Boardroom Intelligence

While volatile oil prices have introduced uncertainty across the energy sector, midstream is experiencing something closer to the opposite effect. The geopolitical disruptions reshaping global supply have reinforced one fundamental truth for midstream operators: volumes are coming. The question is no longer whether production will be drilled, but when and that shift in certainty is driving a meaningful acceleration in midstream deal activity. 

The IPO market has reopened to the industry, and private equity is playing an increasingly important role. Meanwhile, the defense sector, as reflected by the ITA ETF, returned more than 38% so far this year, far outpacing the S&P 500.

What analysts came to call the “SaaSpocalypse,” a months-long compression of software valuations driven by existential fears about artificial intelligence, shook the confidence of executives and investors who had long treated the dominance of enterprise software as a given.

Scott Beicke, Americas Head of Power, Utilities & Infrastructure, and Georges Arbache, Managing Director, Power, Utilities & Infrastructure, shared their perspectives on the forces reshaping the sector at the Jefferies Energy & Power Summit 2026.

The closure of the Strait of Hormuz has sent shockwaves through global energy markets. With 20% of the world’s ready oil on the water at any given moment, and the majority of it passing through the Strait, the conflict in the Middle East has exposed just how thin the margin is between global supply and […]

The global secondary market saw record volume in 2025, and growth can increasingly be found in the APAC region.   APAC accounts for less than 10% of the now-$240 billion secondary market. But investor appetite is growing as APAC secondary funds have enough dry powder to fund three years’ worth of deals. The APAC secondary […]

We recently spoke with Dominic Lester and his colleague Lorna Shearin, Deputy Head of EMEA Investment Banking, to get their take on the state of European economies and the transaction environment. We also connected with Ed Keen, Head of Equities EMEA, and Alex Coffey, Head of EMEA Research, for additional perspective on why mid-sized companies are attracting so much investor interest.

The most discussed topic in global finance is the potential for AI-driven disruption to workforces and business models. The expectation is that as generative AI tools expand across the economy, workflows will shift across many white-collar industries. Roles dependent on technical skills, such as software engineering or accounting, may increasingly be automated, while high-touch or […]

By: Ron Eliasek Jefferies Chairman of TMT, Head of Software Fifteen years ago, Marc Andreessen famously said, “Software is eating the world.” But on February 3, public software companies lost $300 billion in market value amid fears that new tools like Anthropic’s Claude Cowork will eat their business models. At one point, the IGV iShares […]