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Posted on February 26, 2026
1 min readLast updated: April 2, 2026
Add as preferred source on GoogleBloomberg reports Jefferies has roughly £100m ($135m) exposure to Market Financial Solutions, which entered UK administration this week. Other lenders are also linked, pointing to broader credit ripple effects.
Feb 26 (Reuters) - Jefferies has an exposure of about 100 million pounds ($135 million) to Market Financial Solutions, or MFS, a mortgage-finance firm that entered a UK form of insolvency this week, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday, citing a person familiar with the matter.
The company's shares were down over 7.2% in afternoon trading.
($1 = 0.7407 pounds)
(Reporting by Utkarsh Shetti in Bengaluru; Editing by Shailesh Kuber)
Jefferies’ approximately £100m ($135m) exposure to Market Financial Solutions after the UK lender entered administration in late February 2026, as reported by Bloomberg. (news.bloomberglaw.com)
A UK court approved MFS entering administration, a formal insolvency process intended to stabilize operations while independent administrators oversee the firm. (9fin.com)
Reports name Wells Fargo among lenders to MFS, with Barclays and Atlas also exposed through a consortium that arranged more than £2bn of loans. (news.bloomberglaw.com)
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