The Big Picture

The Big Picture


Analyzing the forces shaping global financial markets, from geopolitics to macroeconomics

Recent Posts

Mid-Year Review: A Record-Breaking 1H of 2024 for the Secondary Market

In July, Jefferies’ Private Capital Advisory team released its mid-year review of the secondary market, consolidating discussions, surveys, and research from the market’s biggest and most influential limited partners, general partners, and secondary buyers. This report follows Jefferies’ H2 2023 secondary market review, which predicted near-record secondary volume, higher LP pricing, and a sustained capital […]

How Data Centers Are Shaping the Future of Energy Consumption

This explosive growth in data centers, coupled with infrastructure and power constraints, presents both challenges and opportunities for a myriad of sectors, including utilities, energy, capital goods, infrastructure/construction, and more. A new report led by Jefferies Utilities and Clean Energy team, with input from more than 20 Jefferies analysts around the world, explores the implications of this growth, the economic dynamics, and the strategic moves needed to sustain the sector’s expansion.

What’s Driving the Canadian Economy?

To better understand Canada’s growth story, we asked John Manley – the new Chairman of Jefferies Canada and a former Deputy Prime Minister with a decorated career in law, business and public service – to share his thoughts.