Broadridge CEO Highlights Tokenization, AI, and CQG Deal at UBS Conference

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Broadridge Financial Solutions CEO Tim Gokey outlined the company's positioning across capital markets, wealth management, asset management, and corporate issuer services during a discussion at a UBS conference in Key Biscayne, Florida. Gokey emphasized Broadridge's role as a technology and market infrastructure provider and pointed to several multi-year trends—digitization, shareholder engagement, faster trading, tokenization, and artificial intelligence—as key drivers of growth and investment.

Why it matters

As a leading financial technology provider, Broadridge's strategic priorities and technology investments offer insights into the evolving landscape of capital markets, wealth management, and corporate governance. The company's focus on areas like tokenization and AI highlights how emerging technologies are shaping the future of financial services infrastructure.

The details

Gokey discussed Broadridge's scale and core operating model, noting the company has grown significantly since he joined in 2010. He outlined Broadridge's long-term financial framework centered on recurring revenue growth and operating leverage. On the regulatory communications front, Gokey reiterated Broadridge's expectation for mid- to high-single-digit position growth, citing ongoing innovation in financial services. Gokey also highlighted Broadridge's initiatives in governance and shareholder engagement, including pass-through voting, custom policy engines, and standing voting instructions. Regarding capital markets, Gokey pointed to Broadridge's announced acquisition of CQG and the company's strategy to consolidate fragmented back-office infrastructure. In wealth management, Gokey discussed Broadridge's focus on improving advisor productivity, enhancing the end-investor experience, and digitizing operations. On sales, Gokey acknowledged a slower pace in the first half but cited indicators supporting confidence in full-year expectations. Gokey also discussed Broadridge's opportunities in tokenization and AI, highlighting use cases in governance, capital markets, and internal operations.

• Broadridge has scaled significantly since Gokey joined the company in 2010, growing from about 3,000 associates and a $2.5 billion market capitalization to about 15,000 associates and a $22 billion market capitalization.
• Broadridge expects to move its Digital Ledger Repo (DLR) product, which currently runs on a private version of the Canton network, to the public version later this calendar year.

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