据知情人士透露，杰富瑞金融集团首席执行官里奇·汉德勒本周正在访问印度，这家华尔街公司正在权衡在其增长最快的市场之一进一步扩张。
Financial Group Inc. Chief Executive Officer Rich Handler is visiting India this week as the Wall Street firm weighs further expansion in one of its fastest-growing markets, according to people familiar with the matter.
知情人士称，增加员工和启动资产管理公司位于其议程首位，同时还要在印度不断增长的机遇中扩大这家美国大型银行的私人信贷业务。这些人因讨论私人信息而要求不具名。
Hiring more staff and launching an asset management company are on top of his agenda as well as ramping up the major US bank’s private credit business amid growing opportunities in India, said the people who asked not to be identified discussing private information.
杰富瑞在印度运营已近二十年，正准备进军印度9000亿美元的资产管理行业，当时正值该行业见证家庭资金涌入激增。一年前，该公司还从瑞穗金融集团挖角一名银行家，负责领导其在印度的私人信贷咨询业务。
Jefferies, which has been operating in India for nearly two decades, is gearing up to enter India’s $900 billion asset-management industry at a time when it’s witnessing surging inflows from households. The firm also hired a banker from Mizuho Financial Group Inc. to lead its private credit advisory business in India a year ago.
知情人士称，这是汉德勒自2024年以来首次访问印度，他还会见了该公司一些最大客户的高管。杰富瑞代表未立即回应置评请求。
His first visit to India since 2024, Handler also met with executives from some of the firm’s biggest clients, the people said. A representative for Jefferies didn’t immediately respond to requests for comment.
汉德勒的印度之行凸显了这个南亚国家对全球金融公司日益增长的重要性，因为其最大的企业集团正在加大国内外投资，在交易、融资和资产管理方面创造机会。作为世界人口最多的国家，印度正寻求到2047年成为发达经济体，这一进程预计将需要巨额资金用于基础设施和企业扩张。
Handler’s India tour shows the growing importance of the South Asian nation to global financial firms as its biggest conglomerates step up investments at home and abroad, creating opportunities across dealmaking, financing and asset management. The world’s most populous country is seeking to become a developed economy by 2047, a push that is expected to require vast amounts of capital for infrastructure and corporate expansion.
知情人士称，杰富瑞在印度雇佣约150名员工，涵盖投资银行、固定收益、股票和资产管理业务。当地实体杰富瑞印度私人有限公司于2007年开始运营。
Jefferies employs about 150 people in India across investment banking, fixed income, equities and asset management, said the people. A local entity Jefferies India Pvt Ltd. started operations in 2007.
汉德勒的访问正值该公司印度业务领导层过渡之际，印度区负责人兼资深投资银行家阿希什·阿加瓦尔将于2027年2月离职，加入孟买财富与资产管理公司360 ONE WAM Ltd.担任首席执行官。阿加瓦尔自2020年起在该公司任职。
Handler’s visit comes amid a leadership transition in the firm’s India business, with country head and veteran investment banker Aashish Agarwal, who has been with the firm since 2020, set to leave and join Mumbai-based wealth and asset manager 360 ONE WAM Ltd. as CEO from February 2027.