SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549


SCHEDULE 13D


(Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934)
(Amendment 1 )


NAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC.
(Name of Issuer)


COMMON STOCK
(Title of Class of Securities)

62872M10
(Cusip Number)

If the filing person has previously filed a statement on Schedule 13G to 
report the acquisition which is the subject of this Schedule 13D, and is 
filing this Schedule because of Rule 13d-1(b)(3) or (4), check the 
following box [	].

* The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting 
person's initial filing of this form with respect to the subject class of 
securities, and for any subsequent amendment containing information which 
would alter the disclosures provided in a prior cover page.

The information required in the remainder of this cover page shall not be 
deemed to be "filed" for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities 
Exchange Act of 1934 ("Act") or otherwise subject to the liabilities of 
that section of the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the 
Act (however, see the Notes.)


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Page 2 of 5 Pages								Cusip # 62872M10 
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1.	Name of Reporting Person:
(Social Security or IRS Identification no. of above person):
	
	Bay Pond Partners, L.P.
	04-3217743
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2.	Check the appropriate box if a member of a group
(a)(   )
		(b)(   )
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3.	SEC use only

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4. Source of Funds:

	WC
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5. Check box if disclosure of legal proceedings is required pursuant to 
items 2(d) or 2(e):									(   )
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6.	Citizenship or place of organization

	Delaware
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							7.	Sole Voting Power
								0
	Number of				---------------------------------------------
		shares				8.	Shared Voting Power
	beneficially
	owned by					420,000
	each					---------------------------------------------
		Reporting				9.	Sole Dispositive Power
	person
	with						0
							---------------------------------------------
10.	Shared Dispositive Power
								420,000
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11.	Aggregate amount beneficially owned by each reporting person
		420,000
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12.	Check if the aggregate amount in row (11) excludes certain shares*
	
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13.	Percent of class represented by amount in row (11):
		4.27%
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14.	Type of Reporting person
		PN


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ITEM 1.		SECURITY AND ISSUER

		The common stock ("Common Stock") to which this Schedule relates to 
is the Common Stock of NAL Financial Group Inc. , a Delaware corporation 
(the "Issuer"), whose principal executive office is located at 500 
Cypress Creek Road West, Suite 590, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33309.

ITEM 2.		IDENTITY AND BACKGROUND.

		This Schedule is filed on behalf of Bay Pond Partners, L.P. ("Bay 
Pond"), a Delaware limited partnership, Wellington Hedge Management Limited 
Partnership ("WHMLP"), a Massachusetts limited partnership which is the 
sole general partner of Bay Pond, and Wellington Hedge Management, Inc. 
("WHM"), which is the sole general partner of WHMLP.  WHM is a 
Massachusetts corporation of which Robert W. Doran, John R. Ryan, and 
Duncan M. McFarland serve as directors and are the sole stockholders, and 
Messrs. Doran and McFarland serve as executive officers, serving as 
Chairman and Vice Chairman, respectively.  The business address for Bay 
Pond, WHMLP, WHM and Messrs. Doran, McFarland and Ryan is located at 75 
State Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02109.

		Wellington Management Company is a Massachusetts general partnership 
and is registered as an investment adviser under the Investment Advisers 
Act of 1940.  The business address is 75 State Street, Boston, MA 02109.

		None of the persons or entities named above has, during the last five 
years, been convicted in a criminal proceeding (excluding traffic 
violations or similar misdemeanors), nor during the last five years been a 
party to a civil proceeding and as a result was or is subject to a judgment 
decree, or final order of the type described in the instructions to Item 2 
(e) of Schedule 13D.  Messrs. Doran, Ryan and McFarland are United States 
citizens.

ITEM 3.		SOURCE AND AMOUNT OF FUNDS OR OTHER CONSIDERATION.

		Bay Pond is the beneficial owner of 420,000 shares of Common Stock of 
the Issuer, for which it paid an aggregate of approximately $ 3,150,000 .  
The source of the consideration used for the purchase of such stock was 
obtained from the working capital of Bay Pond, which in the normal course 
of its business was comprised of equity contributed by partners and 
earnings from their operations.

ITEM 4.		PURPOSE OF TRANSACTION.

		The acquisitions of shares of Common Stock described herein were made 
for investment purposes.

ITEM 5		INTEREST IN SECURITIES OF THE ISSUER.

		AGGREGATE NUMBER AND PERCENTAGE OF SECURITIES:  Bay Pond owns 
beneficially 420,000 shares of Common Stock of the Issuer (4.27% of 
9,847,000 shares of such Common Stock outstanding).  No other person 
identified in Item 2 beneficially owns any securities of the Issuer.

		POWER TO VOTE AND DISPOSE:  Bay Pond shares voting power of and 
dispositive power over the 420,000 shares of Common Stock of the Issuer 
with Wellington Management Company, its investment adviser.


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ITEM 5. CONT'D.

		Wellington Management Company is a Massachusetts general partnership 
and is registered as an investment adviser under the Investment Advisers 
Act of 1940.  The business address is 75 State Street, Boston, MA 02109.

		Wellington Management Company has not, during the last five years, 
been convicted in a criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations or 
similar misdemeanors), nor during the last five years been a party to a 
civil proceeding and as a result was or is subject to a judgment decree, or 
final order of the type described in the instructions to Item 2 (e) of 
Schedule 13D.

		TRANSACTIONS WITHIN PAST 60 DAYS:	In the past 60 days, Bay Pond 
engaged in the following shares of the Issuer's Common Stock:
PURCHASES

		DATE	NO. OF SHARES	PRICE PER SHARE	EXCHANGE


SALES

		DATE	NO. OF SHARES	PRICE PER SHARE	EXCHANGE
		1/13/97	102,400	8.8750	OTC

			CERTAIN RIGHTS OF OTHER PERSONS:	None

			DATE CEASED TO BE 5% OWNER:	1/8/97

ITEM 6.	CONTRACTS, ARRANGEMENTS, UNDERSTANDINGS OR RELATIONSHIPS WITH 	
			RESPECT TO SECURITIES OF THEISSUER.

			None

ITEM 7.	MATERIALS TO BE FILED.

			None


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SIGNATURE

	After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I 
certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete 
and correct.

BAY POND PARTNERS, L.P.
By its general partner,

WELLINGTON HEDGE MANAGEMENT LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
By its general partner,

WELLINGTON HEDGE MANAGEMENT, INC.



By:			----//SARA LOU SHERMAN//-----------					
	Sara Lou Sherman, Assistant Vice President