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Dublin fell one place from where it was ranked last year in the Mercer 2024 Quality of Living city ranking

Dublin ranked 43rd in global quality of living index

Dublin has been ranked 43rd in an annual assessment of the quality of living standards of cities globally.

Dublin is more expensive than cities like Edinburgh, Milan, Rome and Madrid, but it is still behind major European cities like Berlin, Amsterdam and Paris

Dublin 41st most expensive city for international workers

Dublin ranks as the 41st most expensive city in the world for international employees, the 2024 Cost of Living City Ranking survey from Mercer shows, ten places higher than last year.

Business • 17 Jun 24

It is the third year in a row that Ireland's overall system index score has improved

Ireland's pension system ranking improves slightly

Ireland's pension system has improved slightly in the past year when compared with global peers, a new index has found.

Business • 17 Oct 23

Dublin has dropped two place in this year's rankings

Dublin is 51st most expensive city for expats - Mercer

Dublin has been ranked the 51st most expensive city in the world for expatriates working on an international assignment.

Business • 06 Jun 23

Dublin remains an attractive location for expatriates overall, according to Mercer

Dublin 49th in Mercer's 2022 cost of living survey

Dublin comes in 49th position in Mercer's 2022 Cost of Living Survey, which ranks 227 of the world's most expensive cities for expatriates.

Business • 29 Jun 22

Stock markets have performed strongly overall since a big selloff of company shares in March of 2020 when the pandemic first struck

Stock bounce wipes €1bn off DB pension scheme deficits

The performance of stock markets this year has helped to wipe around €1 billion off the balance sheet deficit of defined benefit (DB) pension schemes for ISEQ-listed companies.

Business • 22 Dec 21

Ireland's pension system is ranked 13th out of 43 countries in this year's study, up one place from last year

Pension hike, retirement age stasis impacting system

The increase in the state pension in last week's budget together with the decision not to raise the retirement age are impacting on the sustainability of the overall pension system here, according to an international ranking of pension systems carried out by consultants Mercer.

Business • 19 Oct 21

69% of Irish pension funds are taking environment, social and governance issues into account to inform investment decisions

Irish funds focus on ESG lower than European average

A new report shows that 69% of Irish pension funds are taking environment, social and governance (ESG) issues into account to inform investment decisions.

Business • 05 Oct 21

Stock markets suffered a big drop in values at the onset of the pandemic in Europe and the US last March but bounced back rapidly

Equities bounce assisted pension schemes in 2020

The strong performance of global equities saw the value of retirement pots for most members of defined contribution pension schemes rising during 2020, according to pension consultants Mercer.

Business • 02 Mar 21

Hedge funds are falling out of favour as they fail to justify their high fees, Mercer's latest report shows

Irish pension schemes reduce equity exposure by a third

Irish pension schemes have reduced their equity allocations by almost a third in the past three years as they diversify into fixed income and real assets - property and infrastructure - as new sources of returns.

Business • 31 Aug 20

Dublin is ranked 46th out of 209 cities around the world in the Mercer 202 Cost of Living Survey

Dublin most expensive euro zone city in Mercer survey

Dublin is the highest ranked euro zone city in a list of the most expensive cities to live in for expatriate employees, the Mercer 2020 Cost of Living Survey shows.

Business • 09 Jun 20

John Mercer will replace Tom Geraghty at Mercer

Mercer appoints John Mercer as Ireland CEO

Consulting company Mercer has appointed John Mercer as the company's Irish chief executive.

Business • 11 Mar 19

Mercer's 24th annual Cost of Living Survey shows that Dublin has moved up 34 places from 66th to 32nd position

Dublin highest ranked euro zone city in Mercer survey

Dublin is the highest ranked euro zone city in a list of the most expensive cities to live in for expatriate employees, according to a global study.

Business • 26 Jun 18

The Irish gender pay gap is below the EU average of 16.7%

50% of firms worried on costs of fixing gender pay gap

A new report shows that 67% of companies in Ireland are concerned about the potential reputational risks of gender pay gap reporting.

Business • 28 May 18

Vienna has now retained the top spot on Mercer's list for eight consecutive years

Vienna tops Mercer's quality of living survey on cities

Vienna is the top city in the world for overall quality of living for the eight consecutive year, according to the latest Mercer Quality of Living Survey.

Business • 14 Mar 17