Jefferies Financial Group Inc.

Jefferies Financial Group Inc. is an American financial services company that operates in the Investment Banking and Capital Markets, Asset Management, Merchant Banking, and Corporate segments. The company provides services such as investment banking, advisory services, underwriting, corporate lending, financing, securities lending, equities research and finance, and wealth management services. In addition, the firm offers 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.

Jefferies Financial Group Inc. was founded in 1962 and is headquartered in New York, New York. The company has offices in over 27 countries and employs more than 4,500 people. It has been listed on the New York Stock Exchange since November 2010. Jefferies Financial Group Inc. is a publicly traded company with a market capitalization of approximately $3.5 billion as of August 2020. The company has achieved consistent growth since its inception and has become a leading global investment bank. It is ranked among the top 10 global investment banks by total capital raised in the past five years.