Jefferies Vows Immediate Cash Bonuses as Big Banks Defer

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Jefferies Group Inc., the investment bank selling itself to Leucadia National Corp., will pay employees year-end bonuses in immediately available cash.

Jefferies also is extending so-called garden leave, the period workers must wait before joining competitors, Chief Executive Officer Richard Handler and executive committee Chairman Brian Friedman said in a Dec. 7 staff memo.