Espirito Santo Financial Group S.A.
ESF
Other OTC408.09
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CIK
0000906522
ISIN
LU0011904405
Return %
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26.84
3Y
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77.03
5Y
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80.55
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in mil. unless spec.- Sector
- Financial Services
- Industry
- Banks
- Address
- United States of America
- IPO Date
- Oct 23, 2000
- CIK
- 0000906522
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- Espirito Santo Financial Group S.A. Espirito Santo Financial Group S.A. serves as the Luxembourg-based holding company for the banking and insurance operations controlled by the Espírito Santo family, with a primary focus on the Portuguese market through subsidiaries such as Banco Espírito Santo (BES), a full-service commercial bank offering retail and corporate banking, investment banking via BES Investimento, and fund management through ESAF—Espírito Santo Activos Financeiros; insurance operations centered on Companhia de Seguros Tranquilidade for nonlife brokerage-based products, Espírito Santo Seguros and BES Seguros for nonlife bancassurance, and Companhia de Seguros Tranquilidade Vida and BES Vida for life insurance products; and additional asset management and private banking services provided through entities like Banque Privée Espírito Santo S.A. and ES Bankers in Dubai. The group maintains banking subsidiaries in key international markets including Spain, France, Switzerland, Panama, Brazil, Angola, the Cayman Islands, the United States (Florida), China, the United Kingdom, Poland, and Dubai, alongside health services through BES Saúde and stockbrokerage activities. Founded in 1984 with headquarters at 231 Val des Bons Malades, Luxembourg, L-2121, the company traces its roots to earlier Espírito Santo family banking ventures dating back to 1869 and historically listed on the New York Stock Exchange, Euronext Lisbon, and the London Stock Exchange under ticker ESF. In a major operational shift, Espírito Santo Financial Group S.A. entered bankruptcy proceedings in Luxembourg by judgment dated October 10, 2014 (file number 542/2014), following controlled management placement amid the 2014 collapse of the broader Espírito Santo Group, which included missed payments on commercial paper and significant exposures affecting BES; its securities were subsequently delisted from Euronext Lisbon effective February 3, 2016, and from the Luxembourg Stock Exchange effective February 22, 2016. Ongoing insolvency administration continues as of 2025, with creditors directed to official procedures via the dedicated insolvency website, reflecting the dissolution of its active operations.