The Belgian group DEGROOF has signed an acquisition agreement on the Luxembourg, Swiss and Belgian companies BEARBULL. In the context of this operation, BEARBULL SUISSE will also acquire BBI and BAM, two portfolio and investment fund management companies. Initially, DEGROOF will be the majority shareholder of these companies before, in time, becoming the sole shareholder. The BEARBULL companies (with profits of EUR 8 million in 1998) manage private capitals of around EUR 1.2 billion and...