Banco Espirito Santo (BES), has become the first Portuguese dealer to join BondVision, the system which gives investors access to bond liquidity on MTS, the electronic market for European fixed income. BES is the largest dealer on MTS Portugal.

Amilcar Morais Pires, chief financial officer of BES said: "Joining BondVision is a natural development in our continued support of the Portuguese debt market. Being active participants of both EuroMTS and MTS Portugal, we are now ready to focus on increasing buy-side client distribution, not only in Portugal but also at an international level."