1.   The financial sector prepared itself for full deregulation and open competition with foreign institutions.

2.   Another stimulus was the steady influx of foreign financial institutions into London most of which were willing to lend on competitive terms to industrial and commercial companies.

3.   Foreign financial institutions are expected to contribute to the project and an Israeli company will provide technical assistance.

4.   An absence of selling pressure and relatively small orders from foreign institutions lifted the benchmark index, he said.

5.   And, in a country that routinely loses scientists to foreign institutions, the company has worked to reverse the brain-drain by luring researchers back home.

6.   Because many insurance companies and foreign institutions are prohibited by their charters from investing in junk bonds, they can gain access through CBOs.

7.   Big banks are favored by foreign institutions because they have enough available shares and are widely held, so large orders can usually be accommodated.

8.   A consortium of Korean and foreign financial institutions will float bonds in U.S. money markets to raise the entire capital needed for the investment, Chung said.

9.   A consortium of Korean and foreign financial institutions will sell bonds in U.S. money markets to raise all the capital needed for the investment, Chung said.

10.   A wave of takeovers of private Argentine banks by foreign institutions has made the financial system more competitive and given it the strength to withstand shocks from abroad.