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Mercer’s investment flagship podcast Critical ThinkingSM focuses on delivering concise insights on complex technical investment challenges across institutional portfolios. It features interviews with Mercer subject matter specialists, our clients and industry insiders.

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    Timely analysis of market trends, economic outlook, and their impact on portfolios.
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    A regular deep dive into the technical challenges, emerging opportunities and evolving regulatory landscape shaping insurance portfolios.
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    Decoding trends, opportunities and emergent dynamics across wealth management portfolios. 
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Join Amit Popat, Eryn Bacewich and Joshua Zwick as they unpack the findings from our Mercer and Oliver Wyman 2024 Global Insurance Investment Survey in the latest episode of Critical Thinking. 

They dive into the key investment themes, outlook and risks highlighted by the survey and assess the road ahead for insurance portfolios through the second half of the year.

Read the full survey report here.

In this episode Helga Birgden and Hill Gaston sat down with Debbie Fielder, Deputy Head of Clwyd Pension Fund to delve into the topic of transition.

Together, they explore the crucial role investors play in driving the transition to a net-zero economy and how they can effectively manage investment risks, seize opportunities, and seek to mitigate the impacts of climate change.

Read the full Transition today report here.

For more information about Marsh McLennan’s presence at COP28, visit the webpage here or contact the team at mercerinvestmentsolutions@mercer.com.

Mercer is proud of its ESG commitments, which are reported by Marsh McLennan, as well as its responsible investment policy and TCFD report. 

For further information, please visit https://www.mercer.com/investing-sustainably or https://www.marshmclennan.com/about/esg.html

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