Editing Cantor Fitzgerald (section)

==Recent history==
In 2003, the firm launched its fixed-income sales and trading group.{{cn|date=August 2022}}<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cantor Global |title=Cantor Global Fixed Income |url=https://www.cantor.com/our-business/fixed-income-currencies/}}</ref> Three years later, the [[Federal Reserve]] added Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. to its list of [[primary dealers]].{{cn|date=August 2022}} The firm later launched Cantor Prime Services in 2009. It was meant to be a provider of multi-asset, perimeter brokerage prime brokerage platforms to exploit its clearing, financing, and execution capabilities.{{cn|date=August 2022}} A year after, Cantor Fitzgerald began building its real estate business with the launch of CCRE.{{cn|date=August 2022}} Cantor's affiliate, [[BGC Partners]], expanded into commercial real estate services in 2011 by its purchase of [[Newmark Knight Frank]] and the assets of [[Grubb & Ellis]], to form [[Newmark Grubb Knight Frank]].{{cn|date=August 2022}}

On December 5, 2014, two Cantor Fitzgerald analysts were said to be in the top 25 analysts on [[TipRanks]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cantor.com/press_releases/Cantor_Fitzgerald__Co_Research_Analysts_Youssef_Squali_and_Brian_White_Recognized_In_TipRanks.html|title=Cantor Fitzgerald Research Analysts Youssef Squali and Brian White Recognized In TipRanks' Top 25 Analysts on Wall Street Ranking {{!}} Cantor Fitzgerald|website=www.cantor.com|access-date=May 6, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150210180211/http://www.cantor.com/press_releases/Cantor_Fitzgerald__Co_Research_Analysts_Youssef_Squali_and_Brian_White_Recognized_In_TipRanks.html|archive-date=February 10, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> Cantor Fitzgerald has a prolific [[special-purpose acquisition company]] underwriting practice, having led all banks in SPAC underwriting activity in both 2018 and 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.spacresearch.com/underwriter|title=Special Purpose Acquisition Company Database &#124; SPAC Research|website=www.spacresearch.com}}</ref>

In March 2016, Sage Kelly, formerly of [[Jefferies Group|Jefferies & Co.]], joined the firm as senior managing director and head of its investment-banking division.<ref>Fox, Emily Jane [https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2016/03/banker-sage-kelly-returns-to-wall-street "Banker Once Accused of Drug-Filled Foursome Returns to Wall Street"] ''Vanity Fair'', March 14, 2016. Retrieved October 22, 2024.</ref>