BGC Partners Announces Investor Webcasts

NEW YORK, November 7, 2011 -

- November 30th from the KBW 8th Annual Securities Brokerage & Market Structure Conference

- December 14th from BGC’s 2011 Annual Meeting of Shareholders

BGC Partners, Inc. (NASDAQ: BGCP) (”BGC Partners,” “BGC,” or “the Company”), a leading global brokerage company primarily servicing the wholesale financial markets, today announced two upcoming webcasts.

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Howard W. Lutnick, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, will be presenting to investors at the KBW 8th Annual Securities Brokerage & Market Structure Conference on Wednesday, November 30, 2011 at 2:05 p.m. ET.  A webcast of this presentation will be made accessible via the following site:

www.bgcpartners.com/ir

The webcast archive will be available for 365 days, beginning November 30, 2011.

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In addition the Company will host its Annual Meeting of Stockholders.  The meeting is scheduled to be held on Wednesday, December 14, 2011, at 10:00 a.m. ET at the Company’s executive offices on the 3rd floor of 499 Park Avenue in New York City.  

A live audio webcast of the event will start at approximately 10:00 a.m. ET and will last no longer than an hour. It will also be available via the following site:

 www.bgcpartners.com/ir

The annual meeting webcast archive will be available for 365 days, beginning December 15, 2011.

About BGC Partners, Inc.

BGC Partners, Inc. is a leading global brokerage company primarily servicing the wholesale financial markets, including fixed income securities, interest rate swaps, foreign exchange, equities, equity derivatives, credit derivatives, commercial real estate, property derivatives, commodities, futures, and structured products.  BGC’s technology helps customers, including many of the world’s largest banks, broker-dealers, investment banks, trading firms, hedge funds, governments and investment firms, determine the value of a transaction through optimal pricing that reflects the market environment.  Trades, conducted OTC or on exchange, are executed through BGC’s voice, hybrid, or fully electronic brokerage services.  BGC also offers financial technology solutions, market data, and analytics regarding financial instruments and markets through its eSpeed, BGC Trader, and BGC Market Data brands, and provides clearing, processing, and other back-office services.  Named after fixed income trading innovator B. Gerald Cantor, BGC has offices in New York, London and more than two dozen other major financial centers around the world. 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 which we incorporate by reference, including our most recent 10-K and any updates to such risk factors contained in subsequent 10-Q or 8-K filings.

Americas Media: Hannah Sloane, +1-212-294-7938, hsloane at bgcpartners.com or EMEA & APAC Media: Deborah Spencer, + 44-207-894-7961, dspencer at bgcpartners.com or Investors: Ben Goldman, +1-212-610-3680, bgoldman at bgcpartners.com or Jason McGruder, +1-212-829-4988, jmcgruder at bgcpartners.com