FORM 4
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES
                                                                                  
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Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
                      

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *

CF GROUP MANAGEMENT INC 		2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol

BGC Partners, Inc. [ BGCP ] 		5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)

__ X __ Director                      __ X __ 10% Owner
_____ Officer (give title below)      _____ Other (specify below)
(Last)          (First)          (Middle)

499 PARK AVENUE 		3. Date of Earliest Transaction (MM/DD/YYYY)

11/7/2017
(Street)

NEW YORK, NY 10022
(City)        (State)        (Zip)
4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed (MM/DD/YYYY)

 
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

_ X _ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 3) 		2. Trans. Date 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any 3. Trans. Code
(Instr. 8) 		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 		5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 3 and 4) 		6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned ( e.g. , puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivate Security
(Instr. 3) 		2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 3. Trans. Date 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any 4. Trans. Code
(Instr. 8) 		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date 7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security
(Instr. 3 and 4) 		8. Price of Derivative Security
(Instr. 5) 		9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4) 10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Code V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
BGC Holdings Exchangeable Limited Partnership Interests   (1)   (2) 11/7/2017     A   (1)    1179788   (3)        (2)   (2) Class A or Class B Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share   (2) 1179788   (2)   (3) 36549932   (4) (5) (6) I   See footnote   (7)

Explanation of Responses:
(1)  On November 7, 2017, Cantor Fitzgerald, L.P. ("CFLP") purchased from BGC Holdings, L.P. ("BGC Holdings"), an aggregate of 1,179,788 exchangeable limited partnership interests in BGC Holdings (the "Interests") in a transaction exempt pursuant to Rule 16b-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, in accordance with the Agreement of Limited Partnership of BGC Holdings, as amended and restated as of March 31, 2008 (as further amended from time to time, the "BGC Holdings Agreement").
(2)  The exchange rights with respect to the Interests are exercisable at any time for shares of Class B Common Stock (or, at CFLP's option or if there are no additional authorized but unissued shares of Class B Common Stock available, shares of Class A Common Stock) on a one-for-one basis (subject to adjustment). The shares of Class B Common Stock are convertible at any time on a one-for-one basis (subject to adjustment) into shares of Class A Common Stock.
(3)  Includes 823,178 Interests purchased from BGC Holdings as a result of the redemption of the 823,178 non-exchangeable founding partner units for an aggregate consideration of $2,828,629, and 356,610 Interests purchased from BGC Holdings pursuant to the Sixth Amendment of the BGC Holdings Agreement as a result of the exchange of 356,610 non-exchangeable founding partner units, at an aggregate consideration of $1,091,175.
(4)  As of the date of this report, an aggregate of 15,813,032 shares of Class A Common Stock remain subject to CFLP's deferred stock distribution obligations, consisting of (i) 14,033,084 shares subject to deferred stock distribution obligations provided to certain current and former partners of CFLP on April 1, 2008 and (ii) 1,779,948 shares subject to deferred stock distribution obligations provided to partners of CFLP on February 14, 2012.
(5)  Does not include exchange rights with respect to an aggregate of 15,813,032 Interests assumed to have been exercised for shares of Class A Common Stock to satisfy CFLP's deferred share distribution obligations pursuant to rights provided to certain current and former partners of CFLP on April 1, 2008 and February 14, 2012.
(6)  As of the date of this report, CFLP held an aggregate of 52,362,964 Interests.
(7)  CFGM is the Managing General Partner of CFLP. CFGM disclaims beneficial ownership of all such securities in excess of its pecuniary interest, if any, and this report shall not be deemed an admission that CFGM is the beneficial owner of, or has pecuniary interest in, any such excess securities for purposes of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or for any other purpose.

Reporting Owners
Reporting Owner Name / Address
Relationships
Director 10% Owner Officer Other
CF GROUP MANAGEMENT INC
499 PARK AVENUE
NEW YORK, NY 10022 		X X


Signatures
/s/ Howard W. Lutnick, Chief Executive Officer 11/9/2017
** Signature of Reporting Person Date


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