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Watson Wyatt Worldwide, Inc. was a global consulting firm that merged in January 2010 with Towers Perrin to form Towers Watson. The firm's services included managing the cost and effectiveness of employee benefit programs; developing attraction, retention and reward strategies; advising pension plan sponsors and other institutions on optimal investment strategies; providing strategic and financial advice to insurance and financial service companies; and delivering related technology, outsourcing and data services. Its principal operating subsidiary, Watson Wyatt & Company, was a human capital consulting firm with operations in the Americas, Europe and Asia Pacific. Its corporate offices were in Arlington, Virginia. As of January 2009 Watson Wyatt Worldwide had 7,700 employees in 106 offices located in 32 countries around the world.〔 On June 28, 2009 it was announced Towers Perrin Forster & Crosby Inc and Watson Wyatt Worldwide agreed to merge into a new publicly traded company called Towers Watson; the merger was completed in January 2010. ==History== Watson Wyatt Worldwide traces its roots back to the oldest actuarial firm in the world, formed in 1878. Watson Wyatt's first client is still a client 130 years later. Reuben Watson formed the UK actuarial firm R. Watson & Sons in 1878. By the 1910s, the firm was the lead advisor to the government on social insurance programs. Over the years, the firm expanded throughout Europe, building on its long history of serving the UK’s largest companies. In 1946, B. E. Wyatt and seven co-founders established The Wyatt Company as an actuarial consulting firm. Over the next several decades, the U.S.-based firm branched out into other service lines, including health care and compensation consulting. In the 1980s, the firm broadened its global reach, establishing offices throughout Canada, Europe, Latin America, and Asia. In 1995, the two firms formed a global alliance under the brand Watson Wyatt Worldwide. The U.S.-based arm of the alliance was renamed Watson Wyatt & Company and the UK firm was called Watson Wyatt LLP. In 2000, Watson Wyatt & Company completed a successful initial public offering and began trading on the New York Stock Exchange. In August 2005, the two firms formally merged and the new company was named Watson Wyatt Worldwide. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Watson Wyatt Worldwide」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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