NEW YORK, Sept. 25, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- BGC Partners,
Inc. (NASDAQ: BGCP) ("BGC Partners," "BGC," or "the Company"), a
leading global brokerage company servicing the financial and real
estate markets, today announced that Shawn
McLoughlin is being appointed CEO of BGC Financial for the
Americas region, effective immediately. McLoughlin brings to the
role more than 30 years of experience in the financial services
industry.
"Shawn will work to define business strategy for new products
and drive revenue growth in the North American market," commented
Shaun Lynn, President of BGC
Partners. "Our longstanding Americas CEO Lou Scotto, who has played an instrumental role
in the development of our US business since 2011, will stay on to
oversee special projects including our new FENICS UST
product."
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, insurance
brokerage, 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,
Capitalab, Lucera, and FENICS 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 Knight Frank, Newmark
Cornish & Carey, Berkeley Point, ARA, Computerized
Facility Integration, Newmark Knight Frank Valuation &
Advisory, and Excess Space. Under these names and others, 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,
property and facilities management, the origination and sale of
multifamily loans through government-sponsored and
government-funded loan programs, as well as the servicing of
commercial real estate loans, including those it originates.
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 developers,
and 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. You can also follow
the Company
at https://twitter.com/bgcpartners and/or https://www.linkedin.com/company/bgc-partners.
BGC, BGC Trader, GFI, FENICS, FENICS.COM, Besso, Sunrise,
Capitalab, Swaptioniser, ColleX, Newmark, Grubb & Ellis,
Berkeley Point, ARA, Computerized Facility
Integration, Landauer, Lucera, Excess Space, Excess Space
Retail Services, Inc., and Grubb are trademarks/service marks,
and/or registered trademarks/service marks and/or service marks
of BGC Partners, Inc. and/or its affiliates. Knight Frank
is a service mark of Knight Frank (Nominees) Limited.
Discussion of Forward-Looking Statements by BGC
Partners
Statements on this website regarding BGC Partners'
business that are not historical facts are "forward-looking
statements" that involve risks and uncertainties. Except as
required by law, BGC undertakes no obligation to release any
revisions to any forward-looking statements. For a discussion of
additional risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual
results to differ from those contained in the forward-looking
statements, see BGC's Securities and Exchange Commission filings,
including, but not limited to, the risk factors set forth in our
public filings, including our most recent Form 10-K and any updates
to such risk factors contained in subsequent Form 10-Q or Form 8-K
filings.
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