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Thu, May 3, 2012 BGC Partners Reports First Quarter 2012 Financial Results
BGC Partners Reports First Quarter 2012 Financial Results -- NEW YORK, May 3, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --
BGC Partners Reports First Quarter 2012 Financial Results
Declares Quarterly Dividend
Conference Call to Discuss Results Scheduled for Today
NEW YORK, May 3, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- BGC Partners, Inc. (NASDAQ: [ BGCP ]) ("BGC Partners," "BGC," or "the Company"), a leading global brokerage company primarily servicing the wholesale financial markets, today reported its financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2012.
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A complete and full-text financial results press release, including information about BGC's financial results conference call, is accessible at the "Investor Relations" section of [ http://www.bgcpartners.com ]. It is also available directly at any of the following web pages:
[ http://www.bgcpartners.com/ir ] (an HTML version with Excel financial tables or PDF)
[ http://www.bgcpartners.com/ir-news ] (an HTML version with Excel financial tables or PDF)
[ http://www.bgcpartners.com/news-centre/press-releases ] (PDF only)
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About BGC Partners, Inc.
BGC Partners is a leading global brokerage company primarily servicing the wholesale financial markets. The Company specializes in the brokering of a broad range of products, including 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 full 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. BGC's 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 its eSpeed, BGC Trader™, and BGC Market Data brands, BGC offers financial technology solutions, market data, and analytics related to select financial instruments and markets. Through its Newmark Grubb Knight Frank brand, the Company offers commercial real estate tenants, owners, investors and developers a wide range of 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. Named after fixed income trading innovator B. Gerald Cantor, BGC has offices in dozens of major markets, including New York and London, as well as in Atlanta, Beijing, Boston, Chicago, Copenhagen, Dubai, Hong Kong, Houston, Istanbul, Johannesburg, Los Angeles, Mexico City, Miami, Moscow, Nyon, Paris, Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, Seoul, Singapore, Sydney, Tokyo, Toronto, Washington D.C. and Zurich. For more information, please visit [ www.bgcpartners.com ].
Discussion of Forward-Looking Statements by BGC Partners
Statements in this press release regarding BGC Partners' business that are not historical facts are "forward-looking statements" that involve risks and uncertainties. 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 Partners' Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filings, including, but not limited to, the risk factors set forth in our public filings, including our most recent Form 10-K and any updates to such risk factors contained in subsequent Form 10-Q or Form 8-K filings.
SOURCE BGC Partners, Inc.
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