ceo of b.g. group in singapore.n't expect anything else. >>> m&a appetite is at the highest level since 2009. the report suggests that nearly 60% of global companies actively pursuing acquisitions in the next 12 months. speaking to us earlier on the program the ceo of wpp said the corp rates are making deals because they're running out of other ways to cut costs. >> if anybody mentions that terrible phrase revenue synergies, they get laughed out of the studio. it's cost synergies that people focus on. >> pittman is with us of the global transaction studios ey. she's in the studio with us. give us a sense of what it looks like and how different it is in terms of appetite and what we can expect. >> well, this year has experienced an emergence in the markets. we've seen them come back with megadeals. we have the middle market really engaged. this is the highest appetite we have seen in six years' time with six out of ten companies saying we intend to do a deal in the next 12 months. what they're saying is we have spent