Health is Vital to Wealth

Healthy, Wealthy and Work-Wise is Mercer's initiative that equips all decision makers with the insights, data and technology-driven solutions needed to create personalized plans and benefits to meet all employee's needs.

Melbourne Mercer Global Pension Index 2018

The MMGPI benchmarks and ranks global retirement income systems so that we can learn from each other and improve our systems to generate better outcomes for present and future retirees in an ageing population.

We'll Live till We're 100 – How Can We Afford It?

Explaining Mercer’s rating process with Citywire

Mercer’s Deb Clarke and Sean Chatburn are featured in the May 20 edition of Citywire, where they discuss their investment strategy selection and rating process, and what it takes for a portfolio manager to get a high rating from them.

Contemplating Cash – Return of the King

Cash rates are low, and the asset class offers investors little. Or does it? As this article by Mercer’s David Scobie discusses, at times cash can be worth its weight in gold in an investor’s portfolio, but be wary not to overdo it.

Why Support the Low Carbon Transition? It is in Investors’ Best Interest

In a number of jurisdictions, financial regulators have indicated that many investors will need to consider climate-related risks in order to comply with their existing fiduciary duties.

Investing in (and for) our future

Investing in (and for) Our Future is a paper produced by the World Economic Forum in conjunction with Mercer. Currently, employee retirement plans have left individuals increasingly responsible for their own retirement...

The search for a single source of truth

Asset owners and managers are seeking to generate a single data record across the organisation, for governance, compliance, quality management and operational efficiency.

Investing in Real Assets | Mercer at the CFA Society New Zealand

In May 2019, Philip Houghton-Brown and Padraig Brown presented at the CFA Society New Zealand, a full-day forum where key industry experts gathered to discuss Alternative Finance and Alternative Investments.

What E&F Trustees can learn from the new workplace savings scheme

In Mercer’s 2018 Endowments and Foundations Survey, we noted that superannuation scheme trustees were required to adjust their governance practices in response to the Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013...

Climate change progress could be held back by lack of clarity on ESG factors

The climate change debate has taken centre-stage, dominating discussions at every level of society, from the media to the boardroom and politics. Through the lens of the natural environment, individuals and businesses ...

Bitcoin or bust: Should Cryptocurrencies be in your investment portfolio?

In this article David Scobie, Head of Consulting at Mercer Investments, outlines the drivers behind the enthusiasm and considers some of the challenges facing cryptocurrencies as an investable asset.

The Perils of Picking Managers Based on Past Performance

Do your instincts lead you astray? In this article, David Scobie from Mercer Investments New Zealand explains how referring to past performance has its uses when selecting investment products, but can be a comfort ...

The Right Benchmark is the Bedrock of Strong Active Management

If you think your fund manager has added value, you may well be right. But as Mercer’s David Scobie explains, before reaching that conclusion, make sure you take a good look at the benchmark.

Why Responsible Investing has come of age

Increasingly the discussion around the board rooms of New Zealand's blue-chip companies and heavy-hitting institutional investors is not about how to boost profits and share prices – but how to do good.

Trump's Trade Tariffs: Terminal or Tactical Tit for Tat?

On the 23rd of March 2018, under the guise of national security, a 25% tariff on steel imports and a 10% tariff on aluminium imports went into effect in the United States of America, as directed by President Donald Trump.

Governance models evolve to help drive better investment outcomes

Increasing investment complexity, cost pressures and regulatory requirements are leading institutional investors to seek new ways of devising and implementing their investment strategies.

10 Years After The Global Financial Crisis - 10 Lessons To Learn

With the 10th anniversary of the collapse of Lehman Brothers upon us, it is instructive to look back over the period and ask ourselves what, if anything, we have learned from living through these exceptional events. As is often the case, actual new lessons to be learned may be few, but there are som

The Global Risks Report 2019

Profound political, economic, societal, technological and environmental transformations are occurring at an unprecedented scale and pace and have become a part of day-to-day business life.

Turning the tables – Financial markets deliver investors a risk reality check

Each year, Mercer produces its Periodic Table of investment returns. The Table colour-codes 16 major asset classes and ranks how each has performed, on an annual basis, over the last 10 years.

Digital transformation and other megatrends impacting our workforce

No longer will a ‘one size fits all’ approach work. With a fast pace of change in both lifestyle and technology, reviewing benefit packages to align with market trends has emerged as a key focus for organisations in 2018.

What the workforce of the future actually looks like

Mercer recently asked two educators, a General Assembly Director and a People Experience Manager to share their insights on preparing students and workers on becoming the workforce of the future.

The Ageing Workforce. Why nobody can afford to let the boomers retire

Neither governments or employers can afford the traditional retirement arrangements, and neither can the baby boomers who make up an ageing workforce. Employers need to rethink their treatment of older workers argues Will Burkitt, an Innovation Leader at Mercer.

2018 the year of action for organisational change

No doubt you’ve heard by now that organisations need to become agile. And also that managers need to drive rapid change, employees want more flexible arrangements, work is expected to be meaningful and technology is disrupting, well, just about everything.

The Twin Threats of Aging and Automation

Societal ageing and workplace automation are rapidly and fundamentally transforming the future of work.

2018 Cost of Living Ranking

Hong Kong ranks highest for cost of living among 209 prevalent destinations for globally mobile talent.

Vienna tops Mercer's 21st Quality of Living ranking

The Austrian capital has had the world's highest quality of living for a decade. Western Europe dominates Mercer's new safety ranking with Luxembourg topping the list.

Thriving in an Age of Disruption