Spotlight | United Kingdom
Accountants go after corporate investigators

Hong Kong
Western corporate intelligence persists in believing in Hong Kong market

Despite the new national security law voted on 19 March, some financial investigation firms are hoping to continue working in the former British enclave, even after multiple setbacks.

United Kingdom, United States
JS Held streamlining with guidance from shareholder Kelso

Company executives promise further acquisitions are on the cards in London and the US, but some believe JS Held's current round of cuts may be the prelude to a sale by shareholder Kelso.

The Corporate Intelligence Village Voice
Nardello, BPCE, Alaco, Paris forensic investigators

Appointments, financial results, new contracts, in Washington, London and Paris: each week, we recount the great and small events in the global corporate intelligence community.

WashingtonNardello loses cyber chief.

ParisBPCE strengthens security with financial intelligence specialist.

LondonAlaco expands with Liberia contract.

ParisForensic investigators network.

Spotlight | United States
Kroll, JS Held, Ankura, Big Four: corporate intelligence giants battle for market supremacy

Faced with a booming and rapidly consolidating investigations market, corporate intelligence companies are trying to steer a course through uncharted waters.

Europe, Ukraine, United Kingdom
Sastre and Millennium, the twin investigative firms snapping up business in Eastern Europe

Since the start of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, a web of consultants led by a Hungarian trio with handy connections in London has been picking up new Ukrainian contracts.

United States
K2 expert and JS Held come to SEC's aid in case against Queens real estate tycoon

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has accused property developer Richard Xia of pocketing $229m from real estate scams in New York. Financial intelligence consultants are helping to investigate the securities fraud case.

The Corporate Intelligence Village Voice
Gulf consulting, new Tory network

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.

LondonGulf specialist Tobias Borck moves into consulting.

LondonA new Tory business network.

Spotlight | United Kingdom
Oligarch crackdown shakes up private investigation sector

The wave of sanctions against Russian oligarchs in the wake of the invasion of Ukraine is having a big impact on the corporate intelligence world.

United States
JS Held picks up BRG investigators

Berkeley Research is pulling out of the US investigations business after withdrawing from the international market. Some of its employees are joining its new owner, consulting firm JS Held, while others are breaking free.

United States
Franck Holder heads JS Held's investigations practice

The consulting firm JS Held has hired sector veteran Frank Holder as head of operations to beef up its investigations [...]

United Kingdom
Darren Matthews brings veteran Hassen to K2

Darren Matthews, who is busy reorganizing the Europe, Middle East and Africa's investigations & disputes practice at K2 Intelligence, has [...]

United Kingdom, United States
How North American firms in legal spats with DRC orchestrated campaign against ENRC

ENRC has accused investment firms involved in legal battles with the DRC of conducting operations to destabilise it, thanks to internal documents leaked by a former IT consultant.

United Kingdom
Grant Thornton, FTI investigators face off in Kazakh intrigue

Kazakhstan Kagazy (KK), which claims to be the biggest paper recycling company in Central Asia, won a London High Court [...]