BGC - M&A Summary and Business Overview

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BGC M&A Summary

BGC has acquired 19 companies, including 1 in the last 5 years. A total of 3 acquisitions came from private equity firms. It has also divested 4 assets.

BGC’s largest acquisition to date was in 2017, when it acquired Berkeley Point Financial for $875M. It’s largest disclosed sale occurred in 2013, when it sold eSpeed to Nasdaq for $1.2B. BGC has acquired in 3 different US states, and 6 countries. The Company’s most targeted sectors include financial services (37%) and business services (27%).

BGC Business Overview

Where is BGC headquartered?

BGC is headquartered in New York, New York.

What is BGC’s revenue?

BGC disclosed revenue of 1,795M USD for 2022 and 2,015M USD for 2021.

How many employees does BGC have?

BGC has 3,780 employees.

What sector is BGC in?

BGC is a financial services company.

When was BGC founded?

BGC was founded in 1945.

M&A Summary

  • M&A Total Activity23
    • M&A Buy Activity19
    • M&A Sell Activity4
  • Total Sectors Invested 6
  • Total Countries Invested 6
  • M&A Buy/Sell Connections 5
  • M&A Advisors 4

BGC

BGC Partners, Inc.

499 Park Avenue,
New York, New York 10022
United States,
(646) 346-7000
www.bgcpartners.com

BGC is a global brokerage company primarily servicing the wholesale financial and real estate markets. Products include fixed income securities, interest rate swaps, foreign exchange, equities, equity derivatives, credit derivatives, commercial real estate, commodities, futures, and structured products. BGC also provides a wide range of services, including trade execution, broker-dealer services, clearing, processing, information, and other back-office services to a broad range of financial and non-financial institutions. BGC was incorporated in 1945 and is based in New York, New York.


M&A Summary

Buy vs Sell

Year ≤ '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 T
Buy (0.0/yr) # 19 - - - - - 19
vol $875M $875M
Sell (0.2/yr) # 3 - 1 - - - 4
vol $1.9B $1.9B
  23

Most Recent M&A

Company Date Value Type
BGC Partners, Inc. - Insurance Brokerage Business 2021-05-25 - Divestiture
New York, New York
Ed Broking LLP 2019-02-01 - Add-on Acquisition
London, United Kingdom · www.edbroking.com
CSC Commodities UK Ltd. 2019-01-21 - Divestiture
London, United Kingdom · www.csc.marex.com
Poten & Partners Group, Inc. 2018-11-16 - Add-on Acquisition
New York, New York · www.poten.com
Ed Broking Group Ltd. 2018-10-29 - Add-on Acquisition
London, United Kingdom · www.edbroking.com
Berkeley Point Financial LLC 2017-07-18 875M USD Add-on Acquisition
Bethesda, Maryland · www.berkpoint.com
Besso Insurance Group Ltd. 2017-01-04 - Add-on Acquisition
London, United Kingdom · www.besso.co.uk
Perimeter Markets, Inc. 2016-08-25 - Add-on Acquisition
Toronto, Ontario · www.pfin.ca
Sunrise Brokers LLP 2016-07-19 - Add-on Acquisition
London, United Kingdom · www.sunrisebrokers.com
Trayport Ltd. 2015-11-16 650M USD Divestiture
London, United Kingdom · www.trayport.com
View All >>

M&A by Sector

Sector Buy # Value Sell # Value
Financial Services 7 (37%) 875M (100%) 2 (50%) 1.2B (65%)
Business Services 5 (26%) - - -
Insurance 3 (16%) - 1 (25%) -
Energy Services and Equipment 2 (11%) - - -
Software 1 (5%) - 1 (25%) 650M (35%)
Real Estate 1 (5%) - - -
Total 19 $875M 4 $1.9B

By Geo

State/Country Buy Value Sell Value
United Kingdom 8 - 2 650M
United States 6 875M 2 1.2B
  New York 4 - 2 1.2B
  Maryland 1 875M - -
  Florida 1 - - -
France 2 - - -
Brazil 1 - - -
Canada 1 - - -
  Ontario 1 - - -
Singapore 1 - - -
Domestic 6 (32%) 875M (100%) 2 (50%) 1.2B (65%)
Cross-border 13 (68%) - 2 (50%) 650M (35%)
Total 19 $875M 4 $1.9B

Top M&A Advisors

Financial Deals
Cantor Fitzgerald
 4
BofA Securities
 1
Legal Deals
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
 3
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP
 1

Deal Values

buy # Total
$100M to $1B 1 $875M
TOTAL $875M
Largest Berkeley Point Financial LLC
$875M (2017-07-18)
sell # Total
> $1B 1 $1.2B
$100M to $1B 1 $650M
TOTAL $1.9B
Largest eSpeed
$1.2B (2013-07-03)

M&A Connections

Deals
Acquired from
Investor(s)
16%
3 (16%)
Strategic(s)
5%
1 (5%)
Divested to
Strategic(s)
50%
2 (50%)

Company Summary

SECTOR

Financial Services

Revenue

1,795   11% 2022
2,015   3% 2021
2,057   3% 2020
2,104   16% 2019
1,814   44% 2018
3,207   28% 2017
2,517   2016
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Employees

3,780

Established

1945

Public

NASDAQ: BGCP

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