Jump to content

Banif Financial Group

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Banif – SGPS, S.A.
Company typeSociedade Anónima
Euronext: BNF
IndustryFinancial services
Founded1988 in Funchal, Portugal
FounderHorácio Roque
DefunctDecember 21, 2015 (2015-12-21)
FateNationalised and sold to Santander Group
SuccessorBanco Santander Portugal
Key people
Jorge Tomé (CEO), Luís Amado (Chairman)
ProductsRetail and investment banking, insurance, asset management, private equity, factoring
Revenue€552.5 million (2010)[1]
€58.1 million (2010)[1]
€33.4 million (2010)[1]
Total assets€15.71 billion (end 2010)[1]
Total equity€1.279 billion (end 2010)[1]
Number of employees
5,400 (end 2010)[1]
Websitewww.grupobanif.pt

Banif Financial Group (Portuguese: Banif - Grupo Financeiro) was a Portuguese international financial services group associated with Banco Internacional do Funchal. The company had a presence in Europe, South America, North America, Africa and Asia. In 2015, it was bailed-out by the Portuguese state and sold to Santander Group.

History

[edit]

Banif was founded and incorporated by Horácio Roque[2] on 15 January 1988 and took over all of the assets and liabilities of the defunct Caixa Económica do Funchal. In 1995, it opened offices in Caracas, Venezuela and South Africa; in 1996 in São Paulo, Brazil; and in 2008 in San Ġiljan, Malta.

In the wake of the Portuguese sovereign debt and banking crisis, Banif was one among a number of Portuguese banks which were nationalized in order to be rescued by the government. In December 2015, as part of a 2,2 billion euro bailout and restructuring, the Portuguese government sold the remainder of Banif's assets to Banco Santander Totta, the Portuguese subsidiary of Santander Group, for 150 million euros.[3][4]

Subsidiaries

[edit]
Banif in Belo Horizonte.

Banif consisted of the following subsidiaries, most of which have either been incorporated or purchased:

  • SGM – Sociedade Gestora de Fundos de Pensões Mundial, S.A. (1989)
  • Ascor Dealer – Sociedade Financeira de Corretagem, S.A. (1989)
  • Mundileasing – Sociedade de Locação Financeira, S.A. (1990)
  • Mundicre – Sociedade Financeira para Aquisições a Crédito, S.A. (1991)
  • Banifundos – Sociedade Gestora de Fundos de Investimento Mobiliário, S.A. (1991)
  • Invesfeiras – Investimentos Imobiliários, S.A. (1991)
  • Banif – Investimentos – S.G.P.S., S.A. (1992)
  • Banifólio – Sociedade Gestora de Patrimónios, S.A. (1992)
  • Banif – Banco Internacional do Funchal (Cayman), Ltd. (1993)
  • Açoreana Seguros (1996)
  • Banco Comercial dos Açores (1996)
  • BanifServ Agrupamento Complementar de Empresas de Serviços, Sistemas e Tecnologias de Informação (1997)
  • Banif – Banco de Investimento, S.A. (2000)
  • Banif Financial Services, Inc. (2001)
  • Banif Mortgage Company (2002)

Stock exchange floats

[edit]

Portuguese

[edit]

In March 1992, Banif first appeared on the Lisbon and Porto stock exchanges.

North American

[edit]

In 2002, Banif Securities acquired the Brazilian brokerage firm Indusval, giving them a place on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange.

References

[edit]
  1. ^ a b c d e f "Annual Report 2010". Banco Português de Investimento. Retrieved 24 July 2011.
  2. ^ "Banif bank founder Horácio Roque dies". The Portugal News. 2010-05-22. Archived from the original on 2011-07-17. Retrieved 2010-05-30.
  3. ^ Portugal sells Banif to Santander as part of 2.2 billion euro rescue, Andrei Khalip et Sergio Goncalves, Reuters, 21 décembre 2015
  4. ^ Santander Buys Portugal's Banif for $163 Million Amid Resolution, bloomberg.com, retrieved 22 December 2015
[edit]
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Banif_Financial_Group&oldid=1168353393"