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ESG investigations - mirage or growth opportunity for investigation firms?

United Kingdom
Anthesis-Wallbrook merger relaunches ESG investigations market

Demand for protection against reputational risk and the need to keep up with Western regulatory developments means that environmental, social and governance investigations have become a fast-growing niche for the corporate intelligence companies.

The Corporate Intelligence Village Voice
Wallbrook, Ankura in with State Dept, JS Held develops crypto investigation, Alaco ditches security, Axiantis hires Egypt expert

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, London and Paris.

WashingtonAnkura close to Biden administration.

WashingtonJS Held gets into crypto-investigation.

LondonAlaco closes security practice.

LondonWallbrook loses ESG director.

ParisAxiantis hires Egyptian major Middle Eastern contracts veteran.

The Corporate Intelligence Village Voice
Wallbrook, ESL & Network, EUBAM

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, Paris and Brussels.

LondonWallbrook beefs up China team.

ParisMontlahuc's moves to leave ESL & Network pave way for firm's integration into ADIT.

BrusselsEUBAM competition gets underway.

United Kingdom
West Sands founders take on new roles - one goes solo and one to Sibylline

Business intelligence experts Tamara Markarenko and Daphne Biliouri, who used to work together at West Sands Advisory, have returned to the market via different paths.

United Kingdom, United States
Facebook's intelligence in Europe now operated by an anonymous fund

Security and corporate intelligence provider Falanx, one of the very few in the sector to be publicly traded (on London's Alternative Investment Market), has seen business turn around thanks to a game-changer contract with the American social media giant.

Europe
Norwegian oil fund hooked on CSR probes

To ensure it is meeting its environmental, social and governance criteria (ESG), the Council on Ethics of the Government Pension Fund Global is preparing to launch several private investigations.

United States
Sibylline hits big time with Facebook contract

The corporate intelligence firm Sibylline has been on a recruitment drive of late, snapping up young talent from larger companies, [...]