Thought leadership is in our DNA. We do not rely on existing solutions, but continually strive to find new and creative ways of solving the challenges and opportunities that growing companies and their investors experience in a constantly evolving and increasingly competitive and global marketplace. Our professionals are both pioneers and stewards of the products and services we provide, and the industries we serve.
Committed to providing the most sophisticated trading tools and solutions to meet the evolving needs of our institutional customers, Jefferies significantly expanded the breadth and scope of its sales and trading platform in 2006. Our established businesses continued to perform well, including our core cash equities effort, with a renewed vigor and enhanced focus on integrating our suite of offerings, leveraging our high-quality research and supporting our growing capital markets expertise.