SUMMARY
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prospectus. Please see the sections titled Where You Can Find More Information and Documents Incorporated by Reference. Before making an investment decision, we encourage you to consider the information contained in and
incorporated by reference in this prospectus, including the risks discussed under the heading Risk Factors beginning on page 4 of this prospectus, as well as the Risk Factors section of our latest Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC, and any updates to those risk factors contained in our subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the SEC, all of which we incorporate by reference herein other than as specified.
When we use the words BGC Partners, BGC, we, us, our or the
Company, we are referring to BGC Partners, Inc. and its consolidated subsidiaries.
BGC, BGC Partners, BGC Trader, GFI,
GFI Ginga, CreditMatch, Fenics, Fenics.com, Sunrise Brokers, Besso, Ed Broking, Poten & Partners, RP Martin, kACE2, EMBonds, Capitalab, Swaptioniser, CBID, and Lucera are
trademarks/service marks, and/or registered trademarks/service marks of BGC Partners, Inc. and/or its affiliates.
The Company
We are a leading global brokerage and financial technology company servicing the global financial markets. Through brands including BGC®, GFI®, Sunrise,
Besso, Ed Broking®, Poten & Partners and RP Martin, among others, our businesses specialize in the brokerage of a broad range of products, including fixed income, such as government bonds, corporate bonds, and other debt instruments, as well as
related interest rate derivatives and credit derivatives. We also broker products across FX, equities, energy and commodities, shipping, insurance, and futures. Our businesses also provide a wide variety of services, including trade execution,
brokerage services, clearing, trade compression, post-trade, information, and other back-office services to a broad assortment of financial and non-financial institutions. Our integrated platform is
designed to provide flexibility to customers with regard to price discovery, execution and processing of transactions, and enables them to use Voice, Hybrid, or in many markets, Fully Electronic brokerage services in connection with transactions
executed either OTC or through an exchange. Through our Fenics® group of electronic brands, we offer a number of market infrastructure and connectivity services, Fully Electronic
marketplaces, and the Fully Electronic brokerage of certain products that also may trade via Voice and Hybrid execution. The full suite of Fenics® offerings include Fully Electronic
brokerage, market data and related information services, compression and other post-trade services, analytics related to financial instruments and markets, and other financial technology solutions.
Fenics® brands operate under the names Fenics®, BGC Trader, CreditMatch®, Fenics MD, BGC Market Data, kACE2®, EMBonds®, Capitalab®,
Swaptioniser®, CBID® and Lucera®.
Our customers include many of the worlds largest banks, broker-dealers, investment banks, trading firms, hedge funds, governments,
corporations, and investment firms. We have dozens of offices globally in major markets including New York and London, as well as in Bahrain, Beijing, Bermuda, Bogotá, Brisbane, Buenos Aires, Chicago, Copenhagen, Dubai, Dublin, Frankfurt,
Geneva, Hong Kong, Houston, Istanbul, Johannesburg, Madrid, Melbourne, Mexico City, Moscow, Nyon, Paris, Rio de Janeiro, Santiago, São Paulo, Seoul, Shanghai, Singapore, Sydney, Tel Aviv, Tokyo and Toronto.
Executive Offices
Our executive offices
are located at 499 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10022, while our international headquarters is located at Five Churchill Place, Canary Wharf, London E14 5RD, United Kingdom.