WHY THIS MATTERS
The expansion of Broadridge’s tokenization capabilities, announced on May 12, 2026, represents the “institutionalization” of blockchain technology at the highest levels of global finance. Broadridge is a titan of market infrastructure, processing over $15 trillion in daily assets. By extending its tokenization engine—which already powers $365 billion in daily DLR (Distributed Ledger Repo) volume—to equities, funds, and alts, Broadridge is solving the “innovation silo” problem. Institutional firms no longer need to build experimental blockchain islands; they can now trade and settle tokenized assets using the same resilient workflows and regulatory controls they use for traditional securities.
This matters because it provides a unified Post-Trade and Corporate Actions framework. Historically, the “lifecycle management” of digital assets (voting, dividends, and reporting) has been fragmented. Broadridge’s single-platform approach ensures that whether an asset is a fractionalized token on an EVM-compatible chain or a standard share in a custodial account, the governance and entitlement processes remain identical. For the global capital markets, this is the “missing link” that allows firms to unlock the liquidity and speed of DLT without sacrificing operational integrity.
Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. (NYSE: BR), a global fintech leader, today announced a comprehensive expansion of its tokenization capabilities, providing institutional firms the infrastructure to operate across tokenized and traditional securities on a single, integrated platform.
Broadridge supports institutional trading at scale by reducing operational complexity from execution to settlement for more than $15 trillion in assets per day. Today’s announcement marks the extension of Broadridge’s market-leading multi-asset capabilities to support the trading of tokenized assets across its order, execution, and post-trade infrastructure.
“Broadridge is already a leader in tokenization with our Distributed Ledger Repo solution platform, which tokenizes more than $365 billion every day,” said Frank Troise, President of Broadridge’s Global Capital Markets business. “Now, we’re delivering a suite of capabilities that support the trading of tokenized securities across our infrastructure with the established systems, controls, and workflows institutional investors rely on every day. Bringing together digital innovation with proven trading, connectivity, and post-trade infrastructure will enable our clients to unlock liquidity and reduce friction across their operations while maintaining the scale, operational resilience, and regulatory compliance required in global capital markets.”
As demand for tokenized securities grows, the core requirements of institutional trading remain the same – standardized protocols for issuance, transfer, settlement, and asset servicing as well as interoperability across firms and venues. Broadridge is powering that evolution by enhancing its key capabilities to support a tokenized market structure that delivers the reliability, consistency, and operational integrity expected in today’s capital markets.
A Single Tokenization Engine Across Asset Classes
To make this happen, Broadridge has extended the core tokenization engine behind its Distributed Ledger Repo solution, built for regulated institutional settlement and proven in Fixed Income, to also support equities, funds, alts, and money market instruments within a single, consistent framework. Institutions can now operate with one set of tokenization rails, one governance standard, and one operational model across their entire tokenized asset portfolio.
Post-Trade Precision for a Tokenized Multi-Asset World
Broadridge’s post-trade infrastructure now supports tokenized and traditional assets within the same processing ecosystem and control framework. Institutions can process tokenized securities, fractionalized assets, and crypto-related holdings alongside conventional instruments using consistent workflows, controls, reconciliation, and reporting standards. By building on existing post-trade infrastructure, Broadridge is enabling clients to integrate tokenized assets with greater speed, lower cost, and less operational complexity.
Direct Connectivity to Major Blockchain Networks
Broadridge connects directly to major public and permissioned Layer 1 blockchain networks (e.g. Canton, ETH, EVM compatible), giving institutions a single integration point across the distributed infrastructure landscape. This allows operations teams to manage business workflow, oversight, and risk through familiar controls, while Broadridge manages the underlying connectivity complexity required to support a multi-network market environment.
Institutional-Grade Order Routing and Connectivity
Broadridge’s CQG and NYFIX capabilities help firms incorporate crypto and tokenized asset trading into existing workflows by combining front-end trading access, intelligent order routing, and connectivity across a broad execution ecosystem. Through our existing capabilities, Broadridge provides connectivity to leading crypto exchanges and prediction markets that support multi-asset trading, while NYFIX extends institutional-grade order routing and connectivity through standardized messaging. With millions of trades routed each day, Broadridge brings the scale, resilience, and market reach institutions need to incorporate tokenized assets into existing trading operations with confidence.
End-to-End Corporate Actions and Governance — Across Every Model
Broadridge delivers the full corporate actions and governance lifecycle across tokenized and traditional securities on a single platform, under a single governance standard. Dividend processing, mandatory and voluntary corporate actions, proxy voting, and on-chain governance for tokenized equities all flow through Broadridge’s existing infrastructure. Whether assets sit in traditional custodial accounts, digital wallets, or on-chain, investors receive consistent entitlements, consistent disclosure, and consistent voting access.
FF NEWS TAKE
Broadridge is effectively building the “Universal Translator” for the next era of finance. While crypto-native firms focus on the “chain,” Broadridge is focusing on the “workflow.” By integrating directly with major networks like Canton and Ethereum while maintaining connectivity through NYFIX, they are shielding institutional desks from the underlying complexity of the blockchain landscape. This “single set of rails” strategy is a masterstroke; it allows a Tier-1 bank to treat a tokenized money market fund exactly like a traditional one, significantly lowering the “cost of entry” for blockchain adoption.
Furthermore, the inclusion of on-chain governance and proxy voting on a unified platform is a significant competitive moat. In 2026, as tokenized equities gain traction, the ability to manage mandatory and voluntary corporate actions across every asset model is what will separate “experimenters” from “operators.” Broadridge isn’t just following the tokenization trend—it is defining the plumbing that will allow the $100 trillion securities market to migrate on-chain.
