FTI FUNDS
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FTI FUNDS


Semi-Annual Report
to Shareholders

MAY 31, 2000

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President’s Message

 
Dear Shareholder:
 
I am pleased to present the FTI Funds Semi-Annual Report covering the Funds’ activity during the first half of the Funds’ fiscal year from December 1, 1999 through May 31, 2000.
 
This report begins with economic reviews by each Fund’s portfolio manager. The reviewers cover the Fund’s performance as well as market conditions and their impact on Fund performance and strategy. A complete list of each Fund’s holdings, as well as the financial statements, round out this Semi-Annual Report.
 
FTI Large Capitalization Growth and Income Fund gives shareholders the opportunity to own a diversified portfolio of stocks issued by large, established U.S. companies that have the potential to grow in price and produce income. At the end of the reporting period, the Fund’s portfolio included Bell Atlantic, Exxon Mobil, IBM and Procter & Gamble. During the reporting period, the Fund produced a total return of 2.86% through income totaling $0.02 per share and capital gains totaling $1.54 per share, while the net asset value declined by $1.27.* At the end of the reporting period, net assets totaled $94.8 million.
 
FTI Large Capitalization Growth Fund gives shareholders the opportunity to own a diversified portfolio of stocks issued by large, established U.S. companies that have a record of growth in price and earnings, and that have strong potential to continue that growth. At the end of the reporting period, the Fund’s portfolio included such household names as America Online, General Electric, Home Depot, Intel, Merck and Time Warner. During the reporting period, the Fund produced a total return of 4.00%* through $0.71 in capital gains, while the net asset value declined by $0.24.* At the end of the reporting period, net assets totaled $35.4 million.
 
FTI International Equity Fund’s portfolio of international stocks produced a flat total return of 0.39% through a $0.86 capital gains per share, while the net asset value declined by $0.74.* On the last day of the reporting period, Japan (25.6%), France (12.0%) and the United Kingdom (9.9%), were the Fund’s largest country commitments. Net assets totaled $104.8 million at the end of the reporting period.*
 
FTI Small Capitalization Equity Fund is managed to pursue a high level of growth through a diversified portfolio of small capitalization stocks.** During the reporting period, FTI Small Capitalization Equity Fund achieved a total return of 15.10% as the net asset value rose from $20.81 to $21.93.* The Fund also paid capital gains totaling $1.91 per share. Net assets totaled $101.9 million at the end of the reporting period.
 
 *
Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Investment return and principal value will fluctuate, so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost.
 
**
Small cap stocks have historically experienced greater volatility than average.
 
 

 
 
At the end of the reporting period, the FTI Bond Fund’s portfolio of income-producing investments was diversified among mortgage backed securities (34.7%), corporate bonds (33.2%), U.S. Treasury securities (22.0%). During the reporting period, the Fund paid income totaling $0.32 per share. Reflecting weak bond market returns due to rising interest rates, the Fund produced a total return of 0.38% as the net asset value declined by $0.28.* At the end of the reporting period, net assets totaled $103.1 million.
 
FTI Municipal Bond Fund helps tax-sensitive investors pursue income free of federal income tax, through a portfolio of bonds issued by municipalities across the United States.**** During the reporting period, the Fund paid tax-free income totaling $0.20 per share. The Fund achieved a flat total return of 0.32% as the net asset value decreased by $0.17 due to rising interest rates. Net assets totaled $67.6 million on the last day of the reporting period.***
 
Thank you for putting your money to work in key financial markets through the diversification and professional management of the growing FTI Funds family. We look forward to keeping you informed on the details of your investment through the highest level of service possible.
 
Sincerely,
/s/ Edward C. Gonzales
Edward C. Gonzales
President
July 15, 2000
 
   *
Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Investment return and principal value will fluctuate, so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost.
 
 ***
International investing involves special risks including currency risk, increased volatility of foreign securities, and differences in auditing and other financial standards.
 
****
Income may be subject to the federal alternative minimum tax.
 
 
 
Investment Review

 
FTI Large Capitalization Growth and Income Fund
 
Performance
 
FTI Large Capitalization Growth and Income Fund had a total return of 2.86%* for the six months ended May 31. The Fund’s benchmark, the Lipper Large Cap Value Index,** achieved a 2.16% gain. This period saw explosive moves in individual stocks and broad divergence between the price performance of many technology shares and the rest of the equity market. For example, the S&P 500,*** itself with a 31.9% weight in technology on May 31, rose 2.28% while the Pacific Stock Exchange Technology Index**** gained 30.82%.
 
Market Review
 
The “New Economy” (mainly technology and telecommunications) companies continued to attract the majority of investors’ dollars. This sharp rise among technology companies ended in February and conceals the extreme volatility among many Internet-related firms. In addition, the price action confirms Alan Greenspan’s observation last January that investors “are groping for sensible valuations.” Stated differently, the markets are sorting out the winners and losers; the winners are companies likely to survive long enough to have real earnings.
 
This winnowing is occurring in a harsh economic and market climate where the Federal Reserve Board (Fed) is relentlessly raising short-term rates to slow consumption and forestall an acceleration of inflation. A strong recovery among the euro zone economies and hesitant expansion in Japan complicated the Fed’s goal by increasing global demand for commodities, particularly oil. For market participants, the divergence in the performance of technology stock prices and nearly everything else may well be a warning that slower economic growth is ahead.
 
There is no doubt that information technology has and will continue to profoundly change business practices and favorably affect profits. It is also reasonable to anticipate that within a decade whole areas of activity, for example, health care, education and many sectors of retailing, will barely resemble today’s models. Consumers will be able to transact directly with producers, thereby sweeping away costly layers of activity. These changes are enormously important to containing inflation and are only beginning to be broadly implemented. This prospect suggests that deflation will continue to be a powerful influence on the economy.
 
Investment Outlook and Strategy
 
The Fund is fully invested in the best global companies we can find. The management of each firm is exploiting the promise offered by the demographic, technological and economic trends around us. Despite the recent volatility, the strategic investment emphasis continues in technology, communications and financial service
 
   *
Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Investment return and principal value will fluctuate, so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost.
 
  **
Lipper indexes are an average of the total return of the 30 largest mutual funds designated by Lipper Analytical Services as falling into the category indicated. They do not reflect sales charges. This index is unmanaged, and investments cannot be made in an index.
 
 ***
S&P 500 is an unmanaged capitalization weighted index of 500 stocks designed to measure performance of the broad domestic economy through changes in the aggregate market value of 500 stocks representing all major industries. This index is unmanaged, and investments cannot be made in an index.
 
****
The Pacific Stock Exchange Technology Index is an unmanaged, price-weighted index of the top 100 U.S. technology stocks. Investments cannot be made in an index.
 

 
companies. This investment focus represented more than 47% of the market value on May 31 and rests upon the following observations. The convergence of computing technology with voice and data communications supports the advance in productivity. Financial companies are responding to the increasing demands from the growing cohort of older Americans, Europeans and Japanese in need of insurance and other financial services but wary of public pension schemes as they near retirement. Among financial companies, the focus is upon insurance where there are early signs that premium rates are turning up. The demographic theme is also strongly represented with leading drug firms that make up more than 14% of the portfolio.
 
We believe that the creation of real long-term wealth rests upon holding sizeable positions of leading companies in business sectors benefiting from durable demographic and economic trends. The strength in economic fundamentals in the U.S., Germany and Japan suggests healthy rewards for equity investors holding the leading global companies represented in the Fund.
 
 

 
FTI Large Capitalization Growth Fund
 
Performance
 
FTI Large Capitalization Growth Fund ended May 2000 with a net asset value (NAV) of $11.55 and total assets of $35.4 million. For the first six months of its fiscal year (December 1, 1999 through May 31, 2000), the Fund outperformed the S&P 500 Index* by 1.1%. The Fund’s total return for the reporting period was 4.0%** versus 2.9% for the S&P 500.
 
Despite the extreme volatility in the technology sector, many of the Fund’s holdings in this area assisted performance for the reporting period. Within the technology sector, we continued to focus on some of the faster growing areas such as wireless communications, storage, contract manufacturing, optical components and semi-conductors. Top-performing tech names held in the Fund included Analog Devices, Intel, JDS Uniphase, Seibel Systems and Comverse Technology. Outside of technology, energy holdings such as Enron and Transocean, as well as names in health care and broadcasting, also contributed to the Fund’s outperformance.
 
April and May were the most challenging months for the Fund on a relative basis, due to the fact that the market rotated away from growth stocks and into cyclical/value type names. This trend is typical of this time of the year, and we expect it to be short-lived. Most managers with a similar style also faced a difficult time during this period. The Fund continued to focus on sectors and companies that have good long-term secular growth stories.
 
Market Review
 
The markets remained extremely volatile in the first six months of the Fund’s fiscal year. Led by the technology sector, December capped off the calendar year of 1999 on a high note. For the month, the S&P 500 posted a total return of 5.9%, and the U.S. equity markets turned in an unprecedented fifth year in a row of total returns in excess of 20%. However, December’s wonderful finale did not carry over into the new year. As we moved into 2000, there were a variety of macro issues lingering over the markets, with the main concern being fears of higher inflation and therefore a continued trend towards rising interest rates. The U.S. equity markets saw their worst January since 1990. The S&P 500 was down 5.0% for the month; technology was the main culprit. As we moved into February, most indexes continued to decline. After January’s significant loss, the S&P 500 fell another 1.9% in February. However, in March the equity markets recovered and most major equity indexes rose sharply, w ith several hitting new highs. In contrast to January and February, the market broadened out, with six of the eleven S&P 500 sectors outperforming on a relative basis, and all sectors except one (consumer staples) were positive for the month.
 
The first three months of 2000 were reminiscent of most of 1999. The “growth” style of investing continued to outperform “value,” and technology remained the dominant sector during the three-month period. However, despite the outperformance of growth for the latest three- and twelve-month periods, the market took a dramatic shift in March, and value stocks outperformed growth stocks. This was witnessed by the broadening out of the market mentioned above. The bifurcation between the “New Economy” (mainly technology and
 
 * 
Standard & Poor’s 500 Index is a capitalization-weighted index of 500 stocks designed to measure performance of the broad domestic economy through changes in the aggregate market value of 500 stocks representing all major industries. This index is unmanaged, and investments cannot be made in an index.
 
** 
Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Investment return and principal value will fluctuate, so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost.
 

 
telecommunications) and the “Old Economy” (more traditional industry and value stocks) market segments reached extreme levels, and we began to see the process of convergence.
 
Unfortunately, the positive upward trend of March was short-lived, and the market posted negative returns in April and May. As a result of some stronger-than-expected economic data reported in April (the Consumer Price Index and the Employment Cost Index), Treasuries fell, and the market once again became fearful of further Federal Reserve Board (Fed) tightening. The S&P 500 fell another 3.0% in April, and value continued to outperform growth. Looking for a safe haven, investors rotated out of technology and communication stocks and into more historically defensive sectors such as health care and utilities. The market remained fraught with extreme levels of volatility, especially within the technology sector. This is evidenced in the fact that in 18 of 19 trading days in April, the NASDAQ composite gained or lost more than 1%. Further, there were only three days during the month the NASDAQ rose or fell less than 2%. Following on the heels of April, the S&P 500 fell another 2.1% in May. The valuation correction in the technology and communications sectors continued in the month. Due to the Fund’s overweight in these sectors, it underperformed on a relative basis in May. In the month, the Fed implemented a 50 basis-point increase (0.5%), the sixth increase in less than a year and the largest increase since 1994.
 
Investment Outlook and Strategy
 
As we move into the second half of the year, signs of slowing economic growth are starting to appear. After nearly five months of consistently bearish U.S. economic data, the news turned more bullish in the second half of May. This calmed the markets and helped erase some of the earlier losses in the month. First there was the May employment data, which showed a decline in private-sector employment, a deceleration in average hourly earnings and a rise in the unemployment rate to 4.1%. In addition, there was a decline in retail sales and the Fed’s Beige Book (Beige Book contains commentaries which offer a sweeping view of the U.S. economy over time) showed a moderate cooling in economic activity. The inflation picture remained benign for the most part as witnessed by the tame April consumer and producer price data reported in May. That said, the renewed surge in oil prices is worrisome. So far, the higher oil prices have not led to any widespread increases in inflation elsewhere, but there is no assuranc e that this will be the case in the months ahead. Though we do not think the economy has come to a screeching halt or that the Fed has finished raising rates, after a cumulative 175 basis points (1.75%) of tightening, we do feel they are closer to the end of the process. We expect second half Gross Domestic Product to be in the range of 3.5% - 4.0%.
 
Equity markets, like the economy, seem to be in better shape than a month ago. The March-April bottoms have held, and investor sentiment, which had been the only thing more volatile than stock prices, has turned more positive. First quarter earnings were very strong, up 20%. Second quarter earnings should also be very good (up around 15%), but will probably peak on a year over year basis. Mutual fund flows also remain strong: for the first four months of the year, inflows totaled $167.8 billion versus $157.6 billion in all of last year. Also, the Initial Public Offerings market has become smaller and less speculative, making the markets less vulnerable. The market will most likely mark time in the near-term and hold its current trading range. As we move into the second half of the year and investors get a clearer picture on the direction of interest rates, we expect the equity markets to move ahead.
 

 
FTI International Equity Fund
 
Performance
 
FTI International Equity Fund outperformed the Morgan Stanley Capital International Europe, Australia, and Far East Index (MSCI EAFE)* for the six-month period ended May 31, 2000; the Fund’s total return was 0.39%,** and the index’s return was 0.62%. This reporting period saw tremendous month-to-month volatility in the international equity markets associated with the performance of growth “New Economy” (mainly technology and telecommunications) relative to value “Old Economy” stocks (more traditional industry securities) around the world. The focus of the Fund is investment in high-quality growth companies, which had been positive for performance during most of the first quarter of 2000, as well as the latter part of 1999. Unfortunately, March marked a significant change in the markets with a distinct shift away from growth stocks and towards more defensive value stocks. The index returns highlight the magnitude of the difference and the extent of the volatility —growth sto cks as measured by the MSCI EAFE Growth Index were down more than 13% from the middle of March through the end of May, while value stocks were basically flat during this period. The rotation from growth to value stocks was caused by a combination of profit-taking from the strong returns of 1999 as well as factors we believe to be short-term disruptions in an otherwise positive long-term environment for growth stocks.
 
Market Review
 
Perhaps most noticeable in the near term has been the increased correlation between growth stocks in the U.S. and growth stocks in international markets. That is, growth stocks in international markets have moved in tandem with the decline of the NASDAQ, the bellwether index for growth and technology stocks in the U.S. One of the most significant events precipitating the decline of the NASDAQ was the joint statement by President Clinton and Prime Minister Blair in early March concerning the rightful ownership of genetic research taking place within biotech companies. Their statement suggesting that some of this information belonged in the public domain sent a chill through the market, causing investors to reconsider their valuation assumptions of the previously highflying biotech stocks. This event was soon followed by an announcement of the culmination of the anti-trust suit being brought against Microsoft, which concluded that Microsoft had violated anti-trust laws and was subject to legal action, includin g the possible breakup of the company. Further, the proposed merger between AOL and Time Warner has been facing increasing scrutiny from government agencies. Taken together, these high-profile events created concern among market participants that renewed government activism could possibly interfere with the rapid development occurring in technology, telecom and biotech.
 
Additional factors further exacerbated the decline in growth stocks during this period. Tax selling in advance of the April 15th deadline in the U.S. was believed to increase selling pressure toward the end of March and beginning of April. Similarly, mutual fund companies expecting increased redemptions sold stocks in anticipation of the need for cash. In both cases, growth stocks that had experienced stronger returns and therefore had higher valuations were the primary victims of this selling. In addition, interest rates have been rising, or are expected to
 
 * 
MSCI EAFE is a market capitalization-weighted foreign securities index, which is widely used to measure the performance of European, Australian and New Zealand, and Far Eastern stock markets. This index is unmanaged, and investments cannot be made in an index.
 
** 
Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Investment return and principal value will fluctuate, so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost.
 

 
rise, in the U.S., Europe and Japan as the central banks in each of these regions attempts to manage economic growth and moderate inflation pressures. Rising interest rates generally have a greater impact on longer-duration growth stocks and their valuations, and that has certainly contributed to the negative environment for growth stocks. Finally, and more specific to the telecommunications industry, the recent bidding wars in Europe for telecom broadband frequencies have escalated the costs to telecom companies. These higher costs, which will likely result in higher prices for these services to consumers, have dampened growth estimates for this industry and subsequently affected stock prices.
 
All in all, it is obvious that these factors have contributed in some way to the negative environment for growth stocks in the U.S. and throughout the world. The performance of the Fund has ebbed and flowed with the performance of growth stocks. Our significant outperformance during the first part of the reporting period was helped by our holdings in technology and telecom stocks in all regions. In addition, our underweight position to the U.K. and our overweight positions to Continental Europe and Asia resulted in positive contributions to performance. In the latter part of the reporting period, the exact opposite was true, and these positions hurt performance. Particularly in the telecommunications area, where the exceptional growth prospects are now being questioned in light of the higher potential costs we noted above.
 
Investment Outlook and Strategy
 
During the first part of the year, we had been taking profits in many of our better-performing stocks. As the events began to unfold in March, we accelerated our efforts to move the portfolio to a more defensive position. We trimmed or sold holdings in telecom and technology, and reallocated the assets to more conservative positions. Nevertheless, we remain committed to our discipline of owning high-quality growth companies, and our portfolio will remain influenced by the broader performance of growth stocks relative to value stocks. As stated before, we believe the last few months represent short-term disruptions in what is a very favorable long-term environment for growth-oriented stocks. We remain enthusiastic about the tremendous growth opportunities as the world further embraces the power of the Internet, networking and telecommunications. In addition, we are encouraged by the increased merger and acquisition activity seen in Europe, corporate restructuring taking place in Europe and Japan and the unwin ding of “cross shareholdings” in Japan. (Cross shareholding is a process whereby corporations invest in multiple companies who in turn invest in them, and is a means of broadening corporations’ business reach.) We believe these corporate initiatives, similar to those of American companies in the early 90s, will continue to lead to increased corporate productivity, profitability and higher valuations.

 
 
FTI Small Capitalization Equity Fund
 
Performance
 
FTI Small Capitalization Equity Fund outperformed its benchmark, the Russell 2000 Growth Index,* for the period of December 1, 1999 through May 31, 2000. The Fund generated a total return of 15.10%** versus the Russell 2000 Growth Index, which returned 5.45% and the Russell 2000 Index, 5.49%.
 
The six-month period ended May 31, 2000 fell into two distinct phases with respect to the market overall. From December 1, 1999 through March 9, 2000, when the Russell 2000 Index peaked, the Fund generated a return of 59.09%** versus the Russell 2000 Growth Index, 53.67%. Both the small cap and large cap markets in the U.S. were characterized by significant narrowness, with the technology, biotechnology and telecommunications sectors dominating. Our overweight positions and stock selection within these sectors added value to the Fund. Strong performers included PMC-Sierra and Alkermes. PMC-Sierra designs and markets high-performance semiconductor networking systems for advanced communications markets. Alkermes develops drug delivery systems that improve delivery of pharmaceutical products into the human bloodstream.
 
The markets took a dramatic turn after March 9, 2000, reminding investors that the stock market can experience wide swings in short periods. Investor sentiment shifted dramatically away from the technology sector and many richly valued, high growth stocks in favor of value stocks. Despite the volatility in the market, the Fund was well-served by its exposure to the business service, financial and health care service sectors. Stocks in the Fund that performed well included Investors Financial Services and First Health Group. Investors Financial Services provides global custody and other asset administration services to the financial services industry. First Health Group, a national health benefits company, provides group health medical cost management and workers’ compensation services. The Fund’s total return declined 27.65% during the period from March 9, 2000 through May 31, 2000 outperforming the Russell 2000 Growth Index, which fell 31.35%.
 
Market Review
 
The period of December 1, 2000 through March 9, 2000 was a particularly strong period for the small cap market and for growth stocks. The Russell 2000 Index rose 33.9% during this period, as compared with the larger cap S&P 500 Index,*** which rose only 1.3%. The Russell 2000 Growth Index, which rose 53.67%, outperformed the Russell 2000 Value Index, which returned 7.84%. Powerful consumer confidence, low inflation, continued economic growth coupled with solid productivity and very positive sentiment fuelled the rally.
 
During this reporting period, the Fund benefited from exposure to what strategists have coined “New Economy” companies. New Economy companies such as technology, telecommunications and Internet companies are involved with the revolution that we are seeing in global commerce and communications. We maintained a slight overweight in “New Economy” companies with long-term core holdings in companies capitalizing on the
 
  *
Russell 2000 Growth Index measures the performance of those Russell 2000 companies with higher price-to-book ratios and higher forecasted growth values. This index is unmanaged, and investments cannot be made in an index.
 
 **
Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Investment return and principal value will fluctuate, so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost.
 
***
Standard & Poor’s 500 Index is a capitalization-weighted index of 500 stocks designed to measure performance of the broad domestic economy through changes in the aggregate market value of 500 stocks representing all major industries. This index is unmanaged, and investments cannot be made in an index.
 

 
insatiable demand for bandwidth, business-to-business e-commerce and the convergence of traditional media, television and the Internet. Our biotechnology holdings also added value to the Fund. The biotech rally, launched in 1999, continued, due in part to anticipation of the complete decoding of the human genome in June.
 
Small cap stocks reversed direction and underperformed large cap stocks from March 9 through May 31, as the Russell 2000 Index dropped 21.2% versus the S&P 500’s increase of 1.6%. Investors returned to the perceived safer haven of the large cap market as a result of fears regarding higher interest rates, rising oil prices and the potential of a slowing economy. During this period of heightened uncertainty, investors shifted away from the technology sector into less volatile and more defensive sectors as they became more worried about the extreme valuations for many of the small cap technology issues. Momentum investors rotated back into the previously shunned Old Economy stocks and took profits in many New Economy stocks. Consistent with this shift, value stocks outperformed growth stocks from the latter half of March through May, 2000; the Russell 2000 Value Index fell 1.67% while the Russell 2000 Growth Index declined 31.35%.
 
Investment Outlook and Strategy
 
As we look forward to the next six months, reasonable relative valuations combined with several other powerful catalysts should support the continued outperformance of small cap growth stocks:
 
1. 
Relative valuations continue to be inexpensive. As of May 31, 2000, the Russell 2000 Growth Index had a price/earnings ratio of 25 times estimated 2000 earnings. In 2000, earnings of the member companies of that index are expected to grow 43% (source: I/B/E/S). This valuation reflects small cap stocks trading at a discount to their expected growth rates, unlike large cap stocks, which sell at a fairly large premium to their expected growth rates.
 
2. 
Merger activity should continue this year. Slightly more than 200 small company mergers occurred in 1999. Forty-two small company mergers were announced in the first quarter of this year. Approximately 22% of the companies in the small cap universe currently trade below 10 times trailing one-year earnings. Large companies looking for inexpensive ways to purchase earnings growth will continue to scour the fertile small cap market.
 
3. 
Earnings growth should continue its upward trend. Second quarter profit growth is expected to be 17% for small caps and 28% for those companies that we define as growth companies. Further, very few (less than 12%) small companies have issued disappointing earnings relative to consensus expectations.
 
 

 
FTI Bond Fund
 
Performance
 
FTI Bond Fund generated a total return of 0.38%* for the six months ended May 31, 2000, a period characterized by substantial Federal Reserve Board (Fed) tightening amidst a very strong economy and rising inflation pressures. The Fund underperformed both the Lipper Intermediate Investment-Grade Debt Universe and the Lehman Aggregate Bond Index,*** which generated total returns of 0.63% and 1.38%, respectively, due to its overweight position in corporate securities. During the reporting period, the Fund’s exposure in the government sector was unchanged, while we moved 4% of the portfolio from the corporate sector into the mortgage sector. The average maturity of the Fund declined to 8.6 years from 9.1 years.
 
Market Review
 
During the last six months, the U.S. Treasury yield curve has inverted, short rates higher than long rates, with the 2-year yield rising from 6.02% to 6.68%, the 10-year yield rising from 6.19% to 6.27%, and the 30-year yield falling from 6.29% to 6.01%. Although the 10-year yield only rose eight basis points (0.08%) during the reporting period, it exhibited high volatility. Ten-year yields rose from 6.19% on November 30 to 6.79% by mid-January following no Y2K disaster and stronger-than-expected economic activity reports for the month of December. Yields then declined to 5.70% by early April, primarily due to the announcement of a much larger-than-expected debt buyback program, and expectations the Fed was going to prevent a sharp rise in inflation, in spite of the strong growth posted in the fourth quarter of 1999. Both of these events instigated substantial unwinding of curve-steepening positions that were currently dominating market expectations. From early April to mid-May, 10-year yields rose from 5.70 % to 6.60%, as first quarter inflation reports, the Employment Cost Index (ECI) and the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) deflator, posted much stronger-than-expected increases, and the Fed raised short-term rates another 50 basis points (0.5%) to 6.50%. Yields drifted lower into month-end on the back of some softer manufacturing data, notably durable goods orders, that fueled sentiment the economy was clearly slowing and the Fed tightening cycle was nearing an end.
 
Outside of the Treasury sector, the corporate sector was the weakest of the major U.S. sectors, with lower quality securities well underperforming higher quality securities. The corporate sector was hit by a number of negatives over the last six months, with the major ones being the inversion in the U.S. Treasury yield curve, the volatile equity market and the tightening in liquidity on the back of the aggressive Fed rate hikes. A significant and unexpected credit event occurred in the Fund’s holdings in Conseco Inc., a financial services holding company that operates in two major lines of businesses: insurance, and consumer and commercial finance. In early April, 2000, Conseco announced that a chargeoff related to its servicing operation would be larger than anticipated, and that it planned to sell its Conseco Finance unit, likely at a substantial loss. The Fund is maintaining its current position given the recent positive changes in senior management along with the increased financial flexibility gain ed by selling an equity investment and $1.5 billion in consumer finance loans.
 
  * 
Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Investment return and principal value will fluctuate, so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost.
 
 ** 
Lipper figures represent the average total returns reported by all mutual funds designated by Lipper Analytical Services as falling into the respective categories indicated. They do not reflect sales charges.
 
*** 
Lehman Brothers Aggregate Bond Index is an index that measures both the capital price changes and income provided by the underlying universe of securities, comprises U.S. Treasury obligations, U.S. agency obligations, foreign obligations, U.S. investment-grade corporate debt and mortgage-backed obligations. This index is unmanaged, and investments cannot be made in an index.
 

 
Investment Outlook and Strategy
 
U.S. growth has started to show some signs of slowing, though it is premature to expect a large decline in economic activity due to the high level of confidence by consumers and equity investors. The Fed may feel forced to tighten further, since a failure to reduce liquidity may cause the demand imbalance to remain. However, chances for a soft landing have improved, which will be beneficial for corporate and mortgage valuations. Given the weaker bias in the April economic reports published in May, the May data published in June will be critical to determining whether we need to adjust our current short duration posture.
 
We expect the mortgage sector to maintain its strong relative performance versus agencies and corporates over the next few months. This sector has benefited from both a lack of supply relative to those sectors as well as to their historically wide yield spreads. Within the mortgage sector, Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA) should continue to outperform Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) and Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (FHLMC) issues due to its explicit government guarantee, and its immunity from current political maneuvering by Congress against FNMA and FHLMC. We have increased our GNMA exposure while reducing our overweight position in commercial mortgage-backed securities, as we see good value in higher coupons.
 
The investment-grade corporate sector has underperformed treasuries because of the weak equity market and volatility, and the inverted Treasury curve and supply. The sector continues to have value, and we are maintaining our overweight position. The emphasis in the portfolio in shorter maturities has been beneficial. The subsequent steepening of the corporate yield curve makes longer-term corporate securities more attractive, especially if the Fed is near the end of its tightening regime and an economic soft landing is an increasing possibility.
 
The high-yield sector faces the same problems as the investment grade corporate sector, namely, continuous withdrawals from high-yield mutual funds. High-yield mutual funds are a very important segment of the market, and a reversal of the outflows will be needed for significant improvement in this sector. Historical studies conducted by the Federal Reserve of New York have shown that default rates only escalate when growth slows to below 2% for GDP; we are not expecting this in 2000. Therefore, the sector is attractive given the wide yield spreads. We will continue to avoid companies that have heavy near-term funding requirements.
 
 
 

 
FTI Municipal Bond Fund
 
Performance
 
FTI Municipal Bond Fund posted a return of 0.32%* for the six months ended May 31, 2000. The Lipper Intermediate Municipal Debt Fund** posted an average return of 0.36% for the same period. The Fund’s performance was in line with market returns. During the reporting period, the Fund was generally positioned conservatively in terms of its average duration and above-average cash position. Similar to 1999, we continued to restructure the portfolio to maintain our bias towards premium coupons. The Fund benefited from the strategic yield curve positioning as the municipal yield curve flattened throughout the reporting period.
 
Market Review
 
During the last six months, the U.S. Treasury yield curve has inverted, short rates higher than long rates, with the 2-year yield rising from 6.02% to 6.68%, the 10-year yield rising from 6.19% to 6.27% and the 30-year yield falling from 6.29% to 6.01%. Although the 10-year yield rose only eight basis points (0.08%) during the reporting period, it exhibited high volatility. Ten-year yields rose from 6.19% on November 30, 1999 to 6.79% by mid-January following no Y2K disaster and stronger-than-expected economic activity reports for the month of December. Yields subsequently declined to 5.70% by early-April, primarily due to the announcement of a much larger-than-expected debt buyback program and expectations the Federal Reserve Board (Fed) was going to prevent a sharp rise in inflation, in spite of the strong growth posted in the fourth quarter of 1999. Both these events instigated substantial unwinding of the curve-steepening positions that were currently dominating market expectations. From early April to m id-May, 10-year yields rose from 5.70% to 6.60%, as first quarter inflation reports, the Employment Cost Index (ECI) and the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) deflator, posted much stronger-than-expected increases, and the Fed raised short-term rates another 50 basis points (0.5%) to 6.50%. Yields drifted lower into month-end on the back of some softer manufacturing data, notably durable goods orders, that fueled sentiment the economy was clearly slowing and the Fed tightening cycle was nearing an end.
 
Similar to the Treasury yield curve, the municipal yield curve also flattened. However, the municipal yield curve remained upward sloping in comparison to the inverted Treasury yield curve. Specifically, the spread differential between 2- and 30-year municipal yields has narrowed to 106 basis points at the end of May 2000, from 172 basis points at the end of November 1999. Yields increased by 70 basis points for the 2-year, 31 basis points for the 10-year and 4 basis points for the 30-year. As a sector, municipal securities underperformed Treasury securities across the yield curve as the Treasury market benefited from the Treasury buyback, sector rotation and equity market volatility. Despite this underperformance municipal securities experienced less volatility during this period as its trading range was a modest 34 basis points (0.34%) in the intermediate maturity sector as compared to approximately 100 (1.0%) basis points for Treasury securities.
 
The municipal market continued to experience strong retail demand. Contributing factors included a weaker and more volatile equity market and attractive absolute yields on municipal bonds. Institutional demand continues to be spotty across the curve as demand from mutual funds and insurance companies remains weak. Municipal new issuance declined approximately 27% from last year, which helped stabilize the market in light of weaker
 
 *
Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Investment return and principal value will fluctuate, so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost.
 
**
Lipper Intermediate Municipal Debt Funds invest in municipal debt issues with dollar-weighted average maturities of 5 to 10 years.
 

 
institutional demand. Due to strong retail demand and lower supply, current coupons in high tax states were trading at extremely rich levels. The California sector’s outperformance compared to all other states is an illustration of this supply/demand imbalance in that its yields were significantly lower than general market levels.
 
Investment Outlook and Strategy
 
U.S. economic growth has started to show some signs of slowing, though it is premature to expect a large decline in economic activity due to the high level of confidence by consumers and equity investors. The Fed may feel forced to tighten interest rates further, since a failure to reduce liquidity may cause the demand imbalance to remain. Given the weaker bias in the April economic reports published in May, the May data published in June will be critical to determining whether we need to adjust our current short duration posture.
 
Our strategy is to extend the portfolio’s average duration on any further market weakness, as higher absolute yield levels and attractive relative valuations should continue to attract demand. Additionally, the municipal market should benefit from upcoming seasonal factors in that demand is supported by the reinvestment of June/July coupon interest, redemptions and maturities.
FTI Large Capitalization Growth and Income Fund
Portfolio of Investments
May 31, 2000 (unaudited)

 
        
        
Shares
        Value

                            
     Common Stocks—91.4%
     Consumer Non-Durables—5.6%
48,000    BestFoods    $    3,096,000
34,000    Procter & Gamble Co.    2,261,000
         
     Total    5,357,000
         
     Consumer Services—5.8%
115,000    Fox Entertainment Group, Inc.,
Class A
   3,004,375
100,000    Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.    2,462,500
         
     Total    5,466,875
         
     Electronic Technology—25.1%
42,000    (1)Analog Devices, Inc.    3,234,000
45,000    Hewlett-Packard Co.    5,405,625
50,000    Intel Corp.    6,234,375
40,000    International Business Machines
Corp.
   4,292,500
40,000    Lucent Technologies, Inc.    2,295,000
70,000    (1)Solectron Corp.    2,314,375
         
     Total    23,775,875
         
     Energy Minerals—4.8%
55,000    Exxon Mobil Corp.    4,582,187
         
     Finance—8.8%
40,000    AXA-UAP, ADR    2,930,000
40,000    Fannie Mae    2,405,000
50,000    XL Capital Ltd.    2,975,000
         
     Total    8,310,000
         
     Health Services—3.4%
50,000    Cardinal Health, Inc.    3,243,750
         
     Health Technology—10.8%
55,000    American Home Products Corp.    2,963,125
40,000    Johnson & Johnson    3,580,000
50,000    Merck & Co., Inc.    3,731,250
         
     Total    10,274,375
         
     Oil—4.4%
76,000    BP Amoco PLC, ADR    4,132,500
         
Shares or
Principal
Amount
        Value

                            
     Common Stocks (continued)
     Producer Manufacturing—10.1%
120,000    General Electric Co.    $    6,315,000
60,000    Honeywell International, Inc.    3,281,250
         
     Total    9,596,250
         
     Technology Services—2.9%
38,000    (1)Oracle Corp.    2,731,250
         
     Utilities—9.7%
50,000    Bell Atlantic Corp.    2,643,750
30,000    Enron Corp.    2,186,250
60,000    (1)MCI Worldcom, Inc.    2,257,500
35,000    Nippon Telegraph & Telephone
Corp., ADR
   2,102,188
         
     Total    9,189,688
         
     Total Common Stocks
(identified cost $45,451,576)
   86,659,750
         
     (2)Repurchase Agreement—8.5%
$8,115,000    J.P. Morgan & Co., Inc., 5.20%,
dated 5/31/2000, due 6/1/2000 (at
amortized cost)
   8,115,000
         
     Total Investments
(identified cost $53,566,576)(3)
   $  94,774,750
          
 
FTI Large Capitalization Growth and Income Fund

 
(1) 
Non-income producing security.
 
(2) 
The repurchase agreement is fully collateralized by U.S. government and/or agency obligations based on market prices at the date of the portfolio.
 
(3) 
The cost of investments for federal tax purposes amounts to $53,566,576. The net unrealized appreciation of investments on a federal tax basis amounts to $41,208,174 which is comprised of $44,173,233 appreciation and $2,965,059 depreciation at May 31, 2000.
 
Note: The categories of investments are shown as a percentage of net assets ($94,835,108) at May 31, 2000.
 
The following acronym is used throughout this portfolio:
 
ADR — American Depositary Receipt
 
(See Notes which are an integral part of the Financial Statements)
FTI Large Capitalization Growth Fund
Portfolio of Investments
May 31, 2000 (unaudited)

 
        
        
Shares
        Value

                            
     Common Stocks—93.0%
     Consumer Durables—2.3%
5,500    General Motors Corp., Class H    $        541,406
3,000    Sony Corp., ADR    273,562
         
     Total    814,968
         
     Consumer Services—8.5%
15,000    (1)AMFM, Inc.    1,016,250
13,000    Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.    320,125
7,000    Time Warner, Inc.    552,562
18,228    (1)Viacom, Inc., Class B    1,130,136
         
     Total    3,019,073
         
     Electronic Technology—32.0%
13,000    (1)Analog Devices, Inc.    1,001,000
32,000    (1)Cisco Systems, Inc.    1,822,000
10,000    (1)Comverse Technology, Inc.    913,750
10,000    (1)Dell Computer Corp.    431,250
10,000    (1)EMC Corp.    1,163,125
10,000    (1)Flextronics International Ltd.    544,375
10,000    (1)Gemstar International Group Ltd.    424,375
11,000    Intel Corp.    1,371,562
8,000    (1)JDS Uniphase Corp.    704,000
10,000    (1)Lexmark International Group,
Class A
   697,500
4,000    Motorola, Inc.    375,000
5,000    (1)Network Appliance, Inc.    322,812
19,000    (1)Solectron Corp.    628,188
12,000    (1)Sun Microsystems, Inc.    919,500
         
     Total    11,318,437
         
     Energy—2.1%
15,042    Transocean Sedco Forex, Inc.    739,878
         
     Energy Minerals—2.1%
10,000    Enron Corp.    728,750
         
     Finance—8.6%
8,000    American International Group, Inc.    900,500
7,000    Chase Manhattan Corp.    522,813
18,000    Citigroup, Inc.    1,119,375
7,000    Morgan Stanley, Dean Witter & Co.    503,563
         
     Total    3,046,251
         
Shares or
Principal
Amount
        Value

                            
     Health Services—2.8%
15,000    Cardinal Health, Inc.    $        973,125
         
     Health Technology—8.4%
18,000    (1)Amgen, Inc.          1,145,250
8,000    Merck & Co., Inc.    597,000
7,000    PE Corp.-PE Biosystems Group    388,500
7,000    Warner-Lambert Co.    854,875
         
     Total    2,985,625
         
     Producer Manufacturing—8.7%
25,500    General Electric Co.    1,341,938
11,250    Honeywell International, Inc.    615,234
24,000    Tyco International Ltd.    1,129,500
         
     Total    3,086,672
         
     Retail Trade—5.4%
19,500    Home Depot, Inc.    951,844
17,000    (1)Staples, Inc.    250,750
12,000    Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.    691,500
         
     Total    1,894,094
         
     Technology Services—7.5%
12,000    (1)America Online, Inc.    636,000
8,000    (1)Microsoft Corp.    500,500
6,000    (1)Siebel Systems, Inc.    702,000
7,000    (1)Veritas Software Corp.    815,500
         
     Total    2,654,000
         
     Utilities—4.6%
35,000    BroadWing, Inc.    833,438
21,000    (1)MCI Worldcom, Inc.    790,125
         
     Total    1,623,563
         
     Total Common Stocks
(identified cost $22,732,149)
   32,884,436
         
     (2)Repurchase Agreement—7.2%
$2,570,000    J.P. Morgan & Co., Inc., 5.20%,
dated 5/31/2000, due 6/1/2000 (at
amortized cost)
   2,570,000
         
     Total Investments
(identified cost $25,302,149)(3)
   $  35,454,436
         
FTI Large Capitalization Growth Fund

 
(1) 
Non-income producing security.
 
(2) 
The repurchase agreement is fully collateralized by U.S. government and/or agency obligations based on market prices at the date of the portfolio.
 
(3) 
The cost of investments for federal tax purposes amounts to $25,302,149. The net unrealized appreciation of investments on a federal tax basis amounts to $10,152,287 which is comprised of $11,420,805 appreciation and $1,268,518 depreciation at May 31, 2000.
 
Note: The categories of investments are shown as a percentage of net assets ($35,372,317) at May 31, 2000.
 
The following acronym is used throughout this portfolio:
 
ADR — American Depositary Receipt
 
(See Notes which are an integral part of the Financial Statements)
FTI International Equity Fund
Portfolio of Investments
May 31, 2000 (unaudited)

 
Shares         Value

                              
     Common Stocks—89.0%
     Brazil—0.9%
936    Tele Norte Leste Participacoes
SA, ADR
   $       18,369
8,000    Telecomunicacoes Brasileiras SA,
ADR
   926,000
         
     Total    944,369
         
     Canada—0.7%
24,000    Alcan Aluminum Ltd.    787,500
         
     Denmark—1.7%
24,200    ISS International Service, Class B    1,754,084
         
     Finland—3.4%
69,200    Nokia Oyj    3,602,455
         
     France—14.7%
52,500    Alcatel    2,904,506
10,000    Cap Gemini SA    1,874,296
24,000    Carrefour SA    1,698,342
5,100    Castorama Dubois    1,289,430
86,000    (1)Havas Advertising SA    1,889,503
46,200    STMicroelectronics NV    2,754,236
18,727    Total Fina SA, Class B    2,950,911
         
     Total    15,361,224
         
     Germany—2.9%
10,000    (1)Carrier1 International SA    797,672
31,000    (1)Direkt Anlage Bank AG    1,064,309
3,000    Intershop Communications AG    1,211,902
         
     Total    3,073,883
         
     Hong Kong—4.4%
200,000    Cheung Kong (Holdings) Ltd.    1,828,740
250,000    (1)China Telecom (Hong Kong)
Ltd.
   1,868,844
83,617    HSBC Holdings PLC    922,848
         
     Total    4,620,432
         
     Ireland—0.7%
121,894    Bank of Ireland    710,758
         
     Italy—2.7%
46,300    Arn Mondadori Edit    1,064,771
70,000    Istituto Bancario San Paolo di
Torino
   1,025,312
Shares         Value

                              
     Common Stocks (continued)
     Italy (continued)
171,000    Unicredito Italiano SPA    756,193
         
     Total    2,846,276
         
     Japan—25.6%
9,100    Advantest    $      1,917,924
115,000    Asahi Breweries    1,427,557
180,000    Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi Ltd.    2,256,163
14,200    Benesse Corp.    945,304
50,000    Canon, Inc.    2,302,586
5,000    (1)Crayfish Co., Ltd., ADR    50,000
6,600    Keyence Corp.    1,976,231
112    NTT Mobile Communication
Network, Inc.
   2,890,859
120,000    Nomura Securities Co., Ltd.    2,751,961
7,500    Rohm Co.    2,339,724
100,000    Sharp Corp.    1,801,216
21,000    Sony Corp.    1,901,026
41,000    Takeda Chemical Industries    2,797,920
40,000    Tokyo Broadcasting    1,485,539
         
     Total    26,844,010
         
     Luxembourg—1.0%
7,000    (1)Societe Europeenne des
Satellites
   992,659
         
     Mexico—1.0%
7,200    Coca-Cola Femsa SA, ADR    109,350
460,000    Wal-Mart de Mexico    947,087
         
     Total    1,056,437
         
     Netherlands—6.4%
60,000    Koninklijke (Royal)
Philips Electronics NV
   2,679,059
50,000    (1)KPN QWEST BV    1,737,500
25,000    Royal Dutch Petroleum Co., ADR    1,560,938
30,000    (1)United Pan-Europe
Communications NV
   777,241
         
     Total    6,754,738
         
     Singapore—1.4%
116,309    DBS Group Holdings Ltd.    1,160,842
37,000    Datacraft Asia Ltd.    257,150
         
     Total    1,417,992
         
FTI International Equity Fund

 
 
Shares         Value

                              
     Common Stocks (continued)
     Spain—2.0%
57,500    Banco Bilbao Vizcaya SA    $          804,669
65,000    Telefonica SA    1,334,118
         
     Total    2,138,787
         
     Sweden—1.6%
71,700    Securitas AB, Class B    1,671,989
         
     Switzerland—7.6%
17,000    (1)ABB Ltd.    2,109,893
3,000    Adecco SA    2,367,299
531    Baer Holdings AG    1,903,170
1,760    Serono SA-B    1,543,128
         
     Total    7,923,490
         
     Taiwan, Province Of China—1.3%
37,471    (1)Taiwan Semiconductor
Manufacturing Co., ADR
   1,323,185
         
Shares or
Principal
Amount
        Value

                              
     Common Stocks (continued)
     United Kingdom—9.0%
217,000    British Petroleum Amoco PLC    $      1,976,507
45,000    (1)Celltech PLC    654,722
18,000    (1)COLT Telecom Group PLC    635,592
122,000    Compass Group PLC    1,367,791
140,000    EMI Group PLC    1,192,390
55,000    Glaxo Wellcome PLC    1,555,975
160,000    (1)TeleWest PLC    651,429
310,003    Vodafone AirTouch PLC    1,415,284
         
     Total    9,449,690
         
     Total Common Stocks
(identified cost $72,858,206)
   93,273,958
         
     (2)Repurchase Agreement—9.7%
$10,130,000    J.P. Morgan & Co., Inc., 5.20%,
dated 5/31/2000, due 6/1/2000 (at
amortized cost)
   10,130,000
         
     Total Investments
(identified cost $82,988,206)(3)
   $103,403,958
          
(1) 
Non-income producing security.
 
(2) 
The repurchase agreement is fully collateralized by U.S. government and/or agency obligations based on market prices at the date of the portfolio.
 
(3) 
The cost of investments for federal tax purposes amounts to $82,988,206. The net unrealized appreciation of investments on a federal tax basis amounts to $20,415,752 which is comprised of $24,467,872 appreciation and $4,052,120 depreciation at May 31, 2000.
 
Note: The categories of investments are shown as a percentage of net assets ($104,766,828) at May 31, 2000.
 
The following acronyms are used throughout this portfolio:
 
ADR — American Depositary Receipt
PLC — Public Limited Company
SPA — Standby Purchase Agreement
 
(See Notes which are an integral part of the Financial Statements)
FTI Small Capitalization Equity Fund
Portfolio of Investments
May 31, 2000 (unaudited)

 
Shares         Value

                            
     Common Stocks—89.3%
     Basic Industries—0.5%
11,000    Minerals Technologies, Inc.    $        508,750
         
     Commercial Services—9.2%
39,500    (1)ACNielsen Corp.    876,406
45,000    (1)Charles River Associates, Inc.    804,375
29,000    (1)ChoicePoint, Inc.    1,172,687
19,000    (1)Corporate Executive Board Co.    1,040,250
16,000    G & K Services, Inc., Class A    400,000
56,000    (1)Interim Services, Inc.    1,127,000
18,700    (1)Maximus, Inc.    388,025
60,000    (1)On Assignment, Inc.    1,560,000
17,100    (1)ProBusiness Services, Inc.    455,287
25,600    (1)Profit Recovery Group
International, Inc.
   464,000
15,000    (1)Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers, Inc.    389,062
40,000    (1)School Specialty, Inc.    645,000
         
     Total    9,322,092
         
     Consumer Non-Durables—1.0%
35,000    (1)Hain Food Group, Inc.    1,032,500
         
     Consumer Services—4.2%
12,351    (1)AMFM, Inc.    836,780
30,000    (1)Emmis Communications, Corp.,
Class A
   1,023,750
20,000    (1)Lamar Advertising Co.    802,500
34,500    Penton Media, Inc.    966,000
23,000    (1)XM Satellite Radio Holdings,
Inc., Class A
   690,000
         
     Total    4,319,030
         
     Education—1.2%
44,000    (1)DeVRY, Inc.    1,229,250
         
     Electronic Technology—13.5%
6,200    (1)Adaptive Broadband Corp.    164,300
20,600    (1)Alpha Industries, Inc.    948,887
6,100    (1)AudioCodes Ltd.    445,681
16,700    (1)Comverse Technology, Inc.    1,525,962
7,200    (1)Copper Mountain Networks, Inc.    601,650
2,900    (1)Cymer, Inc.    91,531
9,200    (1)Electro Scientific Industries, Inc.    434,700
13,800    (1)Electroglas, Inc.    365,700
6,000    (1)Exar Corp.    412,500
5,000    (1)Extreme Networks, Inc.    244,375
4,000    (1)Gasonics International Corp.    109,500
16,000    (1)Gemstar International Group Ltd.    679,000
3,200    Helix Technology Corp.    109,000
Shares         Value

                            
     Common Stocks (continued)
     Electronic Technology (continued)
12,400    (1)JDS Uniphase Corp.    $    1,091,200
19,000    National Computer Systems, Inc.    863,312
21,300    (1)Natural Microsystems Corp.    1,371,187
23,200    (1)Network Appliance, Inc.    1,497,850
9,100    (1)PMC-Sierra, Inc.    1,394,575
15,000    (1)Photronics, Inc.    360,000
42,500    (1)TelCom Semiconductor, Inc.    1,051,875
         
     Total    13,762,785
         
     Energy Minerals—0.6%
16,000    (1)Barrett Resources Corp.    633,000
         
     Environmental Control—0.8%
38,000    (1)Tetra Tech, Inc.    836,000
         
     Finance Services—8.7%
38,000    City National Corp.    1,482,000
36,200    Investment Technology Group, Inc.    1,221,750
21,000    Investors Financial Services Corp.    1,696,078
24,000    Legg Mason, Inc.    1,059,000
15,000    PMI Group, Inc.    761,250
18,600    Radian Group, Inc.    1,023,000
30,000    Roslyn Bancorp, Inc.    515,625
39,700    WestAmerica Bancorporation    1,133,931
         
     Total    8,892,634
         
     Health Services—5.9%
39,000    (1)First Consulting Group, Inc.    302,250
35,000    (1)First Health Group Corp.    1,225,000
72,000    (1)Foundation Health Systems, Inc.,
Class A
   864,000
60,200    Hooper Holmes, Inc.    617,050
51,500    (1)Lincare Holdings, Inc.    1,493,500
7,900    (1)RehabCare Group, Inc.    339,700
48,000    (1)Renal Care Group, Inc.    1,146,000
         
     Total    5,987,500
         
     Health Technology—6.7%
6,700    (1)Affymetrix, Inc.    795,625
29,800    (1)Alkermes, Inc.    1,091,425
11,000    (1)Angiotech Pharmaceuticals, Inc.    404,250
17,000    (1)Biopure Corp.    369,750
12,600    (1)Caliper Technologies Corp.    517,387
4,700    (1)Cor Therapeutics, Inc.    297,862
28,000    (1)Cygnus, Inc.    225,750
38,500    (1)Geltex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.    755,563
9,400    (1)IDEC Pharmaceuticals Corp.    599,838
FTI Small Capitalization Equity Fund

 
 
Shares         Value

                            
     Common Stocks (continued)
     Health Technology (continued)
5,000    (1)Ilex Oncology, Inc.    $        124,688
12,000    (1)Maxim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.    461,250
10,600    (1)QLT Phototherapeutics, Inc.    518,738
7,200    (1)Waters Corp.    680,400
         
     Total    6,842,526
         
     Industrial Services—5.9%
25,000    (1)BJ Services Co.    1,790,625
30,000    Helmerich & Payne, Inc.    1,117,500
35,000    (1)National-Oilwell, Inc.    910,000
27,000    (1)Quanta Services, Inc.    1,323,000
20,000    (1)UTI Energy Corp.    855,000
         
     Total    5,996,125
         
     Insurance—0.4%
2,500    (1)Markel Corp.    359,844
         
     Non-Energy Minerals—0.9%
11,100    Elcor Corp.    211,594
40,000    (1)U.S. Aggregates, Inc.    750,000
         
     Total    961,594
         
     Process Industries—0.3%
16,000    MacDermid, Inc.    328,000
         
     Producer Manufacturing—4.2%
42,000    Aptargroup, Inc.    1,115,625
23,700    (1)Cable Design Technologies,
Class A
   656,194
56,000    CompX International, Inc.    1,057,000
14,800    (1)Grant Prideco, Inc.    344,100
30,000    HON Industries, Inc.    748,125
16,600    Kaydon Corp.    386,988
         
     Total    4,308,032
         
     Retail Trade—2.3%
21,100    Regis Corp. Minnesota    254,519
49,200    (1)Rent-A-Center, Inc.    990,150
36,400    (1)Valuevision International, Inc.,
Class A
   1,053,325
         
     Total    2,297,994
         
     Technology—17.9%
14,000    (1)Allaire Corp.    581,875
16,000    (1)American Management System,
Inc.
   599,000
14,000    (1)Art Technology Group, Inc.    821,625
Shares or
Principal
Amount
        Value

                            
     Common Stocks (continued)
     Technology (continued)
9,400    (1)Aspect Development, Inc.    $        549,900
26,000    (1)Bisys Group, Inc.    1,709,500
9,200    (1)Braun Consulting, Inc.    139,150
20,600    (1)Business Objects SA    1,648,000
15,500    (1)Clarent Corp.    656,813
11,100    (1)Diamond Technology Partners,
Class A
   699,300
11,200    (1)Exchange Applications, Inc.    154,000
7,600    (1)Exodus Communications, Inc.    536,275
37,000    (1)FIserv, Inc.    1,729,750
16,400    Henry Jack & Associates, Inc.    713,144
6,300    (1)ISS Group, Inc.    466,200
14,000    (1)Informatica Corp.    563,500
23,100    (1)Manhattan Associates, Inc.    431,681
13,200    (1)MatrixOne, Inc.    292,875
16,000    (1)Mercator Software, Inc.    476,000
19,000    (1)Mercury Interactive Corp.    1,610,250
13,300    (1)Micromuse, Inc.    1,324,181
18,000    (1)PSINet, Inc.    469,125
7,700    (1)Verio, Inc.    437,938
11,200    (1)Veritas Software Corp.    1,304,800
35,000    (1)Voyager.Net, Inc.    343,438
         
     Total    18,258,320
         
     Telecommunications—5.1%
32,512    BroadWing, Inc.    774,192
16,500    (1)iBasis, Inc.    232,031
21,000    (1)IXNET, Inc.    639,188
58,000    (1)Price Communications Corp.    1,323,125
38,100    (1)Primus Telecommunications
Group, Inc.
   995,363
13,800    (1)RSL Communications Ltd.,
Class A
   169,050
13,200    (1)SBA Communications Corp.    491,700
14,000    (1)Triton PCS Holdings, Inc.    570,500
         
     Total    5,195,149
         
     Total Common Stocks
(identified cost $67,572,400)
   91,071,125
         
     (2)Repurchase Agreement—10.8%
$10,967,000    J.P. Morgan & Co., Inc., 5.20%,
dated 5/31/2000, due 6/1/2000 (at
amortized cost)
   10,967,000
         
     Total Investments
(identified cost $78,539,400)(3)
   $102,038,125
          
FTI Small Capitalization Equity Fund

 
(1) 
Non-income producing security.
 
(2) 
The repurchase agreement is fully collateralized by U.S. government and/or agency obligations based on market prices at the date of the portfolio.
 
(3) 
The cost of investments for federal tax purposes amounts to $78,539,400. The net unrealized appreciation of investments on a federal tax basis amounts to $23,498,725 which is comprised of $28,167,436 appreciation and $4,668,711 depreciation at May 31, 2000.
 
Note: The categories of investments are shown as a percentage of net assets ($101,926,679) at May 31, 2000.
 
(See Notes which are an integral part of the Financial Statements)
FTI Bond Fund
Portfolio of Investments
May 31, 2000 (unaudited)

 
Principal
Amount
        Value

     Collateralized Mortgage Obligations—3.5%
$2,152,819    DLJ Mortgage Acceptance Corp.
1998-2, Class 1PA, 6.75%,
6/19/2028
   $    2,010,485
1,602,941    Residential Asset Securitization
Trust 1997-A11, Class A3, 7.00%,
1/25/2028
      1,584,243
         
     Total Collateralized Mortgage
Obligations
(identified cost
$3,723,837)
   3,594,728
         
     Corporate Bonds—33.2%
     Banking—3.9%
669,000    (1)KBC Bank Funding, Bond
9.86%, 11/29/2049
   672,911
847,000    Royal Bank of Scotland PLC,
9.118%, 3/31/2049
   852,465
2,580,000    Sovereign Bancorp, Inc., Sr. Note,
6.625%, 3/15/2001
   2,525,232
         
     Total    4,050,608
         
     Cable Television—3.4%
1,115,000    Adelphia Communications Corp.,
Sr. Note, Series B, 9.875%,
3/1/2007
   1,053,675
1,625,000    CSC Holdings, Inc., Sr. Note,
8.125%, 7/15/2009
   1,529,547
1,025,000    Charter Communications Holdings
Capital Corp., Sr. Note, 8.625%,
4/1/2009
   861,000
         
     Total    3,444,222
         
     Chemicals—1.4%
1,500,000    Union Carbide Corp., Sr. Note,
6.25%, 6/15/2003
   1,440,474
         
     Financial Services—2.3%
70,000    Associates Corp. of North
America, Sr. Note, 5.75%,
11/1/2003
   65,649
1,190,000    (1)Dresdner Funding Trust, Note,
8.151%, 6/30/2031
   995,537
      810,000    Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc.,
Note, 6.375%, 5/7/2002
             788,575
Principal
Amount
        Value

     Corporate Bonds (continued)
     Financial Services (continued)
$    530,000    Petacalco, Trust, Secd. Note,
10.16%, 12/23/2009
   $        520,990
         
     Total       2,370,751
         
     Industrial Components—2.3%
 2,480,000    TRW, Inc., Sr. Note, 6.50%,
6/1/2002
         2,407,252
         
                      Insurance—2.0%
3,000,000    Conseco, Inc., Unsecd. Note,
8.75%, 2/9/2004
   2,070,000
         
     Merchandising—2.8%
460,000    K-Mart Corp., Sr. Unsecd. Note,
8.375%, 12/1/2004
   439,426
2,840,000    Saks, Inc., Unsecd. Note, 7.00%,
7/15/2004
   2,467,048
         
     Total    2,906,474
         
     Multimedia—1.8%
1,825,000    News America Holdings, Inc.,
Deb., 10.125%, 10/15/2012
   1,859,494
         
     Special Purpose Entity—5.7%
2,034,931    (1)Air 2 Us, Equipment Trust,
8.027%, 10/1/2019
   1,990,539
1,865,000    (1)Osprey Trust, Sr. Secd. Note,
8.31%, 1/15/2003
   1,855,843
1,000,000    Prudential Funding Corp., Note,
Series B, 6.38%, 3/21/2003
   998,672
1,000,000    RBF Finance Co., Company
Guarantee, 11.00%, 3/15/2006
   1,067,500
         
     Total    5,912,554
         
     Transportation—Airlines—0.2%
235,000    Northwest Airlines, Inc., Note,
8.52%, 4/7/2004
   217,555
         
     Utilities—6.6%
152,082    East Coast Power, Sr. Secd. Note,
6.737%, 3/31/2008
   140,580
1,250,000    (1)PSEG Energy Holdings, Note,
9.125%, 2/10/2004
   1,232,694
2,600,000    (1)PSEG Energy Holdings, Note,
10.00%, 10/1/2009
   2,635,425
FTI Bond Fund

 
    
Principal
Amount
        Value

     Corporate Bonds (continued)
     Utilities (continued)
$  3,000,000    Utilicorp United, Inc., Sr. Note,
7.625%, 11/15/2009
   $    2,765,289
         
     Total       6,773,988
         
     Utilities—Electrical & Gas—0.8%
740,000    El Paso Electric Co., 1st Mtg.
Note, 9.40%, 5/1/2011
   772,391
         
     Total Corporate Bonds
(identified cost $36,440,020)
   34,225,763
         
     Foreign Bonds—0.7%
     Brazil—0.4%
566,449    Republic of Brazil, C Bond,
8.00%, 4/15/2014
   396,514
         
     Philippines—0.3%
390,000    Republic of Philippines, Note,
10.625%, 3/16/2025
   321,750
         
     Total Foreign Bonds
(identified cost $825,142)
   718,264
         
     Mortgage Backed Securities—34.7%
     Federal Home Loan Mortgage
Corporation—12.2%
 12,871,764    6.875%—8.00%, 1/15/2005—
4/1/2030
       
12,635,429
         
     Federal National Mortgage
Association—15.6%
16,559,906    6.00%—8.00%, 12/1/2014—
12/1/2029
       
16,143,161
         
Principal
Amount
or Shares
        Value

     Mortgage Backed Securities (continued)
     Government National Mortgage
Association—6.9%
$7,313,623    7.00%—7.50%, 7/15/2025—
12/15/2028
       
$    7,078,685
         
     Total Mortgage Backed Securities
(identified cost $36,477,743)
     35,857,275
         
     Preferred Stock—3.4%
     Special Purpose Entity—3.4%
3,580    (1)Centaur Funding Corp., Pfd.
(identified cost $3,647,804)
   3,498,333
         
     U.S. Treasury—22.0%
$      80,000    United States Treasury Bond,
6.25%, 5/15/2030
   82,550
7,290,000    United States Treasury Bond,
7.25%, 8/15/2022
   8,057,054
2,620,000    United States Treasury Bond,
7.875%, 2/15/2021
   3,063,409
2,183,000    United States Treasury Note,
6.00%, 8/15/2009
   2,126,380
3,200,000    United States Treasury Note,
6.25%, 2/28/2002
   3,175,002
6,035,000    United States Treasury Note,
7.25%, 5/15/2004
   6,155,700
         
     Total U.S. Treasury
(identified cost $23,043,119)
   22,660,095
         
     (2)Repurchase Agreement—1.8%
1,863,000    J.P. Morgan & Co., Inc., 5.20%,
dated 5/31/2000, due 6/1/2000 (at
amortized cost)
   1,863,000
         
     Total Investments
(identified cost $106,020,665)(3)
   $102,417,458
          
 
(1) 
Denotes a restricted security which is subject to restrictions on resale under Federal Securities laws. These securities have been deemed liquid based upon criteria approved by the fund’s Board of Directors. At May 31, 2000, these securities amounted to $12,881,282 which represents 12.5% of net assets.
 
(2) 
The repurchase agreement is fully collateralized by U.S government and/or agency obligations based on market prices at the date of the portfolio.
 
(3) 
The cost of investments for federal tax purposes amounts to $106,020,665. The net unrealized depreciation of investments on a federal tax basis amounts to $3,603,207 which is comprised of $209,394 appreciation and $3,812,601 depreciation at May 31, 2000.
 
Note: The categories of investments are shown as a percentage of net assets ($103,140,383) at May 31, 2000.
 
The following acronym is used throughout this portfolio:
 
PLC — Public Limited Company
 
(See Notes which are an integral part of the Financial Statements)
FTI Municipal Bond Fund
Portfolio of Investments
May 31, 2000 (unaudited)

 
Principal
Amount
        Credit
Rating*
   Value

     Long-Term Municipals—93.9%
     Alabama—1.2%
$    750,000    Birmingham, AL, GO
UT Bonds, 6.45%
(Original Issue Yield:
6.50%), 7/1/2006
   AA/Aa3    $      778,792
              
     Colorado—1.5%
 1,000,000    Denver, CO, City &
County School District
NO. 01, Certificate
Participation, 5.50%
(Denver School
Facilities Leasing
Corp.)/(AMBAC INS),
12/15/2008
   AAA/Aaa      1,010,080
              
     Florida—2.3%
1,000,000    Florida State
Department of
Environmental
Protection, Refunding
Revenue Bonds, 6.00%
(AMBAC
INS)/(Original Issue
Yield: 4.98%), 7/1/2011
   AAA/Aaa    1,048,220
500,000    Florida State Turnpike
Authority, Revenue
Bonds, Series A, 6.95%
(AMBAC INS),
7/1/2003
   AAA/Aaa    521,420
              
       Total       1,569,640
              
     Georgia—14.2%
2,500,000    Fulton County, GA,
School District, GO UT
Refunding Bonds,
6.375% (Original Issue
Yield: 6.60%), 5/1/2012
   AA/Aa2    2,709,725
2,000,000    Georgia Municipal
Electric Authority,
Revenue Bonds, Series
EE, 7.25% (AMBAC
INS)/(Original Issue
Yield: 6.40%), 1/1/2024
   AAA/Aaa    2,328,600
Principal
Amount
        Credit
Rating*
   Value

     Long-Term Municipals (continued)
     Georgia (continued)
$1,000,000    Georgia State, GO UT
Bonds, Series B, 5.75%,
7/1/2008
   AAA/Aaa    $  1,034,870
2,500,000    Georgia State, GO UT
Bonds, Series C, 6.25%
(Original Issue Yield:
4.90%), 8/1/2012
   AAA/Aaa      2,690,975
350,000    Georgia State, GO UT
Bonds, 6.00%, 9/1/2007
   AAA/Aaa    366,807
400,000    Houston County, GA,
Development Authority,
Multifamily Revenue
Bonds, Series A,
6.85%, 8/1/2018
   NR    352,112
160,000    Houston County, GA,
Development Authority,
Multifamily Revenue
Bonds, 6.40%, 8/1/2006
   NR    147,925
              
       Total       9,631,014
              
     Hawaii—0.8%
500,000    Hawaii State, GO UT
Bonds, Series CJ,
5.80% (Original Issue
Yield: 5.85%), 1/1/2005
   A+/A1    509,315
              
     Illinois—4.8%
1,000,000    Chicago, IL, Refunding
Bonds, Series A-2,
6.00% (AMBAC
INS)/(Original Issue
Yield: 5.55%), 1/1/2011
   AAA/Aaa    1,036,000
1,000,000    Du Page, IL, Water
Commission, GO UT
Refunding Bonds,
6.25% (Original Issue
Yield: 6.35%), 3/1/2005
   AAA/Aaa    1,034,400
1,000,000    Regional Transportation
Authority, Revenue
Bonds, Series A, 7.20%
(AMBAC INS)/
(Original Issue Yield:
7.199%), 11/1/2020
   AAA/Aaa    1,155,130
              
       Total       3,225,530
              
FTI Municipal Bond Fund

 
Principal
Amount
        Credit
Rating*
   Value

     Long-Term Municipals (continued)
     Iowa—1.5%
$1,005,000    Iowa Finance Authority,
Hospital Facilities
Revenue Bonds, 6.25%
(Original Issue Yield:
5.70%), 2/15/2004
   NR/A1    $  1,021,954
              
     Kansas—1.5%
1,000,000    Kansas State
Department of
Transportation,
Refunding Revenue
Bonds, 5.50% (Original
Issue Yield: 4.42%),
9/1/2006
   AA+/Aa2      1,017,080
              
     Kentucky—1.5%
1,000,000    Kentucky Turnpike
Authority, Refunding
Revenue Bonds, 5.50%
(AMBAC INS),
7/1/2006
   AAA/Aaa    1,016,210
              
     Maine—1.2%
790,000    Maine State Housing
Authority, Refunding
Revenue Bonds, Series
D-1, 5.05%, 11/15/2016
   AA/Aa2    783,964
              
     Michigan—3.9%
1,500,000    Detroit, MI, Water
Supply System,
Revenue Bonds, Series
A, 6.00% (MBIA
INS)/(Original Issue
Yield: 5.17%), 7/1/2015
   AAA/Aaa    1,556,595
1,000,000    Michigan State, GO UT
Bonds, 6.25% (Original
Issue Yield: 6.40%),
11/1/2012
   AA+/Aa1    1,066,780
              
       Total       2,623,375
              
     Minnesota—3.6%
2,500,000    Minnesota State HFA,
Revenue Bonds, Series
C, 4.85%, 1/1/2024
   AA+/Aa2    2,426,050
              
Principal
Amount
        Credit
Rating*
   Value

     Long-Term Municipals (continued)
     Mississippi—0.2%
$    135,000    Mississippi Home
Corp., Refunding
Revenue Bonds, Series
G, 5.25% (GNMA
COL), 11/1/2017
   AAA/Aaa    $      131,967
              
     Nevada—1.5%
 1,000,000    Clark County, NV,
School District, GO LT
Revenue Bonds, Series
B, 5.00% (FGIC INS),
6/15/2004
   AAA/Aaa    995,110
              
     New Hampshire—1.5%
1,000,000    New Hampshire
Municipal Bond Bank,
Revenue Bonds, Series
C, 5.625% (MBIA
INS), 8/15/2005
   AAA/Aaa      1,021,130
              
     New Jersey—4.7%
2,000,000    New Jersey State
Transportation Trust
Fund Authority,
Revenue Bonds, Series
B, 6.50% (MBIA
INS)/(Original Issue
Yield: 5.60%),
6/15/2010
   AAA/Aaa    2,166,300
1,000,000    New Jersey State
Transportation Trust
Fund Authority,
Revenue Bonds, Series
A, 6.00% (United States
Treasury LOC)/
(Original Issue Yield:
6.20%), 6/15/2002
   NR/Aaa    1,019,650
              
       Total       3,185,950
              
     New Mexico—1.5%
1,000,000    New Mexico State
Highway Commission,
Revenue Bonds, Series
A, 6.00%, 6/15/2013
   AA+/Aa2    1,029,210
              
FTI Municipal Bond Fund

 
Principal
Amount
        Credit
Rating*
   Value

     Long-Term Municipals (continued)
     New York—15.6%
$1,280,000    Metropolitan
Transportation
Authority, NY, Revenue
Bonds, Series A, 6.25%
(MBIA INS), 4/1/2011
   AAA/Aaa    $  1,366,618
1,110,000    Municipal Assistance
Corp. of New York,
Refunding Revenue
Bonds, Series G, 5.50%
(Original Issue Yield:
4.45%), 7/1/2001
   AA/Aa2      1,118,236
700,000    New York State
Environmental Facilities
Corp., Refunding
Revenue Bonds, 5.50%
(Original Issue Yield:
5.55%), 6/15/2004
   AA-/Aa1    710,724
550,000    New York State Local
Government Assistance
Corp., Revenue Bonds,
Series A, 5.50%
(Original Issue Yield:
5.55%), 4/1/2006
   A+/A3    568,980
750,000    New York State Power
Authority, Refunding
Revenue Bonds, Series
Y, 6.25% (Original
Issue Yield: 6.70%),
1/1/2005
   AAA/Aaa    771,638
1,000,000    New York State
Thruway Authority,
Revenue Bonds, Series
A, 5.50% (AMBAC
INS)/(Original Issue
Yield: 5.55%), 4/1/2006
   AAA/Aaa    1,015,100
400,000    New York State Urban
Development Corp.,
Refunding Revenue
Bonds, 5.50% (HUD
Section 236 GTD),
7/1/2005
   AAA/Aaa    405,904
1,000,000    Onondaga County, NY,
GO UT Bonds, 5.875%
(Original Issue Yield:
6.25%), 2/15/2012
   AA+/Aa2    1,036,330
Principal
Amount
        Credit
Rating*
   Value

     Long-Term Municipals (continued)
     New York (continued)
$1,000,000    Triborough Bridge &
Tunnel Authority, NY,
Refunding Revenue
Bonds, Series Y, 6.00%
(Original Issue Yield:
6.14%), 1/1/2012
   A+/Aa3    $  1,042,800
500,000    Triborough Bridge &
Tunnel Authority, NY,
Refunding Revenue
Bonds, Series Y, 5.90%
(Original Issue Yield:
5.95%), 1/1/2007
   A+/Aa3    517,445
 1,800,000    Triborough Bridge &
Tunnel Authority, NY,
Refunding Revenue
Bonds, Series X,
6.625%, 1/1/2012
   A+/Aa3      1,981,422
              
     Total       10,535,197
              
     Ohio—4.6%
2,000,000    Columbus, OH, GO UT
Bonds, Series 2, 6.00%,
6/15/2007
   AAA/Aaa    2,091,460
1,000,000    Ohio State Turnpike
Commission, Revenue
Bonds, Series A, 5.50%
(MBIA INS)/(Original
Issue Yield: 5.97%),
2/15/2026
   AAA/Aaa    1,031,240
              
     Total       3,122,700
              
     Oregon—3.5%
1,250,000    Lane County, OR,
School District No. 019,
GO UT Refunding
Bonds, 6.00% (FGIC
INS)/(Original Issue
Yield: 5.08%),
10/15/2013
   AAA/Aaa    1,309,138
1,000,000    Oregon State, GO LT
Bonds, 6.75%, 5/1/2005
   AA/Aa2    1,069,780
              
     Total       2,378,918
              
FTI Municipal Bond Fund

 
Principal
Amount
        Credit
Rating*
   Value

     Long-Term Municipals (continued)
     Pennsylvania—1.5%
$1,000,000    Pittsburgh, PA, Water
& Sewer Authority,
Refunding Revenue
Bonds, Series A, 6.00%
(FGIC INS)/(Original
Issue Yield: 7.022%),
9/1/2016
   AAA/Aaa    $  1,014,960
              
     Puerto Rico—0.8%
500,000    Puerto Rico Electric
Power Authority,
Revenue Bonds, 6.60%
(MBIA INS)/(Original
Issue Yield: 6.65%),
7/1/2001
   AAA/Aaa    510,325
              
     Rhode Island—0.5%
310,000    Rhode Island Housing
& Mortgage Finance
Corp., Refunding
Revenue Bonds, Series
25-A, 4.95%, 10/1/2016
   AA+/Aa2    304,832
              
     South Dakota—3.3%
 2,250,000    South Dakota Housing
Development Authority,
Revenue Bonds, Series
A, 5.30%, 5/1/2004
   AAA/Aa1      2,245,343
              
     Tennessee—3.3%
2,275,000    Municipal Energy
Acquisition Corp.,
Revenue Bonds, 5.00%
(FSA INS)/(Original
Issue Yield: 3.85%),
3/1/2002
   AAA/Aaa    2,235,870
              
     Texas—8.7%
1,030,000    Galena Park, TX, ISD,
GO UT Bonds, 6.25%
(PSFG GTD),
8/15/2005
   NR/Aaa    1,076,999
1,000,000    Kerrville, TX, ISD, GO
UT Bonds, 6.00%
(PSFG GTD),
8/15/2013
      1,027,160
Principal
Amount
        Credit
Rating*
   Value

     Long-Term Municipals (continued)
     Texas (continued)
$    795,000    Plano, TX, ISD, GO
UT Bonds, 5.50%
(PSFG GTD),
2/15/2005
   AAA/Aaa    $      805,605
 3,000,000    Texas State, TRANs,
Series A, 4.50%,
8/31/2000
   SP-1+/MIG1      2,999,460
              
     Total       5,909,224
              
     Virginia—1.1%
550,000    Portsmouth, VA, GO
UT Refunding
Bonds, 5.35%
(Original Issue
Yield: 5.45%),
8/1/2005
   AA-/A3    554,521
190,000    Virginia State Public
School Authority,
GO UT Bonds,
Series B, 6.00%,
8/1/2005
   AAA/Aa1    199,667
              
     Total       754,188
              
     Washington—0.3%
200,000    Clark County, WA,
Public Utilities
District NO. 001,
Revenue Bonds,
6.00% (FGIC INS),
1/1/2008
   AAA/Aaa    207,942
              
     Wisconsin—3.3%
1,500,000    Wisconsin State
Petroleum Inspection
Fee, Revenue Bonds,
Series A, 6.00%,
7/1/2011
   AA-/Aa3    1,546,245
700,000    Wisconsin State, GO
UT Refunding
Bonds, Series 2,
5.40%, 5/1/2004
   AA/Aa2    703,269
              
     Total       2,249,514
              
     Total Long-Term
Municipals
(identified cost
$63,862,031)
      63,445,384
              
FTI Municipal Bond Fund

 
Shares            Value

     Mutual Fund—4.9%
 1,156,000    Dreyfus Tax Exempt Fund       $  1,156,000
 2,158,000    Merrill Lynch Tax Exempt Fund       2,158,000
              
     Total Mutual Fund
(at amortized cost)
      3,314,000
              
     Total Investments
(identified cost $67,176,031)(1)
      $66,759,384
                
 
 
(1)
The cost of investments for federal tax purposes amounts to $67,176,031. The net unrealized depreciation of investments on a federal tax basis amounts to $416,647 which is comprised of $301,521 appreciation and $718,168 depreciation at May 31, 2000.
 
*
Please refer to the Appendix of the Statement of Additional Information for an explanation of the credit ratings. Current credit ratings are unaudited.
 
Note: The categories of investments are shown as a percentage of net assets ($67,596,356) at May 31, 2000.
 
The following acronyms are used throughout this portfolio:
 
AMBAC — American Municipal Bond Assurance Corporation
COL — Collateralized
FGIC — Financial Guaranty Insurance Corporation
FSA — Financial Security Assurance
GNMA — Government National Mortgage Association
GO — General Obligation
GTD — Guaranteed
HFA — Housing Finance Authority
HUD — Department of Housing and Urban Development
INS — Insured
ISD — Independent School District
LOC — Letter of Credit
LT — Limited Tax
MBIA — Municipal Bond Investors Association
PSFG — Permanent School Fund Guarantee
TRANs — Tax and Revenue Anticipation Notes
UT — Unlimited Tax
 
(See Notes which are an integral part of the Financial Statements)
FTI Funds
Statements of Assets and Liabilities
May 31, 2000 (unaudited)

     Large
Capitalization
Growth and
Income
Fund
   Large
Capitalization
Growth
Fund
   International
Equity Fund
   Small
Capitalization
Equity Fund
   Bond
Fund
   Municipal
Bond
Fund

Assets:
Investments in repurchase agreements    $  8,115,000    $  2,570,000      $  10,130,000    $  10,967,000      $    1,863,000      $              —  
Investments in securities    86,659,750    32,884,436      93,273,958    91,071,125      100,554,458        66,759,384  
    
 
    
 
    
    
  
Total investments in securities at value      94,774,750      35,454,436      103,403,958    102,038,125      102,417,458      66,759,384  
Income receivable    185,105    8,193      435,334    13,050      1,415,936      1,143,144  
Cash    605    592         92           632  
Cash denominated in foreign currencies
(identified cost $924,058)
           924,063               
Receivable for investments sold            106,935    4,317            
Deferred organizational costs            10,362    10,366            
    
 
    
 
    
    
  
    Total Assets    94,960,460    35,463,221      104,880,652    102,065,950      103,833,394      67,903,160  
    
 
    
 
    
    
  
Liabilities:
Payable for investments purchased    $              —    $        71,865      $                —    $                —      $                —      $              —  
Payable for taxes withheld    4,229    52      37,157               
Net payable for foreign currency
exchange contracts
           34,494               
Income distribution payable                    623,277      246,837  
Accrued expenses    121,123    18,987      42,173    139,271      69,734      59,967  
    
 
    
 
    
    
  
    Total liabilities    125,352    90,904      113,824    139,271      693,011      306,804  
    
 
    
 
    
    
  
Net Assets    $94,835,108    $35,372,317      $104,766,828    $101,926,679      $103,140,383      $67,596,356  
    
 
    
 
    
    
  
Net Assets Consist of:
Paid in capital    $41,647,926    $24,160,928      $  83,534,605    $  69,862,509      $110,202,533      $69,594,160  
Net unrealized appreciation/(depreciation)
of investments and translation of assets
and liabilities in foreign currency
   41,208,174    10,152,287      20,366,378    23,498,725      (3,603,207 )    (416,647 )
Accumulated net realized gain/(loss)
on investments and foreign
currency transactions
   11,897,712    1,135,341      861,132    8,967,481      (3,463,103 )    (1,581,363 )
Undistributed net investment income/
(net operating loss)
   81,296    (76,239 )    4,713    (402,036 )    4,160      206
    
 
    
 
    
    
  
    Total Net Assets    $94,835,108    $35,372,317      $104,766,828    $101,926,679      $103,140,383      $67,596,356  
    
 
    
 
    
    
  
Net Asset Per Share, Offering Price and
Redemption Proceeds Per Share
   $          10.12    $          11.55      $            16.88    $            21.93      $              9.16      $            9.39  
    
 
    
 
    
    
  
Shares Outstanding    9,371,609    3,061,797      6,207,772    4,646,985      11,263,283      7,201,176  
    
 
    
 
    
    
  
Investments, at identified cost    $53,566,576    $25,302,149      $  82,988,206    $  78,539,400      $106,020,665      $67,176,031  
    
 
    
 
    
    
  
Investments, at tax cost    $53,566,576    $25,302,149      $  82,988,206    $  78,539,400      $106,020,665      $67,176,031  
    
 
    
 
    
    
  
 
(See Notes which are an integral part of the Financial Statements)
FTI Funds
Statements of Operations
Six Months Ended May 31, 2000 (unaudited)

     Large
Capitalization
Growth and
Income Fund
   Large
Capitalization
Growth
Fund
   International
Equity Fund
   Small
Capitalization
Equity Fund
   Bond
Fund
   Municipal
Bond
Fund

Investment Income:
Dividends    $      554,231 (1)    $      72,424 (2)    $    414,462 (3)    $      74,790      $    186,543      $            —  
Interest    40,496      36,343      177,834      181,069      3,825,013      1,769,358  
    
    
    
    
    
    
  
    Total income    594,727      108,767      592,296      255,859      4,011,556      1,769,358  
Expenses:
Investment adviser fee    357,836      128,476      489,653      505,384      267,664      175,724  
Administrative personnel and services fee    74,063      37,500      66,872      76,592      73,181      54,300  
Custodian fees    13,271      11,871      41,212      12,356      15,766      12,669  
Transfer and dividend disbursing agent fees
and expenses
   4,023      7,750      8,054      9,802      7,647      7,136  
Directors’ fees    5,336      1,258      5,171      2,354      3,778      3,299  
Auditing fees    8,314      9,363      12,854      10,272      8,515      8,742  
Legal fees    2,903      4,353      4,789      2,501      3,379      1,880  
Portfolio accounting fees    18,121      24,388      22,687      26,043      22,826      24,211  
Share registration costs    5,022      9,288      9,925      10,023      10,501      8,933  
Printing and postage    3,137      5,181      6,427      5,021      4,781      3,495  
Insurance premiums    275      261      987      747      149      26  
Miscellaneous    1,869      2,098      6,865      3,934      1,339      1,476  
    
    
    
    
    
    
  
    Total expenses    494,170      241,787      675,496      665,029      419,526      301,891  
Waivers and Reimbursements:
Waiver of administrative personnel and
services fee
   (6,182 )    (9,071 )    (6,813 )    (7,134 )    (6,919 )    (4,572 )
Waiver of custodian fee    (13,272 )    (11,871 )              (15,765 )    (12,669 )
Reimbursements of other operating expenses         (35,839 )    (81,100 )               
    
    
    
    
    
    
  
    Total Waivers and Reimbursements    (19,454 )    (56,781 )    (87,913 )    (7,134 )    (22,684 )    (17,241 )
    
    
    
    
    
    
  
Net expenses    474,716      185,006      587,583      657,895      396,842      284,650  
    
    
    
    
    
    
  
Net investment income (loss)    120,011      (76,239 )    4,713      (402,036 )    3,614,714      1,484,708  
    
    
    
    
    
    
  
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on
Investments and Foreign Currency
Transactions:
Net realized gain (loss) on investments and
foreign currency transactions
    11,898,029      1,135,417      861,037      9,621,494      (1,642,468 )    (1,027,490 )
Net change in unrealized appreciation
(depreciation) of investments and translation
of assets and liabilities in foreign currency
   (9,580,687 )    58,402       (1,796,501 )    108,383       (1,569,859 )    (234,088 )
    
    
    
    
    
    
  
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on
investments and foreign currency
transactions
   2,317,342      1,193,819      (935,464 )    9,729,877      (3,212,327 )     (1,261,578 )
    
    
    
    
    
    
  
Change in net assets resulting from operations    $  2,437,353      $1,117,580      $  (930,751 )    $9,327,841      $    402,387      $    223,130  
    
    
    
    
    
    
  
 
(1)
Net of foreign taxes withheld of $9,606.
 
(2)
Net of foreign taxes withheld of $52.
 
(3)
Net of foreign taxes withheld of $58,019.
 
(See Notes which are an integral part of the Financial Statements)
 
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FTI Funds
Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 
       Large Capitalization
Growth and Income Fund

       Six Months
Ended
May 31, 2000
(unaudited)
     Period
Ended
November 30,
1999(1)

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets:          
Operations:          
Net investment income/(net operating loss)      $        120,011        $      347,928  
Net realized gain (loss) on investments
and foreign currency transactions
     11,898,029        13,530,982  
Net change in unrealized appreciation/(depreciation)
of investments and translation of assets
and liabilities in foreign currency
     (9,580,687 )      50,788,861  
     
       
  
    Change in net assets resulting from operations      2,437,353        64,667,771  
     
       
  
Distributions to Shareholders:          
Distributions from net investment income      (146,674 )      (257,381 )
Distributions from net realized gain on
investments and foreign currency transactions
     (13,513,887 )       
     
       
  
    Change in net assets from distributions to shareholders      (13,660,561 )      (257,381 )
     
       
  
Share Transactions:          
Proceeds from sale of shares      12,518,176        50,838,131  
Net asset value of shares issued to shareholders
in payment of distributions declared
     49,392        247  
Cost of shares redeemed      (6,396,588 )       (15,361,432 )
     
       
  
    Change in net assets from share transactions      6,170,980        35,476,946  
     
       
  
        Change in net assets      (5,052,228 )      99,887,336  
Net Assets:          
Beginning of period      99,887,336         
     
       
  
End of period      $  94,835,108        $99,887,336  
     
       
  
Undistributed net investment income/(net operating loss)
included in net assets at end of period
     $          81,296        $      107,959  
     
       
  
Net gain (loss) as computed for federal tax purposes      $ 11,898,029        $13,513,570  
     
       
  
 
(1)
Reflects operations for the period from December 11, 1998 (start of performance) to November 30, 1999.
 
(See Notes which are an integral part of the Financial Statements)
 
 

 
Large Capitalization
Growth Fund

     International
Equity Fund

     Small Capitalization
Equity Fund

Six Months
Ended
May 31, 2000
(unaudited)
   Period
Ended
November 30,
1999(1)
     Six Months
Ended
May 31, 2000
(unaudited)
   Year
Ended
November 30,
1999
     Six Months
Ended
May 31, 2000
(unaudited)
   Year
Ended
November 30,
1999

                    
                    
$      (76,239 )    $      (56,111 )      $      4,713    $            (577 )      $      (402,036 )    $    (549,442 )
                    
1,135,417      1,878,049        861,037    3,657,019        9,621,494    9,402,531  
                    
                    
58,402      10,093,885        (1,796,501)    14,816,150        108,383      17,831,264  

    
       
 
       
    
  
1,117,580      11,915,823        (930,751)    18,472,592        9,327,841      26,684,353  

    
       
 
       
    
  
                    
                            
                    
(1,878,125 )           (3,806,991)           (6,793,844 )     

    
       
 
       
    
  
(1,878,125 )           (3,806,991)           (6,793,844 )     

    
       
 
       
    
  
                    
5,525,599      21,894,598        102,262,787    34,272,002        56,299,441      15,788,436  
                    
17,174             581,995           1,434,504       
(647,714 )    (2,572,618 )      (69,329,080)    (51,200,999 )      (31,093,207 )     (15,953,651 )

    
       
 
       
    
  
4,895,059      19,321,980        33,515,702     (16,928,997 )      26,640,738      (165,215 )

    
       
 
       
    
  
4,134,514      31,237,803        28,777,960    1,543,595        29,174,735      26,519,138  
                    
31,237,803             75,988,868    74,445,273        72,751,944      46,232,806  

    
       
 
       
    
  
$35,372,317      $31,237,803        $104,766,828    $75,988,868        $101,926,679      $72,751,944  

    
       
 
       
    
  
                    
$      (76,239 )    $              —        $            4,713    $              —        $      (402,036 )    $              —  

    
       
 
       
    
  
$  1,135,417      $  1,878,049        $        861,037    $  3,807,086        $    9,621,494      $  6,139,831  

    
       
 
       
    
  
FTI Funds
Statements of Changes in Net Assets (continued)

 
       Bond Fund
     Municipal
Bond Fund

       Six Months
Ended
May 31, 2000
(unaudited)
     Period
Ended
November 30,
1999(1)
     Six Months
Ended
May 31, 2000
(unaudited)
     Period
Ended
November 30,
1999(1)

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets:                    
Operations:                    
Net investment income      $    3,614,714        $  4,685,443        $ 1,484,708        $ 2,449,411  
Net realized loss on investments      (1,642,468 )      (1,818,237 )      (1,027,490 )      (553,873 )
Net change in unrealized appreciation/
(depreciation) of investments
     (1,569,859 )      (2,033,348 )      (234,088 )      (182,559 )
       
       
       
       
  
    Change in net assets resulting from operations      402,387        833,858        223,130        1,712,979  
       
       
       
       
  
Distributions to Shareholders:                    
Distributions from net investment income      (3,628,753 )      (4,669,642 )      (1,485,569 )      (2,448,344 )
       
       
       
       
  
    Change in net assets from distributions to
    shareholders
     (3,628,753 )      (4,669,642 )      (1,485,569 )      (2,448,344 )
       
       
       
       
  
Share Transactions:                    
Proceeds from sale of shares      8,040,966        123,375,777        5,422,556        81,147,820  
Net asset value of shares issued to shareholders
in payment of distributions declared
     90,570        2,343               154  
Cost of shares redeemed      (8,652,444 )      (12,654,679 )      (7,262,103 )      (9,714,267 )
       
       
       
       
  
    Change in net assets from share transactions      (520,908 )      110,723,441        (1,839,547 )      71,433,707  
       
       
       
       
  
        Change in net assets      (3,747,274 )      106,887,657        (3,101,986 )      70,698,342  
Net Assets:                    
Beginning of period      106,887,657               70,698,342         
       
       
       
       
  
End of period      $103,140,383        $106,887,657        $67,596,356        $70,698,342  
       
       
       
       
  
Undistributed net investment income included in
net assets at end of period
     $            4,160        $          18,199        $            206        $          1,067  
       
       
       
       
  
Net loss as computed for federal tax purposes      $    (1,642,468 )      $    (1,820,635 )      $  (1,027,490 )      $    (553,873 )
       
       
       
       
  
 
(1)
Reflects operations for the period from December 11, 1998 (start of performance) to November 30, 1999.
 
(See Notes which are an integral part of the Financial Statements)
 
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FTI Funds
Financial Highlights

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)
 
Year Ended November 30,    Net Asset
Value,
Beginning
of Period
   Net
Investment
Income/
(Operating
Loss)
   Net Realized
and Unrealized
Gain/(Loss) on
Investments
and Foreign
Currency
   Total from
Investment
Operations
   Distributions
from Net
Investment
Income
   Distributions
from Net
Realized Gains
on Investments
and Foreign
Currency
Transactions

                             
Large Capitalization Growth and Income Fund               
1999(1)    $10.00    0.04 (2)    1.38      1.42      (0.03 )     
2000(7)    $11.39    0.02      0.27      0.29      (0.02 )    (1.54 )
 
Large Capitalization Growth Fund                  
1999(1)    $10.00    (0.02 )(2)    1.81      1.79            
2000(7)    $11.79    (0.02 )    0.49    0.47           (0.71 )
 
International Equity Fund                  
1996(3)    $10.00    0.01 (2)    0.99      1.00      (0.01 )     
1997    $10.99    0.02      1.39      1.41      (0.20 )     
1998    $12.20    0.04      1.73      1.77      (0.12 )     
1999    $13.85    (0.01 )    3.78      3.77            
2000(7)    $17.62    0.00 (8)    0.12      0.12           (0.86 )
 
Small Capitalization Equity Fund
1996(3)    $10.00    (0.04 )    2.12      2.08            
1997    $12.08    (0.09 )    2.38      2.29            
1998    $14.37    (0.15 )(2)    (0.61 )    (0.76 )         (0.35 )
1999    $13.26    (0.16 )    7.71      7.55            
2000(7)    $20.81    (0.09 )    3.12      3.03           (1.91 )
 
Bond Fund                  
1999(1)    $10.00    0.61 (2)    (0.58 )    0.03    (0.59 )     
2000(7)    $9.44    0.32      (0.28 )    0.04      (0.32 )     
 
Municipal Bond Fund                  
1999(1)    $10.00    0.38 (2)    (0.44 )    (0.06 )    (0.38 )     
2000(7)    $9.56    0.20      (0.17 )    0.03      (0.20 )     
 
(1) Reflects operations for the period from December 11, 1998 (start of performance) to November 30, 1999.
 
(2) Per share information is based on average shares outstanding.
 
(3) Reflects operations for the period from December 22, 1995 (start of performance) to November 30, 1996.
 
(4) Based on net asset value, which does not reflect the sales charge or contingent deferred sales charge, if applicable.
 
(5) This voluntary expense decrease is reflected in both the expense and the net investment income ratios shown above.
 
(6) Computed on an annualized basis.
 
(7) For the six months ended May 31, 2000 (unaudited).
 
(8) Amount represents less than $0.01 per share.
 
(See Notes which are an integral part of the Financial Statements)
 
 

 
               Ratios to Average Net Assets
         
Total
Distributions
   Net Asset
Value,
End of
Period
   Total
Return(4)
   Expenses    Net
Investment
Income/Loss
   Expense Waiver/
Reimbursement(5)
   Net Assets,
End of Period
(000 omitted)
   Portfolio
Turnover

 
(0.03 )    $11.39    14.20 %    1.08 %(6)    0.37 %(6)    0.03 %(6)    $99,887    61 %
(1.56 )    $10.12    2.86 %    0.99 %(6)    0.25 %(6)    0.04 %(6)    $94,835    32 %
 
     $11.79    17.90 %    1.08 %(6)    (0.21 %)(6)    0.48 %(6)    $31,238    62 %
(0.71 )    $11.55    4.00 %    1.08 %(6)    (0.45 %)(6)    0.33 %(6)    $35,372    32 %
 
(0.01 )    $10.99    10.04 %    1.68 %(6)    0.05 %(6)    3.05 %(6)    $12,065    29 %
(0.20 )    $12.20    13.01 %    1.60 %    0.13 %    0.13 %    $40,869    55 %
(0.12 )    $13.85    14.61 %    1.39 %    0.27 %    0.10 %    $74,445    68 %
     $17.62    27.22 %    1.20 %    0.00 %    0.20 %    $75,989    72 %
(0.86 )    $16.88    0.39 %    1.20 %(6)    0.01 %(6)    0.18 %(6)    $104,767    38 %
 
     $12.08    20.80 %    1.50 %(6)    (0.68 %)(6)    1.51 %(6)    $19,318    94 %
     $14.37    18.96 %    1.50 %    (0.89 %)    0.24 %    $40,505    111 %
(0.35 )    $13.26    (5.34 %)    1.50 %    (1.08 %)    0.01 %    $46,233    158 %
     $20.81    56.94 %    1.44 %    (0.95 %)    0.00 %    $72,752    130 %
(1.91 )    $21.93    15.10 %    1.30 %(6)    (0.80 %)(6)    0.01 %(6)    $101,927    46 %
 
(0.59 )    $9.44    0.31 %    0.85 %(6)    6.45 %(6)    0.03 %(6)    $106,888    175 %
(0.32 )    $9.16    0.38 %    0.74 %(6)    6.75 %(6)    0.04 %(6)    $103,140    75 %
 
(0.38 )    $9.56    (0.66 %)    0.80 %(6)    4.00 %(6)    0.11 %(6)    $70,698    61 %
(0.20 )    $9.39    0.32 %    0.81 %(6)    4.22 %(6)    0.05 %(6)    $67,596    64 %
 
FTI Funds
Notes to Financial Statements
May 31, 2000 (unaudited)

 
 
(1) Organization
 
FTI Funds (the “Trust”) is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Act”), as an open-end management investment company. The Trust consists of six diversified portfolios (individually referred to as the “Fund,” or collectively as the “Funds”) which are presented herein:
 
Portfolio Name
     Investment Objective
FTI Large Capitalization Growth and Income Fund
(“Large Capitalization Growth and Income Fund”)
     To provide long-term growth of principal and income.
FTI Large Capitalization Growth Fund
(“Large Capitalization Growth Fund”)
     To provide long-term growth of principal.
FTI International Equity Fund
(“International Equity Fund”)
     To provide growth of principal.
FTI Small Capitalization Equity Fund
(“Small Capitalization Equity Fund”)
     To provide growth of principal.
FTI Bond Fund (“Bond Fund”)      To provide total return with emphasis on income.
FTI Municipal Bond Fund
(“Municipal Bond Fund”)
     To provide total return with emphasis on income.
 
The assets of each portfolio are segregated and a shareholder’s interest is limited to the portfolio in which shares are held.
 
(2) Significant Accounting Policies
 
The following is a summary of significant accounting policies consistently followed by the Funds in the preparation of their financial statements. These policies are in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles.
 
Investment Valuations —U.S. government securities, listed corporate bonds, other fixed income and asset-backed securities, unlisted securities and private placement securities are generally valued at the mean of the latest bid and asked price as furnished by an independent pricing service. Listed equity securities are valued at the last sale price reported on a national securities exchange. Short-term securities are valued at the prices provided by an independent pricing service. However, short-term securities with remaining maturities of sixty days or less at the time of purchase may be valued at amortized cost, which approximates fair market value. Investments in other open-end regulated investment companies are valued at net asset value. With respect to foreign securities, trading in foreign cities may be completed at times which vary from the closing of the New York Stock Exchange. Therefore, foreign securities are valued at the latest closing price on the exchange on which they are traded prior to the clos ing of the New York Stock Exchange. Foreign securities quoted in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollars at the foreign exchange rate in effect at noon, eastern time, on the day the value of the foreign security is determined.
 
Repurchase Agreements —It is the policy of the Funds to require the custodian bank to take possession, to have legally segregated in the Federal Reserve Book Entry System, or to have segregated within the custodian bank’s vault, all securities held as collateral under repurchase agreement transactions. Additionally, procedures have been established by the Funds to monitor, on a daily basis, the market value of each repurchase agreement’s collateral to ensure that the value of collateral at least equals the repurchase price to be paid under the repurchase agreement.
 
The Funds will only enter into repurchase agreements with banks and other recognized financial institutions, such as broker/dealers, which are deemed by the Funds’ adviser to be creditworthy pursuant to the guidelines and/or standards reviewed or established by the Board of Trustees (the “Trustees”). Risks may arise from the potential inability of counterparties to honor the terms of the repurchase agreement. Accordingly, the Funds could receive less than the repurchase price on the sale of collateral securities. The Fund along with other affiliated investment companies may utilize a joint trading account for the purpose of entering into one or more repurchase agreement.
 
Investment Income, Expenses and Distributions —Interest income and expenses are accrued daily. Bond premium and discount, if applicable, are amortized as required by the Internal Revenue Code, as amended (the “Code”). Dividend income and distributions to shareholders are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Certain dividends from foreign securities may be recorded after the ex-dividend date based upon when the Fund is reasonably able to obtain information.
 
Federal Taxes —It is the Funds’ policy to comply with the provisions of the Code applicable to regulated investment companies and to distribute to shareholders each year substantially all of their income. Accordingly, no provision for federal tax is necessary.
 
Withholding taxes on foreign interest and dividends have been provided for in accordance with the Funds’ understanding of the applicable country’s tax rules and rates.
 
At November 30, 1999, Bond Fund and Municipal Bond Fund, for federal tax purposes, had a capital loss carryforward, as noted below, which will reduce the Funds’ taxable income arising from future net realized gain on investments, if any, to the extent permitted by the Code, and thus will reduce the amount of the distributions to shareholders which would otherwise be necessary to relieve the Funds of any liability for federal tax.
 
Fund
     Total Tax Loss
Carryforward

Bond Fund      $1,595,369

     
Municipal Bond Fund      553,873

     
 
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Bond Fund
Expiration Year
     Expiration Amount
2007                                                                               $1,595,369

     
Municipal Bond Fund
Expiration Year
     Expiration Amount
2007        $553,873

     
 
When-Issued and Delayed Delivery Transactions —The Funds may engage in when-issued or delayed delivery transactions. The Funds record when-issued securities on the trade date and maintain security positions such that sufficient liquid assets will be available to make payment for the securities purchased. Securities purchased on a when-issued or delayed delivery basis are marked to market daily and begin earning interest on the settlement date. Losses may occur on these transactions due to change in market conditions or the failure of counterparties to perform under the contract.
 
Deferred Expenses —The costs incurred by International Equity Fund and Small Capitalization Equity Fund with respect to registration of its shares in its first fiscal year, excluding the initial expense of registering its shares, have been deferred and are being amortized over a period not to exceed five years from each Fund’s commencement date.
 
Foreign Exchange Contracts —The Funds may enter into foreign currency commitments for the delayed delivery of securities or foreign currency exchange transactions. Purchased contracts are used to acquire exposure to foreign currencies; whereas, contracts to sell are used to hedge the Funds’ securities against currency fluctuations. Risks may arise upon entering these transactions from the potential inability of counterparts to meet the terms of their commitments and from unanticipated movements in security prices or foreign exchange rates. The foreign currency transactions are adjusted by the daily exchange rate of the underlying currency and any gains or losses are recorded for financial statement purpose as unrealized until the settlement date. At May 31, 2000, the Funds had no outstanding foreign currency commitments.
 
Foreign Currency Translation —The accounting records of the Funds are maintained in U.S. dollars. All assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies (“FC”) are translated into U.S. dollars based on the rate of exchange of such currencies against U.S. dollars on the date of valuation. Purchases and sales of securities, income and expenses are translated at the rate of exchange quoted on the respective date that such transactions are recorded. The Funds do not isolate that portion of the results of operations resulting from changes in foreign exchange rates on investments from the fluctuations arising from changes in market prices of securities held. Such fluctuations are included with the net realized and unrealized gain or loss from investments.
 
Reported net realized foreign exchange gains or losses arise from sales of portfolio securities, sales and maturities of short-term securities, sales of FCs, currency gains or losses realized between the trade and settlement dates on securities transactions, the difference between the amounts of dividends, interest and foreign withholding taxes recorded on the Funds’ books, and the U.S. dollar equivalent of the amounts actually received or paid. Net unrealized foreign exchange gains and losses arise from changes in the value of assets and liabilities other than investments in securities at period end, resulting from changes in the exchange rate.
 
Restricted Securities —Restricted securities are securities that may only be resold upon registration under federal securities laws or in transactions exempt from such registration. In some cases, the issuer of restricted securities has agreed to register such securities for resale, at the issuer’s expense either upon demand by the Fund or in connection with another registered offering of the securities. Many restricted securities may be resold in the secondary market in transactions exempt from registration. Such restricted securities may be determined to be liquid under criteria established by the Directors. The Fund will not incur any registration costs upon such resales. The Fund’s restricted securities are valued at the price provided by dealers in the secondary market or, if no market prices are available, at the fair value as determined by the Fund’s pricing committee.
 
Use of Estimates —The preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts of assets, liabilities, expenses and revenues reported in the financial statements. Actual results could differ from those estimated.
 
Other —Investment transactions are accounted for on a trade date basis.
 
(3) Shares of Beneficial Interest
 
The Declaration of Trust permits the Trustees to issue an unlimited number of full and fractional shares of beneficial interest (without par value).
 
Transactions in shares were as follows:
 
       Large Capitalization
Growth and Income Fund

     Large Capitalization
Growth Fund


     Six Months
Ended May 31,
2000

     Period Ended
November 30,
1999(1)

     Six Months
Ended May 31,
2000

     Period Ended
November 30,
1999(1)

Shares sold      1,244,164        10,219,673        464,213        2,887,209  

                                   
Shares issued to shareholders in
payment of distributions declared
     5,014        22        1,497         

        
Shares redeemed      (650,494 )      (1,446,770 )      (54,355 )      (236,767 )

  
     
     
     
  
     Net change resulting from share
     transactions
     598,684        8,772,925        411,355        2,650,442  

  
     
     
     
  
 
(1) 
Reflects operations for the period from December 11, 1998 (start of performance) to November 30, 1999.
 
 
FTI Funds

 
       International Equity Fund
     Small Capitalization
Equity Fund


     Six Months
Ended May 31,
2000

     Year Ended
November 30,
1999

     Six Months
Ended May 31,
2000

     Year Ended
November 30,
1999

Shares sold      5,577,742        2,235,350        2,365,419        978,601  

                                   
Shares issued to shareholders in
payment of distributions declared
     32,315               69,300         

                                   
Shares redeemed      (3,715,436 )      (3,298,400 )      (1,284,291 )      (967,747 )

  
     
     
     
  
     Net change resulting from share
     transactions
     1,894,621        (1,063,050 )      1,150,428        10,854  

  
     
     
     
  
       Bond Fund
     Municipal Bond Fund

     Six Months
Ended May 31,
2000

     Period Ended
November 30,
1999(1)

     Six Months
Ended May 31,
2000

     Period Ended
November 30,
1999(1)

Shares sold      859,821        12,632,926        573,088        8,380,636  

                                   
Shares issued to shareholders in
payment of distributions declared
     9,707        246               16  

                                   
Shares redeemed      (932,025 )      (1,307,392 )      (766,779 )      (985,785 )

  
     
     
     
  
     Net change resulting from share
     transactions
     (62,497 )      11,325,780        (193,691 )      7,394,867  

  
     
     
     
  
 
(1) 
Reflects operations for the period from December 11, 1998 (start of performance) to November 30, 1999.
 
 
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(4) Investment Adviser Fee and Other Transactions with Affiliates
 
Investment Adviser Fee —Fiduciary International, Inc., the Funds’ investment adviser (the “Adviser”), receives for its services an annual investment advisory fee equal to the percentage of the Funds’ average daily net assets as follows:
 
Fund
     Investment Adviser
Fee Percentage

Large Capitalization Growth and Income Fund      0.75%

     
Large Capitalization Growth Fund      0.75%

     
International Equity Fund      1.00%

     
Small Capitalization Equity Fund      1.00%

     
Bond Fund      0.50%

     
Municipal Bond Fund      0.50%

     
 
The Adviser may voluntarily choose to waive any portion of its fee and/or reimburse certain operating expenses of the Funds. The Adviser can modify or terminate this voluntary waiver and/or reimbursement at any time at its sole discretion.
 
Administrative Fee —Federated Administrative Services (“FAS”) provides the Funds with certain administrative personnel and services. The fee paid to FAS is based on a scale that ranges from 0.15% to 0.075% of the average aggregate net assets of the Trust for the period, subject to a $75,000 minimum per Fund. FAS may voluntarily choose to waive a portion of its fee. FAS can modify or terminate this voluntary waiver at any time at its sole discretion.
 
Distribution Services Fee —The Funds have adopted a Distribution Plan (the “Plan”) pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the Act. Under the terms of the Plan, the Funds will compensate Edgewood Services, Inc., the principal distributor, from the net assets of the Funds to finance activities intended to result in the sale of each Fund’s shares. The Plan provides that each Fund may incur distribution expenses up to 0.25% of average daily net assets, annually, to compensate Edgewood Services, Inc.
 
The distributor may voluntarily choose to waive any portion of its fee. The distributor can modify or terminate this voluntary waiver at any time at its sole discretion.
 
For the six months ended May 31, 2000, the Funds did not incur a distribution services fee.
 
Transfer and Dividend Disbursing Agent Fees and Expenses —Federated Services Company (“FServ”), through its subsidiary, Federated Shareholder Services Company (“FSSC”) serves as transfer and dividend disbursing agent for the Funds for which it receives a fee. The fee paid to FSSC is based on the size, type and number of accounts and transactions made by shareholders.
 
Portfolio Accounting Fees —FServ maintains the Funds’ accounting records for which it receives a fee. The fee is based on the level of each Fund’s average daily net assets for the period, plus out-of-pocket expenses.
 
 
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Custodian Fees —Fiduciary Trust Company International is the Funds’ custodian for which it receives a fee. The fee is based on the level of each Fund’s average daily net assets for the period, plus out-of-pocket expenses.
 
Organizational Expenses —Organizational expenses were borne initially by FAS. The Funds have agreed to reimburse FAS for these expenses. These expenses have been deferred and are being amortized over the five- year period following each Fund’s effective date. For the six months ended May 31, 2000, the Fund amortized organizational expenses as follows:
 
Fund
     Initial
Organizational
Expenses

     Organizational
Expenses
Amortized

International Equity Fund      $34,072      $3,463

           
Small Capitalization Equity Fund      $34,076      $3,462

           
 
General —Certain of the Officers and Trustees of the Trust are Officers and Directors or Trustees of the above companies.
 
(5) Investment Transactions
 
Purchases and sales of investments, excluding short-term securities, for the six months ended May 31, 2000, were as follows:
 
Fund
     Purchases
     Sales
Large Capitalization Growth and Income Fund      $30,132,233      $45,047,762

           
Large Capitalization Growth Fund      $12,557,160      $10,668,357

           
International Equity Fund      $54,512,999      $34,738,450

           
Small Capitalization Equity Fund      $56,551,038      $42,348,000

           
Bond Fund      $77,062,224      $77,606,325

           
Municipal Bond Fund      $42,148,806      $42,978,739

           
 
(6) Concentration of Credit Risk
 
Concentration of Credit Risk —International Equity Fund invests in securities of non-U.S. issuers. Although the Fund maintains a diversified investment portfolio, the political or economic developments within a particular country or region may have an adverse effect on the ability of domiciled issuers to meet their obligations. Additionally, political or economic developments may have an effect on the liquidity and volatility of portfolio securities and currency holdings.
 
 
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At May 31, 2000, the diversification of industries for International Equity Fund was as follows:
 
Industry
     % of
Net Assets

     Industry
     % of
Net Assets

Appliances & Household Durables       6.1%      Financial Services       4.4%
Banking       8.3%      Health & Personal Care       4.8%
Beverages & Tobacco       1.5%      Internet Software       0.0%
Broadcasting & Publishing       4.0%      Merchandising       3.8%
Business & Public Services      15.9%      Metals—Non Ferrous       0.8%
Data Processing & Reproduction       2.2%      Recreation, Other Consumer Goods       1.1%
Electrical & Electronics       8.2%      Telecommunications      10.1%
Electronic Components, Instruments       9.8%      Utilities—Electrical & Gas       1.8%
Energy Sources       6.2%          
 
Trustees
Officers

Peter A. Aron
Edward C. Gonzales
James C. Goodfellow
Burton J. Greenwald
Kevin J. O’Donnell
Edward C. Gonzales
Chairman, President and Treasurer
Jeffrey W. Sterling
Vice President and Assistant Treasurer
George Polatas
Vice President
Gail Cagney
Secretary
Victor R. Siclari
Assistant Secretary
 
Mutual funds are not bank deposits or obligations, are not guaranteed by any bank and are not insured or guaranteed by the U.S. government, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Federal Reserve Board or any other government agency. Investment in mutual funds involves investment risk, including possible loss of principal.
 
This report is authorized for distribution to prospective investors only when preceded or accompanied by the Funds’ prospectus which contains facts concerning the Funds’ objectives and policies, management fees, expenses and other information.
FTI FUNDS

FTI Large Capitalization
Growth and Income Fund

FTI Large Capitalization
Growth Fund

FTI International Equity Fund

FTI Small Capitalization
Equity Fund

FTI Bond Fund

FTI Municipal Bond Fund

[Graphic Representation Omitted--See Appendix]

Edgwood Services, Inc. Distributor
Investment Company Act File No. 811-7369

Cusip 302927801 LCGIF

Cusip 302927702 LCGF

Cusip 302927207 IEF

Cusip 302927108 SCEF

Cusip 302927603 BF

Cusip 302927504 MBF

G01710-01 (7/00)

[Graphic Representation Omitted--See Appendix]



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