United States
The background to Frank Holder's departure from JS Held

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.

The Corporate Intelligence Village Voice
Sagard completes stake purchase of ADIT, Chatham House loses Niblett, JS Held poaches from Control Risks, Wychrij leaves Wallbrook, Quinlan, COSA

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 Paris, Kyiv, London and New York.

ParisSagard completes stake purchase of ADIT.

LondonChatham House director moves into geopolitical consulting.

New YorkNew due diligence director at JS Held.

LondonWallbrook's cyber director moves to Reliance ACSN.

New YorkQuinlan takes pick of K2 experts.

KyivCOSA sets up security-stamped advisory board.

United States
JS Held says unexpected goodbye to chief operating officer Frank Holder

A small shockwave has just swept through the US private investigation market. Industry veteran Frank Holder has been sacked by consulting group JS Held, which has been expanding fast on this market over the last year.

The Corporate Intelligence Village Voice
Nardello, Alaco, JS Held, GPW

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 New York.

New York Nardello seeks new London bureau chief

London Adrian Stones quits Alaco

New York JS Held recruits from Kroll

London The GPW deal in numbers

Washington Ex-US Air Force investigator sets up on his own

Spotlight | United States
Transfer season in full swing on Chicago's investigations market for BRG, Stout, Kroll and FTI

The financial capital of the American Midwest and one of the world's leading commodity trading centres, Chicago is currently the scene of an intense game of musical chairs, provoked by the end of the Berkeley Research Group's practice.

Spotlight | United Kingdom, United States
Corporate intelligence firms face succession choices

Founders and managers looking to protect their corporate intelligence firms' futures essentially only have two quite different routes open to them.