in approach to funding healthcare in the Netherlands; some of the sessions from the recent International Congress of Actuaries 2010 related to the healthcare markets of Germany, South Africa and New Zealand.Continue reading...
The 2010 Global Workforce Study pinpoints a watershed moment in the evolution of the employment relationships in the UK. This podcast highlights the UK Executive Sumamary.Continue reading...
This Bulletin article provides a broad overview of the pricing methodology used on VA living benefit riders, with particular focus on the Guaranteed Minimum Withdrawal Benefit (“GMWB”) feature.Continue reading...
The 2010 Global Workforce Study pinpoints a watershed moment in the evolution of the employment relationships in the UK. The Study reveals a number of areas where there is a ‘disconnect’ between what employees want and what companies are currently delivering – and the implications these have for leaders, managers, employees and HR.Continue reading...
The 2010 Global Workforce Study pinpoints a watershed moment in the evolution of the employment relationships around the world. From the global recession and financial defaults to changes in business models and strategic priorities, both employers and employees are being forced to revisit some fundamental assumptions about their implicit and explicit "compact" with one another.Continue reading...
Pensions Digest, Towers Watson's monthly publication brings together recent developments for pensions professionals.Continue reading...
Towers Perrin and Watson Wyatt have come together as Towers Watson, a global company that shares a common set of values and a singular focus: our clients.Continue reading...
Solvency II represents both a challenge and an opportunity for European insurers.Continue reading...