Subject: RE: Aussie investors oppose deal -Singapore Strait Times
From: "Neil Callahan" <[email-masked]>
To: "'Michael Andrews'" <[email-masked]>, "'Curtis Hastings'" <[email-masked]>, "'Hunter Biden'" <[email-masked]>, "'Devon Archer'" <[email-masked]>, "'Eric Schwerin'" <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 8 Nov 2010 09:54:25 -0500

I would not be surprised if Bloomberg Government force consolidation in the
Political Risk space and bought / partnered / put out of business many of
the players in the space.

Ian Bremmer has been appearing more and more on Bloomberg - I bet they will
get absorbed and perhaps keep their brand as lead in for the overall
Bloomberg offering.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-09-13/eurasia-s-bremmer-discusses-u-s-mid
term-elections-video.html

Best,

Neil

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From: Michael Andrews [mailto:[email-masked]] 
Sent: Thursday, November 04, 2010 5:02 PM
To: Curtis Hastings; Hunter Biden; Devon Archer; Eric Schwerin; Neil
Callahan
Subject: Aussie investors oppose deal -Singapore Strait Times

I think this becomes more interesting every day.

 

Nov 4, 2010

SGX-ASX MERGER

Aussie investors oppose deal

Some political opponents argue that a full takeover would inhibit Australian
ambitions to become a regional financial hub. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

 

SYDNEY - Most Australian retail investors oppose the Singapore Exchange's
US$7.9 billion (S$10.2 billion) bid for Australian bourse operator ASX Ltd
and want it recast as an equal marriage, according to a survey.

The Australian government is under growing pressure to block the deal on
national-interest grounds, with some political opponents arguing that a full
takeover would inhibit Australian ambitions to become a regional financial
hub.

The latest Investor Pulse survey showed 55 per cent of investors did not
believe the agreed takeover was in the country's national interests, the
Sydney Morning Herald said on Thursday.

Investor Pulse is run by market research firm Colmar Brunton, the Sydney
Morning Herald and The Age Business Day.

Another 57 per cent of the panel of 2,000 investors surveyed agreed that the
deal should be restructured as a cross shareholding or as a joint venture.

Only 9 per cent of investors supported the current deal structure. Some 30
per cent were undecided, the paper said. -- REUTERS