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Covid-19 will ‘forever change’ the financial services industry, says Jefferies CEO

Rich Handler said the coronavirus pandemic is 'far worse' than the 2008 financial crisis

Monday 23 March 2020 at 15:55

The financial services industry will need to permanently adapt in response to the coronavirus pandemic, according to the chief executive of Jefferies.

Speaking in a live Q&A session with Litquidity, a popular Instagram account, Rich Handler said: “This will forever change every industry going forward, and human behaviour as well.”