BGC Partners to Present at the KBW 2009 Securities Brokerage & Market Structure Conference November 5th, 2009

NEW YORK--(Business Wire)--
BGC Partners, Inc. (NASDAQ: BGCP), a leading global intermediary to the
wholesale financial markets, today announced that Howard W. Lutnick, Chairman
and Chief Executive Officer, will be presenting to investors at the KBW 2009
Securities Brokerage & Market Structure Conference November 5, 2009 at 8:00 a.m.
ET. A webcast of this presentation will be made accessible via either of the
following sites:

http://www.bgcpartners.com/ir

http://www.kbw.com/news/conferenceSecBroker2009_Webcast.html

The archived webcast will be available for 180 days, beginning November 6, 2009.

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About BGC Partners, Inc.

BGC Partners is a leading global intermediary to the wholesale financial
markets, specializing in the brokering of a broad range of financial products,
including fixed income securities, interest rate swaps, foreign exchange,
equities, equity derivatives, credit derivatives, commodities, futures,
structured products and other instruments. Through its eSpeed and BGC Trader
brands, BGC Partners uses its proprietary, built, and paid for technology to
operate multiple buyer, multiple seller real-time electronic marketplaces for
the world`s most liquid capital markets. Through its BGCantor Market Data brand,
the Company also offers globally distributed and innovative market data and
analysis products for numerous financial instruments and markets. BGC Partners`
customers include many of the world`s largest banks, broker-dealers, investment
banks, trading firms, hedge funds, governments and investment firms. Named after
B. Gerald Cantor, who co-founded the Company`s predecessor, BGC Partners has 19
offices located in New York and London, as well as in Beijing (representative
office), Chicago, Copenhagen, Hong Kong, Istanbul, Johannesburg, Moscow, Mexico
City, Nyon, Paris, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Seoul, Singapore, Sydney, Tokyo
and Toronto. For more information, visit http://www.bgcpartners.com.

Discussion of Forward-Looking Statements by BGC Partners

Statements in this press release regarding BGC Partners` business that are not
historical facts are "forward-looking statements" that involve risks and
uncertainties. 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 Partners` Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filings,
including, but not limited to, the risk factors set forth in our public filings
which we incorporate by reference, including our Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 2008, as filed with the SEC on March 16, 2009 and any updates to
such risk factors contained in subsequent 10-Q filings.

BGC Partners, Inc.
Media:
Florencia Panizza, 212-294-7938
fpanizza@bgcpartners.com
or
Investors:
Jason McGruder, 212-829-4988
jmcgruder@bgcpartners.com
or
Chris Walters, 212-294-8059
cwalters@bgcpartners.com

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