Cantor Fitzgerald
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| Cantor Fitzgerald, LP | |
| Founded | 1945 |
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| Headquarters | New York City, USA |
| Key People | Howard Lutnick, chairman/CEO Stuart Fraser, vice chairman Philip Marber, CEO/president, Equity Capital Markets Stephen Merkel, exec. mng. dir./general counsel/secy/dir Douglas R. Barnard, CFO Thomas Anzalone, EVP/director, global operations Bernard A. Weinstein, sr mng dir/dir, Cantor Market Data Laurence Rose, sr mng dir. |
| Employees | 3,000+ |
| Products | financial services |
| Web site | http://www.cantor.com |
Cantor Fitzgerald L.P. is a financial services firm specializing in bond trading, as well as investment banking, asset management, market data and brokerage services. Cantor operates trading desks in every major financial center in the world, with 41 offices. It is one of 21 primary dealers who are permitted to trade U.S. government securities directly with the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
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History
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Cantor Fitzgerald was founded in 1945 by Bernard Gerald Cantor and John Fitzgerald as a limited partnership.
Products and Services
Debt Capital Markets
- Interest rate products -- Primary dealer in U.S. govt. securities
- Credit securities -- Fixed income instruments
- Structured products
- Repo and securities lending in most USD fixed-income securities
- Mortgage securities
- SBA securities
- Agency structures -- creation, trading, distribution of all agency debt
Equity Capital Markets
- Domestic and international equities
- Derivatives -- options, swaps and special structures
- Convertibles & structured products
- Portfolio Trading
- Risk Arbitrage
- Stock Loans
- Contracts for Difference -- Alternative means to access global equities markets
- Proprietary institutional equity research across seven sectors
Investment Banking
- Equity and debt capital
- Financial advisory in M&A, complex financings, LBOs and restructurings
- Merchant banking -- Client partnering on a principal basis to provide growth capital and to sponsor going-private transactions and joint ventures
- Value Added Services -- Marketing roadshows, market intelligence, investor relations, proxy defenses and dispositions
Asset Management
Cantor Clearing Services (CCS)
- Securities clearing intermediary of fixed income, equities and futures transactions.
- Offers consolidated trading desks, systems and clearing services to buy and sell side firms.
CantorCO2e
(environmental and alternative energy markets worldwide; headquartered in London and San Francisco) [1]
- Integrated services -- transaction, financing, technology and consultancy to bring environmental commodities to market and to help clients across the world manage the financial aspects of energy and environmental choices.
- Facilitate transactions via electronic trading screens, telephone lines, auctions and negotiated contracts.
- Broker emissions, and “new’ energy, such as renewable energy, ethanol and biodiesel.
- Advise equity investment funds on carbon finance, introduce investors to projects and structure forward sales to help project developers fund investments.
- Assist "clean-tech" technology developers to manage intellectual property, develop licensing strategies and roll out new technologies.
Cantor LifeMarkets
Founded in 2004, Cantor LifeMarkets involves development of new and innovative methods that bridge the financial and life insurance industries. LexNet, built and operated by Cantor LifeMarkets, is an online marketplace dedicated to trading of life insurance policies, also known as life settlements. The first of its kind, LexNet’s auction model provides transaction privacy protection and full transparency of bids, offers, commissions, fees and documentation. Systems are capable of handling large volumes of trades and are hosted in a secure environment.[2]
Key People
Howard Lutnick is chairman and CEO.
References
- ↑ CantorCO2e. Cantor Fitzgerald. Retrieved on Dec. 7, 2007.
- ↑ Cantor LifeMarkets. www.cantor.com. Retrieved on Dec. 7, 2007.
Registration
- CANTOR FITZGERALD & CO - NFA ID: 0001772
