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An overview of Mercer global news:

Africa

Mercer declares its commitment to promoting a gender balanced workspace In the context of International Women’s Day (IWD) earlier this month, global health and wealth management consultancy Mercer has declared its commitment to actively introducing greater gender balance
21 March 2019
Cambodia

Mercer ranks Phnom Penh last among ASEAN cities for personal safety Cambodian capital Phnom Penh has been deemed the worst city in East and Southeast Asia for personal safety according to Mercer’s latest quality of living index.
21 March 2019
India

JLT Deputy CEO Arvind Laddha is the new CEO of Mercer in India Global health and wealth management consultancy Mercer has appointed Arvind Laddha as its new Chief Executive Officer in India.
19 March 2019
South Africa

Durban outperforms Cape Town and Johannesburg as the best city in South Africa Global health and wealth management consultancy Mercer has released the 2019 edition of its Quality of Living index, and South Africa continues to dominate the list of top cities in Africa with the e
19 March 2019
Iraq

Baghdad lands in at last on latest Mercer quality of living index Iraqi capital Baghdad has landed dead-last on Mercer’s latest quality of living cities index, listed below both Damascus and Sana’a in Yemen.
15 March 2019
United Kingdom

High UK employment masks troubled economy With mounting geo-political tensions and slowing economic growth, the global market has seen a long period of stability come to an abrupt end over the last 12 months.
12 March 2019
Europe

Mercer partners with HR Tech firm Crunchr for workforce analytics Global HR consulting firm has agreed a partnership with Crunchr, a Netherlands-based HR Tech company specialised in people analytics and workforce planning.
21 February 2019
United Kingdom

70% of managers blocked from providing mental health support With mental health ailments reaching all-time highs among the UK workforce, companies will need to take radical new approaches to maintain the wellbeing of their workforce, or risk dire consequences
20 February 2019
United Kingdom

Mercer looks to advance women's participation in financial services International wealth advisory firm Mercer has announced a strategic alliance with the Global Banking Alliance for Women.
15 February 2019
Ghana

Mercer and Learning Organisation to collaboratively offer HR solutions in Ghana Global health and wealth management consultancy Mercer has announced the signing of a strategic partnership with Ghanaian human resources consultancy the Learning Organisation, through which it will
15 February 2019
United Kingdom

Part-time parents penalised when vying for promotion Parents who expect flexibility to help them balance work and life commitments are being penalised by many employers, according to a new report.
06 February 2019
United Kingdom

Mercer announces senior leadership appointments from JLT in the UK Mercer has announced a quartet of senior leadership appointments from JLT in the UK.
05 February 2019
Middle East

Big name consultancies get new global leaders in 2019 As the first month of the year draws to a close, already three of the world’s foremost global consultancies have named new chiefs and leaders to take over immediately or in the months ahead; EY, Acce
30 January 2019
Asia

Mercer appoints Martine Ferland as firm's next President and CEO Human capital consultancy Mercer has appointed Martine Ferland as its new chief executive to take over from Julio Portalatin from the beginning of March.
28 January 2019
United States

Martine Ferland named incoming president and CEO of Mercer NYC-based Marsh & McLennan Companies (MMC) – whose firms include strategy consultancy Oliver Wyman and HR consultancy Mercer – has announced a new President and CEO for the latter firm.
24 January 2019
United Kingdom

These top consulting firms are shaping WEF's Davos agenda Every year, the second half of January sees the global economic and political elite descend en masse on a Swiss ski-resort.
23 January 2019
United Kingdom

Competitive pay and flexibility key for staff to thrive With an increasingly competitive market for talent in the UK and across the Western world, companies are constantly on the look-out for new human resourcing techniques to help obtain and maintain sta
09 January 2019
United Kingdom

UK cost of living for expats falls as Brexit hits pound value A new study has found that London has become one of the cheapest major cities in Europe for overseas workers since the Brexit referendum.
31 December 2018
Singapore

Mercer celebrates 40 years in Singapore with HR Vendor of the Year awards
20 December 2018
United Kingdom

Bala Viswanathan to become Mercer's Chief Operating Officer Global consulting firm Mercer has appointed Bala Viswanathan as its Chief Operating Officer.
11 December 2018
India

Mercer expects hiring in India to increase rapidly over the next year According to the senior leadership at global HR consultancy Mercer, the Indian job market is due for a substantial boom over the next year, given that over half of the companies surveyed by the firm
11 December 2018
United States

Mercer to appoint Bala Viswanathan Chief Operating Officer Global HR consultancy Mercer has announced that Bala Viswanathan – CEO of JLT’s UK & Ireland Employee Benefits practice – will become the firm’s COO and a member of the Global Executive Leadership Te
10 December 2018
Asia

Workers in Thailand and Bangladesh can expect healthy wage hikes in 2019
30 November 2018
United States

Mercer debuts HRTech Incubator in partnership with WeWork Labs HR consultancy Mercer has announced the creation of its HRTech Incubator Program in collaboration with WeWork Labs, the accelerator-type service of shared workspace giant WeWork.
23 November 2018
United Kingdom

Culture issues derail M&A transactions at an alarming rate Some 43% of merger and acquisition activity is either hindered or prevented altogether by a lack of cultural cohesion, according to a new study.
23 November 2018
United Kingdom

Benoit Hudon appointed UK Head of Wealth at Mercer Continuing a period of expansion for Mercer, Benoit Hudon has been appointed as the firm’s new Head of Wealth in the UK.
06 November 2018
United Kingdom

Third of pension schemes in surplus but have not agreed long-term targets According to a new study, 37% of pension schemes are currently enjoying a funding surplus.
05 November 2018
United States

Louis Gagnon promoted to Mercer US & Canada Region President Mercer Canada CEO Louis Gagnon has been promoted to the role of US & Canada Region President, and will now be based out of Mercer’s New York headquarters.
01 November 2018
United States

Mercer's Cindy Gentry chosen as a 2018 Woman Leader in Consulting Mercer Senior Partner and Client Manager Cindy Gentry was among those honored in this year’s edition of Consulting magazine’s Women Leaders in Consulting, being chosen in the category of Excellence i
26 October 2018
Australia

Australia amongst world’s best for providing for ageing population Global health, wealth and career consulting firm Mercer have teamed up with the Victorian state government and Monash University’s Australian Centre for Financial Studies to release the tenth Melbour
25 October 2018
Latin America

Three Latin countries top United States for pension system Chile, Colombia and Peru are all better prepared to accommodate their ageing population that the United States, according to a new study by Mercer.
25 October 2018
United Kingdom

Flexible working is good for both employees and business The days of 9-5 being the normal working pattern are truly over. We now live in a digitally connected global economy that operates 24/7. As a result, more and more people are working flexibly.
25 October 2018

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