BGC Group, Inc.
For the period ended Dec 31, 2025. Filed Mar 2, 2026.
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FY2025 · Filed Mar 2, 2026
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Period ended 2024-12-31; filed 2025-03-03.
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ITEM 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of OperationsCurrent report: 10-K
Period ended 2025-12-31; filed 2026-03-02.
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ITEM 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of OperationsThe baseline is this issuer’s latest earlier reporting period of the same form that was filed before the current report. A previous 10-Q is a different quarter, not a year-over-year comparison. Amendments are excluded.
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•the timing of completion of or impacts of our current cost reduction program on our ability to enhance profitability and margins, the impacts of any related short-term increases to our compensation and employee benefits expenses, and our ability to realize the anticipated cost savings from such programs;
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BGC and leading global investment banks and market making firms have partnered to create FMX, part of the BGC Group of companies, which includes a U.S. interest rate futures exchange, a cash U.S. Treasuries platform and spot foreign exchange platform.
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On February 18, 2025, Mr. Howard Lutnick was confirmed by the United States Senate as the 41st Secretary of Commerce. Following his confirmation, on February 18, 2025, Mr. Howard Lutnick stepped down as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of the Company. On February 18, 2025, the Company appointed Mr. Brandon Lutnick, son of Mr. Howard Lutnick, to serve as a member of the Board. Additionally, on February 18, 2025 the Company appointed Mr. Stephen Merkel to serve as a member of the Board and as Chairman of the Board. On February 18, 2025, the Company appointed Messrs. John Abularrage, JP Aubin, and Sean Windeatt as Co-Chief Executive Officers of the Company and as the Co-Principal Executive Officers of the Company.
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On October 6, 2025, Mr. Howard Lutnick completed the divestiture of his holdings in the Company, Cantor and CFGM in compliance with U.S. government ethics rules, including through the sale of all of the voting shares of CFGM and outstanding equity interests in various entities and family trusts that hold the Company’s common stock to trusts controlled by Mr. Brandon Lutnick, and the sale of all of BGC Class B common stock held directly by him to Cantor. See Part I, “Item 1—Our Organizational Structure—2025 Mr. Howard Lutnick Divestiture Events and Lutnick Family Voting and Transfer Agreement” for more information.
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Fenics Growth Platforms revenue grew to $27.2 million in the fourth quarter of 2025 and to $106.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2025, primarily driven by FMX and Lucera, partially offset by lower post-trade revenues due to the sale of our Capitalab business in the fourth quarter of 2024.
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•FMX UST generated record fourth quarter ADV of $58.7 billion, more than 12% higher compared to the prior year period. FMX UST grew its fourth-quarter central limit order book market share to 39%, up from 37% in the third quarter of 2025 and 30% from a year ago. FMX UST central limit order book market share has increased sequentially in 12 of the last 13 quarters, more than doubling over the same period.
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•FMX Futures Exchange saw record volumes and open interest in the fourth quarter with ADV and open interest increasing 82% and 97%, respectively, versus the third quarter of 2025.
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•FMX FX ADV increased by 40% to a fourth quarter record of $15.5 billion driven by strong growth across spot FX and non-deliverable forward volumes.
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•PortfolioMatch ADV grew by 68% in the fourth quarter of 2025 compared to the prior year period, driven by stronger U.S. and European credit activity, greater adoption of algorithmic trading, and larger average trade size.
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Fenics brokerage revenues increased by 16.2% to $127.2 million in the fourth quarter of 2025 and 17.3% to $520.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2025, over the respective prior year periods.
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On December 31, 2025, we completed the acquisition of AMCOM which specializes in the trading of agricultural commodities associated with food and alternative fuel feedstocks. The acquisition further rounded out our biofuel business.
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On October 1, 2025, the Company completed the acquisition of Macro Hive, a provider of global macro market analytics and strategy. The acquisition of Macro Hive expands BGC’s growing agency business that services institutional clients by integrating Macro Hive’s artificial intelligence-driven technology across our Rates and FX markets within our global broking and execution platform.
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On April 1, 2025, we completed the acquisition of OTC Global. OTC Global generated revenues of over $400 million for the year ended December 31, 2024, representing an acquisition multiple of approximately 0.75 times revenue. With the integration of OTC Global’s complementary product suite, ECS became our largest asset class. The amounts of revenue and pre-tax income from OTC Global included in our Consolidated Statements of Operations from April 1, 2025 to the period ending December 31, 2025 are $341.7 million and $32.9 million, respectively. This positions us as the world’s largest ECS broker by revenue as of December 31, 2025, making BGC a more comprehensive and diversified company. Furthermore, the OTC Global acquisition was accretive to our earnings per share on a year-over-year basis.
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See Note 4—“Acquisitions” to our Consolidated Financial Statements in Part II, Item 8 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K for additional information related to these transactions.
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On December 31, 2025, we sold kACE, a leading provider of real-time pricing and advanced analytics platforms for complex FX derivatives, to smartTrade. smartTrade acquired kACE for up to $119.0 million, subject to limited post-closing adjustments. This includes initial consideration of $80.0 million, with up to an additional $39.0 million in contingent cash consideration. The $39.0 million in contingent cash consideration was excluded from the initial gain on the divestiture and will be recognized in income when it is realized and earned. As a result of this sale, we recognized a $66.7 million gain, which is included in “Gains (losses) on divestitures and sales of investments” in our Consolidated Statements of Operations during the year ended December 31, 2025.
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On December 3, 2024, we sold Capitalab, which was part of our post-trade business, to Capitolis. As a result of this sale, we recognized a $39.0 million gain, which is included in “Gains (losses) on divestitures and sale of investments” in our Consolidated Statements of Operations during the year ended December 31, 2024.
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Cost Reduction Program
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We completed the first phase of our current cost reduction program, which we expect will realize $25.0 million of annualized savings in 2026, with more savings targeted throughout the year. These expected savings are subject to risks and uncertainties, and actual results may differ. We will continue to monitor the impact of this program on our financial position and results of operations. In connection with the cost reduction program, the Company recorded compensation charges of $54.8 million and $64.2 million for the three and twelve months ended December 31, 2025, respectively. These charges primarily relate to the termination or modification of certain employment contracts and the accelerated expense recognition of certain employee loans. These charges are reflected in “Compensation and employee benefits” in our Consolidated Statements of Operations during the year ended December 31, 2025. As of December 31, 2025, the Company has made cash payments totaling $31.6 million in connection with the cost reduction program.
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On July 4, 2025, President Trump signed the OBBBA into law, which, among other things, introduced a broad range of changes to existing tax rules, including significant modifications to certain incentives previously introduced or expanded by the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, as well as extensions and modifications of certain provisions of the Tax Act of 2017.
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The OBBBA did not have a material impact on our Consolidated Statements of Financial Condition as of, or results of operations or cash flows for the year ended, December 31, 2025. Management will continue to assess the potential impact the OBBBA may have on our future financial condition, results of operations or liquidity.
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Several factors could influence the financial service industry and our business performance, including general economic conditions, the geopolitical environment, current or expected inflation, interest rate fluctuations, the threat, imposition and impact of volatile or broad-based tariffs, market volatility, changes in investment patterns and priorities, regulatory changes, and other factors that are generally beyond our control. Generally, volatility benefits BGC by increasing secondary trading volumes, as market participants seek to hedge their risk or capitalize on price fluctuations. We believe that these activities are most efficiently executed in our wholesale markets, known for their depth and liquidity. Rates of inflation may affect our expenses such as employee compensation and benefits, technology and communication expenses and occupancy costs. We believe any effects of inflation on our results of operations and financial condition have not been significant during any of the periods presented in this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
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Industry Landscape
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On December 31, 2025, we sold our analytics brand, kACE, to smartTrade.
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Total revenues increased $678.6 million compared to the prior year period, or 30.0%, to $2,941.5 million. Excluding OTC Global, revenues grew $337.0 million, or 14.9%. Brokerage revenues increased by $660.1 million, or 32.4%, due to overall growth across all asset classes:
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•ECS increased $427.4 million, or 88.4%, driven by the operations of OTC Global. Excluding OTC Global, ECS grew by $100.9 million, or 20.9%;
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•Rates increased $109.2 million, or 15.9%;
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•FX increased $69.3 million, or 19.3%;
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•Credit increased $8.2 million, or 2.9%; and
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•Equities increased $46.0 million, or 20.6%.
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There was an increase of $12.0 million, or 9.5% in Data, network and post-trade revenues, primarily driven by Lucera and Fenics Market Data and OTC Global, partially offset by lower post-trade revenues due to the sale of BGC’s Capitalab business in the fourth quarter of 2024. Excluding Capitalab, Data, network and post-trade revenues grew by $17.0 million, or 13.9%. There was an increase of $10.9 million, or 52.8%, in Other revenues, primarily driven by the operations of OTC Global and increased consulting income. There was a decrease of $2.4 million, or 4.3% in Interest and dividend income, primarily due to lower dividend amounts received from our equity securities, which are included in “Other assets” in our Consolidated Statements of Financial Condition, offset by higher balances earning interest.
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Total other income (losses), net decreased $3.1 million, or 3.4% to $89.5 million, which was largely driven by a $38.8 million gain on the sale of Capitalab and $36.6 million unrealized gain recorded for the year ended December 31, 2024 related to fair value adjustments on investments carried under the measurement alternative, offset by a $66.7 million gain on the sale of kACE recorded for the year ended December 31, 2025.
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Total brokerage revenues increased by $660.1 million, or 32.4%, to $2,698.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2025 as compared to the year ended December 31, 2024. Commissions revenues increased by $608.7 million, or 36.9%, to $2,257.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2025 as compared to the year ended December 31, 2024. Principal transactions revenues increased by $51.4 million, or 13.2%, to $440.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2025 as compared to the year ended December 31, 2024.
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Our ECS revenues increased by $427.4 million, or 88.4%, to $910.7 million for the year ended December 31, 2025, as compared to the year ended December 31, 2024, which was primarily driven by OTC Global and strong organic growth across the broader energy complex and our shipping business. Excluding OTC Global, ECS revenues grew by 20.9% for the year ended December 31, 2025 as compared to the year ended December 31, 2024.
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Our Rates revenues increased by $109.2 million, or 15.9%, to $794.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2025, as compared to the year ended December 31, 2024, reflecting higher volumes across all major interest rate products, including strong double-digit growth in G10 interest rate products, emerging market products and repo products.
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Our FX revenues increased by $69.3 million, or 19.3%, to $428.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2025, as compared to the year ended December 31, 2024, which was primarily due to strong growth in emerging market currencies and G10 FX Options volumes.
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Our Credit revenues increased by $8.2 million, or 2.9%, to $295.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2025, as compared to the year ended December 31, 2024, which was primarily driven by higher emerging market, European credit and credit derivatives volumes.
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Our Equities revenues increased by $46.0 million, or 20.6%, to $269.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2025, as compared to the year ended December 31, 2024, which was primarily due to global equity volatility and strong market share gains.
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Data, network and post-trade revenues increased by $12.0 million, or 9.5%, to $139.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2025 as compared to the year ended December 31, 2024. This increase was primarily driven by strong revenue growth across Lucera and Fenics Market Data and the operations of OTC Global, partially offset by lower post-trade revenues due to the sale of BGC’s Capitalab business in the fourth quarter of 2024. Excluding Capitalab, revenues grew by 13.9% year-over-year.
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Interest and dividend income decreased by $2.4 million, or 4.3%, to $53.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2025 as compared to the year ended December 31, 2024. This was primarily driven by a decrease in dividend income from the Company’s equity interests that are recorded under the measurement alternative guidance and a decrease in borrowings from Cantor under the BGC Credit Agreement, partially offset by higher interest income driven by increased interest-earning balances.
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Other revenues increased by $10.9 million, or 52.8%, to $31.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2025 as compared to the year ended December 31, 2024, primarily driven by the operations of OTC Global and an increase in consulting income.
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•the effects on our business of Howard W. Lutnick’s intended divestiture of his interests in us, Cantor and CFGM;
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In January 2024, FMX received CFTC approval to operate an exchange for U.S. interest rate futures products, the most widely traded futures contracts in the world.
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Fenics Growth Platforms revenue grew 20.2% to $25.5 million in the fourth quarter of 2024 and 26.3% to $94.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2024, in each case compared to the prior year period. Collectively, our newer Fenics Growth Platform offerings are not yet fully up to scale, but continue to grow at a leading rate. Over time, the Company expects these new products and services to become profitable, high-margin businesses as their scale and revenues increase, all else equal.
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•FMX UST generated ADV of over $52 billion for the fourth quarter, up 28% compared to last year. This translated to over 30% market share for the fourth quarter, up from 29% last quarter and 26% a year ago.
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•FMX FX volumes improved by approximately 80% compared to last year on record ADV of more than $11 billion. FMX FX continues to expand its market share in the enormous global foreign exchange market.
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•FMX Futures Exchange continues to connect the world’s largest FCMs, recently onboarding FMX’s partners, Bank of America, Barclays and Citi. FMX expects to have at least 10 FCMs connected before the launch of U.S. Treasury futures around the end of the first quarter 2025. As FMX continues to connect and integrate more FCMs, ADV and open interest on the FMX Futures Exchange are expected to meaningfully accelerate.
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•PortfolioMatch ADV increased more than 150% due to strong growth across both U.S. and European credit volumes.
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Total revenues from our high-margin Data, network and post-trade business, which is predominately comprised of recurring revenue, were up 10.3% to $32.6 million in the fourth quarter of 2024 and 13.9% to $127.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2024, in each case over the prior year period.
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Fenics brokerage revenues increased by 8.2% to $109.5 million in the fourth quarter of 2024 and 8.2% to $443.7 million for the year ended December 31, 2024, in each case over the prior year period.
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Fenics’ revenue growth was led by Fenics Rates, Credit and Data, network and post-trade businesses. Fenics represented 24.8% of BGC’s overall revenue in the fourth quarter of 2024 compared to 24.8% in the fourth quarter of 2023, and 25.2% for the year ended December 31, 2024 compared to 25.2% in the year ended December 31, 2023.
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On October 22, 2024, the Company announced that it had executed a definitive agreement to acquire OTC Global. The closing of the proposed acquisition of OTC Global, which is expected to be a substantially all cash transaction, is subject to customary closing conditions, including the receipt of applicable regulatory approvals.
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Both the Sage acquisition at the beginning of the fourth quarter of 2024 and the anticipated acquisition of OTC Global are expected to be immediately accretive.
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On December 3, 2024, the Company announced the sale of Capitalab, which was part of its post-trade business, to Capitolis. BGC will retain its high-growth, post-trade foreign exchange risk reduction business, which was previously included under the Capitalab brand and will be renamed Fenics NDF Match.
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Industry Consolidation
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Additional strategic acquisitions of OTC trading platforms by exchanges and electronic marketplaces include ICE buying BondPoint and TMC Bonds, Deutsche Börse buying 360T, CBOE buying Hotspot, MarketAxess buying LiquidityEdge, Tradeweb buying Nasdaq’s U.S. Fixed Income Electronic Trading Platform, r8fin and ICD, LSEG acquiring Quantile, etc. We view the consolidation in the industry favorably, as we expect it to provide additional operating leverage to our businesses in the future.
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Through kACE 2, our analytics brand, we offer derivative price discovery, pricing analysis, risk management and trading software used by approximately 227 client sites in over 23 countries. Our clients include mid-tier banks, financial institutions and corporate clients. Our Gateway module links our client base with their counterparties, trading venues and regulators, and provides automated order flow, straight through processing, data distribution and regulatory reporting.
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Interest Income
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Total revenues increased $237.4 million, or 11.7%, to $2,262.8 million, largely due to overall growth of 11.2% in our brokerage revenues:
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•Rates increased $74.6 million, or 12.2%;
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•Credit increased $2.6 million, or 0.9%; and
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In addition, there was an increase of $10.8 million in Interest and dividend income, primarily driven by income earned on bank deposits and money market funds. Further, there was an increase of $15.5 million in Data, network and post-trade revenues, primarily driven by strong revenue growth due to FX co-location services and higher volume of contracts.
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Interest and Dividend Income
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Total brokerage revenues increased by $185.8 million, or 11.3%, to $1,832.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2023 as compared to the year ended December 31, 2022. Commission revenues increased by $183.2 million, or 14.3%, to $1,464.5 million for the year ended December 31, 2023 as compared to the year ended December 31, 2022. Principal transactions revenues increased by $2.6 million, or 0.7%, to $368.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2023 as compared to the year ended December 31, 2022.
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Our brokerage revenues from Energy and Commodities increased by $94.5 million, or 32.4%, to $386.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2023, as compared to the year ended December 31, 2022, which was primarily driven by strong double-digit growth across our energy complex and our environmental products, as well as our shipping broking business.
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Our brokerage revenues from Rates increased by $60.9 million, or 11.1%, to $610.5 million for the year ended December 31, 2023, as compared to the year ended December 31, 2022, reflecting broad-based growth across interest rate derivative and cash products.
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Our FX revenues increased by $15.0 million, or 5.0%, to $314.7 million for the year ended December 31, 2023, as compared to the year ended December 31, 2022, which was primarily driven by higher volumes across emerging markets currencies.
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Our Credit revenues increased by $13.3 million, or 4.9%, to $284.7 million for the year ended December 31, 2023, as compared to the year ended December 31, 2022, which was primarily driven by higher volumes across emerging market and European credit products, as well as credit derivatives.
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Our brokerage revenues from Equities increased by $2.0 million, or 0.9%, to $236.5 million for the year ended December 31, 2023, as compared to the year ended December 31, 2022, primarily driven by higher volumes across U.S. equity derivatives.
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Data, network and post-trade revenues increased by $15.1 million, or 15.6%, to $111.5 million for the year ended December 31, 2023 as compared to the year ended December 31, 2022. This increase was primarily driven by strong double-digit revenue growth across Lucera, Fenics Market Data, and our Capitalab post-trade business, as a result of expanding both our client base and our offerings.
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Interest and Dividend Income
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Compensation and employee benefits expense increased by $139.4 million, or 16.3%, to $992.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2023 as compared to the year ended December 31, 2022. The primary driver of the increase was higher commission revenues on variable compensation.
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Equity-based compensation and allocations of net income to limited partnership units and FPUs increased by $104.3 million, or 41.5%, to $355.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2023 as compared to the year ended December 31, 2022. This was primarily driven by an increase in issuance of common stock and grants of exchangeability, which included a $60.9 million charge for the redemption of certain non-exchangeable limited partnership units in connection with the issuance of shares of BGC Class A common stock and the accompanying tax payments related to the Corporate Conversion. The increase was also due to an increase in RSU, RSU Tax Account, and restricted stock amortization expenses, partially offset by a cessation of LPU amortization expense, related to the Corporate Conversion.
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Professional and consulting fees decreased by $8.4 million, or 12.2%, to $60.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2023 as compared to the year ended December 31, 2022, primarily driven by a decrease in consulting and other professional fees.
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Other income (loss) increased by $6.6 million, or 70.6%, to $16.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2023 as compared to the year ended December 31, 2022, primarily driven by an increase related to mark-to-market movements on other assets and an increase in other recoveries.
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As part of our cash management process, we may enter into Reverse Repurchase Agreements and other short-term investments, some of which may be with Cantor. As of both December 31, 2024 and 2023, there were no Reverse Repurchase Agreements outstanding. As of both December 31, 2024 and 2023, there were no Repurchase Agreements outstanding. As of both December 31, 2024 and 2023, there were no securities loaned outstanding.
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Additionally, in August 2013, the Audit Committee authorized us to invest up to $350.0 million in an asset-backed commercial paper program for which certain Cantor entities serve as placement agent and referral agent. The program issues short-term notes to money market investors and is expected to be used from time to time as a liquidity management vehicle. The notes are backed by assets of highly rated banks. We are entitled to invest in the program so long as the program meets investment policy guidelines, including policies relating to ratings. Cantor will earn a spread between the rate it receives from the short-term note issuer and the rate it pays to us on any investments in this program. This spread will be no greater than the spread earned by Cantor for placement of any other commercial paper note in the program. As of both December 31, 2024 and 2023, we did not have any investments in the program.
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See Note 13—“Related Party Transactions” and Note 17—“Notes Payable and Other Borrowings” to our Consolidated Financial Statements in Part II, Item 8 of this Annual Report on Form 10‑K for information regarding our 5.375% Senior Notes.
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Exchange Offer and Market-Making Registration Statement
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On October 11, 2019, BGC Partners filed a Registration Statement on Form S-4, which was declared effective by the SEC on October 24, 2019. On October 28, 2019, BGC Partners launched an exchange offer in which holders of the BGC Partners 3.750% Senior Notes, issued in a private placement on September 27, 2019, could exchange such notes for new registered notes with substantially identical terms. The exchange offer expired on December 9, 2019, and the tendered BGC Partners 3.750% Senior Notes were exchanged for new registered notes with substantially identical terms.
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The outstanding aggregate principal amount of BGC Partners 3.750% Senior Notes, which are general senior unsecured obligations of BGC Partners, was $44.5 million, as of December 31, 2023. BGC Partners recorded interest expense related to the BGC Partners 3.750% Senior Notes of $1.3 million, $9.5 million and $12.1 million during the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022, respectively.
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•macroeconomic and other challenges and uncertainties, including those resulting from the conflict between Ukraine and Russia, conflicts in the Middle East and other ongoing or new conflicts in those or other regions or jurisdictions, downgrades of U.S. Treasuries, fluctuating global interest rates, inflation and the Federal Reserve’s responses thereto, fluctuations in the value of global currencies, including the U.S. dollar, liquidity concerns regarding and changes in capital requirements for banking and financial institutions, changes in the U.S. and global economies and financial markets, including economic activity, employment levels, new or increased tariffs imposed by the U.S. and foreign governments and other factors driving trade uncertainty, reductions in government spending, recession fears, infrastructure spending, supply chain issues, market liquidity, and energy costs, as well as the various actions taken in response to these challenges and uncertainties by governments, central banks and others, including consumers and corporate clients and customers, as well as potential changes in these factors as a result of the new U.S. presidential administration;
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•macroeconomic and other challenges and uncertainties, including those resulting from the conflict between Ukraine and Russia, conflicts in the Middle East, Latin America and other ongoing or new conflicts in those or other regions or jurisdictions, downgrades of U.S. Treasuries, fluctuating global interest rates, current or expected inflation rates and the Federal Reserve’s responses thereto, stagflation, fluctuations in the value of global currencies, including the U.S. dollar, liquidity concerns regarding and changes in capital requirements for banking and financial institutions, changes in the U.S. and global economies and financial markets, including economic activity, employment levels, global trade relations, volatility in tariffs imposed by the U.S. and foreign governments and other factors driving trade uncertainty, reductions in government spending, recession fears, infrastructure spending, supply chain issues and increased technology costs, market liquidity, and energy costs, as well as the various actions taken in response to these challenges and uncertainties by governments, central banks and others, including consumers and corporate clients and customers, as well as potential changes in these factors;
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•market conditions and volatility, including fluctuations in interest rates and trading volume, the level of worldwide governmental debt issuances, austerity programs, government stimulus packages, increases or decreases in deficits and the impact of changing government tax rates, interpretations of tax law and policy, repatriation rules, deductibility of interest, and other changes or potential changes to monetary policy, changing regulatory requirements or changes in legislation, regulations and priorities, possible turmoil across regional banks and certain global investment banks, volatility in the demand for the products and services we provide, possible disruptions in trading, potential deterioration of equity and debt capital markets and cryptocurrency markets, and potential economic downturns, including recessions, and similar effects, which may not be predictable in future periods;
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•market conditions and volatility, including fluctuations in interest rates and trading volumes, the level of worldwide governmental debt issuances, austerity programs, government stimulus packages, increases or decreases in deficits and the impact of changing government tax rates, interpretations of tax law and policy, repatriation rules, deductibility of interest, and other changes or potential changes to monetary policy, changing regulatory requirements or changes in legislation, regulations and priorities, possible turmoil across regional banks and certain global investment banks, volatility in the demand for the products and services we provide, possible disruptions in trading, potential deterioration of equity and debt capital markets and cryptocurrency markets, and potential economic downturns, including recessions, and similar effects, which may not be predictable in future periods;
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•our ability to enter new markets or develop new products, offerings, trade desks, marketplaces, or services for existing or new clients and, to pursue new operations and business initiatives, including our ability to develop new Fenics platforms and products, to successfully launch new initiatives which could require significant capital and significant efforts by management, including engaging partners on satisfactory terms, to manage long lead times to scale a successful venture, efforts to convert certain existing products to a Fully Electronic trade execution, any efforts to incorporate artificial intelligence into our products and any efforts by our competitors to do the same, and efforts to induce such clients to use these products, trading desks, marketplaces, or services and to secure and maintain market share, and our ability to manage the risks inherent in operating our cryptocurrency business and in safekeeping cryptocurrency assets;
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•our ability to enter and succeed in new markets or develop new products, offerings, trade desks, marketplaces, or services for existing or new clients and, to pursue new operations and business initiatives, including our ability to develop new Fenics platforms and products, to successfully launch new initiatives which could require significant capital and significant efforts by management, including engaging partners on satisfactory terms, to manage long lead times to scale a successful venture, to convert certain existing products to a Fully Electronic trade execution, to successfully incorporate internally generated, acquired or third-party artificial intelligence into our products and any efforts by our competitors to do the same, and efforts to induce such clients to use these products, trading desks, marketplaces, or services and to secure and maintain market share, and our ability to manage the risks inherent in operating our cryptocurrency business and in safekeeping cryptocurrency assets;
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•our relationships and transactions with Cantor and its affiliates, including CF&Co, and CCRE, our structure, the timing and impact of any actual or future changes to our organization or structure, any related party transactions, any challenges to our interpretation or application of complex tax laws to our structure, conflicts of interest or litigation, including with respect to executive compensation matters or other transactions with our current and former executive officers, any impact of Cantor’s results on our credit ratings and associated outlooks, any clearing capital agreements, clearing services agreements, Repurchase Agreements or Reverse Repurchase Agreements with or loans to or from us or Cantor, including the balances and interest rates thereof from time to time and any convertible or equity features of any such financing transactions, CF&Co’s acting as our sales agent or underwriter under our CEO Program or other offerings, Cantor’s holdings of the Company Debt Securities, CF&Co’s acting as a market maker in the Company Debt Securities, CF&Co’s acting as our financial advisor in connection with certain capital markets transactions and potential acquisitions, dispositions, divestitures or other transactions, and our participation in various investments, stock loans or cash management vehicles placed by or recommended by CF&Co;
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•our relationships and transactions with Cantor and its affiliates, including CF&Co, and CCRE, our structure, the timing and impact of any actual or future changes to our organization or structure, any related party transactions, any challenges to our interpretation or application of complex tax laws to our structure, conflicts of interest or litigation, including with respect to executive compensation matters or other transactions with our current and former executive officers, and with the U.S. government or governmental entities, any impact of Cantor’s results on our credit ratings and associated outlooks, any clearing capital agreements, clearing services agreements, Repurchase Agreements or Reverse Repurchase Agreements with or loans to or from us or Cantor, including the balances and interest rates thereof from time to time and any convertible or equity features of any such financing transactions, CF&Co’s acting as our sales agent or underwriter from time to time, Cantor’s holdings of Company Debt Securities, CF&Co’s acting as a market maker in Company Debt Securities, CF&Co’s acting as our financial advisor in connection with certain capital markets transactions and potential acquisitions, dispositions, divestitures or other transactions, and our participation in various investments, stock loans or cash management vehicles placed by or recommended by CF&Co;
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•the ongoing integration of acquired businesses and their operations and back office functions with our other businesses and uncertainties related to the timing of the closing of such acquisitions, synergies, and revenue growth generated from such acquired or to be acquired businesses;
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•the ongoing integration of acquired and new businesses, their technology, personnel and their operations and back-office functions with our other businesses and uncertainties related to the timing of the closing of such acquisitions, synergies, and revenue growth generated from such new, acquired or to be acquired businesses, as well as increased costs resulting from such businesses and our ability to control those and related costs, including with respect to the OTC Global acquisition;
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•risks inherent in doing business in international markets or with international partners, and any failure to identify and manage those risks, including economic or geopolitical conditions or uncertainties, the actions of governments or central banks, including the pursuit of trade, border control or other related policies by the U.S. and/or other countries (including U.S.-China trade relations), economic and political volatility in the U.K. and Europe, rising political and other tensions between the U.S. and China, the conflict between Ukraine and Russia, conflicts in the Middle East, other ongoing or new conflicts in those or other regions or jurisdictions and additional sanctions and regulations imposed by governments and related counter-sanctions as well as potential changes in these factors as a result of the new U.S. presidential administration;
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•risks inherent in doing business in international markets or with international partners, and any failure to identify and manage those risks, including economic or geopolitical conditions or uncertainties, the actions of governments or central banks, including the pursuit of trade, border control or other related policies by the U.S. and/or other countries, economic and political volatility in the U.K. and Europe, political and other tensions between the U.S. and China, the conflict between Ukraine and Russia, conflicts in the Middle East, Latin America, other ongoing or new conflicts or other international tensions, hostilities and instability in those or other regions or jurisdictions, additional sanctions and regulations imposed by governments and related counter-sanctions and impacts to cross-border trade and travel as well as potential changes in these factors;
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•the impact of U.S. government shutdowns, other political developments, or reduced government staffing, including uncertainties regarding the debt ceiling, the federal budget and the deployment of federal funds, elections, political protests or unrest, boycotts, demonstrations, stalemates or other social and political developments, such as terrorist acts, acts of war or other violence, and potential changes in these factors as a result of the new U.S. presidential administration;
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•the impact of any full or partial U.S. government shutdowns, other political developments, or reduced government staffing, including uncertainties regarding the debt ceiling, the federal budget and the deployment of federal funds, immigration policy, elections, political protests or unrest, boycotts, demonstrations, stalemates or other social and political developments, such as terrorist acts, acts of war or other violence, and potential changes in these factors;
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•the effect on our businesses, our clients, the markets in which we operate and the economy in general of changes in U.S. and foreign tax and other laws, including changes in tax rates, interpretations of tax law, repatriation rules, and deductibility of interest, potential policy and regulatory changes in other countries, sequestrations, responses to global inflation rates, and other potential changes to tax and other policies resulting from elections and changes in governments;
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•the effect on our businesses, our clients, the markets in which we operate and the economy in general of changes in U.S. and foreign tax and other laws, including but not limited to the OBBBA, changes in tax rates, interpretations of tax law, the impact of potential changes in U.K. tax rates and amendments to the application of National Insurance rules which impact our U.K. Partnership and its members, repatriation rules, and deductibility of interest, potential policy and regulatory changes in other countries, sequestrations, responses to global inflation rates, and other potential changes to tax and other policies resulting from elections and changes in governments;
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•the effect on our business of leadership changes and the resulting transition following the confirmation of Howard W. Lutnick, our former Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board, as U.S. Secretary of Commerce, the appointment of our three Co-Chief Executive Officers to replace Mr. Lutnick, our dependence upon our key employees, as well as the competing demands on the time of certain of our key employees who also provide services to Cantor, Newmark and various other ventures and investments sponsored by Cantor or otherwise, our ability to build out successful succession plans, the impact of absence due to illness or leave of certain officers or employees and our ability to attract, retain, motivate and integrate new employees, and our ability to enforce post-employment restrictive covenants on awards previously granted to certain of our key employees and future awards or otherwise, and the Federal Trade Commission’s ban on non-compete provisions (which has been set aside pending appeal), which may impact our employment arrangements and awards if such ban ultimately comes into effect;
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•the effect on our business of leadership changes and the resulting transition following the confirmation of Mr. Howard Lutnick, our former Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board, as U.S. Secretary of Commerce, the appointment of our three Co-Chief Executive Officers to replace Mr. Howard Lutnick, our dependence upon our key employees, as well as the competing demands on the time of certain of our key employees who also provide services to Cantor, Newmark and various other ventures and investments sponsored by Cantor or otherwise, our ability to build out successful succession plans, the impact of absence due to illness or leave of certain officers or employees and our ability to attract, retain, motivate and integrate new employees, and our ability to enforce post-employment restrictive covenants on awards previously granted to certain of our key employees and future awards or otherwise;
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•risks associated with the temporary or longer-term investment of our available cash, including in the BGC OpCos, defaults or impairments on our investments (including investments in non-marketable securities), joint venture interests, stock loans or cash management vehicles and collectability of loan balances owed to us by employees, the BGC OpCos or others;
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•risks associated with the temporary or longer-term investment of our available cash, including in the BGC OpCos, defaults or impairments on our investments (including investments in non-marketable securities), joint venture interests, stock loans or cash management vehicles, costs associated with alterations to and collectability of loan balances owed to us by employees, the BGC OpCos or others;
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•our ability to manage turnover and hire, train, integrate and retain personnel, including brokers, salespeople, managers, technology professionals and other front-office personnel, back-office and support services and personnel, and departures of senior personnel;
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•our ability to manage turnover and hire, train, integrate and retain personnel, including brokers, salespeople, managers, and other front-office personnel, technology professionals, back-office and support services and personnel, and departures of senior personnel;
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•the impact of artificial intelligence on the economy, our industry, our business and the businesses of our clients and vendors;
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•the impact of artificial intelligence on the economy, our industry, our products and business, and the businesses of our clients and vendors;
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•our ability to identify and remediate any material weaknesses or significant deficiencies in our internal controls which could affect our ability to properly maintain books and records, prepare financial statements and reports in a timely manner, control our policies, practices and procedures, operations and assets, assess and manage our operational, regulatory and financial risks, and integrate our acquired businesses and brokers, salespeople, managers, technology professionals and other front-office personnel;
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•our ability to identify and remediate any material weaknesses or significant deficiencies in our internal controls which could affect our ability to properly maintain books and records, prepare financial statements and reports in a timely manner, control our policies, practices and procedures, operations and assets, assess and manage our operational, regulatory and financial risks, and integrate our acquired businesses and brokers, salespeople, managers, and other front-office personnel and technology professionals;
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•the expansion of our cybersecurity processes to include new businesses, or the integration of the cybersecurity processes of acquired businesses;
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•the expansion of our cybersecurity and AI processes to include new businesses, or the integration of the cybersecurity and AI processes of acquired businesses;
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•the impact of our ESG or “sustainability” ratings on the decisions by clients, investors, ratings agencies, potential clients and other parties with respect to our businesses, investments in us, our borrowing opportunities or the market for and trading price of BGC Class A common stock, Company Debt Securities, or other matters, as well as the impact and potential cost to us of any policies, legislation, or initiatives in opposition to our ESG or “sustainability” policies;
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•the impact of our Corporate Responsibility or “sustainability” ratings on the decisions by clients, investors, ratings agencies, potential clients and other parties with respect to our businesses, investments in us, our borrowing opportunities or the market for and trading price of BGC Class A common stock, Company Debt Securities, or other matters, as well as the impact and potential cost to us of any policies, legislation, or initiatives in opposition to our Corporate Responsibility or “sustainability” policies;
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The foregoing risks and uncertainties, as well as those risks and uncertainties discussed under the headings “Item 1A—Risk Factors,” and “Item 7A—Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk” and elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10‑K, may cause actual results and events to differ materially from the forward-looking statements.
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The foregoing risks and uncertainties, as well as those risks and uncertainties discussed under the headings Part I, “Item 1A—Risk Factors,” and Part II, “Item 7A—Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk” and elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10‑K, may cause actual results and events to differ materially from the forward-looking statements.
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We are a leading global marketplace, data, and financial technology company that specializes in the trade execution of a broad range of products, including fixed income securities such as government bonds, corporate bonds, and other debt instruments, as well as related interest rate derivatives and credit derivatives. Additionally, we provide brokerage services across foreign exchange, energy, commodities, shipping, equities, and futures and options. Our business also provides network and connectivity solutions, market data and related information services, and post-trade services.
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We are a leading global marketplace, data, and financial technology company across the ECS and financial markets. We specialize in the brokerage and trade execution of a broad range of ECS products, including listed derivatives and physical commodities in the oil and refined, and environmental and energy transition, markets, as well as ship chartering. Additionally, we provide brokerage services across fixed income securities such as government bonds and corporate bonds, as well as interest rate derivatives and credit derivatives, foreign exchange, equities and futures and options. Our business also provides network and connectivity solutions, market data and related information services, and post-trade services.
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Our integrated platform is designed to provide flexibility to customers with regard to price discovery, trade execution and transaction processing, as well as accessing liquidity through our platforms, for transactions executed either OTC or through an exchange. Through our electronic brands, we offer several trade execution, market infrastructure and connectivity services, as well as post-trade services.
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Our integrated platform is designed to provide flexibility to customers with regard to price discovery, trade execution and transaction processing, as well as accessing liquidity through our platforms, for transactions executed either OTC or through an exchange. Through our electronic brands, we offer multiple trade execution, market data and information services, market infrastructure and connectivity services, as well as post-trade services.
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Our clients include many of the world’s largest banks, broker-dealers, trading firms, hedge funds, governments, corporations, investment firms, commodity trading firms and end users, such as producers and consumers. BGC is a global operation with offices across all major geographies, including New York and London, as well as in Bahrain, Beijing, Bogota, Brisbane, Cape Town, Chicago, Copenhagen, Dubai, Dublin, Frankfurt, Geneva, Hong Kong, Houston, Johannesburg, Madrid, Manila, Melbourne, Mexico City, Miami, Milan, Monaco, Nyon, Paris, Perth, Rio de Janeiro, Santiago, São Paulo, Seoul, Shanghai, Singapore, Sydney, Tel Aviv, Tokyo, Toronto, Wellington and Zurich.
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Our clients include many of the world’s largest banks, broker-dealers, trading firms, hedge funds, governments, corporations, investment firms, commodity trading firms and end users, such as producers and consumers. BGC is a global operation with offices across all major geographies, including New York and London, as well as in Beijing, Bogota, Brisbane, Cape Town, Chicago, Copenhagen, Dubai, Dublin, Frankfurt, Geneva, Hong Kong, Houston, Johannesburg, Madrid, Manila, Melbourne, Mexico City, Miami, Milan, Monaco, Nyon, Palm Beach, Paris, Perth, Rio de Janeiro, Santiago, São Paulo, Seoul, Shanghai, Singapore, Sydney, Tel Aviv, Tokyo, Toronto, Wellington and Zurich.
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As of December 31, 2024, we had 2,161 brokers, salespeople, managers, technology professionals and other front-office personnel across our businesses.
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As of December 31, 2025, we had 2,510 brokers, salespeople, managers, and other front-office personnel across our businesses.
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•64.0 million Cantor units, including 5.7 million purchased on June 30, 2023, were converted into shares of BGC Group Class B common stock, subject to the terms and conditions of the Corporate Conversion Agreement, provided that a portion of the 64.0 million shares of BGC Group Class B common stock issued to Cantor will exchange into BGC Group Class A common stock in the event that BGC Group does not issue at least $75,000,000 in shares of BGC Group Class A or B common stock in connection with certain acquisition transactions prior to July 1, 2030, the seventh anniversary of the Corporate Conversion;
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•64.0 million Cantor units, including 5.7 million purchased on June 30, 2023, were converted into shares of BGC Class B common stock, subject to the terms and conditions of the Corporate Conversion Agreement, provided that a portion of the 64.0 million shares of BGC Class B common stock issued to Cantor will exchange into BGC Class A common stock in the event that BGC does not issue at least $75,000,000 in shares of BGC Class A or B common stock in connection with certain acquisition transactions prior to July 1, 2030, the seventh anniversary of the Corporate Conversion. As of February 27, 2026 we have issued approximately $19.4 million of BGC Class A common stock in connection with acquisitions since the Corporate Conversion;
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There were no limited partnership units of BGC Holdings remaining after the Corporate Conversion was completed.
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In connection with the Corporate Conversion on July 1, 2023, the BGC Holdings Limited Partnership Agreement was terminated. There were no limited partnership units of BGC Holdings remaining after the Corporate Conversion was completed.
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FMX includes the world’s fastest growing cash U.S. Treasuries marketplace, FMX UST, and its spot foreign exchange platform, FMX FX, along with its newly launched U.S. interest rate futures exchange. FMX is challenging the CME’s leading position in U.S. interest rate futures, cash U.S. Treasuries and spot foreign exchange.
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FMX includes FMX UST, the world’s fastest growing cash U.S. Treasuries marketplace, FMX Futures Exchange, a U.S. interest rate future exchange, and FMX FX, a spot foreign exchange platform. FMX is challenging the CME’s leading position in U.S. interest rate futures, cash U.S. Treasuries and spot foreign exchange.
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On September 23, 2024 FMX Futures Exchange launched the trading of SOFR futures, the largest notional futures contract in the world. The FMX Futures Exchange launched with five FCMs, Goldman Sachs, J.P. Morgan, Marex, RBC, and Wells Fargo. FMX expects to have at least 10 FCMs connected before the launch of U.S. Treasury futures around the end of the first quarter of 2025.
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On September 23, 2024, FMX Futures Exchange launched the trading of SOFR futures, the largest notional futures contract in the world. On May 18, 2025, FMX Futures Exchange also launched the trading of U.S. Treasury futures contracts, initially with 2-year and 5-year contracts.
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For the purposes of this document and subsequent SEC filings, all of our higher margin, technology-driven businesses are referred to as Fenics. We categorize our Fenics businesses as Fenics Markets and Fenics Growth Platforms. Fenics Markets includes the fully electronic portion of BGC’s brokerage businesses, data, network and post-trade revenues that are unrelated to Fenics Growth Platforms, as well as Fenics Integrated revenues. Fenics Growth Platforms includes FMX UST, Fenics GO, Lucera, FMX FX, PortfolioMatch and other newer standalone platforms. Revenues generated from data, network and post-trade attributable to Fenics Growth Platforms are included within their related businesses.
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For the purposes of this document and subsequent SEC filings, all of our higher margin, technology-driven businesses are referred to as Fenics. We categorize our Fenics businesses as Fenics Markets and Fenics Growth Platforms. Fenics Markets includes the Fully Electronic portion of BGC’s brokerage businesses, data, network and post-trade revenues that are unrelated to Fenics Growth Platforms, as well as Fenics Integrated revenues. Fenics Growth Platforms includes FMX UST, FMX FX, FMX Futures Exchange, Lucera, PortfolioMatch and other newer standalone platforms. Revenues generated from data, network and post-trade attributable to Fenics Growth Platforms are included within their related businesses.
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Historically, technology-based product growth has led to higher margins and greater profits over time for exchanges and wholesale financial intermediaries alike, even if overall Company revenues remain consistent. This is largely because automated and electronic trading efficiency allows the same number of employees to manage a greater volume of trades as the marginal cost of incremental trading activity falls. Over time, the conversion of exchange-traded and OTC markets to fully electronic trading has also typically led to an increase in volumes which offset lower commissions, and often lead to similar or higher overall revenues. We have been a pioneer in creating and encouraging hybrid and fully electronic execution, and we continually work with our customers to expand such trading across more asset classes and geographies.
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Historically, technology-based product growth has led to higher margins and greater profits over time for exchanges and wholesale financial intermediaries alike, even if overall revenues remain consistent. This is largely because automated and electronic trading efficiency allows the same number of employees to manage a greater volume of trades as the marginal cost of incremental trading activity falls. Over time, the conversion of exchange-traded and OTC markets to Fully Electronic trading has also typically led to an increase in volumes which offset lower commissions, and often lead to similar or higher overall revenues. We have been a pioneer in creating and encouraging Hybrid and Fully Electronic execution, and we continually work with our customers to expand such trading across more asset classes and geographies, but we will ultimately defer to client preference on execution method.
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Over the past decade, electronic markets for OTC products have grown as a percentage of overall industry volumes as firms like ours have invested in the kinds of technology favored by our customers. Regulation across banking, capital markets, and OTC derivatives has accelerated the adoption of fully electronic execution, and we expect this demand to continue. We also believe that new clients, beyond our large bank customer base, will primarily transact electronically across our Fenics platforms.
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Over the past decade, electronic markets for OTC products have grown as a percentage of overall industry volumes as firms like ours have invested in innovative technology. Regulation across banking, capital markets, and OTC derivatives has accelerated the adoption of Fully Electronic execution, and we expect this demand to continue. We also believe that new clients, beyond our large bank customer base, will primarily transact electronically across our Fenics platforms.
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Revenues in our Fenics businesses increased 8.6% to $142.1 million in the fourth quarter of 2024 and 9.4% to $570.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2024, in each case compared to the prior year period.
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Revenues in our Fenics businesses increased 15.4% to $163.9 million in the fourth quarter of 2025 and 15.5% to $659.5 million for the year ended December 31, 2025, as compared to the prior year periods.
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Within our Fenics businesses, Fenics Markets revenue grew 6.4% to $116.7 million in the fourth quarter of 2024 and 6.6% to $476.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2024, in each case compared to the prior year period. Fenics Markets growth was driven by higher electronic volumes across Rates and Foreign Exchange, as well as higher market data revenues, partially offset by lower credit volumes.
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Within our Fenics businesses, Fenics Markets revenue grew to $136.7 million in the fourth quarter of 2025 and to $553.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2025, respectively, primarily driven by higher electronic trading volumes across Rates products and increased Fenics Market Data revenues.
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The Company continues to invest in our Fenics Growth Platforms, and notable highlights for the fourth quarter of 2024 compared to the prior year period include:
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We continue to invest in our Fenics Growth Platforms, and notable highlights for the fourth quarter of 2025 compared to the prior year period include:
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•Lucera, Fenics’ network business that provides critical real-time trading infrastructure to the capital markets, grew its revenue by over 33% and continues to expand its revenue pipeline.
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•Lucera, Fenics’ network business providing critical real-time trading infrastructure to the capital markets, grew its revenues by 24.1% in the fourth quarter of 2025 compared to the prior year period. This strong growth was driven by increased demand for Lucera’s FX and Rates solutions, continued international expansion, and onboarding new clients. Lucera’s client pipeline continues to expand and the business plans to launch additional fixed income products in 2026.
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Data, network and post-trade revenues increased by 10.3% to $32.6 million. This growth was primarily driven by strong subscription-based revenue growth across Fenics Market Data and Lucera, partially offset by lower post-trade revenues due to the sale of BGC’s Capitalab business in the fourth quarter. Revenues for Data, network and post-trade, excluding the impact of Capitalab, grew by more than 20% year-over-year.
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Data, network and post-trade revenues increased by 12.5% to $36.7 million. This growth was primarily driven by Lucera and Fenics Market Data, partially offset by lower post-trade revenues due to the sale of our Capitalab business in the fourth quarter of 2024. Excluding Capitalab, data, network, and post-trade revenues grew by 14.2%.
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On October 1, 2024, the Company completed the acquisition of Sage, an energy and environmental brokerage firm. This acquisition will expand BGC’s energy brokerage services in the U.S. and support BGC’s global growth efforts across ECS.
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On October 1, 2024, we completed the acquisition of Sage, an energy and environmental brokerage firm. This acquisition expanded our energy brokerage services in the U.S. and supported our global growth efforts across ECS.
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On November 1, 2023, the Company completed the acquisition of ContiCap, an independent financial product intermediary specializing in emerging markets.
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On November 1, 2023, we completed the acquisition of ContiCap, an independent financial product intermediary specializing in emerging markets.
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On November 1, 2023, the Company completed the acquisition of Open Energy Group, a technology-driven marketplace and brokerage for renewable energy asset sales and project finance.
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On November 1, 2023, we completed the acquisition of Open Energy Group, a technology-driven marketplace and brokerage for renewable energy asset sales and project finance.
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On February 28, 2023, the Company completed the acquisition of Trident, primarily operating as a commodity brokerage and research company, offering OTC and exchange traded energy and environmental products.
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On February 28, 2023, we completed the acquisition of Trident, primarily operating as a commodity brokerage and research company, offering OTC and exchange traded energy and environmental products.
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As a result of this sale, the Company recognized a $39.0 million gain, net of banking fees, other professional fees, and compensation expenses, which is included in “Gains (losses) on divestitures and sale of investments” in the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Operations during the year ended December 31, 2024. The Company had no gains or losses from divestitures or sales of investments during the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022.
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We had no gains or losses from divestitures or sales of investments during the year ended 2023.
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Amerex, Aurel, Aurel BGC, Caventor, CBID, Conticap, CreditMatch, BGC, BGC Group, BGC Partners, BGC Trader, ELX, Euro Brokers, Fenics, Fenics.com, Fenics Markets Xchange, Fenics Digital, FMX UST, FMX FX, Fenics Direct, Fenics MID, Fenics MD, Fenics Market Data, Fenics GO, Fenics PortfolioMatch, FMX, FMX Futures, FMX Markets Xchange, FMX UST, FMX FX, FMX Repo, FMX NDF, GFI, GFI Ginga, kACE 2, Lake Securities, Latium Capital, LumeFX, LumeMarkets, Lucera, Martin Brokers, Maxcor, Matchbox, Mint, MIS Brokers, Open Energy, Perimeter Markets Inc., Poten & Partners, RP Martin, Tower Bridge, Sage, Sunrise Brokers, and VolumeMatch are among the trademarks/service marks and/or registered trademarks/service marks of BGC Group and/or its affiliates in the U.S. and/or other jurisdictions.
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AMCOM, Amerex, American Commodities, Aurel, Aurel BGC, Caventor, CBID, Conticap, CreditMatch, BGC, BGC Group, BGC Partners, BGC Trader, ELX, EOXLive, Euro Brokers, Fenics, Fenics.com, Fenics Markets Xchange, Fenics Digital, Fenics Direct, Fenics MID, Fenics MD, Fenics Market Data, Fenics PortfolioMatch, FMX, FMX Futures, FMX Markets Xchange, FMX UST, FMX FX, FMX Repo, FMX NDF, GFI, GFI Ginga, Lake Securities, Latium Capital, LumeFX, LumeMarkets, Lucera, Macro Hive, Martin Brokers, Maxcor, Matchbox, Mint, MIS Brokers, Open Energy, OTC Global Holdings, Perimeter Markets Inc., Poten & Partners, RP Martin, Tower Bridge, Sage, Sunrise Brokers, and VolumeMatch are among the trademarks/service marks and/or registered trademarks/service marks of BGC Group and/or its affiliates in the U.S. and/or other jurisdictions.
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In February 2022, the U.S., U.K., EU, and other countries imposed sanctions on Russian counterparties, and as a result BGC has ceased trading with those clients. The Company derived less than 1% of total revenue from its Moscow branch and sanctioned Russian counterparties. During the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023, the Company reserved $4.0 million and $9.0 million, respectively, in connection with unsettled trades and receivables with sanctioned Russian entities.
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In February 2022, the U.S., U.K., EU, and other countries imposed sanctions on Russian counterparties, and as a result we ceased trading with those clients. We derived less than 1% of total revenue from our Moscow branch and sanctioned Russian counterparties. During the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024, we released a reserve of $4.4 million and recorded reserves of $4.0 million, respectively, in connection with potential losses associated with Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine.
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Pillar 2 is part of the Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development/G20 Inclusive Framework on Base Erosion and Profit Shifting, which is part of a global initiative to address tax avoidance and ensure that multinational enterprises pay their fair share of taxes. The Pillar 2 framework introduces a global minimum tax rate of 15% for multinational companies. In December 2022, the Council of the EU unanimously adopted the EU Minimum Tax Directive, which would require member states to implement these rules. In the UK, Pillar 2 was adopted after royal assent was given in July 2023.
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Pillar 2 is part of the Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development/G20 Inclusive Framework on Base Erosion and Profit Shifting, which is part of a global initiative to address tax avoidance and ensure that multinational enterprises pay their fair share of taxes. The Pillar 2 framework introduces a global minimum tax rate of 15% for multinational companies. In December 2022, the Council of the EU unanimously adopted the EU Minimum Tax Directive, which would require member states to implement these rules. In the U.K., Pillar 2 was adopted after royal assent was given in July 2023.
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As a result of the Corporate Conversion, on July 1, 2023:
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Equity-based compensation and allocations of net income to limited partnership units and FPUs decreased by $39.6 million, or 10.7%, to $329.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2025 as compared to the year ended December 31, 2024 primarily due to a $54.4 million charge for the redemption of Newmark Holdings LPUs, held by a former BGC executive officer who was still employed by the Company, in the year ended December 31, 2024. This was partially offset by an increase in issuance of common stock.
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Gains (Losses) on Divestitures and Sale of Investments
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See “—Liquidity and Capital Resources—Balance Sheet” herein, and Note 13—“Related Party Transactions” and Note 17—“Notes Payable and Other Borrowings” to our Consolidated Financial Statements in Part II, Item 8 of this Annual Report on Form 10‑K for information regarding our BGC Credit Agreement with Cantor.
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The BGC Group 4.375% Senior Notes and the BGC Partners 4.375% Senior Notes matured on December 15, 2025. On December 15, 2025, we repaid the $288.2 million aggregate principal amount outstanding plus accrued interest on the BGC Group 4.375% Senior Notes and the $11.8 million aggregate principal amount outstanding plus accrued interest on the BGC Partners 4.375% Senior Notes using cash on hand and borrowings under the Revolving Credit Agreement.
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On October 19, 2023, we filed a resale registration statement on Form S-3 pursuant to which CF&Co could make offers and sales of the BGC Group 3.750% Senior Notes, BGC Group 4.375% Senior Notes, and BGC Group 8.000% Senior Notes in connection with ongoing market-making transactions which could occur from time to time. Market-making transactions pursuant to this resale registration statement were terminated on November 8, 2024 in connection with the filing of a replacement market-making resale registration statement.
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As a result of the Corporate Conversion:
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•ECS increased $97.0 million, or 25.1%,
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•FX increased $44.0 million, or 14.0%;
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•Equities decreased $12.6 million, or 5.3%.
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Interest and dividend income increased by $24.4 million, or 116.2%, to $45.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2023 as compared to the year ended December 31, 2022. This was primarily driven by an increase in interest income on bank deposits and money market funds, which were primarily driven by changing interest rates and larger balances.
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Other revenues increased by $3.5 million, or 21.7%, to $19.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2023 as compared to the year ended December 31, 2022, primarily driven by an increase in dividend income on investments and consulting income.
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Interest expense increased by $19.3 million, or 33.3%, to $77.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2023 as compared to the year ended December 31, 2022, primarily driven by interest expense related to the BGC Partners 8.000% Senior Notes issued on May 25, 2023 and the BGC Group 8.000% Senior Notes issued October 6, 2023 as part of the Exchange Offer, and higher interest expense related to borrowings on the Revolving Credit Agreement, partially offset by a decrease in interest expense related to the BGC Partners 5.375% Senior Notes due to repayment in full on July 24, 2023.
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Other expenses decreased by $13.2 million, or 15.0%, to $74.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2023 as compared to the year ended December 31, 2022, which was primarily due to a decrease in litigation settlements and reserves, and a decrease in reserves related to potential losses associated with Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine, partially offset by an increase in other provisions.
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At December 31, 2019, the Company completed the calculation of the one-time transition tax on the deemed repatriation of foreign subsidiaries’ earnings pursuant to the Tax Act and previously recorded a net cumulative tax expense of $28.6 million, net of foreign tax credits. During the second quarter of 2024, the Company settled its 2017 audit with the Internal Revenue Service which included the transition tax. The revised net cumulative transition tax expense is $25.3 million, net of foreign tax credits, resulting in a net adjustment of the payable balance by $3.3 million. An installment election can be made to pay the taxes over eight years with 40% paid in equal installments over the first five years and the remaining 60% to be paid in installments of 15%, 20% and 25% in years six, seven and eight, respectively. The cumulative remaining balance as of December 31, 2024 was $11.4 million.
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On February 14, 2025, our Board declared a $0.02 dividend for the fourth quarter of 2024. Our current capital allocation priorities are to return capital to stockholders and to continue investing in the growth of our business.
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Between April 23, 2024 and April 24, 2024, the FMX Equity Partners contributed $171.7 million into FMX.
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The outstanding aggregate principal amount of BGC Group 4.375% Senior Notes, which are general senior unsecured obligations of BGC Group, was $288.2 million as of both December 31, 2024 and 2023. BGC Group recorded interest expense related to the BGC Group 4.375% Senior Notes of $13.3 million and $3.3 million during the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively. BGC Group did not record interest expense related to the BGC Group 4.375% Senior Notes for the year ended December 31, 2022.
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On January 25, 2021, BGC Partners entered into a committed unsecured loan agreement with Banco Daycoval S.A., which provided for short-term loans of up to $2.0 million (BRL 10.0 million) and was renegotiated on June 1, 2021. The amended agreement provided for short-term loans of up to $4.0 million (BRL 20.0 million). During September 2022, the borrowings under this agreement were repaid in full, and the loan was terminated on September 27, 2022.
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There have been no other significant changes to the Company’s critical accounting policies and estimates during fiscal year 2024.