BES aims to raise ratios with €1.1bn rights issue

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BES aims to raise ratios with €1.1bn rights issue

Banco Espírito Santo last Friday announced a fully underwritten rights issue that will take the Portuguese bank’s core tier one capital to 9.6% in time for the European Central Bank’s asset quality review later in the summer.

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