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Broadridge Financial Solutions announced the acquisition of UK-based Signal, a provider of customer communications technology and consulting services for financial services and social sector firms.
The company said the transaction would not have a material impact on its financial results.
“This is an important step toward globalizing Broadridge’s digital communications solutions”
Mike Sleightholme, President of Broadridge International, commented, “This is an important step toward globalizing Broadridge’s digital communications solutions to better serve our clients with operations outside North America. The combination of Signal’s digital-first communications and strong relationships with UK financial services firms along with our proven scale and regulatory domain expertise transforms our ability to serve our global clients and extend our footprint in Europe.”
Signal delivers services spanning design, technology, and managed operations to support firms in modernizing communications. Its proprietary platform supports omni channel strategies, including digital engagement tools and outsourced print solutions. The company has developed a model that integrates shared services for in-house teams while offering fully managed print production.
Barney Hosey, CEO of Signal, said, “Growing expectations from both customers and regulators are driving the need to modernise and digitise the customer and investor experience. Broadridge is a trusted and transformative partner to clients who shares our commitment to innovation. Its focus on providing a more holistic global customer communications experience, while delivering greater value to clients means we are very much aligned. The leadership team and I are delighted to be joining Broadridge and enabling the expansion of its global capabilities to serve customers and investors around the world.”
Broadridge serves nearly every major financial institution in North America and has expanded its reach globally. It processes billions of regulated communications each year, applying its technology and compliance expertise to help clients adapt to changing regulatory requirements. The company’s communications and engagement platform provides both digital and print solutions across financial services, healthcare, utilities, telecom, and insurance.
Broadridge partnered with BMLL
Broadridge Financial Solutions partnered with BMLL Technologies to integrate pre-trade analytics into its global sell-side Order Management System and its Xilix Execution Management System for buy-side firms in Japan.
The companies said the integration will deliver market intelligence and analytics directly at the point of order entry to support trading performance and risk management.
Broadridge said that traders using its OMS, along with Japanese buy-side clients using Xilix EMS, will gain instant access to analytics at order entry. The capabilities, powered by BMLL’s historical market data, include predictions on execution time, market impact, participation rates, spread costs, and risk exposure, with results incorporated into existing workflows.
The company said the OMS and EMS now offer insights such as average daily volumes by trading session, Average Volume At Time, Remaining Volume At Time, execution timing assessments, market impact forecasts, participation rate estimates, volatility and risk scoring, and intraday trading pattern displays. Automated order routing is included, with metrics that update as market conditions change.
Broadridge and BMLL said the integration is designed to help traders respond to complex market structures, multiple venues, and shifting liquidity profiles. By embedding analytics into the trading interface, the companies aim to support volatility management, reduce market impact, and optimize execution in real time.
BMLL said its ISO27k-certified infrastructure and expertise in Level 3 data will allow Broadridge clients to access detailed analytics without maintaining their own data environments.
