Towers Watson Investment Services

Towers Watson Investment Services operates with a team of investment professionals including portfolio managers, research analysts, and consultants. The firm's investment committee oversees strategic asset allocation and manager selection decisions. Specific named individuals are not publicly disclosed for this entity.

The firm primarily uses a fiduciary management model, meaning it selects, monitors, and rebalances portfolios of external investment managers. It does not typically make direct investments in companies or assets. Instead, it constructs multi-manager portfolios tailored to institutional client mandates.

Clients are primarily institutional investors, including pension funds (both defined benefit and defined contribution), endowments, foundations, and sovereign wealth funds. The firm serves large organizations seeking comprehensive outsourced investment solutions.

Towers Watson Investment Services is a subsidiary of Willis Towers Watson, the global advisory, broking, and solutions company formed in 2016 by the merger of Towers Watson and Willis Group. The investment services unit leverages the broader firm's consulting and actuarial expertise to serve institutional clients.

The firm manages assets through a delegated model, advising on asset allocation and selecting external managers, but it does not typically manage assets with an internal trading desk. It acts as an outsourced CIO, making allocation and manager hiring decisions on behalf of clients.