Exhibit 23.3
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
The Board of Directors
Jefferies Group, Inc.:
We consent to the incorporation by reference herein of our report dated February 27, 2009, except for Notes 1 and 11 as to which the date is June 24, 2009, with respect to the consolidated statements of financial condition of Jefferies Group, Inc. and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2008 and 2007, and the related consolidated statements of earnings, changes in stockholders’ equity, cash flows and comprehensive income for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2008, and our report dated February 27, 2009 on the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2008, which reports appear in the Current Report on Form 8-K of Jefferies Group, Inc., dated June 24, 2009, incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement. Our report on the consolidated financial statements refers to the Company’s adoption of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 160, “Noncontrolling Interests in Consolidated Financial Statements — an amendment to Accounting Research Bulletin No. 51”, and FSP EITF 03-06-1, “Determining Whether Instruments Granted in Share-Based Payment Transactions are Participating Securities”. We also consent to the reference to our firm under the heading “Experts” in the prospectus.
/s/ KPMG LLP
New York, New York
October 20, 2009
