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Cantor Fitzgerald to lay off hundreds due to virus turmoil — report

By making the cuts, privately-owned Cantor Fitzgerald is breaking from other major investment banks

Cantor Fitzgerald is cutting hundreds of jobs in an effort to reduce costs amid the coronavirus-triggered economic downturn, Bloomberg News reported Thursday.

Hundreds of layoffs will span various divisions at the investment bank, Bloomberg said, citing people familiar with the matter, resulting in less than 5% of its overall workforce of about 12,000.

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