BGC vs FHI Comparison

BGC Group Inc is a brokerage and financial technology company that serves financial markets, energy, and commodities markets. Its service and product offerings include brokerage for a wide range of financial products, including fixed income, equities, commodities, derivatives, and real estate, software solutions for trading platforms, clearing, trade execution, and other back-office services. Its clients mostly include banks, financial institutions, and corporate clients. BGC operates in one reportable segment, which is providing brokerage services. Geographically, the company generates a majority of its revenue from Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA), followed by the Americas and the Asia-Pacific region.

Federated Hermes provides asset-management services for institutional and individual investors. The firm had $843.7 billion in managed assets at the end of June 2025, composed of equity (10%), multi-asset (less than 1%), fixed-income (12%), alternative (2%), and money market (75%) funds. The firm's cash-management operations are expected to generate around 52% of Federated's revenue this year, compared with 29%, 11%, and 8%, respectively, for the equity, fixed-income, and alternatives/multi-asset/other operations. The company's products are distributed via trust banks, wealth managers, and retail broker/dealers (67% of AUM), institutional investors (26%), and international clients (7%).