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

United States
Kroll at centre of Bulgari heiresses' bitter family feud over $129m trust

Ilaria Bulgari retained the investigative firm to prove her sister Veronica acted improperly as a trustee for their mother's estate. With a fight over a Kroll report apparently resolved, a settlement to the lengthy dispute could be at hand.

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
Aussie PI in Mauritius case, BPI's corporate intel platform, Mintz vs Kossoff, from Nardello to Merck, Barker takes over Minerva, Parker's Kyiv mission, Rud Pedersen in Ukraine

Sydney/New York
The investigator chasing a ghost investor

Paris
Public bank boosts export intelligence scope

New York
Mintz still investigating Kossoff's downfall

New York
Ex-Nardello CISO goes to Merck

London
Former FTI Barker moves to intelligence with Strix Varia

Kyiv/Largo
New Ukraine mission for US Army vet Parker

Kyiv/Copenhagen
Danish lobbyist Rud Pedersen sets up shop in Ukraine

China
Corporate intelligence firms gear up for exodus from China

After the difficulties experienced by Mintz, corporate intelligence firms in Beijing and Hong Kong are mulling moves to Singapore.

United States
Kroll continues search for missing Morgan Stanley hard drives

Corporate investigations group Kroll is helping Morgan Stanley to find a number of old servers and hard drives, which have resulted in online data leaks. These leaks resulted in a major class action case being brought against the banking group.

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.

United Kingdom, United States
JS Held prepares for further acquisitions in 2023

After an already busy 2022, American corporate intelligence firm JS Held plans to snap up more companies next year as part of its consolidation ambitions.

Turkey, United States
Boston's Airde Group trips up on Turkish rugs

The private investigation firm has been working for Turkish carpet maker Orient Turistik Magazacilik San Ve Tic, (OTMSVT) which alleges that distributor Aytek passed off poor quality rugs as imitations of OTMSVT products. The investigation's results have been mixed.

Spotlight | United States
FTX collapse sparks jitters in due diligence world

Cryptocurrency platform FTX's bankruptcy filing in November has delivered a blow to the corporate intelligence world, whose pre-investment due diligence for clients of Sam Bankman-Fried's company has been found wanting.

United Kingdom
Ex-British govt security chief Fortescue bursts onto cyber security scene in London

Dominic Fortescue has taken on a number of private sector missions since stepping down as the British government's Chief Security Officer (CSO) last year.

The Corporate Intelligence Village Voice
BDO, Ed Vaizey advises Altermind, Williamson at Control Risks, Treliant back in the game

New York
BDO's forensics boss dismissed

London/Paris
Ed Vaizey advises Actum and Altermind

London
Hugo Williamson back to corporate intelligence

New York
Treliant moves into compliance and investigations

United Kingdom
Amy Lashinsky and Ambrose Carey sell Alaco to US Risk Management group Sigma7

Backed by Chicago private equity fund Growth Catalyst Partners, risk management veteran Andrew Hersh's new Sigma7 group is taking over the historic London-based corporate intelligence firm, founded 20 years ago.

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

Washington
Nardello loses cyber chief.

Paris
BPCE strengthens security with financial intelligence specialist.

London
Alaco expands with Liberia contract.

Paris
Forensic investigators network.

Turkey, United States
Kroll tracks down alleged blackmailers in Anatolian gold mines

The Canadian mining group Centerra has had a series of setbacks in Turkey. It hired corporate intelligence firm Kroll to investigate former employees it accused of orchestrating a blackmail operation against it.

Germany, United Kingdom
Hakluyt strenghtens its team in Germany

The British consulting and corporate intelligence firm Hakluyt has been beefing up its Frankfurt office, perceived as a potential growth area on the European continent.

Switzerland
Cyber financial investigations specialist Cybera strengthens its intelligence team

Young Swiss financial cybercrime specialist Cybera has been bringing in new advisers to strengthen its technical and export capacities.

Singapore, United States
Mintz's takeover of investigator Barber Mullan & Associates pulls rug from under competitors' feet

Investigations firm Barber Mullan & Associates, which is run by a small, mainly British team, used to do most of its business as a subcontractor for larger firms, which are now concerned about the loss of this valuable support.

United States
K2 shaken by Tom Bock's departure

In a consolidating investigations marketplace, JS Held has recently poached a senior executive from the heart of K2's operations in its fief of New York.

The Corporate Intelligence Village Voice
GPW/Schillings, Exiger Diligence, Nardello, Banque de France, Opus Pear Tree

London
Irwin leaves Nardello

Paris
Banque de France recruits new security chief

London
GPW nabs investigator Waters from Schillings

New York
Exiger exodus

London
Opus Pear Tree assists gold giant Petropavlovsk

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.

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

Revealed by Intelligence Online, the sudden departure of Frank Holder, JS Held's operations director, created something of a surprise in June. The veteran is already considering what his next move will be.

United Kingdom
Hakluyt opens up in Canada after the United States and Dubai

Strategic advisory company Hakluyt, which aims to generate revenues of more than $100m this year, is continuing to expand. After opening offices in Washington, San Francisco and Dubai, it is now looking to establish itself in Toronto.

Spotlight | United Kingdom
Accountants go after corporate investigators

As well as tracking down Russian clients, the UK's business intelligence community has found itself attracting interest from the world's leading accounting firms keen to develop their scope in the sector.

Spotlight | United States
Stone Point at the heart of Kroll versus Kroll legal battle

Behind the legal battle being fought over the Kroll name by the leading business intelligence companies, Kroll and K2 Integrity, there are major financial considerations. The trial has revealed that, despite the fierce competition between them, the two firms came very close to merging under the leadership of Stone Point Capital.

United Kingdom, United States
Mintz acquires Bishop Group still in mourning

Flush with cash from the arrival of its new investor ICV Partners last year, Mintz Group has expanded its London unit with the purchase of the historical Bishop Group. Here is the behind-the-scenes story of this deal.

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 States
Michele Edwards, omnipresent in corporate monitoring

Volkswagen's corporate monitorship programme after its 2017 guilty plea for misleading practices has been a major benchmark for StoneTurn. Michele [...]

United States
StoneTurn, Allen Applbaum's new adventure

Former Kroll New York executive Allen Applbaum has joined the legal assessment and investigation firm StoneTurn. The company was founded [...]