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Cantor Fitzgerald company history timeline

1945

Cantor Fitzgerald was formed in 1945 as an investment bank and brokerage.

1965

In 1965, Cantor Fitzgerald began “large block” sales/trading of equities for institutional customers.

2004

BGC has grown rapidly since its separation from Cantor Fitzgerald in 2004 both organically and through acquisitions.

2005

In September 2005, BGC Partners holds its First Annual Charity Day in London and New York.

2006

In 2006 the United States Federal Reserve added Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. to its Primary Dealer list.

2009

In 2009, Cantor Fitzgerald launched Cantor Prime Services, a provider of multi-asset, global Prime Brokerage platform leveraging the clearing, financing and execution capabilities of the firm.

2010

Cantor Fitzgerald began building its real estate business with the launch of Cantor Commercial Real Estate in 2010, and continues to aggressively expand worldwide.

2013

Energy Risk and Risk Commodity Rankings 2013 #1 in Singapore – Jet Kerosene products #1 in Singapore – Gas Oil products

2015

BGC also agrees to acquire the Swedish and Dutch assets of RP Martin in 2015.

2018

BGC spun-off its former subsidiary Newmark Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: NMRK) (“Newmark”), effective as of November 30, 2018 to BGC stockholders of record as of the close of business on November 23, 2018.

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Howard W. Lutnick,Stephen Merkel,Anshu Jain,Steve Kantor,Bernard Gerald Cantor,Edie Lutnick
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