Jefferies Financial Group Inc. (JEF)

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Jefferies Financial Group Inc.

520 Madison Avenue
10th Floor
New York, NY 10022
United States
212 284 2300
https://www.jefferies.com

Sector(s): Financial Services
Industry: Capital Markets
Full-time employees: 7,611

Key executives

Name	Title	Pay	Exercised	Year born
Mr. Joseph Saul Steinberg	Co-Founder & Chairman	1.31M	N/A	1945
Mr. Richard Brian Handler	CEO & Director	9.83M	N/A	1961
Mr. Brian Paul Friedman CPA, J.D.	President & Director	9.44M	26.33k	1956
Mr. Matthew Scott Larson	Executive VP, CFO & Principal Financial Officer	3.01M	N/A	1973
Mr. Michael J. Sharp J.D.	Executive VP & General Counsel	5.01M	N/A	1956
Mr. Mark L. Cagno	MD, Global Controller & Principal Accounting Officer	N/A	N/A	1970
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
Mr. Oliver Diehl	MD & Continental European Head of Equity Capital Markets	N/A	N/A	N/A

Amounts are as of 31 December 2023, and compensation values are for the last fiscal year ending on that date. Pay includes salary, bonuses, etc. Exercised is the value of options exercised during the fiscal year. Currency in USD.

Description

Jefferies Financial Group Inc. operates as an investment banking and capital markets firm in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, and the Asia-Pacific. 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, debt financing, restructurings or recapitalizations, and private capital advisory transactions; underwriting and placement services related to corporate debt, municipal bonds, mortgage-backed and asset-backed securities, equity and equity-linked securities, and loan syndication services; and corporate lending services. The company also offers financing, securities lending, and other prime brokerage services; equities research, sales, and trading services; wealth management services; and online foreign exchange trading services. In addition, it provides investment grade distressed debt securities, U.S. and European government and agency securities, municipal bonds, leveraged loans, emerging markets debt, and interest rate and credit index derivative products; and manages and offers 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 18 September 2024 is 5. The pillar scores are Audit: 6; Board: 7; Shareholder rights: 1; Compensation: 8.

Corporate governance scores courtesy of Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS). Scores indicate decile rank relative to index or region. A decile score of 1 indicates lower governance risk, while 10 indicates higher governance risk.