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Jefferies & Company has appointed David Murphy as managing director for corporate bond sales in its investment-grade sales and trading group He is based in New York.

Murphy is responsible for client coverage and service as part of Jefferies’ investment-grade sales force. He reports to Tom Thees, head of investment-grade corporate bond sales and trading.

Murphy joins Jefferies from Morgan Stanley.

Murphy’s appoint is part of the firm’s continued efforts to expand its fixed-income division which include the recent additions of Paul Kopsky as managing director in the military housing mortgage business, Danford Peterson as managing director in municipal securities trading, Alix Bernard as managing director in European credit sales and Dirk Schlochtermeyer as head of European insurance services. -The Bond Buyer

Jefferies Group announced the appointment of Allan Heye as a managing director in portfolio sales trading.

Heye joins the company after 14 years with Credit Suisse, where he was a director in portfolio trading sales. Previously, he was co-head of Matif Trading at BZW Paris and head of German-Listed derivatives trading at BZW Frankfurt.

Jefferies Group also announced the appointment of Amin Arjomand as a managing director in distressed sales, and Nathaniel Morse as a senior vice president in distressed trading.

Previously, Arjomand was a managing director in the distressed products group at Deutsche Bank.

Morse was previously a vice president on the distressed credit trading desk at Citigroup. -Business Wire

Jefferies & Company announced the addition of Rob Stewart as a managing director and U.S. head of aerospace & defense investment banking. He will be based in the firm’s New York office.

Stewart brings to Jefferies more than 15 years of investment banking experience. He joins the firm from Credit Suisse, where he spent nine years in New York and London, and was most recently a managing director and head of EMEA aerospace & defense investment banking. Previously, he was a director in the mergers & acquisitions group at Wachovia Securities. Prior to this he spent five years at the Pentagon focused on strategic planning in the defense sector. -Business Wire

Jefferies & Company announced that Josh Gold has joined the company as a managing director and head of the firm’s new hedge fund relationship group.

Gold will be responsible for efforts to manage the firm’s overall relationships with U.S.-based hedge funds, including representing Jefferies’ broad product offering across equities and fixed income.

Gold joins Jefferies from Dematteo Monness, where he spent seven years, most recently as a managing partner. Previously, he spent three years at Goldman Sachs, where he started and led that firm’s dedicated hedge fund coverage effort in Boston. Prior to that, he worked at Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette and Bear Stearns in equity sales capacities. -Business Wire

Jefferies & Company announced Patrice Blanc has joined as president of its newly established futures division, which will provide trading customers execution and clearing of futures and options on listed financial and commodity markets. He will join Jefferies in October to lead the building of this division.

Blanc was previously chief executive officer of Newedge Group, a joint venture that brought together the business of Fimat and Calyon Financial, from the formation of the combined companies in January 2008 until July 2010. -Business Wire

Jefferies added John McCann as a managing director in leveraged finance origination.

McCann joins the firm from HSBC, where for two years he was a managing director in the leveraged and acquisition finance group responsible for financial sponsors coverage.

The company also appointed Erez Biala as a managing director and global co-head of collateralized loan obligation and collateralized debt obligation trading.

Biala will partner with Sharif Anbar-Colas, global co-head, to manage the firm’s CLO/CDO trading within the broader mortgage- and asset-backed group.

Biala comes from Barclays Capital, where he was a member of the distressed special-situations trading effort. -Investment Dealers Digest

Jefferies announced the addition of Paul D. Sandoli as a managing director and head of its ratings advisory group.

In this role Sandoli will be responsible for leading the firm’s efforts in providing credit rating and capital structure advice and analysis to corporate clients in connection with their capital raising and acquisition financing decisions.

Sandoli brings to Jefferies over 15 years of investment banking experience, including seven years at Bear Stearns where he was a managing director and led the leveraged finance ratings advisory business. Prior to Bear Stearns, he spent six years at Goldman Sachs in credit risk management and rating agency advisory.

Jefferies Group announced that Richard Taylor has joined as head of international equity research in London and Robert Fagin has joined as co-director of US equity research in New York.

Taylor will lead Jefferies’ equity securities research effort in Europe and Fagin will partner with Susan Gilbertson, co-director of US equity research, in leading the firm’s US equity research.

Taylor brings more than 25 years of industry experience including the most recent 13 years at Citigroup, where he was most recently managing director and head of European equity research.

Fagin was most recently associate director of equity research at Banc of America Securities, where he worked for five years. -Business Wire

Jefferies announced the appointment of Rodolfo L. Molina as a managing director and head of Latin American coverage.

Mr. Molina joins the firm from UBS where for six years he was a managing director in the Latin America investment banking group. -Business Wire

Jefferies announced the addition of Robert Foster as a managing director and European head of consumer investment banking. He will be based in the firm’s London office.

Mr. Foster brings to Jefferies over 13 years of European investment banking experience, including nine years at Morgan Stanley where he headed European retail sector coverage. -Business Wire

Jefferies announced the addition of James McGinley as a managing director and head of municipal securities markets.

McGinley will work closely with Alan Greco, head of municipal trading, and Drew Levinson, head of municipal sales.

McGinley brings to Jefferies 20 years of municipal securities industry experience, and joins the firm from Barclays, where he was a managing director and ran municipal high grade, taxable and proprietary trading, as well as competitive bidding.

Jefferies also announced the addition of two professionals to its fixed income emerging markets sales and trading effort in Asia.

Sandy Oh and Eng Keong Ong join Jefferies as senior vice presidents to focus on the sales and trading, respectively, of emerging markets debt to institutional investors throughout Asia. Both are based in Singapore.

Oh has more than 15 years of fixed income sales experience in Asia including five years as head of credit sales in the Singapore office of HSBC.

Eng Keong Ong has more than nine years of industry experience and joins Jefferies from Deutsche Bank, where he was credit trader for Asian bonds. Previously, he held a similar position at BNP Paribas. -Business Wire

Jefferies announced the promotion of Romeo A. Reyes to director of leveraged finance research.

In this new role, Mr. Reyes will manage the firm’s leveraged finance research platform, which includes the research of high yield, leveraged loans, distressed and special situations securities.

Mr. Reyes, who will also continue to cover the telecom sector, has worked at Jefferies since 1998 and has more than sixteen years of experience as a research analyst covering the telecommunications sector. He previously worked at Goldman Sachs, Merrill Lynch and UBS.

Jefferies also announced the addition of Thomas E. Flanagan as a managing director in investment banking.

Mr. Flanagan brings to Jefferies over twenty years of investment banking experience, including approximately twelve years at Lehman Brothers predominantly focused on financial sponsor coverage, also as managing director and head of the middle market financial sponsor group. -Business Wire

Jefferies announced the appointment of Mark Alan Fox as a managing director and head of emerging markets distribution, Europe.

Mr. Fox has more than 21 years of experience in financial services. Prior to joining Jefferies, he spent eight years at UBS, most recently as a managing director and head of emerging markets, Switzerland and UK. Previously, he spent three years at J.P. Morgan and nine at Lehman Brothers.

Mr. Fox has also written and lectured on emerging markets extensively, including as associate fellow and examiner for the International Securities Emerging Markets Association. -Business Wire

Jefferies & Company announced that Jean-Marc Zaffran has joined as a managing director and international credit salesperson.

Mr. Zaffran joins Jefferies from Merrill Lynch, where he spent six years and was most recently managing director and head of emerging market fixed income sales.

Tom Jenkins has joined as a senior vice president and international credit analyst.

Mr. Jenkins joins Jefferies from Royal Bank of Scotland, where he spent five years and was a director and senior financial analyst. He held similar roles at ABN Amro and Standard & Poor’s. -Business Wire

Jefferies has appointed Mike Betts as a managing director. He will be based in London.

Betts joins from JPMorgan, where he was a global building materials analyst for over 10 years. -Investment Dealers Digest

Jefferies Group announced the appointment of Nigel Bell as a managing director.

Mr. Bell will focus on the consumer products sector in Jefferies expanding global consumer investment banking group.

Mr. Bell joins Jefferies from J.P. Morgan, where he was a managing director in the consumer & retail investment banking group.

Jefferies announced the appointment of David Zervos, Ph.D. as managing director and head of global fixed income strategy.

Mr. Zervos joins Jefferies from the Federal Reserve Board in Washington, DC, where he was a visiting advisor in the division of monetary affairs for most of 2009. -Business Wire

Jefferies announced the appointment of Thomas J. O’Leary as a managing director and head of international equity sales.

Mr. O’Leary will be based in the firm’s New York headquarters and will be responsible for the distribution of all international equity products globally. He will work closely with London-based Andrew Shortland, head of international equities, in the continued build out of Jefferies’ European equities franchise and expansion of the firm’s offerings in Asia, Latin America and Canada.

Mr. O’Leary joins Jefferies from J.P. Morgan, where he was a managing director and head of international equities for the US. -Business Wire

Jefferies & Company announced the expansion of its global healthcare investment banking group with the hiring of five senior professionals.

Henry Elphick, Tommy Erdei and Probir Rao join as managing directors, Gil Bar-Nahum as a senior vice president, and Andrew Clayton as a vice president. Henry Elphick, Tommy Erdei and Gil Bar-Nahum are based in London, Probir Rao is based in Mumbai, and Andrew Clayton in Hong Kong.

Henry Elphick joins Jefferies from UBS Investment Bank, where he spent ten years and was most recently a managing director in the global healthcare team focused on European healthcare services and medical technology companies.

Tommy Erdei joins Jefferies from UBS Investment Bank, where he spent three years and was most recently an executive director in the global healthcare team focused on European pharmaceutical companies.

Probir Rao joins Jefferies from UBS Investment Bank, where he spent three years and was most recently a managing director in the global healthcare team responsible for India.

Gil Bar-Nahum, PhD., joins Jefferies from UBS Investment Bank, where he spent ten years and was an executive director in the global healthcare team focused on biotechnology and life science companies.

Andrew Clayton joins Jefferies from UBS Investment Bank, where he spent five years and was most recently a director in the global healthcare team in Hong Kong covering Asian healthcare companies. -Business Wire

Jefferies & Company announced that Benjamin D. Lorello has joined the firm as chairman of investment banking, and Sage N. Kelly has joined the firm as head of healthcare investment banking. Mr. Lorello has over 32 years of investment banking experience on Wall Street. Prior to joining Jefferies, Mr. Lorello was employed by UBS for over 10 years, where he served as vice chairman and global head of healthcare investment banking. Mr. Kelly has over 17 years of investment banking experience. Prior to joining Jefferies, he served as a Managing Director at UBS Securities for more than 10 years. His appointment comes as part of the firm’s significant expanding global healthcare investment banking effort. -Business Wire

Jefferies & Company appointed Daniel B. Markaity and Christopher M. Bury as managing directors and co-heads of the firm’s fixed-income rates business, which includes institutional sales and trading of treasury and government agency securities, as well as the repo finance business. Mr. Markaity has more than 27 years of experience in fixed-income sales and trading, all of it at Merrill Lynch where, for the past seven years, he has been a managing director and head of global public credit. Mr. Bury has more than 13 years of experience in fixed-income sales and trading, all of it at Merrill Lynch where he most recently was director and co-CEO of Merrill Lynch Government Securities and trading manager of the USD agency desk.-Mortgage Servicing News

The Jefferies investment bank announced the hiring of two managing directors in the firm’s recapitalization & restructuring group. Hal Kennedy and Leon Szlezinger join the dedicated practice as managing directors within the firm’s investment banking division. Mr. Kennedy has more than 20 years of experience in advising and raising capital for companies facing financial challenges, and Mr. Szlezinger has more than 18 years of experience in corporate restructuring and financial advisory services. Messrs. Kennedy and Szlezinger will be based in the New York office of Jefferies & Company, the principal operating subsidiary of Jefferies Group.-Business Wire

Jefferies & Company announced the hiring of Daniel B. Markaity and Christopher M. Bury as managing directors and co-heads of the firm’s fixed income rates business, which includes institutional sales and trading of treasury and government agency securities, as well as the repo finance business. Together, Mr. Markaity, who is expected to join the firm next month, and Mr. Bury, who starts on January 14, 2009, have more than 40 years of experience in the sales and trading of fixed income securities. Both professionals were longtime employees of Merrill Lynch.

These new positions represent a further strengthening of Jefferies’ overall sales and trading platform and continue the firm’s strategic growth in fixed income, where more than 50 senior professionals have joined in the past nine months. Similarly, Mr. Bury has more than 13 years of experience in fixed income sales and trading, all of it at Merrill Lynch where he most recently was director and co-CEO of Merrill Lynch Government Securities and trading manager of the USD agency desk.-Business Wire