---
title: "NOVASTAR FINANCIAL INC — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/49ba0ed8-3893-5a71-9344-cc8b3a2db671
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/49ba0ed8-3893-5a71-9344-cc8b3a2db671
identifier: sec:0001025953
jurisdiction: US
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# NOVASTAR FINANCIAL INC

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [US](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/us)  
**Identifier:** `sec:0001025953`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/49ba0ed8-3893-5a71-9344-cc8b3a2db671  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/49ba0ed8-3893-5a71-9344-cc8b3a2db671  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **JEFFERIES CAPITAL PARTNERS IV LLC** (tenpercentowner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/c8635a76-3d8c-5eb8-a75f-25504cfefbfc
- **MASSACHUSETTS MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE CO** (tenpercentowner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/6f4e56b2-35a4-50a8-8680-758102c2f15f
- **JEFFERIES EMPLOYEE PARTNERS IV LLC** (tenpercentowner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/536b6c27-1755-5819-9e7a-7ce4020a2e6c
- **FRIEDMAN BRIAN P** (tenpercentowner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/3780467d-038a-5355-a394-b7313884311d
- **JCP PARTNERS IV LLC** (tenpercentowner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/84879ebf-2f4f-588f-84d6-223452151c1e
- **JCP IV LLC** (tenpercentowner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/86774f9c-c10e-5f5b-bed7-e7026ea06085
- **BABSON CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC** (tenpercentowner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/fd112f54-5c8a-53cc-8893-e89608608eec
- **JEFFERIES CAPITAL PARTNERS IV LP** (tenpercentowner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/194891b5-538e-55b3-94a2-c5fe58877958
- **LUIKART JAMES L** (tenpercentowner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/59edced6-e717-5c7d-a538-fee62b85e0db
- **IGDALOFF BARRY** (tenpercentowner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/314ef77f-517e-567b-9bc2-ac86e5296791
- **GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC** (tenpercentowner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/10616dd0-5b35-5485-a921-1410ec73e40a
- **GLOBAL SECURITIES SERVICES** (tenpercentowner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/be77c30a-7563-50c0-9531-8e0767733891

### UBO chain (walk to the ultimate owner)

A **1000-step** ownership/control chain to the ultimate beneficial owner is resolved for this entity. The full cited chain unlocks with a paid API key or a one-off dossier — https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

## Get the full, resolved dossier (agent-callable)

The above is the free teaser. The resolved **multi-hop UBO chain**, ownership **%**, full **financial history**, itemised **assets** and the hop-by-hop **exposure path** are the paid depth — callable as tools from your agent:

```bash
npx -y @whiteintel/mcp-server   # then: get_dossier · trace_ownership_path · check_offshore_exposure
```

Or unlock a one-off cited dossier for **NOVASTAR FINANCIAL INC** — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/49ba0ed8-3893-5a71-9344-cc8b3a2db671 · pricing https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **NOVASTAR FINANCIAL INC**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/49ba0ed8-3893-5a71-9344-cc8b3a2db671 · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/49ba0ed8-3893-5a71-9344-cc8b3a2db671._

_Risk levels are heuristic investigative leads, not legal determinations of beneficial ownership. Every claim carries a source; an absent edge means "not yet observed in current sources", not "does not exist"._