NEW YORK, Sept. 15, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Cantor
Fitzgerald, a leading financial services firm, today announced that
Cantor Fitzgerald, together with its affiliate BGC Partners, Inc.,
raised approximately $12 million for
dozens of charities around the world, at the companies' annual
Charity Day on September 12, 2016. Each year, Cantor Fitzgerald
and BGC Partners donate 100% of the global revenues generated on
Charity Day to the Cantor Fitzgerald
Relief Fund, and to date has raised approximately $137 million globally since its
inception.
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"We will never forget all of our friends and colleagues who
perished on 9/11. Charity Day
represents our company's fundamental commitment to helping others,
and allows us to commemorate the events of that day. Giving
back is our way of remembering those who lost their lives on 9/11,
turning a day of tragedy into a positive and uplifting day for our
employees and friends," said Howard W. Lutnick, Chairman and
Chief Executive Officer of Cantor Fitzgerald, L.P. and BGC
Partners.
Charity Day is held in
commemoration of the 658 Cantor employees and 61 Eurobrokers
employees lost in the 9/11 World Trade Center attacks.
Shawn P. Matthews, Chief Executive Officer of Cantor
Fitzgerald & Co., said, "We are proud to support so many worthy
causes and communities in need and are incredibly grateful to our
employees, clients and celebrity ambassadors for their support,
enthusiasm and generosity. Over the years, we have provided
hundreds of charities with resources they need to positively impact
the world, which is extremely gratifying for us as a firm."
Distinguished guests representing participating charities joined
licensed brokers on the trading floors to conduct transactions with
clients.
Celebrity personalities included Sarah
Ferguson, Duchesse of York,
HRH Princess Beatrice, Princess of
York, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Boomer Esiason, Louis
C.K., Dr. Ruth Westheimer,
Scarlet Fu, Tom Keene, Mike
Golic, Darryl "DMC" McDaniels and Gayle King. Celebrity
actors included Tony Danza,
Steve Buscemi, Zachary Quinto, Kyle
MacLachlan, Mary Louise
Parker, Rosie Perez,
Julianna Margulies and Uzo Aduba. Leading athletes included
Eli Manning, Peyton Manning, Terrell
Owens, Goose Gossage, Jeremy
Lin, Jim Leyritz, Dwight
"Doc" Gooden, CC Sabathia, Dikembe Mutombo, Joe Girardi, Walt
Frazier, Dellin Betances,
Julius "Didi" Gregorius, Darryl
Strawberry, Joe Namath and
Victor Cruz. Top models
included Lily Aldridge, Gracie
Carvalho, Chase Carter,
Daniela Lopez and Josephine Skriver.
To make a donation to the Cantor Fitzgerald Relief Fund, please
call (212) 829-4770 or visit www.cantorrelief.org.
About Cantor Fitzgerald:
Cantor Fitzgerald, a leading
global financial services group at the forefront of financial and
technological innovation has been a proven and resilient leader for
over 65 years. Cantor is a preeminent investment bank serving more
than 7,000 institutional clients around the world, recognized for
its strengths in fixed income and equity capital markets,
investment banking, prime brokerage, and commercial real estate
finance and for its global distribution platform. Cantor Fitzgerald
& Co. is one of 22 primary dealers authorized to trade U.S.
government securities with The Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Cantor Fitzgerald's 1,600 employees
serve clients through over 35 locations, including major financial
centers around the world in the Americas, Europe, Asia/Pacific, and the Middle East. For more information please visit
www.cantor.com.
Note to Editors: Cantor Fitzgerald, L.P., led by Chairman
and Chief Executive Officer Howard W. Lutnick, is the parent entity
of Cantor Fitzgerald & Co., led by Chief Executive
Officer Shawn P. Matthews. Edie Lutnick is the
President and Co-Founder of The Cantor Fitzgerald Relief Fund.
About BGC Partners, Inc.: BGC Partners is a leading
global brokerage company servicing the financial and real estate
markets. BGC owns GFI Group Inc., a leading intermediary and
provider of trading technologies and support services to the global
OTC and listed markets. The Company's Financial Services offerings
include fixed income securities, interest rate swaps, foreign
exchange, equities, equity derivatives, credit derivatives,
commodities, futures, and structured products. BGC provides a wide
range of services, including trade execution, broker-dealer
services, clearing, trade compression, post trade, information, and
other services to a broad range of financial and non-financial
institutions. Through brands including FENICS, BGC Trader, and BGC
Market Data, BGC offers financial technology solutions, market
data, and analytics related to numerous financial instruments and
markets. Real Estate Services are offered through brands including
Newmark Grubb Knight Frank,
Newmark Cornish & Carey, ARA,
Computerized Facility Integration, Landauer Valuation &
Advisory, and Excess Space. Under these names, the Company provides
a wide range of commercial real estate services, including leasing
and corporate advisory, investment sales and financial services,
consulting, project and development management, and property and
facilities management.
BGC's customers include many of the world's largest banks,
broker-dealers, investment banks, trading firms, hedge funds,
governments, corporations, property owners, real estate investment
firms. BGC's common stock trades on the NASDAQ Global Select Market
under the ticker symbol (NASDAQ: BGCP). BGC also has an outstanding
bond issuance of Senior Notes due June 15,
2042, which trade on the New York Stock Exchange under the
symbol (NYSE: BGCA). BGC Partners is led by Chairman and Chief
Executive Officer Howard W. Lutnick.
For more information, please visit http://www.bgcpartners.com.
BGC, BGC Trader, GFI, FENICS, FENICS.COM, Capitalab,
Swaptioniser, Newmark, Grubb & Ellis, and Grubb are trademarks,
registered trademarks and/or service marks of BGC Partners, Inc.
and/or its affiliates. Knight Frank is a service mark of Knight
Frank (Nominees) Limited.
About Charity Day and The
Cantor Fitzgerald Relief Fund:
Every year, Cantor Fitzgerald
and BGC Partners, in conjunction with the Cantor Fitzgerald Relief
Fund, commemorate our 658 Cantor and 61 Eurobrokers employees who
perished on September 11, 2001 by
distributing 100% of our global revenues on Charity Day to the Cantor Fitzgerald Relief Fund
and dozens of charities around the world. The Cantor Fitzgerald
Relief Fund, initially created to assist families of Cantor
employees who were lost on 9/11, has since broadened its mission to
provide aid to victims of terrorism, natural disasters,
emergencies, direct service charities and wounded members of the
military.
Charity Day is our way of turning
a tragic day into one that is positive and uplifting by helping
others. We invite celebrity guests who represent participating
charities into our offices to conduct trades with licensed brokers
and their clients. To date, Charity
Day has raised approximately $137
million for charitable causes around the world, and since
its inception the Cantor Fitzgerald Relief Fund has raised and
distributed over $300 million.
For information about the Cantor Fitzgerald Relief Fund please
visit www.cantorrelief.org.
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