BGC Partners, Inc., a financial brokerage and technology company, has a global presence across the Americas, Europe, Asia, Australia, Africa, and the Middle East. The company offers a wide range of brokerage products, including fixed income, equity derivatives, energy and commodities, and futures and options. BGC Partners also offers various services to financial and non-financial institutions, such as trade execution, clearing, and post-trade services. Its electronic and hybrid brokerage, financial technology solutions, market data and related information services, and analytics are offered under various brand names, including BGC, GFI, Fenics, and Capitalab. Additionally, the company provides distributed FX and multi-asset class aggregation platforms, as well as global SDN and on-demand, co-located compute services in financial data centers. BGC Partners serves a broad range of clients, including banks, trading firms, hedge funds, and corporations. The company was founded in 1945 and is headquartered in New York.