Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc.
TypePublic company
IndustryFinancial technology
PredecessorBrokerage Services arm of ADP (founded 1962)
Founded2007 (2007)
Headquarters
Lake Success, New York
,
U.S.
Key people
RevenueIncrease US$6.06 billion (2023)
Increase US$936 million (2023)
Increase US$631 million (2023)
Total assetsIncrease US$8.23 billion (2023)
Total equityIncrease US$2.24 billion (2023)
Number of employees
c. 14,700 (2023)
Websitebroadridge.com
Footnotes / references
Financials as of June 30, 2023.[1]

Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. is a public corporate services and financial technology company founded in 2007 as a spin-off from management software company Automatic Data Processing. Broadridge supplies public companies with proxy statements, annual reports and other financial documents, and shareholder communications solutions, such as virtual annual meetings.[2][3]

History

Legislation passed in the 1970s in the United States mandated two processes for securities and their transfer: immobilization and dematerialization. These processes required physical stock certificates and other paper securities to be kept in bulk by intermediaries, and required the sale and ownership of securities to be accomplished through chains of transaction records instead of possession of paper certificates. While enabling increased securities trading and rapid rises in stock ownership, these changes had the effect of separating companies from their shareholders, and putting intermediaries between them.[4]: 1–2 

Increased stock-market trading led to greater need for such intermediaries, and the need for shareholders to vote by proxy via the intermediaries instead of directly. This in turn led to a new industry which managed the shareholder voting process.[4]: 1–2, 48  Prior to this new industry, banks and brokers had typically maintained in-house proxy departments for handling these processes.[5] Even after the move to electronic certificates eliminated the need for intermediaries, the intermediaries have continued to exist.[4]: 1–2 

By the mid 1990s, the proxy voting and shareholder communications services industry was dominated by Automatic Data Processing (ADP).[4]: 48  At the end of March, 2007, ADP spun-out the entirety of their shareholder communications activities, resulting in the formation of Broadridge Financial Solutions.[4]: 27 [5]

In the wake of the financial crisis of 2007–2008, Congress evaluated many aspects of corporate governance, including shareholder communications and proxy voting.[6]: 1–2  In 2010 a report submitted to the House Committee on Financial Services by a coalition headed by Business Roundtable noted the near monopoly position of Broadridge in handling proxy voting.[6]: 249  In 2010, the company processed about 350 billion shares for the companies for which it provided services.[7]: 2  By 2013, the company had retained its predominant position in the proxy processing market.[7]: 17 

In the summer of 2016, Broadridge acquired the North America Customer Communications (NACC) unit of DST Systems, a Kansas City-based business services provider, which provided the company with addressing information for about 75% of all public company shareholders in the United States and Canada.[2] Later in 2016, Broadridge bought M&O Systems, a small Manhattan-based financial services company.[2] In 2016, the company acquired Spence Johnson, an institutional financial flow data intelligence firm co-founded by CEO at the time, Magnus Spence.[8] This was a strategic investment by Broadridge, allowing for the combination of Broadridge's retail data and analytics with Spence Johnson's data and analytics focused on money flows between firms, two distinct intelligence dimensions.[8] In November 2019, Broadridge announced their acquisition of ClearStructure Financial Technology, a global provider of portfolio management solutions for the private debt markets.[9] In March 2020, Broadridge completed its acquisition of FundsLibrary, a leader in fund document and data dissemination in the European market.[10] In 2021, the company acquired the Sweden-based Itiviti, a global capital markets trading technology provider with offices in over 16 countries and more than 2,000 customers.[11]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. 2023 Annual Report (Form 10-K)". U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. 8 August 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 Madore, James T. (9 November 2016). "Broadridge sales soar following merger; profits up slightly". Newsday. Retrieved 17 July 2018.
  3. ↑ Kennedy, Patrick (25 February 2017). "Companies embrace virtual annual shareholder meetings". Business. StarTribune. Minneapolis, Minnesota. pp. D1–2. Retrieved 17 July 2018 – via Newspapers.com (Publisher Extra). Note: The URL in citation is for segment on D2; segment on D1 appears at this url.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 Donald, David C. (18 September 2007). The Rise and Effects of the Indirect Holding System (Report). Working Paper Series. Vol. No. 68. Institute for Law and Finance. Retrieved 18 July 2018 – via Internet Archive (PDFy Mirrors).
  5. 1 2 Wilcox, John C.; Niels C., Holch (2018). "Chapter 11: "Street Name" Registration & the Proxy Solicitation Process". In Goodman, Amy L.; Olson, John F.; Fontenot, Lisa A. (eds.). A Practical Guide to SEC Proxy and Compensation Rules (5th ed.). New York: Wolters Kluwer. pp. 11–16, 17. ISBN 9780735598959. OCLC 1003678941 – via Google Books. Note: Source includes specific details on transfer of proxy authority, too detailed to include here, and a generic process rather than company-specific.
  6. 1 2 Subcommittee on Capital Markets Insurance and Government Sponsored Enterprises, Committee on Financial Services (21 April 2010). Corporate Governance and Shareholder Empowerment (Hearing) (Report). Vol. One Hundred Eleventh Congress, Second Session. Government Publishing Office. p. 249. Retrieved 18 July 2018 – via Internet Archive (U.S. Congressional Hearings). Appears under heading "The Lack of Competition in Proxy Processing Services".
  7. 1 2 Subcommittee on Capital Markets and Government Sponsored Enterprises, Committee on Financial Services (5 June 2013). Examining the Market Power and Impact of Proxy Advisory Firms (Report). Government Publishing Office. Retrieved 18 July 2018 – via Internet Archive (U.S. Congressional Hearings).
  8. 1 2 Baker, Sophie (11 July 2017). "Broadridge Financial Services acquires Spence Johnson". Pensions & Investments. United States: Crain Communications. Retrieved 17 July 2018.
  9. ↑ "Broadridge Expands Asset Management Technology Suite With Acquisition of ClearStructure". Broadridge Financial Solutions. November 20, 2019. Retrieved 4 December 2019.
  10. ↑ Inc, Broadridge Financial Solutions. "Broadridge Completes Acquisition of FundsLibrary". www.prnewswire.com. Retrieved 2020-03-03. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  11. ↑ Girling, William (April 6, 2021). "How will Itiviti help make Broadridge a fintech leader?". FinTech. Retrieved May 3, 2023.

Further reading

  • Kaul, Asha (2012). "Chapter 2. Ardhanareshwar: Unison of Ultimate Reality". In Kaul, Asha; Singh, Manjari (eds.). New Paradigms of Gender Inclusivity. New Delhi: PHI Learning. ISBN 9788120345133. OCLC 896478066 – via Google Books. Broadridge India, formerly a brokerage services division of Automatic Data Processing (ADP) Inc., began operating as an independent public company in India in March 2007. (opening sentence of chapter abstract)
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