NATWEST, RABO UNIT REPORTS 8.8 PCT PROFIT GROWTH
Dutch bank F. Van
Lanschot Bankiers N.V., Co-owned by National Westminster PLC
<NWBL.L> and RABOBANK B.A. <RABN.A> , said 1986 net profit rose
8.8 pct to 24.1 mln guilders on a 4.8-pct higher balance sheet
total of 6.2 billion.
    Van Lanschot Bankiers is a subsidiary of Van Lanschot
Beleggingscompagnie B.V. In which Britain's National
Westminster Bank PLC and Dutch cooperative bank RABOBANK
Nederland B.A. Each have a 40-pct stake. Commercial Union's
Dutch insurance unit <Delta Lloyd Verzekeringsgroep N.V.> has a
5.4-pct stake in Van Lanschot, which lowered risk provisions to
22.5 mln guilders.
