Topic: How To Invest

Q: What are your thoughts on Morneau Sheppell? Buy, sell, or hold?

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A: Morneau Shepell Inc., $33.06, symbol MSI on Toronto (Shares outstanding: 64.6 million; Market cap: $2.1 billion; www.morneaushepell.com), is the largest Canadian firm providing human resource consulting and outsourcing services. The company aims to help employers manage pensions and benefits, health and disability programs, and workplace training and education. Morneau Shepell has 6,000 employees in offices across North America. It offers services to over 24,000 organizations in Canada, the U.S. and 160 other countries worldwide. The company’s systems are used to administer benefits, pensions and savings plans, and to maintain records for approximately 6.5 million plan members. Before its conversion from an income trust on January 2011, the company operated under the name Morneau Sobeco Income Fund. On July 27, 2018, the company completed the big acquisition of LifeWorks Corp. for $435 million. LifeWorks is an employee well-being business that combines employee assistance, wellness, recognition and incentive programs in the U.S., Canada, Australia and the U.K. LifeWorks features an employee assistance program, communications, perks…