BGC Partners Inc

BGC Partners Inc. continues to cooperate with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in its investigation on trading by certain inter-dealer brokers in the government and fixed income securities markets.

On Feb. 15, 2006, the SEC issued the formal order of…

BGC Partners Inc.’s subsidiaries, BGCI and BGC Capital Markets (Japan) LLC, continue to investigate the legal and factual basis of National Australia Bank Ltd.’s allegations relating to revaluation rates made by the subsidiaries.

In September 2005, the National Australia Bank Ltd.…