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BGC Partners, Inc. (BGCP)At 4:00PM ET: 4.50  Up 0.08 (1.81%)  
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BGC Partners, Inc.
499 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10022
United States - Map
Phone: 646-346-7000
Fax: 646-346-6919
Web Site: http://www.bgcpartners.com

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Index Membership:N/A
Sector:Financial
Industry:Investment Brokerage - National
Full Time Employees:2,277

BUSINESS SUMMARY 
BGC Partners, Inc. operates as an inter-dealer broker specializing in the brokering of OTC financial instruments and related derivative products. It provides electronic marketplaces, including government bond markets, foreign exchange options, and European credit default swaps in various financial markets through its eSpeed- and BGC Trader- branded trading platform which can be accessed through its high speed data network, over the internet, or third party communication networks. Its brokerage services include execution, clearing, processing, and other back office services, as well as cover various products, including fixed income securities, interest rate swaps, foreign exchange, equity derivatives, credit derivatives, commodities, futures, and structured products. The company also provides various hybrid execution and other brokerage services, as well as financial technology solutions, market data, and analytics related to financial instruments and markets. In addition, the company offers software that provides an end-to-end solution, including real-time and auction-based transaction processing, credit and risk management tools, and back-end processing and billing systems, as well as licenses its software to customers, which enables to distribute products, through online offerings and auctions, including private and reverse auctions, and request-for-quote capabilities. It serves banks, professional trading firms, futures commission merchants, professional market participants, financial institutions, investment banks, brokerage firms, asset managers, hedge funds, investment analysts, and financial advisors in the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and the Asia-Pacific. The company was founded in 1999 and is based in New York, New York.
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    CORPORATE GOVERNANCE 
    BGC Partners, Inc.'s Corporate Governance Quotient (CGQ®) as of 6-Nov-09 is better than 2.1% of Russell 3000 companies and 10.5% of Diversified Financials companies.
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    KEY EXECUTIVES 
     PayExercised
    Ms. Howard W. Lutnick , 47
    Chairman and Chief Exec. Officer
    $ 5.50M $ 0
    Mr. Shaun D. Lynn , 46
    Pres
    $ 3.61M $ 0
    Mr. Stephen M. Merkel , 50
    Exec. VP, Sec. and Gen. Counsel
    $ 1.60M $ 0
    Mr. Anthony Graham Sadler , 53
    Chief Financial Officer
    N/A N/A
    Mr. Sean A. Windeatt , 36
    Chief Operating Officer
    N/A N/A
    Dollar amounts are as of 31-Dec-08 and compensation values are for the last fiscal year ending on that date. "Pay" is salary, bonuses, etc. "Exercised" is the value of options exercised during the fiscal year.
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