The new application platform, Element, aims to boost firms' productivity and client engagement capabilities and will serve as the foundation for JHC’s next product range.

“Element’s use of HTML5 and CSS3 gives a fully responsive user interface which will work seamlessly across mobile devices and desktops. The end product looks fantastic and gives an incredibly powerful yet highly intuitive experience that we are sure will delight our users,” said JHC's chief technical officer, Ian Haines.

Given that the platform works with JHC's wealth management system Figaro, and uses a new technology, the firm said it can use it as a framework for developing applications for systems other than Figaro, or for integration projects.

JHC is set to launch the first new product on Element in the second half of 2015, and further products next year.