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At a recent luncheon, Rich Handler, CEO of Jefferies Group, hosted Steven Klinsky, Founder and CEO of New Mountain Capital, for a conversation on one of finance’s most ambitious career paths: launching and scaling a private equity firm. Mr. Klinsky — whose New Mountain Capital has grown into a $60-billion AUM platform and one of […]

As enthusiasm returns in force to the healthcare sector, investors and C-Suite executives from leading public and private companies around the globe will gather at the Jefferies Global Healthcare Conference in London from November 17th through the 20th. Over the course of the week, thousands of investor and company meetings will take place amongst industry […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

On a recent Jefferies webinar, leaders from the firm’s Washington Policy & Sustainability, and Global Macro teams explored how U.S. policy and global macro trends are shaping investor behavior heading into the second half of the year.

The deal brings together two major players in software and cloud solutions. Valued at $1.3 billion, it’s the largest pan-European transaction in two years and the only Swiss-led acquisition since 2022 to top the $1 billion mark.

A record number of investors entered the market for credit secondaries in 2024. Halfway through 2025, this trend continues to accelerate at a fast pace.

Amid a global influx of capital and a constant drive for innovation, fixed-income exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are becoming increasingly numerous, accessible, and convenient. This market has recently become more transparent and automated, enabling investors to manage risk in ways they may not have been able to before.    This trend is prompting many large institutional investors […]