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                                                                   Exhibit 23.07


              CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
                                        
We have issued our report dated January 9, 1998, accompanying the financial
statements of Municipal Capital Markets Group, Inc. contained in the
Registration Statement and Prospectus. We consent to the use of the
aforementioned report in the Registration Statement and Prospectus, and to the
use of our name as it appears under the caption "Experts".


/s/ Grant Thornton LLP
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    GRANT THORNTON LLP

Dallas, Texas
August 26, 1998