Topic: How To Invest

Q: Pat, may I have your recommendation on whether Morneau Shepell is a buy right now? Thank you.

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A: Morneau Shepell Inc., $28.29, symbol MSI on Toronto (Shares outstanding: 68.5 million; Market cap: $1.9 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 8.5 million plan members. This includes maintaining 175 administration websites for clients and hosting their sites. It also provides all support and transaction services on behalf of its clients. Before its conversion from an income trust to a conventional corporation in January 2011, the company operated under the name Morneau Sobeco Income Fund. Recently resigned Federal Finance Minister Bill Morneau was the executive chair of Morneau Shepell (which was founded…