Jefferies

Jefferies’ Wood Cuts Gold Exposure in Favor of New Position in Bitcoin

Wood will be cutting the gold position in his long-only asset allocation for U.S.-dollar-based pension funds to 45% from 50% and initiating a 5% holding of bitcoin

Markets  ·  19 December 2020

Ex-SoFI CEO’s Startup Closes $1 Billion Credit Line on a Blockchain

Figure Technologies, founded by former SoFi CEO Mike Cagney, has closed a $1 billion “uncommitted” line of credit on a blockchain.

Business  ·  10 May 2019
EOS

Block.one Appoints Former Jefferies Asia CEO to Lead VC Arm

Block.one, the company behind the EOS blockchain, has just hired a former Jefferies Group LLC executive to lead its $1 billion venture capital arm.

Markets  ·  5 July 2018