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In a joint statement, Johan Eveland and William H. Jennings II, Co-Heads of Global MBS/ABS at Jefferies, commented, "The knowledge, experience and relationships of these proven professionals will enhance our mortgage- and asset-backed capabilities, as well as continue the expansion we began just over a year ago. With a team of five professionals now in Chicago, we are excited to have this increased Midwest distribution and focus."
The addition of these new professionals represents a further strengthening of Jefferies' effort in MBS/ABS. In May, Jefferies announced the addition of Andrew Peisch as Co-Head of MBS/ABS Banking and Origination. The firm's MBS/ABS group now includes more than 55 sales, trading and origination professionals in the US and London. Additionally, Jefferies was ranked #1 for US CMO issuance during the fourth quarter of 2008 ($3.8 billion, 28% share of market), and ranked as the #1 bookrunner of US MBS origination for all of 2008 ($4.1 billion, 17% share of market).
Marc DeFife was most recently at Barclays Capital following that firm's acquisition of Lehman Brothers, where he spent nine years and was most recently a Senior Vice President in MBS/ABS sales. He received a BS from the University of Notre Dame.
Elizabeth Harper was also most recently at Barclays Capital following that firm's acquisition of Lehman Brothers, where she was a Vice President in MBS/ABS sales and spent three years. She received a BA from Vanderbilt University.
John Koutoupis joins Jefferies from Sandler O'Neill, where he was an Associate Director focused on MBS/ABS sales, and previously worked in a similar capacity at Lehman Brothers. He received a BA from Aurora University.
About Jefferies
Jefferies, an independent, full-service global securities and investment banking firm, has served companies and their investors for more than 45 years. Headquartered in New York City, with offices in more than 25 cities around the world, Jefferies provides clients with capital markets and financial advisory services, institutional brokerage, securities research and asset management. The firm provides investors with fundamental research and trade execution in equity, equity-linked, and fixed income securities, including corporate bonds, high yield bonds, US government and agency securities, repo finance, mortgage- and asset-backed securities, municipal bonds, whole loans and emerging markets debt, as well as commodities and derivatives. Jefferies offers companies capital markets, merger and acquisition, restructuring and other financial advisory services. Jefferies & Company, Inc. is the principal operating subsidiary of Jefferies Group, Inc. (NYSE: JEF: www.jefferies.com).
For further information, please contact:
Tom Tarrant, Jefferies & Company, Inc., 203 708 5989, ttarrant@jefferies.com
Desiree Maghoo, Jefferies International Ltd, 44 20 7029 8085, dmaghoo@jefferies.com
Josh Passman, CJP Communications, 212 279 3115, x203, jpassman@cjpcom.com
