Boardroom Intelligence

Views on the trajectory of equity markets vary widely, but most agree that today’s conditions are truly unprecedented. Artificial intelligence is driving record levels of investment and capital expenditure, tariff policies are reshaping global trade, and a prolonged era of near-zero rates — followed by the sharpest inflation surge in decades — has left investors […]

It is difficult to overstate the significance of the rise of artificial intelligence for capital markets. The massive scale of current AI investments and the rapid pace of technological progress raise questions and increase stakes for nearly all investors, companies, and countries as they try to anticipate what the future holds.

A widely recognized voice in investing and global affairs, Bill Ackman sat down with Jefferies to share his perspective on world markets, U.S. growth drivers, Israel, and more.

Crafting a narrative is a medium that transcends the entertainment industry. While the shift from media executive to entrepreneur and investor is one with many parallels across roles, few have succeeded in leveraging both lenses as aptly as Jeffrey Katzenberg.

This will be the first publication in a series of articles by Jefferies Credit Partners designed to bring investors under the hood of underwriting private credit. Private credit has rapidly evolved from a niche asset class into a significant force in the global lending landscape. It has grown at a rate of 15.6% per year between […]

In September, Jefferies hosted a group of investors in India as part of its annual forum and broader efforts to study the country’s energy transition. Since the last trip two years ago, there were notable shifts across the macro, company, and policy landscape. India — now the world’s fourth-largest renewables market by capacity, with a […]

The venture capital ecosystem has undergone a structural shift. As venture-backed companies have opted to remain private for longer, distributions for fund limited partners (LPs) have become increasingly constrained. This liquidity bottleneck has prompted general partners (GPs) to explore alternative solutions – chief among them, GP-led secondary transactions.

Until recently, sponsors investing in real assets sectors were slower to adopt continuation vehicles to deliver liquidity for their limited partners. Things are different today: sponsors are increasingly tapping the secondary market not only to generate liquidity solutions for their energy, real estate, and infrastructure assets, but also to achieve their long-term strategic objectives.

AI has increasingly become one of the key strategic areas global governments are focused on – with each aiming to secure the talent, data, and infrastructure to build and control advanced systems at home. This push — which NVIDIA’s Jensen Huang has popularized as sovereign AI — reflects a broader return of state power to […]