Premier Trading, Trusted Partnership
Jefferies Outsourced Trading is a comprehensive, cost-effective global trading solution for asset managers specifically designed to extend their firm’s investment process and enhance their trade execution capabilities.
We’re a natural extension of your team: Independent trading services with unconflicted buy-side traders.
- We align our global team, trading infrastructure and capabilities with your investment processes.
- We provide you, our client, with cost efficient trading and competitive advantage through unmatched insights, access to liquidity, and quality of execution.
We provide focus, structure and global liquidity.
- Our team collaborates with a portfolio manager to provide access to a global network of brokers and liquidity venues based on best-in-class execution.
- Our desk is walled off from the rest of the firm’s sales and trading areas to promote a compliant, conflict-free, buy-side structure.
- We provide access to a global network of over 150 trading partners and liquidity venues while prioritizing broker-agnostic natural liquidity.
It’s a winning combination that generates results.
We deliver the capabilities of in-house trading infrastructure in a customizable, cost-efficient model:
- Scalable and Tailored Solutions
- Trade Lifecycle Support
- Centralized Execution
- Stress-Free Commission Management & Resource Allocation
- Access to a Global Network
- Powerful TCA Tools (Transaction Cost Analysis)
We’re invested and scalable.
Our trading team works closely with Portfolio Managers and Senior Analysts, providing our clients with buyside execution, conflict-free trading, anonymity, access to a global network of over 150 trading partners, and highly-scalable platform functionality.
- Choose between a 100% solution or supplemental solution
- Segregate execution process from portfolio management
- Electronic Trading Strategy—Choose between aggressive, dark only, and passive order routing with a focus on finding conditional blocks
We’re fully integrated.
With a streamlined service model, we offer connectivity to the full suite of Jefferies’ Prime Brokerage services — including Financing, Synthetics, Capital Introduction, Trade Reporting, and Portfolio Accounting and Commission Management — providing a comprehensive cost-efficient model and the ability to interact with clients like a traditional buy-side desk.
- Our desk acts as an extension of your firm’s investment process
- We understand the in-house trader and PM relationship
- We provide daily market color that’s content and portfolio specific to your needs
- Client access to the whole Jefferies brand including Prime Brokerage, Research, ECM, and Corporate Access
- Manage commission budgeting and allocation
We deliver the “Right Touch” execution.
With rising talent, technology and regulatory costs to build in-house trading desks, we deliver cost efficiency and competitive advantage to our clients by providing them with unmatched insights, access to liquidity, and quality of execution across markets and regions.
- Customized: Access to our global network of brokers and liquidity venues based on best-in-class execution
- Broker and Venue Agnostic: We prioritize natural blocks in equities and liquidity in fixed income using all available venues and providers
- Clearing: We clear our own trades and therefore, are not beholden to use any exchange or venue
- Interaction: Our team of experienced traders implements execution strategies in line with our clients’ needs
Featured Articles and News
Global Trading – May 7, 2025
Jefferies: The next step in outsourced trading
Dean Gray, Head of International Outsourced Trading, and Joram Siegel, Head of Fixed Income Outsourced Trading at Jefferies discuss the evolving space, what makes their offering stand out, and what’s next. View Article
Tabb FORUM – April 25, 2025
Outsourced Trading Broadens its Horizons to Draw New Business
Jefferies’ Dean Gray, Head of International Outsourced Trading, and Joram Siegel, Head of Fixed Income Outsourced Trading, share insights into the offerings’ growing adoption by larger funds, sovereign wealth funds and platform providers. Learn how product and service enhancements are driving client success. View Article
HFM Global (Hedge Fund Management) – April 24, 2025
Jefferies Wins Best Outsourced Trading Provider
Jefferies was recognized as the top outsourced trading firm at the HFM Global European Services Awards 2025. Congratulations to Edward Barnes, Head of European Prime Services Sales, Dean Gray, Head of International Outsourced Trading, and the entire team. View Article
The TRADE – January 24, 2025
Beyond the Data: A shift from co-sourced to full outsourced trading could mark a new frontier
Jefferies’ Dean Gray discusses the transition from co-sourced to fully outsourced trading and its potential industry impact. Learn about key outsourced trading services, benefits and opportunities (improved efficiency, cost-effectiveness, new growth, innovation). View Article
The TRADE – August 7, 2024
Outsourced trading: Easy to do, difficult to get right
Dean Gray, Head of International Outsourced Trading at Jefferies, discusses increasing adoption and engagement across fund types and platform providers. Learn about critical success factors for buyers and the main elements influencing the future landscape. View Article
