Leadership Letters
Thank You Jefferies – Asia
Nobody said it would be easy. Just when we thought we only had to deal with Brexit, trade wars, environmental disasters, government shutdowns, riot protests, and political elections, we have now been introduced to Coronavirus.
Fiscal 2020 – Our Goal and Our Plan for By Far Our Best Year Ever and the Beginning of the Road to 2030
Thirty years ago, just after one of us arrived at our firm, Jefferies was a pure boutique with one real business, cash equities, which drove net earnings of $7 million on galactic-wide total revenues of $144 million.
Proud to Have Millennials Teach Us Their Way
It is often said that millennials are a complicated breed of super-humans with unique ways of living, learning, playing and working.
Immediate Transparancey in Today’s Light Speed World
Today we shared the following note with our 3,776 Jefferies Employee-Partners. Given that each of these news stories currently dominates the global news cycle with breathtaking speed, we thought it was important to understand the meaning and implications of living and working in today’s world.
What Did You Think About During the Long Labor Day Weekend?
We love a long Labor Day Weekend to relax and recharge our batteries as we prepare to jump back into the game to strongly finish our fourth and final quarter of fiscal year 2019.
Summer Interns Setting The Tone For Jefferies For The Month Of August – Across the Board Winners!
Last month, we asked each of our 234 summer analysts and associates from every department around the globe to set the tone for all of Jefferies by writing their own August 1st "Jef_All" Letter to all of our Employees.
Help Jefferies Buzz David Zervos’s Hair For Charity
Help Jefferies Buzz David Zervos’s Hair For Charity Our Chief Market Strategist David Zervos has been incredibly accurate and savvy with his macro calls for a very long time. To most of our amusement, he has embarked on a no-haircut-until-a-rate-cut protest and it appears with a Fed rate cut on July 31st almost 100% certain,
Our Promise to Jefferies Clients
Our Promise to Jefferies Clients Dear Clients (and employee-partners), Jefferies’ investment banking revenues have grown at a compounded annual growth rate of nearly 20% since we entered this business 29 years ago and we are approaching a $2 billion annual run rate. Our sales and trading growth rate has been nearly 10% over the same
Dear Employees / Partners and Newly Arrived Summer Interns
A few weeks ago, one of us had the privilege of giving a commencement speech at his Alma Mater. While the address was from one of us, the lessons shared represent the endless experiences and observations the two of us have enjoyed during the course of our nearly 50 years of combined tenure at Jefferies.