BELL GROUP CONFIRMS STANDARD CHARTERED STAKE The Bell Group Ltd <BLLA.S> said it now holds 14.9 pct of the issued capital of Standard Chartered Plc <STCH.L> after acquiring further shares. The one-sentence statement from Bell's headquarters confirmed what its brokers Warburg Securities told Reuters in London yesterday. Bell previously held 10 pct of Standard. Bell chairman Robert Holmes a Court, who is also a director of Standard, was not available for comment on his company's intentions in boosting its holding and other company officials contacted here by Reuters declined to comment.