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BEA
ADVISOR & INSTITUTIONAL SHARES
BEA SELECT ECONOMIC VALUE EQUITY FUND
SUPPLEMENT DATED AUGUST 13, 1998
TO
PROSPECTUS DATED JULY 13, 1998
The fee table on page two is revised to read as follows:
1. The notation "(after waivers)" and the reference to footnote 2 should be
deleted from the Other Expenses line;
2. Footnote 2 to the fee table on page 2 should read as follows:
Before expense waivers and expense reimbursements, Management Fees would
be .75% and .75%, respectively, for the Institutional and Advisor Classes
of the Fund, and Total Fund Operating Expenses would be 1.23% and 1.48%,
respectively, for the Institutional and Advisor Classes of the Fund.