Marsh McLennan’s Oliver Wyman To Acquire Healthcare Analytics Business Validate Health

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Marsh McLennan’s Oliver Wyman To Acquire Healthcare Analytics Business Validate Health

Oliver Wyman, a global leader in management consulting and a business of Marsh McLennan (NYSE: MMC), announced an agreement to acquire Validate Health, a healthcare analytics business that enables healthcare providers and Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) to better manage costs, risk, and performance. The terms of the transaction, expected to close in summer 2025, were not disclosed.

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Accenture, WPP have discussed potential M&A deal

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Accenture, WPP have discussed potential M&A deal

Accenture and WPP have had discussions about a potential M&A deal or partnership, multiple sources have told Campaign.

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Sebastian di Paola is elected to chair PwC’s global board

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Sebastian di Paola is elected to chair PwC’s global board

PwC has elected Sebastian di Paola to chair the global governance board of PricewaterhouseCoopers International Limited (PwCIL), which is responsible for the governance of PwCIL, oversight of PwC’s Network Leadership Team, and approval of the standards by which each PwC firm must abide.

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Deloitte launches Agentic AI Blueprint to help unlock US$150 billion in value for telecom organizations

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Deloitte launches Agentic AI Blueprint to help unlock US$150 billion in value for telecom organizations

Deloitte's new agentic AI solution helps empower telcos to scale end-to-end AI solutions across their operations and customer experience, which can help accelerate automation and transform performance.

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Is AI a Threat or a Catalyst for the Consulting Industry?

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Is AI a Threat or a Catalyst for the Consulting Industry?

Is AI a Threat or a Catalyst for the Consulting Industry?

As artificial intelligence continues to reshape industries, the consulting sector stands at a crossroads. Is AI eroding the foundations of traditional advisory work, or is it a force for innovation and evolution?

We explore both sides of this critical debate.

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AI linked to a fourfold increase in productivity growth and 56% wage premium, while jobs grow even in the most easily automated roles

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AI linked to a fourfold increase in productivity growth and 56% wage premium, while jobs grow even in the most easily automated roles

AI is making workers more valuable, productive, and able to command higher wage premiums, with job numbers rising even in roles considered most automatable, according to PwC’s 2025 Global AI Jobs Barometer, released today.

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H.I.G. Capital eyes £800m exit from Interpath four years after KPMG carve-out

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H.I.G. Capital eyes £800m exit from Interpath four years after KPMG carve-out

H.I.G. Capital is preparing to launch a formal sale process for Interpath Advisory, the restructuring and professional services firm it acquired from KPMG in 2021.

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Oliver Wyman acquires analytics consultancy Validate Health

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Oliver Wyman acquires analytics consultancy Validate Health

Oliver Wyman, a New York-based management consulting firm, has agreed to acquire Validate Health, a Chicago-based healthcare analytics consultancy.

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Capgemini's $3.3b buyout shows shift in outsourcing priorities

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Capgemini's $3.3b buyout shows shift in outsourcing priorities

Capgemini has agreed to buy outsourcer WNS for $3.3 billion, as it looks to add AI muscle and make further inroads into the US market.

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Cuts, struggles and breakups: How is AI reshaping the consultancy sector?

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Cuts, struggles and breakups: How is AI reshaping the consultancy sector?

There’s been a lot of noise lately about job cuts at the Big Four firms and the graduate recruitment ladder being pulled up, but underneath the surface crisis mode is becoming the norm across the sector as it struggles to keep up with the new AI-driven world.

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Restructuring specialist Leonard Curtis launches M&A advisory offering

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Restructuring specialist Leonard Curtis launches M&A advisory offering

Leonard Curtis, a restructuring and turnaround specialist, is eyeing expansion into the transactions space, bringing Toby Rolls on board to lead its new M&A advisory service line.

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Altaline Launches as a Next Generation Private Equity Firm Focused on Buyouts and Growth Investments in the Technology, Business Services and Financial Services Sectors

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Altaline Launches as a Next Generation Private Equity Firm Focused on Buyouts and Growth Investments in the Technology, Business Services and Financial Services Sectors

Altaline Capital Management, LLC (“Altaline” or the “Firm”), a new private equity firm founded by former professionals from TA Associates, H.I.G. Capital and KKR, announced its official launch.

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Parthenon Capital invests in AArete

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Parthenon Capital invests in AArete

Parthenon Capital, a Boston-based private equity firm, has made a strategic investment in AArete, a Chicago-based management and technology consulting firm.

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Kearney launches new Global Cities Framework to enhance global competitiveness of cities

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Kearney launches new Global Cities Framework to enhance global competitiveness of cities

Global management consultancy Kearney has today released its new Global Cities Framework, which offers a comprehensive road map to enhance a city’s global competitiveness through eight areas of excellence.

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Deloitte's Summer Vacation Scheme offers real life work experience to 460 students

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Deloitte's Summer Vacation Scheme offers real life work experience to 460 students

Deloitte's immersive Summer Vacation Scheme began June 30th, welcoming 460 UK university students to 15 Deloitte UK offices nationwide.

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Baringa chooses to move beyond B Corp

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Baringa chooses to move beyond B Corp

Global management consulting firm Baringa has decided not to renew its B Corporation (B Corp) certification in May 2025, as part of its refreshed sustainability strategy.

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Deloitte and AWS expand alliance to accelerate digital transformation across the Middle East

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Deloitte and AWS expand alliance to accelerate digital transformation across the Middle East

New regional initiative to scale cloud adoption, AI, and innovation across key industries, expected to deliver $1 billion worth of services by 2030

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Accenture Teams with NVIDIA to Advance AI Agenda for Europe with AI Refinery for Sovereign and Agentic AI

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Accenture Teams with NVIDIA to Advance AI Agenda for Europe with AI Refinery for Sovereign and Agentic AI

Accenture has expanded its AI Refinery™ platform for Europe with new sovereign and agentic capabilities to help European organizations maintain control over critical data and apply innovative AI solutions.

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Private equity sits on $1 trillion amid uncertainties, M&A stalls, PwC says

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Private equity sits on $1 trillion amid uncertainties, M&A stalls, PwC says

Private equity firms are holding about $1 trillion in unsold assets, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) said on Wednesday — capital that, in a typical market environment, would have been returned to investors.

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McKinsey slashes 10 per cent of jobs in major overhaul

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McKinsey slashes 10 per cent of jobs in major overhaul

Consulting giant McKinsey has unleashed one of the largest job culls in the company’s history after ten per cent of staff faced the chop.

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