Aurel BGC is a French investment company created from the merger of ETC Pollak and Aurel on October 1, 2008. As an approved intermediary for all investment services with the exception of third party portfolio management and multilateral trading facilities, Aurel BGC brings to its institutional clients valued expertise in execution and research across a wide range of products and supports its clients' investment decisions with extensive and in-depth knowledge in the economic, equities, credit and derivatives fields. ETC Pollak and Aurel were originally acquired by BGC in 2005 and 2006 respectively.