Markets & Economy
During share market falls in the early parts of 2020, some Mercer members considered moving their super into a cash investment option.
Our global team of over 1,200 investment experts are carefully monitoring international and local markets to help protect your retirement outcomes.
Share markets performed strongly in December as life continued to return to normal, boosting economic activity and corporate earnings.
Retirement
Having a list and a plan gets Sally Chambers up and going. It’s a strategy she employed throughout her working life and into retirement.
A skilled engineer at home and abroad, Rob Power has retired three times but this time appears to have stuck.
Phuoc Bui-Quang and his wife Kim are helping build a museum to celebrate the Australian Vietnamese experience.
Investing
Australia’s recycling industry is in crisis — how did we get there and what can we do about it?
Market volatility can have a significant impact on retirement savings but Mercer SmartPath is designed to deliver strong returns.
Australia’s superannuation system is amongst the best in the world, but nearly one million working Australians will contribute nothing to their super this year.
Sustainability
Future proofing your super against climate change.
Species decline is a major problem, but the solutions are well known, and everyone in Australia can play a part.
Investing with values is no longer a fringe undertaking. Here’s why Responsible Investing has reached a tipping point in Australia.
Career
Mercer’s latest Cost of Living Survey shows Australian cities are becoming more affordable for expats.
Recruitment apps can do in moments what might take the average HR department weeks. Here’s how technology is revitalising the search for talent.
Many people struggle in silence with a mental health condition, so it’s time to understand how best to look after each other – and ourselves – at work.
Lifestyle
The new portable brain-imaging technology could be a life-saving addition to road and air ambulances across Australia and the world.
Most Australian dads will have celebrated Fathers’ Day recently, but few would have taken extended leave from work at the time their children were born.
Take professional Counter-Strike gamer Inger “Trigger Finger” Grotteblad. At age 67 she’s hardly your average esports competitor. After an earlier “addiction to Tetris” (most popular in the 1980s), sh
