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

United Kingdom, United States
Talent wars: FTI Consulting combines direct legal action and behind-the-scenes arrangements

FTI Consulting is haemorrhaging staff to hungry rival Secretariat and is taking legal action against it. In many similar cases, FTI has managed to reach agreement with other firms.

Spotlight | United States
Talent wars: Secretariat pushes pedal on recruitment of financial investigators

The US consultancy has gone on a hiring spree in a bid to establish a large financial investigations department and to boost its presence in Europe.

United Kingdom
Ankura's asset tracking and investigation division loses its director

The head of the investigations and asset tracing department at Ankura Consulting in London, has abruptly left the firm and is now looking for business partners.

United Kingdom
Amid budget cuts, JS Held reshapes investigation department

Layoffs have led to tensions at the London office of JS Held, which recently acquired the corporate intelligence firm GPW.

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.

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.

The Corporate Intelligence Village Voice
Wallbrook, Ankura in with State Dept, JS Held develops crypto investigation, Alaco ditches security, Axiantis hires Egypt expert

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 Paris.

WashingtonAnkura close to Biden administration.

WashingtonJS Held gets into crypto-investigation.

LondonAlaco closes security practice.

LondonWallbrook loses ESG director.

ParisAxiantis hires Egyptian major Middle Eastern contracts veteran.

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.

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.

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 [...]