LONDON, Oct. 1, 2018
/PRNewswire/ -- Fenics Markets, a subsidiary of BGC Partners,
Inc. (NASDAQ: BGCP) ("BGC Partners," "BGC" or "the Company"), a
leading global brokerage company servicing the financial and real
estate markets, today announced that David
Coombs has joined the Firm as its Global Head of Product
Strategy, Electronic & Hybrid Markets, based in
London.
David joins from TP ICAP where he was Chief Commercial Officer
of eMarkets since July 2017, and
previously served as Executive Director of Interest Rate Products
at CME and an Interest Rates Swap trader at UBS.
In addition, Anthony Perrotta
joins Fenics Markets as Head of Americas Product Strategy,
Electronic and Hybrid Markets, reporting to David Coombs. Anthony, a thought leader in
market structure and electronic trading, most recently served as
CEO of TABB Group.
Mr. Dean Berry, Executive
Managing Director, and Global Head of Electronic & Hybrid
Markets, commented: "Product Strategy is the commercial driver of
electronic revenue generation and the hiring of David and Anthony
affirms our commitment to acquire top talent and deliver cutting
edge market products to our clients."
About BGC Partners, Inc.
BGC Partners is a leading
global brokerage company servicing the financial and real estate
markets. BGC's Financial Services offerings include fixed income
securities, interest rate swaps, foreign exchange, equities, equity
derivatives, credit derivatives, commodities, futures, and
structured products. BGC's Financial Services customers include
many of the world's largest banks, broker-dealers, investment
banks, trading firms, hedge funds, governments, corporations, and
investment firms. BGC, BGC Trader, GFI, Fenics, Fenics Market Data,
Capitalab, and Lucera are trademarks/service marks and/or
registered trademarks/service marks of BGC Partners, Inc. and/or
its affiliates. BGC's common stock trades on the NASDAQ Global
Select Market under the ticker symbol (NASDAQ: BGCP). BGC offers
Real Estate Services through its publicly traded subsidiary Newmark
Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: NMRK). BGC Partners is led by Chairman and
Chief Executive Officer Howard W.
Lutnick. For more information, please visit
http://www.bgcpartners.com. You can also follow BGC at
https://twitter.com/bgcpartners,
https://www.linkedin.com/company/bgc-partners, and/or
http://ir.bgcpartners.com.
Discussion of Forward-Looking Statements about BGC
Statements in this document regarding BGC that are not historical
facts are "forward-looking statements" that involve risks and
uncertainties, which could cause actual results to differ from
those contained in the forward-looking statements. Except as
required by law, BGC undertakes no obligation to update any
forward-looking statements. 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's
Securities and Exchange Commission filings, including, but not
limited to, the risk factors set forth in these filings and any
updates to such risk factors contained in subsequent Forms 10-K,
Forms 10-Q or Forms 8-K.
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