Broadridge Financial Solutions has launched a new front-office platform designed to unify trade execution, risk management and liquidity optimisation for banks, broker-dealers, market makers and trading firms.
The launch comes as sell-side institutions continue to grapple with fragmented trading architectures and tighter capital constraints.
The Central Risk and Liquidity Optimization Solution, powered by Tbricks, brings together execution, pricing, internalisation and risk management within a single integrated system. The platform is intended to help firms centralise risk, internalise client flow and improve capital efficiency across asset classes, desks and execution venues.
The solution sits within Broadridge’s broader front-office technology suite and incorporates functionality including smart order routing, multi-asset market making, automated hedging, systematic IOI generation and request-for-quote (RFQ) workflows, alongside internalisation capabilities.
Ian Williams, Global Head of Trading and Execution at Broadridge, said the platform reflects a shift away from fragmented risk infrastructure towards a more unified approach that treats risk capital and liquidity provision as core drivers of revenue generation. He added that firms are increasingly seeking ways to enhance execution performance while improving capital efficiency and client outcomes.
Sell-side firms continue to face structural challenges, including siloed risk management across trading desks, disconnected workflows and reliance on multiple legacy systems to support both agency and principal trading activities. At the same time, regulatory and balance sheet pressures have increased the importance of optimising capital usage and reducing operational complexity.
Broadridge said the new platform is designed to address these constraints by enabling real-time risk centralisation, automated hedging and improved internalisation of client order flow. The aim is to reduce reliance on disparate systems while providing a unified view of trading activity across the organisation.
The firm also positioned the launch as part of a broader evolution of its trading infrastructure strategy, moving towards a global, multi-asset, multi-channel execution ecosystem designed to support both current and future sell-side requirements.
By consolidating agency trading, principal trading, risk management and bilateral trading functionality within a single environment, Broadridge said the system removes traditional trade-offs between liquidity provision and risk control, allowing firms to more efficiently deploy capital and expand revenue opportunities through enhanced market-making activity.
