Jefferies Group top executive dies from covid-19 complications

The chief financial officer of Jefferies Group has died due to complications linked to the covid-19, the company announced. He was 56. The New York-based investment bank announced the deathPeg Broadbent on Sunday and named Teri Gendron, chief financial officer of Jefferies Financial Group, as his interim successor.  "We are heartbroken and grieve that our friend and colleague, Peg Broadbent, has passed away from coronavirus complications," Jefferies' chief executive Rich Handler and president Brian Friedman said in a joint statement.  "Part of what made Peg the great partner he was...