UK Long-Term Savings and Retirement Business
Programme
Industry
A long-term savings and retirement organisation identified a structural challenge in the pensions market relating to how capital is allocated to private market assets. The programme focused on exploring and establishing a private markets solution that could be implemented within tight timelines while supporting better long-term outcomes for policyholders.

Programme Outcomes Delivered:
• Target operating model defined for a new private markets investment entity
• Communication strategy and external announcement plan
• Stakeholder alignment on investment product structure and fee model
• Regulatory business plan, including financial and stress projections
• Full alternative investment fund manager regulatory application
• Fund deployment timeline and investment schedule
Customer Value Delivered
• Defined a best-in-class operating model for a private markets investment solution
• Delivered programme milestones to plan, including efficiencies against original regulatory cost expectations
• Developed detailed financial models covering profitability, balance sheet, cash flow and stress scenarios
• Agreed asset deployment commitments and fee structures aligned to improved consumer outcomes
• Designed Day 1 organisation structure and supported key role appointments



