{"id":1247,"date":"2021-08-19T13:45:04","date_gmt":"2021-08-19T13:45:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bgcliquidez.com\/?page_id=1247"},"modified":"2022-04-11T15:50:34","modified_gmt":"2022-04-11T15:50:34","slug":"our-history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bgcliquidez.com\/en\/bgc\/our-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Our History"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In 1945<\/span>, B. Gerald Cantor founded B. G. Cantor & Company, a securities company. Two years later, he became a founding partner of Cantor, Fitzgerald & Company, adding the name of his other partner, John Fitzgerald.<\/p>\n

Since its founding in 1945, Cantor Fitzgerald has grown and evolved into a global investment and brokerage bank.<\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n \n

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Liquidez DTVM founded in Rio de Janeiro.<\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n \n

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Cantor continues to build its relationships and harness its expertise on both its inter-dealer fixed income and institutional equities businesses, eventually expanding by opening offices in London.<\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n\n \n \n

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Liquidez DTVM opens S\u00e3o Paulo office.<\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n \n

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Howard W. Lutnick is named President and steers Cantor towards further technological innovation.<\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n\n \n \n

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eSpeed, Cantor Fitzgerald\u2019s fully eletronic trading platform, is launched<\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n\n \n \n

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eSpeed, Cantor Fiztgerald Division becomes publicaly traded<\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n\n \n \n

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Cantor Fitzgerald loses 658 of its 960 New York employees in the 9\/11 World Trade Center attacks<\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n\n \n \n

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Cantor Fitzgerald and its affiliates raise over $5 million on its 1st anual Charity Day<\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n\n \n \n

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Cantor Fitzgerald separates out its brokerage business to create BGC Partners.<\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n\n \n \n

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  • BGC merges with eSpeed.<\/li>\n
  • Liquidez is awarded BM&F BOVESPA Execution Broker Seal.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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    BGC and Speed merges, creating BGC Partners, Inc, one of the world\u2019s leading inter-dealer brokers<\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n\n \n \n

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    • BGC continues its expansion strategy and, after acquiring companies in Europe and Asia, turns its attention to Latin America, finalizing its acquisition of Brazilian brokerage company Liquidez.<\/li>\n
    • In September, BGC Partners raises over $10 million for charity on its Fifth Annual Global Charity Day, bringing the total over 4 years to more than $33 million.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n <\/div>\n \n
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      • Ernst and Young names Howard W. Lutnick, Chairman and CEO of BGC Partners, winner of its U.S. Entrepreneur of the Year award.<\/li>\n
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        BGC Partners enters real estate brokerage Market and acquires Newmark Knight Frank, a leading comercial real state services firm.<\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n\n \n \n

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        BGC sells Speed fo Nasdaq for U$ 1.234 Billion<\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n\n \n \n

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        BGC acquires control of GFI Group In for $ 750 million and subsequently sells its Trayport business for $650 million<\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n\n \n \n

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        BGC Liquidez obtained from B3 the Nonresident Investor Broker in 2017<\/p>\n

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        NGKF separates its business from BGC and opens its capital and becomes listed on the NY Stock Exchange<\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n\n \n \n

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        BGC Liquidez obtained the new certificate of the B3, the \u201cPrograma de Qualifica\u00e7\u00e3o Operacional\u201d<\/strong> (PQO) Seal, which replaced the \u201cExecution Broker\u201d and \u201cNonresident Investor Broker\u201d seals, acquired in 2007 and 2017 respectively.<\/p>\n

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        BGC Liquidez also obtains another certificate from B3, the \u201cCertifica\u201d Seal<\/p>\n

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