MARSH & MCLENNAN COS INC MRSH
COM · Common Stock · CUSIP 571748102 · ISIN US5717481023
Global professional services firm
* Summed across managers. Shares that two managers' reports both contain – a subsidiary's holdings that its parent's report includes too, or a sub-adviser's in its client's – are counted once ($332.8m this quarter). Holder counts are more reliable. Shares outstanding: 494.6m as of 2023-02-09, from the company's own SEC filing; the percentage can still exceed 100%: lent-out shares are counted by the lender and the buyer, and some reports overlap without saying so. Implied quarter-end price ≈ $165.49. Options: 19 managers hold calls ($66.3m notional), 23 hold puts ($71.5m).
Trends to Q4 2022
Institutional holders
Managers reporting a position, each quarter
Numbers
| Quarter | Holders |
|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | 1,158 |
| Q4 2022 | 1,221 |
Calls vs puts
Options held, notional value, last 4 quarters. P/C = puts ÷ calls
Numbers
| Quarter | Calls | Puts | P/C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | $83.3m | $77.9m | 0.94 |
| Q4 2022 | $66.3m | $71.5m | 1.08 |
Biggest buyers
| MORGAN STANLEY | Added | +2.1m |
| Clearbridge Investments, LLC | Added | +1.9m |
| BlackRock Inc. | Added | +1.8m |
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ | Added | +735.8k |
| LORD, ABBETT & CO. LLC | Added | +520.6k |
| Assenagon Asset Management S.A. | Added | +420.5k |
| JENSEN INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC | Added | +398.2k |
| NORGES BANK | Added | +336.4k |
| RIT CAPITAL PARTNERS PLC | New | +299.6k |
| 1832 Asset Management L.P. | Added | +297.0k |
Biggest sellers
| FMR LLC | Reduced | -1.2m |
| T. Rowe Price Investment Management, Inc. | Reduced | -1.1m |
| VIKING GLOBAL INVESTORS LP | Sold out | -1.0m |
| CANADA PENSION PLAN INVESTMENT BOARD | Reduced | -664.9k |
| Junto Capital Management LP | Sold out | -598.0k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC | Reduced | -593.9k |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC | Reduced | -513.3k |
| WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP | Reduced | -475.8k |
| JANUS HENDERSON GROUP PLC | Reduced | -470.5k |
| BANK OF MONTREAL /CAN/ | Reduced | -451.7k |
Biggest calls
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | $17.4m105.3k shares |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Added | $11.9m72.0k shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Reduced | $11.0m66.5k shares |
| BNP PARIBAS FINANCIAL MARKETS | Added | $6.0m360 shares |
| Twin Tree Management, LP | Added | $4.1m24.6k shares |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC | Reduced | $3.4m20.4k shares |
| Parallax Volatility Advisers, L.P. | Added | $2.2m13.0k shares |
| GARDA CAPITAL PARTNERS LP | First filing | $1.7m10.5k shares |
| Allianz Asset Management GmbH | Added | $1.7m10.3k shares |
| WOLVERINE TRADING, LLC | Reduced | $1.7m10.3k shares |
Biggest puts
| BNP PARIBAS FINANCIAL MARKETS | Added | $28.3m1.7k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | $20.1m121.5k shares |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC | Reduced | $6.7m40.5k shares |
| Allianz Asset Management GmbH | Added | $3.2m19.1k shares |
| Parallax Volatility Advisers, L.P. | Reduced | $3.0m18.2k shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Reduced | $2.1m12.6k shares |
| GARDA CAPITAL PARTNERS LP | First filing | $1.7m10.5k shares |
| WOLVERINE TRADING, LLC | Reduced | $860.0k5.2k shares |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Reduced | $827.4k5.0k shares |
| TWO SIGMA SECURITIES, LLC | Added | $777.8k4.7k shares |
Options at notional value: the value of the shares the contracts control, as filers report them, not what the options cost. Not included in the holders, shares or buying above.
Major shareholders (over 5%)
Anyone who owns more than 5% of a class of the company's shares has to say so: on Schedule 13D if they may try to influence or control the company, on 13G if they're a passive investor, and update it as the stake changes. Each holder's latest filing, from 19 Dec 2024 on; percentages are of the share class, as the holder worked them out.
| Holder | Stake |
|---|---|
| VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 13G · institution new · filed 2026-04-30 | 7.5% |
Fell to 5% or below in the last year: VANGUARD GROUP INC (0.0%, 2026-03-27; now reported by VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC)
Insider purchases and sales in Q4 2022
Shares bought or sold by the company's own officers, directors and 10% owners, in the open market or privately, as they reported to the SEC on Form 4 (due within two business days of the trade). Grants, option exercises, shares withheld for tax and gifts aren't included.
Officers and directors buying vs selling
Number of people, by quarter (10% owners not included)
Numbers
| Quarter | Buying | Bought | Selling | Sold | Sold under a plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 2021 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q2 2021 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q3 2021 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q4 2021 | 1 | $837.3k | 3 | $51.1m | — |
| Q1 2022 | 0 | — | 5 | $8.4m | — |
| Q2 2022 | 0 | — | 1 | $499.3k | — |
| Q3 2022 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q4 2022 | 0 | — | 4 | $13.2m | — |
| Date | Insider | Trade | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-12-13 | Beswick Paul SVP, Chief Information Officer | Sold | $207.0k1.2k shares |
| 2022-12-09 | Klisura Dean Michael President & CEO, Guy Carpenter | Sold | $1.5m8.7k shares |
| 2022-12-08 | MCGIVNEY MARK C Chief Financial Officer | Sold | $10.5m61.5k shares |
| 2022-11-29 | FANJUL OSCAR Director | Sold | $503.9k3.0k shares |
| 2022-11-28 | FANJUL OSCAR Director | Sold | $511.7k3.0k shares |
Their holding: how much the trade added to or took from the insider's holding (direct, or the trust or fund named). The same trade is sometimes reported by more than one insider, such as a fund and the director who represents it; totals count it once. A value is left blank where the reported price is far from the market price (usually a typo).
Holders, Q4 2022
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| VANGUARD GROUP INC 0.20% of their portfolio | 43.7m $7.2bn | Added +188.4k |
| BlackRock Inc. 0.22% of their portfolio | 43.1m $7.1bn | Added +1.8m |
| STATE STREET CORP 0.21% of their portfolio | 21.9m $3.6bn | Reduced -146.2k |
| Capital International Investors 0.91% of their portfolio | 20.4m $3.4bn | Reduced -7.3k |
| FMR LLC 0.32% of their portfolio | 19.3m $3.2bn | Reduced -1.2m |
| Capital World Investors 0.61% of their portfolio | 17.2m $2.8bn | Reduced -15.2k |
| WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP 0.49% of their portfolio | 14.7m $2.4bn | Reduced -475.8k |
| MASSACHUSETTS FINANCIAL SERVICES CO /MA/ 0.74% of their portfolio | 12.9m $2.1bn | Reduced -278.7k |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.24% of their portfolio | 10.3m $1.7bn | Added +65.3k |
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ 0.24% of their portfolio | 9.2m $1.5bn | Added +735.8k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.16% of their portfolio | 7.9m $1.3bn | Reduced -344.0k |
| Mawer Investment Management Ltd. 7.28% of their portfolio | 7.8m $1.3bn | Added +249.6k |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC 0.43% of their portfolio | 7.6m $1.3bn | Reduced -513.3k |
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.12% of their portfolio | 6.3m $1.0bn | Added +2.1m |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.21% of their portfolio | 6.1m $1.0bn | Added +2.7k |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.12% of their portfolio | 5.0m $822.8m | Reduced -49.2k |
| Nuveen Asset Management, LLC 0.30% of their portfolio | 4.7m $781.2m | Reduced -22.0k |
| PARNASSUS INVESTMENTS, LLC 1.77% of their portfolio | 4.3m $713.0m | Reduced -18.3k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.20% of their portfolio | 4.2m $698.1m | Reduced -593.9k |
| UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC 0.35% of their portfolio | 4.1m $675.0m | Added +45.6k |
| NORGES BANK 0.16% of their portfolio | 4.0m $659.0m | Added +336.4k |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.15% of their portfolio | 3.9m $646.5m | Reduced -18.3k |
| Artisan Partners Limited Partnership 1.09% of their portfolio | 3.7m $612.7m | Reduced -185.7k |
| Legal & General Group Plc 0.23% of their portfolio | 3.7m $606.4m | Reduced -367.5k |
| LAZARD ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC 0.83% of their portfolio | 3.7m $605.4m | Added +103.5k |
| PRIMECAP MANAGEMENT CO/CA/ 0.54% of their portfolio | 3.5m $584.8m | Reduced -76.5k |
| California Public Employees Retirement System 0.47% of their portfolio | 3.3m $548.7m | Reduced -226.7k |
| Clearbridge Investments, LLC 0.53% of their portfolio | 3.3m $539.8m | Added +1.9m |
| T. Rowe Price Investment Management, Inc. 0.41% of their portfolio | 3.2m $533.5m | Reduced -1.1m |
| Longview Partners (Guernsey) LTD 4.11% of their portfolio | 3.1m $517.7m | Reduced -38.1k |
| UBS Group AG 0.24% of their portfolio | 3.1m $508.6m | Added +72.7k |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN 0.16% of their portfolio | 3.1m $504.8m | Added +113.5k |
| DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ 0.28% of their portfolio | 2.9m $486.9m | Reduced -52.7k |
| NIPPON LIFE INSURANCE CO 19.63% of their portfolio | 2.6m $434.0m | Unchanged |
| JENSEN INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 3.38% of their portfolio | 2.6m $432.8m | Added +398.2k |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 0.13% of their portfolio | 2.5m $412.2m | Added +39.5k |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.11% of their portfolio | 2.3m $379.0m | Reduced -80.9k |
| STIFEL FINANCIAL CORP 0.56% of their portfolio | 2.2m $371.2m | Added +103.5k |
| Capital Research Global Investors 0.11% of their portfolio | 2.1m $353.9m | Added +1.3k |
| Swiss National Bank 0.24% of their portfolio | 2.0m $335.6m | Reduced -147.0k |
| Bahl & Gaynor LLC 2.07% of their portfolio | 2.0m $331.9m | Reduced -206.8k |
| AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC 0.25% of their portfolio | 1.9m $310.5m | Added +2.7k |
| Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group, Inc. 0.23% of their portfolio | 1.8m $296.4m | Reduced -175.7k |
| Diamond Hill Capital Management, LLC (Investment Advisor) 1.31% of their portfolio | 1.7m $287.7m | Reduced -408.1k |
| Amundi 0.17% of their portfolio | 1.7m $302.0m | Added +239.2k |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 0.09% of their portfolio | 1.6m $261.4m | Reduced -25.1k |
| Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. 0.72% of their portfolio | 1.5m $248.8m | Reduced -18.7k |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. 0.11% of their portfolio | 1.5m $243.5m | Added +155.6k |
| Polar Capital Holdings Plc 1.76% of their portfolio | 1.3m $220.5m | Reduced -11.0k |
| BARCLAYS PLC 0.19% of their portfolio | 1.3m $215.6m | First filing |
| Coho Partners, Ltd. 3.58% of their portfolio | 1.3m $211.4m | Added +1.5k |
| TRUIST FINANCIAL CORP 0.37% of their portfolio | 1.3m $210.3m | Reduced -5.4k |
| Findlay Park Partners LLP 2.26% of their portfolio | 1.3m $208.1m | Reduced -374.0k |
| Ninety One UK Ltd 0.65% of their portfolio | 1.2m $202.8m | Reduced -401.9k |
| Navera Investment Management Ltd. 6.25% of their portfolio | 1.2m $201.6m | Added +65.4k |
| MANUFACTURERS LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, THE 0.12% of their portfolio | 1.1m $189.4m | Added +140.9k |
| DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale 0.50% of their portfolio | 1.1m $188.5m | Added +117.5k |
| 1832 Asset Management L.P. 0.39% of their portfolio | 1.1m $187.9m | Added +297.0k |
| CREDIT SUISSE AG/ 0.20% of their portfolio | 1.1m $185.7m | Reduced -67.5k |
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.05% of their portfolio | 1.1m $175.3m | Added +35.7k |
| Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec 0.51% of their portfolio | 1.0m $166.5m | Reduced -266.6k |
| NEW YORK STATE COMMON RETIREMENT FUND 0.22% of their portfolio | 961.2k $159.1m | Reduced -10.5k |
| HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 0.20% of their portfolio | 953.7k $157.5m | Added +296.9k |
| RHUMBLINE ADVISERS 0.21% of their portfolio | 949.7k $157.2m | Added +34.9k |
| ACADIAN ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC 0.76% of their portfolio | 930.9k $154.0m | Reduced -83.9k |
| LORD, ABBETT & CO. LLC 0.27% of their portfolio | 927.1k $153.4m | Added +520.6k |
| ENVESTNET ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 0.08% of their portfolio | 924.8k $153.0m | Added +105.9k |
| NORDEA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AB 0.24% of their portfolio | 921.7k $152.4m | Reduced -46.3k |
| Capital Group Private Client Services, Inc. 1.91% of their portfolio | 914.9k $151.4m | Reduced -25.7k |
| TD Asset Management Inc 0.18% of their portfolio | 896.9k $148.4m | Added +142.4k |
| PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC 0.11% of their portfolio | 882.0k $145.9m | Reduced -14.1k |
| RAYMOND JAMES & ASSOCIATES 0.13% of their portfolio | 857.9k $142.0m | Added +130.0k |
| CALIFORNIA STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.22% of their portfolio | 856.8k $141.8m | Added +5.6k |
| BNP PARIBAS ASSET MANAGEMENT Holding S.A. 0.50% of their portfolio | 849.2k $140.5m | Added +6.9k |
| MACKENZIE FINANCIAL CORP 0.23% of their portfolio | 832.7k $137.8m | Reduced -62.3k |
| AVIVA PLC 0.67% of their portfolio | 819.6k $135.6m | Added +136.6k |
| W1M Investment Management Ltd 4.85% of their portfolio | 798.2k $132.1m | Added +7.9k |
| M&G INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LTD 0.96% of their portfolio | 785.3k $129.6m | Reduced -7.8k |
| Man Group plc 0.45% of their portfolio | 757.4k $125.3m | Added +165.6k |
| Intermede Investment Partners Ltd 3.54% of their portfolio | 735.5k $121.7m | Reduced -37.8k |
| INTECH INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC 0.91% of their portfolio | 734.6k $121.6m | Reduced -153.6k |
| National Pension Service 0.24% of their portfolio | 732.9k $121.3m | Reduced -2.5k |
| JANUS HENDERSON GROUP PLC 0.08% of their portfolio | 686.5k $113.6m | Reduced -470.5k |
| PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL INC 0.19% of their portfolio | 683.0k $113.0m | Reduced -21.1k |
| SCHRODER INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT GROUP 0.17% of their portfolio | 653.0k $108.1m | Reduced -61.7k |
| BANK OF MONTREAL /CAN/ 0.05% of their portfolio | 651.3k $108.8m | Reduced -451.7k |
| Markel Group Inc. 1.43% of their portfolio | 640.5k $106.0m | Added +12.0k |
| Echo Street Capital Management LLC 1.02% of their portfolio | 639.1k $105.8m | Reduced -181.9k |
| JENNISON ASSOCIATES LLC 0.11% of their portfolio | 638.3k $105.6m | Reduced -92 |
| Russell Investments Group, Ltd. 0.22% of their portfolio | 637.3k $105.6m | Added +33.8k |
| ADAGE CAPITAL PARTNERS GP, L.L.C. 0.25% of their portfolio | 634.5k $105.0m | Reduced -269.0k |
| FIL Ltd 0.13% of their portfolio | 630.0k $104.3m | Added +71.8k |
| ASSETMARK, INC 0.45% of their portfolio | 629.5k $104.2m | Added +7.2k |
| DZ BANK AG Deutsche Zentral Genossenschafts Bank, Frankfurt am Main 0.17% of their portfolio | 583.0k $96.5m | Reduced -30.1k |
| STATE BOARD OF ADMINISTRATION OF FLORIDA RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.23% of their portfolio | 560.2k $92.7m | Reduced -6.3k |
| Zurcher Kantonalbank (Zurich Cantonalbank) 0.48% of their portfolio | 540.4k $89.4m | Added +39.6k |
| CANADA LIFE ASSURANCE Co 0.24% of their portfolio | 539.3k $89.7m | Reduced -3.5k |
| Mariner, LLC 0.28% of their portfolio | 533.2k $88.2m | Added +28.5k |
| APG Asset Management N.V. 0.17% of their portfolio | 532.8k $88.2m | Reduced -7.5k |
| JOHNSON INVESTMENT COUNSEL INC 1.19% of their portfolio | 528.1k $87.4m | Reduced -5.9k |