Sep
19
At Jefferies, Like Wall Street, Trading Cedes to Banking
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Trading revenue fell to worst since first quarter of 2016
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Investment-banking revenue at the firm surges 61% to a record
Jefferies Group, like its Wall Street competitors, is leaning on investment banking to weather a trading slump.
The firm’s revenue from trading dropped in the three months through August to the lowest in six quarters, a sign that an industrywide decline in transactions is worsening. The quarter was saved by investment banking, where fees surged 61 percent to a record $475.7 million…