NEW YORK, LONDEN & HONG KONG– (BUSINESS WIRE) – Jefferies heeft vandaag aangekondigd dat het bedrijf op woensdag 22 januari 2020 een handelsdag zal wijden om de hulpverlening te ondersteunen die nodig is na de verwoestingen die zijn aangericht door de recente bosbranden in Australië.

Met name zullen Jefferies op woensdag 22 januari handelscommissies doneren voor alle handel in effecten in Azië-Pacific, inclusief aandelen, vastrentende waarden en FX, door klanten van het bedrijf wereldwijd. Tegelijkertijd zullen alle wereldwijde werknemers van het bedrijf ook de mogelijkheid krijgen om persoonlijk te doneren aan de hulpverlening. Jefferies komt overeen met alle handelscommissies van klanten die die dag zijn gegenereerd, en met alle werknemersdonaties van het hele bedrijf. De totale bijdrage zal dan worden gedoneerd aan hulporganisaties die direct betrokken zijn bij de reddings- en herstelinspanningen in Australië.

Jefferies to Dedicate a Day of Asia Pacific Trading in Support of Australia Wildfires Relief on Wednesday January 22

NEW YORK, LONDON & HONG KONG–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Jefferies announced today, that on Wednesday, January 22nd, 2020, the firm will dedicate a day of trading to support relief efforts needed after the devastation caused by the recent wildfires taking place in Australia.

Specifically, Jefferies will donate net trading commissions on Wednesday, January 22 for all trading in Asia Pacific securities, including equities, fixed income and FX, by the firm’s clients globally. Simultaneously, all of the firm’s global employees will also be given the opportunity to personally donate to the relief effort. Jefferies will match all client trading commissions generated that day, as well as match all employee donations from across the firm. The total contribution will then be donated to relief organizations directly involved in the rescue and recovery efforts in Australia.

Rich Handler, CEO, and Brian Friedman, President, of Jefferies commented: “All of us at Jefferies, including our 57 colleagues in Australia, 423 across Asia Pacific and 3,813 globally, are deeply saddened and concerned about this catastrophic devastation. We hope this donation from Jefferies will help, in some small way, to ease the pain of those affected by this disaster, and we encourage our global clients and employees to join our efforts to contribute to those in need.”

Jefferies Group LLC, the largest independent full-service global investment banking firm headquartered in the U.S. focused on serving clients for over 55 years, is a leader in providing insight, expertise and execution to investors, companies and governments. Our firm provides a full range of investment banking, advisory, sales and trading, research and wealth management services across all products in the Americas, Europe and Asia. Jefferies Group LLC is a wholly owned subsidiary of Jefferies Financial Group Inc. (NYSE: JEF), a diversified financial services company.

For further information, please contact your Jefferies representative.

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