UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM N-17F-2
Certificate of Accounting of Securities and Similar
Investments in the Custody of
Management Investment Companies
Pursuant to Rule 17f-2[17CFR 270.17f-2]
1. Investment Company Act File Number: Date examination completed:
811-5267 8/31/97
2. State Identifiaction Number:
3. Exact name of investment company as specified in registration statement:
VAM Institutional Funds, Inc.
VAM Financial Institutions Intermediate Duration Portfolio
4. Address of principal executive office number, street, city, state, zip
codes:
90 South Seventh Street, Suite 4400, Minneapolis, MN 55402
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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM N-17F-2
Certificate of Accounting of Securities and Similar
Investments in the Custody of
Management Investment Companies
Pursuant to Rule 17f-2[17CFR 270.17f-2]
1. Investment Company Act File Number: Date examination completed:
811-5267 8/31/97
2. State Identifiaction Number:
3. Exact name of investment company as specified in registration statement:
VAM Institutional Funds, Inc.
VAM Financial Institutions Core Portfolio
4. Address of principal executive office number, street, city, state, zip
codes:
90 South Seventh Street, Suite 4400, Minneapolis, MN 55402
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INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT
To the Board of Directors of
VAM Institutional Funds, Inc.:
We have examined management's assertion, included in its representation letter,
that VAM Financial Institutions Intermediate Duration Portfolio and VAM
Financial Institutions Core Portfolio of VAM Institutional Funds, Inc. (the
Funds) complied with the requirements of subsections (b) and (c) of Rule 17f-2
under the Investment Company Act of 1940 as of August 31, 1997. Management is
responsible for the Funds' compliance with those requirements. Our
responsibility is to express an opinion on management's assertion about the
Funds' compliance based on our examination.
Our examination was made in accordance with standards established by the
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and, accordingly, included
examining, on a test basis, evidence about the Funds' compliance with those
requirements and performing such other procedures as we considered necessary in
the circumstances. Included among our procedures were the following tests
performed as of August 31, 1997, and with respect to agreement of security
purchases and sales, for the period from May 31, 1997 (the date of our last
examination) through August 31, 1997, without prior notice to management:
* Confirmation of all securities with the sub-custodian,
Northern Trust.
* Confirmation or examination of underlying documentation of all
securities purchased but not received, hypothecated, pledged,
placed in escrow, or out for transfer with brokers, pledgees,
and/or transfer agents;
* Reconciliation of all such securities to the books and records
of the Funds and the Custodian; and
* Test of selected security transactions.
We believe that our examination provides a reasonable basis for our opinion. Our
examination does not provide a legal determination on the Funds' compliance with
the specified requirements.
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In our opinion, management's assertion that the Funds were in compliance with
the above mentioned provisions of Rule 17f-2 of the Investment Company Act of
1940 as of August 31, 1997 with respect to securities reflected in the
investment accounts of the Funds is fairly stated, in all material respects.
This report is intended solely for the information and use of management of VAM
Financial Institutions Intermediate Duration Portfolio and VAM Financial
Institutions Core Portfolio and the Securities and Exchange Commission and
should not be used for any other purpose.
KPMG Peat Marwick LLP
Minneapolis, Minnesota
November 21, 1997
