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Mercer Sentinel® Group hires Julian Mant
5 March 2008Mercer Sentinel® Group has hired Julian Mant to boost its manager operations and implementation due-diligence business.
More multinational organisations taking global approach to compensation, Mercer survey finds
4 March 2008Although multinational organisations are striving to globalise their compensation practices, less than half have predominantly global programmes, according to Mercer’s Global Compensation Strategy and Administration Survey.
Mercer UK holds expatriate benefits seminar
3 March 2008Mercer is holding a benefits seminar to address emerging issues for the expatriate community and to highlight the impact of specific geographies on multinational companies’ expatriate benefits plans.
UK’s largest pension scheme transfer concluded for Rank
29 February 2008Announcement on the buyout of the Rank pension scheme. Mercer acted as the lead consultant and broker for the deal - acting as the adviser to the Scheme Trustees. David Ellis is happy to be interviewed about the deal and the broader developments in...
Mercer to hold inaugural conference for HR professionals in European energy sector
13 February 2008In response to increasing demand for specialist, top-down insight into HR issues facing the European Energy industry, Mercer is hosting its inaugural European Energy Conference on 6 March 2008 at the Tower Hilton hotel in London.
Mercer appoints head of investment strategy consulting in the Netherlands
11 February 2008Mercer has appointed Jelle Beenen as head of investment strategy consulting in the Netherlands, based in Amsterdam.
Mercer holds free web briefing on Welfare Reform Act
11 February 2008Mercer is holding a free web briefing, on Tuesday 26 February, to discuss the changes to the allowance and assessment process anticipated in Autumn 2008, following the Welfare Reform Act, introduced last year.
Employee notice periods across the world
4 February 2008Employees resigning in the US, Mexico, Hong Kong, Ireland, Singapore and UK have the shortest statutory notice period between resigning and leaving their place of work, according to data released by Mercer. The data, from Mercer’s Global HR...
Mercer comment on Accounting Standards Board proposals
4 February 2008Mercer today commented on the Accounting Standard Board proposals on pension accounting. The ASB has, amongst other proposals, suggested that companies use a lower discount rate when calculating the value of their future liabilities and substitute...
Mercer holds UK-wide pensions knowledge courses for trustees
31 January 2008Mercer is holding a series of UK-wide basic and advanced pensions knowledge courses for trustees throughout 2008.
Stock market volatility – impact on company pensions
23 January 2008As the markets closed yesterday (Tuesday), the effect of market movements on the UK's largest company pension schemes left them showing an aggregate deficit of £13 bn, according to actuaries at Mercer. This compared to a deficit of £25bn on Monday...
Pension schemes must act to set correct PPF levy payments for next 2 years
21 January 2008Pension schemes must capitalise on the next three months and consider 10 factors to help reduce the amount they pay to the PPF over the next two years, according to Mercer. The advice, from Mercer’s Levy Watch service, comes following recent...
Mercer appoints new head of Information Product Solutions business
18 January 2008Milan Taylor has joined Mercer as UK & Ireland head of its information product solutions business, which specialises in regional and global research into pay, employee benefits, employment conditions and other HR-related issues.
Mercer wins prestigious appointment with the Audit Commission
17 January 2008Mercer has been appointed to provide actuarial and consultancy services to the Audit Commission, following a competitive tendering process.
Quarterly FTSE350 pension deficit survey
14 January 2008Despite extreme market volatility over the second half of 2007, FTSE350 pension schemes remain relatively well funded with an aggregate funding level of 97% and corresponding deficit of £13 billion. This represents a reduction of £37 billion from...
Irish Pension Assets suffer a €4billion loss in 2007 according to Mercer
7 January 2008Recent figures from Mercer estimate that Irish pension funds suffered a €4 billion loss in value throughout 2007. The Mercer survey reveals that the average Irish pension managed fund returned a negative -3.7% for the year making it one of the...
Mercer appoints Jonathan Mindell as head of UK outsourcing
20 December 2007Jonathan Mindell has been appointed head of Mercer's UK outsourcing business. He joins from RCI Europe, part of Wyndham Worldwide, where he held the position of group managing director.
Financial Assistance Scheme - Mercer welcomes move but calls for clarity on cost and sources of fund
19 December 2007Mercer has welcomed this week’s announcement by Work and Pensions Secretary Peter Hain to compensate the estimated 140,000 victims of failed pension schemes, but cautioned that deciding who would bear the cost of compensation required the ‘Wisdom of...
Mercer acquires Höfer Vorsorge-Management, creating leading market position in Germany
18 December 2007Mercer, the global leader for human resource consulting, outsourcing and investment services, has signed an agreement to acquire Höfer Vorsorge-Management, one of Germany’s leading actuarial and retirement consulting firms. The acquisition will be...
Pension fund valuation survey – Schemes moving in the right direction
17 December 2007Scheme funding decisions under the Statutory Funding Objective (SFO) regime are moving in a direction likely to reassure the Pensions Regulator, according to Mercer. The increase to median life expectancy on its own adds 3% to funding targets.
European employee rewards survey – Investment in training and development set to grow in 2008
14 December 2007Investment in training and career development is set to grow in 2008 as companies devote more resources to non-pay related strategies to keep their staff motivated and engaged, according to findings from Mercer’s 2007 European Total Rewards Survey....
Paternoster secures £150 million Lasmo Pension Plan fund in biggest online auction to date.
12 December 2007Paternoster, the regulated insurance company which takes responsibility for the risks associated with companies’ defined benefit pension schemes, has today announced that Eni Lasmo Plc has approved the transfer of some £150 million of its defined...
Women in top boardroom positions – new research
6 December 2007The European Professional Women’s Network provides new, compelling evidence for the need to promote more female board members to European companies. The EuropeanPWN Board Women monitor, conducted by Egon Zehnder in 2006, showed that only 8.5% of...
ABN AMRO creates in-house clean technology investment fund
5 December 2007ABN AMRO’s Eco-Markets group has created an in-house investment fund, “Eco-Invest”, to take advantage of new opportunities in climate change and environment-related investments.
Global report - increases in normal retirement ages underline impact of longevity
5 December 2007Data released by Mercer has highlighted the broad increase in social security retirement ages as national governments move to reduce their social security costs in response to increased longevity. Mercer’s research analysed changes in normal...
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