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BGC Partners Reports Record First Quarter 2015 Financial Results
April 30th, 2015
BGC has issued a press release to announce First Quarter 2015 Financial Results The Company Produced Record Revenues and Post-tax Distributable Earnings BGC Increases Quarterly Dividend by 16.7% to 14 Cents GFI Group’s Results from March, 2015 Onward are ...
Leading global brokerage company, BGC Partners Inc., extends all-cash tender offer to acquire GFI Group
January 8th, 2015
BGC Partners, Inc. (NASDAQ: BGCP) (“BGC Partners,” “the Company,” or “BGC”), a leading global brokerage company primarily servicing the financial and real estate markets, today announced that it has extended the deadline for its fully financed, all-cash tender offer ...
BGC Partners announces ICAP’s Phil Cramp as Head of Credit
October 29th, 2014
BGC Partners, Inc. (NASDAQ: BGCP), a leading global brokerage company servicing the financial and real estate markets, today announced the appointment of Phil Cramp as Head of Credit, Repo and EGBs in London. Mr. Cramp succeeds Rob Kitchin who ...
BGC Extends All-Cash Tender Offer to Acquire GFI GROUP
February 5th, 2015
BGC Extends All-Cash Tender Offer to Acquire GFI GROUP for $6.10 per share to February 19 Including Shares Owned by BGC, Stockholders Representing Approximately 70% of GFI’s Shares Not Owned by Executives and/or Directors Supported Proposed Transaction Only an ...
China Stops Trying To Fool The World; World Is Sorry
May 10th, 2016
Something interesting has happened. China earlier this year responded to falling stock prices by borrowing a trillion dollars and spending it on commodities, boosting the prices of iron ore, oil, copper, etc., and giving the global economy a patina ...
European Stocks Decline Fourth Day as Earnings Fail to Encourage
May 5th, 2016
BHP Billiton leads commodity producers lower on Brazil lawsuit Societe Generale advances as earnings beat estimates European stocks posted their longest losing streak in more than a month as the latest batch of earnings failed to lift investor sentiment. ...
Currency Spoofing Is Said to Be New York’s Latest Target
November 24th, 2015
Subpoenas sent to brokers including TFS-ICAP, Tullett Prebon Schneiderman probing FX options linked to emerging markets The New York attorney general is investigating possible manipulation in foreign-exchange trading, according to a person familiar with the matter, aiming more scrutiny ...
Magic Circle firms lead on major City broking merger
November 10th, 2015
Clifford Chance and Allen & Overy (A&O) are orchestrating a tie-up between two of the City’s most storied brokers, ICAP and Tullett Prebon, as the market consolidates in response to low trading volumes and tougher regulations. Icap, which was ...
Fired Currency Traders Won’t Leave Quietly
September 16th, 2015
Six lawsuits filed in London by FX traders emerged last month Banks also faced employee suits after Libor scandal lay-offs As banks try to clean up trading floors beset by benchmark-rigging scandals, not all fired workers are leaving quietly. ...
Apple gives weak forecast, shares fall nearly 7 percent
July 22nd, 2015
Apple Inc (AAPL.O) shares slumped nearly 7 percent in after-hours trading as its fourth-quarter revenue forecast fell short of estimates and it missed some targets for iPhone sales. The shares dropped to $121 after the company released its results ...
