For more information contact: emailus@marcusevans.com An interview with Jeff Dietert who is the Managing Director, Head of Research at Simmons & Company International, and an investment bank at the marcus evans European Pensions & Investments Summit 2013 who shares his thoughts on how energy investments are an attractive alternative. Join the 2015 Summit along with leading regional pension investors and global asset managers in an intimate environment for a focused discussion of key new drivers shaping institutional investment strategies today. For more information contact: emailus@marcusevans.com

1. How Investing in Energy Could Offset Portfolio Risk
What key findings from the consumption, ongoing economic vitality
research that your company in the emerging economies and
undertakes could you share with reaccelerating Chinese demand are
investors? helping drive improved global
consumption for oil. On the supply front,
Our analysis highlights substantial non- oil prices appear range bound between
OPEC production challenges in every prices required for investment in
region outside of North America, with marginal plays (US unconventional, oil
Brazil and the North Sea, in particular, sands, some deep water) and levels that
falling well short of production goals threaten economic growth (Brent USD
over the preceding five years. 100/bbl to USD 120/bbl).
Brazil and the North Sea are emblematic Any final thoughts you would like to
Interview with: Jeff Dietert, of broader non-OPEC production share with institutional investors in
Managing Director, Head of challenges ex-NAM and reasons for Europe?
Research, Simmons & Company wide-spread production disappointments
International are myriad and include, inexorable and Simmons & Company research has been
steepening production decline rates, voted #1 in the Greenwich Associates
longer development periods for major Survey of Institutional Research in each
“With Central Banks around the world projects, increased technological of the following categories during 2010,
moving toward highly accommodative intensity and requirements as well as 2011 and 2012: Overall Energy, Best
stances, investors should consider considerably harsher operating Industry Knowledge, and Most Trusted;
increasing their commodity exposure in environments. as well as top coverage of the
order to offset the growing inflationary Equipment & Services/Drilling and
prospects caused by exceedingly The US has provided a much needed Exploration and Production
aggressive monetary policy on a global contribution to global oil production sectors. Simmons publishes research on
basis,” advised Jeff Dietert, Managing growth driven by ease of access, a approximately 150 publically traded
Director, Head of Research, Simmons reasonably stable regulatory environ- energy companies and is well positioned
& Company International. ment, open and receptive capital to identify companies that will benefit
markets, benign credit conditions, from emerging country energy demand
A specialist in international investment compelling technologically advances in growth and North America
banking services for the energy the drilling and completion arena and unconventional oil & gas supply
industry, Simmons & Company very deep inventory of drilling prospects growth.
International is a sponsor company at replete with very substantial production
the marcus evans European histories.
We expect
Pensions & Investments Summit
2013, in Montreux, Switzerland, 22 - 24 Without the blossoming of the US
April. Ahead of the Summit, Dietert unconventional resource development,
focuses on the energy sector and what
investors should consider.
oil prices over the recent years would
have spiked to considerably higher
a relatively
What is troubling European
levels, thanks in part to supply
disruptions in North Africa and
elevated
institutional investors today? Why
should they consider energy assets?
geopolitical threats in the Middle East,
that would have very likely severely oil price
environment,
burdened global economic pros -
The formidable overhang of the pects. OPEC production prospects
European debt crisis coupled with the continue to be variable given Iranian
implosion in key Euro economies and
ongoing challenges in many others, has
geopolitical threats, growing MENA
social tensions and rising budgetary
which will be
had severe implications with respect to
regional if not global economic
requirements. Saudi Arabian output has
dropped meaningfully in recent months,
good for
prospects. in part due to lower seasonal domestic
demand and looming heavy refinery energy stocks
in the coming
Thus, increasingly European investors maintenance in Asia and the OECD, but
have been broadening their exposure also potentially due to the relentless
internationally and contemplating reservoir challenges in producing 10
investment opportunities in emerging
markets that are more driven by
mb/d. years
commodities, as well as possessing a Recently Saudi Aramco announced a
reasonably close trade linkage to the 30 per cent increase in drilling activity,
thriving economies of Asia. Energy most of this is oil directed. On the
exposure is an obvious focal point in demand front, recovering US economic
this regard. growth, stabilising European

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worldwide. Our equity research team provides our institutional investor clients with proprietary, fundamental market analysis on
domestic and global macro energy issues as well as in-depth coverage of approximately 150 US and European companies.
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