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An overview of Mercer news in the UK:

The top professional services firms for gender equality in the UK The Times has named its list of the UK’s most inclusive employers. Among the top 50 firms were 18 from the professional services sector.
05 July 2023
James Lewis becomes UK CIO at Mercer Mercer has named James Lewis as its new Chief Investment Officer in the UK. Lewis takes on the role, having joined the firm in 2010.
03 February 2023
Tom Austin joins Mercer covenant advisory team Mercer has announced Tom Austin has been appointed Director of the firm’s UK covenant advisory team.
26 January 2023
Phil Parkinson appointed Mercer’s UK Investments and Retirement Leader Mercer has appointed a new lead for its investments and retirement practice in the UK.
07 December 2022
ESG is trickling into employee experience and benefits A growing number of companies are embedding their environmental, social and governance ambitions into their rewards and benefits.
21 November 2022
Lowest-paying employers least likely to have financial wellbeing strategies Workers with the lowest salaries are in danger of being left behind, when it comes to support with their financial wellbeing.
31 August 2022
Mercer adds two senior associates to covenant advisory wing Investment consultancy Mercer has expanded its covenant advisory team with two senior hires.
30 August 2022
HR departments can use ESG to win talent war With competition for talent at an all-time-high, organisations must take every chance they can to appeal to the demands of prospective staff.
18 May 2022
Nikhil Patel joins Mercer as Senior Principal in risk transfer Professional services firm Mercer has appointed Nikhil Patel as a Senior Principal in its risk transfer team.
18 May 2022
Andrew Marshall and Nicolas Stratford join Mercer Mercer has announced an expansion of its executive reward team in the UK with two senior leaders joining the business.
21 March 2022
Emmanuel Ofosu-Appiah vice chair of PRCA’s racial equity board Emmanuel Ofosu-Appiah has been named Vice Chair for the Race and Ethnicity Equity Board of the UK’s communications industry body.
23 February 2022
Firms struggle to act on ethnicity and gender pay gaps As they struggle to make major progress on gender and ethnicity pay gaps, employers are worried about the situation on talent attraction and retention.
02 February 2022
Employers feel under-supported despite benefit spending hike Even as employers increased investment in benefits during pandemic, many employees did not feel supported.
13 January 2022
Benoit Hudon named President and CEO of Mercer UK Global consulting firm Mercer has installed a new UK CEO and President. Benoit Hudon moves into the role, having spent the last three years as Head of Wealth with the firm’s British wing.
11 January 2022
Pension funding levels steady at end of bumpy year Pension funding has rallied at the start of the year, after months of uncertainty around the Omicron variant had previously grown the pension deficit of the FTSE350.
07 January 2022
Mercer appoints Head of Intermediary Relations Mercer has named Alexa Shanks as its first Head of Intermediary Relations, helping to connect clients with the right fiduciary managers.
05 January 2022
FTSE 350 pension deficits increase with Omicron uncertainty The aggregate accounting deficit of FTSE 350 companies’ defined benefit pension schemes is now more than double the level seen before the pandemic, according to new research.
15 December 2021
Mercer Marsh Benefits promotes Chris Bailey and Tony Wood Chris Bailey has been named as the new UK and Ireland leader of Mercer Marsh Benefits.
10 November 2021
Deteriorating mental health and cybersecurity top HR risks Companies in the UK have ranked deteriorating mental health of their staff as their top human resources risk.
17 August 2021
UK's top consulting firms for women and gender diversity What are consulting’s leading employers for women and gender diversity? Consultancy.
04 May 2021
Mercer appoints Jo Holden Global Head of Investment Research Actuarial consultancy Mercer has promoted Jo Holden to the role of Global Head of Investment Research.
21 April 2021
Mercer’s Ali Tayyebi joins Barnett Waddingham as Partner Mercer Partner Ali Tayyebi has joined Barnett Waddingham, as the actuarial consultancy looks to further enhance the team advising its large pension scheme clients.
05 March 2021
Flexibility and reskilling top priorities for UK employers With no end in sight for the lockdown restrictions which have seen huge swathes of the UK workforce spend most of the last year working from home.
19 February 2021
Ashok Gupta succeeds Jane Barker as Chair of Mercer UK HR consulting firm Mercer has a new Chair in the UK. Ashok Gupta succeeds Jane Barker, who held the role for more than six years.
01 February 2021
Consultants share their predictions for 2021 As a new year brings an end to some long-running issues, while posing a whole new list of uncertainties, many firms still face countless challenges regarding digitalisation, workplace relations and n
04 January 2021
Mercer launches new climate change solution for investors As businesses come under regulatory pressure to adapt to a net-zero economy in the coming decades, many investors remain unsure how to adapt their portfolios.
17 November 2020
27 consulting firms sign Race at Work Charter An array of consulting firms have signed up to the Business in the Community Race at Work Charter, an initiative that aims to improve outcomes for Black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) employees in
05 November 2020
Pension funds placing more focus on ESG and climate risks The proportion of pension schemes which consider climate change risk is rising rapidly, according to a new study.
17 September 2020
Mercer appoints Ben Stone as Partner in risk transfer team Mercer has expanded its risk transfer team, with the appointment of Ben Stone. Joining as a Partner, Stone arrives from PwC, following more than two decades in the actuarial industry.
05 May 2020
Lisa Mundy appointed to Mercer Master Trust board Mercer Master Trust has appointed a new board member, in the form of Lisa Mundy. The appointment comes as pension firms look to deal with headwinds resulting from the global Covid-19 pandemic.
15 April 2020
Poor employee health sees £92 billion productivity loss The UK economy lost almost £92 billion in 2019 as a result of ill-health related absence and presenteeism in the workplace.
12 March 2020
Firms pay lip service to gender equality but have no plan to improve As the world prepares to mark the contributions of women to public life and call for global gender equality on International Women’s Day 2020, a new study suggests businesses are failing to walk the
06 March 2020

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