Jefferies Financial Group Inc

Jefferies Financial Group, Inc. is a holding company, which engages in the provision of financial services. The company is headquartered in New York City, New York and currently employs 7,596 full-time employees. The firm's segments include Investment Banking and Capital Markets and Asset Management. The Investment Banking and Capital Markets segment includes its capital markets activities and its investment banking business, which provides underwriting and financial advisory services to its clients. The company operates in the Americas; Europe and the Middle East; and Asia-Pacific. The Investment Banking and Capital Markets segment provides the sales, trading, origination and advisory effort for various fixed income, equity and advisory products and services. The Asset Management segment provides alternative investment management services to investors globally and generates investment income from capital invested in and managed by it or its affiliated asset managers and includes certain remaining businesses and assets of its legacy merchant banking portfolio.