BGC Partners, Inc. operates as a financial intermediary to the financial markets specializing in the brokering of various financial products. BGC Partners, Inc. provides electronic marketplaces, including government bond markets, spot foreign exchange, foreign exchange options, and credit default swaps in various financial markets through its eSpeed- and BGC Trader- branded trading platform which can be accessed through its high speed data network, over the Internet, or third party communication networks.BGC Partners, Inc. serves banks, professional trading firms, futures commission merchants, professional market participants, financial institutions, investment banks, brokerage firms, asset managers, hedge funds, investment analysts, and financial advisors in the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and other Americas. BGC Partners, Inc. was founded in 1999 and is based in New York, New York.