BGC Partners' Third Quarter 2016 Financial Results Announcement to be Issued Prior to Market Open on Thursday, October 27, 2016

Conference Call Scheduled for the same day at 10:00 a.m. ET

NEW YORK, Sept. 26, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- BGC Partners, Inc. (NASDAQ: BGCP) ("BGC Partners," "BGC," or the "Company"), a leading global brokerage company servicing the financial and real estate markets, today announced that it plans to issue an advisory press release regarding the availability of its consolidated quarterly financial results by 8:00 a.m. ET on Thursday, October 27, 2016.

The advisory release will notify the public that a full-text financial results press release will be accessible at any of the following pages:

http://ir.bgcpartners.com (an HTML version with Excel financial tables or PDF)

http://ir.bgcpartners.com/news-releases (an HTML version with Excel financial tables or PDF)

http://bgcpartners.com/category/bgc-releases/ (PDF only)

BGC will host a conference call on Thursday, October 27, 2016 at 10:00 a.m. ET to discuss these results.

WHO:	BGC Partners, Inc. (NASDAQ:  BGCP)
WHAT:	Third Quarter 2016 financial results conference call
WHEN:	Thursday, October 27, 2016 at 10:00 a.m. ET
WHERE:	http://ir.bgcpartners.com
HOW:	A listing of minimum system requirement can be found here:
	http://event.on24.com/view/help/ehelp.html?text_language_id=en&fh=true ...

A webcast replay of the conference call is expected to be accessible at http://ir.bgcpartners.com within 24 hours of the live call and will be available for 365 days following the call. Additionally, call participants may dial in with the following information:

LIVE CALL:
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