Jefferies Financial Group, Inc. is a holding company, which engages in the provision of financial services. The company is headquartered in New York City, New York and currently employs 7,701 full-time employees. The firm provides financial advisory, equity underwriting and debt underwriting services. Its business segments include Investment Banking and Capital Markets and Asset Management. The Investment Banking and Capital Markets segment includes its securities, commodities, futures, and foreign exchange capital markets activities and its investment banking business, which provides underwriting and financial advisory services to clients across various industry sectors in the Americas, Europe and the Middle East, and Asia-Pacific. The Asset Management segment provides alternative investment management services to investors in the United States and overseas and generates investment income from capital invested in and managed by the Company or its affiliated asset managers. The company provides mergers and acquisition, debt advisory and restructuring and private capital advisory services.