JEF - Jefferies Financial Group Inc.
Jefferies Financial Group Inc.
520 Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10022
United States
212 284 2300
https://www.jefferies.com
Sector(s): Financial Services
Industry: Capital Markets
Full-time employees: 5,401
Key executives
| Name | Title | Pay | Exercised | Year born |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr. Joseph Saul Steinberg | Co-Founder & Chairman | 1.31M | 42.08k | 1945 |
| Mr. Richard Brian Handler | CEO & Director | 11.46M | N/A | 1961 |
| Mr. Brian Paul Friedman CPA, J.D. | Pres & Director | 11.42M | 21.87k | 1956 |
| Mr. Matthew Scott Larson | Exec. VP, CFO & Principal Financial Officer | 3.01M | N/A | 1973 |
| Mr. Michael J. Sharp J.D. | Exec. VP & Gen. Counsel | 5.01M | N/A | 1956 |
| Mr. Mark L. Cagno | VP, Co-Controller & Principal Accounting Officer | N/A | N/A | 1971 |
| Mr. Rocco Joseph Nittoli | VP & Chief Compliance Officer | N/A | N/A | 1959 |
| Mr. Jun Wu | Head of Health-Care Coverage - Asia | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Mr. Peter Colwell | Global Head of Industrial, Energy & Infrastructure Banking | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Ulrich Boeckmann | MD and Head of Coverage for Germany, Austria & Switzerland | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Description
Jefferies Financial Group Inc. engages in the investment banking and capital markets, and asset management businesses in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia. The company operates in two segments, Investment Banking and Capital Markets, and Asset Management. It provides investment banking, advisory services with respect to mergers or acquisitions, restructurings or recapitalizations and private capital advisory transactions; equity and debt underwriting; and corporate lending. In addition, the company offers financing, securities lending, and other prime brokerage services; equities research and finance; and wealth management services. Further, it provides clients with sales and trading of investment grade corporate bonds, U.S. and European government and agency securities, municipal bonds, mortgage-backed and asset-backed securities, leveraged loans, consumer loans, high yield and distressed securities, emerging markets debt, interest rate, and credit derivative products, as well as foreign exchange trade execution and securitization; and manages, invests in, and provides services to a diverse group of alternative asset management platforms across a spectrum of investment strategies and asset classes. The company was formerly known as Leucadia National Corporation and changed its name to Jefferies Financial Group Inc. in May 2018. Jefferies Financial Group Inc. was founded in 1962 and is headquartered in New York, New York.
Corporate governance
Jefferies Financial Group Inc.’s ISS governance QualityScore as of 1 June 2023 is 4. The pillar scores are Audit: 5; Board: 2; Shareholder rights: 1; Compensation: 9.
