BGC Partners

52 results about this entity

Period: 28 May 2004 - 08 Dec 2022

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ELX Futures offers free trades during July

ELX Futures offers free trades during July

ELX Futures, which is set to launch tomorrow, says it will not charge for trades in July as it looks to strike an early blow in the battle to take market share from the dominant CME Group.

As ELX prepares for launch, TT chief rebukes talk of 'bad blood' with BGC Partners

As ELX prepares for launch, TT chief rebukes talk of 'bad blood' with BGC Partners

Chicago screen dealing vendor Trading Technologies has hit back at media reports that 'bad blood' between TT chief Harris Brumfield and BGC Partners CEO Howard Lutnick could mar the debut of new futures exchange ELX.

ELX preps for June launch

ELX preps for June launch

A new electronic futures exchange being set up by a group of banks and trading firms to take on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange plans to start live trading in June after a month of systems testing.

Six bidding for European covered bond platform

Six bidding for European covered bond platform

Six companies - Icap, TradeWeb, Eurex, MTS, BGC Partners and Bloomberg - are bidding to provide a new electronic trading platform for European covered bonds.

ESpeed shareholders approve BGC merger deal

ESpeed shareholders approve BGC merger deal

Stockholders in fixed income trading network eSpeed have overwhelmingly approved the company's merger with brokerage BGC Partners.

New futures exchange named ELX

New futures exchange named ELX

The new electronic futures exchange being set up by a group of banks and trading firms to take on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange will be named ELX Electronic Liquidity Exchange.

TT dismisses eSpeed patent claims

TT dismisses eSpeed patent claims

Chicago-based Trading Technologies (TT) has dismissed as "not accurate" claims made by Cantor Fitzgerald unit eSpeed last week that a senior district judge overturned a jury's decision to award it damages for patent infringement.

ESpeed strikes back in TT patent case

ESpeed strikes back in TT patent case

US electronic bond trading network eSpeed says a senior district judge has overturned a jury's verdict that earlier versions of its futures trading software infringed patents held by Trading Technologies (TT), in the latest move in the long-running patent-infringement lawsuit between the two companies.

Financial firms to launch futures trading venture

Financial firms to launch futures trading venture

News that a consortium of banks and trading firms are teaming up to establish an all-electronic futures trading exchange sent shares in CME Group tumbling over the holiday season.

Trading Technologies wins $3.5 million patent infringement damages against eSpeed

Trading Technologies wins $3.5 million patent infringement damages against eSpeed

Chicago-based Trading Technologies is claiming victory in a long-running patent-infringement lawsuit against electronic bond network eSpeed after a jury ordered the Cantor Fitzgerald unit to pay TT $3.5 million in damages.

TT patents to be re-examined

TT patents to be re-examined

The US Patent and Trademark Office will re-examine and re-evaluate patents held by Trading Technologies (TT) relating to the vendor's order entry system.

ESpeed gets summary judgment in TT patent case

ESpeed gets summary judgment in TT patent case

US electronic bond trading network eSpeed says a federal court has ruled that the most recent versions of its futures trading software do not infringe any patents held by Chicago-based Trading Technologies (TT).

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