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"Jefferies continues to add talent as we further strengthen and grow the firm's 48-year-old equity franchise," commented Jason Griffith, Head of Global Equities at Jefferies. "Our platform is gaining market share as we focus on delivering multiple products to our institutional client base globally."
Jefferies' broader Equities effort, which is focused on the global sales, sales-trading, trading and research of equity securities, consists of more than 650 professionals in the US, Europe and Asia, including 110 outside the US. The firm offers sales and trading services in a full range of equity products, including cash equities, electronic and algorithmic trading services, prime brokerage, securities finance and equity derivatives, including options and ETFs.
Kevin Fisher was Co-Head of US Cash Equities at Pali Capital, where he spent 12 years and previously was at Cantor Fitzgerald.
Ari Nathan was a cash sales trader at Pali Capital, where he spent 11 years and previously was at Cantor Fitzgerald.
Thomas Pierini was a cash sales trader at Pali Capital, where he spent 18 months and was previously at Bear Stearns.
Josh Horowitz was a cash sales trader at Pali Capital, where he spent 6 years.
Russ Marcus was a derivative sales trader at Bank Hapoalim, where he spent nearly a year, and previously was at UBS for five years and Morgan Stanley for six.
Jefferies, a major global securities and investment banking firm, has served companies and their investors for more than 45 years. Jefferies & Company, Inc. is the principal operating subsidiary of Jefferies Group, Inc. (NYSE: JEF: 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
