LONDON, April 13, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- FENICS
Market Data, the Market Data division of BGC Partners Inc. (BGCP)
("BGC Partners", "BGC", or "the Company"), today announced the
creation of the FENICS Market Data Scholarship for students
pursuing a Masters degree (MSc) in Business Analytics at Imperial
College Business School in London.
The scholarship has been awarded to two current students who
will be offered unparalleled access to the unique datasets of
FENICS Market Data and its DataLab for the completion of their MSc
project. The students will work alongside the DataLab team in our
London offices where they will
have access to the latest commercial data science infrastructure
and will receive mentoring from market leaders in financial data
and analytics.
"Business Analytics and Data Management have become increasingly
critical disciplines across the BGC Group and within our industry.
I am delighted to announce the launch of this important
scholarship," said Philip
Norton, Executive Managing Director for BGC. "In
addition to providing financial support to the recipients of this
scholarship, we will be enabling them to collaborate with FENICS
Market Data and leverage our proprietary platforms and expertise.
Our belief is by investing in such programs, FENICS Market Data
will continue to attract the best talent from world renowned
academic institutions such as Imperial College Business
School."
Professor Kalyan Talluri,
Programme Director of the MSc Business Analytics programme at
Imperial College Business School said: "We're delighted that FENICS
Market Data has chosen to work with us in launching this new
scholarship for MSc Business Analytics students. The MSc is a
rigorous programme that aims to equip students with the skills
needed by employers to solve business challenges, using analytics
and big data. I'm confident that this scholarship will further
boost our students' career prospects after graduation."
The scholarship will next be available for students starting
Imperial's MSc Business Analytics programme in September 2018.
Imperial College Business School has extended its business
analytics offer, with a new online Masters in Business Analytics,
which starts in October 2018.
Modelled on Imperial's existing offline MSc Business Analytics, the
online degree will be delivered through The Hub, a purpose-built
online learning environment developed by Imperial's Ed Tech
lab.
About FENICS Market Data
FENICS Market Data is one of the world's leading specialist
providers of real-time, tradable, indicative, end-of-day and
historical OTC market data. Data is sourced directly from global
broking operations including electronic broking, global pricing
systems and analytics to provide clients with specialized,
independent and verifiable OTC pricing services.
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. BGC'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, Capitalab, Lucera, and FENICS Market
Data, BGC offers financial technology solutions, market data, and
analytics related to numerous financial instruments and markets.
BGC, BGC Trader, GFI, FENICS, FENICS Market Data, Capitalab, and
Lucera are trademarks/service marks and/or registered
trademarks/service marks of BGC Partners, Inc. and/or its
affiliates.
Real Estate Services are offered through its publicly traded
subsidiary Newmark Group, Inc., which has Class A common stock
trading on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the ticker symbol
(NASDAQ: NMRK).
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 BGC at
https://twitter.com/bgcpartners and/or
https://www.linkedin.com/company/bgc-partners.
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