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Since 2001, that commitment to people has never faltered. Once a year, on the September 11th anniversary, BGC and its affiliates, in conjunction with The Cantor Fitzgerald Relief Fund (the “Cantor Relief Fund”), commemorate these 658 friends and colleagues, and 61 Eurobrokers employees, who perished on September 11, 2001. We host an annual Charity Day, where we donate our global revenue to the Cantor Relief Fund, which distributes these funds to over 150 charities worldwide. Charity Day’s unique way of creating something positive and life-affirming from the tragedy has raised nearly $200 million since inception. The Company currently matches 100% of individual employee donations to the Cantor Relief Fund made in September of each year up to $5,000 per individual employee. Employees have the option of designating a bona-fide charity as the beneficiary of the donation and the match. Additional charitable initiatives are in effect from time to time. In 2021, we marked the 20-year anniversary of the loss of our colleagues with a 20th anniversary Charity Day event honoring our legacy of charitable and community work and reminding others to “Never forget. Give back.”

Additional information about all of our charitable efforts is available at https://www.bgcg.com/charity-day/.

As part of these values in action, we offer a Volunteer Time Off program to support individual employee volunteerism in the communities in which they work and live. All full and part-time regular employees are eligible to utilize one paid workday (whole day or two half-days) each calendar year to volunteer with bona fide charitable organizations of their choice. Participation is growing and as office life normalizes and pandemic measures begin to recede, we will encourage broader use of this benefit and participation by employees in charitable and community service activities within all of our office communities. Learn more about disaster relief here.

We believe in equal opportunity. We consider all qualified applicants for job openings and promotions without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin or ancestry, age, disability, service in the armed forces, or any other characteristic that has no bearing on the ability of employees to do their jobs well.

As a global enterprise with offices in approximately 30 countries, we are diverse in many ways. We seek to further diversify our workplaces through our recruitment and retention. We honor this commitment through programs like our Network of Women (“NOW”), which supports the recruitment, development and retention of women across our organization.

We also have a recruitment partnership with Hampton University, a Virginia institution with a historic role in empowering African-Americans through education. We further participate in job fairs and job boards that are focused on reaching a diverse applicant pool. Learn more about careers at BGC here.

Across Financial and Professional Services, over 100 firms, including BGC Partners, will be taking part in a six-week internship programme offering young Black African, Black Caribbean and Black British students paid work experience. This will include students who are studying at/or recently graduated from (2018 onwards) a UK university or are taking a gap year having completed their A Levels with the intention of undertaking higher education. Interns will be given the opportunity to work in our London offices, to gain an in-depth knowledge of financial markets, develop their skills and build their professional network. The internships will take place in summer 2022.

For further information, please visit the 10,000 Black Interns website.