Jan 28, 2025 | Due Diligence, Global Proficiency, Security Services, Thought Leadership
IPOs Are Coming A new year brings new hope and, for many global investors – big and small – the year 2025 is one filled with widespread optimism of a resurgence in IPO activity. While 2024 was filled with phrases such as “cautiously optimistic” and “reserved...
Oct 31, 2024 | Beneficial Ownership | OwnerCheck, Cryptocurrency Diligence | CryptoCheck, Due Diligence, Executive Background Checks | ExecCheck, Global Proficiency, Thought Leadership, Wealth Intelligence | WealthCheck
Greater Transparency at the Center of Europe? Switzerland is poised to take another step towards greater transparency in its financial system: the Federal Assembly, the country’s legislature, is deliberating the introduction of a national Ultimate Beneficial Owner...
Sep 26, 2024 | Due Diligence, Security Services, Thought Leadership
In the aftermath of the massive global impact on Windows 365 cloud PCs following the update to CrowdStrike’s Falcon Sensor software in July this year, you only have to ask corporate risk professionals what keeps them up at night and the answer is often not so much the...
Aug 21, 2024 | Beneficial Ownership | OwnerCheck, Compliance, Cryptocurrency Diligence | CryptoCheck, Due Diligence, Executive Background Checks | ExecCheck, Thought Leadership, Uncategorized, Wealth Intelligence | WealthCheck
As the countries of the Middle East strive to diversify their economies and attract foreign investment, they have become intertwined in the global flow of goods and services, beyond just oil and gas production. However, certain jurisdictions in the region have also...
Aug 7, 2024 | Compliance, Due Diligence, Thought Leadership
This is the second in a series of articles on the challenges, limitations, and opportunities presented by artificial intelligence (AI). In our first article, Rise of the Machines?, we looked at the application of AI in our own due diligence industry. We acknowledged...
Jun 18, 2024 | Due Diligence, Executive Background Checks | ExecCheck, Investigations, Thought Leadership
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that it filed 784 total enforcement actions in fiscal year 2023, a three percent increase over fiscal year 2022, including 501 original, or “stand-alone,” enforcement actions, an eight percent increase over the...