Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) investing has become less a framework and more a battlefield. What began as a well-intentioned movement to align capital with sustainability has devolved into a war of narratives, where ideology, lobbying, and regulatory capture threaten to undermine its credibility.

The October 2025 shutdown of the United States government is not merely a fiscal event. It is a linguistic theatre, a semantic battleground where power is wielded not just through policy, but through prose. In the spirit of New Fund Order, we must interrogate the narratives, not just the numbers. "In the Spirit of the New Fund Order, we must interrogate the narratives, not just the numbers." JB Beckett Read why...

Special Advisor to DDL, JB Beckett's Blog on Central Banking and Finance - and how FSLA cuts through the fog. "We are entering a new phase of monetary dysfunction, one where the old rules no longer apply, and the new ones are written in the shadows." Read more

Co- written by Author & Special Advisor to DDL, JB Beckett (#newfundorder) In the labyrinthian theatre of capital markets, where algorithms hum and narratives collide, the search for alpha has become a war of noise and attrition. Hedge funds, once the avant-garde of financial innovation, now find themselves in a crowded arena of sameness; quants chasing ticks, macros reading tea leaves, and long-short managers parsing balance sheets like sacred texts.

In early August 2025, the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) fined Neil Woodford and his investment management firm, Woodford Investment Management (WIM), a combined total of £46 million. Woodford was also banned from holding senior roles in the UK’s Financial Services industry.

JB Beckett, ex-investment gatekeeper, fund allocator and author of New Fund Order, has entered into an exciting collaborative association with Deception Detection Lab Ltd (DDL), as a Special Adviser.

This is the fourth and final blog in our series of blogs analysing Kingfisher PLC’s Earnings Call Q&A session for their full year results on 25th March 2025. 

This is the third in a small series of blogs analysing Kingfisher PLC’s Earnings Call Q&A session for their full year results on 25th March 2025.

Kingfisher PLC, the owner of B&Q and Screwfix, operates in multiple European countries, including the UK, France and Poland. Their stock is the third most shorted in the FTSE 100 with 6.8% of its equity share capital sold short by short sellers.

Kingfisher PLC, the owner of B&Q and Screwfix, operates in multiple European countries, including the UK, France and Poland. Their stock is the third most shorted in the FTSE 100 with 6.8% of its equity share capital sold short by short sellers.

In 2023, having purchased Charlie Javice’s company ‘Frank,’ JPMorgan filed a lawsuit alleging that Javice paid a data scientist professor $18,000 to contrive a list of more than 4 million fake student names in order to convince them of its value and to purchase the company for $175 million.

In today's rapidly evolving investigative landscape from law enforcement to finance, banking, and corporate compliance Artificial Intelligence (AI) is playing an increasingly prominent role

Potential flaw in Tesla carpet design - whistle-blower loses job

The £48,000 Masterstroke: How Linguistic Analysis Closed a Francis Bacon Art Deal  In high-stakes negotiation, language reveals far more than numbers.

How DDL uses FSLA to help identify Insurance Fraud

In the world of Ultra-High Net Worth Individuals (UHNWIs) and High Net Worth Individuals (HNWIs), discretion, accuracy, and trust are essential.

In an article published on the BBC’s website on 17th April, Toby Carvery's owner apologised over the upset caused after the company felled an ancient oak tree, admitting, ‘we need to tighten our protocols’.   

In 2023, Australian Transport Minister, Catherine King defended her decision to reject Qatar Airways request for extra capacity to fly 21 extra flights each week into Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane.

DDL Blog - How we use FSLA to analyse Corporate Earnings - Starbucks Q3 results

DDL Blog on how we use FSLA in Sport. Frankie Dettori was involved in a dispute with HMRC