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EY Strengthens Financial Services Technology Consulting Capabilities With Q4 Associates Addition

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EY Strengthens Financial Services Technology Consulting Capabilities With Q4 Associates Addition

Ernst & Young, New Zealand (“EY New Zealand”) is excited to announce that boutique technology consulting firm Q4 Associates Limited (Q4 Associates) has joined EY New Zealand effective from today, 1 August 2022. The Q4 Associates addition will enable EY New Zealand to better serve clients, particularly in the financial services sector, by strengthening its existing intelligent automation (IA) and robotics process automation (RPA) capabilities and bolstering EY New Zealand’s existing financial services technology consulting team.

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  Atos shares jump after it secures financing for turnaround plan

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Atos shares jump after it secures financing for turnaround plan

France's Atos said it had secured financing for a turnaround plan and forecast further improvement in sales in the second half, driving up shares in the loss-making IT consulting firm early on Wednesday.

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Accenture to Acquire Eclipse Automation to Help Clients Build Factories of the Future

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Accenture to Acquire Eclipse Automation to Help Clients Build Factories of the Future

Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has agreed to acquire Eclipse Automation, a provider of customized manufacturing automation and robotics solutions headquartered in Cambridge, Ontario, Canada

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BearingPoint adds business development expert Brian Knudson

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BearingPoint adds business development expert Brian Knudson

BearingPoint, an Amsterdam-headquartered management consulting firm, has hired Brian Knudson as senior manager of business development to help drive the company’s US growth.

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FTI Consulting Adds Team of Five to Global Aviation Practice

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FTI Consulting Adds Team of Five to Global Aviation Practice

FTI Consulting, Inc. (NYSE: FCN) today announced the appointment of five professionals to the global Aviation practice, who also will further enhance the firm’s human capital and business strategy offerings.

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Accenture Acquires Solvera Solutions to Grow Digital Transformation Capabilities in Western Canada

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Accenture Acquires Solvera Solutions to Grow Digital Transformation Capabilities in Western Canada

Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has acquired Solvera Solutions, a Regina-based company delivering platform-led digital transformation services across Western Canada. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed

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KPMG brings together tech partners for 'pioneering' data offering

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KPMG brings together tech partners for 'pioneering' data offering

KPMG has agreed expanded UAE-focused alliances with Informatica, Snowflake and Microsoft, ramping up how the consulting firm collaborates with the three major global technology houses to enhance its ‘enterprise data transformation’ services.

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Infosys buys 200-strong European life sciences consultancy Base

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Infosys buys 200-strong European life sciences consultancy Base

Global IT services company Infosys has beefed up its consulting arm in Europe with the acquisition of Base Life Science, a Danish-origin firm with around 200 consultants in seven countries.

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Chicago-based Argo Consulting joins global player EFESO Consulting

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Chicago-based Argo Consulting joins global player EFESO Consulting

Argo Consulting, a Chicago-based operations consulting firm, has merged into EFESO Consulting, a global operations and performance improvement consultancy.

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EY partners with Planon on real estate and workplace management

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EY partners with Planon on real estate and workplace management

Big Four firm EY has announced an alliance with Planon, a provider of integrated workplace management systems (IWMS).

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Eight Advisory ropes in growth capital to double independently

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Eight Advisory ropes in growth capital to double independently

European consulting firm Eight Advisory has landed an investment from Sienna Investment Managers, with the aim of maintaining its growth trajectory as an independent business. By 2027, Eight Advisory wants to be have broken through the milestone of 1,000 employees.

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Strategy& promotes Fabien Fontaine and Xavier Monin to partner

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Strategy& promotes Fabien Fontaine and Xavier Monin to partner

Global strategy consulting firm Strategy& has promoted two company members in Paris to its partnership: Fabien Fontaine and Xavier Monin.

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Siteimprove Appoints Former SAP Global Head of People and Sustainability, Dr. Judith Michelle Williams, to Board of Directors

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Siteimprove Appoints Former SAP Global Head of People and Sustainability, Dr. Judith Michelle Williams, to Board of Directors

Siteimprove, the leading enterprise platform that transforms content into revenue, today announces that Dr. Judith Michelle Williams, co-founder of the human resources information platform Sugarwork, Inc. and former Global Head of People and Sustainability at SAP, will be joining the company’s Board of Directors.

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GEP teams up with Eliant to reinvent supply chain outsourcing

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GEP teams up with Eliant to reinvent supply chain outsourcing

Three of the word’s larger financial services firm – Apollo, Athene and BNP Paribas – have come together to launch Eliant Inventory Solutions, a global provider of inventory capital solutions aimed at optimizing supply chains and balance sheets.

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EY Consulting buys 450-strong Fabernovel (its largest deal in years)

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EY Consulting buys 450-strong Fabernovel (its largest deal in years)

EY has acquired Fabernovel, a France-headquartered innovation and digital transformation company with an international footprint.

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Booz Allen Hamilton launches $100M corporate venture arm focused on early-stage startups

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Booz Allen Hamilton launches $100M corporate venture arm focused on early-stage startups

Booz Allen Hamilton, the Virginia-based, defense-focused IT consulting firm, today announced the launch of a corporate venture capital arm, Booz Allen Ventures, that will initially put $100 million toward “strategic” defensive and offensive technologies. The move signals Booz Allen’s desire to shape startups in areas it considers aligned with its core business, mainly AI and machine learning, defense, and cybersecurity.

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Lünendonk list 2022 management consulting: German consulting market is recovering

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Lünendonk list 2022 management consulting: German consulting market is recovering

After a decline in the Covid-19 year 2020, the consulting market is recovering. The 20 largest management consultancies headquartered in Germany achieved average sales growth of 16.6 percent in the 2021 financial year.

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NEPC Continues Expansion of Corporate Consulting Teams, Adding Leadership

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NEPC Continues Expansion of Corporate Consulting Teams, Adding Leadership

NEPC, a leading research-driven investment consultant with $1.5 trillion in assets under advisement, has expanded its Corporate Consulting practice group by acquiring a team from Goldman Sachs Asset Management (GSAM). The additions include three new Principals - Alison Lonstein, Matt Maleri, and Joe Nankof - and a new Senior Consultant, Emma O’Brien, all of whom will support clients across NEPC’s business.

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France to pay 9.7 bln euros to take full control of EDF

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France to pay 9.7 bln euros to take full control of EDF

France's government is offering 12 euros per share to take full control of EDF (EDF.PA) in a 9.7 billion euro ($9.85 billion) buyout offer that gives it a free hand to run the group as it contends with a European energy crisis.

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Accelerating the UK’s Road to Jet-Zero

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Accelerating the UK’s Road to Jet-Zero

As travel restrictions continue to ease, air travel is taking off in the UK - albeit with disruption and delays as airports gear up for the expected demand. With aviation accounting for 7% of the UK’s total carbon emissions, a new PwC report - Road to Jet-Zero - outlines the range of support measures needed to ensure future journeys are even more sustainable.

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