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File Nos. 333-05675
811-07665
AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON AUGUST 9, 1999
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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FORM N-1A
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 /X/
Pre-Effective Amendment No. / /
Post-Effective Amendment No. 8 /X/
and
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE
INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940 /X/
Amendment No. 9 /X/
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FBR FAMILY OF FUNDS
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
Potomac Tower
1001 Nineteenth Street North
Arlington, VA 22209
(Address of Principal Executive Office) (Zip Code)
Registrant's Telephone Number, including Area Code: (703) 312-9583
Robert S. Smith, Esq. Copy To:
Friedman, Billings, Ramsey & Co., Inc. Jack W. Murphy, Esq.
Potomac Tower Dechert Price & Rhoads
1001 Nineteenth Street North 1775 Eye Street, N.W.
Arlington, VA 22209 Washington, D.C. 20006
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
It is proposed that this filing will become effective (check appropriate box):
immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)
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X on September 9, 1999 pursuant to paragraph (b)
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60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)
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on [date] pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)
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75 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(2)
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on [date] pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) of Rule 485
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/X/ This post-effective amendment designates a new effective date for a
previously filed post-effective amendment.
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This Post-Effective Amendment No. 8 to the Registration Statement on Form
N-1A for The FBR Family of Funds (the "Registrant") incorporates by reference
the Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information that are contained in
the Registrant's Post-Effective Amendment No. 7, which was filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on May 27, 1999. This Post-Effective
Amendment is filed to extend the effective date of Post-Effective Amendment
No. 7 to September 9, 1999.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 and the
Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant certifies that it meets all
the requirements for effectiveness of this Registration Statement pursuant to
Rule 485(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, and has duly caused this
Post-Effective Amendment No. 8 to the Registrant's Registration Statement to be
signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City
of Washington, D.C. on August 9, 1999.
FBR FAMILY OF FUNDS
By: *
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C. Eric Brugel
As required by the Securities Act of 1933, this Post-Effective
Amendment No. 8 to the Registrant's Registration Statement has been signed by
the following persons in the capacities indicated on the 9th day of August,
1999.
C. Eric Brugel* Trustee and President
(Chief Executive Officer)
Winsor H. Aylesworth* Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
F. David Fowler* Trustee
Michael A. Willner* Trustee
George W. Grosz* Trustee
*By /s/ William J. Kotapish
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William J. Kotapish
Attorney-in-fact
