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Pakistan engages US consultancy firm Kearney to boost foreign investment

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Pakistan engages US consultancy firm Kearney to boost foreign investment

The consultancy firm outlined its commitment to developing a comprehensive plan for sustainable development in collaboration with the government

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Cinven agrees to make a significant strategic investment in Grant Thornton UK alongside its Partners

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Cinven agrees to make a significant strategic investment in Grant Thornton UK alongside its Partners

International private equity firm, Cinven, today announces that it has reached an agreement to make a majority investment in Grant Thornton UK (‘Grant Thornton’ or ‘the Company’), one of the leading diversified professional services firms offering audit, tax and advisory services in the UK.

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Riverside Partners to Combine Portfolio Companies, Sequoia Biotech Consulting and Syner-G BioPharma Group, to Create Leading Pharma Services Business

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Riverside Partners to Combine Portfolio Companies, Sequoia Biotech Consulting and Syner-G BioPharma Group, to Create Leading Pharma Services Business

Riverside Partners, LLC ("Riverside"), a Boston-based private equity firm, announced the strategic combination of Sequoia Biotech Consulting ("Sequoia"), a leading life sciences service provider helping organizations to scale rapidly and to deliver high-quality therapeutics, and Syner-G BioPharma Group ("Syner-G"), a leading provider of integrated regulatory and biopharmaceutical development services.

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Grant Thornton positions itself for private equity backing

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Grant Thornton positions itself for private equity backing

As it seeks new ways to grow its market share in the British market, audit and advisory firm Grant Thornton UK is reported to be exploring a sale of a stake to private equity backers. The news follows a similar move by the professional services network’s US member in the spring of 2024.

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Top businesses of South Wales hit £11 billion in turnover

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Top businesses of South Wales hit £11 billion in turnover

South Wales’ top 200 privately-owned businesses are going from strength to strength despite recent economic challenges. A new study from Grant Thornton suggests the firms have increased overall turnover by 19% to reach £11 billion.

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PwC invests heavily in Middle East managed services business

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PwC invests heavily in Middle East managed services business

Building on significant expansion of its Managed Services business across the globe, PwC is now following suite in the Middle East with the plan to add over 1,000 staff to the arm’s current headcount in the region.

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Accenture announces investment in virtual learning company Talespin

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Accenture announces investment in virtual learning company Talespin

Global IT consulting company Accenture has unveiled its latest strategic investment, this time providing money to spatial computing company Talespin. The exact amount of the investment was not disclosed.

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MSD Partners Buys 50% Of Consultancy West Monroe

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MSD Partners Buys 50% Of Consultancy West Monroe

MSD Partners, the investment firm that grew out of Michael Dell’s family office, has agreed to take a 50% stake in digital consulting firm West Monroe

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Goldman smartly snaps up McKinsey cast-off

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Goldman smartly snaps up McKinsey cast-off

Not many people get to put senior roles at both Goldman Sachs (GS.N) and McKinsey on their resumes. The investment bank has snapped up Kevin Sneader just six months after he was ousted from the management consultancy’s top job.

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66% of the investors in China's greater bay prefer foreign products

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66% of the investors in China's greater bay prefer foreign products

The Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA) has played a critical role as China’s sandbox for testing new regulatory approaches

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BCG venture to invest in high-impact climate enterprise

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BCG venture to invest in high-impact climate enterprise

The Boston Consulting Group (BCG) and its digital arm BCG Digital Ventures (BCGDV) have launched a new enterprise aimed at partnering with corporates to invest in, co-build, and scale high-impact decarbonisation ventures.

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Kea & Partners lands investment to double its business by 2026

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Kea & Partners lands investment to double its business by 2026

French strategy and management consulting firm Kea & Partners has raised €23 million from investors as part of its strategy to accelerate its growth and double its business within the coming five years.

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Deloitte to move £1bn of default pension investments to sustainable fund

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Deloitte to move £1bn of default pension investments to sustainable fund

Deloitte has announced plans to introduce a new sustainably-focused default pension fund for all of its 35,000 pension scheme members in the Standard Life Master Trust, as part of its wider commitments on climate change and sustainability.

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EY invests $100 million to expand blockchain product suite

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EY invests $100 million to expand blockchain product suite

Big Four accounting firm Ernst & Young is continuing to invest heavily in blockchain, investing $100 million into engineering and developing distributed ledger technologies for a range of enterprise applications.

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Apple will invest over 1 billion euros in Germany

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Apple will invest over 1 billion euros in Germany

Apple will make Munich its European Silicon Design Center, adding hundreds of new employees and a new state-of-the-art facility focused on connectivity and wireless technologies.

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Governments And Artificial Intelligence, Policy And Investment

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Governments And Artificial Intelligence, Policy And Investment

Over the last couple of years, it has become increasingly clear that many democratic governments have been taking a closer look at artificial intelligence (AI), both from a policy standpoint and as something to help their economies of the future

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KPMG eyes further growth in Scotland with director promotions

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KPMG eyes further growth in Scotland with director promotions

KPMG has appointed four new directors within the tax and consulting teams across Scotland as part of a wider commitment within the firm to invest in talent and innovation, including plans – announced in April, to create up to 400 tech-focused jobs in Glasgow within a new Managed Services Hub.

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Coalfire Acquisition Signed Off

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Coalfire Acquisition Signed Off

The acquisition of cybersecurity firm Coalfire by funds advised by Apax Partners was officially finalized.

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LIA appoints Oliver Wyman as consultants

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LIA appoints Oliver Wyman as consultants

The Libyan Investment Authority (LIA) has confirmed that the global management consulting firm, Oliver Wyman, has been appointed ‘‘to provide strategic guidance and support to the LIA’’ from January 2020.

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