Jefferies & Company

25 results about this entity

Period: 11 Oct 2004 - 07 Dec 2023

Wall Street firms take on Bloomberg with new messaging platform

A group of Wall Street firms, led by Goldman Sachs, has acquired instant messaging outfit Perzo and set up a new company to help them break free of their reliance on Bloomberg.

Citi boss Corbat meets Ice Bucket Challenge but Icahn ducks out

Citi CEO Mike Corbat has become the latest Wall Street heavyweight to prove that bankers do have hearts, and marketing savvy, by taking the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge.

UBS algo trading code theft case dropped

UBS has lost its bid to get a permanent injunction against three former quant traders accused of stealing proprietary algorithmic trading software with the intent of using it at their new employer, Jefferies.

City analyst talks up Misys break-up

Shares in Misys have ticked up after City analysts talked up the possibility of a break-up and piecemeal sell-off of the banking-to-healthcare group.

UBS files code theft lawsuit

In an incident with striking parallels to the recent Goldman Sachs code theft case, it now emerges that UBS in March filed a lawsuit against three former quant traders alleging that they stole proprietary algorithmic trading software with the intent of using it at their new employer, Jefferies.

Wall Street M&A advisors charged over insider trading

Mergers and acquisitions professionals from UBS and Blackstone Advisory Service have been charged by US authorities with feeding confidential information to an insider trading ring that generated over $11.6 million.

Black Thursday for financial markets as job losses mount

Financial markets have been rocked by a further series of massive job reductions at top firms, including Credit Suisse, Nomura, Commerzbank/Dresdner Kleinwort, State Street, and Jefferies.

Jefferies selects Ullink for MiFID best execution

Investment bank Jefferies is to use Ullink's UL Smart software to meet the best execution requirements of the EU's Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID).

Advent Software signs Jefferies to Geneva platform

US investment banking group Jefferies is implementing Advent Software's investment management and accounting platform Geneva to support its prime brokerage operations.

Jefferies raids Banc of America for second time

Investment banking group Jefferies has hired a further seven employees from Banc of America Securities to enhance and grow its electronic trading operations.

Jefferies poaches Banc of America prime brokerage team

Investment bank Jefferies has poached a six-person team from Banc of America Securities to grow its prime brokerage operation.

Jefferies International goes live with Fidessa trading platform

Investment banking group Jefferies has rolled out royalblue's Fidessa hosted trading platform at its operations in the UK.