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Ankura CTIX FLASH Update – July 13, 2026
Malware Activity Advanced Evasion and AI Supply Chain Threats Reshape the Modern Attack Landscape Cybersecurity researchers have identified two emerging threats that highlight how attackers are evolving their tactics to target both enterprise defenses and modern development workflows. The newly observed GodDamn ransomware leverages a malicious kernel-level driver called PoisonX to disable endpoint security tools. ...
Insurance Industry Outlook: U.S. and Canada M&A Activity Q1 Review
Ankura actively monitors insurance asset acquisitions and divestitures across the market to identify emerging themes, track the most active participants, and surface insights for insurers and investors. The tracker is intended to provide a concise view into the United States and Canada market activity using publicly available information and S&P Capital IQ Pro[1] data of the Q1 2026[2] landscape.
Oil Price Shocks and the Road to Margin Recovery
Global manufacturing systems are being reshaped by recurring geopolitical, energy-market, and supply-chain shocks. The current petrochemical industry is especially exposed because its cost base depends on crude oil, natural gas liquids, naphtha, ethane, propane, power, freight, and risk premiums embedded in global trade.
The New IPO Playbook | How Private Markets Reshaped Going Public
For most of modern corporate history, going public was the natural next step for a successful company. You built something valuable, you scaled, and at a certain size you ran an initial public offering (IPO): the first sale of a private company's shares on a public exchange, usually to raise growth capital and give early investors a path to liquidity. That was the playbook.
From Pilot to Production: A Practical AI Deployment Playbook for Financial Institutions
Most financial institutions are not struggling with artificial intelligence (AI) capability. They are struggling with AI execution. Large language models (LLMs), agentic architectures, and cloud-native platforms have matured to the point where meaningful automation is within reach for nearly every financial institution. Yet the vast majority of AI programs remain stuck somewhere between proof of concept and production.
When the Model Misses: Why AML Validation Can No Longer Be an Afterthought
For two decades, the assumption within compliance departments was that a transaction monitoring system, once installed and tuned, would do its job in the background. Alerts would fire, analysts would clear them, and an annual independent test would satisfy the regulatory box. That assumption is gone.
Ankura CTIX FLASH Update – July 7, 2026
Malware Activity Emerging Threats Highlight Risks Across Malware-as-a-Service and AI Ecosystems Recent research highlights how cybercriminals are continuing to expand their capabilities through both traditional malware and emerging AI-driven attack techniques. Researchers identified QuimaRAT, a new cross-platform Remote Access Trojan (RAT) being sold as a Malware-as-a-Service (MaaS) offering, enabling threat actors to easily deploy advanced ...
Post-IPO Scrutiny in Hong Kong: Where Investigations Arise in the Current Listing Cycle
Hong Kong reclaimed the global top initial public offering (IPO) spot in 2025, with funds totaling U.S.$37.4 billion being raised, i.e. triple the amount in 2024 (U.S.$10.4 billion) and seven times the amount in 2023 (U.S.$5.5 billion).
The Cost of Disconnection | Why MNCs Can No Longer Afford Siloed Government Affairs and Communications
The operating environment for multinational corporations (MNCs) has undergone a structural shift. Geopolitical volatility, the weaponization of trade policy, and increasingly assertive regulatory environments across major markets have narrowed the playspace for global business. In this environment, two functions — government/public affairs (GA/PA) and communications (comms) — have migrated from the organizational periphery to the strategic core.
Ankura CTIX FLASH Update – July 2, 2026
Malware Activity AI and Open-Source Supply Chains Become New Targets for Developer-Focused Attacks Recent research highlights a growing trend in which threat actors are abusing trusted development tools, automation, and open-source ecosystems to compromise software developers and gain access to valuable systems. In one proof-of-concept attack, researchers demonstrated how AI coding assistants can be manipulated ...
