Data and Research | October 20th, 2026 Aging Populations Weighing On Global Retirement Systems Fiduciaries need to focus on system design, governance and investment oversight to ensure good outcomes for savers and retirees, according...
Benefits | November 14th, 2025 Corporate Pension Funding Continues 7-Month Hot Streak Increased price-to-earnings ratios and interest rates greater than 5% could signal the trend is easing, October Three cautions.
Benefits | October 14th, 2025 Balancing Participant, National Interests Makes World’s Best Pensions The Mercer CFA Institute Global Pension Index again found the Netherlands to have the best retirement system.
Benefits | October 7th, 2025 Plan Sponsors Balance Budget Pressures, Risk, Participant Demands Today’s defined contribution sponsors are pursuing cost reduction strategies and implementing artificial intelligence to support their plans, according to new...
Data and Research | June 11th, 2025 Fewer Plan Sponsors Terminating DB Plans Amid Risk Management Shifts Managers are looking at plan design changes or risk transfers, in lieu of walking away.
Benefits | February 13th, 2025 Strong Markets, Steady Discount Rates Pushed Pension Funded Status Up in January Corporate pensions funding surpluses rose to 27-month highs last month.
Data and Research | October 15th, 2024 Higher Contributions, Net Replacement Rates Make World’s Best Pensions Mercer CFA Institute Global Pension Index again ranks Netherlands as having the best retirement system; focuses more on how to...
Investing | August 23rd, 2024 Mercer Wise 401(k) and PEP Hit Combined $3.6B AUM The Mercer Wise platform provides 401(k) benefits to more than 70,000 U.S. employees.
Deals and People | June 11th, 2024 Mercer Reaches Deal to Buy UK Retirement Plan Consultant Mercer parent Marsh McLennan acquires Cardano to expand retirement business across the Atlantic.
Products | June 6th, 2024 Product & Service Launches Mercer offers private market investing access to individual cilents; Vanguard shifts an investment advisory firm on its Explorer Value Fund;...
Deals and People | January 22nd, 2024 Mercer Appoints Susan Potter Region President for US, Canada The Marsh McLennan subsidiary’s new leader for retirement business was promoted from the chief commercial officer role she had held...
Data and Research | November 9th, 2023 Employees Increasingly Concerned About Debt, Effects of Interest Rates Mercer experts identified a variety of trends impacting defined contribution plans, including new types of lawsuits, high interest rates and...
Deals and People | September 5th, 2023 Principal, Mercer Hire New CIOs Principal Asset Management appointed a CIO and global head of equities and Mercer named a leader for its US outsourced...
Benefits | September 18th, 2017 Employers Bracing for Increase in Health Benefits Costs for 2018 Employers are looking at various cost-controlling strategies such as partnering with Centers of Excellence and offering telemedicine services.