SAMCO FUND INC
485APOS, 1999-03-31
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                           As filed  with the  Securities  and
                             Exchange Commission on March 30, 1999.
                                            File Nos. 333-33365,811-8323


                         SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                            Washington, D.C. 20549

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                                 FORM N-1A


REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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         Pre-Effective Amendment No.       

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         Post-Effective Amendment No.   4    
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REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940
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         Amendment No. _7_
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                               Samco Fund, Inc.

               (Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

                                600 FIFTH AVENUE, 26th FLOOR
                           NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10020
                   (Address of principal executive offices)
                  Registrant's telephone number: 800-762-4848

                                 Christina Seix
                          Seix Investment Advisors Inc.
                               300 Tice Boulevard
                          Woodcliff Lake, NJ 07675-7633

                     (Name and address of agent for
                                service) With a copy to:
                                 Jack Murphy, Esq.
                               Dechert Price & Rhoads
                                  1775 Eye Street,
                          N.W., Washington, D.C. 20006-2401
                          is legal counsel for the Fund.


 Approximate  Date of Proposed Public Offering:  As
soon as practicable after this Registration
Statement becomes effective.

It is proposed  that this filing will become  effective:  
/ /  immediately  upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b) 
/ / On _____________, pursuant to paragraph (b)
/ / 60 days after  filing,  pursuant to paragraph  (a)(1) 
/ / On  _____________,
pursuant to paragraph  (a) (1) 
/x/ 75 days after  filing,  pursuant to paragraph (a) (2) 
/ / On _________, pursuant to paragraph (a) (2) of Rule 485.

Registrant has registered an indefinite  number of shares pursuant to Rule 24f-2
under the Investment Company Act of 1940.

                                       The total number of pages is ______.
                                       The Exhibit Index is on page ______.


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                                               CROSS REFERENCE SHEET
                                               Pursuant to Rule 481(a)

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Form N-1A                                                    Location in Prospectus and
Item No.                                                     Statement of Additional
                                                             Information               


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1.  Front and Back Cover Pages                                Cover Page and Back Cover Page
    of Prospectus
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2.  Risk/Return Summary: Investments,                         Risk/Return Summary: Investments,              Risks,
    and Performance                                           Risks, and Performance (in Prospectus)

3.  Risk/Return Summary: Fee Table                            Risk/Return Summary: Fee Table(in Prospectus)

4.  Investment Objectives, Principal                          Investment Objectives, Principal
    Investment Strategies, and Related Risks                  Investment Strategies, and Related Risks
                                                              (in Prospectus)

5.  Management's Discussion of Fund Performance               Management's Discussion of
                                                              Fund Performance (in Annual Report)

6.  Management, Organization, and Capital Structure           Management, Organization, and
    Capital                                                   Structure (in Prospectus)

7.  Shareholder Information                                   Shareholder Information (in
                                                              Prospectus)

8.  Distribution Arrangements                                 Distribution Arrangements
                                                              (in Prospectus)

9.  Financial Highlights Information                          Financial Highlights Information
                                                              (in Prospectus)

10. Cover Page and Table of Contents                          Cover Page and Table of Contents
                                                              (in Statement of Additional Information)

11. Fund History                                              Fund History (in Statement
                                                              of Additional Information)

12. Description of the Fund and Its Investments and Risks     Description of the Fund and
                                                              Its Investments and Risks (in 
                                                              Statement of Additional Information)

13. Management of the Fund                                    Management of the Fund (in
                                                              Statement of Additional Information)

14. Control Persons and Principal Holder of Securities        Control Persons and Principal Holders of
                                                              Securities (in Statement of Additional Information)

15. Investment Advisory and Other Services                    Investment Advisory and
                                                              Other Services (in Statement of 
                                                              Additional Information)

16. Brokerage Allocation and Other Practices                  Brokerage Allocation and Other
                                                              Practices (in Statement of Additional Information)

17.  Capital Stock and Other Securities                       Capital Stock and Other Securities
                                                              (in Statement of Additional Information)

18.  Purchase, Redemption and Pricing of Shares               Purchase, Redemption and Pricing
                                                              of Shares (in Prospectus)

19.  Taxation of the Fund                                     Taxation of the Fund (in Statement
                                                              of Additional Information)

20. Underwriters                                              Distribution of Fund Shares
                                                              (in Prospectus)

21. Calculation of Performance Data                           Performance Information
                                                              (in Prospectus); Calculation of Performance Data
                                                              (in Statement of Additional Information)

22.  Financial Statements                                      Financial Highlights (in Prospectus); 
                                                               Financial Statements (in Statement of      
                                                               Additional Information)

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             SAMCO FIXED INCOME PORTFOLIO CLASS A SHARES

         Samco INTERMEDIATE FIXED INCOME PORTFOLIO CLASS A SHARES





The SAMCO  Fixed  Income  Portfolio  (the  "Fixed  Income  Fund")  and the SAMCO
Intermediate Fixed Income Portfolio (the  "Intermediate  Fixed Income Fund") are
portfolios of SAMCO Fund, Inc. an open-end management investment company.



THESE  SECURITIES  HAVE NOT BEEN APPROVED OR  DISAPPROVED  BY THE SECURITIES AND
EXCHANGE  COMMISSION NOR HAS THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE  COMMISSION PASSED UPON
THE ACCURACY OR ADEQUACY OF THIS PROSPECTUS.  ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY
IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE.



           The date of this Prospectus is dated March ___, 1999




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                                TABLE OF CONTENTS
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PROSPECTUS SUMMARY....................................

THE FUND'S EXPENSES................................

INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE AND POLICIES.....................

DESCRIPTION OF INVESTMENTS..............................

RISK FACTORS............................................

INVESTMENT LIMITATIONS................................

MANAGEMENT OF THE FUND.................................

PURCHASE OF SHARES....................................

REDEMPTION OF SHARES..................................

THE FUND'S PERFORMANCE.................................

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.................................

SERVICE PROVIDERS......................................




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                        FUND DESCRIPTIONS

The  following  is a summary of certain key  information  about the SAMCO Funds,
including investment  objectives,  principal investment strategies and principal
investment  risks.  A more  detailed  description  of the  allowable  investment
strategies, allowable investments and their associated risks will follow.


FIXED INCOME FUND
Investment Objective:
The Fund's  investment  objective  is to provide  investors  with a total return
which consistently  exceeds the total return of the broad U.S.  investment grade
bond market as measured by the Lehman Brothers  Aggregate Bond Index, the Fund's
benchmark.

Principal Investment Strategies:
The Fund will invest in the broad  universe of U.S.  dollar fixed
income securities.

Principal Risks:
Prospective  investors  in the Fund  should  consider  certain  risks  including
interest rate risk, prepayment risk, credit risk non-diversified risk.



INTERMEDIATE FIXED INCOME FUND
Investment Objective:

Principal Investment Strategies:

Principal Risks:






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                       PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT RISKS

"Risk" is the chance that you may lose on an investment or that it will not earn
as much as you expect. In general, the greater the risk, the greater the earning
potential.   Conversely,   however,  the  greater  the  risk,  the  greater  the
possibility of losing money.

The Funds  described in this  Prospectus are affected by changes in the economy,
or in securities and other markets.

The possibility also exists that investment decisions of portfolio managers will
not accomplish what they are designed to achieve. No assurance can be given that
a Portfolio's investment objective will be achieved.

The risks  associated  with each Fund depend on its investment  strategy and the
types of securities it holds.  The specific  risks  affecting  each Fund will be
indicated in the individual portfolio descriptions in this prospectus.

Banking industry     Investing in bank  obligations  will expose an investor to 
risk:                risks  associated with the banking industry
                     such as interest rate and credit risks.

Correlation          risk:  A  Portfolio  may  experience  changes  in  value as
                     between the  securities  held and the value of a particular
                     derivative instrument.

Credit               risk: The risk that a security  issuer or a counterparty to
                     a contract will default or not be able to honor a financial
                     obligation.

Currency             risk:  Fluctuations  in  exchange  rates  between  the U.S.
                     dollar and  foreign  currencies  may  negatively  affect an
                     investment.  When synthetic and  cross-hedges are used, the
                     net  exposure of a  Portfolio  to any one  currency  may be
                     different from that of its total assets denominated in such
                     currency.

Futures              risk:  The  primary  risks  inherent  in the use of futures
                     depend on the Investment  Aadviser's  ability to anticipate
                     correctly  movements in the  direction  of interest  rates,
                     securities  prices,  and currency markets and the imperfect
                     correlation  between  the price of  futures  contracts  and
                     movements in the prices of the securities being hedged.

Hedging              risk:  Hedging  is  commonly  used as a  buffer  against  a
                     perceived investment risk. While it can reduce or eliminate
                     losses, it can also reduce or eliminate gains if the hedged
                     investment increases in value.

Interest rate        A Portfolio may be influenced by interest rate changes that
risk:                generally have an inverse  relationship to
                     corresponding market values.

Leverage             risk: Derivatives may include elements of leverage that can
                     cause  greater  fluctuations  in a  Portfolio's  net  asset
                     value.

Liquidity risk:      Certain securities may be difficult or impossible to sell 
                     at favorable prices.

Market               risk:  The  market  value of a  security  may  increase  or
                     decrease over time. Such  fluctuations can cause a security
                     to be worth less than the price  originally  paid for it or
                     less than it was worth at an earlier time.  Market risk may
                     affect a single issuer,  entire industry or the market as a
                     whole.

Non-diversification  A Portfolio is diversified  when it spreads  investment  
risk:                risk by placing assets in several  investment
                     categories.  A  non-diversified  Portfolio  concentrates  
                     its  assets in a less  diverse  spectrum  of
                     securities.  Non-diversification  can intensify risk 
                     should a particular  investment  category  suffer
                     from adverse market conditions.

Prepayment           risk: A Portfolio may invest in  mortgage-backed  and other
                     asset-backed  securities.  Such  securities  carry risks of
                     faster or slower  than  expected  prepayment  of  principal
                     which affect the duration and return of the security.


                    POTENTIAL Year 2000 risk

Like other mutual funds,  financial and business  organizations  and individuals
around the world,  the Fund could be affected  adversely if the computer systems
used by the Investment Advisor,  Administrator and/or other service providers do
not properly  process and calculate  date-related  information and data from and
after  January  1,  2000.  This is  commonly  known as the "Year  2000  Problem"
("Y2K").  The advisor and  administrator  are taking steps that they believe are
reasonably  designed  to address  the Year 2000  Problem  with  respect to their
computer  systems and in obtaining  reasonable  assurances that comparable steps
are being  taken by the Fund's  other  major  service  providers.  At this time,
however,  there can be no assurance that these steps will be sufficient to avoid
any  adverse  impact to the Fund,  nor can there be any  assurance  that the Y2K
problem will not have an adverse  effect on the companies  whose  securities are
held by the Fund or on global markets or economies, generally.


                RISK/RETURN BAR CHARTS AND TABLES

The charts and tables provided below give some indication of past performance of
the Funds.  These charts and tables illustrate the changes in each Fund's yearly
performance  and show  how each  Fund's  average  returns  for 1, 5 and 10 years
compare  with  a  selected  index.  Please  be  aware  past  performance  is not
necessarily an indication of how the Fund will perform in the future.


Insert bar chart for Fixed Income Fund


During the  ___year  period  shown in the Fixed  Income  Fund's  bar chart,  the
highest quarterly return was ____% (quarter ending ____ __, ____) and the lowest
quarterly return was _____% (quarter ending ____ __, ____).


Insert bar chart for Intermediate Fixed Income Fund



During the  ___year  period  shown in the Fixed  Income  Fund's  bar chart,  the
highest quarterly return was ____% (quarter ending ____ __, ____) and the lowest
quarterly return was _____% (quarter ending ____ __, ____).


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Average Annual Total Returns (for the periods         Past 1 Year                Past 5 Years             Since Inception*
          ending December 31, 1998)
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Fixed Income Fund
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Lehman Aggregate Bond Index
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Intermediate Fixed Income Fund
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* List all Portfolio inception dates

**Information for the Portfolios that have not commenced
investment activity is not available.

                 RISK/RETURN SUMMARY: FEE TABLE

Because this example is  hypothetical  and for comparison  purposes  only,  your
actual costs will be  different.  This table is intended to help you compare the
cost of  investing  in the Fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds
by  presenting  the fees and expenses  that you may pay if you purchase and hold
shares of the Fund.  The yearly  numbers  below are  hypothetical  expenses  per
$10,000  investment  assuming  a 5%  annual  return.  Because  this  example  is
hypothetical  and for  comparison  purposes  only,  your  actual  costs  will be
different.

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Portfolio Name                        1 Year                3 Years             5 years               10 Years
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Fixed Income Fund                     $50                   $140                $250                  $570
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Intermediate Fixed Income Fund
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                                    FEE TABLE
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Shareholder Transaction Expenses                                    Fixed Income Fund           Intermediate Fixed
(Fees Paid Directly By You)                                                                     Income Fund

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Redemption Fees                                                     None                        None
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Exchange Fees                                                       None                        None
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Contingent Deferred Sales Load                                      None                        None
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Sales Load on Reinvestment Dividends                                None                        None
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Sales Load on Purchases                                             None                        None
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Annual Fund Operating Expenses
(Fees Paid From Fund Assets)
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Management Fees                                                     0.25%
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Distribution Fees (12b-1)                                           None
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Shareholder Services Fees                                           None
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Other Expenses                                                      0.20%                       None
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Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses                                0.45%
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[a]  Other  Expenses   include  fees  for   shareholder   services,   custodial,
administration,   dividend  disbursing  and  transfer  agency  fees,  legal  and
accounting fees, printing costs and registration fees.

[b] The Investment  Adviser and the  Administrator  have  voluntarily  agreed to
limit the total expenses of the Fund (excluding interest,  taxes,  brokerage and
extraordinary  expenses) to an annual rate of 0.45% of the Fund's  average daily
net assets for an  indefinite  time period.  As long as this  temporary  expense
limitation  continues,  it may lower the Fund's expenses and increases its total
return. In the event the Investment  Adviser and the  Administrator  remove such
expense  cap,  the Fund's  expenses  may  increase  and its total  return may be
reduced  depending on the total assets of the Fund.  Without such cap, the other
expenses (on an annualized  basis) are suspected to be  approximately  0.50% and
the total annual operating  expenses (on an annualized basis) are expected to be
approximately  0.75%.  Such figure is based on estimated amounts for the current
fiscal year.



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                                                      FIXED INCOME FUND
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Investment           To provide investors with a total return which consistently exceeds the total return of the Broad U.S.
Objective:           investment grade bond market.  The fund seeks to achieve its objective through superior selection and
                     emphasis on current  income,  while  maintaining a duration
                     neutral  position.  The Fund seeks to achieve its objective
                     through investments in fixed income securities.

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Principal            At least 65% of the Fund's total assets will be invested in the broad universe of available U.S. dollar
Investment           fixed income securities.  The Fund may only invest in investment grade securities that are those rated
Strategies:          by one or more nationally recognized statistical rating organizations (NRSROs) in one of the four
                     highest rating categories at the time of purchase (e.g. AAA, AA, A or BBB by Standard & Poor's
                     Corporation (Standard & Poor's), Duff & Phelps Credit Rating Co. ("Duff & Phelps"), or Fitch Investors
                     Service, Inc., (Fitch) or Aaa, Aa, A or Baa by Moody's Investors Service, Inc. (Moody's).  If the
                     security is unrated, it must meet, in the judgement of the Investment Adviser, the above minimum credit
                     quality standards.

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Performance          To outperform the Lehman Aggregate Bond Index.
Objective:

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Principal Risks:     o        Interest rate risk             o        Credit risk             o        Non-diversified risk

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Investment           The Investment Adviser will manage the Fund based on its 
Policies:            fixed income approach which is founded upon
                     four cornerstones:
                     1.   Targeted  Duration:  The Fund will be  managed  with a
                          duration  that is close to the  duration of the Fund's
                          benchmark,  the Lehman Brothers  Aggregate Bond Index.
                          Value is added through sector and security management.
                     2.   Yield  Tilt:  Although  the Fund is managed on a total
                          return basis, a premium is placed on income. Income is
                          considered  the  most  powerful  contributor  to fixed
                          income returns.  Non-Treasury sectors generally play a
                          dominant role in the Fund.
                     3.   Comprehensive Sector  Construction:  Sector allocation
                          is  generally  determined  through a  research  driven
                          process,  depending  on value  areas  within the fixed
                          income  market.  Since  the Fund does not incur any of
                          the risks of market  timing,  the  Investment  Adviser
                          allows  larger than average  allocations  to different
                          sectors. The Fund's portfolio will usually maintain an
                          overweighting  in  obligations  of domestic or foreign
                          corporations  and an  underweighting  of United States
                          Treasury  securities,  giving the Fund's  portfolio  a
                          strategic  income  advantage over the Lehman  Brothers
                          Aggregate Bond Index.
                     4.   Proprietary Analytics:  Because of the growing 
                          complexity of the bond market, the firm believes
                          that the use of proprietary techniques is key to 
                          identifying value and to adequately controlling
                          risk.
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Allowable            o        Obligations issued or guaranteed by      o        Obligations issued or guaranteed by a foreign
Investments:              the United States Government                      government, or any of its political subdivisions,
                     o        Obligations backed by the full faith          authorities, agencies, or instrumentalities or by
                          and credit of the United States                   supranational organizations Obligations of
                     o        Obligations issued or guaranteed by           domestic or foreign corporations or other entities
                          United States Government agencies,           o        Obligations of domestic or foreign banks
                          Government-Sponsored Enterprises (GSE's)     o        Mortgage- and asset-backed securities
                          or instrumentalities where the Fund must     o        Short-term investments
                          look principally to the issuing or           o        Preferred stock
                          guaranteeing agency for ultimate repayment   o        Municipals (taxable and tax-exempt)

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Note:                The Fund has a non-fundamental investment policy that it will not invest in the securities of any
                     company which has as a primary line of business the manufacture and sale of tobacco products.

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                                                INTERMEDIATE FIXED INCOME FUND
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Investment Objective:
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Principal Investment       The Investment Adviser will manage the Fund based on 
Strategies:                its fixed income approach which is founded
                           upon four cornerstones:
                           1.   Targeted Duration: The Fund will be managed with
                                a duration  that is close to the duration of the
                                Fund's benchmark,  the Lehman Brothers Aggregate
                                Bond Index.  Value is added  through  sector and
                                security management.
                           2.   Yield  Tilt:  Although  the Fund is managed on a
                                total  return  basis,  a  premium  is  placed on
                                income.  Income is considered  the most powerful
                                contributor    to    fixed    income    returns.
                                Non-Treasury  sectors  generally play a dominant
                                role in the Fund.
                           3.   Comprehensive   Sector   Construction:    Sector
                                allocation  is  generally  determined  through a
                                research  driven  process,  depending  on  value
                                areas within the fixed income market.  Since the
                                Fund  does not  incur any of the risks of market
                                timing,  the  Investment  Adviser  allows larger
                                than average  allocations to different  sectors.
                                The Fund's  portfolio  will usually  maintain an
                                overweighting  in  obligations  of  domestic  or
                                foreign  corporations and an  underweighting  of
                                United States  Treasury  securities,  giving the
                                Fund's  portfolio a strategic  income  advantage
                                over the Lehman Brothers Aggregate Bond Index.
                           4.   Proprietary Analytics:  Because of the growing 
                                complexity of the bond market, the firm
                                believes that the use of proprietary techniques 
                                is key to identifying value and to adequately
                                controlling risk.

</TABLE>

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Performance Objective:     To outperform the Lehman Intermediate Government Corporate Index.


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Principal Risks:

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Investment Policies:

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Allowable Investments:     o        Obligations issued or guaranteed by      o    Obligations issued or guaranteed by a
                                the United States Government                      foreign government, or any of its political
                           o        Obligations backed by the full faith          subdivisions, authorities, agencies, or
                                and credit of the United States                   instrumentalities or by supranational
                           o        Obligations issued or guaranteed by           organizations Obligations of domestic or
                                United States Government agencies,                foreign corporations or other entities
                                Government-Sponsored Enterprises (GSE's)     o        Obligations of domestic or foreign banks
                                or instrumentalities where the Fund must     o        Mortgage- and asset-backed securities
                                look principally to the issuing or           o        Short-term investments
                                guaranteeing agency for ultimate repayment   o        Preferred stock
                                                                             o        Municipals (taxable and tax-exempt)

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Note:                      The Fund has a non-fundamental investment policy that it will not invest in the securities of any
                           company which has as a primary line of business the manufacture and sale of tobacco products.

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                         FUND MANAGEMENT

Board of Directors

          The  Board of  Directors  of the  Company  consists  of
five   individuals   who  are   responsible   for   the   overall
supervision  of  the  operations  of the  Fund  and  perform  the
various duties  imposed on the directors of investment  companies
by the 1940 Act. The Fund's  Directors are Christina  Seix,  John
G. Talty,  Peter J.  Bourke,  John E.  Manley,  Sr.,  and John R.
O'Brien.  Additional  information  about  the  Directors  and the
Fund's  executive  officers  may be  found  in the  Statement  of
Additional  Information  under  the  heading  "Management  of the
Fund."

Investment Adviser
          .
Seix Investment Advisors Inc.,  established in 1992, is a registered  investment
adviser  that   specializes  in   professional   fixed  income   management  for
corporations,   public  funds,   endowments,   foundations  and  hospitals.  The
Investment  Adviser  currently  has  approximately  $3.6 billion in assets under
management.  The Investment Adviser is located at 300 Tice Boulevard,  Woodcliff
Lake, NJ 07675. Seix Investment  Advisors Inc. acts as the investment adviser to
the Fund and provides the Fund with management and investment advisory services.
The advisory agreement with the Investment Adviser provides that, subject to the
direction  of the Board of  Directors  of the Fund,  the  Investment  Adviser is
responsible for the actual management of the Fund. The responsibility for making
decisions to buy, sell or hold a particular  security  rests with the Investment
Adviser,  subject to review by the Board of Directors.  The  Investment  Adviser
also is obligated to provide all the office  space,  facilities,  equipment  and
personnel necessary to perform its duties under the Advisory Agreement.

Payment of Fund Expenses

Fund  expenses  directly  attributable  to  a  Portfolio  are  charged  to  that
Portfolio; other expenses are allocated proportionately among all the Portfolios
in relation to their net assets.  As compensation  for the services  rendered by
the Investment  Adviser under the Advisory  Agreements,  each Portfolio pays the
Investment  Adviser a monthly  advisory  fee. This advisory fee is calculated by
applying the following annual percentage rates to such Portfolio's average daily
net assets for the month:

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Fund Name                                                       Rate
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Fixed Income Fund                                               0.25%
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Intermediate Fixed Income Fund
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</TABLE>

Portfolio Managers

Christina Seix, CFA, Chairman, CEO  & Chief Investment Officer
Formerly, Chairman & CEO, Head of Investment Policy, MacKay-Shields
Total Investment Experience: 24 years
BA, Fordham University, Mathematics; MA, SUNY, Mathematics

John Talty, CFA, President & Senior Portfolio Manager
Formerly, Chief Fixed Income Strategist, J.P. Morgan Securities
Total Investment Experience: 16 years
B.A., Connecticut College, Economics, Phi Beta Kappa, Magna Cum Laude

Barbara Hoffmann, Managing Director and Senior Portfolio Manager
Formerly, Senior Portfolio Manager, MetLife Investment Management Co.
Total Investment Experience: 18 years
BS, University of Maine, Education/Mathematics

Michael McEachern, CFA, Director and Senior Portfolio Manager
Formerly, Vice President, Fixed Income, American General Corp.
Total Investment Experience: 13 years
BA,  University  of  California,  Operations  Research;  MBA,  Rice  University,
Accounting/Public Administration Joseph Calabrese, Director and Senior Portfolio
Manager  Formerly,  Director,  Fixed  Income,  MetLife  Insurance  Company Total
Investment  Experience:  10  years  BS,  New  Jersey  Institute  of  Technology,
Industrial Engineering; MBA, New York University, Finance

                       Purchase Of Shares

         There is no sales charge  imposed by the Fund, nor does the Fund impose
sales commissions  (loads) or 12b-1 fees. The minimum initial  investment in the
Fund is $1,000; additional purchases may be of any amount.

         The  offering  of shares of the Fund is  continuous  and  purchases  of
shares of the Fund may be made Monday  through  Friday,  except for the holidays
declared by the Federal Reserve Banks of New York or Boston (a "Business  Day").
At the present time, these holidays are: New Year's Day, Martin Luther King, Jr.
Day,  Presidents' Day,  Memorial Day, Fourth of July,  Labor Day,  Columbus Day,
Veterans Day,  Thanksgiving,  and Christmas.  The Fund's shares are offered at a
public offering price equal to the net asset value next determined after receipt
of a purchase order.

         In order to purchase  shares on a particular  Business Day,  subject to
the offering dates described above, a purchaser must submit a completed  Account
Application Form (and other required  documents) and call the Investors  Capital
Services, Inc., a branch offices of the Distributor at (800) 762-4848, or within
the City of New York,  (212) 332-5211 prior to 4:00 p.m.  Eastern time to inform
the Fund of the incoming  wire  transfer.  If Federal  funds are received by the
Fund  that  same  day,  the order  will be  effective  on that day.  If the Fund
receives  notification after 4:00 p.m. Eastern time, or if Federal funds are not
received by the Transfer Agent,  such purchase order shall be executed as of the
date that Federal  funds are  received.  Shares  purchased  will begin  accruing
dividends on the day Federal funds are received.

         Purchases  of shares must be made by wire  transfer  of Federal  funds.
Please note that the shareholder's  bank may impose a charge to execute the wire
transfer. The wiring instructions for purchasing shares of the Fund are:

                 Investors Bank & Trust Company
                           Boston, MA
                        ABA # 011-001-438
                                 Acct: 303030303
                       Benf: SAMCO Fixed Income Portfolio
                      F/F/C (Shareholder's Account at Fund)

                      Redemption Of Shares

         The Fund will  redeem all full and  fractional  shares of the Fund upon
request of  shareholders.  The redemption price is the net asset value per share
next  determined  after  receipt  by the  Transfer  Agent of  proper  notice  of
redemption as described  below. If such notice is received by the Transfer Agent
by 12:00 p.m. Eastern time on any Business Day, the redemption will be effective
on the date of receipt. If such notice of redemption is received by the Transfer
Agent after 12:00 p.m. Eastern time, the redemption of the shareholder  shall be
effective on the following Business Day. Payment will ordinarily be made by wire
on the next  Business  Day but  within no more than  seven days from the date of
receipt.  If the notice is received on a day that is not a Business Day or after
the above-mentioned cut-off times, the redemption notice will be deemed received
as of the next Business Day.

         There is no charge  imposed  by the Fund to redeem  shares of the Fund;
however,  a shareholder's  bank may impose its own wire transfer fee for receipt
of  the  wire.  Redemptions  may be  executed  in any  amount  requested  by the
shareholder up to the amount such shareholder has invested in the Fund.

         To redeem shares,  a shareholder or any authorized agent (so designated
on the Account Application Form) must provide the Transfer Agent with the dollar
or share amount to be  redeemed,  the account to which the  redemption  proceeds
should be wired (which  account  shall have been  previously  designated  by the
shareholder on its Account  Application  Form),  the name of the shareholder and
the  shareholder's  account number.  Shares redeemed receive dividends up to and
including the day preceding the day the redemption proceeds are wired.

         A shareholder may change its authorized agent or the account designated
to receive redemption proceeds at any time by writing to the Transfer Agent with
an appropriate  signature guarantee.  Further documentation may be required when
deemed appropriate by the Transfer Agent.

         A shareholder  may request  redemption by calling the Transfer Agent at
(800)  247-0473.  Telephone  redemption is made available to shareholders of the
Fund on the Account Application Form. The Fund and the Transfer Agent may employ
reasonable  procedures  designed to confirm that  instructions  communicated  by
telephone are genuine.  If either the Fund or the Transfer Agent does not employ
such  procedures,  it may be liable for losses due to unauthorized or fraudulent
instructions. The Fund or the Transfer Agent may require personal identification
codes and will only wire funds through  pre-existing bank account  instructions.
No bank instruction changes will be accepted via telephone.

                     ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Dividends and Distributions

         Dividends are automatically  reinvested in additional Class A shares of
the Fund on the last day of each  month at the net asset  value per share on the
last  Business Day of that month.  Shareholders  must  indicate  their desire to
receive  dividends in cash  (payable on the first  Business Day of the following
month)  on the  Account  Application  Form.  Otherwise  all  dividends  will  be
reinvested in additional  Class A shares as described  above.  In the event that
the Fund realizes net long-term capital gains (i.e., with respect to assets held
more than 18 months), it will distribute them at least annually by automatically
reinvesting  (unless a shareholder  has elected to receive cash) such  long-term
capital  gains in  additional  shares of the Fund at the net asset  value on the
date the distribution is declared.

         The net investment  income  (including  accrued but unpaid interest and
amortization  of original issue and market discount or premium) of the Fund will
be declared as a dividend  payable  monthly to  shareholders of record as of the
last  Business  Day of each  month.  The Fund will also  declare,  to the extent
necessary,  a net short-term capital gain dividend once per year.  Dividends are
paid on the first Business Day of the month.

Determination of Net Asset Value

         The net asset value per share of the Fund is  determined  each Business
Day the Fund is open. The net asset value per share of each class of the Fund is
computed by  dividing  the sum of the value of the  securities  held by the Fund
plus any cash or other assets (including  interest and dividends accrued but not
yet received)  minus all  liabilities  (including any accrued  expenses that are
specific to that class) by the total number of shares  outstanding at such time,
rounded to the nearest cent.  Expenses,  including the investment  advisory fees
payable to the Investment Adviser, are accrued daily.

         The  following  methods are used to  calculate  the value of the Fund's
assets:  (1)  all  portfolio  securities  for  which   over-the-counter   market
quotations are readily available (including asset-backed  securities) are valued
at the latest bid price;  (2) deposits and  repurchase  agreements are valued at
their cost plus accrued  interest  unless the Investment  Adviser  determines in
good faith, under procedures established by and under the general supervision of
the Fund's Board of  Directors,  that such value does not  approximate  the fair
value of such assets; (3) positions (e.g., futures and options) listed or traded
on an exchange are valued at their last sale price on that exchange (or if there
were no sales that day for a particular position, that position is valued at the
closing bid price); and (4) the value of other assets will be determined in good
faith by the Investment  Adviser at fair value under  procedures  established by
and under the general supervision of the Fund's Board of Directors.

Rule 12b-1 Plan

          The Fund has adopted a Distribution  Plan pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under
the 1940 Act. Under this Plan, the Fund may pay a quarterly distribution related
fee at an amount not to exceed  0.25% of the  average  daily value of the Fund's
net assets.  Such amounts received under the Plan are to be used for payments to
qualifying dealers for their assistance in the distribution of the Fund's shares
and the  provision  of  shareholder  services  and for  other  expenses  such as
advertising  costs  and  the  payment  for  the  printing  and  distribution  of
prospectuses  to prospective  investors.  Because these fees are paid out of the
Fund's assets on an on-going basis,  over time these fees will increase the cost
of your  investment  and may cost  you more  than  paying  other  types of sales
charges.


Taxes

         The  following  discussion  is  only a  brief  summary  of  some of the
important tax considerations affecting the Fund and its shareholders. No attempt
is made to present a  detailed  explanation  of all  federal,  state,  local and
foreign  income tax  considerations,  and this  discussion  is not intended as a
substitute for careful tax planning. Accordingly,  potential investors are urged
to consult  their own tax  advisers  with  specific  reference  to their own tax
situation.

         The Fund  intends  to qualify  and elect to be treated as a  "regulated
investment  company" for federal income tax purposes  under  Subchapter M of the
Code. If so qualified,  the Fund will not be subject to federal  income taxes on
its net investment income (i.e., its investment  company taxable income) as that
term is defined in the Code,  determined  without  regard to the  deduction  for
dividends  paid) and net  capital  gain  (i.e.,  the  excess of the  Fund's  net
long-term  capital gain over its net short-term  capital loss),  if any, that it
distributes to its  shareholders in each taxable year. To qualify as a regulated
investment  company,  the Fund  must,  among  other  things,  distribute  to its
shareholders at least 90% of its net investment  company taxable income for such
taxable year. However, the Fund would be subject to corporate federal income tax
at a rate of 35% on any undistributed  income or net capital gain. The Fund will
be subject to a 4% nondeductible  excise tax on its taxable income to the extent
it does not meet certain  other  distribution  requirements.  If in any year the
Fund should fail to qualify as a regulated investment company, the Fund would be
subject to federal income tax in the same manner as an ordinary  corporation and
distributions  to  shareholders  would be  taxable to such  holders as  ordinary
income to the extent of the earnings and profits of the Fund. Such distributions
would  qualify  for the  dividends-received  deduction  available  to  corporate
shareholders.  Distributions  in excess of earnings and profits would be treated
as a  tax-free  return of  capital,  to the  extent of a  holder's  basis in its
shares, and any excess, as a long- or short-term capital gain.

         Distributions   paid  by  the  Fund  from  net  investment  income  are
designated by the Fund as "ordinary income  dividends" and, whether paid in cash
or reinvested in additional  shares,  will be taxable to Fund  shareholders that
are otherwise  subject to tax as ordinary  income.  Distributions  made from the
Fund's net  capital  gain which are  designated  by the Fund as  "capital  gains
dividends" are taxable to shareholders as long-term capital gains, regardless of
the length of time the shareholder has owned Fund shares. Shareholders receiving
distributions from the Fund in the form of additional shares will be treated for
federal  income tax purposes as receiving a  distribution  in an amount equal to
the net asset value of the additional shares on the date of such a distribution.

         Gain or loss, if any,  recognized on the sale or other  disposition  of
shares  of the Fund  will be taxed as  capital  gain or loss if the  shares  are
capital assets in the shareholder's  hands.  Generally,  a shareholder's gain or
loss will be a long-term gain or loss if the shares have been held for more than
12 months.  A loss realized on a sale or exchange of shares may be disallowed if
other shares are acquired  within a 61-day  period  beginning 30 days before and
ending 30 days after the date that the shares are disposed of.

          Dividends and  distributions by the Fund are generally  taxable to the
shareholders  at the time the  dividend or  distribution  is made.  Any dividend
declared in December of any year,  however,  that is payable to  shareholders of
record on a specified date in such month will be deemed to have been received by
the  shareholders  and paid by the Fund on December 31 of such year in the event
such dividends are actually paid during January of the following year.

          The Fund may be required to withhold  federal  income tax at a rate of
31% ("backup  withholding")  from  dividends  and  redemption  proceeds  paid to
non-corporate  shareholders.  This tax may be withheld from dividends if (i) the
shareholder  fails to furnish the Fund with the  shareholder's  correct taxpayer
identification  number,  (ii) the Internal  Revenue Service ("IRS") notifies the
Fund that the  shareholder has failed to report  properly  certain  interest and
dividend  income to the IRS and to respond to notices to that  effect,  or (iii)
when required to do so, the  shareholder  fails to certify that he or she is not
subject to backup withholding.

                   DESCRIPTION OF INVESTMENTS

         The Fund may invest in the securities  defined below in accordance with
their listing of allowable investments and any quality or policy constraints.

Agencies

         The Fund may  invest  in  agencies  which are  securities  that are not
guaranteed by the United States Government,  but which are issued,  sponsored or
guaranteed by a federal agency or federally sponsored agency such as the Student
Loan Marketing Association or any of several other agencies.

Bank Obligations

         The Fund may invest in  obligations  of  domestic  and  foreign  banks,
including time deposits,  certificates of deposit,  bankers'  acceptances,  bank
notes,  deposit notes,  Eurodollar  time deposits,  Eurodollar  certificates  of
deposit, variable rate notes, loan participations, variable amount master demand
notes,  and  custodial  receipts.  Time  deposits  are  non-negotiable  deposits
maintained in a banking  institution for a specified  period of time at a stated
interest rate.  Certificates  of deposit are negotiable  short-term  obligations
issued by  commercial  banks or  savings  and loan  associations  against  funds
deposited in the issuing institution.  Variable rate certificates of deposit are
certificates  of deposit on which the  interest  rate is  adjusted  periodically
prior to their stated  maturity  based upon a specified  market rate. A bankers'
acceptance is a time draft drawn on a commercial  bank by a borrower  usually in
connection with an international  commercial transaction (to finance the import,
export,  transfer, or storage of goods). The Fund will not concentrate more than
25% of its total assets in domestic bank obligations.  Domestic bank obligations
include  instruments that are issued by United States (domestic)  banks;  United
States  branches  of foreign  banks,  if such  branches  are subject to the same
regulations as United States banks; and foreign branches of United States banks,
if the Investment  Adviser  determines  that the investment risk associated with
investing  in  instruments  issued  by  such  branches  is the  same  as that of
investing in  instruments  issued by the United  States parent bank, in that the
United States parent bank would be unconditionally  liable in the event that the
foreign branch fails to pay on its instruments.  Bank obligations entail varying
amounts  of  interest  rate  and  credit  risk,   with  the   lowest-rated   and
longest-dated bank obligations entailing the greatest risk of loss to the Fund.

CMOs--Collateralized Mortgage Obligations

         The Fund may purchase  collateralized  mortgage  obligations  which are
derivatives that are collateralized by mortgage  pass-through  securities.  Cash
flows  from the  mortgage  pass-through  securities  are  allocated  to  various
tranches (a "tranche" is  essentially a separate  security) in a  predetermined,
specified  order.  Each tranche has a stated maturity - the latest date by which
the tranche can be  completely  repaid,  assuming  no  prepayments  - and has an
average  life - the  average  of the  time to  receipt  of a  principal  payment
weighted by the size of the  principal  payment.  The average  life is typically
used as a proxy for maturity because the debt is amortized  (repaid a portion at
a time),  rather than being paid off entirely at maturity,  as would be the case
in a straight debt instrument.

Corporates

         The Fund may invest in corporates which are debt instruments  issued by
private corporations.  Bondholders,  as creditors, have a prior legal claim over
common and  preferred  stockholders  of the  corporation  as to both  income and
assets for the principal and interest due to the  bondholder.  The Fund will buy
corporates subject to any quality constraints. If a security held by the Fund is
downgraded,  the Fund may retain the security if the  Investment  Adviser  deems
retention of the security to be in the best interests of the Fund.

Floaters

         Floaters--Floating  and Variable Rate  Obligations are debt obligations
with a floating or variable rate of interest,  i.e. the rate of interest  varies
with changes in specified market rates or indices, such as the prime rate, or at
specified  intervals.  Certain floating or variable rate obligations may carry a
demand  feature that permits the holder to tender them back to the issuer of the
underlying instrument, or to a third party, at par value prior to maturity.

Foreign  Government and International  and  Supranational  Agency
Debt Securities

         The Fund may purchase U.S. dollar  denominated debt obligations  issued
or  guaranteed  by foreign  governments  or their  subdivisions,  agencies,  and
instrumentalities,  and debt  obligations  issued or guaranteed by international
agencies and supranational entities.

Investment Grade Debt Securities

         The Fund may invest in investment grade securities that are those rated
by one or more NRSROs in one of the four highest  rating  categories at the time
of purchase (e.g. AAA, AA, A or BBB by Standard & Poor's,  Fitch, Duff & Phelps,
or Aaa,  Aa, A or Baa by Moody's).  Securities  rated BBB or Baa  represent  the
lowest  of four  levels of  investment  grade  securities  and are  regarded  as
borderline   between  definitely  sound  obligations  and  those  in  which  the
speculative element begins to predominate. Mortgage-backed securities, including
mortgage  pass-throughs and collateralized  mortgage obligations (CMOs),  deemed
investment grade by the Investment  Adviser,  will either carry a guarantee from
an agency of the U.S.  Government or a private  issuer of the timely  payment of
principal  and interest  (such  guarantees  do not extend to the market value of
such securities or the net asset value per share of the Fund) or, in the case of
unrated  securities,  be  sufficiently  seasoned that they are considered by the
Investment  Adviser to be investment grade quality.  The Investment  Adviser may
retain  securities  if their  ratings  fall below  investment  grade if it deems
retention of the security to be in the best  interests of the Fund. The Fund may
hold unrated  securities if the Investment  Adviser considers the risks involved
in owning that  security to be  equivalent  to the risks  involved in holding an
Investment Grade Security.

Mortgage-Backed Securities and Asset-Backed Debt Securities

         Mortgage-backed  debt  securities are secured or backed by mortgages or
other mortgage-related assets. Such securities may be issued by such entities as
Government  National Mortgage  Association  ("GNMA"),  Federal National Mortgage
Association  ("FNMA"),   Federal  Home  Loan  Mortgage  Corporation   ("FHLMC"),
commercial banks,  savings and loan associations,  mortgage banks, or by issuers
that  are  affiliates  of or  sponsored  by such  entities.  Other  asset-backed
securities are secured or backed by assets other than  mortgage-related  assets,
such  as  automobile  and  credit  card  receivables,  and  are  issued  by such
institutions as finance companies, finance subsidiaries of industrial companies,
and investment banks. The Fund will purchase only  asset-backed  securities that
the  Investment  Adviser  determines  to be liquid.  The Fund will not  purchase
mortgage  backed or  asset-backed  securities that do not meet the above minimum
credit standards.

         An important  feature of mortgage-and  asset-backed  securities is that
the principal amount is generally  subject to partial or total prepayment at any
time because the underlying assets (i.e., loans) generally may be prepaid at any
time. If an asset-backed security is purchased at a premium to par, a prepayment
rate that is  faster  than  expected  will  reduce  yield to  maturity,  while a
prepayment  rate that is slower than expected  will have the opposite  effect of
increasing  yield  to  maturity.  Conversely,  if an  asset-backed  security  is
purchased at a discount,  faster than expected prepayments will increase,  while
slower than expected  prepayments  will decrease,  yield to maturity.  It should
also be noted that these  securities  may not have any security  interest in the
underlying  assets,  and recoveries on  repossessed  collateral may not, in some
cases, be available to support payments on these securities.

Municipal Debt Securities

The Fund may, from time to time, purchase municipal debt securities when, in the
Investment  Adviser's  opinion,  such  instruments will provide a greater return
than taxable  instruments of comparable quality. It is not anticipated that such
securities will ever represent a significant  portion of the Fund's assets. Fund
distributions  that are derived from interest on municipal debt  securities will
be taxable to  shareholders  in the same manner as  distributions  derived  from
taxable debt securities.

Preferred Stock

         The Fund may invest in preferred  stock which is  non-voting  ownership
shares in a corporation which pay a fixed or variable stream of dividends.

Repurchase Agreements
         Repurchase  agreements are  transactions  by which the Fund purchases a
security  and  simultaneously  commits to resell that  security to the seller (a
bank or  securities  dealer)  at an agreed  upon  price on an  agreed  upon date
(usually within seven days of purchase).  The resale price reflects the purchase
price plus an agreed  upon market rate of  interest  which is  unrelated  to the
coupon rate or date of  maturity  of the  purchased  security.  Such  agreements
permit  the  Fund to keep  all its  assets  at work  while  retaining  overnight
flexibility in pursuit of  investments  of a longer term nature.  The Investment
Adviser  will  continually  monitor the value of the  underlying  collateral  to
ensure that its value, including accrued interest,  always equals or exceeds the
repurchase price.

When-lssued and Forward Commitment Securities

         The Fund may  purchase  securities  on a  "when-issued"  basis  and may
purchase  or  sell  securities  on  a  "forward   commitment"   basis.  In  such
transactions,  instruments  are bought with payment and delivery taking place in
the future in order to secure what is considered to be an advantageous  yield or
price  at the  time  of the  transaction.  Delivery  of and  payment  for  these
securities may take more than a month after the date of the purchase commitment,
but will take  place no more  than 120 days  after  the  trade  date.  No income
accrues prior to delivery on securities  that have been purchased  pursuant to a
forward commitment or on a when-issued basis. However,  interest is generated on
the  short-term  investments  that are  segregated  for the  settlement of these
securities.  At the time the Fund enters into a transaction  on a when-issued or
forward  commitment  basis,  a segregated  account  consisting of cash or liquid
securities  equal  to  the  value  of  the  when-issued  or  forward  commitment
securities  will be  established in the Fund and maintained in the Fund and will
be marked to market daily. A short term  investment in this  segregated  account
may not have a duration that exceeds 180 days. Forward  commitments,  or delayed
deliveries,  are deemed to be outside the normal corporate settlement structure.
They are subject to segregation requirements; however, when a forward commitment
purchase  is made  to  close a  forward  commitment  sale,  or vice  versa,  the
difference  between  the  two  may be  netted  for  segregation  purposes  until
settlement date.

Zero Coupon Debt Securities

         The Fund may invest in zero coupon debt  securities  (bonds that pay no
interest but are originally sold at an original issue discount). Because they do
not pay interest until  maturity,  zero coupon  securities tend to be subject to
greater  fluctuation  of market  value in response to changes in interest  rates
than interest-paying securities of similar maturities.

                           INVESTMENT LIMITATIONS

The Fund may not:

          (1) borrow money (including entering into reverse repurchase 
              agreements);

          (2) make loans except that it may enter into Repurchase Agreements;

           
          (3) invest  more  than 25% of the  total  assets  of the Fund in the 
 securities  of issuers having their principal activities in any particular 
industry, except for tax-exempt  obligations  issued  or  guaranteed  by  the  
U.S.  government,  its agencies, GSE's,  instrumentalities or by any state, 
territory or any possession of the United States or any of their authorities, 
agencies, instrumentalities or political subdivisions,  or with respect to 
repurchase agreements collateralized by any of such  obligations.  For  
purposes of this  restriction,  supranational issuers  will be  considered  
to  comprise  an  industry  as will  each  foreign government  that issues  
securities  purchased by the Fund. In the case of Asset Backed Securities, the 
industry will be defined by the underlying assets in each
trust.  (For  example,  credit  card  receivables  and auto loans  would each be
considered separate industries); and

          (4) invest the cash securing a forward  commitment in mortgage backed
securities in investments that have a duration exceeding 180 days.

         The   limitations   contained  above  may  be  changed  only  with  the
affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the Fund's  outstanding  voting
securities,  as defined in the 1940 Act. The  percentage  limitations  contained
above as well as elsewhere in this Prospectus and in the Statement of Additional
Information apply only at the time of purchase and the Fund will not be required
to dispose of securities upon subsequent fluctuations in market value.


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         Fixed Income Total Return Fund FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
         (in whole dollars except where otherwise indicated)

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<S>                                                                                            <C>    

FOR A SHARE OUTSTANDING THROUGHOUT THE PERIOD                                                       Period From 12/30/97 to
                                                                                                                   10/31/98
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Per Share Data
Net asset value at beginning of period                                                                               $10.00
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Increases From Investment Operations
Net investment income                                                                                                  0.21
Net realized gains on investments                                                                                      0.46
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Total from investment operations                                                                                       0.67
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Less Distributions
Distributions from net investment income                                                                             (0.41)
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Net asset value at end of period                                                                                     $10.26
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Total Return (a)                                                                                                      6.87%
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Ratios/Supplemental Data
Net assets, end of period (000's)                                                                                   $43,899
Ratio of expenses to average net assets (b)                                                                           0.45%
Ratio of expenses to average net assets before expense waivers                                                        1.03%
And reimbursements of other expenses (b)
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets (b)                                                              5.17%
Portfolio Turnover                                                                                                     478%
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(a)      Not annualized
(b)      Annualized
  * Commencement of operations



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This Prospectus  contains a concise  statement of information  investors  should
know before they invest in the Fund.  Please retain this  Prospectus  for future
reference.  Additional  information about the Fund's investments is available in
the  Fund's  annual and  semi-annual  reports  to  shareholders,  as well as the
Statement  of  Additional  Information  (SAI).  The SAI provides  more  detailed
information  about the  Portfolios,  including  their  operations and investment
policies.  A current SAI is on file with the Securities and Exchange  Commission
and is  incorporated  by  reference  and is  legally  considered  a part of this
Prospectus.  In the Fund's  annual  report,  you will find a  discussion  of the
market  conditions and investment  strategies  that  significantly  affected the
Fund's performance during its last fiscal year.

The Fund's SAI,  annual and semi-annual  reports are available,  without charge,
upon request by contacting Investors Capital Services,  Inc., a branch office of
AMT Capital  Securities,  L.L.C.,  600 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10020 at their
toll free telephone number (800) 762-4848 [or (212) 332-5211, if within New York
City].

Information about the Fund (including the SAI) can be reviewed and copied at the
Commission's  Public  Reference  Room  in  Washington  D.C.  Information  on the
operation of the public reference room may be obtained by calling the Commission
at 1-800-SEC-0330. Reports and other information about the Fund are available on
the Commission's Internet site at http://www.sec.gov. Copies of this information
may be  obtained,  upon  payment of a  duplicating  fee,  by writing  the Public
Reference Section of the Commission, Washington D.C.
20549-6009.





333-33365


<PAGE>




STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
       (Class A shares only)

    SAMCO FIXED INCOME PORTFOLIO
    600 Fifth Avenue, 26th Floor
      New York, New York 10020
           (212) 332-5211



         SAMCO     Fixed      Income
Portfolio    (the   "Fund")   is   a
portfolio  of SAMCO  Fund,  Inc.  an
open-end    management    investment
company.  Shares  of the Fund may be
purchased      through     Investors
Capital  Services,  Inc.,  a  branch
office  of AMT  Capital  Securities,
LLC. (the "Distributor").

         This Statement of Additional Information is not a prospectus and should
be read in conjunction  with the Prospectus of the Fund,  dated February 1, 1999
(the  "Prospectus"),  which has been  filed  with the  Securities  and  Exchange
Commission (the "Commission") and can be obtained, without charge, by calling or
writing the  Distributor at the telephone  number or address stated below.  This
Statement of Additional Information incorporates by reference the Prospectus.




         Distributed by:            AMT Capital Securities, LLC.
                                    600 Fifth Avenue, 26th Floor
                                    New York, New York  10020
                                    (212) 332-5211
                                    (800) 762-4848 (outside New York City)



     The date of this Statement of Additional Information is February 1, 1999


<PAGE>




                                   TABLE OF CONTENTS
                                                                            Page
Organization of the Fund........................................................

Management of the Fund..........................................................

         Board of Directors and Officers........................................
         Investment Adviser.....................................................

         Administrator..........................................................

Distribution of Fund Shares.....................................................

Supplemental Descriptions of Investments........................................

Supplemental Investment Techniques..............................................

Supplemental Discussion of Risks Associated With the
  Fund's Investment Policies and Investment Techniques..........................
         Options................................................................
         Futures Contracts and Options on Futures Contracts.....................

Investment Restrictions.........................................................

Portfolio Transactions..........................................................

Tax Considerations..............................................................

Shareholder Information.........................................................

Calculation of Performance Data.................................................

Quality Rating Descriptions ....................................................

Financial Statements............................................................




<PAGE>



      ORGANIZATION OF THE FUND

         The  authorized  capital  stock of the Fund  consists of  2,500,000,000
shares  with $.001 par value.  Every share  issued by the Fund has equal  voting
rights; shareholders receive one vote for each share held. All shares issued and
outstanding are fully paid and non-assessable,  transferable,  and redeemable at
their  net  asset  value  at the  option  of the  shareholder.  Shares  have  no
preemptive or conversion rights.

         The shares of the Fund have non-cumulative  voting rights,  which means
that the  holders of more than 50% of the  shares  voting  for the  election  of
Directors  can elect 100% of the Directors if they choose to do so, and, in such
event,  the holders of the remaining  less than 50% of the shares voting for the
election  of  Directors  will not be able to elect any  person or persons to the
Board of Directors.


           MANAGEMENT OF THE FUND

BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS

         The Fund is  managed  by its  Board of  Directors.  The  Directors  and
officers of the Fund and their principal  occupations during the past five years
are set forth  below.  An asterisk  (*) has been placed next to the name of each
director who is an  "interested  person" of the Fund, as such term is defined in
the  Investment  Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "1940 Act"),  by virtue of
his affiliation with the Fund or the Fund's investment adviser,  Seix Investment
Advisors Inc. (the "Investment Adviser").


<TABLE>
<S>                                           <C>                     <C>    

Name, Address and Age                          Office                   Principal Occupation During Past Five Years
*Christina Seix                                Director                 Seix Investment  Advisors Inc.,  Chairman and Chief  
                                                                        Investment Officer 1992-Present
300 Tice Blvd.                                                          
Woodcliff Lake, NJ 07675
Age: 48
*John G. Talty                                 Director                 Seix Investment Advisors Inc., President 1993-Present
300 Tice Blvd.
Woodcliff Lake, NJ 07675
Age: 40
*Peter J. Bourke                               Director                 Seix Investment Advisors Inc., Managing Director 1993-
300 Tice Blvd.                                 Assistant Secretary      Present
Woodcliff Lake, NJ 07675
Age: 47
John R. O'Brien                                Director                 Retired
275 Manor Road
Ridgewood, NJ 07450
Age: 66
John E. Manley, Sr.                            Director                 Consultant to Mutual of America
86505 Holmes                                                            April 1996- March 1997
Chapel Hill, NC 27514                                                   Senior Vice President, Mutual of America
Age: 64                                                                 July 1985-March 1996
Carla E. Dearing                               Assistant Treasurer      Investors Capital Services, Inc., (Formerly AMT Capital
Investors Capital Services, Inc.                                        Services, Inc.), President, 1/92 - present; AMT Capital
600 Fifth Avenue, 26th Floor                                            Advisers, Inc., Principal and Senior Vice President, 1/92 -
New York, NY  10020                                                     5/98; Morgan Stanley & Co., Vice President, 11/88 - 1/92.
Age: 35
William E. Vastardis                           Treasurer, Secretary     Investors Capital Services, Inc., (Formerly AMT Capital
Investors Capital Services, Inc.                                        Services, Inc.), Managing Director 7/92 - present; Vanguard
600 Fifth Avenue, 26th Floor                                            Group Inc., Vice President, 1/87 - 4/92.
New York, NY  10020
Age: 41


</TABLE>


         No employee of the Investment Adviser nor the Distributor  receives any
compensation from the Fund for acting as an officer or director of the Fund. The
Fund pays each  director  who is not a  director,  officer  or  employee  of the
Investment Adviser or the Distributor or any of their affiliates,  a fee of $500
for each meeting attended,  and each of the Directors receive an annual retainer
of $1,000 which is paid in quarterly installments.

Director's Compensation Table
Fiscal Year Ended October 31, 1998
<TABLE>
<S>                             <C>                       <C>                   <C>               <C>    


Director                          Aggregate Compensation        Pension -or         Estimated     Total Compensation
                                      From Registrant       Retirement Benefits       Annual        From Registrant
                                                             Accrued As Part of   benefits Upon    and Fund Complex
                                                               Fund Expenses        Retirement     Paid to Directors
John E. Manley, Sr.              $2,500                     $0                    $0              $2,500
John R. O'Brien                  $2,500                     $0                    $0              $2,500
</TABLE>


By virtue of the  responsibilities  assumed by the  Investment  Adviser  and the
Distributor  and their  affiliates  under their  respective  agreements with the
Fund, the Fund itself requires no employees in addition to its officers.

Directors and officers of the Fund collectively owned less than 1% of the Fund's
outstanding shares as of October 31, 1998.


<PAGE>




 INVESTMENT ADVISER AND ADVISORY AGREEMENT

         Seix  Investment  Advisors  Inc.,  established in 1992, is a registered
investment  adviser that specializes in professional fixed income management for
corporations,  public funds,  endowments,  foundations and hospitals.  Christina
Seix may be deemed a "controlling person" of the Investment Adviser on the basis
of her ownership of the Investment Adviser's stock.

         Pursuant to the terms of the  advisory  agreement  between the Fund and
the Investment  Adviser (the  "Advisory  Agreement"),  the  Investment  Adviser,
subject to the control and  supervision  of the Fund's Board of Directors and in
conformance  with the stated  investment  objectives  and  policies of the Fund,
shall manage the investment and  reinvestment of the assets of the Fund. In this
regard, it is the  responsibility  of the Investment  Adviser to make investment
decisions  for the Fund and to place the Fund's  purchase  and sales  orders for
investment securities.

         The Advisory  Agreement  shall remain in effect for two years following
its date of execution and thereafter will automatically  continue for successive
annual periods,  so long as such  continuance is specifically  approved at least
annually  by (a) the  Board of  Directors  or (b) the vote of a  "majority"  (as
defined in the 1940 Act) of the  Fund's  outstanding  shares  voting as a single
class;  provided,  that in either event the  continuance  is also approved by at
least a majority of the Board of Directors who are not "interested  persons" (as
defined in the 1940 Act) of the Fund or the  Investment  Adviser by vote cast in
person at a meeting called for the purpose of voting on such approval.

         The Advisory  Agreement is terminable  without penalty on not less than
60 days'  notice  by the Board of  Directors  or by a vote of the  holders  of a
majority of the Fund's  outstanding shares voting as a single class, or upon not
less than 60 days' notice by the Investment Adviser. The Advisory Agreement will
terminate automatically in the event of its "assignment" (as defined in the 1940
Act).

         The  Investment  Adviser  pays  all of its  expenses  arising  from the
performance  of its  obligations  under the Advisory  Agreement,  including  all
executive  salaries and expenses of the  directors  and officers of the Fund who
are employees of the Investment  Adviser or its  affiliates,  and office rent of
the Fund.  Subject to the  expense  reimbursement  provisions  described  in the
Prospectus under "Fund  Expenses,"  other expenses  incurred in the operation of
the Fund are  borne  by the  Fund,  including,  without  limitation,  investment
advisory fees, brokerage commissions, interest, fees and expenses of independent
attorneys, auditors, custodians, accounting agents, transfer agents, taxes, cost
of stock  certificates and any other expenses  (including  clerical expenses) of
issue,  sale,  repurchase or redemption of shares,  expenses of registering  and
qualifying  shares of the Fund under  federal  and state  laws and  regulations,
expenses of printing and  distributing  reports,  notices and proxy materials to
existing  shareholders,  expenses  of  printing  and  filing  reports  and other
documents  filed with  governmental  agencies,  expenses  of annual and  special
shareholders'  meetings,  fees and expenses of Directors of the Fund who are not
employees of the Investment  Adviser or its  affiliates,  membership dues in the
Investment Company Institute, insurance premiums and extraordinary expenses such
as litigation expenses.

         As  compensation  for its services,  the  Investment  Adviser  receives
monthly compensation at the annual rate of 0.25% of the average daily net assets
of the Fund. The  Investment  Adviser may waive all or part of its fee from time
to time in order to increase the Fund's net income available for distribution to
shareholders.  The Fund will not be required to reimburse the Investment Adviser
for any  advisory  fees  waived.  In addition,  the  Investment  Adviser and the
Administrator  have  voluntarily  agreed to limit the total expenses of the Fund
[(excluding  taxes,  interest,  brokerage,  and  extraordinary  expenses)] to an
annual rate of 0.45% of the Fund's  average  daily net assets for an  indefinite
time period.  As long as this temporary  expense  limitation  continues,  it may
lower the  Fund's  expenses  and  increase  its total  return.  In the event the
Investment  Adviser and/or the Administrator  remove the expense cap, the Fund's
expenses may increase and its total return may be reduced depending on the total
assets of the Fund.

         The  Advisory  Agreement  was approved on October 9, 1997 by the Fund's
Directors,  including a majority of the Directors who are not interested persons
(as defined in the 1940 Act) of the Fund or the Investment Adviser.

For the period  beginning  December 30, 1997 and ending  October 31,  1998,  the
amount of advisory fees (net of waivers and reimbursements) paid by the Fund was
$0.


               ADMINISTRATOR

         The administration  agreement (the "Administration  Agreement") between
the Fund and Investors Capital Services,  Inc., the "Administrator," will remain
in effect for a period of five  successive  annual  periods.  The  Administrator
provides for, or assists in managing and supervising all aspects of, the general
day-to-day  business activities and operations of the Fund other than investment
advisory activities,  including custodial, transfer agency, dividend disbursing,
accounting,  auditing,  compliance  and  related  services.  The  Fund  pays the
Administrator  a monthly fee at the annual  rate of 0.15% of the Fund's  average
daily net assets and the  Administrator  is entitled to  reimbursement  from the
Fund for its out-of-pocket expenses incurred under the Administration Agreement.

         For the period beginning December 30, 1997 and ending October 31, 1998,
the amount of administration  fees (net of waivers and  reimbursements)  paid by
the Fund was $41,667.


      PRINCIPAL HOLDERS OF SECURITIES

As of January 5, 1999, the following  shareholders  were deemed to be a "control
person" of the Fund as such term is defined in the 1940 Act.
<TABLE>
<S>                           <C>                                    <C>                         <C>    


                                        Name and Address of            Nature of Beneficial          Percent
       Title of Class                    Beneficial Owner                   Ownership              of Portfolio
       --------------                    -----------------                  ----------             ------------
Class A Shares of Common       American College of Cardiology 911     Direct Ownership                38.3%
Stock, $.001 per Share         Old Georgetown Road, Bethesda, MD
                               20814
Class A Shares of Common       Regional Transportation Authority      Direct Ownership                32.0%
Stock, $.001 per Share         Pension Plan  P O Box 1443, Chicago
                               IL 60690-1443

</TABLE>


         As of January 5, 1999, the following  persons held 5 percent or more of
the  outstanding  shares  of the  Class  A  shares  of the  SAMCO  Fixed  Income
Portfolio:

                
<TABLE>
<S>                                     <C>                                  <C>                         <C>    
                                                Name and Address of             Nature of Beneficial
         Title of Class                           Beneficial Owner                    Ownership          Percent of Portfolio
         --------------                           -----------------                   ----------         --------------------
         Class A Shares of Common       American College of Cardiology 911     Direct Ownership                 38.3%
         Stock, $.001 per Share         Old Georgetown Road, Bethesda, MD
                                        20814
         Class A Shares of Common       Regional Transportation Authority      Direct Ownership                 32.0%
         Stock, $.001 per Share         Pension Plan  P O Box 1443, Chicago
                                        IL 60690-1443
         Class A Shares of Common       ENRON                                  Direct Ownership                 13.8%
         Stock, $.001 per Share         Corporation                     PO
                                        Box 92956, Chicago, IL  60675
         Class A Shares of Common       NOITU Individual Account Pension       Direct Ownership                  8.8%
         Stock, $.001 per Share         Plan 148-06 Hillside Ave. Jamaica,
                                        NY11435

</TABLE>

The  amount of  shares of the Fund  owned by all the  officers,  directors,  and
members of the advisory  board of the Fund as a group own is less than 1% of the
Fund's outstanding securities.

    DISTRIBUTION OF FUND SHARES

         Shares of the Fund are distributed by the  Distributor  pursuant to the
distribution  agreement (the "Distribution  Agreement") between the Fund and the
Distributor,  which is subject to the approval of the Fund's Board of Directors.
No fees are payable by the Fund pursuant to the Distribution Agreement,  and the
Distributor bears the expense of its distribution  activities.  The Fund and the
Distributor have agreed to indemnify one another against certain liabilities.

    SUPPLEMENTAL DESCRIPTIONS OF
            INVESTMENTS

         The  investment  objective of the Fund is to provide  investors  with a
total  return  which  consistently  exceeds  the total  return of the broad U.S.
investment  grade bond market.  The  different  types of securities in which the
Fund may invest, subject to its investment objective, policies and restrictions,
are described in the Prospectus under "Descriptions of Investments."  Additional
information  concerning the characteristics of certain of the Fund's investments
is set forth below.

         Bank    Obligations.    The Fund  limits  its   investments   in
U.S.     bank     obligations     to obligations  of U.S.  banks  that in
the  Investment   Adviser's  opinion meet   sufficient   creditworthiness
criteria.

         The  Fund  limits  its  investments  in  foreign  bank  obligations  to
obligations of foreign banks (including U.S. branches of foreign banks) that, in
the opinion of the Investment  Adviser,  are of an investment quality comparable
to obligations of U.S. banks in which the Fund may invest.

         Eurodollar   and   Yankee  Obligations.     Eurodollar     bank
obligations  are  dollar-denominated certificates  of  deposit  and  time
deposits  issued  outside  the  U.S. capital     markets    by    foreign
branches   of  U.S.   banks  and  by foreign    banks.     Yankee    bank
obligations        are       dollar- denominated  obligations  issued  in
the   U.S.    capital   markets   by foreign banks.

         Investment  Funds.  The Fund is permitted to invest in investment funds
and will make such  investments  only  where  appropriate  given that the Fund's
shareholders  will bear  indirectly  the  layer of  expenses  of the  underlying
investment funds in addition to their proportionate share of the expenses of the
Fund.

         Mortgage-Backed Securities.  Mortgage-backed securities  are securities
which represent  ownership  interests  in, or  are  debt  obligations   secured
entirely or  primarily  by,  "pools" of    residential    or   commercial
mortgage      loans     or     other mortgage-backed    securities   (the
"Underlying  Assets").  In the  case of    mortgage-backed     securities
representing   ownership   interests in  the   Underlying   Assets,   the
principal  and interest  payments on the  underlying  mortgage  loans are
distributed  monthly to the  holders of        the        mortgage-backed
securities.    In   the    case   of mortgage-backed           securities
representing     debt    obligations secured  by the  Underlying  Assets,
the     principal    and    interest payments    on    the     underlying
mortgage     loans,      and     any reinvestment     income     thereon,
provide   the   funds  to  pay  debt service   on  such   mortgage-backed
securities.

         Certain  mortgage-backed  securities  represent an undivided fractional
interest in the entirety of the Underlying  Assets (or in a substantial  portion
of the  Underlying  Assets,  with  additional  interests  junior  to that of the
mortgage-backed security), and thus have payment terms that closely resemble the
payment terms of the Underlying Assets.

         In addition,  many  mortgage-backed  securities  are issued in multiple
classes.  Each class of such  multi-class  mortgage-backed  securities  ("MBS"),
often  referred to as a  "traunche",  is issued at a specific  fixed or floating
coupon rate and has a stated  maturity  or final  distribution  date.  Principal
prepayment  on  the  Underlying   Assets  may  cause  the  MBSs  to  be  retired
substantially  earlier than their stated maturities or final distribution dates.
Interest  is paid or  accrues  on all or most  classes of the MBSs on a periodic
basis,  typically  monthly or  quarterly.  The  principal of and interest on the
Underlying  Assets may be allocated  among the several  classes of a series of a
MBS in many  different  ways.  In a  relatively  common  structure,  payments of
principal  (including any principal  prepayments)  on the Underlying  Assets are
applied  to the  classes  of a series of a MBS in the order of their  respective
stated  maturities so that no payment of principal  will be made on any class of
MBSs until all other classes having an earlier stated maturity have been paid in
full.

         Municipal Instruments.  Municipal notes may include such instruments as
tax anticipation notes, revenue anticipation notes, and bond anticipation notes.
Municipal notes are issued by state and local governments and public authorities
as interim  financing in anticipation of tax  collections,  revenue  receipts or
bond  sales.  Municipal  bonds,  which may be issued to raise  money for various
public purposes,  include general  obligation  bonds and revenue bonds.  General
obligation bonds are backed by the taxing power of the issuing  municipality and
are  considered  the  safest  type of bonds.  Revenue  bonds  are  backed by the
revenues  of a  project  or  facility  such  as the  tolls  from a toll  bridge.
Industrial  development revenue bonds are a specific type of revenue bond backed
by the  credit and  security  of a private  user.  Revenue  bonds are  generally
considered to have more potential risk than general obligation bonds.

         Municipal  obligations can have floating,  variable or fixed rates. The
value of floating and variable  rate  obligations  generally is more stable than
that of fixed rate  obligations  in response to changes in interest rate levels.
Variable and floating rate obligations usually carry rights that permit the Fund
to sell them at par value plus accrued  interest upon short notice.  The issuers
or financial  intermediaries  providing rights to sell may support their ability
to purchase the obligations by obtaining credit with liquidity  supports.  These
may include lines of credit,  which are  conditional  commitments  to lend,  and
letters of credit, which will ordinarily be irrevocable, both issued by domestic
banks or foreign  banks which have a branch,  agency or subsidiary in the United
States.  When  considering  whether  an  obligation  meets  the  Fund's  quality
standards, the Investment Adviser will look at the creditworthiness of the party
providing the right to sell as well as to the quality of the obligation itself.

         Municipal  securities may be issued to finance private activities,  the
interest  from which is an item of tax  preference  for  purposes of the federal
alternative  minimum tax. Such "private activity" bonds might include industrial
development  revenue  bonds,  and bonds issued to finance such projects as solid
waste disposal facilities, student loans or water and sewage projects

         Other Asset-Backed  Securities.  The  Fund  may  investin  other  
asset-backed  securities (unrelated   to   mortgage   loans) including   
securities   backed  by automobile  loans and  credit  card receivables.

         Repurchase Agreements. When participating in repurchase agreements, the
Fund buys  securities  from a vendor (e.g., a bank or securities  firm) with the
agreement that the vendor will  repurchase the securities at the same price plus
interest at a later date.  Repurchase  agreements may be  characterized as loans
secured by the underlying  securities.  Such transactions  afford an opportunity
for the Fund to earn a return on available cash at minimal market risk, although
the Fund may be  subject  to  various  delays  and  risks of loss if the  vendor
becomes subject to a proceeding  under the U.S.  Bankruptcy Code or is otherwise
unable  to meet its  obligation  to  repurchase.  The  securities  underlying  a
repurchase  agreement  will be marked to market  every  business day so that the
value of such securities is at least equal to the value of the repurchase  price
thereof, including the accrued interest thereon.

         In addition,  repurchase  agreements may also involve the securities of
certain foreign  governments in which there is an active repurchase  market. The
Investment  Adviser  expects  that such  repurchase  agreements  will  primarily
involve  government  securities of countries  belonging to the  Organization for
Economic   Cooperation  and  Development   ("OECD").   Transactions  in  foreign
repurchase agreements may involve additional risks.

         U.S.  Treasury  and U.S.  Government Agency  Securities U.S. Government
Securities include  instruments  issued by the U.S.  Treasury,   including  
bills, notes and bonds.  These instruments  are direct obligations of the  U.S.
Government   and,   as  such,   are backed   by  the  full   faith  and
credit   of  the   United   States. They  differ   primarily  in  their
interest  rates,   the  lengths  of their  maturities  and the dates of
their   issuances.   In   addition, U.S. Government Securities
include    securities   issued   by instrumentalities   of   the   U.S.
Government,     such     as     the Government     National    Mortgage
Association  ("GNMA"),   which  are also  backed by the full  faith and
credit   of  the   United   States. U.S.  Government  Agency Securities
include   instruments   issued   by instrumentalities   established  or
sponsored  by the U.S.  Government, such    as   the    Student    Loan
Marketing   Association   ("SLMA"), the   Federal   National   Mortgage
Association    ("FNMA")   and   the Federal    Home    Loan    Mortgage
Corporation    ("FHLMC").     While these  securities  are  issued,  in
general,  under  the  authority  of an  Act  of   Congress,   the  U.S.
Government   is  not  obligated  to provide  financial  support  to the
issuing instrumentalities.

         Variable  Amount  Master Demand  Notes.  Variable  amount master demand
notes permit the investment of fluctuating  amounts at varying rates of interest
pursuant to direct  arrangements  between the Fund (as lender) and the borrower.
These notes are direct lending arrangements  between lenders and borrowers,  and
are generally not transferable,  nor are they ordinarily rated by either Moody's
Investors Service, Inc., Standard & Poor's Corporation, Fitch Investors Service,
Inc., or Duff & Phelps Credit Rating Co.

          Zero Coupon Securities and Custodial Receipts.  Zero coupon securities
include securities issued directly by the U.S. Treasury, and U.S. Treasury bonds
or notes and their unmatured  interest coupons and receipts for their underlying
principal (the "coupons") which have been separated by their holder, typically a
custodian bank or investment brokerage firm. A holder will separate the interest
coupons  from the  underlying  principal  (the  "corpus")  of the U.S.  Treasury
security.  A number of  securities  firms and banks have  stripped  the interest
coupons and receipts and then resold them in custodial  receipt  programs with a
number of different names, including "Treasury Income Growth Receipts" ("TIGRS")
and  "Certificate  of Accrual  on  Treasuries"  ("CATS").  The  underlying  U.S.
Treasury bonds and notes  themselves are held in book-entry  form at the Federal
Reserve Bank or, in the case of bearer securities (i.e., unregistered securities
which are owned ostensibly by the bearer or holder thereof),  in trust on behalf
of the owners  thereof.  Counsel to the  underwriters  of these  certificates or
other  evidences of ownership of the U.S.  Treasury  securities have stated that
for Federal tax and  securities law purposes,  in their  opinion,  purchasers of
such  certificates,  such as the Fund, most likely will be deemed the beneficial
holders of the underlying U.S. Treasury securities.

         Recently,    the   Treasury has    facilitated    transfer    of
ownership     of     zero     coupon securities       by       accounting
separately    for   the   beneficial ownership  of  particular   interest
coupon   and  corpus   payments   on Treasury   securities   through  the
Federal      Reserve      book-entry record-keeping      system.      The
Federal     Reserve    program    as established    by    the    Treasury
Department  is  known  as  "Separate Trading of  Registered  Interest and
Principal       of       Securities" ("STRIPS").    Under   the    STRIPS
program,  the  Fund  can be  able to have  its  beneficial  ownership  of
zero  coupon   securities   recorded directly    in    the     book-entry
record-keeping  system  in  lieu  of holding    certificates   or   other
evidences   of   ownership   of  the underlying       U.S.       Treasury
securities.

         When U.S.  Treasury  obligations  have been stripped of their unmatured
interest  coupons  by the  holder,  the  principal  or  corpus is sold at a deep
discount  because the buyer  receives  only the right to receive a future  fixed
payment on the  security  and does not receive  any rights to periodic  interest
(cash) payments. Once stripped or separated,  the corpus and coupons may be sold
separately.  Typically,  the coupons are sold  separately  or grouped with other
coupons with like maturity  dates and sold in such bundled  form.  Purchasers of
stripped  obligations   acquire,  in  effect,   discount  obligations  that  are
economically  identical to the zero coupon  securities  that the Treasury  sells
itself.


  SUPPLEMENTAL DISCUSSION OF RISKS
     ASSOCIATED WITH THE FUND'S
 INVESTMENT POLICIES AND INVESTMENT
             TECHNIQUES

         The risks  associated  with the different  types of securities in which
the Fund may invest are described in the Prospectus under "Risks Associated With
the  Fund's   Investment   Policies  and  Investment   Techniques."   Additional
information  concerning risks associated with certain of the Fund's  investments
is set forth below.

         Eurodollar and Yankee  Obligations.  Eurodollar and Yankee  obligations
are subject to the same risks that pertain to domestic  issues,  notably  credit
risk, market risk and liquidity risk. Additionally, Eurodollar (and to a limited
extent,  Yankee)  obligations are subject to certain  sovereign  risks. One such
risk is the possibility that a sovereign  country might prevent capital,  in the
form of dollars, from flowing across their borders. Other risks include: adverse
political  and  economic  developments;  the  extent and  quality of  government
regulation  of financial  markets and  institutions;  the  imposition of foreign
withholding taxes; and the expropriation or nationalization of foreign issuers.

         Futures  contracts.  The Fund may enter into contracts for the purchase
or sale for future delivery (a "futures contract") of fixed-income securities or
foreign currencies,  or contracts based on financial indices including any index
of U.S. Government  Securities,  foreign government securities or corporate debt
securities.  U.S.  futures  contracts have been designed by exchanges which have
been designated as "contracts markets" by the CFTC, and must be executed through
a futures  commission  merchant,  or  brokerage  firm,  which is a member of the
relevant  contract  market.  Futures  contracts  trade on a number  of  exchange
markets and,  through  their  clearing  corporations,  the  exchanges  guarantee
performance  of the  contracts as between the clearing  members of the exchange.
The Fund will enter into  futures  contracts  that are based on debt  securities
that are  backed by the full faith and  credit of the U.S.  Government,  such as
long-term  U.S.  Treasury  Bonds,  Treasury  Notes,  GNMA-modified  pass-through
mortgage-backed securities and three-month U.S. Treasury Bills.

         The Fund would purchase or sell futures contracts to attempt to protect
the U.S. dollar-equivalent value of its securities from fluctuations in interest
or foreign  exchange  rates  without  actually  buying or selling  securities or
foreign  currency.  For  example,  if the Fund  expected  the value of a foreign
currency to increase against the U.S. dollar,  the Fund might enter into futures
contracts  for the sale of that  currency.  Such a sale would have much the same
effect as selling an equivalent value of foreign  currency.  If the currency did
increase,  the value of the securities in the portfolio  would decline,  but the
value of the futures  contracts to the Fund would increase at approximately  the
same rate,  thereby  keeping the net asset value of the Fund from  declining  as
much as it otherwise would have.

         Although futures  contracts by their terms call for the actual delivery
or  acquisition  of  securities  or  currency,  in most  cases  the  contractual
obligation is fulfilled  before the date of the contract  without having to make
or take delivery of the securities or currency.  The offsetting of a contractual
obligation  is  accomplished  by buying  (or  selling,  as the case may be) on a
commodities  exchange an identical  futures contract calling for delivery in the
same  month.  Such a  transaction,  which is  effected  through  a member  of an
exchange,  cancels the  obligation to make or take delivery of the securities or
currency.  Since all  transactions  in the  futures  market are made,  offset or
fulfilled  through a  clearinghouse  associated  with the  exchange on which the
contracts are traded,  the Fund will incur  brokerage  fees when it purchases or
sells futures contracts.

         At the time a futures  contract  is  purchased  or sold,  the Fund must
allocate cash or  securities  as a deposit  payment  ("initial  margin").  It is
expected that the initial margin on U.S.  exchanges may range from approximately
3% to approximately 15% of the value of the securities or commodities underlying
the contract.  Under  certain  circumstances,  however,  such as periods of high
volatility, the Fund may be required by an exchange to increase the level of its
initial  margin  payment.  Additionally,  initial  margin  requirements  may  be
increased  generally in the future by regulatory action. An outstanding  futures
contract is valued  daily and the payment in cash of  "variation  margin" may be
required,  a process known as "marking to the market." Each day the Fund will be
required to provide (or will be  entitled  to  receive)  variation  margin in an
amount equal to any decline (in the case of a long futures position) or increase
(in the case of a short  futures  position)  in the  contract's  value since the
preceding day.

         Futures  contracts  entail  special  risks.  Among  other  things,  the
ordinary  spreads  between  values  in the  cash  and  futures  markets,  due to
differences  in the  character  of these  markets,  are  subject to  distortions
relating to (1)  investors'  obligations  to meet  additional  variation  margin
requirements,  (2) decisions to make or take delivery, rather than entering into
offsetting  transactions and (3) the difference  between margin  requirements in
the securities  markets and margin deposit  requirements  in the futures market.
The  possibility  of such  distortion  means that a correct  forecast of general
market,  foreign exchange rate or interest rate trends by the Investment Adviser
may still not result in a successful transaction.

         Although the Investment Adviser believes that use of such contracts and
options  thereon will benefit the Fund,  if the  Investment  Adviser's  judgment
about the general  direction of securities  market  movements,  foreign exchange
rates or interest rates is incorrect,  the Fund's overall  performance  would be
poorer  than if it had not  entered  into any such  contracts  or  purchased  or
written  options  thereon.  For  example,  if the Fund had  hedged  against  the
possibility  of an increase in interest rates which would  adversely  affect the
price of debt  securities  held in its  portfolio and interest  rates  decreased
instead,  the Fund would lose part or all of the benefit of the increased  value
of its assets which it had hedged because it would have offsetting losses in its
futures positions. In addition, particularly in such situations, if the Fund has
insufficient  cash,  it may have to sell assets from its portfolio to meet daily
variation  margin  requirements.  Any  such  sale of  assets  may,  but will not
necessarily,   be  at  increased   prices  which  reflect  the  rising   market.
Consequently,  the  Fund  may  have  to  sell  assets  at a time  when it may be
disadvantageous to do so.

         The Fund's  ability to  establish  and close out  positions  in futures
contracts and options on futures  contracts  will be subject to the  development
and maintenance of a liquid market. Although the Fund generally will purchase or
sell only those futures contracts and options thereon for which there appears to
be a liquid  market,  there is no assurance  that a liquid market on an exchange
will  exist  for any  particular  futures  contract  or  option  thereon  at any
particular time.  Where it is not possible to effect a closing  transaction in a
contract to do so at a satisfactory  price,  the Fund would have to make or take
delivery  under the  futures  contract  or, in the case of a  purchased  option,
exercise the option.  In the case of a futures  contract  that the Fund has sold
and is unable to close  out,  the Fund  would be  required  to  maintain  margin
deposits on the futures contract and to make variation margin payments until the
contract is closed.

         Under certain  circumstances,  exchanges may establish  daily limits in
the amount that the price of a futures  contract or related option  contract may
vary either up or down from the previous day's settlement  price. Once the daily
limit has been reached in a particular contract,  no trades may be made that day
at a price  beyond that  limit.  The daily limit  governs  only price  movements
during a particular  trading day and therefore does not limit  potential  losses
because the limit may prevent the liquidation of unfavorable positions.  Futures
or options contract prices could move to the daily limit for several consecutive
trading days with little or no trading and thereby prevent prompt liquidation of
positions and subject some traders to substantial losses.

         Buyers and sellers of foreign currency futures contracts are subject to
the same risks that apply to the use of futures  generally.  In addition,  there
are risks associated with foreign  currency  futures  contracts and their use as
hedging devices similar to those  associated with options on foreign  currencies
described above. Further, settlement of a foreign currency futures contract must
occur within the country  issuing the underlying  currency.  Thus, the Fund must
accept or make delivery of the underlying  foreign  currency in accordance  with
any U.S. or foreign  restrictions  or regulations  regarding the  maintenance of
foreign banking  arrangements  by U.S.  residents and may be required to pay any
fees,  taxes or charges  associated  with such delivery that are assessed in the
country of the underlying currency.

         Illiquid and  Restricted  Securities.  Under the 1940 Act, the Fund may
invest up to 15% of the value of its assets in illiquid assets.  Illiquid assets
are investments that are difficult to sell at the price at which such assets are
valued by the Fund  within  seven  days of the date a  decision  to sell them is
made. Securities treated as illiquid assets include:  over-the-counter  options;
repurchase  agreements,  time deposits, and dollar roll transactions maturing in
more than seven days; loan participations;  securities without readily available
market quotations, including interests in private commingled investment vehicles
in which the Fund might invest; and certain restricted securities.  Iliiquid and
restricted  securities,  including private placements,  are generally subject to
legal or contractual  restrictions on resale.  They can be eligible for purchase
without SEC registration by certain institutional  investors known as "qualified
institutional buyers."

         The Board of  Directors  of the Fund may  consider  certain  restricted
securities  (including but not limited to Rule 144A and Section 4(2)  commercial
paper) liquid if such  securities  meet  specified  criteria  established by the
Fund's Board of  Directors.  Due to the absence of an organized  market for such
securities,  interim valuations of the market value of illiquid  securities used
in calculating  Fund net asset values for purchases and  redemptions can diverge
substantially  from  their  true  value,   notwithstanding  the  application  of
appraisal  methods  deemed  appropriate  and prudent by the Fund's Board and the
Fund's   independent   accountants.   Due  to  possible   restrictions   on  the
transferability of illiquid securities, forced liquidation of such securities to
meet  redemption  requests  could produce large losses.  Although,  the 1940 Act
permits  the Fund to invest up to 15% of its  assets  in these  securities;  the
Investment Adviser does not anticipate investing over 5% of the Fund's assets in
these securities.

         Mortgage and Other Asset-Backed Securities.  Prepayments on securitized
assets  such  as  mortgages,   automobile  loans  and  credit  card  receivables
("Securitized  Assets")  generally  increase  with  falling  interest  rates and
decrease  with  rising  interest  rates;   furthermore,   prepayment  rates  are
influenced  by a variety  of  economic  and  social  factors.  In  general,  the
collateral  supporting  non-mortgage   asset-backed  securities  is  of  shorter
maturity  than  mortgage  loans  and is less  likely to  experience  substantial
prepayments.  In  addition  to  prepayment  risk,  borrowers  on the  underlying
Securitized  Assets may  default in their  payments  creating  delays or loss of
principal.

         Non-mortgage asset-backed securities involve certain risks that are not
presented by mortgage-backed securities. Primarily, these securities do not have
the benefit of a security  interest in assets  underlying  the related  mortgage
collateral.  Credit card receivables are generally unsecured and the debtors are
entitled  to the  protection  of a number of state and federal  consumer  credit
laws,  many of which give such debtors the right to set off certain amounts owed
on the  credit  cards,  thereby  reducing  the  balance  due.  Most  issuers  of
automobile  receivables  permit  the  servicers  to  retain  possession  of  the
underlying  obligations.  If the  servicer  were to sell  these  obligations  to
another  party,  there is a risk that the  purchaser  would  acquire an interest
superior  to that of the  holders  of the  related  automobile  receivables.  In
addition, because of the large number of vehicles involved in a typical issuance
and technical  requirements under state laws, the trustee for the holders of the
automobile receivables may not have an effective security interest in all of the
obligations  backing such  receivables.  Therefore,  there is a possibility that
recoveries on  repossessed  collateral  may not, in some cases,  be available to
support payments on these securities.

         Some  forms of  asset-backed  securities  are  relatively  new forms of
investments.  Although the Fund will only invest in asset-backed securities that
the Investment  Adviser  believes are liquid,  because the market  experience in
certain  of these  securities  is  limited,  the  market's  ability  to  sustain
liquidity through all phases of a market cycle may not have been tested.

         Options  on  Foreign  Currencies.  The Fund may  purchase  and sell (or
write) put and call options on foreign  currencies to protect  against a decline
in the U.S.  dollar-equivalent value of its portfolio securities or payments due
thereon  or a rise in the  U.S.  dollar-equivalent  cost of  securities  that it
intends to purchase.  A foreign currency put option grants the holder the right,
but not the obligation, at a future date to sell a specified amount of a foreign
currency to its  counterparty at a predetermined  price.  Conversely,  a foreign
currency call option  grants the holder the right,  but not the  obligation,  to
purchase  at a  future  date a  specified  amount  of a  foreign  currency  at a
predetermined price.

         As in the  case of other  types of  options,  the  benefit  to the Fund
deriving  from the purchase of foreign  currency  options will be reduced by the
amount of the premium and related transaction costs. In addition, where currency
exchange  rates do not move in the direction or to the extent  anticipated,  the
Fund could sustain  losses on  transactions  in foreign  currency  options which
would  require it to forego a portion  or all of the  benefits  of  advantageous
changes in such rates.

         The Fund may write options on foreign  currencies for hedging purposes.
For example, where the Fund anticipates a decline in the dollar value of foreign
currency denominated securities due to adverse fluctuations in exchange rates it
could,  instead of purchasing a put option,  write a call option on the relevant
currency.  If the expected  decline  occurs,  the option will most likely not be
exercised,  and the decrease in value of portfolio  securities will be offset by
the amount of the premium received.

         Similarly,  instead of  purchasing  a call  option to hedge  against an
anticipated increase in the dollar costs of securities to be acquired,  the Fund
could write a put option on the relevant  currency  which,  if rates move in the
manner  projected,  will  expire  unexercised  and allow the Fund to hedge  such
increased  costs up to the amount of the premium.  As in the case of other types
of options,  however,  the writing of a foreign  currency option will constitute
only a partial hedge up to the amount of the premium,  and only if rates move in
the  expected  direction.  If this  movement  does not occur,  the option may be
exercised  and the Fund would be required  to  purchase  or sell the  underlying
currency at a loss which may not be fully  offset by the amount of the  premium.
Through  the  writing of options  on  foreign  currencies,  the Fund also may be
required to forego all or a portion of the benefits  that might  otherwise  have
been obtained from favorable movements in exchange rates.

         Options  on  Futures  Contracts.  The  purchase  of a call  option on a
futures contract is similar in some respects to the purchase of a call option on
an  individual  security  or  currency.  Depending  on the pricing of the option
compared to either the price of the futures  contract  upon which it is based or
the price of the  underlying  securities or currency,  it may or may not be less
risky than  ownership of the futures  contract or the  underlying  securities or
currency. As with the purchase of futures contracts,  when the Fund is not fully
invested it may purchase a call option on a futures  contract to hedge against a
market advance due to declining  interest rates or a change in foreign  exchange
rates.

         The  writing  of a call  option on a  futures  contract  constitutes  a
partial hedge against declining prices of the security or foreign currency which
is deliverable  upon exercise of the futures  contract.  If the futures price at
expiration of the option is below the exercise  price,  the Fund will retain the
full amount of the option  premium  which  provides a partial  hedge against any
decline that may have occurred in the Fund's portfolio holdings.  The writing of
a  put  option  on a  futures  contract  constitutes  a  partial  hedge  against
increasing  prices of the security or foreign currency which is deliverable upon
exercise of the futures  contract.  If the futures  price at  expiration  of the
option is higher than the exercise  price,  the Fund will retain the full amount
of the option premium which provides a partial hedge against any increase in the
price of securities which the Fund intends to purchase.  If a put or call option
the Fund has  written  is  exercised,  the Fund  will  incur a loss that will be
reduced by the amount of the  premium it  receives.  Depending  on the degree of
correlation between changes in the value of its portfolio securities and changes
in the value of its futures  positions,  the Fund's losses from existing options
on futures may to some extent be reduced or increased by changes in the value of
portfolio securities.

         The  purchase of a put option on a futures  contract is similar in some
respects to the purchase of protective put options on portfolio securities.  For
example,  the Fund may purchase a put option on a futures  contract to hedge its
portfolio against the risk of rising interest rates.

         The amount of risk the Fund  assumes  when it  purchases an option on a
futures  contract is the premium  paid for the option plus  related  transaction
costs. In addition to the correlation  risks discussed above, the purchase of an
option also entails the risk that changes in the value of the underlying futures
contract will not be fully reflected in the value of the option purchased.

         Options on foreign  currency  futures  contracts  may  involve  certain
additional  risks.  Trading  options on foreign  currency  futures  contracts is
relatively new. The ability to establish and close out positions in such options
is subject to the  maintenance of a liquid  secondary  market.  To mitigate this
problem, the Fund will not purchase or write options on foreign currency futures
contracts unless and until, in the Investment  Adviser's opinion, the market for
such options has developed  sufficiently  that the risks in connection with such
options are not greater than the risks in connection  with  transactions  in the
underlying foreign currency futures contracts.  Compared to the purchase or sale
of foreign  currency  futures  contracts,  the  purchase  of call or put options
thereon  involves less  potential risk to the Fund because the maximum amount at
risk is the premium paid for the option (plus transaction costs). However, there
may be  circumstances  when the  purchase  of a call or put  option on a foreign
currency  futures  contract  would  result in a loss,  such as when  there is no
movement in the price of the underlying  currency or futures contract,  when use
of the underlying futures contract would not.

         Options  on  Securities.  The Fund may also  enter  into  closing  sale
transactions  with  respect  to  options  it has  purchased.  A put  option on a
security grants the holder the right,  but not the obligation,  at a future date
to sell the security to its counterparty at a predetermined price. Conversely, a
call option on a security  grants the holder the right,  but not the obligation,
to  purchase  at  a  future  date  the  security  underlying  the  option  at  a
predetermined price.

         The Fund would  normally  purchase  put  options in  anticipation  of a
decline in the market value of  securities  in its  portfolio or  securities  it
intends to  purchase.  If the Fund  purchased  a put option and the value of the
security in fact declined  below the strike price of the option,  the Fund would
have the right to sell that  security to its  counterparty  for the strike price
(or realize the value of the option by entering into a closing transaction), and
consequently  would protect itself against any further  decrease in the value of
the security during the term of the option.

         Conversely,  if the Investment Adviser anticipates that a security that
it  intends  to  acquire  will  increase  in value,  it might  cause the Fund to
purchase a call option on that security or securities  similar to that security.
If the value of the security does rise,  the call option may wholly or partially
offset the  increased  price of the  security.  As in the case of other types of
options,  however,  the benefit to the Fund will be reduced by the amount of the
premium  paid to purchase  the option and any  related  transaction  costs.  If,
however,  the value of the security  fell  instead of rose,  the Fund would have
foregone a portion of the benefit of the decreased  price of the security in the
amount of the option premium and the related transaction costs.

         The Fund would purchase put and call options on securities  indices for
the same  purposes  as it would  purchase  options  on  securities.  Options  on
securities  indices are similar to options on securities except that the options
reflect the change in price of a group of  securities  rather than an individual
security and the exercise of options on  securities  indices are settled in cash
rather than by delivery of the securities  comprising  the index  underlying the
option.

         Transactions  by the  Fund in  options  on  securities  and  securities
indices  will  be  governed  by the  rules  and  regulations  of the  respective
exchanges,  boards of trade or other trading facilities on which the options are
traded.

         Considerations  Concerning Options.  The writer of an option receives a
premium  which it retains  regardless  of whether the option is  exercised.  The
purchaser  of a call option has the right,  for a specified  period of time,  to
purchase the securities or currency  subject to the option at a specified  price
(the "exercise  price").  By writing a call option, the writer becomes obligated
during  the  term of the  option,  upon  exercise  of the  option,  to sell  the
underlying  securities  or  currency  to the  purchaser  against  receipt of the
exercise price. The writer of a call option also loses the potential for gain on
the  underlying  securities  or currency in excess of the exercise  price of the
option during the period that the option is open.

         Conversely,  the  purchaser  of a  put  option  has  the  right,  for a
specified  period of time,  to sell the  securities  or currency  subject to the
option to the writer of the put at the specified exercise price. The writer of a
put option is  obligated  during the term of the  option,  upon  exercise of the
option, to purchase securities or currency underlying the option at the exercise
price.  A writer  might,  therefore,  be obligated  to purchase  the  underlying
securities or currency for more than their current  market price or U.S.  dollar
value, respectively.

         The Fund may  purchase and sell both  exchange-traded  and OTC options.
Currently,  although many options on equity securities and options on currencies
are  exchange-traded,  options on debt  securities  are primarily  traded in the
over-the-counter  market. The writer of an exchange-traded option that wishes to
terminate its obligation may effect a "closing  purchase  transaction."  This is
accomplished  by buying an option of the same  series as the  option  previously
written.  Options  of the same  series  are  options  with  respect  to the same
underlying  security or currency,  having the same  expiration date and the same
exercise  price.  Likewise,  an  investor  who is the  holder of an  option  may
liquidate  a  position  by  effecting  a  "closing  sale  transaction."  This is
accomplished  by selling an option of the same  series as the option  previously
purchased.  There is no  guarantee  that either a closing  purchase or a closing
sale transaction can be effected.

         An  exchange-traded  option position may be closed out only where there
exists a  secondary  market  for an option of the same  series.  For a number of
reasons,  a  secondary  market may not exist for  options  held by the Fund,  or
trading in such options  might be limited or halted by the exchange on which the
option is  trading,  in which case it might not be  possible  to effect  closing
transactions  in particular  options the Fund has purchased with the result that
the Fund would have to exercise  the options in order to realize any profit.  If
the Fund is  unable  to effect a closing  purchase  transaction  in a  secondary
market  in an  option  the  Fund  has  written,  it will not be able to sell the
underlying  security  or  currency  until the  option  expires  or  deliver  the
underlying security or currency upon exercise or otherwise cover its position.

         Exchange-traded  options in the United  States are issued by a clearing
organization  affiliated  with the exchange on which the option is listed which,
in effect, guarantees every exchange-traded option transaction. In contrast, OTC
options are  contracts  between the Fund and its  counterparty  with no clearing
organization guarantee.  Thus, when the Fund purchases OTC options, it relies on
the dealer from which it  purchased  the OTC option to make or take  delivery of
the  securities  underlying  the  option.  Failure  by the dealer to do so would
result  in the loss of the  premium  paid by the Fund as well as the loss of the
expected benefit of the transaction.  The Investment  Adviser will only purchase
options from dealers determined by the Investment Adviser to be creditworthy.

         Exchange-traded  options  generally  have a  continuous  liquid  market
whereas OTC options may not.  Consequently,  the Fund will  generally be able to
realize the value of an OTC option it has  purchased  only by  exercising  it or
reselling it to the dealer who issued it. Similarly, when the Fund writes an OTC
option,  it  generally  will be able to close  out the OTC  option  prior to its
expiration only by entering into a closing purchase  transaction with the dealer
to which the Fund originally wrote the OTC option.  Although the Fund will enter
into OTC  options  only with  dealers  that  agree to enter  into,  and that are
expected to be capable of entering  into,  closing  transactions  with the Fund,
there can be no assurance  that the Fund will be able to liquidate an OTC option
at a favorable price at any time prior to expiration.  Until the Fund is able to
effect a closing purchase  transaction in a covered OTC call option the Fund has
written,  it will not be able to  liquidate  securities  used as cover until the
option expires or is exercised or different cover is  substituted.  In the event
of  insolvency of the  counterparty,  the Fund may be unable to liquidate an OTC
option.  In the case of options written by the Fund, the inability to enter into
a closing  purchase  transaction  may result in material losses to the Fund. For
example,  since the Fund must  maintain a covered  position  with respect to any
call option on a security  it writes,  the Fund may be limited in its ability to
sell the underlying  security while the option is  outstanding.  This may impair
the Fund's ability to sell the Fund security at a time when such a sale might be
advantageous.

         There is no systematic  reporting of last sale  information for foreign
currencies or any  regulatory  requirement  that  quotations  available  through
dealers or other market sources be firm or revised on a timely basis.  Quotation
information available is generally  representative of very large transactions in
the interbank market and thus may not reflect  relatively  smaller  transactions
(i.e.,  less than $1 million) where rates may be less  favorable.  The interbank
market in foreign currencies is a global, around-the-clock market. To the extent
that the U.S.  options  markets are closed while the markets for the  underlying
currencies  remain open,  significant price and rate movements may take place in
the underlying markets that cannot be reflected in the options market until they
reopen.  Because foreign currency transactions occurring in the interbank market
involve  substantially larger amounts than those that may be involved in the use
of foreign currency options, investors may be disadvantaged by having to deal in
an odd lot market (generally consisting of transactions of less than $1 million)
for the underlying foreign currencies at prices that are less favorable than for
round lots.

         The use of  options to hedge the  Fund's  foreign  currency-denominated
portfolio, or to enhance return raises additional  considerations.  As described
above, the Fund may, among other things,  purchase call options on securities it
intends to acquire in order to hedge against  anticipated market appreciation in
the price of the  underlying  security  or  currency.  If the market  price does
increase as  anticipated,  the Fund will benefit from that  increase but only to
the extent that the increase  exceeds the premium  paid and related  transaction
costs.  If the  anticipated  rise  does not occur or if it does not  exceed  the
amount of the  premium  and related  transaction  costs,  the Fund will bear the
expense of the options  without  gaining an  offsetting  benefit.  If the market
price of the underlying  currency or securities should fall instead of rise, the
benefit the Fund obtains from  purchasing  the currency or securities at a lower
price will be reduced by the amount of the premium paid for the call options and
by transaction costs.

         The Fund also may  purchase  put  options on  currencies  or  portfolio
securities  when it believes a defensive  posture is  warranted.  Protection  is
provided  during  the life of a put  option  because  the put gives the Fund the
right to sell the  underlying  currency or security at the put  exercise  price,
regardless of a decline in the underlying  currency's or security's market price
below  the  exercise  price.  This  right  limits  the  Fund's  losses  from the
currency's or security's  possible  decline in value below the exercise price of
the option to the premium paid for the option and related  transaction costs. If
the market  price of the  currency  or the Fund's  securities  should  increase,
however,  the profit that the Fund might otherwise have realized will be reduced
by the amount of the premium paid for the put option and by transaction costs.

         The value of an option position will reflect,  among other things,  the
current market price of the underlying currency or security,  the time remaining
until  expiration,  the  relationship of the exercise price to the market price,
the  historical  price  volatility  of the  underlying  currency or security and
general market  conditions.  For this reason, the successful use of options as a
hedging strategy depends upon the ability of the Investment  Adviser to forecast
the direction of price  fluctuations  in the  underlying  currency or securities
market.

         Options  normally  have  expiration  dates  of up to nine  months.  The
exercise price of the options may be below, equal to or above the current market
values of the  underlying  securities  or  currency  at the time the options are
written.  Options  purchased by the Fund that expire  unexercised have no value,
and  therefore a loss will be  realized  in the amount of the premium  paid (and
related  transaction  costs). If an option purchased by the Fund is in-the-money
prior to its  expiration  date,  unless the Fund  exercises the option or enters
into a closing  transaction  with  respect to that  position,  the Fund will not
realize any gain on its option position.

         The  Fund's  activities  in the  options  market  may  result in higher
portfolio turnover rates and additional brokerage costs. Nevertheless,  the Fund
may also save on  commissions  and  transaction  costs by hedging  through  such
activities  rather than buying or selling  securities  or foreign  currencies in
anticipation of market moves or foreign exchange rate fluctuations.

         Repurchase  Agreements.  The  use  of  repurchase  agreements  involves
certain  risks.  For example,  if the seller of the  agreements  defaults on its
obligation to repurchase the  underlying  securities at a time when the value of
these  securities  has declined,  the Fund may incur a loss upon  disposition of
them.  If  the  seller  of  the  agreement  becomes  insolvent  and  subject  to
liquidation  or  reorganization  under  the  Bankruptcy  Code or other  laws,  a
bankruptcy court may determine that the underlying securities are collateral not
within the control of the Fund and  therefore  subject to sale by the trustee in
bankruptcy.  Finally,  it  is  possible  that  the  Fund  may  not  be  able  to
substantiate  its  interest  in the  underlying  securities.  While  the  Fund's
management  acknowledges these risks, it is expected that they can be controlled
through stringent security selection criteria and careful monitoring procedures.


                        INVESTMENT RESTRICTIONS


The Fund has adopted the  investment  restrictions  listed below relating to the
investment  of the  Fund's  assets  and its  activities.  These are  fundamental
policies  that may not be  changed  without  the  approval  of the  holders of a
majority  of the  outstanding  voting  securities  of the Fund  (which  for this
purpose  and  under  the 1940 Act  means  the  lesser  of (i) 67% of the  shares
represented  at a meeting at which more than 50% of the  outstanding  shares are
represented or (ii) more than 50% of the outstanding  shares). The Fund may not:
(1) borrow money,  including  entering into reverse repurchase  agreements;  (2)
make loans except that it may enter into repurchase agreements; (3) issue senior
securities;  (4) purchase securities on margin (although deposits referred to as
"margin" will be made in connection with  investments in futures  contracts,  as
explained  above,  and the Fund may  obtain  such  short-term  credits as may be
necessary  for  the  clearance  of  purchases  and  sales  of  securities);  (5)
underwrite  securities of other issuers; (6) invest in companies for the purpose
of  exercising  control or  management;  (7) purchase or sell real estate (other
than  marketable  securities  representing  interests  in,  or backed  by,  real
estate);  or (8)  purchase or sell  physical  commodities  or related  commodity
contracts.


Whenever an investment policy or limitation  states a maximum  percentage of the
Fund's  assets that may be invested in any security or other asset or sets forth
a policy regarding  quality  standards,  such standard or percentage  limitation
shall be determined  immediately after and as a result of the Fund's acquisition
of such security or other asset. Accordingly,  any later increase or decrease in
a  percentage   resulting  from  a  change  in  values,   net  assets  or  other
circumstances  will not be considered when  determining  whether that investment
complies with the Fund's investment policies and limitations.

          The Fund's investment  policies (other than its investment  objective)
are not  fundamental  and may be changed by the Board of  Directors  of the Fund
without the approval of shareholders.

         Illiquid Securities. The staff of the Commission has taken the position
that  purchased OTC options and the assets used as cover for written OTC options
are illiquid  securities.  Therefore,  the Fund has adopted an investment policy
pursuant to which it  generally  will not  purchase or sell OTC options if, as a
result of such transaction, the sum of the market value of OTC options currently
outstanding  that are  held by the  Fund,  the  market  value of the  underlying
securities  covered by OTC call options currently  outstanding that were sold by
the Fund and margin  deposits  on the  Fund's  existing  OTC  options on futures
contracts  exceed  15% of the net  assets  of the Fund,  taken at market  value,
together  with all  other  assets  of the  Fund  that  are  illiquid  or are not
otherwise readily marketable. This policy as to OTC options is not a fundamental
policy of the Fund and may be amended by the  Directors  of the Fund without the
approval of the Fund's or the Fund's  shareholders.  However,  the Fund will not
change or modify this policy prior to a change or modification by the Commission
staff of its position.

                                   PORTFOLIO TURNOVER

         The Fund may engage in portfolio  trading when considered  appropriate,
but  short-term  trading will not be used as the primary  means of achieving its
investment  objective.  The portfolio turnover rate for the period ended October
31,  1998 was  478%.  However,  there  are no  limits  on the rate of  portfolio
turnover,  and  investments  may be sold  without  regard to length of time held
when,  in the  opinion  of the  Investment  Adviser,  investment  considerations
warrant such actions.  Higher portfolio  turnover rates, such as rates in excess
of 400%, and  short-term  trading  involve  correspondingly  greater  commission
expenses and transactions costs.  Further, high turnover rates, such as rates in
excess of 400%,  generate higher  short-term  capital gains. For a more detailed
description of short-term  capital gain  treatment,  please refer to the section
entitled "Tax Considerations."

                                    PORTFOLIO TRANSACTIONS

         The debt  securities in which the Fund invests are traded  primarily in
the  over-the-counter  market by dealers who are usually acting as principal for
their own account.  On occasion,  securities may be purchased  directly from the
issuer.  Such securities are generally traded on a net basis and do not normally
involve either  brokerage  commissions or transfer  taxes.  The Fund enters into
financial  futures  and  options  contracts  which  normally  involve  brokerage
commissions.

         The cost of executing  transactions  will  consist  primarily of dealer
spreads. The spread is not included in the expenses of the Fund and therefore is
not subject to the expense cap  described  above under  "Investment  Adviser and
Advisory Agreement";  nevertheless,  the incurrence of this spread, ignoring the
other  intended  positive  effects of each such  transaction,  will decrease the
total return of the Fund. However,  the Fund will buy one asset and sell another
only if the  Investment  Adviser  believes  it is  advantageous  to do so  after
considering the effect of the additional custodial charges and the spread on the
Fund's total return.

           All purchases and sales will be executed with major dealers and banks
on a best net  price  basis.  No trades  will be  executed  with the  Investment
Adviser,  their  affiliates,  officers or employees acting as principal or agent
for others, although such entities and persons may be trading  contemporaneously
in the same or similar securities.

         For the period beginning December 30, 1997 and ending October 31, 1998,
the amount of brokerage commissions paid by the Fund was $0.


             TAX CONSIDERATIONS

         The following summary of tax consequences, which does not purport to be
complete,  is based on U.S.  federal tax laws and  regulations  in effect on the
date of this Statement of Additional Information, which are subject to change by
legislative or administrative action.

         Qualification as a Regulated Investment Company. The Fund has qualified
and  intends to  continue  to qualify  to be treated as a  regulated  investment
company  ("RIC")  under the  Internal  Revenue  Code of 1986,  as  amended  (the
"Code").  To qualify as a RIC, the Fund must, among other things,  (a) derive at
least 90% of its gross  income  each  taxable  year  from  dividends,  interest,
payments  with  respect  to  securities  loans and gains  from the sale or other
disposition  of securities  or foreign  currencies,  or other income  (including
gains from options,  futures or forward  contracts) derived from its business of
investing  in  securities  or  foreign   currencies  (the   "Qualifying   Income
Requirement"); (b) diversify its holdings so that, at the end of each quarter of
the Fund's  taxable  year,  (i) at least 50% of the  market  value of the Fund's
assets is  represented  by cash and cash  items  (including  receivables),  U.S.
Government Securities,  securities of other RICs and other securities, with such
other  securities of any one issuer  limited to an amount not greater than 5% of
the value of the Fund's total assets and not greater than 10% of the outstanding
voting  securities of such issuer and (ii) not more than 25% of the value of the
Fund's total assets is invested in the  securities of any one issuer (other than
U.S. Government  Securities or the securities of other RICs); and (c) distribute
at least 90% of its investment  company  taxable income (which  includes,  among
other  items,  interest  and net  short-term  capital  gains  in  excess  of net
long-term  capital  losses).  The U.S.  Treasury  Department  has  authority  to
promulgate  regulations  pursuant  to which  gains from  foreign  currency  (and
options, futures and forward contracts on foreign currency) not directly related
to a RIC's principal business of investing in stocks and securities would not be
treated as qualifying income for purposes of the Qualifying Income  Requirement.
To date, such regulations have not been promulgated.

         If for any taxable  year the Fund does not qualify as a RIC, all of its
taxable  income will be taxed to the Fund at corporate  rates.  For each taxable
year that the Fund  qualifies as a RIC, it will not be subject to federal income
tax on that part of its investment  company taxable income and net capital gains
(the excess of net long-term capital gain over net short-term capital loss) that
it distributes to its  shareholders.  In addition,  to avoid a nondeductible  4%
federal excise tax, the Fund must distribute during each calendar year an amount
at least equal to the sum of 98% of its ordinary income (not taking into account
any capital gains or losses),  determined  on a calendar year basis,  98% of its
capital gains in excess of capital  losses,  determined in general on an October
31 year-end basis, and any  undistributed  amounts from previous years. The Fund
intends  to  distribute  all  of its  net  income  and  gains  by  automatically
reinvesting  such income and gains in  additional  shares of the Fund.  The Fund
will  monitor its  compliance  with all of the rules set forth in the  preceding
paragraph.

         Distributions.  The  Fund's  automatic  reinvestment  of  its  ordinary
income,  net  short-term  capital  gains  and net  long-term  capital  gains  in
additional  shares of the Fund and  distribution  of such shares to shareholders
will be taxable to the Fund's shareholders.  In general,  such shareholders will
be treated as if such income and gains had been  distributed to them by the Fund
and  then  reinvested  by  them in  shares  of the  Fund,  even  though  no cash
distributions  have been made to  shareholders.  The automatic  reinvestment  of
ordinary  income and net realized  short-term  capital gains of the Fund will be
taxable to the Fund's  shareholders  as ordinary  income.  The Fund's  automatic
reinvestment  of any net  long-term  capital  gains  designated  by the  Fund as
capital gain dividends will be taxable to the shareholders as long-term  capital
gain,  regardless  of how long they have held  their  Fund  shares.  None of the
amounts treated as distributed to the Fund's  shareholders  will be eligible for
the corporate  dividends received  deduction.  A distribution will be treated as
paid on December 31 of the current  calendar  year if it is declared by the Fund
in October,  November or December with a record date in such a month and paid by
the Fund during January of the following  calendar year. Such distributions will
be taxable to shareholders in the calendar year in which the  distributions  are
declared,  rather  than in the  calendar  year in which  the  distributions  are
received.  The Fund will inform shareholders of the amount and tax status of all
amounts treated as distributed to them not later than 60 days after the close of
each calendar year.

         Sale of  Shares.  Upon the sale or other  disposition  of shares of the
Fund, or upon receipt of a distribution  in complete  liquidation of the Fund, a
shareholder  generally  will  realize  a  capital  gain  or loss  which  will be
long-term or  short-term,  generally  depending upon the  shareholder's  holding
period  for the  shares.  Any  loss  realized  on the sale or  exchange  will be
disallowed to the extent the shares disposed of are replaced  (including  shares
acquired  pursuant to a dividend  reinvestment  plan) within a period of 61 days
beginning 30 days before and ending 30 days after  disposition of the shares. In
such a case,  the basis of the shares  acquired  will be adjusted to reflect the
disallowed  loss. Any loss realized by the  shareholder on a disposition of Fund
shares  held by the  shareholder  for six  months or less will be  treated  as a
long-term  capital loss to the extent of any  distributions of net capital gains
deemed received by the shareholder with respect to such shares.

         Zero  Coupon  Securities.  Investments  by  the  Fund  in  zero  coupon
securities will result in income to the Fund equal to a portion of the excess of
the face value of the  securities  over their issue price (the  "original  issue
discount") each year that the securities are held, even though the Fund receives
no cash interest payments.  This income is included in determining the amount of
income  which the Fund must  distribute  to maintain  its status as a RIC and to
avoid the payment of Federal income tax and the 4% excise tax.

         Hedging Transactions. Certain options, futures and forward contracts in
which the Fund may  invest are  "section  1256  contracts."  Gains and losses on
section 1256  contracts  are  generally  treated as 60 percent  long-term and 40
percent  short-term capital gains or losses ("60/40  treatment"),  regardless of
the Fund's actual holding period for the contract. Also, a section 1256 contract
held by the  Fund  at the  end of each  taxable  year  (and  generally,  for the
purposes of the 4% excise tax, on October 31 of each year) must be treated as if
the contract had been sold at its fair market value on that day ("mark to market
treatment"),  and any deemed  gain or loss on the  contract  is subject to 60/40
treatment.  Foreign currency gain or loss (discussed below) arising from section
1256 contracts may, however, be treated as ordinary income or loss.

         The  hedging  transactions   undertaken  by  the  Fund  may  result  in
"straddles"  for federal income tax purposes.  The straddle rules may affect the
character of gains or losses realized by the Fund. In addition,  losses realized
by the Fund on positions  that are part of a straddle may be deferred  under the
straddle rules rather than being taken into account in  calculating  the taxable
income for the taxable year in which such losses are realized. Further, the Fund
may be  required to  capitalize,  rather than  deduct  currently,  any  interest
expense on indebtedness incurred or continued to purchase or carry any positions
that are part of a straddle.  Because only a few  regulations  implementing  the
straddle  rules  have been  implemented,  the tax  consequences  to the Funds of
engaging in hedging  transactions are not entirely clear.  Hedging  transactions
may increase the amount of  short-term  capital gain realized by the Funds which
is taxed as ordinary income when distributed to shareholders.

         The Fund may make one or more of the elections available under the Code
that are applicable to straddles.  If the Fund makes any of the  elections,  the
amount,  character  and timing of the  recognition  of gains or losses  from the
affected  straddle  positions will be determined under rules that vary according
to the election(s) made. The rules applicable under certain of the elections may
accelerate  the  recognition  of gains or  losses  from  the  affected  straddle
positions.

         Because the straddle rules may affect the amount,  character and timing
of gains or losses from the positions that are part of a straddle, the amount of
Fund income that is  distributed  to  shareholders  and that is taxed to them as
ordinary  income or  long-term  capital  gain may be  increased  or decreased as
compared to a fund that did not engage in such hedging transactions.

         The distribution requirements applicable to the Fund's assets may limit
the extent to which the Fund will be able to engage in  transactions in options,
futures and forward contracts.

         Backup  Withholding.  The Fund may be required to withhold U.S. federal
income  tax at the rate of 31% of all  amounts  deemed  to be  distributed  as a
result of the  automatic  reinvestment  by the Fund of its  income  and gains in
additional  shares of the Fund and all redemption  payments made to shareholders
who fail to provide the Fund with their correct taxpayer  identification  number
or to make  required  certifications,  or who have been notified by the Internal
Revenue Service that they are subject to backup withholding.  Backup withholding
is not an  additional  tax.  Any amounts  withheld  will be  credited  against a
shareholder's  U.S.  federal income tax liability.  Corporate  shareholders  and
certain other shareholders are exempt from such backup withholding.

         Foreign     Shareholders.      U.S.
taxation  of a  shareholder  who,  as to the United  States,  is  a  
non-resident   alien individual,   a  foreign  trust  or  estate,
foreign     corporation,      or     foreign partnership     ("foreign      
shareholder") depends  on  whether  the  income  from  the
Fund  is  "effectively   connected"  with  a U.S.  trade or  business  
carried on by such shareholder.

         If the income from the Fund is not "effectively  connected" with a U.S.
trade or business carried on by the foreign shareholder, deemed distributions by
the Fund of investment  company  taxable income will be subject to a U.S. tax of
30%  (or  lower  treaty  rate),  which  tax  is  generally  withheld  from  such
distributions.  Deemed  distributions  of capital  gain  dividends  and any gain
realized upon redemption, sale or exchange of shares will not be subject to U.S.
tax at the rate of 30% (or lower treaty rate) unless the foreign  shareholder is
a nonresident  alien  individual who is physically  present in the U.S. for more
than 182 days  during the taxable  year and meets  certain  other  requirements.
However, this 30% tax on capital gains of non-resident alien individuals who are
physically  present in the United  States for more than the 182-day  period only
applies in exceptional cases because any individual present in the United States
for more  than 182 days  during  the  taxable  year is  generally  treated  as a
resident for U.S. federal income tax purposes.  In that case, he or she would be
subject  to  U.S.  federal  income  tax on his or her  worldwide  income  at the
graduated rates  applicable to U.S.  citizens,  rather than the 30% U.S. tax. In
the case of a foreign  shareholder who is a non-resident  alien individual,  the
Fund may be  required to withhold  U.S.  federal  income tax at a rate of 31% of
deemed  distributions  of net  capital  gains  unless  the  foreign  shareholder
certifies  his or her non-U.S.  status  under  penalties of perjury or otherwise
establishes an exemption. See "Backup Withholding" above.

         If the income from the Fund is effectively  connected with a U.S. trade
or business carried on by a foreign  shareholder,  then deemed  distributions of
investment  company  taxable  income and  capital  gain  dividends  and any gain
realized  upon the  redemption,  sale or  exchange of shares of the Fund will be
subject to U.S.  Federal  income tax at the graduated  rates  applicable to U.S.
citizens or domestic corporations.  Such shareholders may also be subject to the
branch profits tax at a 30% rate.

         The tax  consequences  to a foreign  shareholder  entitled to claim the
benefits  of an  applicable  tax treaty may be  different  from those  described
herein.  Foreign  shareholders  are advised to consult  their own advisers  with
respect to the particular tax consequences to them of an investment in the Fund.


          SHAREHOLDER INFORMATION

         Certificates  representing  shares  of the Fund  will not be  issued to
shareholders.  Investors  Bank & Trust Company,  the Fund's  transfer agent (the
"Transfer Agent"),  will maintain an account for each shareholder upon which the
registration  and transfer of shares are recorded,  and any  transfers  shall be
reflected  by   bookkeeping   entry,   without   physical   delivery.   Detailed
confirmations  of each  purchase  or  redemption  are sent to each  shareholder.
Monthly  statements  of account are sent which  include  shares  purchased  as a
result of a reinvestment of the Fund's distributions.

         The Transfer Agent will require that a shareholder  provide requests in
writing,  accompanied by a valid signature guarantee form, when changing certain
information  in an account (i.e.,  wiring  instructions,  telephone  privileges,
etc.).  Neither  the Fund,  the  Administrator,  or the  Transfer  Agent will be
responsible for the validity of written or telephonic requests.

         The Fund  reserves  the  right,  if  conditions  exist  which make cash
payments undesirable,  to honor any request for redemption of the Fund by making
payment in whole or in part in readily marketable  securities chosen by the Fund
and valued as they are for  purposes  of  computing  the Fund's net asset  value
(redemption-in-kind).  If payment is made in securities, a shareholder may incur
transaction expenses in converting the securities to cash.

  ORGANIZATION AND DESCRIPTION OF CAPITAL
                   STOCK


The Fund was  incorporated  on August 4, 1997 as a Maryland  corporation  and is
authorized to issue 2,500,000,000  shares of Common Stock, $0.001 par value. The
Fund's shares have no  preemptive,  conversion,  exchange or redemption  rights.
Each share has equal voting, dividend,  distribution and liquidation rights. All
shares  of a class  of the  Fund,  when  duly  issued,  will be  fully  paid and
nonassessable.  Shareholders  are  entitled  to one vote per  share.  All voting
rights for the election of  directors  are  noncumulative,  which means that the
holders  of more than 50% of the shares  can elect  100% of the  Directors  then
nominated  for election if they choose to do so and, in such event,  the holders
of the remaining  shares will not be able to elect any Directors.  The foregoing
description  is subject to the  provisions  contained in the Fund's  Articles of
Incorporation and By-laws.

         The  Board of  Directors  is  authorized  to  reclassify  and issue any
unissued shares of the Fund without shareholder  approval.  Accordingly,  in the
future,  the Directors may create additional series of portfolios with different
investment  objectives,  policies  and  restrictions.  Any issuance of shares of
another series would be governed by the 1940 Act and Maryland law.

         The Fund also issues  another class of shares which may have  different
operating and other expenses.  For more  information  about other classes of the
Fund's shares,  investors should contact the Distributor at the address or phone
number set forth on the cover of this Statement of Additional Information.


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      CALCULATION OF PERFORMANCE DATA

         The Fund may, from time to time,  include the yield and total return in
reports to  shareholders or prospective  investors.  Quotations of yield for the
Fund will be based on all investment income per share during a particular 30-day
(or one month) period (including dividends and interest),  less expenses accrued
during the period ("net  investment  income"),  and are computed by dividing net
investment  income by the maximum,  offering  price per share on the last day of
the period,  according  to the  following  formula  which is  prescribed  by the
Commission:

                                           YIELD = 2[( a - b + 1)6 - 1]
                                           cd

Where    a =      dividends and interest earned during the period,
         b =      expenses accrued for the period (net of reimbursements),
         c =      the average  daily  number of Shares of the Fund  outstanding
                  during he period
                  that were entitled to receive dividends, and
         d =      the maximum offering price per share on the last day of the
                  period.

                  Quotations of average annual total return will be expressed in
terms  of the  average  annual  compounded  rate  of  return  of a  hypothetical
investment  in the Fund over periods of 1, 5 and 10 years (up to the life of the
Fund),  calculated  pursuant to the following formula which is prescribed by the
SEC:

                                                   P(1 + T)n = ERV

Where                      P =      a hypothetical initial payment of $1,000,
                           T =      the average annual total return,
                           n =      the number of years, and
                                ERV   =the   ending   redeemable   value   of  a
hypothetical $1,000 payment made at the beginning of the period.

                  All  total  return  figures  assume  that  all  dividends  are
reinvested when paid.


The total return as defined  above for the Fund for the period ended October 31,
1998, and since the commencement of operations (December 30, 1997) to October
31, 1998 is as follows:

Since Inception:  6.87% (not annualized)

                                            QUALITY RATING DESCRIPTIONS

Standard & Poors Corporation

         AAA.  Bonds  rated AAA are  highest
grade   debt   obligations.    This   rating
indicates  an extremely  strong  capacity to
pay principal and interest.

         AA. Bonds rated AA also qualify as high-quality  obligations.  Capacity
to pay principal  and interest is very strong,  and in the majority of instances
they differ from AAA issues only in small degree.

         A. Bonds rated A have a strong  capacity to pay principal and interest,
although  they are  more  susceptible  to the  adverse  effects  of  changes  in
circumstances and economic conditions.

         BBB.  Bonds rated BBB are regarded as having  adequate  capacity to pay
interest or principal. Although these bonds normally exhibit adequate protection
parameters,  adverse  economic  conditions  or changing  circumstances  are more
likely to lead to a weakened capacity to pay interest and principal.

         The ratings AA to D may be modified by the  addition of a plus or minus
sign to show relative standing within the major rating categories.

         Municipal  notes  issued  since July 29,  1984 are  designated  "SP-1",
"SP-2", and "SP-3". The designation SP-1 indicates a very strong capacity to pay
principal  and  interest.  A "+" is added to those issues  determined to possess
overwhelming safety characteristics.

         A-1. Standard & Poor's Commercial Paper ratings are current assessments
of the  likelihood of timely  payments of debts having  original  maturity of no
more than 365 days. The A-1 designation indicates the degree of safety regarding
timely payment is very strong.

         A-2.  Capacity for timely  payment on issues with this  designation  is
strong.  However,  the  relative  degree of safety is not as high as for  issues
designated A-1.

Moody's Investors Service, Inc.

         Aaa.  Bonds  which are rated Aaa are judged to be of the best  quality.
They carry the smallest degree of investment risk and are generally  referred to
as  "gilt  edge".   Interest  payments  are  protected  by  a  large  or  by  an
exceptionally   stable  margin  and  principal  is  secure.  While  the  various
protective  elements are likely to change, such changes as can be visualized are
most unlikely to impair the fundamentally strong position of such issues.

         Aa.  Bonds  which are rated Aa are judged to be of high  quality by all
standards. Together with the Aaa group they comprise what are generally known as
high grade bonds.  They are rated lower than the best bonds  because  margins of
protection  may  not  be as  large  as in  Aaa  securities  or  fluctuations  of
protective  elements may be of greater  amplitude or there may be other elements
present  which make the  long-term  risks  appear  somewhat  larger than the Aaa
securities.

         A. Bonds which are rated A possess many favorable investment attributes
and may be considered as upper medium grade obligations. Factors giving security
to principal  and interest are  considered  adequate but elements may be present
which suggest a susceptibility to impairment sometime in the future.

         Baa. Baa rated bonds are  considered  medium-grade  obligations,  i.e.,
they are neither  highly  protected nor poorly  secured.  Interest  payments and
principal  security  appear  adequate  for the present,  but certain  protective
elements may be lacking or may be  characteristically  unreliable over any great
length of time. Such bonds lack outstanding  investment  characteristics  and in
fact have speculative characteristics as well.

         Moody's applies numerical modifiers, 1, 2, and 3 in each generic rating
classification  from Aa  through B in its  corporate  bond  rating  system.  The
modifier 1 indicates  that the  security  ranks in the higher end of its generic
rating category;  the modifier 2 indicates a mid-range ranking; and the modifier
3  indicates  that  the  issue  ranks in the  lower  end of its  generic  rating
category.

         Moody's   ratings  for  state  and  municipal   and  other   short-term
obligations  will  be  designated   Moody's   Investment  Grade  ("MIG").   This
distinction is in recognition of the differences  between short-term credit risk
and  long-term  risk.  Factors  affecting  the  liquidity  of the  borrower  are
uppermost in importance in short-term  borrowing,  while various  factors of the
first  importance in long-term  borrowing  risk are of lesser  importance in the
short run.

         MIG-1.  Notes bearing this designation are of the best quality enjoying
strong  protection from  established  cash flows of funds for their servicing or
from established and broad-based access to the market for refinancing, or both.

         MIG-2.  Notes bearing this designation are of favorable  quality,  with
all security elements accounted for, but lacking the undeniable  strength of the
previous grade.  Market access for refinancing,  in particular,  is likely to be
less well established.

         P-1.  Moody's  Commercial  Paper ratings are opinions of the ability of
issuers  to repay  punctually  promissory  obligations  not  having an  original
maturity in excess of nine months. The designation  "Prime-1" or "P-1" indicates
the highest quality repayment capacity of the rated issue.

         P-2.  Issuers  have a  strong  capacity  for  repayment  of  short-term
promissory obligations.

Thomson Bankwatch, Inc.

         A. Company possess an  exceptionally  strong balance sheet and earnings
record,  translating into an excellent reputation and unquestioned access to its
natural money markets. If weakness or vulnerability  exists in any aspect of the
company's   business,   it  is  entirely  mitigated  by  the  strengths  of  the
organization.

         A/B.  Company is financially  very solid with a favorable  track record
and no readily apparent  weakness.  Its overall risk profile,  while low, is not
quite as favorable as companies in the highest rating category.

IBCA Limited

         A1.  Short-term  obligations  rated A1 are  supported  by a very strong
capacity for timely  repayment.  A plus sign is added to those issues determined
to possess the highest capacity for timely payment.



            FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

The Fund's audited Financial Statements, including the Financial Highlights, for
the period ended October 31, 1998 appearing in the Annual Report to Shareholders
and the report  thereon of Ernst & Young LLP,  independent  auditors,  appearing
therein are hereby  incorporated  by reference in this  Statement of  Additional
Information.  The Annual Report to Shareholders is delivered with this Statement
of  Additional   Information  to  shareholders   requesting  this  Statement  of
Additional Information.



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               SAMCO FIXED INCOME PORTFOLIO CLASS B SHARES

         Samco INTERMEDIATE FIXED INCOME PORTFOLIO CLASS B SHARES





The SAMCO  Fixed  Income  Portfolio  (the  "Fixed  Income  Fund")  and the SAMCO
Intermediate Fixed Income Portfolio (the  "Intermediate  Fixed Income Fund") are
portfolios of SAMCO Fund, Inc. an open-end management investment company.



THESE  SECURITIES  HAVE NOT BEEN APPROVED OR  DISAPPROVED  BY THE SECURITIES AND
EXCHANGE  COMMISSION NOR HAS THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE  COMMISSION PASSED UPON
THE ACCURACY OR ADEQUACY OF THIS PROSPECTUS.  ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY
IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE.



              The date of this Prospectus is dated March ___, 1999




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                                TABLE OF CONTENTS
                                                                     Page


PROSPECTUS SUMMARY....................................

THE FUND'S EXPENSES................................

INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE AND POLICIES.....................

DESCRIPTION OF INVESTMENTS..............................

RISK FACTORS............................................

INVESTMENT LIMITATIONS................................

MANAGEMENT OF THE FUND.................................

PURCHASE OF SHARES....................................

REDEMPTION OF SHARES..................................

THE FUND'S PERFORMANCE.................................

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.................................

SERVICE PROVIDERS......................................




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                           FUND DESCRIPTIONS

The  following  is a summary of certain key  information  about the SAMCO Funds,
including investment  objectives,  principal investment strategies and principal
investment  risks.  A more  detailed  description  of the  allowable  investment
strategies, allowable investments and their associated risks will follow.


FIXED INCOME FUND
Investment Objective:
The Fund's  investment  objective  is to provide  investors  with a total return
which consistently  exceeds the total return of the broad U.S.  investment grade
bond market as measured by the Lehman Brothers  Aggregate Bond Index, the Fund's
benchmark.

Principal Investment Strategies:
The Fund  will  invest  in the  broad  universe  of U.S.  dollar  fixed
income securities.

Principal Risks:
Prospective  investors  in the Fund  should  consider  certain  risks  including
interest rate risk, prepayment risk, credit risk non-diversified risk.



INTERMEDIATE FIXED INCOME FUND
Investment Objective:

Principal Investment Strategies:

Principal Risks:






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                           PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT RISKS

"Risk" is the chance that you may lose on an investment or that it will not earn
as much as you expect. In general, the greater the risk, the greater the earning
potential.   Conversely,   however,  the  greater  the  risk,  the  greater  the
possibility of losing money.

The Funds  described in this  Prospectus are affected by changes in the economy,
or in securities and other markets.

The possibility also exists that investment decisions of portfolio managers will
not accomplish what they are designed to achieve. No assurance can be given that
a Portfolio's investment objective will be achieved.

The risks  associated  with each Fund depend on its investment  strategy and the
types of securities it holds.  The specific  risks  affecting  each Fund will be
indicated in the individual portfolio descriptions in this prospectus.

Banking industry     Investing in bank  obligations  will expose an investor to 
risk:                risks  associated with the banking industry
                     such as interest rate and credit risks.

Correlation          risk:  A  Portfolio  may  experience  changes  in  value as
                     between the  securities  held and the value of a particular
                     derivative instrument.

Credit               risk: The risk that a security  issuer or a counterparty to
                     a contract will default or not be able to honor a financial
                     obligation.

Currency             risk:  Fluctuations  in  exchange  rates  between  the U.S.
                     dollar and  foreign  currencies  may  negatively  affect an
                     investment.  When synthetic and  cross-hedges are used, the
                     net  exposure of a  Portfolio  to any one  currency  may be
                     different from that of its total assets denominated in such
                     currency.

Futures              risk:  The  primary  risks  inherent  in the use of futures
                     depend on the Investment  Aadviser's  ability to anticipate
                     correctly  movements in the  direction  of interest  rates,
                     securities  prices,  and currency markets and the imperfect
                     correlation  between  the price of  futures  contracts  and
                     movements in the prices of the securities being hedged.

Hedging              risk:  Hedging  is  commonly  used as a  buffer  against  a
                     perceived investment risk. While it can reduce or eliminate
                     losses, it can also reduce or eliminate gains if the hedged
                     investment increases in value.

Interest rate        A Portfolio may be influenced by interest rate changes that
risk:                generally have an inverse  relationship to
                     corresponding market values.

Leverage             risk: Derivatives may include elements of leverage that can
                     cause  greater  fluctuations  in a  Portfolio's  net  asset
                     value.

Liquidity risk:      Certain securities may be difficult or impossible to sell 
                     at favorable prices.

Market               risk:  The  market  value of a  security  may  increase  or
                     decrease over time. Such  fluctuations can cause a security
                     to be worth less than the price  originally  paid for it or
                     less than it was worth at an earlier time.  Market risk may
                     affect a single issuer,  entire industry or the market as a
                     whole.

Non-diversification  A Portfolio is diversified  when it spreads  investment  
risk:                risk by placing assets in several  investment
                     categories.  A  non-diversified  Portfolio  concentrates  
                     its  assets in a less  diverse  spectrum  of
                     securities.  Non-diversification  can intensify risk 
                     should a particular  investment  category  suffer
                     from adverse market conditions.

Prepayment           risk: A Portfolio may invest in  mortgage-backed  and other
                     asset-backed  securities.  Such  securities  carry risks of
                     faster or slower  than  expected  prepayment  of  principal
                     which affect the duration and return of the security.


                       POTENTIAL Year 2000 risk

Like other mutual funds,  financial and business  organizations  and individuals
around the world,  the Fund could be affected  adversely if the computer systems
used by the Investment Advisor,  Administrator and/or other service providers do
not properly  process and calculate  date-related  information and data from and
after  January  1,  2000.  This is  commonly  known as the "Year  2000  Problem"
("Y2K").  The advisor and  administrator  are taking steps that they believe are
reasonably  designed  to address  the Year 2000  Problem  with  respect to their
computer  systems and in obtaining  reasonable  assurances that comparable steps
are being  taken by the Fund's  other  major  service  providers.  At this time,
however,  there can be no assurance that these steps will be sufficient to avoid
any  adverse  impact to the Fund,  nor can there be any  assurance  that the Y2K
problem will not have an adverse  effect on the companies  whose  securities are
held by the Fund or on global markets or economies, generally.


                   RISK/RETURN BAR CHARTS AND TABLES

The charts and tables provided below give some indication of past performance of
the Funds.  These charts and tables illustrate the changes in each Fund's yearly
performance  and show  how each  Fund's  average  returns  for 1, 5 and 10 years
compare  with  a  selected  index.  Please  be  aware  past  performance  is not
necessarily an indication of how the Fund will perform in the future.


Insert bar chart for Fixed Income Fund


During the  ___year  period  shown in the Fixed  Income  Fund's  bar chart,  the
highest quarterly return was ____% (quarter ending ____ __, ____) and the lowest
quarterly return was _____% (quarter ending ____ __, ____).


Insert bar chart for Intermediate Fixed Income Fund



During the  ___year  period  shown in the Fixed  Income  Fund's  bar chart,  the
highest quarterly return was ____% (quarter ending ____ __, ____) and the lowest
quarterly return was _____% (quarter ending ____ __, ____).


<TABLE>
<S>                                             <C>                       <C>                          <C>    

- ----------------------------------------------- ------------------------- ---------------------------- ------------------------
Average Annual Total Returns (for the periods         Past 1 Year                Past 5 Years             Since Inception*
          ending December 31, 1998)
- ----------------------------------------------- ------------------------- ---------------------------- ------------------------
- ----------------------------------------------- ------------------------- ---------------------------- ------------------------

- ----------------------------------------------- ------------------------- ---------------------------- ------------------------
- ----------------------------------------------- ------------------------- ---------------------------- ------------------------
Fixed Income Fund
- ----------------------------------------------- ------------------------- ---------------------------- ------------------------
- ----------------------------------------------- ------------------------- ---------------------------- ------------------------
Lehman Aggregate Bond Index
- ----------------------------------------------- ------------------------- ---------------------------- ------------------------
- ----------------------------------------------- ------------------------- ---------------------------- ------------------------
Intermediate Fixed Income Fund
- ----------------------------------------------- ------------------------- ---------------------------- ------------------------
- ----------------------------------------------- ------------------------- ---------------------------- ------------------------

- ----------------------------------------------- ------------------------- ---------------------------- ------------------------
</TABLE>

* List all Portfolio inception dates

**Information for the Portfolios that have not commenced investment
activity is not available.

                    RISK/RETURN SUMMARY: FEE TABLE

Because this example is  hypothetical  and for comparison  purposes  only,  your
actual costs will be  different.  This table is intended to help you compare the
cost of  investing  in the Fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds
by  presenting  the fees and expenses  that you may pay if you purchase and hold
shares of the Fund.  The yearly  numbers  below are  hypothetical  expenses  per
$10,000  investment  assuming  a 5%  annual  return.  Because  this  example  is
hypothetical  and for  comparison  purposes  only,  your  actual  costs  will be
different.

<TABLE>
<S>                                   <C>                   <C>                 <C>                   <C>    

- ------------------------------------- --------------------- ------------------- --------------------- --------------------
Portfolio Name                        1 Year                3 Years             5 years               10 Years
- ------------------------------------- --------------------- ------------------- --------------------- --------------------
- ------------------------------------- --------------------- ------------------- --------------------- --------------------

- ------------------------------------- --------------------- ------------------- --------------------- --------------------
- ------------------------------------- --------------------- ------------------- --------------------- --------------------
Fixed Income Fund                     $70                   $220
- ------------------------------------- --------------------- ------------------- --------------------- --------------------
- ------------------------------------- --------------------- ------------------- --------------------- --------------------
Intermediate Fixed Income Fund
- ------------------------------------- --------------------- ------------------- --------------------- --------------------
- ------------------------------------- --------------------- ------------------- --------------------- --------------------

- ------------------------------------- --------------------- ------------------- --------------------- --------------------

</TABLE>

                                                            FEE TABLE
<TABLE>
<S>                                                                 <C>                         <C>    

- ------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------- --------------------------
Shareholder Transaction Expenses                                    Fixed Income Fund           Intermediate Fixed
(Fees Paid Directly By You)                                                                     Income Fund

- ------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------- --------------------------
- ------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------- --------------------------
Redemption Fees                                                     None                        None
- ------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------- --------------------------
- ------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------- --------------------------
Exchange Fees                                                       None                        None
- ------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------- --------------------------
- ------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------- --------------------------
Contingent Deferred Sales Load                                      None                        None
- ------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------- --------------------------
- ------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------- --------------------------
Sales Load on Reinvestment Dividends                                None                        None
- ------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------- --------------------------
- ------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------- --------------------------
Sales Load on Purchases                                             None                        None
- ------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------- --------------------------
Annual Fund Operating Expenses
(Fees Paid From Fund Assets)
- ------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------- --------------------------
- ------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------- --------------------------
Management Fees                                                     0.25%
- ------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------- --------------------------
- ------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------- --------------------------
Distribution Fees (12b-1)                                           0.25%
- ------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------- --------------------------
- ------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------- --------------------------
Shareholder Services Fees                                           0.20%
- ------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------- --------------------------
- ------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------- --------------------------
Other Expenses                                                      None                        None
- ------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------- --------------------------
- ------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------- --------------------------
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses                                0.70%
- ------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------- --------------------------
</TABLE>

[a]  Other  Expenses   include  fees  for   shareholder   services,   custodial,
administration,   dividend  disbursing  and  transfer  agency  fees,  legal  and
accounting fees, printing costs and registration fees.

[b] The Investment  Adviser and the  Administrator  have  voluntarily  agreed to
limit the total expenses of the Fund (excluding interest,  taxes,  brokerage and
extraordinary  expenses) to an annual rate of 0.45% of the Fund's  average daily
net assets for an  indefinate  time period.  As long as this  temporary  expense
limitation  continues,  it may lower the Fund's expenses and increases its total
return. In the event the Investment  Adviser and the  Administrator  remove such
expense  cap,  the Fund's  expenses  may  increase  and its total  return may be
reduced  depending on the total assets of the Fund.  Without such cap, the other
expenses (on an annualized  basis) are suspected to be  approximately  0.50% and
the total annual operating  expenses (on an annualized basis) are expected to be
approximately  0.75%.  Such figure is based on estimated amounts for the current
fiscal year.



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<TABLE>
<S>                 <C>                                <C>           <C>                       <C>      <C>
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

                                                      FIXED INCOME FUND

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- -------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Investment           To provide investors with a total return which consistnently exceeds the total return of the Broad U.S.
Objective:           investment grade bond market.  The fund seeks to achieve its objective through superior selection and
                     emphasis on current  income,  while  maintaining a duration
                     neutral  position.  The Fund seeks to achieve its objective
                     through investments in fixed income securities.

- -------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- -------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Principal            At least 65% of the Fund's total assets will be invested in the broad universe of available U.S. dollar
Investment           fixed income securities.  The Fund may only invest in investment grade securities that are those rated
Strategies:          by one or more nationally recognized statistical rating organizations (NRSROs) in one of the four
                     highest rating categories at the time of purchase (e.g. AAA, AA, A or BBB by Standard & Poor's
                     Corporation (Standard & Poor's), Duff & Phelps Credit Rating Co. ("Duff & Phelps"), or Fitch Investors
                     Service, Inc., (Fitch) or Aaa, Aa, A or Baa by Moody's Investors Service, Inc. (Moody's).  If the
                     security is unrated, it must meet, in the judgement of the Investment Adviser, the above minimum credit
                     quality standards.

- -------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- -------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Performance          To outperform the Lehman Aggregate Bond Index.
Objective:

- -------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- -------------------- --------------------------------------- -------------------------------- ---------------------------------
Principal Risks:     o        Interest rate risk             o        Credit risk             o        Non-diversified risk

- -------------------- --------------------------------------- -------------------------------- ---------------------------------
- -------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
</TABLE>

Investment           The Investment Adviser will manage the Fund based on its 
Policies:            fixed income approach which is founded upon
                     four cornerstones:
                     1.   Targeted  Duration:  The Fund will be  managed  with a
                          duration  that is close to the  duration of the Fund's
                          benchmark,  the Lehman Brothers  Aggregate Bond Index.
                          Value is added through sector and security management.
                     2.   Yield  Tilt:  Although  the Fund is managed on a total
                          return basis, a premium is placed on income. Income is
                          considered  the  most  powerful  contributor  to fixed
                          income returns.  Non-Treasury sectors generally play a
                          dominant role in the Fund.
                     3.   Comprehensive Sector  Construction:  Sector allocation
                          is  generally  determined  through a  research  driven
                          process,  depending  on value  areas  within the fixed
                          income  market.  Since  the Fund does not incur any of
                          the risks of market  timing,  the  Investment  Adviser
                          allows  larger than average  allocations  to different
                          sectors. The Fund's portfolio will usually maintain an
                          overweighting  in  obligations  of domestic or foreign
                          corporations  and an  underweighting  of United States
                          Treasury  securities,  giving the Fund's  portfolio  a
                          strategic  income  advantage over the Lehman  Brothers
                          Aggregate Bond Index.
                     4.   Proprietary Analytics:  Because of the growing 
                          complexity of the bond market, the firm believes
                          that the use of proprietary techniques is key to 
                          identifying value and to adequately controlling
                          risk.
<TABLE>
<S>                 <C>                                               <C>    

- -------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- -------------------- ------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------
Allowable            o        Obligations issued or guaranteed by      o        Obligations issued or guaranteed by a foreign
Investments:              the United States Government                      government, or any of its political subdivisions,
                     o        Obligations backed by the full faith          authorities, agencies, or instrumentalities or by
                          and credit of the United States                   supranational organizations Obligations of
                     o        Obligations issued or guaranteed by           domestic or foreign corporations or other entities
                          United States Government agencies,           o        Obligations of domestic or foreign banks
                          Government-Sponsored Enterprises (GSE's)     o        Mortgage- and asset-backed securities
                          or instrumentalities where the Fund must     o        Short-term investments
                          look principally to the issuing or           o        Preferred stock
                          guaranteeing agency for ultimate repayment   o        Municipals (taxable and tax-exempt)

- -------------------- ------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------
- -------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Note:                The Fund has a non-fundamental investment policy that it will not invest in the securities of any
                     company which has as a primary line of business the manufacture and sale of tobacco products.

- -------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
</TABLE>


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                                    INTERMEDIATE FIXED INCOME FUND
<TABLE>
<S>                        <C>    


- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- -------------------------- -----------------------------------------------------
Investment Objective:
- -------------------------- -----------------------------------------------------
- -------------------------- -----------------------------------------------------
Principal Investment       The Investment Adviser will manage the Fund based on 
Strategies:                its fixed income approach which is founded
                           upon four cornerstones:
                           1.   Targeted Duration: The Fund will be managed with
                                a duration  that is close to the duration of the
                                Fund's benchmark,  the Lehman Brothers Aggregate
                                Bond Index.  Value is added  through  sector and
                                security management.
                           2.   Yield  Tilt:  Although  the Fund is managed on a
                                total  return  basis,  a  premium  is  placed on
                                income.  Income is considered  the most powerful
                                contributor    to    fixed    income    returns.
                                Non-Treasury  sectors  generally play a dominant
                                role in the Fund.
                           3.   Comprehensive   Sector   Construction:    Sector
                                allocation  is  generally  determined  through a
                                research  driven  process,  depending  on  value
                                areas within the fixed income market.  Since the
                                Fund  does not  incur any of the risks of market
                                timing,  the  Investment  Adviser  allows larger
                                than average  allocations to different  sectors.
                                The Fund's  portfolio  will usually  maintain an
                                overweighting  in  obligations  of  domestic  or
                                foreign  corporations and an  underweighting  of
                                United States  Treasury  securities,  giving the
                                Fund's  portfolio a strategic  income  advantage
                                over the Lehman Brothers Aggregate Bond Index.
                           4.   Proprietary Analytics:  Because of the growing 
                                complexity of the bond market, the firm
                                believes that the use of proprietary techniques 
                                is key to identifying value and to adequately
                                controlling risk.


</TABLE>

<TABLE>
<S>                       <C>                                              <C>    

- -------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- -------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Performance Objective:     To outperform the Lehman Intermediate Government Corporate Index.


- -------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- -------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Principal Risks:

- -------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- -------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Investment Policies:

- -------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- -------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------
Allowable Investments:     o        Obligations issued or guaranteed by      o        Obligations issued or guaranteed by a
                                the United States Government                      foreign government, or any of its political
                           o        Obligations backed by the full faith          subdivisions, authorities, agencies, or
                                and credit of the United States                   instrumentalities or by supranational
                           o        Obligations issued or guaranteed by           organizations Obligations of domestic or
                                United States Government agencies,                foreign corporations or other entities
                                Government-Sponsored Enterprises (GSE's)     o        Obligations of domestic or foreign banks
                                or instrumentalities where the Fund must     o        Mortgage- and asset-backed securities
                                look principally to the issuing or           o        Short-term investments
                                guaranteeing agency for ultimate repayment   o        Preferred stock
                                                                             o        Municipals (taxable and tax-exempt)

- -------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------
- -------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Note:                      The Fund has a non-fundamental investment policy that it will not invest in the securities of any
                           company which has as a primary line of business the manufacture and sale of tobacco products.

- -------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
</TABLE>



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                            FUND MANAGEMENT

Board of Directors

          The  Board  of  Directors  of the  Company  consists  of five
individuals  who are  responsible  for the overall  supervision  of the
operations  of the Fund and perform the various  duties  imposed on the
directors  of  investment   companies  by  the  1940  Act.  The  Fund's
Directors are Christina Seix, John G. Talty,  Peter J. Bourke,  John E.
Manley,  Sr., and John R.  O'Brien.  Additional  information  about the
Directors  and  the  Fund's  executive  officers  may be  found  in the
Statement of Additional  Information  under the heading  "Management of
the Fund."

Investment Adviser
          .
Seix Investment Advisors Inc.,  established in 1992, is a registered  investment
adviser  that   specializes  in   professional   fixed  income   management  for
corporations,   public  funds,   endowments,   foundations  and  hospitals.  The
Investment  Adviser  currently  has  approximately  $3.6 billion in assets under
management.  The Investment Adviser is located at 300 Tice Boulevard,  Woodcliff
Lake, NJ 07675. Seix Investment  Advisors Inc. acts as the investment adviser to
the Fund and provides the Fund with management and investment advisory services.
The advisory agreement with the Investment Adviser provides that, subject to the
direction  of the Board of  Directors  of the Fund,  the  Investment  Adviser is
responsible for the actual management of the Fund. The responsibility for making
decisions to buy, sell or hold a particular  security  rests with the Investment
Adviser,  subject to review by the Board of Directors.  The  Investment  Adviser
also is obligated to provide all the office  space,  facilities,  equipment  and
personnel necessary to perform its duties under the Advisory Agreement.

Payment of Fund Expenses

Fund  expenses  directly  attributable  to  a  Portfolio  are  charged  to  that
Portfolio; other expenses are allocated proportionately among all the Portfolios
in relation to their net assets.  As compensation  for the services  rendered by
the Investment  Adviser under the Advisory  Agreements,  each Portfolio pays the
Investment  Adviser a monthly  advisory  fee. This advisory fee is calculated by
applying the following annual percentage rates to such Portfolio's average daily
net assets for the month:

<TABLE>
<S>                                                             <C>    

- --------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------
Fund Name                                                       Rate
- --------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------
- --------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------
Fixed Income Fund                                               0.25%
- --------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------
- --------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------
Intermediate Fixed Income Fund
- --------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------
</TABLE>

Portfolio Managers

Christina Seix, CFA, Chairman, CEO  & Chief Investment Officer
Formerly, Chairman & CEO, Head of Investment Policy, MacKay-Shields
Total Investment Experience: 24 years
BA, Fordham University, Mathematics; MA, SUNY, Mathematics

John Talty, CFA, President & Senior Portfolio Manager
Formerly, Chief Fixed Income Strategist, J.P. Morgan Securities
Total Investment Experience: 16 years
B.A., Connecticut College, Economics, Phi Beta Kappa, Magna Cum Laude

Barbara Hoffmann, Managing Director and Senior Portfolio Manager
Formerly, Senior Portfolio Manager, MetLife Investment Management Co.
Total Investment Experience: 18 years
BS, University of Maine, Education/Mathematics

Michael McEachern, CFA, Director and Senior Portfolio Manager
Formerly, Vice President, Fixed Income, American General Corp.
Total Investment Experience: 13 years
BA,  University  of  California,  Operations  Research;  MBA,  Rice  University,
Accounting/Public Administration Joseph Calabrese, Director and Senior Portfolio
Manager  Formerly,  Director,  Fixed  Income,  MetLife  Insurance  Company Total
Investment  Experience:  10  years  BS,  New  Jersey  Institute  of  Technology,
Industrial Engineering; MBA, New York University, Finance

                               Purchase Of Shares

         There is no sales charge  imposed by the Fund, nor does the Fund impose
sales commissions  (loads) or 12b-1 fees. The minimum initial  investment in the
Fund is $1,000; additional purchases may be of any amount.

The offering of shares of the Fund is continuous and purchases of shares of the 
Fund may be made  Monday  through  Friday,  except for the  holidays  declared 
by the Federal  Reserve Banks of New York or Boston (a "Business  Day"). At 
the present time,  these  holidays  are:  New Year's  Day,  Martin  Luther  
King,  Jr.  Day, Presidents' Day, Memorial Day, Fourth of July, Labor Day, 
Columbus Day, Veterans Day,  Thanksgiving,  and  Christmas.  The Fund's  shares 
are offered at a public offering price equal to the net asset value next  
determined  after receipt of a purchase order.

In order to purchase shares on a particular  Business Day,  subject to the 
offering dates described above, a purchaser must submit a completed  Account  
Application Form (and other  required  documents) and call the Investors  
Capital  Services, Inc., a branch offices of the Distributor at (800) 762-4848, 
or within the City of New York,  (212) 332-5211 prior to 4:00 p.m.  Eastern 
time to inform the Fund of the incoming  wire  transfer.  If Federal funds are 
received by the Fund that same  day,  the  order  will be  effective  on that  
day.  If the Fund  receives notification  after 4:00 p.m. Eastern time, or if 
Federal funds are not received by the Transfer Agent, such purchase order shall 
be executed as of the date that Federal funds are received.  Shares  purchased 
will begin accruing  dividends on the day Federal funds are received.

         Purchases  of shares must be made by wire  transfer  of Federal  funds.
Please note that the shareholder's  bank may impose a charge to execute the wire
transfer. The wiring instructions for purchasing shares of the Fund are:

                    Investors Bank & Trust Company
                              Boston, MA
                           ABA # 011-001-438
                            Acct: 303030303
                  Benf: SAMCO Fixed Income Portfolio
                 F/F/C (Shareholder's Account at Fund)

                         Redemption Of Shares

         The Fund will  redeem all full and  fractional  shares of the Fund upon
request of  shareholders.  The redemption price is the net asset value per share
next  determined  after  receipt  by the  Transfer  Agent of  proper  notice  of
redemption as described  below. If such notice is received by the Transfer Agent
by 12:00 p.m. Eastern time on any Business Day, the redemption will be effective
on the date of receipt. If such notice of redemption is received by the Transfer
Agent after 12:00 p.m. Eastern time, the redemption of the shareholder  shall be
effective on the following Business Day. Payment will ordinarily be made by wire
on the next  Business  Day but  within no more than  seven days from the date of
receipt.  If the notice is received on a day that is not a Business Day or after
the above-mentioned cut-off times, the redemption notice will be deemed received
as of the next Business Day.

         There is no charge  imposed  by the Fund to redeem  shares of the Fund;
however,  a shareholder's  bank may impose its own wire transfer fee for receipt
of  the  wire.  Redemptions  may be  executed  in any  amount  requested  by the
shareholder up to the amount such shareholder has invested in the Fund.

         To redeem shares,  a shareholder or any authorized agent (so designated
on the Account Application Form) must provide the Transfer Agent with the dollar
or share amount to be  redeemed,  the account to which the  redemption  proceeds
should be wired (which  account  shall have been  previously  designated  by the
shareholder on its Account  Application  Form),  the name of the shareholder and
the  shareholder's  account number.  Shares redeemed receive dividends up to and
including the day preceding the day the redemption proceeds are wired.

         A shareholder may change its authorized agent or the account designated
to receive redemption proceeds at any time by writing to the Transfer Agent with
an appropriate  signature guarantee.  Further documentation may be required when
deemed appropriate by the Transfer Agent.

         A shareholder  may request  redemption by calling the Transfer Agent at
(800)  247-0473.  Telephone  redemption is made available to shareholders of the
Fund on the Account Application Form. The Fund and the Transfer Agent may employ
reasonable  procedures  designed to confirm that  instructions  communicated  by
telephone are genuine.  If either the Fund or the Transfer Agent does not employ
such  procedures,  it may be liable for losses due to unauthorized or fraudulent
instructions. The Fund or the Transfer Agent may require personal identification
codes and will only wire funds through  pre-existing bank account  instructions.
No bank instruction changes will be accepted via telephone.

                        ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Dividends and Distributions

         Dividends are automatically  reinvested in additional Class B shares of
the Fund on the last day of each  month at the net asset  value per share on the
last  Business Day of that month.  Shareholders  must  indicate  their desire to
receive  dividends in cash  (payable on the first  Business Day of the following
month)  on the  Account  Application  Form.  Otherwise  all  dividends  will  be
reinvested in additional  Class B shares as described  above.  In the event that
the Fund realizes net long-term capital gains (i.e., with respect to assets held
more than 18 months), it will distribute them at least annually by automatically
reinvesting  (unless a shareholder  has elected to receive cash) such  long-term
capital  gains in  additional  shares of the Fund at the net asset  value on the
date the distribution is declared.

         The net investment  income  (including  accrued but unpaid interest and
amortization  of original issue and market discount or premium) of the Fund will
be declared as a dividend  payable  monthly to  shareholders of record as of the
last  Business  Day of each  month.  The Fund will also  declare,  to the extent
necessary,  a net short-term capital gain dividend once per year.  Dividends are
paid on the first Business Day of the month.

Determination of Net Asset Value

         The net asset value per share of the Fund is  determined  each Business
Day the Fund is open. The net asset value per share of each class of the Fund is
computed by  dividing  the sum of the value of the  securities  held by the Fund
plus any cash or other assets (including  interest and dividends accrued but not
yet received)  minus all  liabilities  (including any accrued  expenses that are
specific to that class) by the total number of shares  outstanding at such time,
rounded to the nearest cent.  Expenses,  including the investment  advisory fees
payable to the Investment Adviser, are accrued daily.

         The  following  methods are used to  calculate  the value of the Fund's
assets:  (1)  all  portfolio  securities  for  which   over-the-counter   market
quotations are readily available (including asset-backed  securities) are valued
at the latest bid price;  (2) deposits and  repurchase  agreements are valued at
their cost plus accrued  interest  unless the Investment  Adviser  determines in
good faith, under procedures established by and under the general supervision of
the Fund's Board of  Directors,  that such value does not  approximate  the fair
value of such assets; (3) positions (e.g., futures and options) listed or traded
on an exchange are valued at their last sale price on that exchange (or if there
were no sales that day for a particular position, that position is valued at the
closing bid price); and (4) the value of other assets will be determined in good
faith by the Investment  Adviser at fair value under  procedures  established by
and under the general supervision of the Fund's Board of Directors.

Rule 12b-1 Plan

          The Fund has adopted a Distribution  Plan pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under
the 1940 Act. Under this Plan, the Fund may pay a quarterly distribution related
fee at an amount not to exceed  0.25% of the  average  daily value of the Fund's
net assets.  Such amounts received under the Plan are to be used for payments to
qualifying dealers for their assistance in the distribution of the Fund's shares
and the  provision  of  shareholder  services  and for  other  expenses  such as
advertising  costs  and  the  payment  for  the  printing  and  distribution  of
prospectuses  to prospective  investors.  Because these fees are paid out of the
Fund's assets on an on-going basis,  over time these fees will increase the cost
of your  investment  and may cost  you more  than  paying  other  types of sales
charges.


Taxes

         The  following  discussion  is  only a  brief  summary  of  some of the
important tax considerations affecting the Fund and its shareholders. No attempt
is made to present a  detailed  explanation  of all  federal,  state,  local and
foreign  income tax  considerations,  and this  discussion  is not intended as a
substitute for careful tax planning. Accordingly,  potential investors are urged
to consult  their own tax  advisers  with  specific  reference  to their own tax
situation.

         The Fund  intends  to qualify  and elect to be treated as a  "regulated
investment  company" for federal income tax purposes  under  Subchapter M of the
Code. If so qualified,  the Fund will not be subject to federal  income taxes on
its net investment income (i.e., its investment  company taxable income) as that
term is defined in the Code,  determined  without  regard to the  deduction  for
dividends  paid) and net  capital  gain  (i.e.,  the  excess of the  Fund's  net
long-term  capital gain over its net short-term  capital loss),  if any, that it
distributes to its  shareholders in each taxable year. To qualify as a regulated
investment  company,  the Fund  must,  among  other  things,  distribute  to its
shareholders at least 90% of its net investment  company taxable income for such
taxable year. However, the Fund would be subject to corporate federal income tax
at a rate of 35% on any undistributed  income or net capital gain. The Fund will
be subject to a 4% nondeductible  excise tax on its taxable income to the extent
it does not meet certain  other  distribution  requirements.  If in any year the
Fund should fail to qualify as a regulated investment company, the Fund would be
subject to federal income tax in the same manner as an ordinary  corporation and
distributions  to  shareholders  would be  taxable to such  holders as  ordinary
income to the extent of the earnings and profits of the Fund. Such distributions
would  qualify  for the  dividends-received  deduction  available  to  corporate
shareholders.  Distributions  in excess of earnings and profits would be treated
as a  tax-free  return of  capital,  to the  extent of a  holder's  basis in its
shares, and any excess, as a long- or short-term capital gain.

         Distributions   paid  by  the  Fund  from  net  investment  income  are
designated by the Fund as "ordinary income  dividends" and, whether paid in cash
or reinvested in additional  shares,  will be taxable to Fund  shareholders that
are otherwise  subject to tax as ordinary  income.  Distributions  made from the
Fund's net  capital  gain which are  designated  by the Fund as  "capital  gains
dividends" are taxable to shareholders as long-term capital gains, regardless of
the length of time the shareholder has owned Fund shares. Shareholders receiving
distributions from the Fund in the form of additional shares will be treated for
federal  income tax purposes as receiving a  distribution  in an amount equal to
the net asset value of the additional shares on the date of such a distribution.

         Gain or loss, if any,  recognized on the sale or other  disposition  of
shares  of the Fund  will be taxed as  capital  gain or loss if the  shares  are
capital assets in the shareholder's  hands.  Generally,  a shareholder's gain or
loss will be a long-term gain or loss if the shares have been held for more than
12 months.  A loss realized on a sale or exchange of shares may be disallowed if
other shares are acquired  within a 61-day  period  beginning 30 days before and
ending 30 days after the date that the shares are disposed of.

          Dividends and  distributions by the Fund are generally  taxable to the
shareholders  at the time the  dividend or  distribution  is made.  Any dividend
declared in December of any year,  however,  that is payable to  shareholders of
record on a specified date in such month will be deemed to have been received by
the  shareholders  and paid by the Fund on December 31 of such year in the event
such dividends are actually paid during January of the following year.

          The Fund may be required to withhold  federal  income tax at a rate of
31% ("backup  withholding")  from  dividends  and  redemption  proceeds  paid to
non-corporate  shareholders.  This tax may be withheld from dividends if (i) the
shareholder  fails to furnish the Fund with the  shareholder's  correct taxpayer
identification  number,  (ii) the Internal  Revenue Service ("IRS") notifies the
Fund that the  shareholder has failed to report  properly  certain  interest and
dividend  income to the IRS and to respond to notices to that  effect,  or (iii)
when required to do so, the  shareholder  fails to certify that he or she is not
subject to backup withholding.

                      DESCRIPTION OF INVESTMENTS

         The Fund may invest in the securities  defined below in accordance with
their listing of allowable investments and any quality or policy constraints.

Agencies

         The Fund may  invest  in  agencies  which are  securities  that are not
guaranteed by the United States Government,  but which are issued,  sponsored or
guaranteed by a federal agency or federally sponsored agency such as the Student
Loan Marketing Association or any of several other agencies.

Bank Obligations

         The Fund may invest in  obligations  of  domestic  and  foreign  banks,
including time deposits,  certificates of deposit,  bankers'  acceptances,  bank
notes,  deposit notes,  Eurodollar  time deposits,  Eurodollar  certificates  of
deposit, variable rate notes, loan participations, variable amount master demand
notes,  and  custodial  receipts.  Time  deposits  are  non-negotiable  deposits
maintained in a banking  institution for a specified  period of time at a stated
interest rate.  Certificates  of deposit are negotiable  short-term  obligations
issued by  commercial  banks or  savings  and loan  associations  against  funds
deposited in the issuing institution.  Variable rate certificates of deposit are
certificates  of deposit on which the  interest  rate is  adjusted  periodically
prior to their stated  maturity  based upon a specified  market rate. A bankers'
acceptance is a time draft drawn on a commercial  bank by a borrower  usually in
connection with an international  commercial transaction (to finance the import,
export,  transfer, or storage of goods). The Fund will not concentrate more than
25% of its total assets in domestic bank obligations.  Domestic bank obligations
include  instruments that are issued by United States (domestic)  banks;  United
States  branches  of foreign  banks,  if such  branches  are subject to the same
regulations as United States banks; and foreign branches of United States banks,
if the Investment  Adviser  determines  that the investment risk associated with
investing  in  instruments  issued  by  such  branches  is the  same  as that of
investing in  instruments  issued by the United  States parent bank, in that the
United States parent bank would be unconditionally  liable in the event that the
foreign branch fails to pay on its instruments.  Bank obligations entail varying
amounts  of  interest  rate  and  credit  risk,   with  the   lowest-rated   and
longest-dated bank obligations entailing the greatest risk of loss to the Fund.

CMOs--Collateralized Mortgage Obligations

         The Fund may purchase  collateralized  mortgage  obligations  which are
derivatives that are collateralized by mortgage  pass-through  securities.  Cash
flows  from the  mortgage  pass-through  securities  are  allocated  to  various
tranches (a "tranche" is  essentially a separate  security) in a  predetermined,
specified  order.  Each tranche has a stated maturity - the latest date by which
the tranche can be  completely  repaid,  assuming  no  prepayments  - and has an
average  life - the  average  of the  time to  receipt  of a  principal  payment
weighted by the size of the  principal  payment.  The average  life is typically
used as a proxy for maturity because the debt is amortized  (repaid a portion at
a time),  rather than being paid off entirely at maturity,  as would be the case
in a straight debt instrument.

Corporates

         The Fund may invest in corporates which are debt instruments  issued by
private corporations.  Bondholders,  as creditors, have a prior legal claim over
common and  preferred  stockholders  of the  corporation  as to both  income and
assets for the principal and interest due to the  bondholder.  The Fund will buy
corporates subject to any quality constraints. If a security held by the Fund is
downgraded,  the Fund may retain the security if the  Investment  Adviser  deems
retention of the security to be in the best interests of the Fund.

Floaters

         Floaters--Floating  and Variable Rate  Obligations are debt obligations
with a floating or variable rate of interest,  i.e. the rate of interest  varies
with changes in specified market rates or indices, such as the prime rate, or at
specified  intervals.  Certain floating or variable rate obligations may carry a
demand  feature that permits the holder to tender them back to the issuer of the
underlying instrument, or to a third party, at par value prior to maturity.

Foreign   Government  and   International   and  Supranational
Agency Debt Securities

         The Fund may purchase U.S. dollar  denominated debt obligations  issued
or  guaranteed  by foreign  governments  or their  subdivisions,  agencies,  and
instrumentalities,  and debt  obligations  issued or guaranteed by international
agencies and supranational entities.

Investment Grade Debt Securities

         The Fund may invest in investment grade securities that are those rated
by one or more NRSROs in one of the four highest  rating  categories at the time
of purchase (e.g. AAA, AA, A or BBB by Standard & Poor's,  Fitch, Duff & Phelps,
or Aaa,  Aa, A or Baa by Moody's).  Securities  rated BBB or Baa  represent  the
lowest  of four  levels of  investment  grade  securities  and are  regarded  as
borderline   between  definitely  sound  obligations  and  those  in  which  the
speculative element begins to predominate. Mortgage-backed securities, including
mortgage  pass-throughs and collateralized  mortgage obligations (CMOs),  deemed
investment grade by the Investment  Adviser,  will either carry a guarantee from
an agency of the U.S.  Government or a private  issuer of the timely  payment of
principal  and interest  (such  guarantees  do not extend to the market value of
such securities or the net asset value per share of the Fund) or, in the case of
unrated  securities,  be  sufficiently  seasoned that they are considered by the
Investment  Adviser to be investment grade quality.  The Investment  Adviser may
retain  securities  if their  ratings  fall below  investment  grade if it deems
retention of the security to be in the best  interests of the Fund. The Fund may
hold unrated  securities if the Investment  Adviser considers the risks involved
in owning that  security to be  equivalent  to the risks  involved in holding an
Investment Grade Security.

Mortgage-Backed Securities and Asset-Backed Debt Securities

         Mortgage-backed  debt  securities are secured or backed by mortgages or
other mortgage-related assets. Such securities may be issued by such entities as
Government  National Mortgage  Association  ("GNMA"),  Federal National Mortgage
Association  ("FNMA"),   Federal  Home  Loan  Mortgage  Corporation   ("FHLMC"),
commercial banks,  savings and loan associations,  mortgage banks, or by issuers
that  are  affiliates  of or  sponsored  by such  entities.  Other  asset-backed
securities are secured or backed by assets other than  mortgage-related  assets,
such  as  automobile  and  credit  card  receivables,  and  are  issued  by such
institutions as finance companies, finance subsidiaries of industrial companies,
and investment banks. The Fund will purchase only  asset-backed  securities that
the  Investment  Adviser  determines  to be liquid.  The Fund will not  purchase
mortgage  backed or  asset-backed  securities that do not meet the above minimum
credit standards.

         An important  feature of mortgage-and  asset-backed  securities is that
the principal amount is generally  subject to partial or total prepayment at any
time because the underlying assets (i.e., loans) generally may be prepaid at any
time. If an asset-backed security is purchased at a premium to par, a prepayment
rate that is  faster  than  expected  will  reduce  yield to  maturity,  while a
prepayment  rate that is slower than expected  will have the opposite  effect of
increasing  yield  to  maturity.  Conversely,  if an  asset-backed  security  is
purchased at a discount,  faster than expected prepayments will increase,  while
slower than expected  prepayments  will decrease,  yield to maturity.  It should
also be noted that these  securities  may not have any security  interest in the
underlying  assets,  and recoveries on  repossessed  collateral may not, in some
cases, be available to support payments on these securities.

Municipal Debt Securities

                                                              The
Fund may, from time to time,  purchase  municipal debt  securities  when, in the
Investment  Adviser's  opinion,  such  instruments will provide a greater return
than taxable  instruments of comparable quality. It is not anticipated that such
securities will ever represent a significant  portion of the Fund's assets. Fund
distributions  that are derived from interest on municipal debt  securities will
be taxable to  shareholders  in the same manner as  distributions  derived  from
taxable debt securities.

Preferred Stock

         The Fund may invest in preferred  stock which is  non-voting  ownership
shares in a corporation which pay a fixed or variable stream of dividends.

Repurchase Agreements
         Repurchase  agreements are  transactions  by which the Fund purchases a
security  and  simultaneously  commits to resell that  security to the seller (a
bank or  securities  dealer)  at an agreed  upon  price on an  agreed  upon date
(usually within seven days of purchase).  The resale price reflects the purchase
price plus an agreed  upon market rate of  interest  which is  unrelated  to the
coupon rate or date of  maturity  of the  purchased  security.  Such  agreements
permit  the  Fund to keep  all its  assets  at work  while  retaining  overnight
flexibility in pursuit of  investments  of a longer term nature.  The Investment
Adviser  will  continually  monitor the value of the  underlying  collateral  to
ensure that its value, including accrued interest,  always equals or exceeds the
repurchase price.

When-lssued and Forward Commitment Securities

         The Fund may  purchase  securities  on a  "when-issued"  basis  and may
purchase  or  sell  securities  on  a  "forward   commitment"   basis.  In  such
transactions,  instruments  are bought with payment and delivery taking place in
the future in order to secure what is considered to be an advantageous  yield or
price  at the  time  of the  transaction.  Delivery  of and  payment  for  these
securities may take more than a month after the date of the purchase commitment,
but will take  place no more  than 120 days  after  the  trade  date.  No income
accrues prior to delivery on securities  that have been purchased  pursuant to a
forward commitment or on a when-issued basis. However,  interest is generated on
the  short-term  investments  that are  segregated  for the  settlement of these
securities.  At the time the Fund enters into a transaction  on a when-issued or
forward  commitment  basis,  a segregated  account  consisting of cash or liquid
securities  equal  to  the  value  of  the  when-issued  or  forward  commitment
securities  will be  established in the Fund and maintained in the Fund and will
be marked to market daily. A short term  investment in this  segregated  account
may not have a duration that exceeds 180 days. Forward  commitments,  or delayed
deliveries,  are deemed to be outside the normal corporate settlement structure.
They are subject to segregation requirements; however, when a forward commitment
purchase  is made  to  close a  forward  commitment  sale,  or vice  versa,  the
difference  between  the  two  may be  netted  for  segregation  purposes  until
settlement date.

Zero Coupon Debt Securities

         The Fund may invest in zero coupon debt  securities  (bonds that pay no
interest but are originally sold at an original issue discount). Because they do
not pay interest until  maturity,  zero coupon  securities tend to be subject to
greater  fluctuation  of market  value in response to changes in interest  rates
than interest-paying securities of similar maturities.


INVESTMENT LIMITATIONS

The Fund may not:

(1) borrow money (including entering into reverse repurchase agreements);

(2) make loans except that it may enter into Repurchase Agreements;


(3) invest more  than 25% of the total assets  of the Fund in the securities  of
issuers having their principal activities in any particular industry, except for
tax-exempt  obligations  issued  or  guaranteed  by  the  U.S.  government,  its
agencies, GSE's,  instrumentalities or by any state, territory or any possession
of the United States or any of their authorities, agencies, instrumentalities or
political subdivisions,  or with respect to repurchase agreements collateralized
by any of such  obligations.  For  purposes of this  restriction,  supranational
issuers  will be  considered  to  comprise  an  industry  as will  each  foreign
government  that issues  securities  purchased by the Fund. In the case of Asset
Backed Securities, the industry will be defined by the underlying assets in each
trust.  (For  example,  credit  card  receivables  and auto loans  would each be
considered separate industries); and

(4) invest the cash securing a forward  commitment in mortgage backed  
securities in investments that have a duration exceeding 180 days.

         The   limitations   contained  above  may  be  changed  only  with  the
affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the Fund's  outstanding  voting
securities,  as defined in the 1940 Act. The  percentage  limitations  contained
above as well as elsewhere in this Prospectus and in the Statement of Additional
Information apply only at the time of purchase and the Fund will not be required
to dispose of securities upon subsequent fluctuations in market value.


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         Fixed Income Total Return Fund FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
         (in whole dollars except where otherwise indicated)

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<S>                                                                                            <C>    

FOR A SHARE OUTSTANDING THROUGHOUT THE PERIOD                                                       Period From 12/30/97 to
                                                                                                                   10/31/98
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Per Share Data
Net asset value at beginning of period                                                                               $10.00
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Increases From Investment Operations
Net investment income                                                                                                  0.21
Net realized gains on investments                                                                                      0.46
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Total from investment operations                                                                                       0.67
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Less Distributions
Distributions from net investment income                                                                             (0.41)
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Net asset value at end of period                                                                                     $10.26
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Total Return (a)                                                                                                      6.87%
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Ratios/Supplemental Data
Net assets, end of period (000's)                                                                                   $43,899
Ratio of expenses to average net assets (b)                                                                           0.45%
Ratio of expenses to average net assets before expense waivers                                                        1.03%
And reimbursements of other expenses (b)
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets (b)                                                              5.17%
Portfolio Turnover                                                                                                     478%
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</TABLE>

(a)      Not annualized
(b)      Annualized
  * Commencement of operations



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This Prospectus  contains a concise  statement of information  investors  should
know before they invest in the Fund.  Please retain this  Prospectus  for future
reference.  Additional  information about the Fund's investments is available in
the  Fund's  annual and  semi-annual  reports  to  shareholders,  as well as the
Statement  of  Additional  Information  (SAI).  The SAI provides  more  detailed
information  about the  Portfolios,  including  their  operations and investment
policies.  A current SAI is on file with the Securities and Exchange  Commission
and is  incorporated  by  reference  and is  legally  considered  a part of this
Prospectus.  In the Fund's  annual  report,  you will find a  discussion  of the
market  conditions and investment  strategies  that  significantly  affected the
Fund's performance during its last fiscal year.

The Fund's SAI,  annual and semi-annual  reports are available,  without charge,
upon request by contacting Investors Capital Services,  Inc., a branch office of
AMT Capital  Securities,  L.L.C.,  600 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10020 at their
toll free telephone number (800) 762-4848 [or (212) 332-5211, if within New York
City].

Information about the Fund (including the SAI) can be reviewed and copied at the
Commission's  Public  Reference  Room  in  Washington  D.C.  Information  on the
operation of the public reference room may be obtained by calling the Commission
at 1-800-SEC-0330. Reports and other information about the Fund are available on
the Commission's Internet site at http://www.sec.gov. Copies of this information
may be  obtained,  upon  payment of a  duplicating  fee,  by writing  the Public
Reference Section of the Commission, Washington D.C. 20549-6009.




File No. 333-33365







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             STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
                    (Class B shares only)

                SAMCO FIXED INCOME PORTFOLIO
                600 Fifth Avenue, 26th Floor
                  New York, New York 10020
                       (212) 332-5211



         SAMCO Fixed Income Portfolio (the "Fund") is a portfolio of SAMCO Fund,
Inc.  an  open-end  management  investment  company.  Shares  of the Fund may be
purchased  through  Investors  Capital  Services,  Inc., a branch  office of AMT
Capital Securities, L.L.C. (the "Distributor").

         This Statement of Additional Information is not a prospectus and should
be read in conjunction  with the Prospectus of the Fund,  dated February 1, 1999
(the  "Prospectus"),  which has been  filed  with the  Securities  and  Exchange
Commission (the "Commission") and can be obtained, without charge, by calling or
writing the  Distributor at the telephone  number or address stated below.  This
Statement of Additional Information incorporates by reference the Prospectus.




         Distributed by:            AMT Capital Securities L.L.C.
                                    600 Fifth Avenue, 26th Floor
                                    New York, New York  10020
                                    (212) 332-5211
                                    (800) 762-4848 (outside New York City)



                  The  date of  this  Statement  of  Additional  Information  is
February 1, 1999.


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                                                 TABLE OF CONTENTS
                                                                      Page
Organization of the Fund.......................................................

Management of the Fund.........................................................

         Board of Directors and Officers.......................................
         Investment Adviser....................................................

         Administrator.........................................................

Distribution of Fund Shares....................................................

Supplemental Descriptions of Investments.......................................

Supplemental Investment Techniques.............................................

Supplemental Discussion of Risks Associated With the
  Fund's Investment Policies and Investment Techniques.........................
         Options...............................................................
         Futures Contracts and Options on Futures Contracts....................

Investment Restrictions........................................................

Portfolio Transactions.........................................................

Tax Considerations.............................................................

Shareholder Information........................................................

Calculation of Performance Data................................................

Financial Statements...........................................................

Quality Rating Descriptions....................................................


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          ORGANIZATION OF THE FUND

         The  authorized  capital  stock of the Fund  consists of  2,500,000,000
shares  with $.001 par value.  Every share  issued by the Fund has equal  voting
rights; shareholders receive one vote for each share held. All shares issued and
outstanding are fully paid and non-assessable,  transferable,  and redeemable at
their  net  asset  value  at the  option  of the  shareholder.  Shares  have  no
preemptive or conversion rights.

         The shares of the Fund have non-cumulative  voting rights,  which means
that the  holders of more than 50% of the  shares  voting  for the  election  of
Directors  can elect 100% of the Directors if they choose to do so, and, in such
event,  the holders of the remaining  less than 50% of the shares voting for the
election  of  Directors  will not be able to elect any  person or persons to the
Board of Directors.

               MANAGEMENT OF THE FUND

BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS

         The Fund is  managed  by its  Board of  Directors.  The  Directors  and
officers of the Fund and their principal  occupations during the past five years
are set forth  below.  An asterisk  (*) has been placed next to the name of each
director who is an  "interested  person" of the Fund, as such term is defined in
the  Investment  Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "1940 Act"),  by virtue of
his affiliation with the Fund or the Fund's investment adviser,  Seix Investment
Advisors Inc. (the "Investment Adviser").


<TABLE>
<S>                                           <C>                      <C>    

Name, Address and Age                          Office                   Principal Occupation During Past Five Years
*Christina Seix                                Director                 Seix Investment  Advisors Inc.,  Chairman and Chief  
300 Tice Blvd.                                                          Investment Officer 1992-Present
Woodcliff Lake, NJ 07675
Age: 48
*John G. Talty                                 Director                 Seix Investment Advisors Inc., President 1993-Present
300 Tice Blvd.
Woodcliff Lake, NJ 07675
Age: 40
*Peter J. Bourke                               Director                Seix Investment Advisors Inc., Managing Director 1993-Present
300 Tice Blvd.                                 Assistant Secretary
Woodcliff Lake, NJ 07675
Age: 47
John R. O'Brien                                Director                 Retired
275 Manor Road
Ridgewood, NJ 07450
Age: 66
John E. Manley, Sr.                            Director                 Consultant to Mutual of America
86505 Holmes                                                            April 1996- March 1997
Chapel Hill, NC 27514                                                   Senior Vice President, Mutual of America
Age: 64                                                                 July 1985-March 1996
Carla E. Dearing                               Assistant Treasurer      Investors Capital Services, Inc., (formerly AMT Capital
Investors Capital Services, Inc.                                        Services, Inc.), President, 1/92 - present; AMT Capital
600 Fifth Avenue, 26th Floor                                            Advisers, Inc., Principal and Senior Vice President, 1/92 -
New York, NY  10020                                                     5/98; Morgan Stanley & Co., Vice President, 11/88 - 1/92.
Age: 35
William E. Vastardis                           Treasurer, Secretary     Investors Capital Services, Inc., (formerly AMT Capital
Investors Capital Services, Inc.                                        Services, Inc.), Managing Director 7/92 - present; Vanguard
600 Fifth Avenue, 26th Floor                                            Group Inc., Vice President, 1/87 - 4/92.
New York, NY  10020
Age: 41

</TABLE>

         No employee of the Investment Adviser nor the Distributor  receives any
compensation from the Fund for acting as an officer or director of the Fund. The
Fund pays each  director  who is not a  director,  officer  or  employee  of the
Investment Adviser or the Distributor or any of their affiliates,  a fee of $500
for each meeting attended,  and each of the Directors receive an annual retainer
of $1,000 which is paid in quarterly installments.

Director's Compensation Table
Fiscal Year Ended October 31, 1998
<TABLE>
<S>                            <C>                          <C>                    <C>      <C>


Director                         Aggregate                   Compensation  Pension           or  Estimated Total Compensation
                                 From Registrant             Retirement  Benefits  Annual         From     Registrant
                                                             Accrued  As  Part of  benefits       and  Fund   Complex
                                                             Fund Expenses         Upon           Paid to Directors
                                                                                   Retirement
John E. Manley, Sr.              $2,500                      $0                    $0             $2,500
John R. O'Brien                  $2,500                      $0                    $0             $2,500

</TABLE>

By virtue of the  responsibilities  assumed by the  Investment  Adviser  and the
Distributor  and their  affiliates  under their  respective  agreements with the
Fund, the Fund itself requires no employees in addition to its officers.


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 INVESTMENT ADVISER AND ADVISORY AGREEMENT

         Seix  Investment  Advisors  Inc.,  established in 1992, is a registered
investment  adviser that specializes in professional fixed income management for
corporations,  public funds,  endowments,  foundations and hospitals.  Christina
Seix may be deemed a "controlling person" of the Investment Adviser on the basis
of her ownership of the Investment Adviser's stock.


         Pursuant to the terms of the  advisory  agreement  between the Fund and
the Investment  Adviser (the  "Advisory  Agreement"),  the  Investment  Adviser,
subject to the control and  supervision  of the Fund's Board of Directors and in
conformance  with the stated  investment  objectives  and  policies of the Fund,
shall manage the investment and  reinvestment of the assets of the Fund. In this
regard, it is the  responsibility  of the Investment  Adviser to make investment
decisions  for the Fund and to place the Fund's  purchase  and sales  orders for
investment securities.


The Advisory  Agreement  shall remain in effect for two years following its date
of execution and thereafter will  automatically  continue for successive  annual
periods, so long as such continuance is specifically  approved at least annually
by (a) the Board of Directors or (b) the vote of a "majority" (as defined in the
1940 Act) of the Fund's outstanding  shares voting as a single class;  provided,
that in either event the  continuance is also approved by at least a majority of
the Board of Directors who are not "interested  persons" (as defined in the 1940
Act) of the Fund or the  Investment  Adviser by vote cast in person at a meeting
called for the purpose of voting on such approval.


The Advisory  Agreement is terminable  without penalty on not less than 60 days'
notice by the Board of  Directors  or by a vote of the  holders of a majority of
the Fund's outstanding shares voting as a single class, or upon not less than 60
days' notice by the Investment  Adviser.  The Advisory  Agreement will terminate
automatically in the event of its "assignment" (as defined in the 1940 Act).

         The  Investment  Adviser  pays  all of its  expenses  arising  from the
performance  of its  obligations  under the Advisory  Agreement,  including  all
executive  salaries and expenses of the  directors  and officers of the Fund who
are employees of the Investment  Adviser or its  affiliates,  and office rent of
the Fund.  Subject to the  expense  reimbursement  provisions  described  in the
Prospectus under "Fund  Expenses,"  other expenses  incurred in the operation of
the Fund are  borne  by the  Fund,  including,  without  limitation,  investment
advisory fees, brokerage commissions, interest, fees and expenses of independent
attorneys, auditors, custodians, accounting agents, transfer agents, taxes, cost
of stock  certificates and any other expenses  (including  clerical expenses) of
issue,  sale,  repurchase or redemption of shares,  expenses of registering  and
qualifying  shares of the Fund under  federal  and state  laws and  regulations,
expenses of printing and  distributing  reports,  notices and proxy materials to
existing  shareholders,  expenses  of  printing  and  filing  reports  and other
documents  filed with  governmental  agencies,  expenses  of annual and  special
shareholders'  meetings,  fees and expenses of Directors of the Fund who are not
employees of the Investment  Adviser or its  affiliates,  membership dues in the
Investment Company Institute, insurance premiums and extraordinary expenses such
as litigation expenses.

         As  compensation  for its services,  the  Investment  Adviser  receives
monthly compensation at the annual rate of 0.25% of the average daily net assets
of the Fund. The  Investment  Adviser may waive all or part of its fee from time
to time in order to increase the Fund's net income available for distribution to
shareholders.  The Fund will not be required to reimburse the Investment Adviser
for any  advisory  fees  waived.  In addition,  the  Investment  Adviser and the
Administrator  have  voluntarily  agreed to limit the total expenses of the Fund
[(excluding  taxes,  interest,  brokerage,  and  extraordinary  expenses)] to an
annual rate of 0.45% of the Fund's  average  daily net assets for an  indefinite
time period.  As long as this temporary  expense  limitation  continues,  it may
lower the  Fund's  expenses  and  increase  its total  return.  In the event the
Investment  Adviser and/or the Administrator  remove the expense cap, the Fund's
expenses may increase and its total return may be reduced depending on the total
assets of the Fund.

         The  Advisory  Agreement  was approved on October 9, 1997 by the Fund's
Directors,  including a majority of the Directors who are not interested persons
(as defined in the 1940 Act) of the Fund or the Investment Adviser.

               ADMINISTRATOR

         The administration  agreement (the "Administration  Agreement") between
the Fund and Investors Capital Services,  Inc., the "Administrator"  will remain
in effect for a period of five  successive  annual  periods.  The  Administrator
provides for, or assists in managing and supervising all aspects of, the general
day-to-day  business activities and operations of the Fund other than investment
advisory activities,  including custodial, transfer agency, dividend disbursing,
accounting,  auditing,  compliance  and  related  services.  The  Fund  pays the
Administrator  a monthly fee at the annual  rate of 0.15% of the Fund's  average
daily net assets and the  Administrator  is entitled to  reimbursement  from the
Fund for its out-of-pocket expenses incurred under the Administration Agreement.

  CONTROL PERSONS and PRINCIPAL HOLDERS OF
                 SECURITIES

As of October 31, 1998,  there were no persons  holding 5 percent or more of the
outstanding shares of Class B of SAMCO Fixed Income Portfolio.

        DISTRIBUTION OF FUND SHARES

         Distribution  Agreement.  Class B Shares of the Fund are distributed by
the  Distributor  pursuant  to the  distribution  agreement  (the  "Distribution
Agreement")  between  the Fund and the  Distributor,  which  is  subject  to the
approval  of the  Fund's  Board of  Directors.  No fees are  payable by the Fund
pursuant to the Distribution Agreement, and the Distributor bears the expense of
its  distribution  activities.  The  Fund and the  Distributor  have  agreed  to
indemnify one another against certain liabilities.

         Distribution Plan. The Fund has adopted a Distribution Plan and related
agreements  pursuant  to Rule  12b-1  under the 1940 Act,  which  provides  that
investment  companies may pay  distribution  expenses,  directly or  indirectly,
pursuant to a distribution  plan adopted by the investment  company's  board and
approved by its shareholders. Under the Distribution Plan, Class B Shares of the
Fund make  assistance  payments to  brokers,  financial  institutions  and other
financial  intermediaries  ("payee(s)")  for  shareholder  accounts  ("qualified
accounts") as to which a payee has rendered distribution  assistance services to
the Class B shares at an annual  rate of 0.25% of the average net asset value of
the Class B shares.  Substantially  all such  monies are paid by the  Investment
Adviser to payees for their  distribution  assistance with any remaining amounts
being used to partially defray other expenses incurred by the Investment Adviser
in  distributing  Fund  shares.  In  addition  to the  amounts  required  by the
Distribution Plan, the Investment Adviser may, in its discretion, pay additional
amounts from its own resources.  The rate of any additional  amounts that may be
paid will be based upon the Investment  Adviser's  analysis of the  contribution
that a payee makes to the Class B Shares of the Fund by increasing  assets under
management and reducing expense ratios and the cost to the Class B Shares of the
Fund if such services  were provided  directly by the Class B Shares of the Fund
or other authorized persons.  The Investment Adviser will also consider the need
to respond to competitive  offers of others,  which could result in assets being
withdrawn  from the Class B Shares of the Fund and an  increase  in the  expense
ratio for the Class B Shares of the Fund.  The  Investment  Adviser may elect to
retain a  portion  of the  distribution  assistance  payments  to pay for  sales
material or other  promotional  activities.  The Directors have  determined that
there is a reasonable  likelihood the Distribution Plan will benefit the Class B
Shares of the Fund and its shareholders.

         The  Glass-Steagall  Act prohibits all entities which receive  deposits
from engaging to any extent in the business of issuing,  underwriting,  selling,
or  distributing  securities,  although  national and state  chartered banks are
permitted to purchase and sell  securities upon the order and for the account of
their  customers.  Those  persons who wish to provide  assistance in the form of
activities not primarily  intended to result in the sale of Fund shares (such as
administrative and account maintenance  services) may include banks, upon advice
of  counsel  that  they  are  permitted  to  do so  under  applicable  laws  and
regulations, including the Glass-Steagall Act. In such event, no preference will
be given to securities  issued by such banks as  investments  and the assistance
payments  received  by such  banks  under the  Distribution  Plan may or may not
compensate the banks for their  administrative and account maintenance  services
for which the banks may also receive  compensation  from the bank  accounts they
service. It is Fund management's position that payments to banks pursuant to the
Distribution Plan for activities not primarily intended it result in the sale of
Fund shares,  such as administrative and account  maintenance  services,  do not
violate the  Glass-Steagall  Act. However,  this is an unsettled area of the law
and if a  determination  contrary  to  management's  position  is made by a bank
regulatory  agency or court  concerning  payments to banks  contemplated  by the
Distribution  Plan,  any  such  payments  will  be  terminated  and  any  shares
registered in the bank's name, for its underlying  customer,  will be registered
in the name of that  customer.  Financial  institutions  providing  distribution
assistance or  administrative  services for the Fund may be required to register
as a securities dealer in certain states.

         Under the Distribution Plan, the Fund's Controller or Treasurer reports
quarterly  the  amounts  and  purposes  of  assistance   payments.   During  the
continuance  of the  Distribution  Plan  the  selection  and  nomination  of the
disinterested  Directors are at the  discretion of the  disinterested  Directors
currently in office.

         The  Distribution  Plan and related  agreements  were duly  approved by
Class B  shareholders  and may be terminated at any time by a vote of a majority
of the outstanding voting securities or by vote of the disinterested  Directors.
The Distribution Plan and related agreements may be renewed from year to year if
approved by a vote of the majority of the Board of Directors, and by the vote of
a majority of the disinterested Directors cast in person at a meeting called for
the purpose of voting on such renewal.  The Distribution Plan may not be amended
to increase  materially the amount to be spent for distribution  without Class B
shareholder  approval.  All material amendments to the Distribution Plan must be
approved by a vote of the Board of Directors and of the disinterested Directors,
cast in person at a meeting called for the purpose of such vote.

  SUPPLEMENTAL DESCRIPTIONS OF INVESTMENTS

         The  investment  objective of the Fund is to provide  investors  with a
total  return  which  consistently  exceeds  the total  return of the broad U.S.
investment  grade bond market.  The  different  types of securities in which the
Fund may invest, subject to its investment objective, policies and restrictions,
are described in the Prospectus under "Descriptions of Investments."  Additional
information  concerning the characteristics of certain of the Fund's investments
are set forth below.

         Bank  Obligations.  The Fund limits
its  investments  in U.S.  bank  obligations
to  obligations  of U.S.  banks  that in the
Investment     Adviser's     opinion    meet
sufficient creditworthiness criteria.

         The  Fund  limits  its  investments  in  foreign  bank  obligations  to
obligations of foreign banks (including U.S. branches of foreign banks) that, in
the opinion of the Investment  Adviser,  are of an investment quality comparable
to obligations of U.S. banks in which the Fund may invest.

         Eurodollar and Yankee  Obligations.
Eurodollar     bank      obligations     are
dollar-denominated  certificates  of deposit
and time  deposits  issued  outside the U.S.
capital  markets  by  foreign   branches  of
U.S.  banks  and by  foreign  banks.  Yankee
bank  obligations  are  dollar-  denominated
obligations   issued  in  the  U.S.  capital
markets by foreign banks.


Investment  Funds.  The Fund is permitted to invest in investment funds and will
make such investments only where appropriate given that the Fund's  shareholders
will bear indirectly the layer of expenses of the underlying investment funds in
addition to their proportionate share of the expenses of the Fund.

         Mortgage-Backed  Securities.  Mortgage-backed securities are securities
which represent ownership interests in, or are debt obligations secured entirely
or primarily by, "pools" of  residential  or commercial  mortgage loans or other
mortgage-backed   securities  (the   "Underlying   Assets").   In  the  case  of
mortgage-backed  securities  representing  ownership interests in the Underlying
Assets, the principal and interest payments on the underlying mortgage loans are
distributed  monthly to the holders of the  mortgage-backed  securities.  In the
case of mortgage-backed  securities representing debt obligations secured by the
Underlying  Assets,  the  principal  and  interest  payments  on the  underlying
mortgage loans,  and any reinvestment  income thereon,  provide the funds to pay
debt service on such mortgage-backed securities.

         Certain  mortgage-backed  securities  represent an undivided fractional
interest in the entirety of the Underlying  Assets (or in a substantial  portion
of the  Underlying  Assets,  with  additional  interests  junior  to that of the
mortgage-backed security), and thus have payment terms that closely resemble the
payment terms of the Underlying Assets.

         In addition,  many  mortgage-backed  securities  are issued in multiple
classes.  Each class of such  multi-class  mortgage-backed  securities  ("MBS"),
often  referred to as a  "traunche",  is issued at a specific  fixed or floating
coupon rate and has a stated  maturity  or final  distribution  date.  Principal
prepayment  on  the  Underlying   Assets  may  cause  the  MBSs  to  be  retired
substantially  earlier than their stated maturities or final distribution dates.
Interest  is paid or  accrues  on all or most  classes of the MBSs on a periodic
basis,  typically  monthly or  quarterly.  The  principal of and interest on the
Underlying  Assets may be allocated  among the several  classes of a series of a
MBS in many  different  ways.  In a  relatively  common  structure,  payments of
principal  (including any principal  prepayments)  on the Underlying  Assets are
applied  to the  classes  of a series of a MBS in the order of their  respective
stated  maturities so that no payment of principal  will be made on any class of
MBSs until all other classes having an earlier stated maturity have been paid in
full.

         Municipal Instruments.  Municipal notes may include such instruments as
tax anticipation notes, revenue anticipation notes, and bond anticipation notes.
Municipal notes are issued by state and local governments and public authorities
as interim  financing in anticipation of tax  collections,  revenue  receipts or
bond  sales.  Municipal  bonds,  which may be issued to raise  money for various
public purposes,  include general  obligation  bonds and revenue bonds.  General
obligation bonds are backed by the taxing power of the issuing  municipality and
are  considered  the  safest  type of bonds.  Revenue  bonds  are  backed by the
revenues  of a  project  or  facility  such  as the  tolls  from a toll  bridge.
Industrial  development revenue bonds are a specific type of revenue bond backed
by the  credit and  security  of a private  user.  Revenue  bonds are  generally
considered to have more potential risk than general obligation bonds.

         Municipal  obligations can have floating,  variable or fixed rates. The
value of floating and variable  rate  obligations  generally is more stable than
that of fixed rate  obligations  in response to changes in interest rate levels.
Variable and floating rate obligations usually carry rights that permit the Fund
to sell them at par value plus accrued  interest upon short notice.  The issuers
or financial  intermediaries  providing rights to sell may support their ability
to purchase the obligations by obtaining credit with liquidity  supports.  These
may include lines of credit,  which are  conditional  commitments  to lend,  and
letters of credit, which will ordinarily be irrevocable, both issued by domestic
banks or foreign  banks which have a branch,  agency or subsidiary in the United
States.  When  considering  whether  an  obligation  meets  the  Fund's  quality
standards, the Investment Adviser will look at the creditworthiness of the party
providing the right to sell as well as to the quality of the obligation itself.

         Municipal  securities may be issued to finance private activities,  the
interest  from which is an item of tax  preference  for  purposes of the federal
alternative  minimum tax. Such "private activity" bonds might include industrial
development  revenue  bonds,  and bonds issued to finance such projects as solid
waste disposal facilities, student loans or water and sewage projects

         Other   Asset-Backed   Securities.   The  Fund  may   invest  in  other
asset-backed  securities  (unrelated  to mortgage  loans)  including  securities
backed by automobile loans and credit card receivables.

         Repurchase Agreements. When participating in repurchase agreements, the
Fund buys  securities  from a vendor (e.g., a bank or securities  firm) with the
agreement that the vendor will  repurchase the securities at the same price plus
interest at a later date.  Repurchase  agreements may be  characterized as loans
secured by the underlying  securities.  Such transactions  afford an opportunity
for the Fund to earn a return on available cash at minimal market risk, although
the Fund may be  subject  to  various  delays  and  risks of loss if the  vendor
becomes subject to a proceeding  under the U.S.  Bankruptcy Code or is otherwise
unable  to meet its  obligation  to  repurchase.  The  securities  underlying  a
repurchase  agreement  will be marked to market  every  business day so that the
value of such securities is at least equal to the value of the repurchase  price
thereof, including the accrued interest thereon.

         In addition,  repurchase  agreements may also involve the securities of
certain foreign  governments in which there is an active repurchase  market. The
Investment  Adviser  expects  that such  repurchase  agreements  will  primarily
involve  government  securities of countries  belonging to the  Organization for
Economic   Cooperation  and  Development   ("OECD").   Transactions  in  foreign
repurchase agreements may involve additional risks.

         U.S. Treasury and U.S.  Government 
Agency    Securities.     U.S.    Government
Securities  include  instruments  issued  by
the U.S.  Treasury,  including bills,  notes
and  bonds.  These  instruments  are  direct
obligations of the U.S.  Government  and, as
such,  are  backed  by the  full  faith  and
credit of the  United  States.  They  differ
primarily  in  their  interest  rates,   the
lengths  of their  maturities  and the dates
of  their  issuances.   In  addition,   U.S.
Government   Securities  include  securities
issued  by  instrumentalities  of  the  U.S.
Government,    such   as   the    Government
National  Mortgage   Association   ("GNMA"),
which  are also  backed  by the  full  faith
and  credit  of  the  United  States.   U.S.
Government   Agency    Securities    include
instruments   issued  by   instrumentalities
established   or   sponsored   by  the  U.S.
Government,   such  as  the   Student   Loan
Marketing    Association    ("SLMA"),    the
Federal   National   Mortgage    Association
("FNMA")   and   the   Federal   Home   Loan
Mortgage   Corporation   ("FHLMC").    While
these  securities  are  issued,  in general,
under the  authority  of an Act of Congress,
the  U.S.  Government  is not  obligated  to
provide  financial  support  to the  issuing
instrumentalities.

         Variable  Amount  Master Demand  Notes.  Variable  amount master demand
notes permit the investment of fluctuating  amounts at varying rates of interest
pursuant to direct  arrangements  between the Fund (as lender) and the borrower.
These notes are direct lending arrangements  between lenders and borrowers,  and
are generally not transferable,  nor are they ordinarily rated by either Moody's
Investors Service, Inc., Standard & Poor's Corporation, Fitch Investors Service,
Inc., or Duff & Phelps Credit Rating Co.

          Zero Coupon Securities and Custodial Receipts.  Zero coupon securities
include securities issued directly by the U.S. Treasury, and U.S. Treasury bonds
or notes and their unmatured  interest coupons and receipts for their underlying
principal (the "coupons") which have been separated by their holder, typically a
custodian bank or investment brokerage firm. A holder will separate the interest
coupons  from the  underlying  principal  (the  "corpus")  of the U.S.  Treasury
security.  A number of  securities  firms and banks have  stripped  the interest
coupons and receipts and then resold them in custodial  receipt  programs with a
number of different names, including "Treasury Income Growth Receipts" ("TIGRS")
and  "Certificate  of Accrual  on  Treasuries"  ("CATS").  The  underlying  U.S.
Treasury bonds and notes  themselves are held in book-entry  form at the Federal
Reserve Bank or, in the case of bearer securities (i.e., unregistered securities
which are owned ostensibly by the bearer or holder thereof),  in trust on behalf
of the owners  thereof.  Counsel to the  underwriters  of these  certificates or
other  evidences of ownership of the U.S.  Treasury  securities have stated that
for Federal tax and  securities law purposes,  in their  opinion,  purchasers of
such  certificates,  such as the Fund, most likely will be deemed the beneficial
holders of the underlying U.S. Treasury securities.

         Recently,  the Treasury has  facilitated  transfer of ownership of zero
coupon  securities  by accounting  separately  for the  beneficial  ownership of
particular  interest coupon and corpus payments on Treasury  securities  through
the Federal  Reserve  book-entry  record-keeping  system.  The  Federal  Reserve
program as established by the Treasury  Department is known as "Separate Trading
of Registered Interest and Principal of Securities" ("STRIPS"). Under the STRIPS
program,  the Fund can be able to have its  beneficial  ownership of zero coupon
securities recorded directly in the book-entry  record-keeping system in lieu of
holding  certificates  or other  evidences of ownership of the  underlying  U.S.
Treasury securities.

         When U.S.  Treasury  obligations  have been stripped of their unmatured
interest  coupons  by the  holder,  the  principal  or  corpus is sold at a deep
discount  because the buyer  receives  only the right to receive a future  fixed
payment on the  security  and does not receive  any rights to periodic  interest
(cash) payments. Once stripped or separated,  the corpus and coupons may be sold
separately.  Typically,  the coupons are sold  separately  or grouped with other
coupons with like maturity  dates and sold in such bundled  form.  Purchasers of
stripped  obligations   acquire,  in  effect,   discount  obligations  that  are
economically  identical to the zero coupon  securities  that the Treasury  sells
itself.


      SUPPLEMENTAL DISCUSSION OF RISKS
   ASSOCIATED WITH THE FUND'S INVESTMENT
     POLICIES AND INVESTMENT TECHNIQUES

         The risks  associated  with the different  types of securities in which
the Fund may invest are described in the Prospectus under "Risks Associated With
the  Fund's   Investment   Policies  and  Investment   Techniques."   Additional
information  concerning risks associated with certain of the Fund's  investments
is set forth below.

         Eurodollar and Yankee  Obligations.  Eurodollar and Yankee  obligations
are subject to the same risks that pertain to domestic  issues,  notably  credit
risk, market risk and liquidity risk. Additionally, Eurodollar (and to a limited
extent,  Yankee)  obligations are subject to certain  sovereign  risks. One such
risk is the possibility that a sovereign  country might prevent capital,  in the
form of dollars, from flowing across their borders. Other risks include: adverse
political  and  economic  developments;  the  extent and  quality of  government
regulation  of financial  markets and  institutions;  the  imposition of foreign
withholding taxes; and the expropriation or nationalization of foreign issuers.

         Futures  contracts.  The Fund may enter into contracts for the purchase
or sale for future delivery (a "futures contract") of fixed-income securities or
foreign currencies,  or contracts based on financial indices including any index
of U.S. Government  Securities,  foreign government securities or corporate debt
securities.  U.S.  futures  contracts have been designed by exchanges which have
been designated as "contracts markets" by the CFTC, and must be executed through
a futures  commission  merchant,  or  brokerage  firm,  which is a member of the
relevant  contract  market.  Futures  contracts  trade on a number  of  exchange
markets and,  through  their  clearing  corporations,  the  exchanges  guarantee
performance  of the  contracts as between the clearing  members of the exchange.
The Fund will enter into  futures  contracts  that are based on debt  securities
that are  backed by the full faith and  credit of the U.S.  Government,  such as
long-term  U.S.  Treasury  Bonds,  Treasury  Notes,  GNMA-modified  pass-through
mortgage-backed securities and three-month U.S. Treasury Bills.

         The Fund would purchase or sell futures contracts to attempt to protect
the U.S. dollar-equivalent value of its securities from fluctuations in interest
or foreign  exchange  rates  without  actually  buying or selling  securities or
foreign  currency.  For  example,  if the Fund  expected  the value of a foreign
currency to increase against the U.S. dollar,  the Fund might enter into futures
contracts  for the sale of that  currency.  Such a sale would have much the same
effect as selling an equivalent value of foreign  currency.  If the currency did
increase,  the value of the securities in the portfolio  would decline,  but the
value of the futures  contracts to the Fund would increase at approximately  the
same rate,  thereby  keeping the net asset value of the Fund from  declining  as
much as it otherwise would have.

         Although futures  contracts by their terms call for the actual delivery
or  acquisition  of  securities  or  currency,  in most  cases  the  contractual
obligation is fulfilled  before the date of the contract  without having to make
or take delivery of the securities or currency.  The offsetting of a contractual
obligation  is  accomplished  by buying  (or  selling,  as the case may be) on a
commodities  exchange an identical  futures contract calling for delivery in the
same  month.  Such a  transaction,  which is  effected  through  a member  of an
exchange,  cancels the  obligation to make or take delivery of the securities or
currency.  Since all  transactions  in the  futures  market are made,  offset or
fulfilled  through a  clearinghouse  associated  with the  exchange on which the
contracts are traded,  the Fund will incur  brokerage  fees when it purchases or
sells futures contracts.

         At the time a futures  contract  is  purchased  or sold,  the Fund must
allocate cash or  securities  as a deposit  payment  ("initial  margin").  It is
expected that the initial margin on U.S.  exchanges may range from approximately
3% to approximately 15% of the value of the securities or commodities underlying
the contract.  Under  certain  circumstances,  however,  such as periods of high
volatility, the Fund may be required by an exchange to increase the level of its
initial  margin  payment.  Additionally,  initial  margin  requirements  may  be
increased  generally in the future by regulatory action. An outstanding  futures
contract is valued  daily and the payment in cash of  "variation  margin" may be
required, a process known as "marking to the market".  Each day the Fund will be
required to provide (or will be  entitled  to  receive)  variation  margin in an
amount equal to any decline (in the case of a long futures position) or increase
(in the case of a short  futures  position)  in the  contract's  value since the
preceding day.

         Futures  contracts  entail  special  risks.  Among  other  things,  the
ordinary  spreads  between  values  in the  cash  and  futures  markets,  due to
differences  in the  character  of these  markets,  are  subject to  distortions
relating to (1)  investors'  obligations  to meet  additional  variation  margin
requirements,  (2) decisions to make or take delivery, rather than entering into
offsetting  transactions and (3) the difference  between margin  requirements in
the securities  markets and margin deposit  requirements  in the futures market.
The  possibility  of such  distortion  means that a correct  forecast of general
market,  foreign exchange rate or interest rate trends by the Investment Adviser
may still not result in a successful transaction.

         Although the Investment Adviser believes that use of such contracts and
options  thereon will benefit the Fund,  if the  Investment  Adviser's  judgment
about the general  direction of securities  market  movements,  foreign exchange
rates or interest rates is incorrect,  the Fund's overall  performance  would be
poorer  than if it had not  entered  into any such  contracts  or  purchased  or
written  options  thereon.  For  example,  if the Fund had  hedged  against  the
possibility  of an increase in interest rates which would  adversely  affect the
price of debt  securities  held in its  portfolio and interest  rates  decreased
instead,  the Fund would lose part or all of the benefit of the increased  value
of its assets which it had hedged because it would have offsetting losses in its
futures positions. In addition, particularly in such situations, if the Fund has
insufficient  cash,  it may have to sell assets from its portfolio to meet daily
variation  margin  requirements.  Any  such  sale of  assets  may,  but will not
necessarily,   be  at  increased   prices  which  reflect  the  rising   market.
Consequently,  the  Fund  may  have  to  sell  assets  at a time  when it may be
disadvantageous to do so.

         The Fund's  ability to  establish  and close out  positions  in futures
contracts and options on futures  contracts  will be subject to the  development
and maintenance of a liquid market. Although the Fund generally will purchase or
sell only those futures contracts and options thereon for which there appears to
be a liquid  market,  there is no assurance  that a liquid market on an exchange
will  exist  for any  particular  futures  contract  or  option  thereon  at any
particular time.  Where it is not possible to effect a closing  transaction in a
contract to do so at a satisfactory  price,  the Fund would have to make or take
delivery  under the  futures  contract  or, in the case of a  purchased  option,
exercise the option.  In the case of a futures  contract  that the Fund has sold
and is unable to close  out,  the Fund  would be  required  to  maintain  margin
deposits on the futures contract and to make variation margin payments until the
contract is closed.

         Under certain  circumstances,  exchanges may establish  daily limits in
the amount that the price of a futures  contract or related option  contract may
vary either up or down from the previous day's settlement  price. Once the daily
limit has been reached in a particular contract,  no trades may be made that day
at a price  beyond that  limit.  The daily limit  governs  only price  movements
during a particular  trading day and therefore does not limit  potential  losses
because the limit may prevent the liquidation of unfavorable positions.  Futures
or options contract prices could move to the daily limit for several consecutive
trading days with little or no trading and thereby prevent prompt liquidation of
positions and subject some traders to substantial losses.

         Buyers and sellers of foreign currency futures contracts are subject to
the same risks that apply to the use of futures  generally.  In addition,  there
are risks associated with foreign  currency  futures  contracts and their use as
hedging devices similar to those  associated with options on foreign  currencies
described above. Further, settlement of a foreign currency futures contract must
occur within the country  issuing the underlying  currency.  Thus, the Fund must
accept or make delivery of the underlying  foreign  currency in accordance  with
any U.S. or foreign  restrictions  or regulations  regarding the  maintenance of
foreign banking  arrangements  by U.S.  residents and may be required to pay any
fees,  taxes or charges  associated  with such delivery that are assessed in the
country of the underlying currency.

         Illiquid and  Restricted  Securities.  Under the 1940 Act, the Fund may
invest up to 15% of the value of its assets in illiquid assets.  Illiquid assets
are investments that are difficult to sell at the price at which such assets are
valued by the Fund  within  seven  days of the date a  decision  to sell them is
made. Securities treated as illiquid assets include:  over-the-counter  options;
repurchase  agreements,  time deposits, and dollar roll transactions maturing in
more than seven days; loan participations;  securities without readily available
market quotations, including interests in private commingled investment vehicles
in which the Fund might invest; and certain restricted securities.  Iliiquid and
restricted  securities,  including private placements,  are generally subject to
legal or contractual  restrictions on resale.  They can be eligible for purchase
without SEC registration by certain institutional  investors known as "qualified
institutional buyers."

         The Board of  Directors  of the Fund may  consider  certain  restricted
securities  (including but not limited to Rule 144A and Section 4(2)  commercial
paper) liquid if such  securities  meet  specified  criteria  established by the
Fund's Board of  Directors.  Due to the absence of an organized  market for such
securities,  interim valuations of the market value of illiquid  securities used
in calculating  Fund net asset values for purchases and  redemptions can diverge
substantially  from  their  true  value,   notwithstanding  the  application  of
appraisal  methods  deemed  appropriate  and prudent by the Fund's Board and the
Fund's   independent   accountants.   Due  to  possible   restrictions   on  the
transferability of illiquid securities, forced liquidation of such securities to
meet  redemption  requests  could produce large losses.  Although,  the 1940 Act
permits  the Fund to invest up to 15% of its  assets  in these  securities;  the
Investment Adviser does not anticipate investing over 5% of the Fund's assets in
these securities.

         Mortgage and Other Asset-Backed Securities.  Prepayments on securitized
assets  such  as  mortgages,   automobile  loans  and  credit  card  receivables
("Securitized  Assets")  generally  increase  with  falling  interest  rates and
decrease  with  rising  interest  rates;   furthermore,   prepayment  rates  are
influenced  by a variety  of  economic  and  social  factors.  In  general,  the
collateral  supporting  non-mortgage   asset-backed  securities  is  of  shorter
maturity  than  mortgage  loans  and is less  likely to  experience  substantial
prepayments.  In  addition  to  prepayment  risk,  borrowers  on the  underlying
Securitized  Assets may  default in their  payments  creating  delays or loss of
principal.

         Non-mortgage asset-backed securities involve certain risks that are not
presented by mortgage-backed securities. Primarily, these securities do not have
the benefit of a security  interest in assets  underlying  the related  mortgage
collateral.  Credit card receivables are generally unsecured and the debtors are
entitled  to the  protection  of a number of state and federal  consumer  credit
laws,  many of which give such debtors the right to set off certain amounts owed
on the  credit  cards,  thereby  reducing  the  balance  due.  Most  issuers  of
automobile  receivables  permit  the  servicers  to  retain  possession  of  the
underlying  obligations.  If the  servicer  were to sell  these  obligations  to
another  party,  there is a risk that the  purchaser  would  acquire an interest
superior  to that of the  holders  of the  related  automobile  receivables.  In
addition, because of the large number of vehicles involved in a typical issuance
and technical  requirements under state laws, the trustee for the holders of the
automobile receivables may not have an effective security interest in all of the
obligations  backing such  receivables.  Therefore,  there is a possibility that
recoveries on  repossessed  collateral  may not, in some cases,  be available to
support payments on these securities.

         Some  forms of  asset-backed  securities  are  relatively  new forms of
investments.  Although the Fund will only invest in asset-backed securities that
the Investment  Adviser  believes are liquid,  because the market  experience in
certain  of these  securities  is  limited,  the  market's  ability  to  sustain
liquidity through all phases of a market cycle may not have been tested.

         Options  on  Foreign  Currencies.  The Fund may  purchase  and sell (or
write) put and call options on foreign  currencies to protect  against a decline
in the U.S.  dollar-equivalent value of its portfolio securities or payments due
thereon  or a rise in the  U.S.  dollar-equivalent  cost of  securities  that it
intends to purchase.  A foreign currency put option grants the holder the right,
but not the obligation, at a future date to sell a specified amount of a foreign
currency to its  counterparty at a predetermined  price.  Conversely,  a foreign
currency call option  grants the holder the right,  but not the  obligation,  to
purchase  at a  future  date a  specified  amount  of a  foreign  currency  at a
predetermined price.

         As in the  case of other  types of  options,  the  benefit  to the Fund
deriving  from the purchase of foreign  currency  options will be reduced by the
amount of the premium and related transaction costs. In addition, where currency
exchange  rates do not move in the direction or to the extent  anticipated,  the
Fund could sustain  losses on  transactions  in foreign  currency  options which
would  require it to forego a portion  or all of the  benefits  of  advantageous
changes in such rates.

         The Fund may write options on foreign  currencies for hedging purposes.
For example, where the Fund anticipates a decline in the dollar value of foreign
currency denominated securities due to adverse fluctuations in exchange rates it
could,  instead of purchasing a put option,  write a call option on the relevant
currency.  If the expected  decline  occurs,  the option will most likely not be
exercised,  and the decrease in value of portfolio  securities will be offset by
the amount of the premium received.

         Similarly,  instead of  purchasing  a call  option to hedge  against an
anticipated increase in the dollar costs of securities to be acquired,  the Fund
could write a put option on the relevant  currency  which,  if rates move in the
manner  projected,  will  expire  unexercised  and allow the Fund to hedge  such
increased  costs up to the amount of the premium.  As in the case of other types
of options,  however,  the writing of a foreign  currency option will constitute
only a partial hedge up to the amount of the premium,  and only if rates move in
the  expected  direction.  If this  movement  does not occur,  the option may be
exercised  and the Fund would be required  to  purchase  or sell the  underlying
currency at a loss which may not be fully  offset by the amount of the  premium.
Through  the  writing of options  on  foreign  currencies,  the Fund also may be
required to forego all or a portion of the benefits  that might  otherwise  have
been obtained from favorable movements in exchange rates.

         Options  on  Futures  Contracts.  The  purchase  of a call  option on a
futures contract is similar in some respects to the purchase of a call option on
an  individual  security  or  currency.  Depending  on the pricing of the option
compared to either the price of the futures  contract  upon which it is based or
the price of the  underlying  securities or currency,  it may or may not be less
risky than  ownership of the futures  contract or the  underlying  securities or
currency. As with the purchase of futures contracts,  when the Fund is not fully
invested it may purchase a call option on a futures  contract to hedge against a
market advance due to declining  interest rates or a change in foreign  exchange
rates.

         The  writing  of a call  option on a  futures  contract  constitutes  a
partial hedge against declining prices of the security or foreign currency which
is deliverable  upon exercise of the futures  contract.  If the futures price at
expiration of the option is below the exercise  price,  the Fund will retain the
full amount of the option  premium  which  provides a partial  hedge against any
decline that may have occurred in the Fund's portfolio holdings.  The writing of
a  put  option  on a  futures  contract  constitutes  a  partial  hedge  against
increasing  prices of the security or foreign currency which is deliverable upon
exercise of the futures  contract.  If the futures  price at  expiration  of the
option is higher than the exercise  price,  the Fund will retain the full amount
of the option premium which provides a partial hedge against any increase in the
price of securities which the Fund intends to purchase.  If a put or call option
the Fund has  written  is  exercised,  the Fund  will  incur a loss that will be
reduced by the amount of the  premium it  receives.  Depending  on the degree of
correlation between changes in the value of its portfolio securities and changes
in the value of its futures  positions,  the Fund's losses from existing options
on futures may to some extent be reduced or increased by changes in the value of
portfolio securities.

         The  purchase of a put option on a futures  contract is similar in some
respects to the purchase of protective put options on portfolio securities.  For
example,  the Fund may purchase a put option on a futures  contract to hedge its
portfolio against the risk of rising interest rates.

         The amount of risk the Fund  assumes  when it  purchases an option on a
futures  contract is the premium  paid for the option plus  related  transaction
costs. In addition to the correlation  risks discussed above, the purchase of an
option also entails the risk that changes in the value of the underlying futures
contract will not be fully reflected in the value of the option purchased.

         Options on foreign  currency  futures  contracts  may  involve  certain
additional  risks.  Trading  options on foreign  currency  futures  contracts is
relatively new. The ability to establish and close out positions in such options
is subject to the  maintenance of a liquid  secondary  market.  To mitigate this
problem, the Fund will not purchase or write options on foreign currency futures
contracts unless and until, in the Investment  Adviser's opinion, the market for
such options has developed  sufficiently  that the risks in connection with such
options are not greater than the risks in connection  with  transactions  in the
underlying foreign currency futures contracts.  Compared to the purchase or sale
of foreign  currency  futures  contracts,  the  purchase  of call or put options
thereon  involves less  potential risk to the Fund because the maximum amount at
risk is the premium paid for the option (plus transaction costs). However, there
may be  circumstances  when the  purchase  of a call or put  option on a foreign
currency  futures  contract  would  result in a loss,  such as when  there is no
movement in the price of the underlying  currency or futures contract,  when use
of the underlying futures contract would not.

         Options  on  Securities.  The Fund may also  enter  into  closing  sale
transactions  with  respect  to  options  it has  purchased.  A put  option on a
security grants the holder the right,  but not the obligation,  at a future date
to sell the security to its counterparty at a predetermined price. Conversely, a
call option on a security  grants the holder the right,  but not the obligation,
to  purchase  at  a  future  date  the  security  underlying  the  option  at  a
predetermined price.

         The Fund would  normally  purchase  put  options in  anticipation  of a
decline in the market value of  securities  in its  portfolio or  securities  it
intends to  purchase.  If the Fund  purchased  a put option and the value of the
security in fact declined  below the strike price of the option,  the Fund would
have the right to sell that  security to its  counterparty  for the strike price
(or realize the value of the option by entering into a closing transaction), and
consequently  would protect itself against any further  decrease in the value of
the security during the term of the option.

         Conversely,  if the Investment Adviser anticipates that a security that
it  intends  to  acquire  will  increase  in value,  it might  cause the Fund to
purchase a call option on that security or securities  similar to that security.
If the value of the security does rise,  the call option may wholly or partially
offset the  increased  price of the  security.  As in the case of other types of
options,  however,  the benefit to the Fund will be reduced by the amount of the
premium  paid to purchase  the option and any  related  transaction  costs.  If,
however,  the value of the security  fell  instead of rose,  the Fund would have
foregone a portion of the benefit of the decreased  price of the security in the
amount of the option premium and the related transaction costs.

         The Fund would purchase put and call options on securities  indices for
the same  purposes  as it would  purchase  options  on  securities.  Options  on
securities  indices are similar to options on securities except that the options
reflect the change in price of a group of  securities  rather than an individual
security and the exercise of options on  securities  indices are settled in cash
rather than by delivery of the securities  comprising  the index  underlying the
option.

         Transactions  by the  Fund in  options  on  securities  and  securities
indices  will  be  governed  by the  rules  and  regulations  of the  respective
exchanges,  boards of trade or other trading facilities on which the options are
traded.

         Considerations  Concerning Options.  The writer of an option receives a
premium  which it retains  regardless  of whether the option is  exercised.  The
purchaser  of a call option has the right,  for a specified  period of time,  to
purchase the securities or currency  subject to the option at a specified  price
(the "exercise  price").  By writing a call option, the writer becomes obligated
during  the  term of the  option,  upon  exercise  of the  option,  to sell  the
underlying  securities  or  currency  to the  purchaser  against  receipt of the
exercise price. The writer of a call option also loses the potential for gain on
the  underlying  securities  or currency in excess of the exercise  price of the
option during the period that the option is open.

         Conversely,  the  purchaser  of a  put  option  has  the  right,  for a
specified  period of time,  to sell the  securities  or currency  subject to the
option to the writer of the put at the specified exercise price. The writer of a
put option is  obligated  during the term of the  option,  upon  exercise of the
option, to purchase securities or currency underlying the option at the exercise
price.  A writer  might,  therefore,  be obligated  to purchase  the  underlying
securities or currency for more than their current  market price or U.S.  dollar
value, respectively.

         The Fund may  purchase and sell both  exchange-traded  and OTC options.
Currently,  although many options on equity securities and options on currencies
are  exchange-traded,  options on debt  securities  are primarily  traded in the
over-the-counter  market. The writer of an exchange-traded option that wishes to
terminate its obligation may effect a "closing  purchase  transaction."  This is
accomplished  by buying an option of the same  series as the  option  previously
written.  Options  of the same  series  are  options  with  respect  to the same
underlying  security or currency,  having the same  expiration date and the same
exercise  price.  Likewise,  an  investor  who is the  holder of an  option  may
liquidate  a  position  by  effecting  a  "closing  sale  transaction."  This is
accomplished  by selling an option of the same  series as the option  previously
purchased.  There is no  guarantee  that either a closing  purchase or a closing
sale transaction can be effected.

         An  exchange-traded  option position may be closed out only where there
exists a  secondary  market  for an option of the same  series.  For a number of
reasons,  a  secondary  market may not exist for  options  held by the Fund,  or
trading in such options  might be limited or halted by the exchange on which the
option is  trading,  in which case it might not be  possible  to effect  closing
transactions  in particular  options the Fund has purchased with the result that
the Fund would have to exercise  the options in order to realize any profit.  If
the Fund is  unable  to effect a closing  purchase  transaction  in a  secondary
market  in an  option  the  Fund  has  written,  it will not be able to sell the
underlying  security  or  currency  until the  option  expires  or  deliver  the
underlying security or currency upon exercise or otherwise cover its position.

         Exchange-traded  options in the United  States are issued by a clearing
organization  affiliated  with the exchange on which the option is listed which,
in effect, guarantees every exchange-traded option transaction. In contrast, OTC
options are  contracts  between the Fund and its  counterparty  with no clearing
organization guarantee.  Thus, when the Fund purchases OTC options, it relies on
the dealer from which it  purchased  the OTC option to make or take  delivery of
the  securities  underlying  the  option.  Failure  by the dealer to do so would
result  in the loss of the  premium  paid by the Fund as well as the loss of the
expected benefit of the transaction.  The Investment  Adviser will only purchase
options from dealers determined by the Investment Adviser to be creditworthy.

         Exchange-traded  options  generally  have a  continuous  liquid  market
whereas OTC options may not.  Consequently,  the Fund will  generally be able to
realize the value of an OTC option it has  purchased  only by  exercising  it or
reselling it to the dealer who issued it. Similarly, when the Fund writes an OTC
option,  it  generally  will be able to close  out the OTC  option  prior to its
expiration only by entering into a closing purchase  transaction with the dealer
to which the Fund originally wrote the OTC option.  Although the Fund will enter
into OTC  options  only with  dealers  that  agree to enter  into,  and that are
expected to be capable of entering  into,  closing  transactions  with the Fund,
there can be no assurance  that the Fund will be able to liquidate an OTC option
at a favorable price at any time prior to expiration.  Until the Fund is able to
effect a closing purchase  transaction in a covered OTC call option the Fund has
written,  it will not be able to  liquidate  securities  used as cover until the
option expires or is exercised or different cover is  substituted.  In the event
of  insolvency of the  counterparty,  the Fund may be unable to liquidate an OTC
option.  In the case of options written by the Fund, the inability to enter into
a closing  purchase  transaction  may result in material losses to the Fund. For
example,  since the Fund must  maintain a covered  position  with respect to any
call option on a security  it writes,  the Fund may be limited in its ability to
sell the underlying  security while the option is  outstanding.  This may impair
the Fund's ability to sell the Fund security at a time when such a sale might be
advantageous.

         There is no systematic  reporting of last sale  information for foreign
currencies or any  regulatory  requirement  that  quotations  available  through
dealers or other market sources be firm or revised on a timely basis.  Quotation
information available is generally  representative of very large transactions in
the interbank market and thus may not reflect  relatively  smaller  transactions
(i.e.,  less than $1 million) where rates may be less  favorable.  The interbank
market in foreign currencies is a global, around-the-clock market. To the extent
that the U.S.  options  markets are closed while the markets for the  underlying
currencies  remain open,  significant price and rate movements may take place in
the underlying markets that cannot be reflected in the options market until they
reopen.  Because foreign currency transactions occurring in the interbank market
involve  substantially larger amounts than those that may be involved in the use
of foreign currency options, investors may be disadvantaged by having to deal in
an odd lot market (generally consisting of transactions of less than $1 million)
for the underlying foreign currencies at prices that are less favorable than for
round lots.

         The use of  options to hedge the  Fund's  foreign  currency-denominated
portfolio, or to enhance return raises additional  considerations.  As described
above, the Fund may, among other things,  purchase call options on securities it
intends to acquire in order to hedge against  anticipated market appreciation in
the price of the  underlying  security  or  currency.  If the market  price does
increase as  anticipated,  the Fund will benefit from that  increase but only to
the extent that the increase  exceeds the premium  paid and related  transaction
costs.  If the  anticipated  rise  does not occur or if it does not  exceed  the
amount of the  premium  and related  transaction  costs,  the Fund will bear the
expense of the options  without  gaining an  offsetting  benefit.  If the market
price of the underlying  currency or securities should fall instead of rise, the
benefit the Fund obtains from  purchasing  the currency or securities at a lower
price will be reduced by the amount of the premium paid for the call options and
by transaction costs.

         The Fund also may  purchase  put  options on  currencies  or  portfolio
securities  when it believes a defensive  posture is  warranted.  Protection  is
provided  during  the life of a put  option  because  the put gives the Fund the
right to sell the  underlying  currency or security at the put  exercise  price,
regardless of a decline in the underlying  currency's or security's market price
below  the  exercise  price.  This  right  limits  the  Fund's  losses  from the
currency's or security's  possible  decline in value below the exercise price of
the option to the premium paid for the option and related  transaction costs. If
the market  price of the  currency  or the Fund's  securities  should  increase,
however,  the profit that the Fund might otherwise have realized will be reduced
by the amount of the premium paid for the put option and by transaction costs.

         The value of an option position will reflect,  among other things,  the
current market price of the underlying currency or security,  the time remaining
until  expiration,  the  relationship of the exercise price to the market price,
the  historical  price  volatility  of the  underlying  currency or security and
general market  conditions.  For this reason, the successful use of options as a
hedging strategy depends upon the ability of the Investment  Adviser to forecast
the direction of price  fluctuations  in the  underlying  currency or securities
market.

         Options  normally  have  expiration  dates  of up to nine  months.  The
exercise price of the options may be below, equal to or above the current market
values of the  underlying  securities  or  currency  at the time the options are
written.  Options  purchased by the Fund that expire  unexercised have no value,
and  therefore a loss will be  realized  in the amount of the premium  paid (and
related  transaction  costs). If an option purchased by the Fund is in-the-money
prior to its  expiration  date,  unless the Fund  exercises the option or enters
into a closing  transaction  with  respect to that  position,  the Fund will not
realize any gain on its option position.

         The  Fund's  activities  in the  options  market  may  result in higher
portfolio turnover rates and additional brokerage costs. Nevertheless,  the Fund
may also save on  commissions  and  transaction  costs by hedging  through  such
activities  rather than buying or selling  securities  or foreign  currencies in
anticipation of market moves or foreign exchange rate fluctuations.

         Repurchase  Agreements.  The  use  of  repurchase  agreements  involves
certain  risks.  For example,  if the seller of the  agreements  defaults on its
obligation to repurchase the  underlying  securities at a time when the value of
these  securities  has declined,  the Fund may incur a loss upon  disposition of
them.  If  the  seller  of  the  agreement  becomes  insolvent  and  subject  to
liquidation  or  reorganization  under  the  Bankruptcy  Code or other  laws,  a
bankruptcy court may determine that the underlying securities are collateral not
within the control of the Fund and  therefore  subject to sale by the trustee in
bankruptcy.  Finally,  it  is  possible  that  the  Fund  may  not  be  able  to
substantiate  its  interest  in the  underlying  securities.  While  the  Fund's
management  acknowledges these risks, it is expected that they can be controlled
through stringent security selection criteria and careful monitoring procedures.


          INVESTMENT RESTRICTIONS


The Fund has adopted the  investment  restrictions  listed below relating to the
investment  of the  Fund's  assets  and its  activities.  These are  fundamental
policies  that may not be  changed  without  the  approval  of the  holders of a
majority  of the  outstanding  voting  securities  of the Fund  (which  for this
purpose  and  under  the 1940 Act  means  the  lesser  of (i) 67% of the  shares
represented  at a meeting at which more than 50% of the  outstanding  shares are
represented or (ii) more than 50% of the outstanding  shares). The Fund may not:
(1) borrow money,  including  entering into reverse repurchase  agreements;  (2)
make loans except that it may enter into repurchase agreements; (3) issue senior
securities;  (4) purchase securities on margin (although deposits referred to as
"margin" will be made in connection with  investments in futures  contracts,  as
explained  above,  and the Fund may  obtain  such  short-term  credits as may be
necessary  for  the  clearance  of  purchases  and  sales  of  securities);  (5)
underwrite  securities of other issuers; (6) invest in companies for the purpose
of  exercising  control or  management;  (7) purchase or sell real estate (other
than  marketable  securities  representing  interests  in,  or backed  by,  real
estate);  or (8)  purchase or sell  physical  commodities  or related  commodity
contracts.


Whenever an investment policy or limitation  states a maximum  percentage of the
Fund's  assets that may be invested in any security or other asset or sets forth
a policy regarding  quality  standards,  such standard or percentage  limitation
shall be determined  immediately after and as a result of the Fund's acquisition
of such security or other asset. Accordingly,  any later increase or decrease in
a  percentage   resulting  from  a  change  in  values,   net  assets  or  other
circumstances  will not be considered when  determining  whether that investment
complies with the Fund's investment policies and limitations.

          The Fund's investment  policies (other than its investment  objective)
are not  fundamental  and may be changed by the Board of  Directors  of the Fund
without the approval of shareholders.

         Illiquid Securities. The staff of the Commission has taken the position
that  purchased OTC options and the assets used as cover for written OTC options
are illiquid  securities.  Therefore,  the Fund has adopted an investment policy
pursuant to which it  generally  will not  purchase or sell OTC options if, as a
result of such transaction, the sum of the market value of OTC options currently
outstanding  that are  held by the  Fund,  the  market  value of the  underlying
securities  covered by OTC call options currently  outstanding that were sold by
the Fund and margin  deposits  on the  Fund's  existing  OTC  options on futures
contracts  exceed  15% of the net  assets  of the Fund,  taken at market  value,
together  with all  other  assets  of the  Fund  that  are  illiquid  or are not
otherwise readily marketable. This policy as to OTC options is not a fundamental
policy of the Fund and may be amended by the  Directors  of the Fund without the
approval of the Fund's or the Fund's  shareholders.  However,  the Fund will not
change or modify this policy prior to a change or modification by the Commission
staff of its position.

                                                PORTFOLIO TURNOVER

         The Fund may engage in portfolio  trading when considered  appropriate,
but  short-term  trading will not be used as the primary  means of achieving its
investment objective.  Although the Fund cannot accurately predict its portfolio
turnover  rate,  it is not  expected  to exceed  400% in  normal  circumstances.
However,  there are no limits on the rate of portfolio turnover, and investments
may be sold  without  regard to length of time held when,  in the opinion of the
Investment  Adviser,  investment  considerations  warrant such  actions.  Higher
portfolio  turnover  rates,  such as rates in  excess  of 400%,  and  short-term
trading involve  correspondingly  greater  commission  expenses and transactions
costs.  Further,  high turnover rates, such as rates in excess of 400%, generate
higher short-term  capital gains. For a more detailed  description of short-term
capital   gain   treatment,   please   refer  to  the  section   entitled   "Tax
Considerations."

           PORTFOLIO TRANSACTIONS

         The debt  securities in which the Fund invests are traded  primarily in
the  over-the-counter  market by dealers who are usually acting as principal for
their own account.  On occasion,  securities may be purchased  directly from the
issuer.  Such securities are generally traded on a net basis and do not normally
involve either  brokerage  commissions or transfer  taxes.  The Fund enters into
financial  futures  and  options  contracts  which  normally  involve  brokerage
commissions.

         The cost of executing  transactions  will  consist  primarily of dealer
spreads. The spread is not included in the expenses of the Fund and therefore is
not subject to the expense cap  described  above under  "Investment  Adviser and
Advisory Agreement";  nevertheless,  the incurrence of this spread, ignoring the
other  intended  positive  effects of each such  transaction,  will decrease the
total return of the Fund. However,  the Fund will buy one asset and sell another
only if the  Investment  Adviser  believes  it is  advantageous  to do so  after
considering the effect of the additional custodial charges and the spread on the
Fund's total return.

           All purchases and sales will be executed with major dealers and banks
on a best net  price  basis.  No trades  will be  executed  with the  Investment
Adviser,  their  affiliates,  officers or employees acting as principal or agent
for others, although such entities and persons may be trading  contemporaneously
in the same or similar securities.


             TAX CONSIDERATIONS

         The following summary of tax consequences, which does not purport to be
complete,  is based on U.S.  federal tax laws and  regulations  in effect on the
date of this Statement of Additional Information, which are subject to change by
legislative or administrative action.

         Qualification as a Regulated  Investment  Company.  The Fund intends to
qualify  annually  and to elect  in the  future  to be  treated  as a  regulated
investment  company ("RIC") under the Internal  Revenue Code of 1986, as amended
(the "Code"). To qualify as a RIC, the Fund must, among other things, (a) derive
at least 90% of its gross  income each taxable  year from  dividends,  interest,
payments  with  respect  to  securities  loans and gains  from the sale or other
disposition  of securities  or foreign  currencies,  or other income  (including
gains from options,  futures or forward  contracts) derived from its business of
investing  in  securities  or  foreign   currencies  (the   "Qualifying   Income
Requirement"); (b) diversify its holdings so that, at the end of each quarter of
the Fund's  taxable  year,  (i) at least 50% of the  market  value of the Fund's
assets is  represented  by cash and cash  items  (including  receivables),  U.S.
Government Securities,  securities of other RICs and other securities, with such
other  securities of any one issuer  limited to an amount not greater than 5% of
the value of the Fund's total assets and not greater than 10% of the outstanding
voting  securities of such issuer and (ii) not more than 25% of the value of the
Fund's total assets is invested in the  securities of any one issuer (other than
U.S. Government  Securities or the securities of other RICs); and (c) distribute
at least 90% of its investment  company  taxable income (which  includes,  among
other  items,  interest  and net  short-term  capital  gains  in  excess  of net
long-term  capital  losses).  The U.S.  Treasury  Department  has  authority  to
promulgate  regulations  pursuant  to which  gains from  foreign  currency  (and
options, futures and forward contracts on foreign currency) not directly related
to a RIC's principal business of investing in stocks and securities would not be
treated as qualifying income for purposes of the Qualifying Income  Requirement.
To date, such regulations have not been promulgated.

         If for any taxable  year the Fund does not qualify as a RIC, all of its
taxable  income will be taxed to the Fund at corporate  rates.  For each taxable
year that the Fund  qualifies as a RIC, it will not be subject to federal income
tax on that part of its investment  company taxable income and net capital gains
(the excess of net long-term capital gain over net short-term capital loss) that
it distributes to its  shareholders.  In addition,  to avoid a nondeductible  4%
federal excise tax, the Fund must distribute during each calendar year an amount
at least equal to the sum of 98% of its ordinary income (not taking into account
any capital gains or losses),  determined  on a calendar year basis,  98% of its
capital gains in excess of capital  losses,  determined in general on an October
31 year-end basis, and any  undistributed  amounts from previous years. The Fund
intends  to  distribute  all  of its  net  income  and  gains  by  automatically
reinvesting  such income and gains in  additional  shares of the Fund.  The Fund
will  monitor its  compliance  with all of the rules set forth in the  preceding
paragraph.

         Distributions.  The  Fund's  automatic  reinvestment  of  its  ordinary
income,  net  short-term  capital  gains  and net  long-term  capital  gains  in
additional  shares of the Fund and  distribution  of such shares to shareholders
will be taxable to the Fund's shareholders.  In general,  such shareholders will
be treated as if such income and gains had been  distributed to them by the Fund
and  then  reinvested  by  them in  shares  of the  Fund,  even  though  no cash
distributions  have been made to  shareholders.  The automatic  reinvestment  of
ordinary  income and net realized  short-term  capital gains of the Fund will be
taxable to the Fund's  shareholders  as ordinary  income.  The Fund's  automatic
reinvestment  of any net  long-term  capital  gains  designated  by the  Fund as
capital gain dividends will be taxable to the shareholders as long-term  capital
gain,  regardless  of how long they have held  their  Fund  shares.  None of the
amounts treated as distributed to the Fund's  shareholders  will be eligible for
the corporate  dividends received  deduction.  A distribution will be treated as
paid on December 31 of the current  calendar  year if it is declared by the Fund
in October,  November or December with a record date in such a month and paid by
the Fund during January of the following  calendar year. Such distributions will
be taxable to shareholders in the calendar year in which the  distributions  are
declared,  rather  than in the  calendar  year in which  the  distributions  are
received.  The Fund will inform shareholders of the amount and tax status of all
amounts treated as distributed to them not later than 60 days after the close of
each calendar year.

         Sale of  Shares.  Upon the sale or other  disposition  of shares of the
Fund, or upon receipt of a distribution  in complete  liquidation of the Fund, a
shareholder  generally  will  realize  a  capital  gain  or loss  which  will be
long-term or  short-term,  generally  depending upon the  shareholder's  holding
period  for the  shares.  Any  loss  realized  on the sale or  exchange  will be
disallowed to the extent the shares disposed of are replaced  (including  shares
acquired  pursuant to a dividend  reinvestment  plan) within a period of 61 days
beginning 30 days before and ending 30 days after  disposition of the shares. In
such a case,  the basis of the shares  acquired  will be adjusted to reflect the
disallowed  loss. Any loss realized by the  shareholder on a disposition of Fund
shares  held by the  shareholder  for six  months or less will be  treated  as a
long-term  capital loss to the extent of any  distributions of net capital gains
deemed received by the shareholder with respect to such shares.

         Zero  Coupon  Securities.  Investments  by  the  Fund  in  zero  coupon
securities will result in income to the Fund equal to a portion of the excess of
the face value of the  securities  over their issue price (the  "original  issue
discount") each year that the securities are held, even though the Fund receives
no cash interest payments.  This income is included in determining the amount of
income  which the Fund must  distribute  to maintain  its status as a RIC and to
avoid the payment of Federal income tax and the 4% excise tax.

         Hedging Transactions. Certain options, futures and forward contracts in
which the Fund may  invest are  "section  1256  contracts."  Gains and losses on
section 1256  contracts  are  generally  treated as 60 percent  long-term and 40
percent  short-term capital gains or losses ("60/40  treatment"),  regardless of
the Fund's actual holding period for the contract. Also, a section 1256 contract
held by the  Fund  at the  end of each  taxable  year  (and  generally,  for the
purposes of the 4% excise tax, on October 31 of each year) must be treated as if
the contract had been sold at its fair market value on that day ("mark to market
treatment"),  and any deemed  gain or loss on the  contract  is subject to 60/40
treatment.  Foreign currency gain or loss (discussed below) arising from section
1256 contracts may, however, be treated as ordinary income or loss.

         The  hedging  transactions   undertaken  by  the  Fund  may  result  in
"straddles"  for federal income tax purposes.  The straddle rules may affect the
character of gains or losses realized by the Fund. In addition,  losses realized
by the Fund on positions  that are part of a straddle may be deferred  under the
straddle rules rather than being taken into account in  calculating  the taxable
income for the taxable year in which such losses are realized. Further, the Fund
may be  required to  capitalize,  rather than  deduct  currently,  any  interest
expense on indebtedness incurred or continued to purchase or carry any positions
that are part of a straddle.  Because only a few  regulations  implementing  the
straddle  rules  have been  implemented,  the tax  consequences  to the Funds of
engaging in hedging  transactions are not entirely clear.  Hedging  transactions
may increase the amount of  short-term  capital gain realized by the Funds which
is taxed as ordinary income when distributed to shareholders.

         The Fund may make one or more of the elections available under the Code
that are applicable to straddles.  If the Fund makes any of the  elections,  the
amount,  character  and timing of the  recognition  of gains or losses  from the
affected  straddle  positions will be determined under rules that vary according
to the election(s) made. The rules applicable under certain of the elections may
accelerate  the  recognition  of gains or  losses  from  the  affected  straddle
positions.

         Because the straddle rules may affect the amount,  character and timing
of gains or losses from the positions that are part of a straddle, the amount of
Fund income that is  distributed  to  shareholders  and that is taxed to them as
ordinary  income or  long-term  capital  gain may be  increased  or decreased as
compared to a fund that did not engage in such hedging transactions.

         The distribution requirements applicable to the Fund's assets may limit
the extent to which the Fund will be able to engage in  transactions in options,
futures and forward contracts.

         Backup  Withholding.  The Fund may be required to withhold U.S. federal
income  tax at the rate of 31% of all  amounts  deemed  to be  distributed  as a
result of the  automatic  reinvestment  by the Fund of its  income  and gains in
additional  shares of the Fund and all redemption  payments made to shareholders
who fail to provide the Fund with their correct taxpayer  identification  number
or to make  required  certifications,  or who have been notified by the Internal
Revenue Service that they are subject to backup withholding.  Backup withholding
is not an  additional  tax.  Any amounts  withheld  will be  credited  against a
shareholder's  U.S.  federal income tax liability.  Corporate  shareholders  and
certain other shareholders are exempt from such backup withholding.

         Foreign     Shareholders.      U.S.
taxation  of a  shareholder  who,  as to the
United  States,  is  a  non-resident   alien
individual,   a  foreign  trust  or  estate,
foreign     corporation,      or     foreign
partnership     ("foreign      shareholder")
depends  on  whether  the  income  from  the
Fund  is  "effectively   connected"  with  a
U.S.  trade or  business  carried on by such
shareholder.

         If the income from the Fund is not "effectively  connected" with a U.S.
trade or business carried on by the foreign shareholder, deemed distributions by
the Fund of investment  company  taxable income will be subject to a U.S. tax of
30%  (or  lower  treaty  rate),  which  tax  is  generally  withheld  from  such
distributions.  Deemed  distributions  of capital  gain  dividends  and any gain
realized upon redemption, sale or exchange of shares will not be subject to U.S.
tax at the rate of 30% (or lower treaty rate) unless the foreign  shareholder is
a nonresident  alien  individual who is physically  present in the U.S. for more
than 182 days  during the taxable  year and meets  certain  other  requirements.
However, this 30% tax on capital gains of non-resident alien individuals who are
physically  present in the United  States for more than the 182-day  period only
applies in exceptional cases because any individual present in the United States
for more  than 182 days  during  the  taxable  year is  generally  treated  as a
resident for U.S. federal income tax purposes.  In that case, he or she would be
subject  to  U.S.  federal  income  tax on his or her  worldwide  income  at the
graduated rates  applicable to U.S.  citizens,  rather than the 30% U.S. tax. In
the case of a foreign  shareholder who is a non-resident  alien individual,  the
Fund may be  required to withhold  U.S.  federal  income tax at a rate of 31% of
deemed  distributions  of net  capital  gains  unless  the  foreign  shareholder
certifies  his or her non-U.S.  status  under  penalties of perjury or otherwise
establishes an exemption. See "Backup Withholding" above.

         If the income from the Fund is effectively  connected with a U.S. trade
or business carried on by a foreign  shareholder,  then deemed  distributions of
investment  company  taxable  income and  capital  gain  dividends  and any gain
realized  upon the  redemption,  sale or  exchange of shares of the Fund will be
subject to U.S.  Federal  income tax at the graduated  rates  applicable to U.S.
citizens or domestic corporations.  Such shareholders may also be subject to the
branch profits tax at a 30% rate.

         The tax  consequences  to a foreign  shareholder  entitled to claim the
benefits  of an  applicable  tax treaty may be  different  from those  described
herein.  Foreign  shareholders  are advised to consult  their own advisers  with
respect to the particular tax consequences to them of an investment in the Fund.


          SHAREHOLDER INFORMATION

         Certificates  representing  shares  of the Fund  will not be  issued to
shareholders.  Investors  Bank & Trust Company,  the Fund's  transfer agent (the
"Transfer Agent"),  will maintain an account for each shareholder upon which the
registration  and transfer of shares are recorded,  and any  transfers  shall be
reflected  by   bookkeeping   entry,   without   physical   delivery.   Detailed
confirmations  of each  purchase  or  redemption  are sent to each  shareholder.
Monthly  statements  of account are sent which  include  shares  purchased  as a
result of a reinvestment of the Fund's distributions.

         The Transfer Agent will require that a shareholder  provide requests in
writing,  accompanied by a valid signature guarantee form, when changing certain
information  in an account (i.e.,  wiring  instructions,  telephone  privileges,
etc.).  Neither  the Fund,  the  Administrator,  or the  Transfer  Agent will be
responsible for the validity of written or telephonic requests.

         The Fund  reserves  the  right,  if  conditions  exist  which make cash
payments undesirable,  to honor any request for redemption of the Fund by making
payment in whole or in part in readily marketable  securities chosen by the Fund
and valued as they are for  purposes  of  computing  the Fund's net asset  value
(redemption-in-kind).  If payment is made in securities, a shareholder may incur
transaction expenses in converting the securities to cash.

  ORGANIZATION AND DESCRIPTION OF CAPITAL
                   STOCK


The Fund was  incorporated  on August 4, 1997 as a Maryland  corporation  and is
authorized to issue 2,500,000,000  shares of Common Stock, $0.001 par value. The
Fund's shares have no  preemptive,  conversion,  exchange or redemption  rights.
Each share has equal voting, dividend,  distribution and liquidation rights. All
shares  of a class  of the  Fund,  when  duly  issued,  will be  fully  paid and
nonassessable.  Shareholders  are  entitled  to one vote per  share.  All voting
rights for the election of  directors  are  noncumulative,  which means that the
holders  of more than 50% of the shares  can elect  100% of the  Directors  then
nominated  for election if they choose to do so and, in such event,  the holders
of the remaining  shares will not be able to elect any Directors.  The foregoing
description  is subject to the  provisions  contained in the Fund's  Articles of
Incorporation and By-laws.

         The  Board of  Directors  is  authorized  to  reclassify  and issue any
unissued shares of the Fund without shareholder  approval.  Accordingly,  in the
future,  the Directors may create additional series of portfolios with different
investment  objectives,  policies  and  restrictions.  Any issuance of shares of
another series would be governed by the 1940 Act and Maryland law.

         The Fund also issues  another class of shares which may have  different
operating and other expenses.  For more  information  about other classes of the
Fund's shares,  investors should contact the Distributor at the address or phone
number set forth on the cover of this Statement of Additional Information.


      CALCULATION OF PERFORMANCE DATA

         The Fund may, from time to time,  include the yield and total return in
reports to  shareholders or prospective  investors.  Quotations of yield for the
Fund will be based on all investment income per share during a particular 30-day
(or one month) period (including dividends and interest),  less expenses accrued
during the period ("net  investment  income"),  and are computed by dividing net
investment  income by the maximum,  offering  price per share on the last day of
the period,  according  to the  following  formula  which is  prescribed  by the
Commission:

                                           YIELD = 2[( a - b + 1)6 - 1]
                                            cd

Where     a =      dividends and interest earned during the period,
          b =      expenses accrued for the period (net of reimbursements),
          c =      the average  daily  number of Shares of the Fund outstanding
                   during he period
                   that were entitled to receive dividends, and
          d =      the maximum offering price per share on the last day of 
                   the period.

                  Quotations of average annual total return will be expressed in
terms  of the  average  annual  compounded  rate  of  return  of a  hypothetical
investment  in the Fund over periods of 1, 5 and 10 years (up to the life of the
Fund),  calculated  pursuant to the following formula which is prescribed by the
SEC:

                                                   P(1 + T)n = ERV

Where                      P =      a hypothetical initial payment of $1,000,
                           T =      the average annual total return,
                           n =      the number of years, and
                                ERV   =the   ending   redeemable   value   of  a
hypothetical $1,000 payment made at the beginning of the period.

                  All  total  return  figures  assume  that  all  dividends  are
reinvested when paid.


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        QUALITY RATING DESCRIPTIONS

Standard & Poors Corporation

         AAA.  Bonds  rated AAA are  highest
grade   debt   obligations.    This   rating
indicates  an extremely  strong  capacity to
pay principal and interest.

         AA. Bonds rated AA also qualify as high-quality  obligations.  Capacity
to pay principal  and interest is very strong,  and in the majority of instances
they differ from AAA issues only in small degree.

         A. Bonds rated A have a strong  capacity to pay principal and interest,
although  they are  more  susceptible  to the  adverse  effects  of  changes  in
circumstances and economic conditions.

         BBB.  Bonds rated BBB are regarded as having  adequate  capacity to pay
interest or principal. Although these bonds normally exhibit adequate protection
parameters,  adverse  economic  conditions  or changing  circumstances  are more
likely to lead to a weakened capacity to pay interest and principal.

         The ratings AA to D may be modified by the  addition of a plus or minus
sign to show relative standing within the major rating categories.

         Municipal  notes  issued  since July 29,  1984 are  designated  "SP-1",
"SP-2", and "SP-3". The designation SP-1 indicates a very strong capacity to pay
principal  and  interest.  A "+" is added to those issues  determined to possess
overwhelming safety characteristics.

         A-1. Standard & Poor's Commercial Paper ratings are current assessments
of the  likelihood of timely  payments of debts having  original  maturity of no
more than 365 days. The A-1 designation indicates the degree of safety regarding
timely payment is very strong.

         A-2.  Capacity for timely  payment on issues with this  designation  is
strong.  However,  the  relative  degree of safety is not as high as for  issues
designated A-1.

Moody's Investors Service, Inc.

         Aaa.  Bonds  which are rated Aaa are judged to be of the best  quality.
They carry the smallest degree of investment risk and are generally  referred to
as  "gilt  edge".   Interest  payments  are  protected  by  a  large  or  by  an
exceptionally   stable  margin  and  principal  is  secure.  While  the  various
protective  elements are likely to change, such changes as can be visualized are
most unlikely to impair the fundamentally strong position of such issues.

         Aa.  Bonds  which are rated Aa are judged to be of high  quality by all
standards. Together with the Aaa group they comprise what are generally known as
high grade bonds.  They are rated lower than the best bonds  because  margins of
protection  may  not  be as  large  as in  Aaa  securities  or  fluctuations  of
protective  elements may be of greater  amplitude or there may be other elements
present  which make the  long-term  risks  appear  somewhat  larger than the Aaa
securities.

         A. Bonds which are rated A possess many favorable investment attributes
and may be considered as upper medium grade obligations. Factors giving security
to principal  and interest are  considered  adequate but elements may be present
which suggest a susceptibility to impairment sometime in the future.

         Baa. Baa rated bonds are  considered  medium-grade  obligations,  i.e.,
they are neither  highly  protected nor poorly  secured.  Interest  payments and
principal  security  appear  adequate  for the present,  but certain  protective
elements may be lacking or may be  characteristically  unreliable over any great
length of time. Such bonds lack outstanding  investment  characteristics  and in
fact have speculative characteristics as well.

         Moody's applies numerical modifiers, 1, 2, and 3 in each generic rating
classification  from Aa  through B in its  corporate  bond  rating  system.  The
modifier 1 indicates  that the  security  ranks in the higher end of its generic
rating category;  the modifier 2 indicates a mid-range ranking; and the modifier
3  indicates  that  the  issue  ranks in the  lower  end of its  generic  rating
category.

         Moody's   ratings  for  state  and  municipal   and  other   short-term
obligations  will  be  designated   Moody's   Investment  Grade  ("MIG").   This
distinction is in recognition of the differences  between short-term credit risk
and  long-term  risk.  Factors  affecting  the  liquidity  of the  borrower  are
uppermost in importance in short-term  borrowing,  while various  factors of the
first  importance in long-term  borrowing  risk are of lesser  importance in the
short run.

         MIG-1.  Notes bearing this designation are of the best quality enjoying
strong  protection from  established  cash flows of funds for their servicing or
from established and broad-based access to the market for refinancing, or both.

         MIG-2.  Notes bearing this designation are of favorable  quality,  with
all security elements accounted for, but lacking the undeniable  strength of the
previous grade.  Market access for refinancing,  in particular,  is likely to be
less well established.

         P-1.  Moody's  Commercial  Paper ratings are opinions of the ability of
issuers  to repay  punctually  promissory  obligations  not  having an  original
maturity in excess of nine months. The designation  "Prime-1" or "P-1" indicates
the highest quality repayment capacity of the rated issue.

         P-2.  Issuers  have a  strong  capacity  for  repayment  of  short-term
promissory obligations.

Thomson Bankwatch, Inc.

         A. Company possess an  exceptionally  strong balance sheet and earnings
record,  translating into an excellent reputation and unquestioned access to its
natural money markets. If weakness or vulnerability  exists in any aspect of the
company's   business,   it  is  entirely  mitigated  by  the  strengths  of  the
organization.

         A/B.  Company is financially  very solid with a favorable  track record
and no readily apparent  weakness.  Its overall risk profile,  while low, is not
quite as favorable as companies in the highest rating category.

IBCA Limited

         A1.  Short-term  obligations  rated A1 are  supported  by a very strong
capacity for timely  repayment.  A plus sign is added to those issues determined
to possess the highest capacity for timely payment.









PART C.  OTHER INFORMATION

Item 24. Exhibits.

                  Exhibit
                  Number                    Description

                  a -- Registrant's Articles of Incorporation  (previously filed
as Exhibit 1 to the Registrant's  Registration  Statement on Form N-1A, File No.
333-33365, on August 4, 1997) and incorporated herein by reference.

                  b  --   By-Laws   (previously   filed  as  Exhibit  2  to  the
Registrant's  Registration Statement on Form N-1A, File No. 333-33365, on August
4, 1997) and incorporated herein by reference.

                  c        --       None.

                  d        --       Form of Advisory Agreement between
Registrant and Seix Investment Advisors Inc. (previously filed as Exhibit 5 to
the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A, File No. 333-33365 on
August 4, 1997) and incorporated herein by reference.


                  e -- Form of Distribution Agreement between Registrant and AMT
Capital  Services,  Inc.  (previously  filed as  Exhibit  6 to the  Registrant's
Registration  Statement on Form N-1A, File No.  333-33365 on August 4, 1997) and
incorporated herein by reference.

                  e(1)     --       Form of Distribution Agreement between
Registrant and AMT Capital Securities, L.L.C. (previously filed as Exhibit
6(a) to Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A, File No. 333-33365
on July 21, 1998) and incorporated herein by reference.

                  f        --       None.

                  g -- Custodian Agreement between Registrant and Investors Bank
& Trust Company  (previously filed as Exhibit 8 to the  Pre-Effective  Amendment
No.  2 to the  Registrant's  Registration  Statement  on  Form  N-1A,  File  No.
333-33365, filed on October 20, 1997) and incorporated herein by reference.

                  h -- Form of Administration  Agreement between  Registrant and
AMT Capital Services, Inc. (previously filed as Exhibit 9(a) to the Registrant's
Registration  Statement  on Form N-1A,  File No.  333-33365,  filed on August 4,
1997) and incorporated herein by reference.

                  h(1)     --       Transfer Agency and Service Agreement
between Registrant and Investors Bank & Trust Company (previously filed as
Exhibit 9(b) to the Pre-Effective Amendment No. 2 to the Registrant's
Registration Statement on Form N-1A, File No. 333-33365,  filed on October 20,
1997) and incorporated herein by reference.

                  h(2)     --       Form of Administration Agreement between
Registrant and Investors Capital Services, Inc. (previously filed as Exhibit
9(c) to Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A, File No. 333-33365
on July 21, 1998) and incorporated herein by reference.


                  i -- Opinion and Consent of Dechert Price & Rhoads (previously
filed as Exhibit 10 to the  Pre-Effective  Amendment  No. 3 to the  Registrant's
Registration  Statement on Form N-1A, File No.  333-33365,  filed on October 29,
1997) and incorporated herein by reference.

                  j -- Consent of Auditors (previously filed as Exhibit 11(a) to
the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A, File No. 333-33365,  filed
on January 27, 1999) and incorporated herein by reference.

                  j(1)     --       Powers of Attorney (previously filed as
Exhibit 11(b) to the Pre-Effective Amendment No. 2 to the Registrant's
Registration Statement on Form N-1A, File No. 333-33365,  filed on October 20,
1997) and incorporated herein by reference.

                  k        --       None.

                  l        --       Share Purchase Agreement between
Registrant and Seix Investment Advisors Inc. (previously filed as Exhibit
13(a) to the Pre-Effective Amendment No. 2 to the Registrant's Registration
Statement on Form N-1A, File No. 333-33365,  filed on October 20, 1997) and
incorporated herein by reference.


                  m -- Services and Distribution Plan between the Registrant and
AMT  Capital   Securities,   LLC.   (previously  filed  as  Exhibit  15  to  the
Pre-Effective Amendment No. 2 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form
N-1A, File No. 333-33365,  filed on October 20, 1997) and incorporated herein by
reference.


                  n            --           Financial Data Schedule (filed
herewith)

                  o -- Multiple  Class Plan  (previously  filed as Exhibit 18 to
the Pre-Effective Amendment No. 2 to the Registrant's  Registration Statement on
Form N-1A,  File No.  333-33365,  filed on October  20,  1997) and  incorporated
herein by reference.

                  o(1)     --               Multiple Class Plan for SAMCO
Intermediate Portfolio (filed herewith).


Item 24
Persons Controlled by or under Common Control with Registrant

As of February 28, 1999, the following  shareholder  was deemed to be a "control
person" of the Fund as such term is defined in the 1940 Act.

<TABLE>
<S>                           <C>                                     <C>                        <C>   

                                        Name and Address of            Nature of Beneficial          Percent
       Title of Class                    Beneficial Owner                   Ownership              of Portfolio
       --------------                    -----------------                  ----------             ------------
Class A Shares of Common       American College of Cardiology 911     Direct Ownership                38.3%
Stock, $.001 per Share         Old Georgetown Road, Bethesda, MD
                               20814
Class A Shares of Common       Regional Transportation Authority      Direct Ownership                32.0%
Stock, $.001 per Share         Pension Plan  P O Box 1443, Chicago
                               IL 60690-1443


</TABLE>


Item 25
Indemnification.

         The  Registrant  shall  indemnify  directors,  officers,  employees and
agents of the Registrant against judgements,  fines, settlements and expenses to
the fullest extent allowed,  and in the manner provided,  by applicable  federal
and Maryland law,  including Section 17(h) and (i) of the Investment Company Act
of 1940. In this regard, the Registrant undertakes to abide by the provisions of
Investment  Company Act Releases No. 11330 and 7221 until  amended or superseded
by subsequent interpretation of legislative or judicial action.

         Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended (the  "Securities  Act"), may be permitted to directors,
officers and  controlling  persons of the  Registrant  pursuant to the foregoing
provisions,  or  otherwise,  Registrant  understands  that in the opinion of the
Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy
as expressed in the  Securities  Act and is,  therefore,  unenforceable.  In the
event that a claim for indemnification  against such liabilities (other than the
payment by  Registrant  of expenses  incurred or paid by a director,  officer or
controlling person of Registrant in the successful  defense of any action,  suit
or proceeding) is asserted by such  director,  officer or controlling  person in
connection with the securities being registered,  the Registrant will, unless in
the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent,
submit  to a  court  of  appropriate  jurisdiction  the  question  whether  such
indemnification  by it is against  public policy as expressed in the  Securities
Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

Item 26
Business and Other Connections of Investment Adviser.

         Seix Investment  Advisors Inc. (the "Investment  Adviser") is a company
organized  under the laws of New Jersey  State and it is an  investment  adviser
registered under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (the "Advisers Act").

         The list  required by this Item 26 of  officers  and  directors  of the
Investment  Adviser,  together  with  information  as  to  any  other  business,
profession,  vocation or employment of a substantial  nature  engaged in by such
officers and directors  during the past two years,  is incorporated by reference
to Schedules A and D of Form ADV filed by the Investment Adviser pursuant to the
Advisers Act (SEC File No. 801-42070).

Item 27
Principal Underwriter.

In addition to the  Registrant,  AMT Capital  Securities,  LLC currently acts as
distributor to FFTW Fund, Inc., Harding Loevner Fund, Inc., Holland Series Fund,
Inc.  and TIFF  Investment  Program,  Inc.  AMT Capital  Securities,  L.L.C.  is
registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission as a broker/dealer and is
a member of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.

For each Director or officer of AMT Capital Securities, L.L.C.

Name and Principal
Business Address           Positions & Offices               Positions & Offices
with Underwriter           with Distributor                  with Registrant

Alan M. Trager             Director, Chairman and             None
600 Fifth Avenue           Treasurer
26th Floor
New York, NY  10020

Arthur Goetchius           President
600 Fifth Avenue
26th Floor
New York, NY  10020

Carla E. Dearing           Vice President                    Assistant Treasurer
600 Fifth Avenue
26th Floor
New York, NY  10020

 Not applicable.

Item 28
Location of Accounts and Records.

                  All  accounts,  books  and  other  documents  required  to  be
maintained  by Section 31(a) of the  Investment  Company Act of 1940, as amended
(the "1940 Act"),  and the rules thereunder will be maintained at the offices of
the Investment Adviser, the Custodian and the Administrator.

                  Seix Investment Advisors Inc.
                  300 Tice Boulevard
                  Woodcliff Lake, NJ  07675-7633

                  Investors Capital Services, Inc.
                  600 Fifth Avenue
                  New York, New York 10020

                  Investors Bank & Trust Company
                  200 Clarendon Street
                  Boston, Massachusetts 02117-9130

Item 29
Management Services.

Not applicable.

Item 30
Undertakings.

Not applicable

         Registrant  hereby undertakes to call a meeting of shareholders for the
purpose  of  voting  upon  the  question  of  removal  of  one  or  more  of the
Registrant's  directors  when requested in writing to do so by the holders of at
least  10% of the  Registrant's  outstanding  shares  of common  stock  and,  in
connection  with  such  meeting,   to  assist  in   communications   with  other
shareholders in this regard, as provided under Section 16(c) of the 1940 Act.


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         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
and the Investment  Company Act of 1940, as amended,  the  Registrant  certifies
that it has duly caused this  Registration  Statement to be signed on its behalf
by the undersigned  thereto duly  authorized,  in the City of Woodcliff Lake and
State of New Jersey on the 30th day of March,1999.

                                           SAMCO FUND, INC.




                                           By: /s/ Christina Seix
                                           Christina Seix
                                           Chairman of the Board
                           
         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
this  Registration  Statement has been signed below by the following  persons in
the capacities indicated on the 30th day of March, 1999.


Signature                       Title

/s/ Christina Seix              Director
- ------------------
Christina Seix

/s/ John G. Talty               Director, President
John G. Talty

/s/ Peter J. Bourke_            Director
Peter J. Bourke

 */s/ John E. Manley, Sr.       Director
 John E. Manley, Sr.

 */s/ John R. O'Brien           Director
 John R. O'Brien

/s/ William E. Vastardis        Treasurer
William E. Vastardis           (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)


/s/ William E. Vastardis              *Attorney-in-Fact William E. Vastardis
William E. Vastardis


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         SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

         WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549



         -----------------




         EXHIBITS

         TO

         FORM N-1A

         REGISTRATION STATEMENT

         UNDER

         THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

         AND THE

         INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940



         -----------------



         SAMCO FUND, INC.









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         SAMCO FUND, INC.
         INDEX TO EXHIBITS

<TABLE>
<S>               <C>                                                                 <C>    

Exhibit                                                                                 Sequentially
Number            Description of Exhibit                                                Numbered Page
o(1)              Multiple Class Plan for SAMCO Intermediate Portfolio

</TABLE>






                     MULTIPLE CLASS PLAN
                    PURSUANT TO RULE 18f-3

                             FOR

                       SAMCO FUND, INC.


         WHEREAS, Samco Fund, Inc. (the "Fund") engages in
business as an open-end management investment company and is
registered as such under the Investment Company Act of 1940,
as amended (the "Act");

         WHEREAS,  the Fund desires to adopt a Multiple  Class Plan  pursuant to
Rule 18f-3 under the Act (the "Plan") with respect to the Fund; and

         WHEREAS, the Fund employs Seix Investment Advisors
Inc. (the "Adviser") as its investment manager and adviser
and AMT Capital Securities, L.L.C. as distributor of the
securities of which it is the issuer.

         NOW,  THEREFORE,  the Fund hereby adopts the Plan,  in accordance  with
Rule 18f-3 under the Act on the following terms and conditions:

         1.  Features of the Classes.  The Fund's SAMCO  Intermediate  Portfolio
(the  "Portfolio")  issues its shares of common stock in two  classes:  "Class A
Shares,"  and "Class B  Shares."  Shares of each  class of the  Portfolio  shall
represent an equal pro rata interest in the Portfolio and, generally, shall have
identical  voting,  dividend,  distribution,   liquidation,  and  other  rights,
preferences, powers, restrictions,  limitations,  qualifications,  and terms and
conditions,  except that: (a) each class shall have a different designation; (b)
each  class of shares  shall  bear any Class  Expenses,  as defined in Section 5
below;  and (c) each class  shall  have  exclusive  voting  rights on any matter
submitted to shareholders  that relates solely to its distribution  arrangements
and each class shall have  separate  voting  rights on any matter  submitted  to
shareholders  in which the  interests of one class differ from the  interests of
any other class.  In addition,  Class A shares of the  Portfolio  shall have the
features  described  in  Sections  3 and 4  below,  and  Class B  shares  of the
Portfolio shall have the features described in Sections 2, 3 and 4 below.

         2.  Distribution  Plan.  The  Portfolio  has  adopted  a  Services  and
Distribution  Plan  (the  "Plan")  with  respect  to the  Class B shares  of the
Portfolio  pursuant to Rule 12b-1 promulgated under the Securities  Exchange Act
of 1934.  The Plan  authorizes  the  Portfolio  to pay (i) a service  fee to the
Distributor for service activities at an annual rate of 0.00% of the average net
asset  value  of  the  Class  B  shares,  and  (ii)  a  distribution  fee to the
Distributor for distribution  services at an annual rate of 0.25% of the average
net  asset  value of the Class B shares,  or such  lesser  fee that the Board of
Directors of the Fund  determines  from time to time and further  authorizes the
Distributor to make service  payments and  distribution  assistance  payments to
brokers, financial institutions and other financial intermediaries  ("payee(s)")
in  respect  of Class B  shareholder  accounts  for which a payee has  performed
service activities and/or rendered distribution  services. The Class A shares do
not participate in the Plan.

         As used herein, the term "service  activities" shall mean activities in
connection with the provision of personal,  continuing  services to investors in
the  Portfolio,  including,  but not limited to,  answering  customer  inquiries
regarding account matters, assisting in designating and changing various account
options,   aggregating  and  processing   purchase  and  redemption  orders  and
transmitting and receiving funds for shareholder orders,  transmitting on behalf
of  the  Fund  proxy  statements,   prospectuses  and  shareholder   reports  to
shareholders and tabulating proxies,  processing dividend payments and providing
subaccounting  services for Portfolio  shares held  beneficially,  and providing
such other services as the Fund or a shareholder may request; provided, however,
that if the National  Association of Securities  Dealers Inc.  ("NASD") adopts a
definition of "service fee" for purposes of Section 2830 of the Rules of Conduct
of the NASD that differs from the definition of "service activities"  hereunder,
or if the NASD adopts a related definition  intended to define the same concept,
the definition of "service  activities" in this Paragraph shall be automatically
amended,  without  further action of the Board of Directors,  to conform to such
NASD  definition.  Overhead  and other  expenses of  Distributor  related to its
"service activities," including telephone and other communications expenses, may
be included in the information regarding amounts expended for such activities.

         As used herein, the term "distribution services" shall include services
rendered by Distributor as distributor of the Class B shares in connection  with
any  activities or expense  primarily  intended to result in the sale of Class B
shares,   including,   but  not   limited   to,   compensation   to   registered
representatives  or other  employees of Distributor  or to other  broker-dealers
that  have  entered  into  an  Authorized  Dealer  Agreement  with  Distributor,
compensation  to and  expenses  of  employees  of  Distributor  who engage in or
support  distribution of the Portfolios' shares;  telephone  expenses;  interest
expenses;   printing  of  prospectuses  and  reports  for  other  than  existing
shareholders;  preparation,  printing and  distribution of sales  literature and
advertising materials; and profit and overhead on the foregoing.

         3.  Allocation  of Income  and  Expenses.  (a) The gross  income of the
Portfolio  shall,  generally,  be  allocated  to each  class on the basis of net
assets. To the extent  practicable,  certain expenses (other than Class Expenses
as defined below which shall be allocated more specifically) shall be subtracted
from the  gross  income  on the  basis of the net  assets  of each  class of the
Portfolio.
These expenses include:

                  (1)  Expenses  incurred  by the  Fund  (for  example,  fees of
         Directors, auditors and legal counsel) not attributable to a particular
         portfolio of the Fund ("Fund Level Expenses"); and

                  (2) Expenses incurred by the Portfolio not attributable to any
         particular class of the Portfolio's shares (for example, advisory fees,
         custodial  fees, or other  expenses  relating to the  management of the
         Portfolio's assets) ("Portfolio Expenses").

         (b) Expenses  attributable  to a particular  class  ("Class  Expenses")
shall be limited to: (i) payments made pursuant to a distribution  plan and/or a
service plan; (ii) transfer agent fees  attributable to a specific class;  (iii)
printing and postage expenses  related to preparing and  distributing  materials
such as shareholder reports, prospectuses and proxies to current shareholders of
a specific class;  (iv) Blue Sky registration  fees incurred by a class; (v) SEC
registration  fees  incurred  by a class;  (vi) the  expense  of  administrative
personnel and services to support the  shareholders of a specific  class;  (vii)
litigation  or other legal  expenses  relating  solely to one class;  and (viii)
directors' fees incurred as a result of issues  relating to one class.  Expenses
in category (i) above must be allocated to the class for which such expenses are
incurred.  All other "Class Expenses" listed in categories (ii)-(viii) above may
be allocated to a class but only if the  President and Chief  Financial  Officer
have  determined,  subject  to Board  approval  or  ratification,  which of such
categories  of  expenses  will be  treated  as Class  Expenses  consistent  with
applicable legal principles under the Act and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986,
as amended.

         Therefore, expenses of the Portfolio shall be apportioned to each class
of shares  depending on the nature of the expense item.  Fund Level Expenses and
Portfolio  Expenses will be allocated among the classes of shares based on their
relative net asset values.  Approved  Class  Expenses  shall be allocated to the
particular class to which they are attributable.  In addition,  certain expenses
may be allocated  differently if their method of imposition changes.  Thus, if a
Class Expense can no longer be attributed to a class, it shall be charged to the
Portfolio for allocation among classes, as determined by the Board of Directors.
Any  additional  Class  Expenses  not  specifically  identified  above which are
subsequently  identified and determined to be properly allocated to one class of
shares shall not be so allocated until approved by the Board of Directors of the
Company in light of the requirements of the Act and the Internal Revenue Code of
1986, as amended.

         5.       Exchange Privileges.  There shall be no
exchange privileges associated with either of the classes of
shares of the Portfolio.

         6.       Conversion Features.  There shall be no
conversion features associated with either of the classes of
shares of the Portfolio.

         7. Quarterly and Annual Reports.  The Directors shall receive quarterly
and annual  statements  concerning all allocated Class Expenses and distribution
and servicing expenditures complying with paragraph (b)(3)(ii) of Rule 12b-1, as
it may be  amended  from  time to time.  In the  statements,  only  expenditures
properly  attributable to the sale or servicing of a particular  class of shares
will be used to justify any  distribution  or  servicing  fee or other  expenses
charged to that class.  Expenditures  not related to the sale or  servicing of a
particular  class shall not be  presented  to the  Directors  to justify any fee
attributable to that class. The statements, including the allocations upon which
they are based,  shall be subject to the review and approval of the  independent
Directors in the exercise of their fiduciary duties.

         8.  Waiver or  Reimbursement  of  Expenses.  Expenses  may be waived or
reimbursed by any adviser to the Portfolio or any other  provider of services to
the Portfolio without the prior approval of the Portfolio's Board of Directors.

         9.  Effectiveness  of Plan. The Plan shall not take effect until it has
been  approved by votes of a majority of both (a) the Directors of the Portfolio
and (b) those Directors of the Portfolio who are not "interested persons" of the
Portfolio  (as defined in the Act) and who have no direct or indirect  financial
interest  in the  operation  of this  Plan,  cast in  person  at a  meeting  (or
meetings) called for the purpose of voting on this Plan.

         10.  Material  Modifications.  This Plan may not be  amended  to modify
materially  its terms unless such  amendment is approved in the manner  provided
for initial approval in Paragraph 9 hereof.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Fund has adopted this Multiple Class Plan as of
the 18th day of March, 1999, to be effective on March 18th, 1999.


                                                       SAMCO FUND, INC.

                         By:___________________________
                                                              Name:
                                     Title:




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