Hong Kong
Ex-Kroll bureau chief Richard Dailly still believes in Hong Kong's private investigation market

Japan, United States
Japanese investigation market shakeup

US and British intelligence groups are on the lookout for local private investigators in a once tightly closed Japanese market that has been positioning itself as a vector of growth.

The Corporate Intelligence Village Voice
RosettiStarr, Farrant, Audere, ICSID/Paris Arbitration Week

Appointments, financial results, new contracts: each week, we report on events both big and small that matter in the global corporate intelligence community. This week we go to Washington and London.

WashingtonICSID establishes framework for litigation funding.

LondonAudere's new boss Oliver Blackmore gets into private security.

WashingtonRosettiStar hires Joe Andrews.

LondonFarrant looks to Africa.

The Corporate Intelligence Village Voice
Protection Group International, The Risk Advisory Group

Appointments, financial results, new contracts: each week, we report on events both big and small that matter in the global corporate intelligence community. This week we go to London and Singapore.

London PGI loses its cyber chief.

Singapore, London The Risk Advisory Group poaches Steven Westerveldt from Control Risks Group to run its new Singapore bureau.

Spotlight | Hong Kong, United Kingdom
Boris Johnson consults corporate intelligence firms on China

As it puts the finishing touches on its new Investment Security Unit, set up to prevent attempts at economic predation on UK businesses, especially from China, 10 Downing Street is turning to corporate intelligence firms to help with the task.

Spotlight | United States
Kroll versus Kroll, the 2021 round

Kroll group has reopened old wounds dating to the creation of K2 with its latest attack on founder Jules Kroll before a US court on 10 November.

China
Li and Zhang tasked with supervising Xi Jinping's new disciplinary drive

Li Wei and Zhang Xuan are to liaise between security service chiefs and provincial officials in charge of implementing the wide-ranging disciplinary programme aimed at rooting out and punishing those who fail to toe the Chinese Communist Party line.

Taiwan
TSMC and submarine cables among priorities in Taiwan's economic security strategy

Faced with mounting pressure from China, Taiwan is moving to strengthen its semiconductor industry and step up its submarine cable projects.

China, Hong Kong
Hong Kong police still rocky after Choi scandal

The Hong Kong Police Force continues to reshuffle its team, with Frederic Choi Chin-pang, the former head of national security, demoted to director of personnel and training.

Hong Kong
Beijing's VIE crackdown a boost for Hong Kong corporate intelligence firms

Many companies are calling on Hong Kong business intelligence firms to better understand the impact of Beijing's latest measures regarding variable interest entities (VIEs), which give foreigners a backdoor way to invest in Chinese companies.