NEW YORK, Jun 06, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- BGC Partners, Inc. (NASDAQ: BGCP), a leading global brokerage company servicing the wholesale financial markets, today announced that Howard W. Lutnick, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, will be presenting to investors at Sandler O'Neill's Global Exchange and Brokerage Conference in New York. He is scheduled to speak on Thursday, June 9, 2011 at 4:00 p.m. ET. A webcast of this presentation will be made accessible via the following site:

www.bgcpartners.com/ir

The archived webcast will be available for 30 days, beginning at 8 PM June 9, 2011.

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About BGC Partners, Inc.

BGC Partners is a leading global brokerage company servicing the wholesale financial markets, specializing in the brokering of a broad range of financial products, including fixed income securities, interest rate swaps, foreign exchange, equities, equity derivatives, credit derivatives, commodities, futures, structured products and other instruments. 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 where available, 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, the Company offers financial technology solutions, market data, and analytics related to select financial instruments and markets. BGC's customers include many of the world's largest banks, broker-dealers, investment banks, trading firms, hedge funds, governments and investment firms. Named after fixed income trading innovator B. Gerald Cantor, BGC has offices in 24 cities, located in New York and London, as well as in Aspen, Beijing, Chicago, Copenhagen, Dubai, Garden City, Hong Kong, Istanbul, Johannesburg, Mexico City, Moscow, Nyon, Paris, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Sarasota, Seoul, Singapore, Sydney, Tokyo, Toronto, and West Palm Beach.

Discussion of Forward-Looking Statements by BGC Partners

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