Espírito Santo Company Description
Espírito Santo Financial Group (ESFG) wields its earthly powers via two main entities: Banco Espírito Santo (BES) and Companhia de Seguros Tranquilidade, one of Portugal's top insurance firms. Its BES Investimento offers investment banking; ESAF Activos Financeiros is a fund management firm. ESFG's other holdings include stockbroker Espírito Santo Dealer (formerly ESER). Although most of its operations are in Portugal, ESFG has banking, insurance, and financial services interests in other European countries, Africa, Brazil, the Caribbean, and the US, where it owns Espírito Santo Bank of Florida. Entities associated with the founding Espírito Santo family are ESFG's major shareholders.
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The Company Description provides a historical perspective of Espírito Santo's organization from inception to current status.
Produced by Hoover's in-house editorial team, the Company Description tracks ownership transitions, company progress via mergers and acquisitions, major growth milestones, and strategic initiatives, to provide a holistic view of Espírito Santo's evolution in the marketplace.
