Revealed: The lowdown on Old Mutual Wealth's re-platforming project

'Learnt and adapted from others'

Tom Ellis
clock • 4 min read

Last summer Professional Adviser undertook a re-platforming questionnaire and wrote an 11-strong series of articles off the back of it, but one of the re-platformers was missing. Not any more ...

At the time of our extensive survey, Old Mutual Wealth (OMW) said its mid-project decision to move to FNZ instead of IFDS technology was too fresh to let it properly take part in the survey, but now it has finally returned the questionnaire and offered more detail on its project.  OMW is currently re-platforming from proprietary technology to platform tech giant FNZ, which is expected to cost the life and investment company a total of £450m to £490m. Some £120m-160m of that total expenditure relates to the move to FNZ, while the rest was spent on earlier work on its initial plans to move...

To continue reading this article...

Join Professional Adviser for free

  • Unlimited access to real-time news, industry insights and market intelligence
  • Stay ahead of the curve with spotlights on emerging trends and technologies
  • Receive breaking news stories straight to your inbox in the daily newsletters
  • Make smart business decisions with the latest developments in regulation, investing retirement and protection
  • Members-only access to the editor’s weekly Friday commentary
  • Be the first to hear about our events and awards programmes

Join

 

Already a Professional Adviser member?

Login

More on Wrap/platforms

P1 Platform halves drawdown fees to ease cost pressures on advisers

P1 Platform halves drawdown fees to ease cost pressures on advisers

Enabling firms to extend advice and investment services to a broader range of clients

Sahar Nazir
clock 11 November 2025 • 2 min read
Advised platform AUM tops £711bn in Q3 with new business hitting 'all-time highs'

Advised platform AUM tops £711bn in Q3 with new business hitting 'all-time highs'

Headed towards a ‘record-breaking year’

Jenna Brown
clock 06 November 2025 • 2 min read
Embark 'working to resolve delays' after advisers flag transfer backlogs

Embark 'working to resolve delays' after advisers flag transfer backlogs

One client was unable to complete £400,000 pension transfer for over two months

Sahar Nazir
clock 03 November 2025 • 3 min read