25 Equity Sales, Trading and Research Professionals Join in London and Frankfurt

Jefferies International Limited, the UK subsidiary of US-based Jefferies Group, Inc. (NYSE: JEF), today announced a significant enhancement to the Firm’s global equities business. The addition of 25 equity sales, sales-trading, trading, and research professionals, formerly of Bear Stearns in London, adds to the overall depth and breadth of Jefferies’ offering for its global client base. A total of twelve sales traders, four traders, four research analysts, five research salespeople, including a sales and sales-trading team focused on the German market, join the Firm.

As part of the Firm’s global equities platform, these professionals join an established pan-European and Asian equities effort, as well as a well-established US institutional equity sales and trading franchise. Among those joining are Andrew Shortland as Head of International Equities, Hamish MacLellan as Head of International Equity Sales, and Omar Saad as Head of International Equity Trading.

Additionally, equity research analysts Nick Bell and James Shuck join Jefferies to cover the European media and insurance industries, respectively. With these new hires, Jefferies now has 17 senior equity research analysts in Europe and Asia. On a global basis, the Firm’s equity research offering now includes nearly 60 senior analysts covering more than 800 companies in the global focus sectors of consumer, energy, financial services, healthcare, industrial, and technology, media and telecommunications.

Jefferies’ equity sales, trading, and research professionals now total more than 700 globally, including more than 100 based in Europe and Asia, and comprise one of the largest global equities units in the world.