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UNITED KINGDOM HONGKONG 01/12/2021

Boris Johnson consults corporate intelligence firms on China

UNITED KINGDOM 01/12/2021

British FCA expands toolkit ahead of possible boost of cryptocurrency oversight powers

The UK's Financial Conduct Authority wants to see its regulatory powers over the crypto asset sector strengthened and is already working to develop its technical capabilities in the area, starting with a blockchain analytics platform. [...]

LEBANON 30/11/2021

BDO, Salamé and Bank Audi's auditor, at centre of Swiss cases Free

Threatened by an audit by Alvarez & Marsal and a flurry of international proceedings, Banque du Liban governor Riad Salamé is trying to fend off accusations of fraud. [...]

EGYPT 29/11/2021

Business diplomacy firm Nigma plays key role in Franco-Egyptian defence relations

The consulting firm Nigma Conseil, which works with the likes of MBDA, Dassault and Naval Group is among more than 30 French companies exhibiting at Egypt Defence Expo in Cairo, which opens on 29 November. [...]

EUROPE 26/11/2021

Multi-service AWO leads anti-Facebook offensive in Brussels

The interventions of former Facebook employee Frances Haugen (here on 8 November 2021 in the European Parliament) were orchestrated by the British firm AWO. © Benoït Doppagne/Belga Photo/Reuters

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AUSTRALIA SWEDEN 26/11/2021

Saab counts on Scott Morrison's former policy adviser to plug submarines to Australia Free

The Australian navy is considering purchasing transition submersibles ahead of the announced US nuclear submarine delivery. To help convince Canberra take the plunge, the Swedish manufacturer can count on TG Public Affairs, whose principal Brendan Tegg is close to Australian prime minister Scott Morrison. [...]

UKRAINE 25/11/2021

Donetsk's master Rinat Akhmetov extends grasp after bitter consultants' battle

The sale of Idea Bank Ukraine, a subsidiary of the Polish Getin Holding's banking institution, has dragged on since 2019 and during that time many consultants and investors have attempted to make inroads into the sector. [...]

Ukrainian entrepreneur and oligarch Rinat Akhmetov. © Bernd Von Jutrczenka/dpa/picture-alliance/MaxPPP

SpotlightUNITED STATES 24/11/2021

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. [...]

UKRAINE UNITED KINGDOM 24/11/2021

Ukrainian oil junior JKX to exit London following oligarchs' and consultants' battles for control

JKX Oil & Gas, the main British asset of former Privatbank owners Igor Kolomoisky and Gennady Bogolyubov, is preparing to leave the London Stock Exchange, with the help of its British consultants, to concentrate on Ukraine. [...]

UNITED KINGDOM 23/11/2021

Assheton Stewart Carter, the go-to expert in extractive industry CSR compliance

Carter's company TDi Sustainability, which advises companies on social and environmental responsibility, also helps several institutions, including the Foreign Office, draft and implement the rules for the mining sector and other industries. [...]

Assheton Stewart Carter, head of TDI Sustainability. © The Impact Facility

UNITED KINGDOM 22/11/2021

Diligencia digs data for private investigators in Arab world

The Oxford-based firm run largely by former Control Risks executives has been expanding its business from Dubai and Tangier. [...]

RUSSIA 19/11/2021

KGB-FSB veterans who attacked the Kremlin have since gone into business

An open letter which criticised the Kremlin over its handling of the parliamentary elections in September, the country's standard of living and the decline in patriotism was published by the Russian Communist Party in early November. [...]

CHINA FRANCE 18/11/2021

China's Fatri gets foothold in France through Airbus and French parliament connections

Specialising in microchips, an activity that is at the centre of US-Chinese rivalry, China's Fatri is treading carefully as it pursues its push into France. [...]

Fatri founder Yongzhong Nie (left) welcomed LREM MP Jean-Michel Mis to China in 2019. © jeanmichelmis.fr

EUROPE 18/11/2021

FATF guidance on crypto-assets opens path for crypto compliance specialists

By calling for stricter compliance requirements, the Financial Action Task Force's latest recommendations should see more traditional finance investors turn to crypto-assets by reducing legal uncertainty. It will also open the playing field for crypto-assets compliance specialists to rival established compliance specialists. [...]

SpotlightSWITZERLAND UKRAINE 17/11/2021

Battle for return of Yanukovych clan assets progresses in fits and starts

A recent ministerial trip to Switzerland offered Kyiv an opportunity to talk about the return of assets allegedly held by former president Viktor Yanukovych's family there. The Ukrainian government has engaged in a multi-layered legal battle against the somewhat isolated pro-Russia former head of state. [...]

Former Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych. © Yuri Kochetkov/EFE/Newscom/MaxPPP

UNITED KINGDOM 17/11/2021

Alaco boosts discreet Swiss office

The London corporate intelligence firm Alaco now has a full-time representative in Switzerland in Daniel Vassall-Adams. [...]

FRANCE 16/11/2021

FTI's French investigations team falls apart

FTI Consulting is the latest in a string of big US and British firms to fail in the French marketplace. With the departure of its head of investigations, Stéphanie Lhomme, the Parisian consulting firm has been turned upside down. [...]

UNITED KINGDOM 15/11/2021

Boris Johnson's economic intelligence unit creates fresh market for investigation companies

The UK government's Investment Security Unit, which will oversee and monitor the risk of foreign economic investment, will officially start work on 4 January, despite facing a barrage of criticism from parliament. It is already seeking support from private investigators, for whom this service may provide a new market. [...]

RUSSIA TURKEY 12/11/2021

Tuncay Ozilhan takes care of Turkey's business interests in strategic Tatarstan market

Keen as it is to keep up its long-standing trading relationship with Russia, Turkey can count in this respect on its business ambassadors in Kazan, capital of Tatarstan. Among the latter, Tuncay Ozilhan seems to be particularly influential. [...]

Turkish businessman Tuncay Ozilhan. © Anadolu Efes

UNITED KINGDOM UNITED STATES 11/11/2021

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. [...]

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Ukrainian oil junior JKX to exit London following oligarchs' and consultants' battles for control

Assheton Stewart Carter, the go-to expert in extractive industry CSR compliance

Diligencia digs data for private investigators in Arab world

KGB-FSB veterans who attacked the Kremlin have since gone into business

China's Fatri gets foothold in France through Airbus and French parliament connections

FATF guidance on crypto-assets opens path for crypto compliance specialists

Battle for return of Yanukovych clan assets progresses in fits and starts

Alaco boosts discreet Swiss office

FTI's French investigations team falls apart

Boris Johnson's economic intelligence unit creates fresh market for investigation companies

Tuncay Ozilhan takes care of Turkey's business interests in strategic Tatarstan market

Facebook's intelligence in Europe now operated by an anonymous fund

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