MARKET SURVEYS

Energy players ready for mergers

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Original article by Paul Garvey
The Australian – Page: 31 : 26-May-16

A global survey by international law firm Ashurst has found that 83 per cent of oil and gas company executives anticipate a 50 per cent rise in mergers and acquisitions activity in the sector during 2016. M&A activity is also expected to rise strongly over the next 3-5 years. Meanwhile, some 87 per cent of respondents indicated that their latest strategic plan has either reduced their capital investment budget or left it unchanged.

CORPORATES
ASHURST LLP, OIL SEARCH LIMITED – ASX OSH, INTEROIL CORPORATION, AWE LIMITED – ASX AWE, LONE STAR FUNDS

Oil, gas jobs on the skids

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Original article by Paul Garvey
The Australian – Page: 20 : 4-Feb-16

A survey of oil and gas industry executives by Norwegian consulting firm DNV GL shows that nearly 75 per cent of respondents expect the crude oil price to remain weak for some time. Meanwhile, 31 per cent indicated that they will shed staff in 2016 to reduce costs, compared with 25 per cent a year ago. The survey also found that 74 per cent of companies with a capitalisation of at least $US5bn intend to reduce their capital expenditure in 2016.

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DNV GL, EXXONMOBIL CORPORATION, BP PLC, WOODSIDE PETROLEUM LIMITED – ASX WPL, SANTOS LIMITED – ASX STO, BEACH ENERGY LIMITED – ASX BPT, DRILLSEARCH ENERGY LIMITED – ASX DLS

Australians join viewing revolution

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Original article by Max Mason
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 32 : 5-Oct-15

A survey by Viacom International Media Network has found that 85 per cent of Australians aged 6-34 watch video on demand. Likewise, 70 per cent of Australians – and 49 per cent of respondents globally – now use subscription video-on-demand services. The survey also shows that 77 per cent of Australian respondents stated that having more options in terms of how they access TV services helps them to find more content to watch. This compares with 70 per cent of respondents overall.

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VIACOM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA NETWORKS

Cash v job satisfaction gender issue

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Original article by Tim Dodd
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 12 : 13-Jul-15

The US-based Graduate Management Admission Council has released the findings of a global survey on the career aspirations of graduate management students. It shows that 51 per cent of female respondents rate professional development highly when choosing a job, compared with just 44 per cent of male respondents. Women also rated work-life balance more highly than their male peers. However, 61 per cent of male students rate salary highly, compared with 51 per cent of women.

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GRADUATE MANAGEMENT ADMISSION COUNCIL (UNITED STATES)

Australia languishes in bottom five

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Original article by Mark Mulligan
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 27 : 24-Jun-15

Global asset managers are bearish about the outlook for returns from Australian shares over the next three years, according to a report commissioned by Principal Global Investors. The report’s author, Amin Rajan, says the survey shows that markets in Russia, Australia, Latin America, Canada and Eastern Europe will deliver the worst returns over this period, while the best returns will be achieved by the US, India, Japan, so-called frontier markets and Asia.

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PRINCIPAL GLOBAL INVESTORS, UNITED STATES. FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD

Smelly passengers despised

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Original article by Geoffrey Thomas
The West Australian – Page: 3 : 16-Sep-14

A survey of air travellers has found that smelly passengers are high on the list of problems. AirlineRatings.com surveyed more tban 1,550 travellers in 2014. Nearly 35 per cent felt that the worst passengers were those who reclined their seats, while 25.5 per cent felt that smelly passengers were the worst. In two incidents, passengers were removed from aircraft because of their strong odour

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AIRLINERATINGS.COM, AIR CANADA, AMERICAN AIRLINES INCORPORATED, AMR CORPORATION

Fundies move to cash as risks increase

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Original article by Bianca Hartge-Hazelman
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 23 : 15-Aug-14

A survey of 224 fund managers by Bank of America Merrill Lynch shows that 27 per cent have an overweight position on cash investments, compared with 12 per cent in July. Factors such as geopolitical tensions and renewed volatility in equity markets has prompted many fund managers to rebalance their portfolios in favour of cash rather than shares. There has also been a sharp fall in the number of investors who are overweight on equities

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BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION, MERRILL LYNCH AND COMPANY INCORPORATED, BT INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LIMITED – ASX BTT, STANDARD AND POOR’S 500 INDEX, STANDARD AND POOR’S ASX 200 INDEX, AQUASIA PTY LTD