Conference Call Scheduled for the same day at 10:00 a.m. ET
NEW YORK, July 7, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- BGC Partners, Inc.
(NASDAQ: BGCP) ("BGC Partners," "BGC," or the "Company"), a leading
global brokerage company servicing the financial and real estate
markets and BGC's majority-owned division, GFI Group Inc. (OTC:
GFIG) ("GFI Group" or "GFI"), a leading intermediary and provider
of trading technologies and support services to the global OTC and
listed markets, today announced that they plan to issue a joint
advisory press release regarding the availability of their
consolidated quarterly financial results by 8:00 a.m. ET on Wednesday,
July 29, 2015.
BGC owns approximately 67 percent of GFI's common shares and
GFI's financial results will be consolidated with those of BGC.
Therefore, BGC and GFI will be issuing a joint advisory release
notifying the public that a full-text financial results press
release will be accessible at any of the following pages:
http://ir.bgcpartners.com (an HTML version with Excel financial
tables or PDF)
http://ir.bgcpartners.com/news-releases (an HTML version with
Excel financial tables or PDF)
http://www.bgcpartners.com/news-centre/press-releases (PDF
only)
BGC will host a conference call on Wednesday, July 29, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. ET to discuss these results.
WHO:
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BGC Partners, Inc.
(NASDAQ: BGCP) & GFI Group Inc. (OTC: GFIG)
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WHAT:
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Second Quarter 2015
financial results conference call
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WHEN:
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Wednesday, July 29,
2015 at 10:00 a.m. ET
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WHERE:
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The "Investor
Relations" section at http://www.bgcpartners.com
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HOW:
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A listing of minimum
system requirement can be found here:
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http://event.on24.com/view/help/ehelp.html?text_language_id=en&fh=true&flashconsole=true&ngwebcast=true
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An audio replay of the conference call is expected to be
accessible at the "Investor Relations" section of
http://www.bgcpartners.com within 24 hours of the live call for 365
days following the call. Additionally, call participants may dial
in with the following information:
LIVE
CALL:
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Date - Start
Time:
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07/29/2015 10:00 a.m.
ET
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U.S. Dial
In:
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1 (888)
895-5271
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International Dial
In:
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(+1) (847)
619-6547
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Passcode:
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40183619
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REPLAY:
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Available From –
To:
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07/29/2015 12:30 p.m.
ET – 08/05/2015 11:59 p.m. ET
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U.S. Dial
In:
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1 (888)
843-7419
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International Dial
In:
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(+1) (630)
652-3042
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Passcode:
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40183619#
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(Note: If clicking on the above links does not open up a new web
page, you may need to cut and paste the above urls into your
browser's address bar.)
About BGC Partners, Inc.
BGC Partners is a leading
global brokerage company servicing the financial and real estate
markets. Products include fixed income securities, interest rate
swaps, foreign exchange, equities, equity derivatives, credit
derivatives, commercial real estate, commodities, futures, and
structured products. BGC also provides a wide range of services,
including trade execution, broker-dealer services, clearing,
processing, information, and other back-office services to a broad
range of financial and non-financial institutions. Through its BGC
Trader and BGC Market Data brands, BGC offers financial technology
solutions, market data, and analytics related to numerous financial
instruments and markets. Through the Newmark Grubb Knight Frank
brand, BGC offers 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 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.
BGC, BGC Trader, Newmark, Grubb & Ellis, and Grubb are
trademarks and service marks of BGC Partners, Inc. and/or its
affiliates. Knight Frank is a service mark of Knight Frank
(Nominees) Limited. Trayport is a trademark or registered trademark
of Trayport Limited and/or its affiliates. FENICS and FENICS.COM
are trademarks or registered trademarks of Fenics Software Inc.
and/or its affiliates.
About GFI Group Inc.
GFI is majority-owned by, and
operates as a division of, BGC Partners, Inc. GFI Group Inc. is a
leading intermediary in the global OTC and Listed markets offering
an array of sophisticated trading technologies and products to a
broad range of financial market participants. More than 2,500
institutional clients benefit from GFI's know-how and experience in
operating electronic and hybrid markets for cash and derivative
products across multiple asset classes, including fixed income,
interest rates, foreign exchange, equities, energy and commodities.
GFI's brands include Trayport, a leading provider of trading
solutions for energy markets worldwide and FENICS, a market leader
in FX options software.
Founded in 1987 and headquartered in New York, GFI employs over 1,900 people
globally, with additional offices in London, Paris, Brussels, Nyon, Dublin, Madrid, Sugar Land (TX), Hong Kong, Tel
Aviv, Dubai, Seoul, Tokyo,
Singapore, Sydney, Cape
Town, Santiago,
Bogota, Buenos Aires, Lima and Mexico
City.
Discussion of Forward-Looking Statements About BGC Partners
and GFI
Statements in this document regarding BGC's and GFI's businesses
that are not historical facts are "forward-looking statements" that
involve risks and uncertainties. Except as required by law, BGC and
GFI undertake 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 and
GFI's respective Securities and Exchange Commission filings,
including, but not limited to, the risk factors set forth in their
respective public filings, including their most recent Forms 10-K
and any updates to such risk factors contained in subsequent Forms
10-Q or Forms 8-K.
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