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MERCER

224 known aliases resolved via the canonical alias map

Market position · 2024

Plans served1,034-13 YoYRank #26 of mapped providers
Assets under administration$1.19T1.3%Market share · rank #6
Fees received$211MMedian $94,263/planSum across Schedule C direct + indirect
Net wins YoY-16134 won · 150 lostPlan-level switch detection
Plans served · 5-year trajectory
Market-share plans percent annotated. Bar height is raw plan count.
Customer-base shape
What does a typical MERCER plan look like?
Service mix · median fees per plan
Count of plans where MERCER ships each service code, and the median compensation they report under it.
ServicePlansMedian feesDistribution
Recordkeeping and information management (computing, tabulating, data processing, etc.); Participant communication; Actuarial; Consulting (pension); Plan AdministratorCode 11
373$166,257
Other fees; Investment advisory (plan)Code 27
235$52,132
Sub-transfer agency fees; Consulting (general)Code 16
217$75,000
Other fees; Investment managementCode 28
88$111,556
Investment management fees paid indirectly by plan; Investment management fees paid directly by planCode 51
73$179,214
Other services; Consulting (pension); Direct payment from the planCode 17
24$93,550
Other fees; Direct payment from the plan; Investment advisory (participants); Investment advisory (plan)Code 26
22$32,013
Other feesCode 99
14$27,000
Competitor overlap
Percent of MERCER's plans that also list each competitor on Schedule C. High numbers = co-living partners; low numbers = direct displacement targets.
Plans won in 2024
Appeared this year; did not appear last year under MERCER.
SponsorFromAssets
WALMART INC.AR · 710415188-003
MERRILL LYNCH PIERCE FENNER & SMITH$41.5B
VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC.NJ · 232259884-102
BOSTON PARTNERS$29.4B
CATERPILLAR INC.TX · 370602744-035
ALIGHT SOLUTIONS LLC$18.8B
GENENTECH, INC.CA · 942347624-003
ERISA ADVISORY GROUP$14.3B
SHELL USA, INC.TX · 131299890-001
METLIFE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY$9.7B
SOUTHERN COMPANY SERVICES, INC.GA · 630274273-002
MERRILL LYNCH PIERCE FENNER & SMITH$9.3B
T-MOBILE USA, INC.WA · 911983600-001
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL$9.1B
ASTRAZENECA PHARMACEUTICALS LPDE · 232967016-002
FID INV INST OPS CO$8.6B
DESERET MUTUAL BENEFIT ADMINISTRATORSUT · 870440163-001
GROOM LAW GROUP$7.1B
INTERNATIONAL PAPER COMPANYTN · 130872805-007
GREAT-WEST LIFE & ANNUITY INSURANCE$5.0B
Plans lost in 2024
Appeared last year under MERCER; not this year.
SponsorToAssets
APPLE INC.CA · 942404110-001
FINANCIAL ENGINES$19.8B
3M COMPANYMN · 410417775-333
AON CONSULTING$12.0B
THE CHARLES SCHWAB CORPORATIONTX · 943025021-002
CORIENT PRIVATE WEALTH LLC$8.0B
SANOFI-AVENTIS US LLCNJ · 364406953-005
T ROWE PRICE RPS INC$7.8B
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA PERMANENTE MEDICAL GROUPCA · 951750445-008
ARETE WEALTH ADVISORS LLC$6.8B
THE ALLSTATE CORPORATIONTX · 363871531-001
CROWE LLP$6.8B
SIEMENS ENERGY, INC.FL · 133987280-021
ARROWSTREET CAPITAL$3.5B
CINTAS CORPORATIONOH · 311188630-006
CURCIO WEBB$3.5B
HUNTINGTON INGALLS INDUSTRIES, INC.VA · 900607005-100
WILLIS TOWERS WATSON US LLC$3.4B
FLUOR CORPORATIONTX · 330927079-002
VOYA RETIREMENT INSURANCE & ANNUITY$3.3B
Top plans by assets
Searchable full list lands with the commercial layer.
PlanAssetsParticipantsFeesTenureFlags
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONNY · 130871985-005
$60.4B149,818$18,5329y-
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATIONNJ · 134994650-002
$52.9B300,272$236,4369y2
WALMART INC.AR · 710415188-003
$50.8B1,970,230$53,9922y-
ORACLE CORPORATIONCA · 542185193-001
$31.0B101,985$230,76510y1
VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC.NJ · 232259884-102
$29.4B119,145$9,8403y-
FEDEX CORPORATIONTN · 621721435-002
$26.9B213,710$663,76210y-
CITIGROUP INC.CT · 521568099-004
$23.2B121,279$130,1746y1
MORGAN STANLEY DOMESTIC HOLDINGS, LLCNY · 208764829-003
$22.2B80,789$246,1822y-
UNITED PARCEL SERVICE OF AMERICA, INC.GA · 951732075-001
$21.2B144,570$140,0001y-
BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATIONRI · 560906609-001
$19.0B168,197$122,16710y-
Flag exposure
92.1%Market: 89.2%
This provider
Market baseline

Share of this provider's plans tripping any deterministic red flag this year. Lower than market baseline = better risk surface.

Aliases resolved (224)
Raw Schedule C names collapsed into MERCER.
  • BURDS REED & MERCER P.C.
  • CORPORATION OF MERCER UNIVERSITY
  • FOUNTAIN, ARRINGTON, BASS, MERCER
  • INC MERCER
  • INC MERCER INVESTMENT MGMT
  • JESSE DANIELS MERCER
  • JESSE DANIELS/MERCER
  • JP MORGAN CHASE MERCER INVESTMENTS
  • JP MORGAN CHASE MERCER INVESTMENTS,
  • MECER
  • MERCE INVESTMENTS LLC
  • MERCER
  • MERCER ( U S ) , INC.
  • MERCER (CANADA) LIMITED
  • MERCER (FKA SUMMIT STRATEGIES GROUP
  • MERCER (U.S.) INC
  • MERCER (U.S.) INC.
  • MERCER (U.S.), INC.
  • MERCER (US CONSULTING)
  • MERCER (US) INC
  • MERCER (US) INC DBA MERCER HEALTH
  • MERCER (US) INC DBA MERCER HEALTH &
  • MERCER (US) INC DBA MERCER HEALTH A
  • MERCER (US) INC DBA MERCHER HEALTH
  • MERCER (US) INC MERCER
Book composition by plan size
Bars stack to total plans served; segments use the same asset cutoffs as the /retirement size filter. Up-and-to-the-right on the bigger segments = moving up-market.
Under $5M$5-50M$50-250M$250M-1B$1B+
Compliance posture vs market
Per-flag share for MERCER's book against the same flag's overall prevalence across all filings. Negative delta = under-indexed (cleaner book); positive = elevated risk surface.
FlagPlans flaggedProvider %Market %Delta
Recently terminated373.58%7.76%-4.18 pp
Fidelity bond gap30.29%26.94%-26.65 pp
Late contributions13613.15%1.71%+11.44 pp
Failed to provide benefit494.74%0.14%+4.60 pp
Corrective distributions20519.83%1.76%+18.07 pp
Loss discovered00.00%0.00%-0.00 pp
New-plan formation share
Share of plans filing for the first time each year that landed with MERCER. Compare to the incumbent market share (1.5%) - higher = winning new business, lower = coasting on existing relationships.
0.0%-1.5 pp vs incumbent
Geographic penetration index
(Provider plans in state / state plans) divided by the provider's overall share of the market. Index 1.00 = average; > 1 = over-indexed (winning more than their fair share); < 1 = under-indexed (white space).
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