New York, April 20, 2011 – GFI Group Inc. (NYSE: “GFIG”) today announced it has set up a US Coal Desk in its New York office. The new desk will broker US and European centrally-cleared coal swaps for domestic clients using a single screen. Working closely with GFI’s existing coal desk in London, the US desk will add to the already strong position GFI holds in the global coal markets by now offering U.S. clients the possibility to trade US and European centrally-cleared coal swaps using GFI’s Trayport®-powered hybrid trading technology.

Richard Giles, GFI Group Managing Director and Head of Commodities and Energy Brokerage North America said: “We are very excited to be able to respond to our clients’ demand by adding this new desk to our commodities offering worldwide. We are the first to provide US coal traders with one single point for the trading for European and domestic cleared swaps”, and added, “Our clients will have the ability to trade using Trayport’s technology, which integrates GFI’s voice and electronic capabilities.”.

The desk is staffed by three brokers: Geoffrey Puzzi, Larry LaCosta and Nicholas Stefans, who bring to GFI over 35 years of combined experience in the commodities sector, twelve of them in the coal markets. Geoffrey Puzzi started his career at CBOT and NYMEX and worked for MF Global before joining GFI Group. Larry LaCosta is a member of the New York Coal Trade Association and a member of its board of governors. Larry has over 30 years institutional brokering experience and, before joining GFI Group, owned and operated LGL Energy Market Services, LLC, brokering coal and renewable energy credits.  Nicholas Stefans started his career at GFI Group’s London office where he joined the European coal desk.

Trayport is a leading provider of software to the global commodity trading community. It develops, deploys and supports quality, resilient software for trading in any asset class worldwide in cleared or OTC markets.

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, Bogotá, 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 GFI^SM, GFInet®, CreditMatch®, GFI ForexMatch®, EnergyMatch®, FENICS®, Starsupply®, Amerex®, Trayport® and Kyte®.

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Patricia Gutierrez
Vice President – Public Relations
GFI Group Inc.
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patricia.gutierrez@gfigroup.com