NEW YORK, Sept. 11, 2020 /PRNewswire/
-- Today, celebrities from across the country joined
Cantor Fitzgerald and its affiliate BGC Partners, as part of this
year's Virtual Charity Day – a one-day event that works to raise
funds for charities in need of help today – and in honor of those
we lost 19 years ago on 9/11. With a powerhouse ensemble of guests
including Matthew McConaughey,
Alec Baldwin, Kristen Bell, Patrick
Dempsey, and Kevin Durant,
the event raised $10 million for
hundreds of charities around the world.
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Every year since 2002, Charity
Day has opened trading floors and paired celebrities with
licensed brokers to conduct transactions with one hundred percent
of the day's global revenue distributed to hundreds of charities
around the world, including the Cantor Fitzgerald Relief Fund. And
despite the global pandemic – in fact, even more motivated because
of it – the founders and those who support Charity Day knew that this year their commitment
was even more essential.
"I continue to be inspired each and every year by the support
for Charity Day," said Howard W. Lutnick, Chairman and Chief Executive
Officer of Cantor Fitzgerald, L.P. and BGC Partners, Inc. "We
founded this organization 19 years ago to not only honor those who
lost their lives on 9/11, but to inspire hope, charity and unity
during the toughest of times."
While this year's events were undoubtedly different, the
organizations felt strongly about continuing this event, albeit
virtually, with renewed rigor and urgency to raise as much as
possible to support charities hard-hit by COVID-19.
Edie Lutnick, President and
Co-Founder of the Cantor Fitzgerald Relief Fund commented on
Charity Day, "This year, those in need - and the charities
that support them - have been dramatically affected by
COVID-19. But, as we know, it is often in trying times, that
our best selves emerge. We find a mission larger than ourselves and
can make spectacular things happen. Based on the success of this
year's Charity Day, we truly saw
that resilience in action."
The Cantor Fitzgerald Relief Fund, which has raised
approximately $180 million globally
since its inception, was created to commemorate the 658 Cantor
employees and 61 Eurobrokers lost in the 9/11 World Trade Center
attacks. The founders pledged on day one that help would always be
there, not just to assist those effected by 9/11, but to provide
hope and support around the globe.
The following esteemed guests representing participating
charities joined clients and employees in a virtual meet and greet
session to raise funds for charitable organizations:
Matthew McConaughey, Kevin Durant, Patrick
Dempsey, Alec Baldwin,
Ed Norton, Kristen Bell, Spencer
Dinwiddie, CJ Mosley, Victor
Cruz, John Stamos,
Goldie Hawn, Tony Gonzalez, Patrick
Reed, David Costabile,
Billy Crudup, Edie Falco, John Slattery, Matthew Rhys,
Steve Buscemi, Allan Houston, Mark
Messier, Jim Leyritz, Darryl
"DMC" McDaniels, Kathryn Winnick,
Jeff Ross, Mark Teixeria, Gerry
Cooney, Petra Nemcova,
Tony Blair, Henrik Lundqvist, Nick
Swisher, and Steve Nash,
Brian Cashman, Rosie Perez, and Virginia Williams.
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, L.P., with over 12,000 employees, is a leading
global financial services group at the forefront of financial and
technological innovation has been proven a resilient leader for
over 70 years. Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. is a preeminent
investment bank serving more than 5,000 institutional clients
around the world, recognized for its strengths in fixed income and
equity capital markets, investment banking, prime brokerage, and
commercial real estate and for its global distribution platform.
Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. is one of the 24 primary dealers
authorized to transact business with the Federal Reserve Bank of
New York. For more information, please visit:
www.cantor.com.
About BGC Partners, Inc.
BGC Partners is a leading
global brokerage and financial technology company. BGC specializes
in the brokerage of a broad range of products, including fixed
income (rates and credit), foreign exchange, equities, energy and
commodities, shipping, insurance, and futures. BGC also provides a
wide variety of services, including trade execution, brokerage,
clearing, trade compression, post-trade, information, and other
back-office 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.
BGC's customers include many of the world's largest banks,
broker-dealers, investment banks, trading firms, hedge funds,
governments, corporations, and investment firms. BGC's Class A
common stock trades on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the
ticker symbol "BGCP". BGC Partners is led by Chairman of the Board
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, https://www.linkedin.com/company/bgc-partners and/or http://ir.bgcpartners.com/Investors/default.aspx.
Discussion of Forward-Looking Statements about
BGC
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historical facts are "forward-looking statements" that involve
risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual results to differ
from those contained in the forward-looking statements. These
include statements about the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on
the Company's business, results, financial position, liquidity and
outlook, which may constitute forward-looking statements and are
subject to the risk that the actual impact may differ, possibly
materially, from what is currently expected. Except as required by
law, BGC undertakes no obligation to update 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
and Special Note on Forward-Looking Information set forth in these
filings and any updates to such risk factors and Special Note on
Forward-Looking Information contained in subsequent reports on Form
10-K, Form 10-Q or Form 8-K.
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 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 $180 million
for charitable causes around the world, and since its inception the
Cantor Fitzgerald Relief Fund has raised and distributed over
$357 million. For information about
the Cantor Fitzgerald Relief Fund please
visit www.cantorrelief.org.
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