# Mercer

> Mercer is the people-and-investments business of Marsh, advising employers, governments and institutional investors on workforce strategy, compensation, employee health, retirement plans and portfolios. Its edge is the combination of consultants, large benchmarking datasets and implementation platforms: the same firm can diagnose a pay problem, redesign the job architecture, configure the HR system and help communicate the change. Founded in Canada in 1945, Mercer now has more than 20,000 colleagues and operates across 130 countries while moving into the expanded Marsh masterbrand.

- **Founded:** 1945
- **Headquarters:** New York, United States
- **Founders:** William Manson Mercer (Founder)
- **Team size:** 20,000+ colleagues across 43 countries, operating in 130 countries
- **Products:** Health and benefits, Investments and retirement, Talent and rewards, Workforce and organization transformation, Workday services
- **Notable:** Expanded from a Canadian actuarial firm founded in 1945 to more than 20,000 colleagues serving clients across 130 countries., Recognized by Forbes and Statista in ten categories in America's Best Management Consulting Firms 2024, including four-star ratings in healthcare and life sciences and operations., Won Environmental Finance's 2024 global award for thought leadership on sustainable investing for its Transition Today research.

## Products & services

- **Health and benefits** — Benefits strategy, broking, plan design, administration, employee communication, well-being and healthcare cost management for employers and public-sector organizations.
- **Investments and retirement** — Investment research and advice, OCIO services, portfolio implementation, defined benefit and defined contribution consulting, actuarial work and pension risk management.
- **Talent and rewards** — Compensation benchmarking, job architecture, executive rewards, mobility, employee experience and talent strategy informed by large workforce datasets.
- **Workforce and organization transformation** — Organization design, strategic workforce planning, skills-based talent practices, change management and redesign of work across human and automated tasks.
- **Workday services** — Strategy, implementation, optimization and ongoing application management for Workday HR and finance deployments.
- **Workforce Insights** — An AI-powered workforce metrics and benchmarking platform covering more than 100 countries and 20,000 organizations.
- **Aida** — An AI assistant inside the Talent All Access Portal that lets HR users query compensation trends, benchmarks, compliance updates and other workforce intelligence.
- **MercerInsight Community** — A research platform aggregating Mercer and third-party investment insight for institutional users.

## Achievements

- Expanded from a Canadian actuarial firm founded in 1945 to more than 20,000 colleagues serving clients across 130 countries.
- Recognized by Forbes and Statista in ten categories in America's Best Management Consulting Firms 2024, including four-star ratings in healthcare and life sciences and operations.
- Won Environmental Finance's 2024 global award for thought leadership on sustainable investing for its Transition Today research.
- Completed the acquisition of Cardano in November 2024, adding more than 550 colleagues and strengthening UK and Dutch pension capabilities.
- Runs the Mercer CFA Institute Global Pension Index, in its 17th edition in 2025 and covering 52 retirement systems representing 65% of the world's population.
- Reports more than $12 trillion in assets under advisement in its US federal retirement and investment practice materials.

## Latest updates

- **2026-04** — Mercer-linked findings in Marsh's 2026 People Risks report identified cyber risk as the leading global people-risk concern.
- **2026-02** — Mercer released Global Talent Trends 2026, based on nearly 12,000 respondents, finding that 72% of investors believe companies combining human and AI capabilities can gain an advantage.
- **2026-02** — The 2026 Inside Employees' Minds report found US employees staying put amid economic and AI anxiety while asking employers for more pay and AI transparency, skills development and flexibility.
- **2026-01** — Mercer became part of the expanded Marsh masterbrand during a transition that will ultimately bring Mercer and Marsh to market under the Marsh name.
- **2025-10** — Mercer launched Workforce Insights and the Aida assistant, adding natural-language access to workforce and compensation intelligence.
- **2024-11** — Mercer completed its acquisition of Cardano, including the now:pensions UK master trust and more than 550 employees.

## Links

- Website: https://www.mercer.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/mercer
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/mercer
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEj17pQTkXZDB6LUU5xPaJA
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mercerconsulting/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MercerInsights/

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Last updated: 2026-08-11