Jefferies breidt met overname Faros Trading forexactiviteiten uit

Jefferies Group LLC heeft vandaag bekendgemaakt dat het met de overname van Faros Trading LLC verder uitbreidt op gebied van valutahandel. Faros Trading, een dochteronderneming van FXCM, is een institutionele handelaar in valuta's. Faros' ceo Ray Kamrath wordt het nieuwe internationale hoofd van de afdeling Foreign Exchange. Het bestaande forex-team van Jefferies werkt als een team samen met Faros.

Fred Orlan, hoofd van de afdeling Fixed Income van Jefferies, zei: "We zijn erg blij dat we onze activiteiten op gebied van wisselkoersen uitbreiden. Nu binnen deze sectoren grote veranderingen plaatsvinden, zien we grote kansen om clienten transparant advies te geven en de beste diensten te verlenen op basis van marktexpertise. We coordineren onze forexactiviteiten nauwgezet met onze internationale tariefinformatiediensten, zodat clienten een compleet aanbod krijgen."

Jefferies Expands Foreign Exchange Brokerage Capabilities with Acquisition of Faros Trading from FXCM

NEW YORK - (Business Wire)

Jefferies Group LLC announced today that it is expanding further in foreign exchange brokerage with the acquisition of Faros Trading, LLC, the institutional foreign exchange brokerage subsidiary of FXCM Inc. Ray Kamrath, Faros' Chief Executive Officer, will serve as Jefferies' Global Head of Foreign Exchange. Jefferies' existing foreign exchange business and Faros will operate as a single team.

Fred Orlan, Global Head of Fixed Income at Jefferies, stated: "We are very pleased to expand our capabilities in foreign exchange. With major changes in these markets, we believe that there is a significant opportunity to provide clients with transparent advice, best-execution and market-expertise. Our foreign exchange effort will be closely coordinated with our global rates capabilities, in order to provide clients with a full-service macro offering."

Jefferies, the global investment banking firm focused on serving clients for over 50 years, is a leader in providing insight, expertise and execution to investors, companies and governments. The firm provides a full range of investment banking, sales, trading, research and strategy across the spectrum of equities, fixed income, foreign exchange, futures and commodities, as well as wealth management, in the Americas, Europe and Asia. Jefferies Group LLC is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Leucadia National Corporation (NYSE:LUK), a diversified holding company.

Jefferies

Richard Khaleel, +1-212-284-2556

rkhaleel@jefferies.com

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