GT INVESTMENT PORTFOLIOS INC
497, 1998-03-26
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                      GT GLOBAL DOLLAR FUND: ADVISOR CLASS
 
                   SUPPLEMENT TO PROSPECTUS DATED MAY 1, 1997
                   SUPPLANTING SUPPLEMENT DATED MARCH 3, 1998
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THE  FOLLOWING  SUPPLEMENTS,  AS APPLICABLE,  THE  DISCUSSION  UNDER "INVESTMENT
OBJECTIVE AND POLICIES," "HOW TO  INVEST," "MANAGEMENT" AND "OTHER  INFORMATION"
WITH RESPECT TO G.T. INVESTMENT PORTFOLIOS, INC. (THE "COMPANY") AND THE FUND:
 
On January 30, 1998, Liechtenstein Global Trust, AG ("LGT"), the indirect parent
organization  of  GT  Global, Inc.  and  Chancellor LGT  Asset  Management, Inc.
("Chancellor LGT"), entered  into an  agreement with  AMVESCAP PLC  ("AMVESCAP")
pursuant  to which AMVESCAP will acquire  LGT's Asset Management Division, which
includes Chancellor LGT (the "Purchase").  AMVESCAP is a holding company  formed
in  1997  by  the  merger  of  INVESCO PLC  and  A  I  M  Management  Group Inc.
Consummation of the purchase is subject to a number of contingencies,  including
regulatory  approvals. The  transaction would  constitute an  assignment of, and
thereby result  in  the  termination of,  the  Company's  investment  management
agreement with Chancellor LGT. Accordingly, the Company's Board of Directors has
approved,  subject  to  shareholder  approval,  new  investment  management  and
administration agreements between A I M Advisors, Inc. ("A I M"), a wholly-owned
subsidiary of AMVESCAP, and the Company, and sub-advisory and sub-administration
agreements between  A I  M and  Chancellor LGT,  which will  become a  separate,
indirect  wholly-owned subsidiary of  AMVESCAP. Under the new  agreements, A I M
would serve as  investment manager  and administrator and  Chancellor LGT  would
serve  as  investment  sub-adviser  and  sub-administrator  of  the  Company. In
addition to shareholder approval, implementation of the new investment  advisory
arrangements is contingent upon the consummation of the Purchase.
 
The  Board of Directors of the Company  has also approved the following matters,
subject to shareholder approval:
 
1.  Amendments to the fundamental investment restrictions of the Fund.
 
2.   The  reorganization of  the  Company from  a  Maryland corporation  into  a
    Delaware business trust.
 
In  addition, the  Board has approved  new distribution agreements  for the Fund
pursuant  to  which  A  I  M  Distributors,  Inc.  ("A  I  M  Distributors"),  a
wholly-owned  subsidiary  of  A  I  M,  would  serve  as  the  Fund's  principal
underwriter.
 
Implementation of  the  new distribution  arrangements  is contingent  upon  (1)
shareholder  approval of the  new investment advisory  arrangements; and (2) the
consummation of the Purchase.
 
A special meeting of shareholders of the Company will be held on May 20, 1998 to
consider and  vote on,  among  other proposals,  the  matters noted  above  that
require  shareholder approvals. If the matters  are approved by shareholders and
the Purchase consummated,  it is  anticipated that the  changes described  above
will become effective on or about June 1, 1998.
 
THE  FOLLOWING  REVISES  AND  SUPERSEDES, AS  APPLICABLE,  THE  DISCUSSION UNDER
"MANAGEMENT" WITH RESPECT TO THE FUND:
 
Cheng-Hock Lau and Heide Koch are the  Portfolio Managers for the Fund. Mr.  Lau
has  been Chief  Investment Officer for  Global Fixed Income  for Chancellor LGT
since November 1996, and was a Senior Portfolio Manager for global/international
fixed income for Chancellor LGT from July 1995 to November 1996. Prior  thereto,
Mr.  Lau was a Senior Vice President  and Senior Portfolio Manager for Fiduciary
Trust Company International from  1993 to 1995, and  Vice President at  Banker's
Trust  Company from 1991 to 1993. Ms. Koch  has been a Portfolio Manager for the
Fund since 1997, and a Portfolio Manager for Chancellor LGT since 1991.
 
On October 31, 1996, Chancellor Capital Management, Inc. ("Chancellor  Capital")
merged  with LGT  Asset Management, Inc.,  and the resulting  entity was renamed
Chancellor LGT Asset Management, Inc. Mr.  Lau and Ms. Koch were employees  only
of Chancellor Capital prior to October 31, 1996.
 
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DOLSX803M                                                         March 25, 1998


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