The Banco Português de Investimento, BPI Group's original matrix, develops the business of Investment Banking - Equities, Corporate Finance and Private Banking - in the geographic scope of the Iberian Peninsula.
In Asset Management, the BPI holds very important positions in the management of investment funds, pension funds and life insurance-capitalization, which distributes through Banco BPI and the Banco Português de Investimento.
In October 2006, BPI completed 25 years of activity (taking as the reference the formation of SPI - Sociedade Portuguesa de Investimentos, in 1981). May 2007 saw the unsuccessful conclusion of the hostile takeover bid launched for the Bank in March 2006 - accepted by a mere 3.9% of BPI's capital -, and which was unanimously rejected from the outset by the Bank's Board of Directors, considering it to be "totally unacceptable". BPI thus pursued its sustained strategy of creating value for Shareholders, Employees and Customers, the merit of which is objectively expressed in the annual average return of 16% on BPI shares since its foundation up till the end of the 2007 financial year.