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Livingstone\u2019s Business Services sector team has advised London-based Catalyst Development, an award-winning financial markets consulting firm, on its merger with global financial services specialists Sionic Advisors. <\/strong><\/p>\n

The deal will create one of the world\u2019s largest and fastest growing specialist consulting firms, operating with a fully internationalised platform for their global client base. Following the merger, Catalyst will have a combined revenue of over $60M and more than 300 professionals based in a dozen locations.<\/p>\n

Backed by investment from private equity firm Livingbridge since 2017, Catalyst specialises in regulatory-driven change, organisational improvement and talent development programmes for global financial institutions. Since its foundation in 1994, Catalyst has worked with more than 70 clients in over 30 financial centres worldwide, including nine out of the world\u2019s top 12 investment banks, and has mentored more than 250 of the most senior figures in financial markets.<\/p>\n

Sionic delivers change, optimisation and strategic initiatives to a wide range of financial services institutions from bases in more than eight countries. This merger follows Catalyst\u2019s acquisition of asset and wealth management specialists Knadel in February 2018.<\/p>\n

The combined business now plans to accelerate its growth of \u2018specialism at scale\u2019 in response to client demand. Global spend on financial services consulting in 2018 was \u00a338bn, up from $17bn in 2008, with 8\u201310% average forecast growth. Over 70% of that spend relates to technology, operations, risk and regulatory compliance and change in banking, capital markets and insurance in North America, Europe and Asia: exactly the combined firm\u2019s key areas of expertise.<\/p>\n

This is the third deal that Livingstone has advised Catalyst on, having supported their growth strategy since the 2017 buy-out backed by Livingbridge, the subsequent acquisition of Knadel in 2018 and the merger with Sionic.<\/p>\n

Catalyst Group CEO, Andrew Middleton, comments: \u201cThis is a transformational merger that will create a world-leading specialist firm. Sionic have highly regarded expertise in our core banking market, enabling us to scale our delivery of complex assignments for clients globally thanks to their lead position in the US and Canada.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sionic Co-Founder and Group CEO, Craig Sher, added: \u201cThis is a perfect match. We\u2019re known as experts in our field and as fast-growth disruptors of outdated models of consultancy.\u00a0 Like Catalyst, we deliver measurable value and best-in-class change services in control and governance, regulatory change, operations, risk, finance and technology. We\u2019re looking forward to working together to expand our services and reach to create an even bigger and better firm for our clients, staff and investors alike.\u201d<\/p>\n

Livingbridge Partner, Pete Clarke, commented: \u201cThe Livingstone M&A and Debt Advisory teams played a key role in supporting Livingbridge and the Catalyst team throughout this complex cross-border transaction and we highly value their ongoing advice and execution support.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Det prisbel\u00f6nade finanskonsultbolaget Catalyst Development g\u00e5r samman med globala Sionic Advisors, specialist inom finansiella tj\u00e4nster. <\/p>\n

Aff\u00e4ren skapar en av v\u00e4rldens st\u00f6rsta och mest snabbv\u00e4xande globala specialistkonsulter med en oms\u00e4ttning p\u00e5 60 miljoner dollar och 300 anst\u00e4llda.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":3465,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"client-type":[],"region":[],"sector":[],"service":[],"transaction-type":[],"class_list":["post-17721","transaction","type-transaction","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":{"team_members":"","date":"20190331","client_type":58,"type":[1061],"region":[409,410,1224],"services":[470],"sectors":[898,919],"related_transactions":"","related_testimonials":[53439],"contacts":""},"yoast_head":"\nCatalyst Development har g\u00e5tt samman med Sionic Advisors - Livingstone Partners<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/livingstonepartners.com\/sv\/transaction\/livingbridge-backed-catalyst-merges-with-sionic-advisors\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"sv_SE\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Catalyst Development har g\u00e5tt samman med Sionic Advisors - Livingstone Partners\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Det prisbel\u00f6nade finanskonsultbolaget Catalyst Development g\u00e5r samman med globala Sionic Advisors, specialist inom finansiella tj\u00e4nster. 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