11.   Santander already has investment banking or local brokerage operations in Mexico, Chile, Argentina and Peru, and a license to open a brokerage in Venezuela.

12.   Still, executives warn that it took less than a decade for the City to grow from a local brokerage center into an international financial powerhouse.

13.   The report implicated eight local brokerage firms and Dante Tan, a major shareholder close to Estrada.

14.   Though options and depository receipts are commonly traded in New York and London, Japanese exchanges have delayed introducing the products to allow local brokerages time to prepare.

15.   To save that cost, some foreign brokers have bought shares in local brokerages, to merge their research teams with the sales force of the local firms.

16.   A stock analyst with a local brokerage agreed the capital increase will benefit Coco in the long-term.

17.   A trader with a local brokerage house said strong buying interest in the futures market also helped boost sentiment in the cash market.

18.   A trader with a local brokerage house said that strong buying interest in the futures market also helped boost sentiment in the cash market.

19.   According to The Nation, several dealers said the programmed sell-off came through Securities One, a local brokerage.

20.   An analyst at a local brokerage house said investors heavily dumped stocks as market sentiment in the region discouraged them.