Through ever-changing markets and shifting industry conditions, we give you the edge you need to keep your objectives on track through a combination of market expertise, extensive relationships and deep industry knowledge. As a leading provider of liquidity for small and mid-cap stocks, we offer you a vast selection of traditional and electronic trading methods, and valuable investment ideas across the spectrum of security types. But most importantly, we really get to know how you like to trade. It's what has made us so integral to our clients' success for nearly 45 years, and solidified our unparalleled reputation for attention and service. More than 800 sales, trading and execution professionals, and more than 120 research professionals bring superior trade execution and liquidity, and an integrated research product to a diverse client base of more than 2,000 institutional investors worldwide.
We specialize in equity,equity derivatives, high yield and convertible securities, fixed income and commodity-linked financial products. We also offer top-tier private client services, prime brokerage, securities finance, correspondent services and NYSE floor brokerage services. As a complement to this powerful platform, our award-winning research team provides forward thinking investment ideas in equity, convertible, high yield, and fixed income securities. In addition we cover post-reorganization, distressed securities and special situations and conduct quantitative research.
Jefferies also offers innovative asset management strategies in equity and fixed income securities, commodity futures, and foreign currency in the U.S. to a select group of sophisticated investors. Zurich-based investment professionals specialize in investment advice and asset management in global convertible securities, serving institutional investors in Switzerland and abroad, including the pension funds of leading Swiss companies and public-sector organizations. Jefferies has developed and maintains a number of proprietary indexes, including Jefferies Active Convertible Index (JACI) and Reuters/Jefferies CRB Index (RJ/CRB).
