OVERVIEW
CANTOR FITZGERALD, L.P.: OVERVIEW
Cantor Fitzgerald is a proven capital markets, investment banking, real estate investment management, debt origination and private equity firm. Cantor’s affiliate, BGC Group (NASDAQ:BGC), is a world class leader in wholesale brokerage and real estate services (Newmark Knight Frank).
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FOUNDED
IN 1945Cantor Fitzgerald is a global financial services firm with significant real estate, capital markets, research and investment expertise -
12,000
EMPLOYEESCantor Fitzgerald | BGC Group employs over 12,000 employees in 150 offices across 22 countries -
$180
TRILLIONCantor Fitzgerald conducts over $180 trillion of financial transactions annually -
INVESTMENT
GRADECantor Fitzgerald, L.P. maintains an investment-grade credit rating by Standard & Poor’s and Fitch -
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PRIMARY DEALERSCantor Fitzgerald conducts over $180 trillion of financial transactions annually
HISTORY
THE HISTORY OF OUR FIRM
OVER 70 YEARS OF CONTINUOUS OPERATION AND INNOVATION
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1945
Bernie Cantor and John Fitzgerald create bond brokerage firm Cantor Fitzgerald -
1965
Cantor Fitzgerald begins “large block” equities trading for institutional investors -
1972
Cantor Fitzgeraid becomes the world’s first electronic etplace for U.S. Government Securities -
1991
Howard Lutnick named CEO and President -
1996
Cantor Fitzgerald’s fully electronic trading platform, eSpeed, launches. Lutnick named Chairman -
2001
Cantor Fitzgerald loses 658 of its 960 employees in the 9/11 World Trade Center Attacks -
2002
Cantor Fitzgerald and affiliates raise over $5 million on their 1st Annual Charity Day -
2003
Cantor Fitzgerald launches Fixed Income Sales/Trading Group -
2006
Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. becomes Primary Dealer to US. Federal Reserve -
2008
BGC and eSpeed merge, creating BCC Group, Inc., one of the world’s leading inter-dealer brokers -
2009
Prime Brokerage Services established -
2010
Cantor Commercial Real Estate is established and Cantor Fitzgerald Investment Advisors is launched -
2011
BGC Group acquires Newmark Knight Frank and Cantor Fitzgerald and BGC raise $12 million on Charity Day -
2013
BGC sells eSpeed trading platform to Nasdaq for $1.23 bilion -
2015
BGC Group announces the successful tender offer to purchase the majority of GFI Group Inc. (“GFI”), which was our largest acquisition to date -
2017
Anshu Jain joins Cantor Fitzgerald, L.P. as President.Newmark Group announces IPO