GFI Group Inc. is an inter-dealer broker and vendor of related products and services in global markets for over-the-counter (OTC) derivative products and related securities. It provides brokerage services, trading system software and data and analytics products to institutional clients in markets for a range of credit, financial, equity and commodity instruments. The Company is a provider of inter-dealer brokerage services for various products in the credit, financial, equity and commodity markets on which it focuses. It offers its clients a hybrid brokerage approach, combining a range of telephonic and electronic trade execution services, depending on the needs of the individual markets. It has three segments: Americas Brokerage, Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) Brokerage, and Asia Brokerage. On January 31, 2008, it acquired Trayport Limited (Trayport), a provider of electronic trading software and services to the commodities, fixed income, currencies and equities markets.