Talk:Mercer (consulting firm)

Mercer vs. Oliver Wyman history
Mercer and Oliver Wyman Group are two operating units owned by the same parent company, Marsh & McLennan. Mercer is described as a human resources consultancy while Oliver Wyman is described as a management consultancy.[1] However, there seems to be some confusion since the two used to be a part of the same operating unit within Marsh & McLennan, named simply "Mercer". In 2005, "Mercer" was split into "Mercer Human Resources Consulting" and "Mercer Speciality Consulting".[2]

Recently some information has been deleted from Oliver Wyman and added to this article regarding the management consulting work of pre-2005 Mercer. I propose that management consulting content be kept on Oliver Wyman and human resources consulting content be kept on Mercer, since that is how MMC describes its units today.[3] It is also consistent with the Wikipedia categories, which put Oliver Wyman under "Management" and Mercer under "HR". This would remove information about Temple, Barker & Sloane, which was a predecessor of Mercer Management Consulting [4] and Delta Consulting Group, a management consultancy which became a part of Oliver Wyman in 2007.[5] Any thoughts?

[1] https://www.reuters.com/companies/MMC [2] https://irnews.mmc.com/news-releases/news-release-details/mmc-announces-organizational-changes-mercer/ [3] https://sec.report/CIK/0000062709 [4] https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/salem-ma/carl-sloane-6533995 [5] https://www.consultancy.uk/news/2977/hanna-moukanas-leads-french-division-of-oliver-wyman

Clients
The following text has been removed and should not be re-added until it can be supported with citations:


 * --Eustress (talk) 19:11, 17 January 2009 (UTC)

Boopsie2008 (talk) 03:24, 16 October 2011 (UTC) Sorry, I don't know how to make a "Discussion" page, so I'll put this here. Missing from the first section is when William M. Mercer, Inc. merged with Meidinger and then Hansen (not their complete names, nor is that order in which it happened necessarily correct), which I believe were smaller employee benefit consulting firms, and took the name Mercer, Meidinger, Hansen Inc. (I think this was the official name. Tossed all my business cards from that time, which was the mid '80's, so I can't easily verify that, but somebody ought to be able to.) Boopsie2008 (talk) 03:24, 16 October 2011 (UTC)

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Edit request: annual revenue
Currently, the article's "Revenue" field lists 2016 revenue of $4.6 billion; I would suggest replacing this with the firm's most recent annual revenue, which was $5 billion for full-year 2019.

(Disclosure: I am an employee of Mercer, and therefore I have a conflict of interest, so I'm hoping another editor can review and make this change.)

Reference (see page 7): https://irnews.mmc.com/static-files/d0ca4182-888e-463f-8e25-5fdc5498f9a1

AnnaEmily (talk) 21:06, 1 May 2020 (UTC)

Reply 2-MAY-2020
Regards, Spintendo  10:08, 2 May 2020 (UTC)
 * It is not known from where on page 7 the figure of 5 billion is taken. Please advise.


 * Sorry for not being more clear. The $5 billion figure is taken from the second table on page 7, entitled "Revenue Details". In the last row ("Total Mercer") of the first column ("Twelve Months Ended December 31, 2019") it says 5,021 (and this figure is in millions, per the heading at the top of the page) -- thus, $5 billion total annual revenue in 2019. Thanks! AnnaEmily (talk) 17:34, 29 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Updated. Tholme (talk) 15:42, 6 June 2020 (UTC)

Edit request: number of employees
Currently, the article lists the number of employees as ~23,000 as of 2016. This is outdated - as of 2020, Mercer has 25,000 employees.

(Disclosure: I am an employee of Mercer, and therefore I have a conflict of interest, so I'm hoping another editor can review and make this change.)

Reference (see the first sentence under "Global leadership"): https://www.mercer.com/about-mercer.html

AnnaEmily (talk) 19:09, 5 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Updated Tholme (talk) 15:42, 6 June 2020 (UTC)

Edit request: name of parent company
In the third paragraph under "History," which begins, "In 2004...," the name of Mercer's parent company is styled incorrectly. It should be "Marsh & McLennan" (not "Marsh and Mclennan") -- i.e., there should be an ampersand (&) instead of "and" and the "L" in "McLennan" should be capitalized.

(Disclosure: I am an employee of Mercer, and therefore I have a conflict of interest, so I'm hoping another editor can review and make this change.)

Reference (near the end of the page, the section entitled "Marsh & McLennan Companies"): https://www.mercer.com/about-mercer.html

AnnaEmily (talk) 14:45, 6 July 2020 (UTC)
 * ✅ &thinsp;Darth&thinsp; Flappy   '&laquo;Talk&raquo;'  20:21, 6 July 2020 (UTC)

Edit request: AUM
Under the "Wealth" sub-head in the "Lines of business" section, I would suggest updating the following sentence as follows:

Current: "In December 2017, Mercer's investment assets under delegated management reached above $200 billion."

Suggested Update: "In December 2019, Mercer's investment assets under management reached above $300 billion."

(Disclosure: I am an employee of Mercer, and therefore I have a conflict of interest, so I'm hoping another editor can review and make this change.)

Reference: https://www.mercer.com/newsroom/mercer-global-assets-under-management-reaches-ocio-industry-milestone-by-passing-300-billion-usd.html

AnnaEmily (talk) 14:53, 6 July 2020 (UTC)
 * FYI: I moved that sentence into the history section. Do any other editors have an opinion about deleting it? (sorry for hijacking your edit reqeust) &thinsp;Darth&thinsp; Flappy   '&laquo;Talk&raquo;'  20:18, 6 July 2020 (UTC)
 * The $300bn is fine under 'history'. Chances are a bigger amount will be appended in a year or two. AUM is mentioned in the lede so it's right to cover it in the body of the article. Wire723 (talk) 08:19, 7 July 2020 (UTC)


 * Done Zoozaz1 (talk) 03:34, 7 July 2020 (UTC)

Edit request: Transamerica deal
Mercer's sale of its US defined contribution administration business to Transamerica is missing. I would add it to the following paragraph (new sentence in bold):

"''In 2015, Mercer made two acquisitions. It acquired Hopkinton, MA-based Comptryx, a workforce metrics company offering surveying, modeling and analytics services, and also acquired HRBS, a provider of career and talent consulting and information services to clients across Asia, particularly Hong Kong, Singapore and mainland China. In the same year, Mercer sold its US defined contribution administration business to Transamerica."

(Disclosure: I am an employee of Mercer, and therefore I have a conflict of interest, so I'm hoping another editor can review and make this change.)

Reference: https://www.businessinsurance.com/article/20150925/NEWS03/150929872/transamerica-to-buy-mercers-defined-contribution-administration

AnnaEmily (talk) 15:02, 6 July 2020 (UTC)


 * Done Zoozaz1 (talk) 03:34, 7 July 2020 (UTC)

Edit request: Early 2016 deals
Mercer's early 2016 acquisitions are missing. I would add them to the following paragraph (edits in bold):

"In early 2016, Mercer acquired CPSG Partners, a Workday services partner, to expand the size and capabilities of its existing Workday practice, and the Positive Ageing Company, a UK-based independent advisor on issues surrounding the aging workforce. In December 2016, Mercer acquired Pillar Administration, Australia from the NSW State Government. Pillar was Australia's fourth largest superannuation administration provider, with more than $100 billion in funds under administration across 1.1 million member accounts."

(Disclosure: I am an employee of Mercer, and therefore I have a conflict of interest, so I'm hoping another editor can review and make this change.)

References:

https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20160105005839/en/Mercer-Acquires-Top-Tier-Workday-Services-Partner

https://www.uk.mercer.com/newsroom/mercer-acquires-positive-ageing-company.html

AnnaEmily (talk) 22:33, 17 August 2020 (UTC)


 * Hi, as with the others below, the sourcing for this is either from Mercer's own website or from a press release made through businesswire. This would need a more independent, reliable, secondary source to include. Nosebagbear (talk) 09:03, 10 September 2020 (UTC)

Edit request: 2017 deals
Mercer's 2017 acquisitions are missing -- I would add them to this paragraph (edits in bold):

"In 2017, Mercer secured an equity stake in PayScale, a provider of compensation management software and real-time salary data, as part of a strategic alliance. Later that year, Mercer agreed to acquire Frankfurt-based Promerit, a consultancy specializing in HR digitalization, and business and HR transformation. Also in 2017, Mercer combined its investment and retirement consulting practices into a new Wealth consulting division. In December 2019, Mercer's investment assets under management reached above $300 billion."

(Disclosure: I am an employee of Mercer, and therefore I have a conflict of interest, so I'm hoping another editor can review and make this change.)

References:

https://www.mercer.com/newsroom/mercer-and-payscale-alliance.html

https://www.mercer.com/newsroom/mercer-acquires-frankfurt-based-promerit.html

AnnaEmily (talk) 22:43, 17 August 2020 (UTC)

AnnaEmily - the references you have suggested are all from the company website and are not considered as independent, unbiased sources. Please share third party, reliable sources and re-open this edit request. Westminster88 (talk) 06:18, 7 September 2020 (UTC)

Edit request: 2018 deals
Mercer's 2018 acquisitions are missing. I would add the following:

"In 2018, Mercer made a number of strategic acquisitions: Evolve Intelligence, an Australian-based talent strategy business with a focus on succession risk management, talent benchmarking and talent competitive intelligence; Summit Strategies Group, an investment consultancy headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri; the investment consulting, alternatives consulting and wealth management operations of Pavilion Financial Corporation; and Mettl, a provider of cloud-based technology and data sciences-driven talent assessments, based in India."

(Disclosure: I am an employee of Mercer, and therefore I have a conflict of interest, so I'm hoping another editor can review and make this change.)

References:

https://www.mercer.com.au/newsroom/mercer-broadens-talent-strategy-capability-with-evolve-intelligence-acquisition.html

https://www.mercer.com/newsroom/mercer-completes-acquisition-of-summit-strategies-group.html

https://www.mercer.com/newsroom/mercer-completes-acquisition-of-investment-and-alternatives-consulting-and-wealth-management-operations-of-pavilion-financial-corporation.html

https://www.mercer.co.in/newsroom/mercer-invests-in-talent-assessment-market-with-mettl-acquisition.html

AnnaEmily (talk) 22:49, 17 August 2020 (UTC)

AnnaEmily - the references you have suggested are all from the company website and are not considered as independent, unbiased sources. Please share third party, reliable sources and re-open this edit request. Westminster88 (talk) 06:18, 7 September 2020 (UTC)