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{{Short description|American financial services company}}
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{{Infobox company|
| name = Cantor Fitzgerald, L.P.
| logo = Cantor Fitzgerald logo.png
| logo_size = 200px
| type = [[Limited partnership]]
| foundation = {{start date and age|1945}}
| location = [[New York City]], U.S.
| key_people = Brandon Lutnick (Chairman)<br />Pascal Bandelier, Sage Kelly, and Christian Wall (co-CEOs)
| industry = [[Financial services]]<br />[[Investment banking]]
| num_employees = 12,000<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cantor.com/our-company/company-history/|title=Company History}}</ref>
| homepage = {{official URL|https://www.cantor.com/}}
}}

'''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<ref>{{Cite web |title=IAPD - Investment Adviser Public Disclosure - Homepage |url=https://adviserinfo.sec.gov/firm/summary/159296 |access-date=August 16, 2022 |website=adviserinfo.sec.gov}}</ref> and asset management services, gaming technology, and [[e-commerce]]. It has more than 5,000 institutional clients.

Cantor Fitzgerald is one of 24 [[primary dealer]]s that are authorized to trade US government securities with the [[Federal Reserve Bank of New York]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Primary Dealers - Federal Reserve Bank of New York - FEDERAL RESERVE BANK of NEW YORK |url=https://www.newyorkfed.org/markets/primarydealers |access-date=2024-02-21 |website=www.newyorkfed.org}}</ref>

Cantor Fitzgerald's 1,600 employees work in more than 30 locations, including financial centers in the [[Americas]], [[Europe]], [[Asia–Pacific|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.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Company History |url=https://www.cantor.com/our-company/company-history |access-date=2024-02-21 |website=Cantor Fitzgerald |language=en}}</ref>

Before 2001, the company's headquarters were located between the 101st and 105th floors of the [[1 World Trade Center (1971–2001)|North Tower]] of the [[World Trade Center (1973–2001)|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.