“Jefferies is a story of Wall Street in a world that doesn’t have a lot of Wall Street left in it”
Brian Friedman, president at Jefferies, puts the firm’s performance down to its people and culture
“On the merger side I have not changed my mind. If you have enough critical size in a given country, you should transform and push to grow organically rather than to do in-country consolidation”
“A lot of banks are looking at this and realizing they have no idea how it works. But people are voting with their feet. Their customers are going there”
“It has been a long process to get where we are today”
“Two thirds of merchants are more likely to apply for finance through their key technology provider than their bank”