Investment Management Business Capabilities Model
A comprehensive 2-level capability model covering the investment management value chain. Includes editable PPT, Excel, and Word files with definitions and KPIs.
About This Capability Model
Asset managers are compressing fees under pressure from passive and ETF competition while simultaneously investing in AI-driven research, alternative data, and direct-indexing customization to justify what fees remain — often running both efforts through the same operating model.
Every one of those pressures eventually lands on the same underlying business, which is exactly where a shared vocabulary earns its keep. The Investment Management Business Capabilities Model is a structured, three-level decomposition of the full domain that survives reorganizations, vendor changes, and years of incremental modernization work.
Delivered as editable PowerPoint, Excel, and Word files — ready to customize for your organization.
What's Inside
- Capabilities matrix (Excel) — structured grouping of all capabilities
- Capabilities map (PowerPoint) — nested visualization of the top two levels
- Capabilities list (Word) — multilevel list format for easy editing
- Capability definitions — detailed descriptions at Level 2
- Capability KPIs — key performance indicators at Level 2
Coverage Areas
The model decomposes the investment management value chain into granular, MECE (mutually exclusive, collectively exhaustive) capabilities spanning all core investment and asset management functions. Note: Digital, Insurance, Retail Banking, Wealth Management, Prime Brokerage, and Alternative Investments are standalone, separate capability models.
How Teams Use It
- Benchmark & gap analysis — assess current-state maturity and identify capability gaps
- Capability-based roadmapping — plan investments around capability evolution, not siloed projects
- Application portfolio rationalization — map capabilities to systems for footprint analysis and consolidation decisions
- Business-IT alignment — use capabilities as a shared language between business and technology teams
Who It's For
Business architects, enterprise architects, investment management executives, technology leaders, and program managers.
Why Buy vs. Build
Building a capability model from scratch takes hundreds of hours of brainstorming across architects, domain experts, and leadership. This model provides 60–80% of the work done at a fraction of the cost. Use it to jump-start your effort — or to cross-reference and fill gaps in an existing map.
This is a generic model designed as a starting point — customization to your organization's specific context is expected and encouraged.
Terms
Digital product — no returns or refunds. Sold as-is, no warranties. Consultancy license required for multi-client use. Does not include implementation support. See our terms of service.
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