NEW YORK, Sept. 16, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- BGC Partners, Inc. (Nasdaq:BGCP), a leading global intermediary to the wholesale financial markets, today announced that it plans to issue an advisory release no earlier than 4:30 PM ET on Tuesday, November 2, 2010, notifying the public that a complete and full-text financial results press release has become accessible at the "Investor Relations" section of http://www.bgcpartners.com. The complete third quarter 2010 financial results release will then also be available on that date no earlier than 4:30 PM ET directly at any of the following web pages:
http://www.bgcpartners.com/ir-news
http://www.bgcpartners.com/news-centre/press-releases
The Company will host a conference call on Wednesday, November 3, at 8:30 a.m. ET to discuss these results.
| WHO: | BGC Partners, Inc. (Nasdaq:BGCP) |
| WHAT: | Third quarter 2010 financial results conference call |
| WHEN: | Wednesday, November 3, at 8:30 a.m. ET |
| WHERE: | The "Investor Relations" section at http://www.bgcpartners.com |
| HOW: | Listeners must have a Real Media or Windows Media plug-in and headphones or |
| speakers in order to listen to the webcast or its replay. |
Additionally, call participants may dial in with the following information:
| LIVE CALL: | |
| Date - Start Time: | 11/03/2010 8:30 AM Eastern Time |
| U.S. Dial In: | 888-713-4217 |
| International Dial In: | 617-213-4869 |
| Participant Passcode: | 86088995 |
| Pre Registration: | https://www.theconferencingservice.com/prereg/key.process?key=PMPQ4FNKM |
| REPLAY: | |
| Available From – To: | 11/03/2010 11:30 AM- 11/10/2010 |
| U.S. Dial In: | 888-286-8010 |
| International Dial In: | 617-801-6888 |
| Passcode: | 57524752 |
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About BGC Partners, Inc.
BGC Partners is a global intermediary to 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 Partners 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 Partners' 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 BGCantor Market Data brands, the Company also offers financial technology solutions, market data, and analytics related to select financial instruments and markets. BGC Partners' 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 Partners has 20 offices, located in New York and London, as well as in Beijing, Chicago, Copenhagen, Hong Kong, Istanbul, Johannesburg, Mexico City, Moscow, Nyon, Paris, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Sarasota, Seoul, Singapore, Sydney, Tokyo and Toronto.
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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 Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009, as filed with the SEC on March 16, 2010 and any updates to such risk factors contained in subsequent 10-Q filings.