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Companies failing to measure return on investment for international assignments
8 October 2008Companies are failing to comprehensively measure costs and ROI for staff sent on international assignments, according to a report issued by Mercer, the international benefits consultancy.
Mercer’s ‘Talking pensions and benefits’ forum - Employee health and benefits
6 October 2008Mercer is holding a series of employee health and benefits forums through out the UK over the next three months.
Mercer releases its 2008 US Mercer Benchmark Database to help employers establish competitve pay
3 October 2008Mercer has just released its 2008 US Mercer Benchmark Database, a comprehensive source of pay data for more than 1,000 functional positions. The database helps organizations assess trends in pay to ensure compensation for their employees is...
Managed Pension Funds down 9% in September, down 23% year-to-date.
1 October 2008Initial figures from Mercer indicate that Managed Pension Funds fell nearly 9% in September. This brings losses for the year-to-date to 23%. Funds have suffered due to the most recent wave of global stock market declines, allied to ongoing...
Mercer partners with Robert Powell, independent financial services expert, to provide enhanced retir
1 October 2008Mercer recently enhanced its current participant education offering by partnering with independent financial services expert Robert Powell. As an added-value service from Mercer’s outsourcing business, Mr. Powell will meet with clients’ retirement...
Employee health costs rise across Europe
30 September 2008Average 5.3% of a company’s total payroll costs spent on health benefits for staff. 51% of 5% per employee. Staff attraction and retention needs override cost concerns.
Millions in value lost in M&A deals due to cultural integration issues, according to Mercer survey
29 September 2008Cultural integration issues in M&A transactions have direct financial implications on deal value, according to the results of Mercer's Cultural Integration Snapshot Survey.
Mercer survey reveals new challenges and solutions as HR takes on expanded global role
26 September 2008Companies are now begining to apply a global human resources (HR) mindset to their global footprint and operations, according to findings from a recent multinational research survey released today by Mercer's outsourcing business.
Mercer appoints new Director of Consulting to drive investment innovation in Asia Pacific
23 September 2008Mercer has elevated Principal Nick White to the role of Director of Consulting Asia Pacific for Mercer's investment consulting business.
Mercer appoints new Director of Consulting to drive new investment agenda
22 September 2008Mercer has elevated Nick White to the role of Director of Consulting, Asia Pacific at Mercer's investment consulting business.
Mercer’s forthcoming pensions knowledge seminars
22 September 2008Mercer is organising the following pensions knowledge seminars over the next three months
More than one-fourth of plan sponsors lack a funding policy for their defined benefit plans
22 September 2008Ecenomic turbulence, demands for increased financial disclosure, changes in financial reporting and increased pension funding requirements are combining to make defined benefit pension plan risks more obvious, and requiring more proactive managemet...
Petrol prices and inflation pressure employers to review workplace policies and practices
22 September 2008Rising fuel prices are changing Australian workplace policies and forcing budgets to be reviewed according to recent research conducted by consulting, outsourcing, and investments firm, Mercer.
Employers grapple with impact of weakening dollar on global compensation programs
19 September 2008Recent foreign exchange fluctuations - most notably the rapid decline of the US dollar - affect all elements of compensation, and consequently the attraction and retention of key employees. However, most multinational organizations have not...
Inadequate retirement benefits in India loom as a major social problem, Mercer study shows
19 September 2008Even the largest comapnies in India, whether public or private, could do more to help secure adequate retirement benefits for their workforce, according to a Mercer study. That is the startling conclusion, based on an analysis of the impact of...
Salary levels remain linked to geographic location, Mercer study shows
19 September 2008Location is a key factor in determining how much an employee is paid. A job that commands a salary of $30,000 nationally can pay as little as $28,117 in Birmingham, Ala., or as much as $37,023 in San Francisco, Calif., according to the 2008 US...
Impact of Lehman Brothers Bankruptcy on Pension Funds
17 September 2008You will have heard the news concerning Lehman Brothers filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the United States and the impact this has had on world markets over the last couple of days.
Inadequate retirement benefits in India loom as a major social problem, Mercer study shows.
17 September 2008Even the largest companies in India, whether public or private, could do more to help secure adequate retirement benefits for their workforce, according to a Mercer study. That is the startling conclusion, based on an analysis of the impact of...
Interest grows in employer-sponsored alternative savings plans
17 September 2008Alternative savings options are more attractive to many employees than pensions, according to half the attendees at Mercer’s Pension Forum series ‘Beyond DC to lifestyle savings’.
Salaries continue to rise despite slowing economy - Mercer remuneration survey finds
17 September 2008Despite a slowing economy, employers have not yet hit the panic button according to Mercer whose latest remuneration study reveals that national salary movements have increased to five per cent over the past 12 months and are expected to continue...
Lehman bankruptcy puts pension funds’ risk management to test
15 September 2008At mid-day today, it is already clear that markets are reacting negatively to the weekend's dramatic developments in the US financial system with European equity markets down over 4%. While the full extent of the resulting damage will begin to...
S&P TSX company pension plans still in deficit
15 September 2008• Funded status improved as asset returns outpaced liability returns in 2007 • Plan sponsors continue to take risk • Shareholder equity would have been lower if new Canadian Accounting Standards Board standards were in place
Further big cuts to OCR unlikely – Mercer
12 September 2008It will be unlikely that the Reserve Bank will deliver further big cuts to the Official Cash Rate (OCR), particularly if the economy achieves a ‘soft landing’, investment analysts at consulting, outsourcing and investment firm Mercer said today.
Mercer study shows growth in US director compensation has been unaffected by economic slowdown
11 September 2008In the face of a slowing US economy and weakening corporate performance, corporate director pay has continued to incrase, according to a study released by Mercer today and based upon recent proxy filings.
Mercer study shows growth in US director compensation has been unaffected by economic slowdown
11 September 2008In the face of a slowing US economy and weakening corporate performance, corporate director pay has continued to increase, according to a US study released by Mercer today and based upon recent proxy filings.
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