Sep, 24 2008
Greater flexibility for banks with GFI FENICS™ Enterprise Wed, 24 Sep 2008 21:35:04

Web-based access with new version of market-leading GFI FENICS® FX

New York, Sep 24, 2008 – GFI Group Inc. (GFIG on NASDAQ) has released FENICS Enterprise, available through FENICS FX 11.1 – the latest version of its award-winning pricing and risk management software. FENICS Enterprise is a suite of separately-licensed server components that enable clients to view prices and analytical reports generated by FENICS FX over the internet or a company intranet. “FENICS Enterprise moves FENICS pricing and analytics functionality to where our clients need that capacity,” said Richard Brunt, global head of FENICS at GFI. “Clients can use the server components of FENICS FX and integrate them fully into their existing technology infrastructure, combined with their proprietary data, using web sites, intranets and spreadsheet front ends. With FENICS Enterprise, banks can provide web-based pricing and reporting both internally and externally, customize and improve their workflows, and communicate via XML with other proprietary systems.”

The FENICS FX 11.1 release also includes new option classes, profit and loss attribution analysis and a real-time position server and many other enhancements to its existing clients.

For more on FENICS FX go to www.gfigroup.com/fenicsfx.

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GFI Group Inc. (www.GFIgroup.com) is a leading inter-dealer broker specializing in over-the-counter derivatives products and related securities. GFI Group Inc. provides brokerage services, market data and trading platform and analytics software 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, Tel Aviv, Dublin, Dubai, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Tokyo, Singapore, Sydney, Seoul, Cape Town, Calgary, Englewood (NJ), and Sugar Land (TX). GFI provides services and products to over 2,200 institutional clients, including leading investment and commercial banks, corporations, insurance companies and hedge funds. Its brands include GFI™, GFInet®, CreditMatch®, GFI ForexMatch®, EnergyMatch®, GFI FENICS®, GFI FENICS® FX, GFI FENICS™ Enterprise, Starsupply®, Amerex® and Trayport®. Forward-looking statement

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