Mercer Canada has appointed Rachel Volynsky as its new chief investment officer. In the new role, Volynsky will be leading Mercer’s outsourced chief investment officer team in Canada. With more than 20 years of capital allocation experience, she has held several senior roles with major investment firms in Canada and the United States, including SEI […]
Mercer is appoints Dr. Andrew Halpert as clinical innovation leader for health in the U.S. and Canada. In the role, Halpert will be responsible for leading Mercer’s clinical consulting offerings and health strategy development. With 30 years of experience in the industry, he was previously the senior director for clinical and network solutions at Collective Health and […]
Morneau Shepell Inc. has closed the previously announced acquisition of Mercer’s stand-alone, large market health and defined benefit pension plan administration business in the U.S. “We are pleased to welcome the very talented employees joining us with this acquisition and our new clients that we look forward to supporting and bringing exceptional service to their […]
Mercer Canada has appointed Bernard Mercier as partner and wealth business leader for its Vancouver division. In the new role, he’ll be responsible for service offerings as well as leading the pension and investment team. With more than 30 years of experience in retirement consulting, business development and leadership, Mercier has expertise directing pension plan […]
Mercer Canada has appointed Bernard Mercier as partner and wealth business leader for its Vancouver division. He’ll be responsible for service offerings as well as leading the pension and investment team. With more than 30 years’ experience in retirement consulting, business development and leadership, Mercier has expertise directing plan and corporate mergers, acquisitions and divestitures […]
Mercer Canada has appointed Myriam Bélanger as a principal advisor on its health team. Based in the organization’s Montreal office, she’ll be responsible for managing group benefits plans of various sizes and structure. With more than 10 years of experience managing group plans, Bélanger previously held various roles at Montreal-based financial services firms. Read: Mercer, Wealthsimple launch online savings, investment tool “Group […]
Mercer and Wealthsimple Inc. are teaming up to create a digital saving and investing platform for Canadian employees. Mercer Invest Wise, which is a voluntary savings tool, is intended to be included in a total rewards package. Accessible online and as a mobile app, it allows employees to manage various savings and investment accounts, such as their […]
Mercer Canada has appointed new heads for its wealth practices in Toronto and Quebec. Todd Nelson is the firm’s new wealth leader for its Toronto office and Yanick Chainey will lead the wealth business for the province of Quebec. Before joining Mercer Canada as a principal in January 2018, Nelson was at Willis Towers Watson […]
Morneau Shepell Ltd. is acquiring Mercer’s stand-alone, large market health and defined benefit pension plan administration business for U.S. employer clients. Mercer will continue to provide these services when they’re bundled with its consulting and brokerage services. It will also continue to provide large market health and benefits administration services for global employer clients with employees in […]
Canadian employers may need to re-evaluate how they think about job classes and compensation when the federal pay equity legislation comes into effect. The new legislation, which was announced in October 2018, has strict requirements for how employers measure a job’s worth to the organization for the purpose of compensation. Some workplaces may not be […]