BGC Partners Reports Third Quarter 2011 Financial Results

NEW YORK, October 27, 2011 -

- Declares Quarterly Dividend

- Conference Call to Discuss Results Scheduled for Today

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 September 30, 2011.  

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 www.bgcpartners.com.  It is also available directly at any of the following web pages:

www.bgcpartners.com/ir (an HTML version with Excel financial tables or PDF)

www.bgcpartners.com/ir-news (an HTML version with Excel financial tables or PDF)

www.bgcpartners.com/news-centre/press-releases (PDF only)

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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 Ben Goldman, +1-212-610-3680, bgoldman at bgcpartners.com; or Investors: Jason McGruder, +1-212-829-4988, jmcgruder at bgcpartners.com