
Alpaca and Broadridge Financial Solutions have announced a strategic partnership to integrate institutional-grade governance infrastructure into Alpaca's Instant Tokenization Network. This collaboration enables essential shareholder functions such as proxy voting, investor communications, and voting entitlement reconciliation for both traditional and tokenized equities. By bridging the gap between blockchain-based assets and established capital market standards, the solution ensures that investors maintain their rights and regulatory protections regardless of the underlying asset structure. The integration addresses the growing complexity of maintaining accurate shareholder records as tokenized assets are issued across diverse blockchain networks. Broadridge leverages its extensive experience in processing communications for over 200 million investor accounts to provide auditability and accountability for these digital securities. This development is significant for the RWA market as it demonstrates a shift toward professionalizing tokenized equity infrastructure to meet institutional compliance requirements. Ultimately, the partnership aims to facilitate broader adoption of tokenized investment products by ensuring they operate with the same transparency and operational integrity as traditional financial instruments.
Alpaca is a US-based, self-clearing broker-dealer that provides infrastructure for fintechs and institutions to offer traditional and on-chain asset trading. Broadridge Financial Solutions is a global fintech leader that provides critical technology for investor communications, proxy voting, and post-trade processing for the world's largest financial institutions.