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As Banco Espirito Santo Tumbles, They Announce Baupost Stake

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Mark Melin
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As Banco Espirito Santo SA (ELI:BES) tumbles today, a victim of the larger concerns regarding Portugal’s sovereign debt stability, the bank is announcing that Seth Klarman’s Baupost has recently acquired a 2.27 percent stake in the firm.

As Banco Espirito Santo Tumbles, They Announce Baupost Stake

Espírito Santo International misses debt payments

On Tuesday Espírito Santo International, parent of BES, said that it had missed some debt payments, and on Thursday trading its stock was suspended as the stock market Lisbon, PSI Index, plummeted almost 4 percent.  Banco Espirito Santo is Portugal’s second-largest lender, according to a report in the

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Mark Melin is an alternative investment practitioner whose specialty is recognizing the impact of beta market environment on a technical trading strategy. A portfolio and industry consultant, wrote or edited three books including High Performance Managed Futures (Wiley 2010) and The Chicago Board of Trade’s Handbook of Futures and Options (McGraw-Hill 2008) and taught a course at Northwestern University's executive education program.