Consolidated Statements of Financial Condition - USD ($) $ in Thousands		Feb. 28, 2022	Nov. 30, 2021
ASSETS
Cash and cash equivalents		$ 8,500,782	$ 10,755,133
Cash and securities segregated and on deposit for regulatory purposes or deposited with clearing and depository organizations		838,092	1,015,107
Financial instruments owned, at fair value (including securities pledged of $14,308,758 and $12,723,502)		21,632,936	19,828,670
Loans to and investments in associated companies		1,803,397	1,745,790
Securities borrowed		7,110,757	6,409,420
Securities purchased under agreements to resell		6,557,213	7,642,484
Securities received as collateral, at fair value		973	7,289
Receivables		8,275,377	7,839,240
Property, equipment and leasehold improvements, net		909,565	911,230
Intangible assets, net and goodwill		1,894,721	1,897,500
Other assets		2,512,638	2,352,247
Total assets	[1]	60,036,451	60,404,110
LIABILITIES
Short-term borrowings		467,853	221,863
Financial instruments sold, not yet purchased, at fair value		14,713,872	11,699,467
Securities loaned		1,808,896	1,525,721
Securities sold under agreements to repurchase		8,933,643	8,446,099
Other secured financings		3,553,232	4,487,224
Obligation to return securities received as collateral, at fair value		973	7,289
Lease liabilities		543,090	548,295
Payables, expense accruals and other liabilities		10,430,914	13,612,367
Long-term debt		8,896,032	9,125,745
Total liabilities	[1]	49,348,505	49,674,070
Commitments and contingencies
MEZZANINE EQUITY
Redeemable noncontrolling interests		14,027	25,400
Mandatorily redeemable convertible preferred shares		125,000	125,000
EQUITY
Common shares, par value $1 per share, authorized 600,000,000 shares; 240,168,818 and 243,541,431 shares issued and outstanding, after deducting 76,294,890 and 72,922,277 shares held in treasury		240,169	243,541
Additional paid-in capital		2,390,787	2,742,244
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)		(330,308)	(372,143)
Retained earnings		8,189,652	7,940,113
Total Jefferies Financial Group Inc. shareholders' equity		10,490,300	10,553,755
Noncontrolling interests		58,619	25,885
Total equity		10,548,919	10,579,640
Total		$ 60,036,451	$ 60,404,110

[1] Total assets include assets related to variable interest entities of $1.27 billion and $1.05 billion at February 28, 2022 and November 30, 2021, respectively, Total liabilities include liabilities related to variable interest entities of $3.68 billion and $4.64 billion at February 28, 2022 and November 30, 2021, respectively, and Noncontrolling interests include noncontrolling interests related to variable interest entities of $32.5 million at February 28, 2022. See Note 7 for additional information related to variable interest entities.