Willis Towers Watson Funds Held for Clients increased by 5.1% to $10.98B in Q1 2026 compared to the prior quarter. Year-over-year, this metric grew by 6.7%, from $10.29B to $10.98B. Over 5 years (FY 2020 to FY 2025), Funds Held for Clients shows a downward trend with a -2.7% CAGR. This is a positive signal — higher values indicate stronger performance for this metric.
An increase reflects growth in the client base or higher payroll volumes, while a decrease suggests lower client activity or seasonal fluctuations.
This represents the cash and investment balances held by the company on behalf of clients to facilitate payroll and tax...
Unique to payroll and HCM providers; a key indicator of market share and client volume in the payroll industry.
current_assets_funds_held_for_clients| Q2 '21 | Q3 '21 | Q4 '21 | Q1 '22 | Q2 '22 | Q3 '22 | Q4 '22 | Q1 '23 | Q2 '23 | Q3 '23 | Q4 '23 | Q1 '24 | Q2 '24 | Q3 '24 | Q4 '24 | Q1 '25 | Q2 '25 | Q3 '25 | Q4 '25 | Q1 '26 | |
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| Value | $15.38B | $10.92B | $11.01B | $11.63B | $11.99B | $11.19B | $11.77B | $12.21B | $8.61B | $8.04B | $9.07B | $9.94B | $9.93B | $9.18B | $9.50B | $10.29B | $10.72B | $9.97B | $10.45B | $10.98B |
| QoQ Change | — | -29.0% | +0.8% | +5.6% | +3.1% | -6.7% | +5.2% | +3.7% | -29.5% | -6.6% | +12.9% | +9.6% | -0.2% | -7.5% | +3.6% | +8.3% | +4.1% | -7.0% | +4.8% | +5.1% |
| YoY Change | — | — | — | — | -22.0% | +2.4% | +6.9% | +5.0% | -28.2% | -28.2% | -22.9% | -18.6% | +15.3% | +14.1% | +4.8% | +3.6% | +8.0% | +8.6% | +9.9% | +6.7% |