SJP re-platforming to shut out clients for 10 days

From 8pm Friday 19 October

Tom Ellis
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Vertically integrated advice network St James's Place (SJP) has confirmed its clients will be unable to access their investment platform for 10 days while it switches to its new technology.

The firm, which looks after £100bn funds under management, said clients will be unable to access their ‘Online Wealth Accounts' from 8pm Friday 19 October to 8am Monday 29 October as it upgrades its platform systems.  SJP is moving from its current platform technology to a new, outsourced Bluedoor-powered platform. The network's half-year update published in August revealed it had broken the £200m mark in its re-platforming move after spending £15.2m on the project in the first half of 2018. At the time it said it had "broken the back" of its multi-year project after it successfully m...

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