{"id":15967,"date":"2019-03-31T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-31T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/livingstagenew.wpenginepowered.com\/transaction\/livingbridge-backed-catalyst-merges-with-sionic-advisors\/"},"modified":"2026-06-25T09:59:38","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T13:59:38","slug":"livingbridge-backed-catalyst-merges-with-sionic-advisors","status":"publish","type":"transaction","link":"https:\/\/livingstonepartners.com\/es\/transaction\/livingbridge-backed-catalyst-merges-with-sionic-advisors\/","title":{"rendered":"Catalyst se ha fusionado con Sionic Advisors con el respaldo de Livingbridge"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

El equipo de Livingstone especializado en el sector servicios ha asesorado a Catalyst Development, una premiada consultora financiera londinense, en su fusi\u00f3n con Sionic Advisors, especialistas en servicios financieros internacionales. De la fusi\u00f3n ha nacido una de las firmas de consultor\u00eda especializada m\u00e1s importantes del mundo, operando con una plataforma internacionalizada para sus clientes a escala mundial. Tras la operaci\u00f3n, Catalyst tendr\u00e1 ventas combinadas superiores a los 60 millones de d\u00f3lares, y m\u00e1s de 300 profesionales ubicados en una docena de localidades.<\/strong><\/p>

Respaldada por el fondo de private equity Livingbridge desde 2017, Catalyst se dedica a la adaptaci\u00f3n a cambios regulatorios, mejora organizativa y desarrollo de talento para instituciones financieras en el mundo. Desde su creaci\u00f3n en 1994, Catalyst ha trabajado con m\u00e1s de 70 clientes en m\u00e1s de 30 centros financieros a escala internacional, incluidos nueve de los 12 bancos de inversi\u00f3n m\u00e1s importantes del mundo, y ha sido el mentor de m\u00e1s de 250 de los perfiles m\u00e1s importantes de los mercados financieros.<\/p>

Sionic ofrece iniciativas estrat\u00e9gicas, de optimizaci\u00f3n y cambio a un amplia variedad de instituciones de servicios financieros desde sus centrales ubicadas en m\u00e1s de ocho pa\u00edses. Esta fusi\u00f3n se produce tras la adquisici\u00f3n por parte de Catalyst en febrero de 2018, de Knadel, un grupo especializado en gesti\u00f3n de activos y patrimonio.<\/p>

El negocio combinado tiene previsto acelerar su crecimiento de \u201cespecialidad a escala\u201d en respuesta a la demanda de los clientes. El gasto global en consultor\u00eda de servicios financieros en 2018 fue de 38 mil millones de libras, frente a los 17 mil millones de d\u00f3lares en 2008, con un crecimiento medio previsto del 8-10%. M\u00e1s del 70% del gasto est\u00e1 relacionado con tecnolog\u00eda, operaciones, riesgos y cumplimiento normativo, o cambios en la banca, mercados de capitales y seguros en Am\u00e9rica del Norte, Europa y Asia. En otras palabras, se tratan de las \u00e1reas donde la nueva empresa combinada es experta.<\/p>

\u00c9sta es la tercera vez que Livingstone asesora a Catalyst, tras asesorarles en su estrategia de crecimiento desde 2017 con el buy-out respaldado por Livingbridge, la adquisici\u00f3n posterior de Knadel en 2018 y la fusi\u00f3n con Sionic.<\/p>

Andrew Middleton, CEO de Catalyst Group<\/strong> coment\u00f3: \u201cDe esta fusi\u00f3n transformacional surgir\u00e1 una firma especializada l\u00edder en el mundo. Sionic tiene mucha experiencia en nuestro mercado bancario, lo que nos va a permitir escalar la ejecuci\u00f3n de tareas complejas para clientes a nivel mundial gracias a su posici\u00f3n de liderazgo en Estados Unidos y Canad\u00e1\u201d.<\/em><\/p>

Craig Sher, Co-Fundador y CEO de Sionic<\/strong>, a\u00f1adi\u00f3: \u201cEsto es un encaje perfecto. Tenemos la reputaci\u00f3n de ser expertos en nuestro campo as\u00ed como perturbadores expansivos de modelos de consultor\u00eda obsoletos. Al igual que Catalyst, ofrecemos valor medible y los mejores servicios de cambio en control y gobierno, cambio regulatorio, operaciones, riesgo, finanzas y tecnolog\u00eda. Estamos deseando  trabajar juntos para desarrollar nuestros servicios y hacer que nuestra nueva firma sea a\u00fan m\u00e1s grande y mejor para nuestros clientes, empleados e inversores\u201d.<\/em><\/p>

Pete Clarke, Socio de Livingbridge<\/strong>, dijo: \u201cLos equipos de M&A y Asesoramiento de Deuda de Livingstone jugaron un papel clave ayudando a Livingbridge y al equipo de Catalyst a lo largo de este complejo proceso transfronterizo, y valoramos mucho su asesoramiento y apoyo\u201d.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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