>>> Santander draws EUR 500m investment from Soros

Santander draws EUR 500m investment from Soros 

George Soros, the US-based investor, is understood to have invested EUR 500m in Banco Santander's recent EUR 7.5bn capital increase, El Mundo reported.

The Spanish-language daily cited financial sources with knowledge of the matter for the information.

Santander announced on Friday, 9 January, that it had successfully concluded the capital increase, which was directed at institutional investors.

El Mundo