Leucadia National Corporation Fund Company Profile

Description

Leucadia National Corporation, a diversified holding company, engages in investment banking and capital markets, beef processing, manufacturing, oil and gas exploration and production, and asset management activities. Its services include equities research, sales, and trading; financing, securities lending, and other brokerage; wealth management; fixed income sales and trading; trade execution in foreign exchange, spot, forward, swap, and option contracts across currencies; equity and debt capital markets, as well as financial advisory in the areas of mergers and acquisition, restructuring, and recapitalization; equity and debt financing to companies, financial sponsors, and government entities; and investment management services to pension funds, insurance companies, and other institutional investors. The company also provides investment advisory, portfolio management, and operational services to accredited investors and qualified purchasers; and online foreign exchange trading and related services. In addition, it develops and owns residential and mixed-use real estate properties in California, New York, Florida, Virginia, South Carolina, and Maine; provides capital solutions, investment sales advisory, research, and services for multifamily and commercial properties; and purchases automobile installment contracts, as well as leases used Harley-Davidson motorcycles. Further, it processes and markets beef, beef by-products, pork, and leather; owns oil and gas properties in the Bakken field, as well as leases and develops oil and gas properties in Texas and Oklahoma; owns and operates 27 automobile dealerships; offers fixed wireless broadband services in Italy; manufactures and markets plastic netting and wood products; and mines gold and silver ores. The company was formerly known as Talcott National Corp. and changed its name to Leucadia National Corporation in June 1980. Leucadia National Corporation was founded in 1968 and is headquartered in New York, New York.