Ascentric enters 'final furlong' of re-platforming project

Originally targeted 2015 finish

Tom Ellis
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Ascentric has entered the 'final furlong' of its re-platforming project from proprietary technology to Bravura's Sonata system, according to managing director Jon Taylor.

The Royal London-owned platform originally expected to complete its project by September 2015 but following the release of its half-year results on Thursday claimed it is now into the final stretch. It previously told Professional Adviser it would phase its migration of clients over a number of months. Taylor (pictured) said: "Data migration is all working, the system is performing, testing is going really well and we set ourselves a threshold in terms of making sure this thing works before we go live but it's really, really encouraging, which is a fairly unique position compared to s...

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