New York, December 9, 2010 – GFI Group Inc. (NYSE: “GFIG”) announced today the opening of an office in Bogota, Colombia. The new office, opened by GFI Securities Colombia S.A., will focus on brokering of Colombian Sovereign fixed income, corporate fixed income and related derivatives products in the domestic market.

The Colombian Financial Markets Regulator (Superintendencia Financiera) granted GFI Securities Colombia the license to commence operations last month.

“We are very pleased to announce the start of operations in Colombia” said Nick Brown, GFI Managing Director, Head of Financial Products Brokerage, Americas. “This is a very important market for us. Colombia is a country with great growth potential as well as being strategically placed amongst the region’s emerging markets” he added.

GFI Securities Colombia will operate a hybrid system, combining voice brokerage and electronic trading.

About GFI Group Inc. www.GFIgroup.com 
GFI Group Inc. (NYSE: “GFIG”) is a leading provider of wholesale brokerage, clearing services, 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 fixed income, financial, equity and commodity instruments.

Headquartered in New York, GFI was founded in 1987 and employs more than 1,900 people with additional offices in London, Paris, Hong Kong, Seoul, Tokyo, Singapore, Sydney, Cape Town, Santiago, Dubai, Dublin, Tel Aviv, Calgary, Los Angeles, Englewood (NJ) and Sugar Land (TX). GFI Group Inc. provides services and products to over 2,400 institutional clients, including leading investment and commercial banks, corporations, insurance companies and hedge funds. Its brands include GFISM, GFInet®, CreditMatch®, GFI ForexMatch®, EnergyMatch®, FENICS®, Starsupply®, Amerex®, Trayport® and Kyte®.

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