State-owned Saudi Aramco has asked FTI Consulting ( FCN.N ) to suspend its investor relations advisory work related to the oil company’s planned initial public offering, people familiar with the matter told Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Visitors are seen at the Saudi Aramco stand at the Middle East Process Engineering Conference & Exhibition in Manama, Bahrain, October 9, 2016. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed/File photo Aramco brought in Brunswick to advice on media relations and appointed FTI Consulting to manage investor relations. It was not immediately clear why FTI was asked to suspend its work for Aramco, but one of the sources said the latest decision could broaden Brunswick’s role beyond media relations. FTI has been reporting to Aramco head of investor relations Fergus MacLeod, a former group head of strategic planning at BP. FTI and Brunswick declined to comment on Aramco’s move. Saudi Aramco did not […]