Exhibit 99.1

BGC Partners Reports Second Quarter 2014 Financial Results

Declares 12 Cent Quarterly Dividend

Conference Call to Discuss Results Scheduled for 10:00 AM ET Today

NEW YORK, NY – July 31, 2014—BGC Partners, Inc. (NASDAQ: BGCP) (“BGC Partners,” “BGC,” or “the Company”), a leading global brokerage company primarily servicing the financial and real estate markets, today reported its financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2014.

Select Results Compared to the Year-Earlier Period

Management Comments

“BGC’s quarterly distributable earnings margins expanded year-over-year across both of our businesses and for the overall Company,” said Howard W. Lutnick, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of BGC. “We achieved this improvement in the face of difficult market conditions in our Financial Services segment, and despite the sale of eSpeed,⁴ which generated approximately $24 million in revenues and $14.2 million in pre-tax profits in the second quarter of 2013. This is the last quarter in which eSpeed results will impact our year-on-year comparisons.

“Within a year of the NASDAQ OMX transaction, we have effectively replaced the distributable earnings from eSpeed. We expect our pre-tax distributable earnings to increase by between 39 percent and 60 percent year-on-year in the third quarter of 2014. Our cash position⁵ is over $640 million and we expect to receive approximately $600 million in NASDAQ OMX stock. This gives us over a billion dollars of firepower to grow our profits. We expect to use these funds to increase shareholder value by making accretive acquisitions across Real Estate and Financial Services, repay debt, repurchase common shares and units, and maintain our regular common dividend for the foreseeable future.

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“We expect the acquisition of Cornish & Carey Commercial to close mid-August. By adding the leading commercial real estate services company in Northern California, Newmark Grubb Knight Frank⁶ will expand the scope and depth of services it provides to clients across the U.S. In May, our Financial Services business acquired Remate Lince, the leading Mexican inter-dealer broker focusing on interest rate derivatives and fixed income. We also continued to selectively hire top producers around the world. We expect these additions to increase our earnings per share in the third quarter.

“Our board declared a 12 cent qualified dividend for the second quarter, which at yesterday’s closing stock price translates into a 6.0 percent annualized yield,” Mr. Lutnick concluded.

Shaun D. Lynn, President of BGC, said: “We generated strong revenue growth in several areas of our Financial Services business. Revenues rose by more than 70 percent across our energy and commodities desks; by 29 percent at our fully electronic Credit desks; by 25 percent in our global fully electronic spot FX business; and by 30 percent for our retained software and market data products, all compared with last year. Our retained fully electronic businesses, which have pre-tax distributable earnings margins of over 50 percent, continued their multi-year trend of increasing as a percentage of segment revenues, with revenues in July up 18 percent year-on-year.

“Industry-wide volatility was at or near 20-year lows across most financial products we broker during the quarter, which contributed to lower overall revenues in our Financial Services business. However, we believe our revenue performance, excluding eSpeed, was substantially better than that of our competitors. Our ongoing efforts to reduce expenses included selective front-office headcount reductions, which also reduced revenues, but improved profitability. These reductions, along with increased retained fully electronic revenues, contributed to Financial Services pre-tax distributable earnings margins expanding slightly, despite the absence of eSpeed, which had pre-tax margins of around 60 percent. We remain on-target for achieving our goal of reducing total expenses Company-wide by at least $100 million annualized⁷ by the end of 2014 as compared with the second half of 2012 run-rate.”

NGKF’s Chief Executive Officer Barry M. Gosin added: “Our Real Estate Services business increased its pre-tax distributable earnings by 39% compared with last year. The addition of Cornish & Carey, which has over 275 brokers and generated approximately $135 million in revenues in 2013, will lead to further gains for our Real Estate business over the remainder of 2014. The Bay Area is a top region for new business generation in the U.S. This acquisition will solidify our West Coast presence and further reinforce NGKF’s position as a dominant industry force that offers clients the full range of commercial real estate services provided by best-in-class brokers in multiple disciplines and geographies.

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“We are also excited to announce that NGKF’s Global Healthcare Services team was awarded the contract to provide real estate services for Ascension, the largest not-for-profit health system in the United States. With 131 hospitals throughout 23 states and the District of Columbia, Ascension’s portfolio comprises approximately 65 million square feet nationwide. Ascension is moving its real estate holdings to a more unified national organization structure, and chose NGKF in order to achieve efficiency, savings and improved quality of care, as well as to adjust to changes in the healthcare market. Our agreement covers Tenant Advisory, Landlord Advisory and Disposition, Lease Administration, Portfolio Optimization, and real estate cost reduction strategies and implementation.”

Dividend Declaration and Repurchase Authorization

On July 30, 2014, BGC Partners’ Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.12 per share payable on September 5, 2014 to Class A and Class B common stockholders of record as of August 22, 2014. The ex-dividend date will be August 20, 2014. The Board also authorized a total stock and unit repurchase and redemption program of $250 million.

Consolidated Revenues

Unless otherwise stated, all results provided in this document compare the second quarter of 2014 with the year-earlier period. Certain numbers in the tables throughout this document may not add up due to rounding. In addition, certain figures have been adjusted for prior periods in order to conform to current reporting methodology. These adjustments had no impact on segment or consolidated revenues or income for either GAAP or distributable earnings.

GAAP revenues for the year-earlier period included the $723.1 million gain on divestiture related to the NASDAQ OMX transaction.

Financial Services Segment Results⁸

There was no difference in brokerage revenues between GAAP and distributable earnings for the segment. A portion of the annual share earn-out related to the NASDAQ OMX transaction was included in the calculation of distributable earnings for the second quarter of 2014 as “other revenue” in the segment. This amount was adjusted to reflect certain mark-to-market movements. The bulk of the revenues related to this earn-out were recognized under GAAP in the third quarter of 2013. The below tables show certain segment distributable earnings items excluding eSpeed, followed by the segment’s actual results for both GAAP and distributable earnings.

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Results for Financial Services reflect lower front office headcount as the Company reduced a number of under-performing brokers in order to increase profitability. Results were also impacted by the sale of eSpeed, which generated $22.9 million in revenues and $14.2 million of pre-tax distributable earnings in the segment during the second quarter of 2013. The increase in Equities and Other Asset Classes reflected strong gains from BGC’s energy and commodities desks, partially offset by lower industry-wide equity derivatives volumes in Europe and the U.S. The decline in Rates revenue reflected the eSpeed sale as well as lower global interest rate activity. Overall Credit revenues declined mainly due to lower overall industry-wide inter-dealer activity in credit derivatives, investment-grade corporate bonds, mortgage bonds, and asset-backed bonds. BGC’s Foreign Exchange results reflected historically low global volatility and certain regulatory issues affecting many of the Company’s bank customers.

BGC’s technology-based revenues in the Financial Services segment are detailed below. The table breaks out results in the segment for those businesses that are still part of BGC and those for eSpeed.

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The increase in retained technology-based revenues for the quarter was due mainly to growth from the brokerage of fully electronic Credit and Spot FX as well as higher market data revenues. This was partially offset by a decline in revenues from e-brokered foreign exchange derivatives, which reflected regulatory issues and low volatility affecting the global FX markets. Excluding eSpeed, revenues from BGC’s higher margin technology-based products were 8.3 percent of the segment’s revenues, an improvement when compared with 7.5 percent.

Real Estate Services Segment Results

NGKF’s performance was driven by growth from its leasing and consulting businesses, increased operating efficiencies resulting from the successful integration of previous acquisitions, and continued improvements in broker productivity.

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Consolidated Expenses

Total expenses for GAAP in the year-earlier period included non-cash, non-dilutive GAAP compensation charges of $464.6 million related to the redemption of partnership units, issuance of restricted shares, and the reduction of compensation-related partnership loans. The decrease in overall expenses for both GAAP and Distributable Earnings was also due largely to the Company’s ongoing expense reduction program, as well as to lower Financial Services revenues. BGC’s effective tax rate for distributable earnings was 15.0 percent for the second quarter of 2014 compared with 14.5 percent.

Consolidated Income and Share Count

BGC had a fully diluted weighted-average share count of 366.7 million in the second quarter of 2014 for distributable earnings and 326.6 million under GAAP. This compares with 378.1 million for both GAAP and distributable earnings a year earlier. The GAAP share count was lower because it excluded certain share equivalents in order to avoid anti-dilution.

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The share count was reduced in-part by the redemption and repurchase of 13.2 million shares and units at a cost to BGC of $82.9 million over the twelve months ended June 30, 2014. This was partially offset by issuances related to employee equity compensation as well as to new hires and acquisitions.

As of June 30, 2014, the Company’s fully diluted share count was 366.9 million, assuming conversion of the Convertible Senior Notes into 40.1 million shares.

Front Office Statistics

The Real Estate figures are based on brokerage revenues, leasing and capital markets brokers, and exclude appraisers and both revenues and staff in management services and “other.”

The Financial Services calculations in the above table include revenues from “total brokerage revenues,” “market data,” “software solutions,” and the portion of “fees from related parties” related to fully electronic trading. The Financial Services calculation also includes an average of 14 eSpeed salespeople and $22.9 million in associated segment revenues for the second quarter of 2013. Additional eSpeed revenues recorded as part of corporate items were not included in this calculation. The average revenues for all producers are approximate and based on the total revenues divided by the weighted-average number of salespeople and brokers for the period.

Consolidated Balance Sheet

As of June 30, 2014, the Company’s cash position, which it defines as “cash and cash equivalents,” “marketable securities,” and unencumbered “securities owned” held for liquidity purposes was $644.2 million; notes payable and collateralized borrowings, and notes payable to related parties were $409.1 million; book value per common share was $1.90; and total capital, which BGC Partners defines as “redeemable partnership interest,” “noncontrolling interest in subsidiaries,” and “total stockholders’ equity,” was $701.7 million. In comparison, as of December 31, 2013, the Company’s cash position was $795.0 million; notes payable and collateralized borrowings, and notes payable to related parties were $408.4 million; book value per common share was $2.15; and total capital was $769.7 million.

BGC’s cash position decreased from year-end 2013 primarily due to cash used to pay taxes in the first quarter of 2014, approximately $56.3 million used to reduce fully diluted share count by 8.1 million in the first half of 2014, and cash used for the HEAT and Remate acquisitions.

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Third Quarter 2014 Outlook Compared with Third Quarter 2013 Results

This guidance assumes that the Cornish & Carey acquisition closes in the middle of August, 2014. BGC intends to update its third quarter outlook around the end of September, 2014.

Differences between Consolidated Results for Distributable Earnings and GAAP

The $723.1 million one-time gain associated with the NASDAQ OMX transaction was not included in revenues for distributable earnings for the second quarter of 2013, nor was another $1.0 million gain with respect to acquisitions, dispositions and resolutions of litigation.

Second quarter 2014 distributable earnings revenues include $11.1 million related to the NASDAQ OMX earn-out and associated mark-to-market movements, compared with $1.7 million mark-to-market gain recognized under GAAP for the same period.

Second quarter 2014 and second quarter 2013 GAAP revenues were reduced by $1.3 million and $1.2 million, respectively, due to BGC’s equity investments in other companies. These non-cash equity losses were not included in revenues for distributable earnings.

Second quarter 2014 and second quarter 2013 Real Estate Services brokerage revenues for distributable earnings include the collection of $2.1 million and $0.8 million of cash, respectively, which represents the acquisition date fair value of certain receivables. Second quarter 2014 and second quarter 2013 consolidated compensation and employee benefits for distributable earnings also include credits of less than $0.1 million and $0.5 million, respectively, in related compensation and other expense. These items would have been recognized as GAAP revenues and expenses other than for the effect of acquisition accounting.

The difference between second quarter 2014 compensation expenses as calculated for GAAP and distributable earnings consisted of $22.4 million in non-cash charges related to the allocation of net income and grants of exchangeability to limited partnership units and FPUs and non-cash, non-dilutive GAAP compensation charges of $1.4 million.

The difference between second quarter 2013 compensation and employee benefits as calculated for GAAP and distributable earnings was due primarily to $464.6 million in charges related to the following non-cash, non-dilutive items:

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The difference between second quarter 2013 compensation expenses as calculated for GAAP and distributable earnings also included $59.0 million in non-cash charges related to the allocation of net income and grants of exchangeability to limited partnership units and FPUs.

The difference between non-compensation expenses in the second quarter of 2014 as calculated for GAAP and distributable earnings was due to $1.5 million in charges with respect to acquisitions, dispositions and/or resolutions of litigation, and other non-cash, non-dilutive, and/or non-economic items. BGC’s calculation of pre-tax distributable earnings for the second quarter of 2013 excluded certain non-compensation GAAP items which in total equaled a credit of $681.1 million dollars. These items consisted of the following:

For the second quarter of 2014 distributable earnings per share calculations include 40.1 million of weighted-average shares related to BGC’s Convertible Senior Notes but exclude the associated interest expense, net of tax, of $5.3 million. BGC’s GAAP earnings per share calculation for the second quarter of 2014 exclude shares related to certain share equivalents and include the related interest expense, net of tax, in order to avoid anti-dilution.

Conference Call and Investor Presentation

The Company will host a conference call today, July 31, 2014, at 10:00 a.m. ET to discuss these results. A webcast of the call, along with an investor presentation summarizing the Company’s distributable earnings results, will be accessible via webcast:

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An audio replay of the conference call is expected to be accessible at the “Investor Relations” section of http://www.bgcpartners.com within 24 hours of the live call for 365 days following the call. Additionally, call participants may dial in with the following information:

(Note: If clicking on the above links does not open up a new web page, you may need to cut and paste the above urls into your browser’s address bar.)

Distributable Earnings Defined

BGC Partners uses non-GAAP financial measures including “revenues for distributable earnings,” “pre-tax distributable earnings” and “post-tax distributable earnings,” which are supplemental measures of operating performance that are used by management to evaluate the financial performance of the Company and its subsidiaries. BGC Partners believes that distributable earnings best reflect the operating earnings generated by the Company on a consolidated basis and are the earnings which management considers available for distribution to BGC Partners, Inc. and its common stockholders, as well as to holders of BGC Holdings partnership units during any period.

As compared with “income (loss) from operations before income taxes,” “net income (loss) for fully diluted shares,” and “fully diluted earnings (loss) per share,” all prepared in accordance with GAAP, distributable earnings calculations primarily exclude certain non-cash compensation and other expenses which generally do not involve the receipt or outlay of cash by the Company, which do not dilute existing stockholders, and which do not have economic consequences, as described below. In addition, distributable earnings calculations exclude certain gains and charges that management believes do not best reflect the ordinary operating results of BGC.

Revenues for distributable earnings are defined as GAAP revenues excluding the impact of BGC Partners, Inc.’s non-cash earnings or losses related to its equity investments, such as in Aqua Securities, L.P. and ELX Futures, L.P., and its holding company general partner, ELX Futures Holdings LLC. Revenues for distributable earnings include the collection of receivables which would have been recognized for GAAP other than for the effect of acquisition accounting. Revenues for distributable earnings also exclude certain one-time or unusual gains that are recognized under GAAP, because the Company does not believe such gains are reflective of its ongoing, ordinary operations.

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Pre-tax distributable earnings are defined as GAAP income (loss) from operations before income taxes excluding items that are primarily non-cash, non-dilutive, and non-economic, such as:

Distributable earnings calculations also exclude charges related to purchases, cancellations or redemptions of partnership interests and certain unusual, one-time, or non-recurring items, if any.

“Compensation and employee benefits” expense for distributable earnings will also include broker commission payouts relating to the aforementioned collection of receivables.

BGC’s definition of distributable earnings also excludes certain gains and charges with respect to acquisitions, dispositions, or resolutions of litigation. This exclusion pertains to the one-time gain related to the NASDAQ OMX transaction. Management believes that excluding these gains and charges best reflects the operating performance of BGC. However, because NASDAQ OMX is expected to pay BGC in an equal amount of stock on a regular basis for 15 years as part of the transaction, the payments associated with BGC’s receipt of such stock are expected to be included in the Company’s calculation of distributable earnings. To make quarter-to-quarter comparisons more meaningful, one-quarter of the annual contingent earn-out amount will be included in the Company’s calculation of distributable earnings each quarter as “other revenues.”

Since distributable earnings are calculated on a pre-tax basis, management intends to also report “post-tax distributable earnings” and “post-tax distributable earnings per fully diluted share”:

BGC’s distributable earnings per share calculations assume either that:

Each quarter, the dividend to common stockholders is expected to be determined by the Company’s Board of Directors with reference to post-tax distributable earnings per fully diluted share. In addition to the Company’s quarterly dividend to common stockholders, BGC Partners

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expects to pay a pro-rata distribution of net income to BGC Holdings founding/working partner and other limited partnership units, including REUs, RPUs, LPUs, PSUs and PSIs, and to Cantor for its noncontrolling interest. The amount of all of these payments is expected to be determined using the above definition of pre-tax distributable earnings per share.

Certain employees who are holders of RSUs are granted pro-rata payments equivalent to the amount of dividends paid to common stockholders. Under GAAP, a portion of the dividend equivalents on RSUs is required to be taken as a compensation charge in the period paid. However, to the extent that they represent cash payments made from the prior period’s distributable earnings, they do not dilute existing stockholders and are therefore excluded from the calculation of distributable earnings.

Distributable earnings is not meant to be an exact measure of cash generated by operations and available for distribution, nor should it be considered in isolation or as an alternative to cash flow from operations or GAAP net income (loss). The Company views distributable earnings as a metric that is not necessarily indicative of liquidity or the cash available to fund its operations.

Pre- and post-tax distributable earnings are not intended to replace the Company’s presentation of GAAP financial results. However, management believes that they help provide investors with a clearer understanding of BGC Partners’ financial performance and offer useful information to both management and investors regarding certain financial and business trends related to the Company’s financial condition and results of operations. Management believes that distributable earnings and the GAAP measures of financial performance should be considered together.

Management does not anticipate providing an outlook for GAAP “revenues,” “income (loss) from operations before income taxes,” “net income (loss) for fully diluted shares,” and “fully diluted earnings (loss) per share,” because the items previously identified as excluded from pre-tax distributable earnings and post-tax distributable earnings are difficult to forecast. Management will instead provide its outlook only as it relates to revenues for distributable earnings, pre-tax distributable earnings and post-tax distributable earnings.

For more information on this topic, please see the tables in this document entitled “Reconciliation of Revenues Under GAAP and Distributable Earnings,” and “Reconciliation of GAAP Income to Distributable Earnings” which provide a summary reconciliation between pre- and post-tax distributable earnings and the corresponding GAAP measures for the Company in the periods discussed in this document.

Adjusted EBITDA Defined

BGC also provides an additional non-GAAP financial measure, “adjusted EBITDA,” which it defines as GAAP income from operations before income taxes, adjusted to add back interest expense as well as the following non-cash items:

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The Company’s management believes that this measure is useful in evaluating BGC’s operating performance compared to that of its competitors, because the calculation of adjusted EBITDA generally eliminates the effects of financing and income taxes and the accounting effects of capital spending and acquisitions, which would include impairment charges of goodwill and intangibles created from acquisitions. Such items may vary for different companies for reasons unrelated to overall operating performance. As a result, the Company’s management uses these measures to evaluate operating performance and for other discretionary purposes. BGC believes that adjusted EBITDA is useful to investors to assist them in getting a more complete picture of the Company’s financial results and operations.

Since adjusted EBITDA is not a recognized measurement under GAAP, when analyzing BGC’s operating performance, investors should use adjusted EBITDA in addition to GAAP measures of net income. Because not all companies use identical EBITDA calculations, the Company’s presentation of adjusted EBITDA may not be comparable to similarly titled measures of other companies. Furthermore, adjusted EBITDA is not intended to be a measure of free cash flow, because adjusted EBITDA does not consider certain cash requirements such as tax and debt service payments.

For a reconciliation of adjusted EBITDA to GAAP income from operations before income taxes, the most comparable financial measure calculated and presented in accordance with GAAP, see the section of this document titled “Reconciliation of GAAP Income to Adjusted EBITDA (and Comparison to Pre-Tax Distributable Earnings.)”

About BGC Partners, Inc.

BGC Partners is a leading global brokerage company servicing the financial and real estate markets. Products include fixed income securities, interest rate swaps, foreign exchange, equities, equity derivatives, credit derivatives, commercial real estate, commodities, futures, and structured products. BGC also provides a wide range of services, including trade execution, broker-dealer services, clearing, processing, information, and other back-office services to a broad range of financial and non-financial institutions. Through its BGC Trader and BGC Market Data brands, BGC offers financial technology solutions, market data, and analytics related to numerous financial instruments and markets. Through the Newmark Grubb Knight Frank brand, the Company offers a wide range of commercial real estate services including leasing and corporate advisory, investment sales and financial services, consulting, project and development management, and property and facilities management. BGC’s customers include many of the world’s largest banks, broker-dealers, investment banks, trading firms, hedge funds, governments, corporations, property owners, real estate developers, and investment firms. BGC Partners is led by Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Howard W. Lutnick. For more information, please visit www.bgcpartners.com.

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BGC, BGC Trader, Grubb & Ellis, Grubb and Newmark are trademarks and service marks of BGC Partners, Inc. and its affiliates. Knight Frank is a service mark of Knight Frank Limited Corp., used with permission.

Discussion of Forward-Looking Statements by BGC Partners

Statements in this document regarding BGC Partners’ business that are not historical facts are “forward-looking statements” that involve risks and uncertainties. Except as required by law, BGC undertakes no obligation to release any revisions to any forward-looking statements. For a discussion of additional risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual results to differ from those contained in the forward-looking statements, see BGC’s Securities and Exchange Commission filings, including, but not limited to, the risk factors set forth in our public filings, including our most recent Form 10-K and any updates to such risk factors contained in subsequent Form 10-Q or Form 8-K filings.

Excel versions of the financial tables, which may include additional periods, are available in the HTML version of this release at http://ir.bgcpartners.com.

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BGC PARTNERS, INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION

(in thousands, except per share data)

(unaudited)

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BGC PARTNERS, INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(in thousands, except per share data)

(unaudited)

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BGC Partners, Inc.

DISTRIBUTABLE EARNINGS AND KEY METRICS

(in thousands, except per share data)

(unaudited)

Notes and Assumptions

Note: Certain numbers may not add due to rounding.

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BGC Partners, Inc.

Segment Disclosure—2014Q2 vs 2013Q2

($ in thousands)

(unaudited)

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BGC Partners, Inc.

Reconciliation of GAAP Income to Adjusted EBITDA

(and Comparison to Pre-Tax Distributable Earnings)

(in thousands) (unaudited)

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BGC Partners, Inc.

RECONCILIATION OF REVENUES UNDER GAAP AND DISTRIBUTABLE EARNINGS

(in thousands)

(unaudited)

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BGC Partners, Inc.

RECONCILIATION OF GAAP INCOME TO DISTRIBUTABLE EARNINGS

(in thousands, except per share data)

(unaudited)

Notes and Assumptions

Note: Certain numbers may not add due to rounding.

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BGC Partners, Inc. Quarterly Market Activity Report

The following table provides certain volume and transaction count information on BGC Partner’s fully electronic system for the periods indicated.

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Notes:

Sources:

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BGC Media Contacts:

Hannah Sloane

+1 212-294-7938

Sarah Laufer

+1 212-915-1008

BGC Investor Contacts:

Jason McGruder

+1 212-829-4988

Jason Chryssicas

+1 212-915-1987

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