Reminder: BGC Partners Plans to Host Investors and Analysts on Thursday May 29, 2014

NEW YORK, May 5, 2014 /CNW/ - BGC Partners, Inc. (NASDAQ: BGCP) ("BGC Partners," "BGC," or "the Company"), a leading global brokerage company servicing the financial and real estate markets, reiterated its plans to host sell-side analysts and professional investors for a half-day presentation about the Company in New York City on Thursday, May 29, 2014.

The event will be hosted by BGC Partners' management team, and will include presentations by certain Company executives regarding BGC Partners' financial results, operations, and outlook. The event is expected to begin at around 10:00 AM ET and conclude at approximately 2:00 PM ET.

Attendance at the event is by invitation only, but the general public is invited to view the presentation slides and listen to a live audio webcast of the event at the "Investor Relations" section of http://www.bgcpartners.com or directly at http://ir.bgcpartners.com. A replay of the webcast will be available on the website 24 hours after the conclusion of the event.

About BGC Partners, Inc.
BGC Partners is a leading global brokerage company servicing the financial and real estate markets. Products include fixed income securities, interest rate swaps, foreign exchange, equities, equity derivatives, credit derivatives, commercial real estate, commodities, futures, and structured products. BGC also provides a wide range of services, including trade execution, broker-dealer services, clearing, processing, information, and other back-office services to a broad range of financial and non-financial institutions. Through its BGC Trader and BGC Market Data brands, BGC offers financial technology solutions, market data, and analytics related to numerous financial instruments and markets. Through the Newmark Grubb Knight Frank brand, the Company offers a wide range of commercial real estate services including leasing and corporate advisory, investment sales and financial services, consulting, project and development management, and property and facilities management. BGC's customers include many of the world's largest banks, broker-dealers, investment banks, trading firms, hedge funds, governments, corporations, property owners, real estate developers, and investment firms. For more information, please visit www.bgcpartners.com.

BGC, BGC Trader, Grubb & Ellis, Grubb and Newmark are trademarks and service marks of BGC Partners, Inc. and its affiliates. Knight Frank is a service mark of Knight Frank Limited Corp., used with permission.

Discussion of Forward-Looking Statements by BGC Partners
Statements in this document regarding BGC Partners' business that are not historical facts are "forward-looking statements" that involve risks and uncertainties. Except as required by law, BGC undertakes no obligation to release any revisions to any forward-looking statements. 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's Securities and Exchange Commission filings, including, but not limited to, the risk factors set forth in our public filings, including our most recent Form 10-K and any updates to such risk factors contained in subsequent Form 10-Q or Form 8-K filings.

Excel versions of the financial tables, which may include additional periods, are available in the HTML version of this release at http://ir.bgcpartners.com.

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SOURCE: BGC Partners, Inc.

BGC Investor Contacts: Jason McGruder, [phone], Jason Chryssicas, [phone]; BGC Media Contacts: Hannah Sloane, [phone], Sarah Laufer, [phone]

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