Chief Executive Officer, Executive Officer & Executive Director, Broadridge Financial
Search every verified Timothy Gokey interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. In an August 2022 appearance on CNBC, Broadridge Financial CEO Tim Gokey discussed the growth of retail investing and the role of technology in shareholder engagement. Gokey described Broadridge as powering "the critical infrastructure behind governance, investing and communications," and said the company clears and settles tens of billions of dollars in trades daily. He stated that retail investing is a "long-term trend" and that "meme stocks only accounted for something like 1%" of activity, characterizing the growth as "much broader than the headline noise." Gokey noted that Broadridge's data shows a shift in assets "from the so-called silent generation to younger investors and smaller accounts." Gokey also highlighted changes in how retail investors participate in corporate governance. He said that 86% of proxy activity was digital and 97% of votes were returned electronically, and that Broadridge upgraded its proxy voting system to allow investors to "vote with one click and set preferences to be alerted for topics you care about." He added that this is "making it easier for retail investors to get engaged." Gokey advised viewers to "be a trader but be an owner also," and said the mix between funds and individual stock-picking "will be tensioned back and forth."
“We power the critical infrastructure behind governance, investing and communications; we connect every asset manager, investor and public company and we clear and settle tens of billions of trade every day — it does give us a unique vantage point.”
“One of the things we see — one way we get paid is by the number of individual positions: if you own one share of IBM or 100 shares, it is one position, and that continues to grow.”
“There is this very broad-based growth in retail investing and it is a long-term trend — meme stocks only accounted for something like 1%, so this is much broader than the headline noise.”
“This past year, 86% of all the activity was digital and 97% of the votes were returned electronically — one of the things we did for investors is upgrade our proxy vote so you can vote with one click and set preferences to be alerted for topics you care about.”
Tim Gokey, CEO of Broadridge, join 'CNBC Special: Return of the retail trader' to discuss the return of the retail trader, particularly to his platform.
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