The company logo for Jefferies Financial Group Inc. is displayed on a screen on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., July 30, 2025. REUTERS/Jeenah Moon

By Manya Saini

(Reuters) -Investment bank Jefferies disclosed on Wednesday that its Leucadia Asset Management fund holds about $715 million in receivables linked to bankrupt auto-parts maker First Brands Group.

Shares of the bank were last down 2% in afternoon trading.

First Brands filed for bankruptcy protection late last month, listing more than $10 billion in liabilities, marking the collapse of a company whose rapidly worsening finances had unnerved debt investors in recent weeks.

UBS also said on Wednesday it was examining the impact of the bankruptcy of First Brands on several of its investment funds, with the Swiss bank exposed to the tune of more than $500 million.

Jefferies said First Brands stopped forwarding payments from the obligors to Point Bonita, a fund managed by Leucadia, in a timely manner on September 15.

Point Bonita Capital invests in trade-finance assets by purchasing receivables from companies such as First Brands, collecting payments from major retailers on the fund's behalf.

"We are in communication with First Brands' advisors and are working diligently to determine what the impact on Point Bonita might be," the investment bank said.

"We intend to exert every effort to protect the interests and enforce the rights of Point Bonita and its investors."

Analysts at Morgan Stanley estimated Jefferies' maximum potential loss at about $44.6 million and said the bank will likely provide clarity on any impairment charges in the fourth quarter.

Financial troubles at the auto parts supplier, coupled with the recent bankruptcy of subprime auto lender Tricolor Holdings, have rattled debt investors and stoked fears of broader stress in corporate debt markets, according to bondholders and bankruptcy experts.

Privately held First Brands, which produces replacement components such as filters, brakes and lighting systems for the automotive aftermarket, became a major industry player through debt-financed acquisitions of rival auto parts companies.

(Reporting by Manya Saini in Bengaluru; Editing by Shilpi Majumdar)