GFI Group
GFI Group Inc. (GFI) through its subsidiaries provides brokerage services, trade execution, market data, trading platforms and other software products. Clients are institutional customers in markets for a range of fixed income, financial, equity and commodity instruments. GFI is headquartered in New York City and operates from New York, London, Paris, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Singapore and 15 other smaller financial centres such as Dublin, Nyon, Bogotá and Tel Aviv.
| Company type | Subsidiary |
|---|---|
| Industry | Financial services |
| Founded | 1987 |
| Founder | Michael Gooch, Executive Chairman |
| Headquarters | 55 Water Street, New York, New York, U.S. |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Colin Heffron, CEO |
| Products | Fixed income, financials, equity, commodity, trading systems, data & analytics, clearing |
| Revenue | US$ 924.59 million (2012) |
| US$ 10.5 million (2012) | |
Net income | US$ 8.9 million (2012) |
| Total assets | US$ 1.180 billion (2012) |
| Total equity | US$ 425.16 million (2012) |
Number of employees | 2,062 (2012) |
| Parent | BGC Partners |
| Website | www.gfigroup.com |
GFI operates a hybrid brokerage approach, combining a range of telephonic and electronic trade execution services, depending on the nature of the products and the needs of the individual markets. The company complements its hybrid brokerage capabilities with decision support services, such as data and analytics products, research, real-time auctions and post-transaction services, such as straight through processing ("STP"), clearing (finance) links and trade and portfolio management services. The company was listed on NYSE under GFIG until March 2015.