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December 10, 2015 BY Maria Nikolova

BGC Partners appoints Nicole Shaughnessy as Managing Director, Environmental Products

BGC Partners, Inc. (NASDAQ:BGCP), a brokerage company servicing the financial and real estate markets, today announced the appointment of Nicole Shaughnessy as Managing Director, Environmental Products. Ms. Shaughnessy will run BGC's Environmental Product Desk through BGC Environmental Brokerage Services L.P. She reports to Shawn McLoughlin, Senior Managing Director of New Business Development, BGC. Ms. Shaughnessy…

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November 16, 2015 BY Maria Nikolova

BGC, GFI agree to sell Trayport to ICE for $650M in shares

More news on the M&A front, as BGC Partners, Inc. (NASDAQ:BGCP) and its majority-owned division GFI Group Inc. have just announced an agreement to sell Trayport, a provider of trading and aggregation software in the global OTC energy and commodities markets, to Intercontinental Exchange Inc (NYSE:ICE). The GFI sellers will receive $650 million in ICE…

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October 28, 2015 BY Maria Nikolova

BGC Partners sees Forex revenues jump 48.9% YoY in Q3 2015

BGC Partners, Inc. (NASDAQ:BGCP), a brokerage company servicing the financial and real estate markets, has just reported its financial metrics for the third quarter of 2015, with Forex revenues registering a solid rise year-on-year. The company said that Forex revenues for the three months to the end of September 2015 amounted to $83.7 million, up…

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October 28, 2015 BY Maria Nikolova

IG Group hires Daniel Williams from BGC Partners to head Internal Audit

Leading provider of online trading services IG Group Holdings plc (LON:IGG) today announced the appointment of Daniel Williams as Global Head of Internal Audit. Mr Williams will be responsible for IG Group’s Global Internal Audit function in the overall context of the Group’s internal controls and risk management framework. Mr Williams brings with him more…

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