WASHINGTON — FTI Consulting's strategic communications segment has reported Q2 revenues rising to $59.1 million, up 2.8% from the same period last year, or 6.1% on a constant currency basis.

The firm said the rise was partly due to higher demand for project-based corporate reputation services in North America and EMEA.

"We have seen an outside growth in our corporate reputation business that we may not have seen previous years," said Mark McCall, the global leader of FTI's communication segment. "Clients that previously would have used FTI's services in time of, say, crisis or M&A, are now staying with the firm even after those sorts of events for broader based corporate reputation services. For us, it’s a shift because our clients are seeing that there is a lot of volatility there."

He said that other factors behind the Q2 results were continued investment in the business, expanding FTI's leadership, its strength in Hong Kong and China, and focusing on the core strengths of public affairs and financial communications.

Adjusted segment EBITDA was $10.5 million, or 17.7% of segment revenues, compared to $11 million, or 19.1% of segment revenues, in Q2 last year.

The positive report comes on the heels of upbeat earnings during Q1 of this year, during which the communications segment's revenues rose 9.3%. It continues the growth trend FTI saw in 2018, during which the segment saw a turnaround in North American business after a downturn in revenue during the first half of 2017.

The consulting firm as a whole also reported a Q2 lift, with revenue rising to $606.1 million, up 18.4% on the same period in 2018.