Cantor Fitzgerald

Cantor Fitzgerald, L.P.
Company typeLimited partnership
IndustryFinancial services
Investment banking
Founded1945; 79 years ago (1945)
HeadquartersNew York City, U.S.
Key people
Howard W. Lutnick (Chairman and CEO)[1]
Anshu Jain (President, Cantor Fitzgerald & Co.)[2]
Number of employees
12,000[3]
Websitewww.cantor.com Edit this at Wikidata

Cantor Fitzgerald, L.P. is an American financial services firm that was founded in 1945. It specializes in institutional equity, fixed-income sales and trading, and serving the middle market with investment banking services, prime brokerage, and commercial real estate financing. It is also active in new businesses, including advisory[4] and asset management services, gaming technology, and e-commerce. It has more than 5,000 institutional clients.

Cantor Fitzgerald is one of 24 primary dealers that are authorized to trade US government securities with the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.[5]

Cantor Fitzgerald's 1,600 employees work in more than 30 locations, including financial centers in the Americas, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and the Middle East. Together with its affiliates, Cantor Fitzgerald operates in more than 60 offices in 20 countries and has more than 12,500 employees.[6]

Before 2001, the company's headquarters were located between the 101st and 105th floors of the North Tower of the World Trade Center in New York City, just above the impact site of American Airlines Flight 11 during the September 11 attacks. 658 Cantor Fitzgerald employees who were present that day were killed, representing the largest loss of life among any single organization in the attacks.

  1. ^ "Howard Lutnick bio". Retrieved June 15, 2012.
  2. ^ "Anshu Jain bio". Archived from the original on March 29, 2017. Retrieved June 15, 2012.
  3. ^ "Company History".
  4. ^ "IAPD - Investment Adviser Public Disclosure - Homepage". adviserinfo.sec.gov. Retrieved August 16, 2022.
  5. ^ "Primary Dealers - Federal Reserve Bank of New York - FEDERAL RESERVE BANK of NEW YORK". www.newyorkfed.org. Retrieved February 21, 2024.
  6. ^ "Company History". Cantor Fitzgerald. Retrieved February 21, 2024.