Stronger together: completing the acquisition of Cardano 

We’re thrilled to officially welcome Cardano colleagues and their clients to Marsh Mc Lennan today; with the acquisition now closed, we can begin our planning to harness the combined strengths of both firms to deliver more value to clients globally through a fuller suite of investment solutions. Please read our press release here.

The acquisition of Cardano, announced back in June, will position Mercer as one of the largest pension providers in the UK and the Netherlands, and a leader in advisory and investment solutions for a wide range of institutional investors.

Our combined investment platforms will enhance the breadth and depth of our resources, investment talent and multi-disciplinary expertise, enabling us to bring a broader set of opportunities to clients. 

The unique strengths of our combined global capabilities and resources, and the scope of our complementary investment capabilities will help meet the evolving needs of institutional investors, specifically:

• Large asset owners, from Pension Funds, Endowments and Foundations and Insurers to Wealth Managers and Family Offices will be able to leverage our expanded capabilities in investment research, tools and implementation.
  
  
• The synergy between our sustainability teams will support a wider range of investors to achieve their investment objectives in climate transition, biodiversity and natural capital, and impact investing.
  
  
• Asset owners seeking to enhance their operating models will have more flexibility across their implementation, strengthened by the ability to achieve direct market exposure through Cardano’s specialist team. 

The addition of Cardano’s wealth of talent and capabilities to our multidisciplinary team will be an important milestone on Mercer’s strategic path. Together, we aim to be a more agile investment partner to large asset owners – and we can’t wait to get started.