Mercer Closes Mercer Private Investment Partners V at $2.7 Billion  

New York, February 6, 2020 

Mercer, a global leader in redefining the world of work, reshaping retirement and investment outcomes, and unlocking real health and well-being, and a business of Marsh & McLennan (NYSE: MMC), announced today that it successfully completed raising Mercer Private Investment Partners V (“PIP V”)[1], with $2.7 billion USD in total commitments. The global investor base includes corporate pension funds, public pension funds, insurance companies, asset managers and endowments and foundations from Europe, North America, Asia Pacific and Africa.

PIP V is the fifth vintage in the PIP series and is designed to offer investors access to a wide spectrum of asset classes across private markets including private equity, private debt, infrastructure, real estate, other real assets and sustainable opportunities.

The PIP V closing builds on the strong fundraising of its predecessor, PIP IV, which raised $2.6 billion USD and closed in 2017.  The PIP series, which is led by Mercer’s global alternatives specialist team, covers multiple strategies in a “one-stop” format allowing flexibility for clients to tailor their investment strategies whilst also benefiting from scalable access to highly-rated managers and opportunistic deal-flow via secondary and co-investment transactions.

“We are pleased to hit this milestone,” said Bill Muysken, Mercer’s Global Chief Investment Officer for Alternatives.  “The success of Mercer’s private market solutions is built on our deep relationships with top-tier managers, as well as our comprehensive due diligence process.  The solutions are designed to provide our clients with flexible access to compelling private market investment opportunities in a cost-effective manner.”

Mercer, with 25 years of private markets experience, employs over 170 alternatives professionals across 20 international offices and maintains over $20 billion USD in alternatives assets under management[2], and $182 billion USD in alternatives assets under advisement as of December 31, 2019.

About Mercer

Mercer believes in building brighter futures by redefining the world of work, reshaping retirement and investment outcomes, and unlocking real health and well-being. Mercer’s more than 25,000 employees are based in 44 countries and the firm operates in over 130 countries. Mercer is a business of Marsh & McLennan (NYSE: MMC), the world’s leading professional services firm in the areas of risk, strategy and people, with 76,000 colleagues and annual revenue of $17 billion. Through its market-leading businesses including Marsh, Guy Carpenter and Oliver Wyman, Marsh & McLennan helps clients navigate an increasingly dynamic and complex environment. For more information, visit www.mercer.com. Follow Mercer on Twitter @Mercer.

[1] PIP V consists of a US vehicle for US investors and a Luxembourg vehicle for non-US investors. This press release does not constitute an offer to invest in any Mercer private markets investment vehicle. PIP V closed in Q4 2019.

[2] In providing Outsourced Chief Investment Officer (“OCIO”) services, Mercer typically exercises investment discretion by hiring and overseeing third party asset managers on behalf of client portfolios.  Global OCIO alternatives assets data consists of primarily, but not exclusively, discretionary mandates.