Aviva adds D2C component to adviser platform

The provider made the decision to extend its partnership with FNZ at the beginning of the year, and is set to begin migration work now. It anticipates being able to offer the extended D2C service during the first half of 2017. The company already has a FNZ architecture stack powering its D2C and corporate offerings, and this investment will link all three elements. Aviva chief platform officer Tim Orton explained that the upgrade would cost somewhere in the "tens" of millions of pounds. He added: "We recognise that advisers are looking at different propositions for different client...