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Research

Independent research on UK private markets and productive finance.

Allocator-oriented. Data-led. Released as our research programme matures.

The research programme

Point Break's research programme examines the role of UK private markets in long-term portfolio construction, with a focus on productive finance, domestic investment, and five core asset classes.

UK financial district — Canary Wharf
Coming June 2026 Primer · Flagship

UK Private Markets: An Institutional Primer

An institutional primer on the depth, structure and attractiveness of UK private markets — built for pension and long-term capital allocators evaluating domestic private market exposure.

June 2026
Westminster — UK government
Coming July 2026 Macro

UK Economic Position: Macro & Productive Finance

The UK fiscal and growth trajectory, and why the next decade requires pension portfolios to shift toward productive assets — for savers and the economy alike.

July 2026
Institutional research library
Coming August 2026 Programme

Research Working Group: Programme Brief

The opportunity Point Break is documenting, the evidence we are surfacing, and the questions we believe institutional allocators need answers to.

August 2026
UK industrial site
Coming Soon Sector — Private Equity

The UK Private Equity Opportunity

Buyout, growth, take-privates and special situations through the lens of long-duration domestic capital — and where UK PE compounds best for pension portfolios.

Coming Soon
UK life sciences laboratory
Coming Soon Sector — Growth Equity

The UK Growth Equity Opportunity

The UK growth-stage funding gap, the Mansion House policy tailwinds, and the case for institutional capital behind the next generation of UK champions.

Coming Soon
UK wind farm — energy transition
Coming Soon Sector — Infrastructure

The UK Infrastructure Opportunity

Net Zero, transport, digital and regional renewal. The UK infrastructure opportunity set, and what it requires from domestic pension capital to unlock at scale.

Coming Soon
UK business — credit and lending
Coming Soon Sector — Private Credit

The UK Private Credit Opportunity

Bank-lending dislocation has reshaped UK mid-market financing. A sector view of direct lending, special situations and the credit spectrum for institutional allocators.

Coming Soon
UK new-build housing
Coming Soon Sector — Real Estate

The UK Real Estate Opportunity

Living, logistics and heritage. UK real estate through long-term demographic and policy tailwinds — why thematic positioning matters more than cycle timing.

Coming Soon
UK pension capital — finance
Coming Soon Thematic

The £200bn Surplus: DB Capital & the Productive Finance Settlement

UK DB schemes hold £200–300bn of structurally idle surplus. The case that allocating to UK private markets is a fiduciary question, not a policy preference.

Coming Soon

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