JEF

Jefferies Financial Group Inc.

A global investment banking and capital markets firm that advises companies, underwrites securities, and trades equities and fixed income for institutions. It was founded in 1962 by Boyd Jefferies in Los Angeles, who pioneered the 'third market' of trading listed stocks directly between institutions over-the-counter. Its parent, Leucadia National, bought the firm in 2013 and renamed itself Jefferies Financial Group in 2018; founder Boyd Jefferies famously rose before dawn to match East Coast trading hours.