	viner eavkf viable after heck s hex move e a viner holdings ltd said the earlier reported chapter bankruptcy filing of heck s inc hex in which viner holds shares would not materially affect viner s capital position or its ability to carry on its profitable brokerage business viner said its brokerage subsidiary edward a viner and co had regulatory capital of mln u s dlrs at year end the company said heck s chapter filing could however affect viner s previously reported legal action to recover costs from an aborted merger agreement with heck s it said it and the toussie viner group with which it made the merger offer were assessing their options regarding the heck s investment viner earlier reported a fourth quarter loss of u s dlrs after a mln dlr writedown of its stake in heck s it ed dlrs in the previous fourth quarter full year ings totaled mln dlrs against a year earlier loss of mln dlrs the full year ings included a dlr net writedown of the heck s stake it said reuter 
