Finance

China
Beijing uses Lotcamp to gain advantage in semiconductor war

A group of companies close to the Chinese Communist Party has bought 51% of the British group Arm's Chinese subsidiary in order to continue using it to boost semiconductor production in China.

Russia
Russian investors await Western asset nationalisation wave

As the Russian parliament prepares the legal framework for nationalising foreign-held assets in Russia, the regulatory authorities are also taking steps to bring critical industries back under the Kremlin's control.

Spotlight | France
Paris cyber investment sector goes into expansion mode

Private sector investment in the cyber sector was long the poor relation in the French ecosystem. Now it is starting to develop as new players come into the market.

Europe, France
TotalEnergies and Paris push to take the lead in the European race for non-Russian gas

The consequences of the war in Ukraine on the energy markets may still be at an early stage but France is looking to establish itself as the key player in alternative supplies to countries with TotalEnergies, even though this may cause friction within the EU.

Spotlight | France
French Treasury seeks new compliance investigators for Airbus

Two years after Airbus' settlement with France's PNF and Britain's SFO, the company's exports are to be more closely scrutinized by the French finance ministry.

Kazakhstan, United States
Greenberg Traurig spearheads Kazakhstan's US rapprochement efforts

In the wake of US sanctions against Russia, Kazakhstan is going all out to boost its economic relations with the US, with the help of the Washington firm Greenberg Traurig, a strong ally of the Kazakh ambassy.

Syria, United Kingdom, United States
Oil firm Gulfsands sees new opportunities in updated US sanctions list

Washington's recent decision to exclude the oil sector from the foreign investments it is allowing once again in northeast Syria paves the way for the return to the area of juniors linked to the Syrian regime, such as UK oil firm Gulfsands Petroleum.

Spotlight | Ukraine
Allied tensions mount over supply of weapons to Ukraine

As fighting in the Donbass intensifies, Kyiv is negotiating with the West to obtain heavier weapons. It is especially keen to obtain airborne weaponry, but while the US, followed by most European countries, has started to respond, Paris is reluctant to follow.

The Agencies' Gazette
Truce in Yemen, Russian executives, Transnistria, Rosfinmonitoring

Appointments, reforms and the issues at stake: every Monday, Intelligence Online serves up snippets big and small from the global intelligence community. This week, we home in on Saana, Moscow and Tiraspol.

YemenAnsarullah still vindictive despite truce

RussiaTemporary lease of life for top security officers

MoldaviaTransnistria, on the lookout, barricades itself

RussiaFinancial intel service keeps its staff happy

The Corporate Intelligence Gazette
Hakluyt, ADIT/ECCO, FTI Consulting

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, Singapore and Paris.

New YorkHakluyt brings in hedge fund veteran.

ParisAlain Fernandez brings ADIT and ECCO closer together on offsets.

London/SingaporeCrédit Suisse not doing well against former Georgian president despite FTI Consulting's help.

Kuwait
US court ruling marks final chapter of Alghanim quarrel

A New York court has rejected Omar Alghanim's discovery proceedings against his father Kutayba Alghanim, thereby ending a dispute in which the ultimate loser has been the family conglomerate just as it negotiates several defence contracts.

France
Scorechain investigates cryptoassets seized by France

Luxembourg-based crypto investigations company Scorechain is helping the Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations, which keeps cryptoassets snatched by Agrasc - the French state agency in charge of seized and confiscated assets - until they are resold.

France
Cyber Impact Fund poaches national cybersecurity policy officer William Lecat

The new French fund specialised in supporting European cyber start-ups has made its first two investments. William Lecat will be responsible for investing in 20 other start-ups over the next five years.