Cinven in exclusive negotiations to acquire Artefact

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Cinven in exclusive negotiations to acquire Artefact

International private equity firm, Cinven, announced that it has entered into exclusive negotiations for the acquisition of Artefact (Artefact or ‘the Company’), a global provider of data and artificial intelligence (‘AI’) consulting services to large, blue-chip enterprises.

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Arthur D. Little appoints Goetz Kuras as partner in Financial Services practice

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Arthur D. Little appoints Goetz Kuras as partner in Financial Services practice

Arthur D. Little has welcomed a new partner to its Financial Services practice in the Middle East: Goetz Kuras.

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AI in talent acquisition: A transformative shift with growth pains

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AI in talent acquisition: A transformative shift with growth pains

AI is rapidly emerging as a transformative force across business functions – including talent acquisition and assessment. Bradly Holdsworth, Senior Consultant at Aon, shares insights into the evolving landscape and how Aon is already harnessing AI to enhance decision-making throughout the talent hiring lifecycle.

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IPO dealmakers guide Sport Clubs Company through successful Tadawul listing

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IPO dealmakers guide Sport Clubs Company through successful Tadawul listing

Sport Clubs Company, which owns and operates more than 50 fitness centres in Saudi Arabia, has successfully gone public on the Saudi Stock Exchange. The IPO was advised on by the M&A teams of several consultancies and law firms.

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Bain & Company partners with Andrew Ng and AI Inspire

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Bain & Company partners with Andrew Ng and AI Inspire

Bain & Company has entered a strategic partnership with Andrew Ng, PhD, and his advisory firm AI Aspire.

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Frazier & Deeter expands Southeast presence with Anglin acquisition

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Frazier & Deeter expands Southeast presence with Anglin acquisition

Frazier & Deeter, a top-50 accounting and consulting firm, has acquired Anglin Reichmann Armstrong, a Huntsville, AL-based accounting and consulting firm.

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Natwest boosts AI strategy with AWS and Accenture

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Natwest boosts AI strategy with AWS and Accenture

Natwest Group has announced a five-year collaboration with Amazon Web Services (AWS) and consultancy Accenture to accelerate its bank-wide data and AI transformation, ahead of its half-year earnings release.

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McKinsey cautions over tech infrastructure challenges

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McKinsey cautions over tech infrastructure challenges

McKinsey warned frontier technologies including generative AI, robotics and immersive environments are exposing gaps in global infrastructure, challenges which are changing the game in terms of scaling systems involving compute-intensive workloads.

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Newly Launched Deloitte and Palantir Strategic Alliance Delivering Tangible Outcomes, Accelerating Transformation for Clients' Modern Enterprise Functions

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Newly Launched Deloitte and Palantir Strategic Alliance Delivering Tangible Outcomes, Accelerating Transformation for Clients' Modern Enterprise Functions

As a Palantir preferred alliance partner for government and commercial clients, Deloitte's early successes are accelerating mission impact for clients

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Tariffs: How Procurement can help protect margins and supply chains

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Tariffs: How Procurement can help protect margins and supply chains

European companies are currently navigating tariffs, mainly from the US, with higher tariffs looming on the horizon. A new whitepaper from H&Z Management Consulting lays out measures that procurement leaders can take now to address the impacts.

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Accenture Changes Growth Model to Reinvent Itself for the Age of AI

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Accenture Changes Growth Model to Reinvent Itself for the Age of AI

Changes will enable Accenture to serve clients and technology ecosystem partners better and faster and create next waves of growth to benefit all stakeholder

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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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