NEW YORK, NY, Mar 22, 2010 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) — GFI Group (NASDAQ: GFIG) has appointed Robert Roberto as Head of Equities North America. Mr. Roberto joins GFI Group from Knight Trading Group where he was Managing Director and headed the Institutional Sales Trading Group. Prior to that Mr. Roberto was head of International Sales Trading at Salomon Smith Barney.

GFI US Equities group provides a wide range of solutions for trading equities. GFI’s hybrid model offers clients electronic and broker assisted execution in both listed and OTC equities and equity derivatives, with connections to all the major exchanges. From its desks in New York, London, Paris, Hong Kong and Tokyo, GFI delivers seamless access to liquidity as well as a host of value added services from bespoke research to corporate access.

“Robert is a highly respected and experienced addition to our company. We are very pleased he is joining our seasoned equities group and adding yet more depth to our equities offering,” said Ron Levi, GFI Group Chief Operating Officer.

Also joining GFI and reporting to Mr. Roberto are Anthony Belluzzi, Meghan Re and Marian Gitlin. Together they bring over 50 years of equity sales experience to the Group.

GFI Group’s equity desks are renowned for their excellence, winning No.1 Equity Index Options category in Risk magazine’s annual inter-dealer survey in 2008, winning No.1 Equity Derivatives category overall in 2006 and coming 2nd overall in 2007 and 2005.

About GFI Group Inc. www.GFIgroup.com

GFI Group Inc. (NASDAQ: GFIG) is a leading provider of wholesale brokerage, electronic execution and trading support products for global financial markets. GFI Group Inc. provides brokerage services, market data, trading platform and analytics software products to institutional clients in markets for a range of credit, financial, equity and commodity instruments.

Headquartered in New York, GFI was founded in 1987 and employs more than 1,700 people with additional offices in London, Paris, Hong Kong, Seoul, Tokyo, Singapore, Sydney, Cape Town, Santiago, Dubai, Dublin, Tel Aviv, Calgary, Englewood (NJ) and Sugar Land (TX). GFI Group Inc. provides services and products to over 2,100 institutional clients, including leading investment and commercial banks, corporations, insurance companies and hedge funds. Its brands include GFI(SM), GFInet(R), CreditMatch(R), GFI ForexMatch(R), EnergyMatch(R), FENICS(R), Starsupply(R), Amerex(R), and Trayport(R).

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SOURCE: GFI Group Inc.

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