1.  The initial investment costs are covered by Energy Holdings, a subsidiary of the Jardine Matheson financial group.

2.  An official of the Swiss-based financial group declined to give financial details of the acquisition.

3.  BBV-Probursa Casa de Bolsa SA, the brokerage unit of financial group Grupo Financiero BBV-Probursa SA, is managing the shares sale.

4.  Banco Bamerindus, the flagship of the Bamerindus financial group, had to request liquidity assistance on a frequent basis, the central bank said.

5.  Brazilian regional water company Cia. Riograndense de Saneamento attracted five financial groups interested in drawing up a blueprint to sell a minority stake in the utility in July.

6.  -- Authorization to open a mutual fund takes at least six months and mutual fund companies are limited to banks and large financial groups.

7.  But he has declined to quit his dual role, insisting that the problems have been righted and that the financial group expects significantly higher profit this year.

8.  But by purging one tycoon from the Kremlin, Chubais has by no means reduced the undue influence of other powerful financial groups that surround it.

9.  Casa de Bolsa BBV Probursa SA, the brokerage unit of financial group Grupo Financiero BBV-Probursa SA, will handle the sale.

10.  Cabal subsequently merged the two banks, forming the fourth-largest financial group in Mexico along with a leasing company and foreign-exchange operations.