AETNA SERIES FUND INC
N-30D, 1996-07-03
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Table of Contents

President's Letter...............................................      1
Investment Review................................................      2
Portfolios of Investments:
    Money Market Fund............................................     18
    Government Fund..............................................     23
    Bond Fund....................................................     24
    The Aetna Fund...............................................     26
    Growth and Income Fund.......................................     37
    Growth Fund..................................................     62
    Small Company Growth Fund....................................     64
    International Growth Fund....................................     67
    Asian Growth Fund............................................     74
Statements of Assets and Liabilities.............................     78
Statements of Operations.........................................     82
Statements of Changes in Net Assets..............................     86
Notes to Financial Statements....................................     95
Financial Highlights.............................................    108




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President's Letter


Dear Fellow Shareholder:

Thank you for investing in Aetna Mutual Funds. We are pleased to bring you this
semi-annual report of the status of your Funds.

With over $1.1 billion in assets, the family of funds continues to grow with
investments from defined contribution retirement plans and retail sales. Agent
sales have increased and direct sales are led by the popularity of the Aetna
Money Market Fund.

To further enhance the depth and quality of its investment advisory capabilities
and better position itself competitively, Aetna intends to combine the
operations of two subsidiaries into a single investment management organization
called Aeltus Investment Management, Inc. If we receive Shareholder approval at
a Special Meeting currently scheduled on July 26, 1996, Aeltus will become
subadvisor to the Funds effective August 1 or as soon thereafter as practical.

Over the past six months, the stock market has continued its growth trend while
bond market returns have been disappointing. Stronger economic growth and
increased employment ended recession expectations and pushed up longer term
interest rates. The bond market rally came to an end early in 1996. With a
currently stable inflation rate, we anticipate the Federal Reserve's monetary
policy will remain unchanged for the next few months. Increased corporate
profitability, a high level of merger and acquisition activity and an attractive
environment for small cap stocks should continue to present opportunities and
growth in the equity market.

On the international scene, Europe and Japan have lowered interest rates and
weakened their currencies to revive their economies. Foreign equities markets
seem to be responding favorably to these actions.

We continue to be pleased with the results of changes in our investment
strategies. Key additions to our staff and technology infrastructure have
greatly enhanced our ability to analyze and react to large amounts of market,
corporate and economic information.

As the mutual fund industry continues its unprecedented growth, Aetna is proud
to bring you quality products which meet your retirement and investment needs.

Thank you for your confidence in us and your investment in Aetna Mutual Funds.

Sincerely,




/s/ Shaun P. Mathews
    Shaun P. Mathews
    President

                                       Aetna Mutual Funds Semi-Annual Report   1

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                            Aetna Money Market Fund

The total return for Aetna Money Market Fund for the six month period ended
April 30, 1996 was 2.72%, exceeding the 2.46% return of the average taxable
money market fund as reported by IBC/Donoghue. As of April 30, 1996, the Money
Market Fund reported a 7-day average yield of 5.17% and had an average maturity
of 50 days.

The Fund's atypical strategy to target securities with relatively short
maturities at a time when the Federal Reserve was lowering short-term interest
rates worked well last year and into the early months of 1996. Normally, money
market funds extend average portfolio maturities during such periods in order to
lock in the higher yields as interest rates decline. However, overly bullish
market sentiment had created a phenomenon known as an inverted yield curve, in
which yields offered on securities were higher on shorter maturities than on
longer maturities. That phase began to reverse itself in the first quarter of
1996 as the economy showed definitive signs of strength that, in turn, pushed
longer term interest rates higher. In response to the yield curve's reshaping,
the Fund adjusted its average portfolio maturity and is currently neutral in
respect to its competitive peer group.

Select purchases of commercial paper issued by smaller or less well-known
companies also enhanced the Fund's yield. The yield premium investors often
demand from such companies is not necessarily a reflection of increased risks,
but may exist simply because these companies are not familiar "household" names.
Be assured that the Fund continues to adhere to strict credit quality standards
and monitors each issuer on a regular basis.

Our near-term strategy is to remain relatively neutral. While recent data
releases have clearly demonstrated economic growth, it is presently uncertain
whether such strength can be sustained. We believe that the Federal Reserve's
current monetary policy will hold through the summer, thus leaving short-term
interest rates unchanged. The degree of economic growth and potential
inflationary pressures will determine any action the Federal Reserve takes later
in the year.

Quality Ratings
Tier 1                                     96.3%
Tier 2                                      3.7%

Maturity Distribution
1-30 days                                  49.8%
31-60 days                                 23.7%
61-90 days                                 13.2%
91-120 days                                 3.9%
121-180 days                                0.3%
181-397 days                                9.1%

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                              Aetna Government Fund

The Aetna Government Fund Select Class shares' total return for the six month
period ended April 30, 1996 was 0.25% (-0.03% for Adviser Class shares) versus a
0.03% return for the Lehman Brothers Government Bond Index, an unmanaged index.
Relative to other government funds, the Select Class shares of the Fund ranked
in the top 48% (188 out of 393) of all of Morningstar's government-general bond
universe, while the Adviser Class shares ranked in the top 57% (224 out of 393).

The Fund's performance was most significantly impacted by its exposure to
interest rate risk early in the year. Since December 31, 1995, the yield on the
10-year Treasury note has risen by 1.10%, causing bond prices to decrease. Our
bullish stance on the bond market coming into the year directed us to maintain a
relatively longer average duration on the Fund's assets than its comparative
index. As interest rates rose in reaction to stronger economic growth, we moved
to reduce the average duration of the Fund's assets. However, the Fund's earlier
interest rate posture caused year-to-date performance to slightly lag the
Morningstar government funds universe.

U.S. Agency securities, defensive holdings characterized by short durations,
provided the greatest contribution to the Fund's performance over the past six
months. While not a large allocation, the Fund's premium mortgage pass-through
securities generated strong positive returns. The duration exposure rested
primarily in the Treasury sector where an initial overweighting in long Treasury
bonds detracted from performance.

Despite the government shutdown, poor weather conditions, and a major strike at
General Motors, the economy showed surprising strength in the first quarter of
1996 as gross domestic product grew at a 2.8% annualized rate. Looking forward,
the technical outlook becomes less favorable due to the Treasury Department's
decision to increase the frequency of its 10-year and 30-year bond auctions and
its resultant long-term supply increase. On the other hand, higher interest
rates have already impacted mortgage refinancing activity, and the consumer's
heavy debt burden will curtail economic growth. In terms of monetary policy,
Federal Reserve action is not expected through the summer months. Inflation has
been subdued thus far; however, if domestic growth picks up or inflationary
pressures appear on the horizon, we are likely to see higher interest rates
later this year.

Quality Ratings
AAA                                   85.5%
Cash or Equivalents                   14.5%

Maturity Distribution
0-1   years                           10.1%
1-5   years                           23.1%
5-10  years                           34.2%
10-20 years                           28.9%
20+   years                           3.7%

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                                 Aetna Bond Fund

Aetna Bond Fund Select Class shares generated a total return of 0.56% (0.18% for
Adviser Class shares) for the six month period ended April 30, 1996,
outperforming the Lehman Brothers Aggregate Bond Index (an unmanaged index)
return of 0.53% for the same time period. The Select Class shares of the Fund
ranked in the top 59% (133 out of 226) of Morningstar's universe of high quality
corporate bond funds for the six month period, while the Adviser Class shares
ranked in the top 73% (164 out of 226).

After an outstanding 1995, bond market returns for 1996 have thus far been
disappointing. Through the end of April 1996, the Lehman Brothers Aggregate
Index return was -2.33% versus 18.47% for all of 1995. We had positioned the
portfolio's interest rate exposure according to our expectation that 1995's bond
market rally would carry over into the first half of 1996. However, the rally
fizzled out in February amid mounting evidence of stronger domestic growth and
the Federal Reserve's indication that it was no longer predisposed to lower
interest rates. The shift in market sentiment caught us somewhat by surprise.
While we moved to reduce interest rate exposure by shortening the average
duration of the Fund's assets, the impact of the Fund's earlier interest rate
posture caused performance to lag its Morningstar universe on a year-to-date
basis.

Within the bond market's investment grade sector, mortgage-backed securities
outperformed both government and corporate bonds. Lehman Brothers'
Mortgage-Backed Index generated a 1.66% six month return versus 0.03% for the
Government Index and 0.08% for the Corporate Index. These indices are unmanaged.
While the Fund's mortgage-backed securities allocation was not large, its
holdings of premium pass-throughs, collateralized mortgage obligations and
adjustable rate mortgages generated strong positive returns. Specifically,
corporate intermediate-term bonds performed strongly, and foreign bond holdings
fared particularly well as yield spread differentials to Treasuries narrowed for
Asian and Latin American bonds. Corporate bonds continue to represent the
largest sector allocation within the Fund.

Looking forward, we are neutral to slightly negative on the near-term outlook
for bonds. Economic data has been mixed, and while commodity prices have risen,
the inflation picture has remained relatively subdued. These conditions should
keep monetary policy unchanged in the coming months. Given that this is a
presidential election year, the probability that the Federal Reserve will move
to raise interest rates decreases as November draws closer.



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                           Aetna Bond Fund (continued)


Quality Ratings
AAA                                   57.5%
AA                                    10.7%
A                                     11.3%
BBB                                    6.2%
BB                                    10.2%
B                                      1.4%
Other                                  2.7%


Maturity Distribution
0-1   years                            14.9%
1-5   years                            33.7%
5-10  years                            22.4%
10-20 years                            16.7%
20+   years                            12.3%





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                                 The Aetna Fund

The Aetna Fund Select Class shares generated a total return of 9.64% (9.17% for
Adviser Class shares) for the six month period ended April 30, 1996, as compared
with the 8.5% return for the 60%/40% weighting of the S&P 500 and the Lehman
Aggregate Bond Index (both unmanaged indices). The Select Class shares of the
Fund also performed very well versus the Morningstar asset allocation fund
universe ranking in the top 28% (46 out of 167), while the Adviser Class shares
ranked in the top 31% (51 out of 167).

Over the past six months, we have seen a significant decoupling between the
stock and bond market performance. In early 1996, the economy began to show
signs of slightly higher growth, strong employment expansion and a pick-up in
manufacturing activity with little threat of wage or price inflation. This
created an environment in which equities significantly outperformed bonds. The
larger capitalization issues, when measured by the S&P 500, returned 13.8% for
the six month period, while the Russell 2000 (an unmanaged small capitalization
index) lead the equity sector with a 18.5% period return. The bond market, on
the other hand, was frightened by the unexpected growth increase as evidenced by
the slightly positive 0.53% Lehman Aggregate return.

Over the period, we remained overweighted in the equity sector with emphasis on
the large cap stocks. We reduced the equities allocation slightly in the later
half of the period to be more neutral to the 60%/40% benchmark going forward,
and increased the cash component of the bond allocation over the period --a
decision that proved to be profitable as bonds underperformed cash. In addition
to the Fund's overweight equities position, its exposure to diversifying asset
classes, notably the small cap sector, added significantly to Fund performance.
This outperformance was especially encouraging as small caps had lagged large
cap stocks somewhat considerably in 1995. Going forward, a more neutral weight
(60%/40%) for the equity sector is targeted in consideration of the strong
year-to-date equity performance and an anticipated earnings growth decline
during 1996.

The Fund's bond exposure outperformed the Lehman Aggregate mainly due to the
Fund's shorter duration posture when U.S. Treasury rates increased, and modest
exposures to diversifying asset classes, specifically international and domestic
high yield bonds. We remained slightly overweight in intermediate term
investment grade corporate bonds which had the strongest performance within the
corporate sector. Our outlook for the bond market remains cautious over the
short-term as the economic activity increase is expected to continue into the
second quarter. However, as growth slows toward year-end and inflation remains
low, bonds will offer relative value opportunities.




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                           The Aetna Fund (continued)


Large Cap Portfolio Sector Breakdown
                                                                   Over/(Under)
                                     Portfolio        S&P 500       Weighting

 Basic Materials                         16.5%         15.7%          0.8 %
 Producer Goods & Services               19.6%         10.8%          8.8 %
 Technology                              19.0%         11.8%          7.2 %
 Consumer Goods                          23.1%         24.6%          1.5 %
 Services                                 8.7%         11.7%         (3.0)%
 Financial Services                      10.5%         13.6%         (3.1)%
 Utilities                                2.6%         11.8%          9.2 %


Top Ten Equity Holdings
                                          % of
                                        Portfolio

Pfizer, Inc.                              1.6%
Johnson & Johnson                         1.6%
Nike, Inc. Class B                        1.6%
HFS, Inc.                                 1.5%
United Technologies Corp.                 1.5%
Cisco Systems, Inc.                       1.4%
Hewlett Packard Co.                       1.4%
Deere and Co.                             1.4%
Chase Manhattan Corp.                     1.3%
Monsanto Co.                              1.3%


Top Five Fixed Income Holdings
                                                   % of
                                                 Portfolio

U.S. Treasury, 5.25%, 12/31/97                      2.3%
African Development Bank, 8.8%, 9/1/19              1.3%
Commercial Credit, 8.7%, 6/15/09                    1.3%
American General Finance, 8.45%, 10/15/09           1.3%
Heritage Media, 8.75%, 12/15/06                     1.2%

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                          Aetna Growth and Income Fund

Despite slower corporate earnings concerns, inflation rekindling, and rising
interest rates, the stock market performed exceedingly well during the six
months ended April 30, 1996. The S&P 500 (an unmanaged index) achieved an
amazing 13.8% total return for the period, and stocks of smaller companies
performed even better: the Russell 2000 Small Cap Stock Index (an unmanaged
index) returned a whopping 18.4%. The Aetna Growth and Income Fund Select Class
shares kept abreast of the S&P 500's torrid pace, with a six month return of
13.88% (13.42% for Adviser Class shares). This return placed the Select Class
shares of the Fund in the top 39% (194 out of 492) of Morningstar's growth and
income fund universe for the period, while the Adviser Class shares ranked in
the top 55% (272 out of 492).

Our diversification into small and mid-cap stocks had a significant positive
impact on the Fund's performance during the past six months. While some
diversifying asset classes underperformed the S&P 500 during the period,
including international and real estate equities, these stocks have had a
tendency to outperform the large cap-dominated S&P 500 over the long term. Also,
our cash posture remained at fairly low levels during the period, a position
that allowed the Fund to fully participate in the market's rise. Asset class
diversification continues to be important both from a risk reduction perspective
and from added return opportunities offered by certain classes. We expect both
benefits will be exhibited going forward.

We continued to make improvements in the Fund's investment process during the
past six months. Several key additions to our professional investment staff have
greatly enhanced our quantitative research and management capabilities and has
strengthened our ability to analyze and quickly react to enormous amounts of
market, economic, and company information. Our stock selection disciplines
worked well for us over the past six months, as companies with the
characteristics we favor - attractive valuation, positive earnings momentum, and
shareholder-oriented management - were well rewarded by the market.

Large Cap Portfolio Sector Breakdown

                                                            Over/(Under)
                                Portfolio      S&P 500        Weighting

 Basic Materials                 15.6%           15.7%          (0.1)%
 Producer Goods & Services       10.6%           10.8%          (0.2)%
 Technology                      12.1%           11.8%           0.3 %
 Consumer Goods                  25.1%           24.6%           0.5 %
 Services                        10.0%            1.7%           8.3 %
 Financial Services              15.7%           13.6%           2.1 %
 Utilities                       10.9%           11.8%          (0.9)%


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                    Aetna Growth and Income Fund (continued)


Top Ten Holdings

                                      % of
                                    Portfolio

Exxon Corp.                            2.6%
Johnson & Johnson                      2.1%
Chase Manhattan Corp.                  1.6%
Pepsico, Inc.                          1.6%
Mobil Corp.                            1.6%
Chrysler Corp.                         1.4%
Cisco Systems, Inc.                    1.4%
AMR Corp.                              1.4%
Bristol Meyers Squibb                  1.4%
Amoco Corp.                            1.4%


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                                Aetna Growth Fund

The Aetna Growth Fund Select Class shares produced a total return of 12.31%
(11.91% for Adviser Class shares) for the six month period ended April 30, 1996,
in comparison to the 13.80% return of the S&P 500 (an unmanaged index) for the
same period. This six month performance placed the Select Class shares of the
Fund in the top 61% (534 out of 882) of Morningstar's growth fund universe,
while the Adviser Class shares ranked in the top 64% (567 out of 882). This was
a tumultuous period for the Aetna Growth Fund and the financial markets, in
general, despite a healthy gain in the stock market averages. Consensus
expectations for a sluggishly growing economy and the possibility of a recession
gave way in the late winter to signs of recovery as evidenced by substantial
employment growth. The bond market's roller coaster action was a backdrop for
continued aggressive sector rotation within the equity market.

The performance of the Growth Fund mirrored the movements of the financial
markets over the past six months. While we utilize quantitative disciplines to
focus fundamental analysis and help in portfolio construction, earnings and
inventory corrections in several sectors of the equity market complicated the
task. The Fund underperformed early in the period as the overweighted technology
group experienced a long overdue price correction. In anticipation of such an
event, the portfolio was repositioned in the sector away from commodity-like
exposure, such as Micron Technology, into broader plays like Hewlett Packard.
While this was a reasonable strategy, the group did not rebound until early in
January 1996. There was a general reduction in financial exposure as well,
consistent with our outlook that the euphoric sentiment evident in the fixed
income markets regarding the end of inflation was overdone. As a result of these
moves, the Fund fully participated in the market advance to date in 1996 from
both a stock selection and sector weighting point of view.

While the Fund attempts to highlight issues with strong earnings characteristics
at reasonable prices, we also focus on companies whose intrinsic value relative
to sales and cash flow per share offers takeover potential. For the past two
years in which a high level of merger and acquisition activity has been
witnessed, this has been a particularly rewarding strategy for capital growth.
Over the past six months, First Interstate Bancorp was acquired by Wells Fargo
and Cray Research was taken over by Silicon Graphics. If such a trend continues
in 1996, the Fund is positioned to benefit. Furthermore, amid a more evenly
balanced economic outlook, earnings revisions data suggest a rebound in
corporate profitability. If that is the case, the Fund's focus on issues that
possess above-average sales and earnings momentum should continue to serve it
well.


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                          Aetna Growth Fund (continued)


Portfolio Sector Breakdown
                                                          Over/(Under)
                           Portfolio        S&P 500        Weighting

 Technology                  23.7%            11.8%         11.9 %
 Capital Goods               18.7%            10.8%          7.9 %
 Raw Materials               16.2%            15.7%          0.5 %
 Financial                   11.5%            13.6%         (2.1)%
 Health                       9.0%             1.1%          7.9 %
 Consumer Cyclicals           7.8%            24.6%        (16.8)%
 Transportation               5.9%             1.6%          4.3 %
 Retail                       4.8%             4.9%         (0.1)%

Top Ten Holdings
                             % of
                           Portfolio

Sun Microsystems             4.6%
Boeing                       4.2%
Biogen                       4.0%
Hewlett Packard              3.8%
Bay Networks                 3.8%
Cisco Systems                3.8%
United Technologies          3.7%
Raychem                      3.7%
Travelers                    3.7%
Intel                        3.6%


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                         Aetna Small Company Growth Fund

The Aetna Small Company Growth Fund Select Class shares generated a total return
of 24.76% (24.46% for the Adviser Class shares) for the six month period ended
April 30, 1996, significantly outperforming both the Russell 2000 (an unmanaged,
small-cap index) return of 18.4% as well as the S&P 500 (an unmanaged,
broad-based index) return of 13.8%. This six month performance placed the fund
in the top 26% (97 out of 378) of Morningstar's small company fund universe,
while the Adviser Class shares ranked in the top 27% (101 out of 378).

During the period, we moved investments into telephones, energy and raw
materials, all of which helped the Fund's performance. We believe the FCC
telecom-munications bill will promote consolidation in telecommunications, an
area in which we find a number of smaller, attractively priced companies. In
energy and raw materials, we identified a few niche companies with good
risk/reward potential. We funded these investments by taking profits from
capital goods as well as healthcare and consumer cyclical stocks.

The past six months marked the first occasion in some time that small company
stocks outperformed the larger issues such as those in the S&P 500 Index, and we
are extremely pleased with the Fund's performance. Looking forward, the market
continues to focus on interest rates which have risen recently due to concerns
of stronger-than-expected economic growth. While interest rates are important to
valuations, we believe our strategy of focusing on companies that sell at
reasonable prices and demonstrate strong business momentum in the longer term
will continue to fare well for the Fund in the future.

Portfolio Sector Breakdown

                                                            Over/(Under)
Sector                    Portfolio        S&P 500           Weighting

Consumer Cyclicals          15.5%            24.6%            (9.1)%
Technology                  15.1%            11.8%             3.3 %
Health                      10.4%             1.1%             9.3 %
Raw Materials               10.2%            15.7%            (5.5)%
Utilities--Telephone         9.3%             7.9%             1.4 %
Energy                       9.2%             8.1%             1.1 %
Finance                      8.4%            13.6%            (5.2)%
Consumer Non-Cyclicals       6.6%             0.4%             6.2 %
Capital Goods                6.4%            10.8%            (4.4)%
Transportation               3.3%             1.6%             1.7 %
Retail                       0.8%             4.9%            (4.1)%


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                   Aetna Small Company Growth Fund (continued)


Top Ten Holdings
                                                                % of
                                                             Portfolio

Perkin Elmer Corp.                                              4.6%
Sun International Hotels, LTD                                   2.9%
Comsat Corp.                                                    2.9%
Atlantic Tele Network, Inc.                                     2.7%
Amdahl Corp.                                                    2.6%
Xtra Corp.                                                      2.5%
PLC Systems, Inc.                                               2.5%
Santa Fe Energy Resources, Inc.                                 2.3%
Long Star Industries, Inc.                                      2.1%
Delta Pine and Land Co.                                         2.1%

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                         Aetna International Growth Fund

The Aetna International Growth Fund Select Class shares posted a respectable
return of 13.17% (12.83% for Adviser Class shares) for the six month period
ended April 30, 1996, in line with the MSCI Europe, Asia, and Australia Index
(an unmanaged index) 13.3% return. The Select Class shares of the Fund placed
well against its peers and ranked in the upper 42% (148 out of 353) of
Morningstar's foreign stock fund universe, while the Adviser Class shares ranked
in the top 46% (164 out of 353).

The new portfolio manager began managing the Fund on December 1, 1995, and the
Fund was restructured to capture growth opportunities in more countries. Country
allocations expanded into Asian equity markets of Indonesia, Thailand, Korea,
and the Philippines, which added value to the Fund's performance. Other
allocation decisions, notably a decision to underweight the United Kingdom
benefited performance, while an underweight investment in strong Latin American
markets dampened relative performance. Currency hedging, employed by the Fund to
protect the value of securities denominated in foreign currencies, provided
positive results during the period as the German Deutchemark and the Japanese
Yen weakened against the U.S. Dollar.

International markets finished last year on solid footing and began 1996
strongly. In Mexico, lower interest rates sparked an amazing rebound in the
market, and ended the period up 38% as investors cheered the fiscal measures
Mexican authorities have taken to limit inflation and revive the economy.
Financial authorities have also concentrated on efforts to revive their
respective economies in Japan and Europe by decreasing interest rates to
all-time lows and weakening their currencies. In the United Kingdom, high
corporate merger activity and a strong United States market drove the market to
record highs in 1995. British stocks returned a respectable 8% gain for the
period, but trailed other major equity markets into 1996.

In Japan, the Ministry of Finance proposed a housing loan bail-out plan that
should withstand opposition and pass, in some form, in 1996. At this time, Japan
appears ahead of Europe in terms of economic growth. Malaysian stocks raced
upward as the fears of an overheated economy lessened. Hong Kong's markets
experienced volatility, but soared to a 2-year high, induced by a bottoming of
the property sector. Asia's economic growth is expected to surpass growth in the
United States, Europe, and Latin America through the year.

The Fund now invests in over 100 stocks in 27 countries, and will continue its
strategy to capture equity investment opportunities around the world that we
believe possess quality asset bases and offer good earnings prospects.

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                   Aetna International Growth Fund (continued)

Country            Benchmark         April 30th Level       Six Month Return

France              CAC                    2146                      18%
Germany             DAX                    2505                      16%
Hong Kong           Hang Seng             10964                      12%
Italy               MIB30                 15789                      14%
Mexico              Bolsa                  3187                      38%
Japan               TOPIX                  1712                      21%
Malaysia            KLSE                   1189                      24%
United Kingdom      FT-SE 100              3817                       8%
United States       S&P 500                 654                      13%

The table above lists local market returns for popular benchmarks in major
markets world-wide.

Country Weightings
                                  Portfolio               MSCI EAFE

 Japan                             26.8%                     40.0%
 United Kingdom                    10.0%                     16.3%
 Germany                            6.3%                      7.0%
 Netherlands                        4.6%                      4.1%
 France                             4.4%                      6.6%
 Hong Kong                          4.4%                      3.4%
 Italy                              4.2%                      2.2%
 Finland                            3.5%                      0.5%
 Norway                             3.4%                      0.5%
 Canada                             3.4%                      0.0%
 Other                             29.0%                     19.4%

Top Ten Holdings

                                                    % of Portfolio

Stet Di Risp Non-Cnv. (Italy)                            2.6%
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (Japan)                      1.7%
Hitachi, Ltd. (Japan)                                    1.6%
Veba Ag (Germany)                                        1.5%
Shin-Etsu Chemical Co. (Japan)                           1.4%
Canon, Inc. (Japan)                                      1.4%
Nintendo Corp. Ltd. (Japan)                              1.3%
Nippon Steel (Japan)                                     1.3%
Mannesmann Ag. (Germany)                                 1.2%
Philips Electronics (Netherlands)                        1.2%


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                             Aetna Asian Growth Fund

The Aetna Asian Growth Fund Select Class shares produced a total return of
13.47% (13.21% for Adviser Class Shares) for the six month period ended April
30, 1996, compared to a 16.2% return for the Morgan Stanley Combined (MSCI) Far
East Ex-Japan Index (an unmanaged index). This six month performance placed the
Fund in the upper 40% (39 out of 97) among Morningstar's Pacific fund universe,
while the Adviser Class shares ranked in the top 43% (42 out of 97).

Stocks in Hong Kong experienced a volatile six month period and our overweight
position in this market had a neutral effect on the Fund's performance.
Malaysian markets raced upward for the period amid diminishing fears that the
economy was overheating and inflation rates were rising, while Thailand
experienced 6% inflation and an expensive 18% price to earnings ratio. Despite
an underweighting in Malaysia that hindered performance, our underweighting in
Thailand helped the Fund post a respectable return for the period.

Asian markets kept pace with strong equity markets around the world in late 1995
and early 1996, as demonstrated by the performance of the MSCI Asian Ex Japan
Index, a level that exceeded the broader MSCI Europe, Asia, and Australia Index
(an unmanaged index) by almost 3%. Asian stocks performed well amidst moderate
interest rate levels in early 1996, and forecasters predict that the region's
economic growth will easily surpass economic growth in the United States,
Europe, and Latin America through the year. Faster economic growth, with
controlled inflation, translates into higher corporate earnings for companies in
this region, and we believe the Fund is positioned to capture this higher
earnings growth.

Country Weightings

                                                 MS Combined
                        Portfolio            Far East Ex Japan

Hong Kong                  36.8%                   32.8%
Malaysia                   21.4%                   23.8%
Thailand                   16.2%                   12.4%
Indonesia                   8.5%                    7.6%
Singapore                   7.5%                   15.4%
Philippines                 6.1%                    3.9%
Korea                       3.5%                    4.1%

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                       Aetna Asian Growth Fund (continued)

Top Ten Holdings
                                                  % of
                                                Portfolio

CITIC Pacific Ltd. (Hong Kong)                    5.0%
Hysan Development (Hong Kong)                     4.0%
HSBC Holdings (Hong Kong)                         3.9%
Sungei Way Holdings (Malaysia)                    3.8%
Electricity Generating (Thailand)                 3.7%
New World Development Co. (Hong Kong)             3.6%
Malayan Banking(Malaysia)                         3.1%
Swire Pacific Cl. A  (Hong Kong)                  3.0%
Bank of East Asia (Hong Kong)                     2.9%
Bank of Ayudhya (Thailand)                        2.7%

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Portfolio of Investments
April 30, 1996 (Unaudited)


Money Market Fund

                        Principal
                         Amount        Value
                        ---------      ------


 Asset-Backed Securities (16.9%)


   Bridgestone/Firestone
   Master Trust,
   Inc., 5.43%,
   05/31/96           $  4,700,000 $   4,700,000


   Bridgestone/Firestone
   Master Trust,
   Inc., 5.45%,
   06/10/96              6,000,000     6,000,000

 CARCO Auto Loan
   Master Trust
   1993-2, 3.225%,
   11/15/98              4,500,000     4,500,000

 Circuit City Credit
   Card Master
   Trust, 5.40%,
   05/01/96             20,000,000    20,000,000

 Columbus Trust
   Certificate/BOCCMT,
   5.32%, 06/17/96       5,500,000     5,461,799


 Columbus Trust
   Certificate/BOCCMT,
   5.33%, 07/24/96       5,000,000     4,937,817


 Columbus Trust
   Certificate/BOCCMT,
   5.33%, 07/29/96       5,000,000     4,934,115


 Columbus Trust
   Certificate/BOCCMT,
   5.37%, 06/18/96       2,000,000     1,985,680

 Dakota Certificates
   - Standard Credit
   Card Master Trust
   1, 5.13%, 06/05/96    5,000,000     4,975,063

 Dakota Certificates
   - Standard Credit
   Card Master Trust
   1, 5.25%, 06/11/96    6,500,000     6,461,135

 Dakota Certificates
   - Standard Credit
   Card Master Trust
   1, 5.28%, 05/01/96 $  5,000,000 $   5,000,000
                                   --------------
                                   $  68,955,609
                                   --------------

 Certificates of Deposit (6.8%)

 Advanta National
   Bank, 5.20%,
   11/15/96              6,000,000     6,000,000

 Advanta National
   Bank, 6.17%,
   08/28/96             10,000,000    10,019,644

 Deutsche Bank AG,
   New York Branch,
   5.22%, 02/28/97       5,500,000     5,500,000

 Deutsche Bank AG,
   New York Branch,
   5.32%, 03/06/97       6,000,000     6,000,000
                                   --------------
                                   $  27,519,644
                                   --------------

 Commercial Paper - Domestic (32.6%)

 Alamo Funding,
   L.P., 5.32%,
   06/12/96              5,000,000     4,968,967

 Alamo Funding,
   L.P., 5.38%,
   05/29/96                575,000       572,594

 American Express
   Credit Corp.,
   5.15%, 06/13/96       5,000,000     4,969,243

 Ciesco, L.P.,
   5.40%, 05/01/96      11,100,000    11,100,000

 Cooper Industries,
   Inc., 5.40%,
   05/01/96             11,000,000    11,000,000

 Cooperative Assoc.
   of Tractor
   Dealers, Inc.,
   5.08%, 06/21/96       2,000,000     1,985,607


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Money Market Fund (continued)

                        Principal
                         Amount        Value
                        ---------      ------

 Cooperative Assoc.
   of Tractor
   Dealers, Inc.,
   5.10%, 07/02/96    $  1,000,000 $     991,217

 Cooperative Assoc.
   of Tractor
   Dealers, Inc.,
   5.15%, 07/01/96       3,900,000     3,865,967

 Cooperative Assoc.
   of Tractor
   Dealers, Inc.,
   5.25%, 07/10/96       4,800,000     4,751,000

 Cooperative Assoc.
   of Tractor
   Dealers, Inc.,
   5.35%, 05/15/96       1,200,000     1,197,503

 Cooperative Assoc.
   of Tractor
   Dealers, Inc.,
   5.35%, 06/12/96       2,000,000     1,987,517

 Cooperative Assoc.
   of Tractor
   Dealers, Inc.,
   5.35%, 07/19/96       1,500,000     1,482,390

 Countrywide Funding
   Corp., 5.31%,
   06/12/96              7,000,000     6,956,635

 Countrywide Funding
   Corp., 5.32%,
   06/13/96              5,000,000     4,968,228

 Dealers Capital
   Access Trust,
   Inc., 5.35%,
   07/23/96              6,000,000     5,925,992

 Dealers Capital
   Access Trust,
   Inc., 5.40%,
   05/01/96              5,926,000     5,926,000

 EG&G, Inc., 5.50%,
   05/16/96              2,580,000     2,574,088

 Finova Capital
   Corp., 5.24%,
   05/30/96              5,000,000     4,978,894

 Finova Capital
   Corp., 5.43%,
   06/14/96           $  4,000,000 $   3,973,453

 Fleet Mortgage
   Group, Inc.,
   5.40%, 05/01/96       6,800,000     6,800,000

 Fleetwood Credit
   Corp., 5.35%,
   05/08/96              5,000,000     4,994,799

 Fleetwood Credit
   Corp., 5.35%,
   05/09/96              4,000,000     3,995,244

 General Signal
   Corp., 5.20%,
   05/23/96             10,000,000     9,968,222

 GTE Corp., 5.42%,
   05/31/96              4,300,000     4,280,578

 GTE Corp., 5.43%,
   05/20/96              8,000,000     7,977,073

 Jefferson Smurfit
   Finance Corp.,
   5.33%, 05/21/96       1,551,000     1,546,407

 Jefferson Smurfit
   Finance Corp.,
   5.33%, 06/14/96       1,300,000     1,291,531

 Lockheed Martin
   Corp., 5.50%,
   05/01/96              2,162,000     2,162,000

 Mercury Finance
   Corp., 5.52%,
   05/21/96              3,900,000     3,888,040

 White Consolidated
   Industries, Inc.,
   5.55%, 05/30/96       1,750,000     1,742,176
                                   --------------
                                   $ 132,821,365
                                   --------------
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Money Market Fund (continued)

                        Principal
                         Amount        Value
                        ---------      ------
 Commercial Paper - Foreign (6.7%)

 Abbey National
   North America
   Corp., 5.17%,
   06/19/96           $  4,000,000 $   3,971,852

 Government
   Development Bank
   of Puerto Rico,
   5.35%, 06/05/96       3,623,000     3,604,155

 Government
   Development Bank
   of Puerto Rico,
   5.35%, 06/17/96       4,500,000     4,468,569

 Svenska
   Handelsbanken,
   Inc., 5.20%,
   06/28/96              4,000,000     3,966,489

 Svenska
   Handelsbanken,
   Inc., 5.23%,
   05/28/96              2,000,000     1,992,155

 Svenska
   Handelsbanken,
   Inc., 5.30%,
   07/22/96              3,000,000     2,963,783

 Xerox Mexicana S.A.
   de C.V., 5.35%,
   07/22/96              6,500,000     6,420,790
                                   --------------
                                   $  27,387,793
                                   --------------

 Corporate Notes (11.5%)

 Advanta Corp.,
   5.125%, 11/15/96      2,000,000     1,992,991

 American Express
   Credit Corp.,
   8.75%, 06/15/96       1,000,000     1,003,212

 Caterpillar
   Financial
   Services Corp.,
   6.07%, 07/29/96       5,000,000     5,000,000

 Caterpillar Inc.,
   9.125%, 12/15/96   $    400,000 $     408,288

 Chrysler Financial
   Corp., 6.25%,
   11/15/96              6,000,000     6,007,122

 Corporate Asset
   Funding Co.,
   Inc., 5.787%,
   12/02/96              8,000,000     7,999,065

 Export-Import Bank
   of Korea, 7.85%,
   11/01/96              5,000,000     5,054,958

 First National Bank
   of  Boston,
   6.25%, 05/10/96       2,500,000     2,500,000

 Ford Capital B.V.,
   9.00%, 06/01/96       5,245,000     5,259,173

 General Motors
   Acceptance Corp.,
   8.625%, 07/15/96      1,150,000     1,157,133

 Hertz Corp.,
   9.125%, 08/01/96      1,200,000     1,208,735

 International Lease
   Finance Corp.,
   6.375%, 11/01/96      1,200,000     1,207,035

 Public Service
   Electric & Gas
   Co., 8.75%,
   11/01/96              1,718,000     1,827,846

 Sears Roebuck &
   Co., 8.55%,
   08/01/96              1,000,000     1,007,194

 Weyerhauser Co.,
   8.40%, 05/17/96       5,000,000     5,005,573
                                   --------------
                                   $  46,638,325
                                   --------------

 Medium Term Notes (24.6%)

 America Honda
   Finance Corp.,
   5.488%, 05/01/97      8,000,000     8,000,000

20  See Notes to Portfolio of Investments.
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Money Market Fund (continued)

                        Principal
                         Amount        Value
                        ---------      ------

 America Honda
   Finance Corp.,
   5.55%, 04/15/97    $  9,200,000 $   9,200,000

 AT&T Capital Corp.,
   5.45%, 11/01/96       6,000,000     5,998,957

 AT&T Capital Corp.,
   7.87%, 07/01/96       4,000,000     4,012,684

 BanPonce Financial
   Corp., 6.87%,
   08/23/96              3,000,000     3,011,166

 Chrysler Financial
   Corp., 7.11%,
   03/21/97              2,000,000     2,031,850

 Chrysler Financial
   Corp., 7.13%,
   09/30/96                600,000       603,665

 Columbia/HCA
   Healthcare Corp.,
   6.2125%, 07/27/97     1,000,000     1,000,000

 Columbia/HCA
   Healthcare Corp.,
   4.65%, 07/28/97       1,750,000     1,749,616

 Dean Witter
   Discover & Co.,
   6.02%, 09/29/96       2,000,000     2,000,999

 Discover Credit,
   7.81%, 03/18/97       5,000,000     5,090,904

 Discover Credit
   Corp., 8.73%,
   08/15/96              1,000,000     1,008,744

 Discover Credit
   Corp., 8.89%,
   02/10/97              1,500,000     1,538,552

 Finova Capital
   Corp., 5.595%,
   04/15/97             11,000,000    11,000,000

 First National Bank
   of Boston, 5.43%,
   07/01/96              2,150,000     2,150,000

 Ford Motor Credit
   Co., 8.95%,
   06/14/96           $  1,000,000 $   1,003,531

 Ford Motor Credit
   Co., 9.07%,
   07/05/96                500,000       502,631

 Ford Motor Credit
   Co., 9.10%,
   06/10/96              3,600,000     3,610,701

 Ford Motor Credit
   Co., 9.20%,
   07/16/96                500,000       502,918

 General Motors
   Acceptance Corp.,
   6.375%, 11/21/96      2,000,000     2,004,635

 General Motors
   Acceptance Corp.,
   6.445%, 04/13/98      6,500,000     6,503,200

 General Motors
   Acceptance Corp.,
   7.75%, 01/17/97       1,000,000     1,016,477

 GMAC Australia
   Finance, 6.145%,
   12/06/96              6,000,000     6,005,246

 International Lease
   Finance Corp.,
   4.98%, 09/02/96         500,000       498,308

 Paccar Financial
   Corp., 5.83%,
   09/20/96              6,000,000     5,999,533

 Sears Roebuck &
   Co., 8.98%,
   07/11/96              1,075,000     1,082,288

 Shawmut Bank of
   Connecticut,
   N.A., 6.208%,        13,000,000    12,999,994
   05/10/96
                                   --------------
                                   $ 100,126,599
                                   --------------

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Money Market Fund (continued)

                        Principal
                         Amount        Value
                        ---------      ------

 U.S. Government Agency Obligations (2.2%)

 Federal National
   Mortgage
   Association,
   4.84%, 02/18/97    $  4,000,000 $   4,002,666

 Studen Loan
   Marketing
   Association, FRN,
   5.20%, 01/21/97       5,000,000     5,001,876
                                   --------------
                                   $   9,004,542
                                   --------------
Total Investments
(cost $412,453,877)(a)             $ 412,453,877

 Other assets less
   liabilities                        (5,276,001)
                                   --------------
 Total Net Assets                  $ 407,177,876
                                   --------------

Notes to Portfolio of Investments

(a) The cost of investments for federal income
    tax purposes is identical. There were no
    unrealized gains and losses as of April 30,
    1996.

Category percentages are based on net assets.


22  See Notes to Portfolio of Investments.
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Government Fund

                          Principal    Market
                           Amount      Value
                          ---------    -------

 Long-Term Bonds and Notes (88.0%)

 U.S. Treasury Obligations (35.1%)
 U.S. Treasury Bond,
   10.375%, 11/15/12     $2,000,000 $  2,541,254
 U.S. Treasury Bond,
   7.25%, 05/15/16          500,000      509,611
 U.S. Treasury Note,
   5.75%, 08/15/03        2,000,000    1,903,125
                                    -------------
                                       4,953,990
                                    -------------
 U.S. Government Agency Obligations (32.1%)
 Private Export Funding
   Corp., 5.48%,
   09/15/03                 750,000      722,677
 Small Business
   Administration
   91-20K, 8.25%,
   11/01/11                 861,012      901,221
 Small Business
   Administration
   92-20K, 7.55%,
   11/01/12                 889,439      897,221
 Student Loan Marketing
   Association, 6.22%,
   07/23/97               1,000,000    1,004,500
 Student Loan Marketing
   Association, 7.82%,
   10/14/99               1,000,000    1,004,580
                                    -------------
                                       4,530,199
                                    -------------
 U.S. Government Agency Mortgage-Backed
   Securities (14.3%)
 Government National
   Mortgage
   Association, 9.00%,
   05/15/16                 484,102      509,214
 Government National
   Mortgage
   Association, 9.00%,
   07/15/16                 501,784      527,814
 Government National
   Mortgage
   Association, 7.00%,
   04/15/26               1,020,000      982,707
                                    -------------
                                       2,019,735
                                    -------------

 Asset-Backed Securities (3.5%)
 First Chicago Master
   Trust 94I-A, 5.67%,
   01/15/99              $  500,000 $    500,725
                                    -------------

 Foreign and Supranationals (3.0%)
 Inter-American
   Development Bank,
   12.25%, 12/15/08         300,000      424,305
                                    -------------

 Total Long-Term Bonds
   and Notes
   (cost $12,774,688)               $ 12,428,954
                                    -------------

 Short-Term Investments (10.0%)
 Koch Industries, Inc.,
   Comm. Paper, 5.36%,
   05/01/96                 600,000      600,000
 Pacific Bell, Comm.
   Paper, 5.35%,
   05/01/96                 415,000      415,000
 TRW, Inc., Comm.
   Paper, 5.35%,
   05/01/96                 400,000      400,000
                                    -------------

 Total Short-Term
   Investments
   (cost $1,415,000)                $  1,415,000
                                    -------------
Total Investments
(cost $14,189,688) (a)              $ 13,843,954

 Other assets less
   liabilities                           276,401
                                    -------------
 Total Net Assets                   $ 14,120,355
                                    -------------

Notes to Portfolio of Investments

(a) The cost of investments for federal income
    tax purposesis identical. Unrealized gains
    and losses, based on identified tax cost, at
    April 30, 1996 are as follows:

Unrealized gains ..............       $   38,995
Unrealized losses .............         (384,729)
                                      -----------
     Net unrealized loss ......       $ (345,734)
                                      ===========
Category percentages are based on net assets.

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Bond Fund

                          Principal    Market
                           Amount      Value
                          ---------    -------

 Long-Term Bonds and Notes (87.1%)
 U.S. Treasury Obligations (18.1%)
 U.S. Treasury Bond,
   5.25%, 12/31/97       $2,500,000 $  2,471,866
 U.S. Treasury Bond,
   7.25%, 05/15/16        1,300,000    1,324,989
 U.S. Treasury Note,
   6.875%, 03/31/00       3,000,000    3,053,917
                                    -------------
                                       6,850,772
                                    -------------

 U.S. Government Agency Obligations (8.8%)
 Private Export Funding
   Corp., 5.48%,
   09/15/03               1,500,000    1,445,355
 Small Business
   Administration
   92-20K, 7.55%,
   11/01/12                 889,439      897,221
 Student Loan Marketing
   Association, 6.22%,
   07/23/97               1,000,000    1,004,500
                                    -------------
                                       3,347,076
                                    -------------

 U.S. Government Agency Mortgage-Backed
   Securities (7.1%)
 Federal Home Loan
   Mortgage Corp.,
   7.63%, 12/01/22          980,002      989,175
 Federal National
   Mortgage
   Association, PO
   06/25/19                 369,216      323,725
 Government National
   Mortgage
   Association, 7.00%,
   04/15/26               1,020,000      982,707
 Government National
   Mortgage
   Association, 9.50%,
   07/15/18                 362,779      388,967
                                    -------------
                                       2,684,574
                                    -------------

 Asset-Backed Securities (6.5%)

 First Chicago Master
   Trust 94I-A, 5.67%,
   01/15/99              $1,500,000 $  1,502,175

 Marine Midland 92,
   8.00%, 04/25/23          956,777      953,189
                                    -------------
                                       2,455,364
                                    -------------

 Corporate Bonds (19.7%)

 American Express
   Credit Corp., 8.50%,
   06/15/99               1,000,000    1,050,620

 Associates Corp. N.A.,
   8.55%, 07/15/09        1,000,000    1,102,870

 Columbia/HCA
   Healthcare Corp.,
   6.91%, 06/15/05          500,000      488,857

 Commercial Credit Co.,
   8.70%, 06/15/09        1,000,000    1,099,015

 Exide Corp., 10.00%,
   04/15/05                 500,000      513,750

 Georgia-Pacific Corp.,
   9.50%, 12/01/11          500,000      566,870

 Grand Casinos Inc.,
   10.125%, 12/01/03        500,000      523,750

 Heritage Media Corp.,
   8.75%, 02/15/06          500,000      477,500

 Paramount
   Communications,
   Inc., 7.50%, 07/15/23    500,000      429,480

 TRW, Inc., 9.35%,
   06/04/20               1,000,000    1,190,275
                                    -------------
                                       7,442,987
                                    -------------

24  See Notes to Portfolio of Investments.

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Portfolio of Investments
April 30, 1996 (Unaudited)
Bond Fund (continued)

- --------------------------------------------------
 Foreign and Supranationals (21.0%)
- --------------------------------------------------
 African Development
   Bank, 8.80%, 09/01/19 $  250,000 $    285,238
 China International
   Trust, 9.00%,
   10/15/06               1,000,000    1,056,685
 Empresa Distribuidor
   Sur, 9.20%, 05/17/96   1,500,000    1,500,000
 European Investment
   Bank, 13.00%,
   08/31/96                 614,000      627,508
 Inter-American
   Development Bank,
   12.25%, 12/15/08         900,000    1,272,915
 International Bank For
   Reconstruction &
   Development, 9.25%,
   07/15/17               1,000,000    1,198,870
 KFW International
   Finance, 8.85%,
   06/15/99                 500,000      532,982
 Korea Electric,
   6.375%, 12/01/03         500,000      472,823
 Rogers Cablesystem,
   10.00%, 03/15/05         500,000      511,250
 Swire Pacific, Ltd(b),
   8.50%, 09/29/04          500,000      513,450
                                    -------------
                                       7,971,721
                                    -------------
 Non-Agency Mortgage Backed Securities (5.9%)
 Prudential Home
   Mortgage, 7.00%,
   12/25/07                 859,925      835,203
 Prudential Home
   Mortgage, 7.50%,
   06/25/07                 664,695      658,359
 Resolution Trust Corp.
   1991-17 B6, 8.20%,
   09/25/21                 751,374      752,104
                                    -------------
                                       2,245,666
                                    -------------

 Total Long-Term Bonds
   and Notes
   (cost $32,892,999)               $ 32,998,160
                                    -------------

 Short-Term Investments (11.3%)

 General Electric
   Capital Corp., Comm.
   Paper, 5.35%,
   05/02/96              $1,200,000 $  1,199,822

 NYNEX Corp., Comm.
   Paper, 5.42%,
   05/01/96               1,699,000    1,699,000

 Textron Financial
   Corp., Comm. Paper,
   5.50%, 05/08/96        1,400,000    1,398,503
                                    -------------

 Total Short-Term
   Investments
   (cost $4,297,325)                $  4,297,325
                                    -------------
Total Investments
(cost $37,190,324) (a)              $ 37,295,485

 Other assets less
   liabilities                           603,178
                                    -------------
 Total Net Assets                   $ 37,898,663
                                    -------------

Notes to Portfolio of Investments

(a) The cost of investments for federal income
    tax purposes is identical. Unrealized gains
    and losses, based on identified tax cost, at
    April 30, 1996 are as follows:

Unrealized gains ..............       $  490,875
Unrealized losses .............         (385,714)
                                      ===========
     Net unrealized gain ......       $  105,161
                                      ===========

(b) Securities that may be resold to "qualified institutional buyers" under Rule
    144A or securities offered pursuant to section 4(2) of the Securities Act
    of1933, as amended. These securities have been determined to be liquid under
    guidelines established by the Board of Directors.

Category percentages are based on net assets.

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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The Aetna Fund
                         Number of     Market
                           Shares      Value
                         -----------   -------
 Common Stocks (63.1%)

 Aerospace and Defense (1.7%)

 McDonnell Douglas
   Corp.                      6,800 $    656,200

 United
   Technologies Corp.         7,500      828,749
                                    -------------
                                       1,484,949
                                    -------------

 Apparel (3.2%)

 Gap, Inc.                   15,800      475,975

 Nike, Inc.                  10,000      874,999

 Oshkosh B'Gosh, Inc.         1,700       25,500

 St. John Knits, Inc.           300       17,813

 TJX Companies, Inc.         22,700      669,650

 Tommy Hilfiger Corp.+       13,500      614,250

 Unifirst Corp.               2,400       57,600
                                    -------------
                                       2,735,787
                                    -------------

 Autos and Auto Equipment (0.6%)

 Chrysler Corp.               6,200      389,050

 Intermet Corp.+              3,000       44,250

 Kaydon Corp.                   700       27,825

 Titan Wheel
   International, Inc.        2,000       32,250

 Wynn's International,
   Inc.                         600       16,275
                                    -------------
                                         509,650
                                    -------------

 Banks (1.8%)

 Bancorp Hawaii, Inc.         1,000       36,250

 BayBanks, Inc.                 500       52,375

 Center Financial Corp.       2,000       34,500

 Citizens Banking Corp.         200        5,800

 City National Corp.          7,200      101,700

 Community First
   Bankshares, Inc.           2,000 $     46,000

 Cullen/Frost
   Bankers, Inc.              2,300      113,275

 First American
   Corp. (Tenn.)              1,000       42,750

 First Indiana Corp.          1,400       35,000

 Hibernia Corp. -Class A      3,000       30,750

 HUBCO, Inc.                  3,000       57,000

 Imperial Bancorp               500       12,125

 Liberty Bancorp, Inc.          800       29,200

 Mercantile Bankshares
   Corp.                      1,100       28,188

 MLF Bancorp, Inc.            2,000       48,250

 N.S. Bancorp, Inc.             400       16,500

 Nations Bank, Inc.           4,600      366,850

 North Side Savings Bank      1,000       34,250

 Peoples Bank of
   Bridgeport,
   Connecticut                1,000       21,250

 Provident Bancorp              500       25,500

 Provident Bankshares
   Corp.                      1,050       33,994

 Riggs National Corp.         3,000       37,500

 River Forest Bancorp,
   Inc.                         700       21,000

 Security Capital Corp.       1,000       58,250

 Silicon Valley
   Bancshares+                  900       20,925

 Southtrust Corp.               450       12,206

 St. Francis Capital
   Corp.                      2,000       52,500

 Star Banc Corp.              1,000       65,875


26  See Notes to Portfolio of Investments.
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                         Number of     Market
                           Shares      Value
                         -----------   -------


 Susquehanna
   Bancshares, Inc.             200 $      5,750

 Trustmark Corp.                400        9,200

 Usbancorp, Inc.                200        6,900

 Westamerica Bancorp.           700       33,250

 Zion Bancorporation          1,000       74,500
                                    -------------
                                       1,569,363
                                    -------------

 Building Materials and Construction (1.2%)

 American Buildings Co.+      2,400       60,975

 Beazer Homes USA, Inc.+      2,400       38,400

 Butler
   Manufacturing Co.          1,000       36,750

 Centex Corp.                   700       18,900

 Champion Enterprises,
   Inc.+                      5,800      220,400

 Continental Homes
   Holding Corp.              2,500       57,188

 Granite
   Construction, Inc.         6,450      127,388

 Jacobs Engineering
   Group, Inc.+                 500       13,875

 Lennar Corp.                 3,900       97,500

 NCI Building Systems,
   Inc.+                      1,700       61,625

 Redman
   Industries, Inc.+          2,600       52,325

 Southdown, Inc.              2,000       47,000

 Stone & Webster, Inc.        1,300       44,200

 Texas Industries, Inc.       1,900      121,600

 Tredegar
   Industries, Inc.             600       16,650

 U S Home Corp.+              1,600       39,800

 Webb (Del E.) Corp.          1,300 $     23,238
                                    -------------
                                       1,077,814
                                    -------------

 Chemicals (2.8%)

 Cambrex Corp.                1,000       43,000

 Dow Chemical Co.             2,300      204,413

 Eastman Chemical Co.         3,200      215,200

 Hercules, Inc.              11,800      713,900

 IMC Global, Inc.            12,100      446,188

 Learonal, Inc.               1,100       28,600

 Monsanto Co.                 5,000      757,499
                                    -------------
                                       2,408,800
                                    -------------

 Commercial Services (1.5%)

 Allied Waste
   Industries, Inc.+          4,000       39,000

 Daisytek International
   Corp.+                     1,000       40,750

 Electro Rent Corp.+          2,000       49,750

 May & Speh, Inc.+           35,000      476,875

 Measurex Corp.               2,200       63,800

 Medaphis Corp.+              1,000       46,125

 Regis Corp.                    400       14,750

 Robert Half
   International Inc.+        1,000       57,500

 Service Corp.
   International              8,800      467,500

 Terra Industries, Inc.       4,900       64,313
                                    -------------
                                       1,320,363
                                    -------------

 Computer Software (4.5%)

 BMC Software Inc.+           9,700      590,488

 Cadence Design
   Systems, Inc.+             3,550      185,488

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The Aetna Fund (Continued)

                         Number of     Market
                           Shares      Value
                         -----------   -------


 Cisco Systems, Inc.+        15,400 $    798,874

 Computer Associates
   International, Inc.        9,250      678,719

 Computer Horizons
   Corp.+                     1,500       75,750

 Computer Task Group,
   Inc.                       1,700       47,388

 Continum, Inc.+                850       48,450

 Datastream Systems,
   Inc.+                      2,800       91,000

 McAfee Associates,
   Inc.+                      1,000       61,250

 Microsoft Corp.+             4,700      532,863

 Oak Technology, Inc.+        1,400       25,025

 Oracle Corp.+               18,600      627,750

 Structural Dynamics
   Research Corp.+            3,700      117,938

 Xeikon N.V.+                 1,000       23,125
                                    -------------
                                       3,904,108
                                    -------------

 Computers and Office Equipment (4.8%)

 3Com Corp.+                 13,200      608,850

 Adaptec, Inc.+              11,000      632,500

 American Business
   Products, Inc.               500       10,875

 Applied Magnetics
   Corp.+                     2,000       41,250

 Bay Networks, Inc.+         13,400      422,100

 Comdisco, Inc.               4,100      100,963

 CompUSA, Inc.+               3,000      103,875

 Computervision Corp.+        6,500       78,813

 Converse Technology,
   Inc.+                      1,000       23,375

 DH Technology, Inc.+         2,000       50,500

 HBO & Co.                    5,100 $    605,625

 In Focus Systems, Inc.+      4,800      242,400

 International Business
   Machines, Inc.             5,100      548,250

 Komag, Inc.+                 1,400       46,900

 Mylex Corp.+                 2,000       48,750

 ROSS Technology, Inc.+
                              2,200       27,775

 Sun Microsystems, Inc.+
                              9,400      509,950

 Wallace Computer
   Services,  Inc.            1,000       59,125
                                    -------------
                                       4,161,876
                                    -------------

 Consumer Products (0.6%)

 First Brands Corp.           2,000       53,000

 Helen of Troy Ltd.+          2,000       50,000

 Lewis Galoob Toys,
   Inc.+                      2,000       42,500

 Liz Claiborne, Inc.         10,900      396,488
                                    -------------
                                         541,988
                                    -------------

 Diversified (2.9%)

 AlliedSignal, Inc.           7,200      418,500

 Day Runner, Inc.+              900       28,013

 Deere & Co.                 19,700      765,837

 Dover Corp.                 13,100      674,650

 DT Industries, Inc.          1,600       34,000

 Eastern Enterprises          1,000       35,875

 Harsco Corp.                   900       61,988

 Johnson Controls, Inc.       1,100       78,650

 Textron, Inc.                4,500      385,875

 Varlen Corp.                 1,000       25,250
                                    -------------
                                       2,508,638
                                    -------------

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The Aetna Fund (continued)


                         Number of     Market
                           Shares      Value
                         -----------   -------

 Electrical and Electronics (2.7%)

 BMC Industries, Inc.         4,700 $    125,725

 Checkpoint Systems,
   Inc.+                      3,000       89,625

 Computer Products,
   Inc.+                      3,000       48,563

 CTS Corporation                300       12,525

 Eltron International,
   Inc.+                      2,000       57,500

 Esterline Technologies+      2,700       62,100

 Hadco Corp.+                 1,000       30,375

 Hewlett Packard Co.          7,300      772,887

 Intel Corp.                  7,400      501,350

 Logicon, Inc.                1,000       29,750

 Novellus Systems, Inc.+      1,000       54,250

 Seagate
   Technology, Inc.+          8,900      516,200

 Sierra Semiconductor
   Corp.+                     1,700       27,838

 Silicon Valley Group,
   Inc.+                      1,000       26,750

 Siliconix, Inc.+               400       12,000

 Wyle Electronics               400       16,750
                                    -------------
                                       2,384,188
                                    -------------

 Electrical Equipment (3.1%)

 Berg Electronics Corp.+      2,000       53,250

 Burr-Brown Corp.+            1,450       27,913

 Dionex Corp.+                  200        7,325

 Fluke Corp.                  2,700      104,288

 General Electric Co.         7,800      604,500

 Harman International
   Industries                 1,000       47,250

 Kemet Corp.+                 3,400       81,175

 Kent Electronics Corp.+      4,600 $    193,775

 Marshall Industries+           500       15,938

 Merix Corp.+                 1,100       41,525

 Raychem Corp.                8,600      669,725

 SCI Systems, Inc.+           1,000       42,875

 Sundstrand Corp.            19,500      716,624

 Valmont Industries           2,000       64,000
                                    -------------
                                       2,670,163
                                    -------------

 Financial Services (4.3%)

 Alex Brown & Sons, Inc.      2,000      108,250

 Astoria Financial Corp.      3,100      165,075

 Cal Fed Bancorp, Inc.+       1,000       17,875

 Chase Manhattan Corp.       11,000      757,624

 Deposit Guaranty Corp.       2,000       96,000

 Great Financial Corp.        3,500       95,813

 Green Tree Financial
   Corp.                      6,700      226,125

 Imperial Credit
   Industries, Inc.           1,500       39,000

 Leader Financial Corp.       3,000      132,000

 North American
   Mortgage Co.               2,000       33,750

 Olympic Financial Ltd.+      3,000       66,750

 Peoples Heritage
   Financial Group            2,800       58,450

 Quick & Reilly Group,
   Inc.                       1,000       30,500

 Raymond James
   Financial, Inc.            2,000       45,250

 RCSB Financial, Inc.         1,400       32,900


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The Aetna Fund (Continued)


                         Number of     Market
                           Shares      Value
                         -----------   -------


 Sunamerica, Inc.            10,600 $    577,700

 T. Rowe Price
   Associates                 7,400      412,550

 The Money Store, Inc.        4,000      101,000

 TR Financial Corp.           1,600       42,400

 Travelers, Inc.             11,900      731,849
                                    -------------
                                       3,770,861
                                    -------------

 Foods and Beverages (1.4%)

 Coors (Adolph) Co.           7,700      146,300

 Mondavi (Robert) Corp.+      1,200       33,000

 Nash-Finch Co.                 500        8,750

 Panamerican Beverages,
   Inc. Class A               1,000       43,875

 PepsiCo, Inc.                9,000      571,500

 Safeway, Inc.+              12,000      405,000
                                    -------------
                                       1,208,425
                                    -------------

 Health Services (0.7%)

 HEALTHSOUTH Corp.+          14,000      519,750

 Physician Reliance
   Network, Inc.+             1,100       47,575
                                    -------------
                                         567,325
                                    -------------

 Home Furnishings & Appliances (0.1%)

 Bush Industries, Inc.,
   Class A                      600       18,150

 Herman Miller, Inc.          1,000       30,625

 Oneida, Ltd.                   500        8,625
                                    -------------
                                          57,400
                                    -------------

 Hotels and Restaurants (2.1%)

 Boston Chicken, Inc.+       12,500      400,000

 Consolidated Products,
   Inc.                       1,600 $     25,600

 Foodmaker, Inc.+             5,500       44,688

 HFS, Inc.+                  16,700      857,962

 Marriott
   International, Inc.        9,500      463,125

 Sun International
   Hotels Ltd.+               1,000       42,750
                                    -------------
                                       1,834,125
                                    -------------

 Insurance (3.0%)

 Allied Group, Inc.           1,900       68,163

 Allstate Corp.              12,925      502,459

 American Bankers
   Insurance Group            2,000       79,000

 American International
   Group, Inc.                7,500      685,313

 American Travellers
   Corp.+                     3,750       73,125

 Capital RE Corp.             1,200       45,000

 CMAC Investment Corp.        1,000       56,000

 Commerce Group, Inc.         1,500       30,000

 Enhance Financial
   Services Group, Inc.       3,000       81,375

 Financial Security
   Assurance
   Holdings Ltd.                201        5,427

 Foremost Corp. of
   America                    1,300       70,200

 Fremont General Corp.        5,250      131,250

 Fund American
   Enterprises, Inc.            390       29,835

 Horace Mann Educators
   Corp.                      3,100      101,913

30  See Notes to Portfolio of Investments.
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The Aetna Fund (continued)


                         Number of     Market
                           Shares      Value
                         -----------   -------


 Markel Corp.+                1,000 $     80,000

 Maxicare Health Plans,
   Inc.+                      2,400       49,200

 Orion Capital Corp.          1,500       66,563

 PartnerRe Ltd.               1,200       33,900

 Penncorp Financial
   Group, Inc.                2,200       67,375

 Presidential Life Corp.        800        7,800

 Protective Life Corp.          900       31,275

 Reinsurance Group of
   America                    1,700       70,550

 Reliastar Financial
   Corp.                      1,000       43,625

 Selective Insurance
   Group                      1,300       40,788

 Vesta Insurance Group,
   Inc.                       2,400       77,100

 Washington National
   Corp.                      1,200       33,150
                                    -------------
                                       2,560,386
                                    -------------

 Machinery and Equipment (1.2%)

 Bearings, Inc.                 500       16,000

 Case Corp.                   1,500       75,750

 Cognex Corp.+                2,000       53,500

 Cooper Cameron Corp.+        1,900       85,738

 Fluor Corp.                  6,100      403,363

 Gleason Corp.                1,000       39,375

 Global Industrial
   Technologies, Inc.+        1,200       22,050

 Graco, Inc.                    900       18,113

 Greenfield Industries        1,000       38,000

 IDEX Corp.                     200        7,850

 JLG Industries, Inc.         3,000 $    163,500

 Kysor Industrial Corp.       1,000       25,750

 Lindsay Manufacturing Co.      600       22,500

 Raymond Corp. (The)            597       10,597

 Regal Beloit                 3,400       65,875
                                    -------------
                                       1,047,961
                                    -------------

 Media and Entertainment (0.3%)

 American Radio Systems
   Corp.+                     1,000       33,750

 Anthony Industries, Inc.     2,000       57,000

 Cannondale Corp.+            2,000       44,500

 Coachmen Industries,
   Inc.                       2,000       56,000

 Fleetwood Enterprises,
   Inc.                       1,300       34,125

 Grand Casinos, Inc.+         1,700       55,038
                                    -------------
                                         280,413
                                    -------------

 Medical Supplies (1.3%)

 Boston Scientific
   Corp.+                     4,500      194,063

 Coherent, Inc.+              2,100      112,613

 MediSense, Inc.+             2,400      108,000

 Medtronic, Inc.              8,800      467,500

 NABI, Inc.+                  4,600       56,638

 Nellcor, Inc.+               2,268      111,132

 OrNda HealthCorp+            2,300       63,250

 PLC Systems, Inc.+           1,000       29,750

 Respironics, Inc.+             900       19,673
                                    -------------
                                       1,162,619
                                    -------------

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The Aetna Fund (continued)


                         Number of     Market
                           Shares      Value
                         -----------   -------


 Metals and Mining (1.6%)

 AK Steel Holding Corp.       1,000 $     38,250

 Cleveland-Cliffs, Inc.       1,000       41,750

 Cyprus Amax Minerals
   Co.                        6,900      187,163

 Mueller
   Industries, Inc.+          3,400      136,850

 Phelps Dodge Corp.           8,000      588,000

 Potash Corp. of
   Saskatchewan, Inc.         5,400      380,700

 Shiloh Industries,           3,000       43,125
   Inc.+
                                    -------------
                                       1,415,838
                                    -------------

 Oil and Gas (4.5%)

 Berry Petroleum Co.          1,200       14,700

 Camco International,
   Inc.                       1,000       35,625

 Chesapeake Energy
   Corp.+                     1,050       74,288

 Exxon Corp.                  4,900      416,500

 Halliburton Co.              9,500      545,063

 Mobil Corp.                  4,200      483,000

 NorAm Energy Corp.           4,000       44,000

 NUI Corp.                    2,200       40,975

 Pride Petroleum
   Services, Inc.+            3,000       49,125

 Reading & Bates Corp.+       2,000       49,000

 Royal Dutch Petroleum
   Co.                        3,200      458,400

 Santa Fe Energy
   Resources, Inc.+           4,200       50,400

 Seacor Holdings+             1,000       41,250

 Smith
   International, Inc.+       5,000      148,750

 Sonat Offshore
   Drilling Co.               4,400 $    241,450

 Swift Energy Co.+            2,200       34,100

 Tesoro Petroleum Corp.+      4,500       49,500

 Texaco, Inc.                 6,800      581,400

 Tidewater, Inc.             12,000      510,000

 Tuboscope Vetco
   International Corp.+       4,500       58,500
                                    -------------
                                       3,926,026
                                    -------------

 Paper and Containers (0.6%)

 Aptargroup, Inc.               800       30,100

 Mead Corp.                   6,500      361,563

 Mercer International,
   Inc.+                      2,900       65,613

 US Can Corp.+                3,000       51,375
                                    -------------
                                         508,651
                                    -------------

 Pharmaceuticals (5.3%)

 Amgen, Inc.+                11,200      644,000

 Autoimmune, Inc.+            1,000       11,750

 Becton, Dickinson & Co.      7,300      588,563

 Biovail Corp.
   International+             1,000       28,250

 Immulogic
   Pharmaceutical Corp.+      1,600       17,200

 Immunex Corp.+                 300        4,688

 Johnson & Johnson           13,603    1,258,277

 Medeva plc                   2,000       30,500

 Merck & Co., Inc.            5,400      326,700

 Pfizer, Inc.                13,300      916,037


32  See Notes to Portfolio of Investments.
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The Aetna Fund (continued)


                         Number of     Market
                           Shares      Value
                         -----------   -------

 Pharmacia & Upjohn,
   Inc.                       6,800 $    260,100

 Schering Plough              5,300      304,088

 Watson
   Pharmaceuticals,
   Inc.+                      3,500      166,250
                                    -------------
                                       4,556,403
                                    -------------

 Printing and Publishing (0.2%)

 Applied Graphics
   Technologies, Inc.+        3,000       40,125

 Banta Corp.                  1,600       39,200

 Harte-Hanks
   Communications               900       21,263

 Pulitzer Publishing Co.        500       28,500
                                    -------------
                                         129,088
                                    -------------

 Real Estate Investment Trusts (0.1%)

 CWM Mortgage Holdings,
   Inc.                       2,000       30,000

 Patriot American
   Hospitality, Inc.          1,000       27,875

 Public Storage, Inc.         1,600       32,800
                                    -------------
                                          90,675
                                    -------------

 Retail (1.2%)

 Carson Pirie Scott &
   Co.+                       2,200       53,350

 Claire's Stores, Inc.        4,400       95,700

 Compucom Systems, Inc.+      5,000       48,750

 Corporate Express,
   Inc.+                      1,000       37,375

 Friedman's, Inc. Class A+      900       23,175

 Laclede Gas Co.              1,200       28,200

 Orchard Supply
   Hardware+                  2,000 $     53,250

 Ross Stores, Inc.            2,800       96,600

 Sears, Roebuck & Co.         9,500      473,813

 Waban, Inc.+                 2,300       56,350

 West Marine, Inc.+             100        5,525

 Zale Corp.+                  3,000       55,875
                                    -------------
                                       1,027,963
                                    -------------

 Telecommunications (1.1%)

 360 Communications Co.+      7,666      180,151

 Ameritech Corp.              3,300      192,638

 Cascade Communications
   Corp.+                     1,500      150,375

 Digital Systems
   International, Inc.+       3,000       59,250

 Lucent Technologies,
   Inc.+                     11,000      386,375
                                    -------------
                                         968,789
                                    -------------

 Transportation (1.0%)

 Alaska Air Group, Inc.+      2,500       63,438

 America West Airlines,
   Inc. Class B+              1,500       31,500

 AMR Corp.+                   4,100      365,925

 Avondale Industries,
   Inc.+                      3,700       70,763

 Comair Holdings, Inc.        2,550       94,350

 Southwest Airlines Co.       9,300      276,675
                                    -------------
                                         902,651
                                    -------------

 Utilities - Electric (0.8%)

 Calenergy, Inc.+             2,300       59,800


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The Aetna Fund (continued)


                         Number of     Market
                           Shares      Value
                         -----------   -------

 Central Hudson Gas &
   Electric Co.               2,200 $     63,800

 Central Louisiana
   Electric                     300        7,688

 Central Maine Power Co.      2,000       28,500

 Central Vermont Public
   Service                    1,400       19,950

 Cilcorp, Inc.                1,300       56,063

 Commonwealth Energy
   System, Inc.               1,000       45,875

 Eastern Utilities            2,000       40,750
   Assoc.

 Idaho Power Co.              2,000       58,000

 IES Industries, Inc.         1,200       31,800

 Interstate Power Co.         1,400       42,875

 MDU Resources Group,
   Inc.                         350        7,656

 TNP Enterprises, Inc.        1,800       42,750

 United Illuminating Co.      2,100       76,388

 Washington Water Power
   Co.                        2,000       36,250

 WPS Resources Corp.          2,100       66,413
                                    -------------
                                         684,558
                                    -------------

 Utilities - Oil and Gas (0.9%)

 Atmos Energy Corp.           2,000       49,500

 Bay State Gas Co.              600       16,650

 Indiana Energy, Inc.         1,600       38,200

 New Jersey Resources
   Corp.                      2,100       59,588

 People's Energy Corp.        2,000       63,000

 Washington Gas Light
   Co.                        1,200       25,200

 Wicor, Inc.                  1,900       65,313

 Williams Cos., Inc.          9,600 $    490,800
                                    -------------
                                         808,251
                                    -------------

 Utilities - Water (0.0%)

 Philadelphia Suburban
   Corp.                        500       11,625
                                    -------------
 Total Common Stocks
   ($45,062,291)                    $ 54,797,720
                                    -------------

 Preferred Stocks (0.5%)

 Chemicals (0.5%)

 Union Carbide Corp.          9,400      427,700
                                    -------------

 Total Preferred
   Stocks ($278,187)                $    427,700
                                    -------------

 Long-Term Bonds and Notes (26.3%)

 Corporate Bonds (14.2%)

                         Principal     Market
                           Amount      Value
                         ------------------------
 American General
   Finance, 8.45%,
   10/15/09              $1,000,000 $  1,088,704
 AT&T Corp., 7.50%,
   06/01/06               1,000,000    1,031,269
 Centennial Cellular
   Corp., 10.125%,
   05/15/05                 850,000      845,749
 CMS Energy, 9.875%,
   10/01/99                 750,000      787,499
 Commercial Credit Co.,
   8.70%, 06/15/09        1,000,000    1,099,014
 Continental
   Cablevision, 8.30%,
   05/15/06                 500,000      512,500

 Exide Corp., 10.00%,
   04/15/05                 525,000      539,438

 Exide Corp., 10.75%,
   12/15/02                 250,000      261,875


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The Aetna Fund (continued)


                         Principal     Market
                           Amount      Value
                         -----------   -------

 Heritage Media Corp.,
   8.75%, 02/15/06       $1,125,000 $  1,074,374

 Kaman Corp., 6.00%,
   03/15/12                 499,000      414,170

 MFS Communications,
   0.00%, 01/15/04          700,000      532,875

 News America Holdings,
   8.50%, 02/23/25          700,000      752,877

 Ralph's Grocery,
   10.45%, 06/15/04       1,000,000      979,999

 Tele-Communcations,
   Inc., 9.80%, 02/01/12    800,000      860,151

 Telewest Plc, 0.00%,
   10/01/07               1,000,000      617,500

 Viacom, Inc., 8.00%,
   07/07/06               1,000,000      936,249
                                    -------------
 Total Corporate Bonds
   (cost $12,212,694)               $ 12,334,243
                                    -------------

 Foreign and Supranationals (5.9%)

 African Development
   Bank, 8.80%, 09/01/19  1,000,000    1,140,949

 App International
   Finance, 10.25%,
   10/01/00                 350,000      348,250

 App International
   Finance, 11.75%,
   10/01/05                 500,000      487,500

 Poland Discount Bond,
   7.125%, 10/27/24       1,000,000      929,999

 Poland Non-US Glb
   Reg'd, 3.75%,
   10/27/14               1,000,000      764,999

 Swire Pacific, Ltd(b),
   8.50%, 09/29/04        1,000,000    1,026,899

 Transport De Gas Del
   Sur, 7.75%, 12/23/98  $  400,000 $    385,000
                                    -------------
 Total Foreign and
   Supranationals
   (cost $4,916,132)                $  5,083,596
                                    -------------

 U.S. Government Obligations (4.3%)

 U.S. Treasury Bond,
   5.25%, 12/31/97        2,000,000    1,977,492

 U.S. Treasury Bond,
   6.375%, 03/31/01       1,000,000      998,749

 U.S. Treasury Bond,
   7.625%, 02/15/25         250,000      268,399

 U.S. Treasury Note,
   6.25%, 08/31/96          450,000      451,123
                                    -------------
 Total U.S.
   Government
   Obligations
   (cost $3,687,370)                $  3,695,763
                                    -------------

 Non-Agency Mortgage-Backed Securities (1.9%)

 Merrill Lynch Mortgage
   Investors, Inc.,
   7.795%, 06/15/21         929,504      929,648

 Resolution Trust Corp.
   1991-17 B6, 8.20%,
   09/25/21                 751,374      752,103
                                    -------------

 Total Non-Agency
   Mortgage-Backed
   Securities
   (cost $1,697,762)                $  1,681,751
                                    -------------

 Total Long-Term
   Bonds and Notes
   (cost $22,513,958)               $ 22,795,353
                                    -------------

 Short-Term Investments (10.1%)
 Baxter International
   Inc., Comm. Paper,
   5.55%, 05/01/96        1,516,000    1,516,000

                                       Aetna Mutual Funds Semi-Annual Report  35
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The Aetna Fund (continued)

                         Principal     Market
                           Amount      Value
                         -----------   -------

 Lockheed Martin Corp.,
   Comm. Paper, 5.50%,
   05/01/96              $3,500,000 $  3,497,326
 Renaissance Energy
   Co., Comm. Paper,
   5.50%, 05/01/96        3,568,000    3,568,000
 U.S. Treasury Bill,
   Time Deposit, 4.71%,
   11/14/96                 210,000      204,107
                                    -------------
 Total Short-Term
   Investments
   (cost $8,785,639)                $  8,785,433
                                    -------------
Total Investments
(cost $76,640,075) (a)              $ 86,806,206

 Other assets less
   liabilities                           (27,040)
                                    -------------
 Total Net Assets                   $ 86,779,166

Notes to Portfolio of Investments

+Non-income producing security.

(a) The cost of investments for federal income tax purposes amount to
    $76,663,587. Unrealized gains and losses, based on identified tax cost, at
    April 30, 1996 are as follows:

Unrealized gains ............      $  10,994,572
Unrealized losses ...........           (851,953)
                                   ==============
     Net unrealized gain ....      $  10,142,619
                                   ==============

(b) Securities that may be resold to "qualified institutional buyers" under Rule
    144A or securities offered pursuant to section 4(2) of the Securities Act of
    1933, as amended. These securities have been determined to be liquid under
    guidelines established by the Board of Directors.

 Category percentages are based on net assets.


36  See Notes to Financial Statements.
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Growth and Income Fund

                        Principal     Market
                          Amount       Value
                        -----------   -------
 Common Stocks (92.5%)

 United States (88.8%)

 Aerospace and Defense (0.3%)

 McDonnell Douglas
   Corp.                     6,900 $     665,850

 United
   Technologies Corp.        5,100       563,550
                                   --------------
                                       1,229,400
                                   --------------

 Apparel (1.3%)

 Nike, Inc.                 57,600     5,039,999

 Oshkosh B'Gosh, Inc.        2,300        34,500
                                   --------------
                                       5,074,499
                                   --------------

 Autos and Auto Equipment (2.1%)

 Chrysler Corp.             91,200     5,722,799

 Ford Motor Co.             41,000     1,470,875

 Kaydon Corp.                2,800       111,300

 Masland Corp.               1,100        22,413

 Smith (A.O.) Corp.          1,100        25,300

 Snap On, Inc.              18,300       878,400
                                   --------------
                                       8,231,087
                                   --------------

 Banks (4.0%)

 Bank of Boston Corp.       16,600       803,025

 Barnett Banks, Inc.         3,773       239,114

 Charter One
   Financial, Inc.           2,400        83,700

 CITICORP                   29,900     2,354,624

 Citizens Bancorp              600        17,850

 City National Corp.        13,700       193,513

 Comercial Net
   Lease Realty              1,600        20,800

 Cullen/Frost
   Bankers, Inc.             2,600       128,050

 First American
   Corp. (Tenn.)             5,700 $     243,675

 First Chicago Corp.        79,278     3,270,217

 First Empire
   State Corp.                 300        71,400

 First Tennessee
   National Corp.            4,200       138,600

 First Union Corp.          52,900     3,253,349

 Golden West
   Financial Corp.          19,100     1,005,138

 Investors Financial
   Services Corp.            6,900       147,488

 KeyCorp                     4,300       166,088

 Nations Bank, Inc.         37,400     2,982,649

 Peoples Bank of
   Bridgeport,
   Connecticut               5,200       110,500

 St. Francis
   Capital Corp.               800        21,000

 Star Banc Corp.             4,100       270,088

 Susquehanna
   Bancshares, Inc.            400        11,500

 Zion Bancorporation         1,800       134,100
                                   --------------
                                      15,666,468
                                   --------------

 Building Materials and Construction (1.1%)

 Arvin Industries,
   Inc.                        300         6,750

 Beazer Homes USA,
   Inc.+                     3,900        62,400

 Butler
   Manufacturing Co.           600        22,050

 Centex Corp.               40,300     1,088,100

 Champion
   Enterprises, Inc.+       10,000       380,000

See Notes to Portfolio of Investments.

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Growth and Income Fund (continued)

                        Number of     Market
                          Shares       Value
                        -----------   --------
 United States (continued)

 Continental Homes
   Holding Corp.            17,300 $     395,738

 Elcor Corp.                 2,500        60,000

 Granite
   Construction, Inc.        8,700       171,825

 Jacobs Engineering
   Group, Inc.+              1,200        33,300

 Lennar Corp.               15,300       382,500

 NCI Building
   Systems, Inc.+            1,200        43,500

 Pulte Corp.                30,000       795,000

 Redman
   Industries, Inc.+         7,600       152,950

 Skyline Corp.               1,800        44,100

 Texas Industries,
   Inc.                     10,300       659,200

 Tredegar
   Industries, Inc.          1,350        37,463

 Webb (Del E.) Corp.         3,500        62,563

 WHX Corp.+                  2,200        25,300
                                   --------------
                                       4,422,739
                                   --------------

 Chemicals (1.5%)

 ARCO Chemical Co.           3,900       207,188

 Cytec Industries+          12,300     1,019,363

 Dexter Corp.                1,100        29,563

 First Mississippi
   Corp.                    78,600     1,827,450

 Goodrich (B.F.) Co.         8,600       341,850

 Mallinckrodt Group,
   Inc.                      6,200       244,125

 Rexene Corp.               27,000       347,625

 Uniroyal Chemical
   Corp.+                  149,200     1,753,100
                                   --------------
                                       5,770,264
                                   --------------

 Commercial Services (0.3%)

 Devry, Inc.+                  600 $      22,350

 Eagle River
   Interactive, Inc.+          700        15,050

 GATX Corp.                  6,500       292,500

 Kindercare Learning
   Centers, Inc.+            4,200        60,375

 Measurex Corp.              2,800        81,200

 NCKS Group, Inc.+           9,000       281,250

 PhyMatrix Corp.+            3,500        66,500

 PIA Merchandising
   Services, Inc.+             500        13,125

 Robert Half
   International Inc.+       6,200       356,500
                                   --------------
                                       1,188,850
                                   --------------

 Computer Software (4.7%)

 Acxiom Corp.+               2,500        68,750

 American Management
   Systems, Inc.+            2,400        63,900

 Boole &
   Babbage, Inc.+            1,500        39,563

 Cadence Design
   Systems, Inc.+           12,200       637,450

 Cisco Systems, Inc.+      107,600     5,581,749

 Computer Associates
   International, Inc.      36,900     2,707,537

 Computer Horizons
   Corp.+                      900        45,450

 Computer Sciences
   Corp.+                   44,100     3,263,399

 Comshare, Inc.+             1,350        32,400

 Continum, Inc.+             2,154       122,778

38  See Notes to Portfolio of Investments.
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Growth and Income Fund (continued)

                        Number of     Market
                          Shares       Value
                        -----------   --------


 United States (continued)

 Control Data
   Systems, Inc.+              200 $       4,700

 DecisionOne Corp.+          4,200       106,050

 DST Systems, Inc.+          1,800        66,150

 Engineering
   Animation, Inc.+          1,400        32,550

 Henry (Jack) &
   Associates                1,100        34,513

 i2 Technologies,
   Inc.+                       400        16,300

 Kronos, Inc.+               2,250        66,938

 Macneal-Schwendler
   Corp.                     1,300        17,713

 Meridian Data, Inc.+        2,900        50,388

 Microsoft Corp.+           34,900     3,956,787

 Network General
   Corp.+                    2,600       114,725

 Pairgain
   Technologies, Inc.+       1,100       105,050

 Reynolds & Reynolds
   Co.                       2,800       129,500

 Security Dynamics
   Technologies, Inc.+         200        16,900

 SPSS, Inc.+                 1,100        21,725

 Sterling Commerce,
   Inc.+                     1,000        35,000

 Structural Dynamics
   Research Corp.+          15,100       481,313

 Viasoft, Inc.+             16,800       609,000
                                   --------------
                                      18,428,278
                                   --------------

 Computers and Office Equipment (2.9%)

 Adaptec, Inc.+              4,200       241,500

 Alco Standard Corp.            16           926

 Applied Magnetics
   Corp.+                    3,000 $      61,875

 Boise Cascade Office
   Product+                    700        54,775

 Cabletron Systems,
   Inc.+                     5,600       422,100

 Ceridian Corp.+            19,200       916,800

 Comdisco, Inc.              4,800       118,200

 CompUSA, Inc.+             28,400       983,350

 Computervision Corp.+       8,900       107,913

 EMC Corp.+                 11,300       231,650

 Ennis Business
   Forms, Inc.               2,900        31,175

 Gateway 2000, Inc.+         7,400       258,075

 Harris Corp.                3,900       240,825

 HBO & Co.                   1,200       142,500

 In Focus
   Systems, Inc.+            5,100       257,550

 International
   Business Machines,        2,400       258,000
   Inc.

 Komag, Inc.+                6,600       221,100

 Moore Corp. Ltd.           45,000       821,250

 Mylex Corp.+                  700        17,063

 Standard Register Co.       2,000        51,000

 Sun Microsystems,
   Inc.+                    76,800     4,166,399

 Wallace Computer
   Services,  Inc.           4,000       236,500

 Western Digital
   Corp.+                    6,900       162,150

 Xerox Corp.                 9,300     1,362,450
                                   --------------
                                      11,365,126
                                   --------------

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Growth and Income Fund (continued)

                        Number of     Market
                          Shares       Value
                        -----------   --------
 United States (continued)

 Consumer Products (1.1%)

 Eastman Kodak Co.          19,200 $   1,468,800

 First Brands Corp.         11,800       312,700

 Liz Claiborne, Inc.        68,500     2,491,687
                                   --------------
                                       4,273,187
                                   --------------

 Diversified (2.8%)

 Dover Corp.                84,200     4,336,299

 Harsco Corp.                6,500       447,688

 Helix Technology
   Corp.                     1,200        45,225

 Johnson                     8,000       572,000
   Controls, Inc.

 Lydall, Inc.+               1,100        25,850

 NACCO Industries,
   Inc.                      3,000       189,375

 Oakley,  Inc.+              4,000       184,000

 Opal, Inc.+                 2,300        33,638

 Paragon Trade
   Brands, Inc.+            14,600       341,275

 Plantronics, Inc.+            700        28,088

 SPS Technologies,
   Inc.+                       400        26,000

 Standex
   International Corp.       1,000        27,000

 Teledyne, Inc.              1,300        48,263

 Textron, Inc.              42,100     3,610,074

 The Manitowoc Co.,
   Inc.                        100         3,400

 U.S. Industries,
   Inc.+                    47,800     1,003,800

 Varlen Corp.                1,560        39,390
                                   --------------
                                      10,961,365
                                   --------------

 Electrical and Electronics (2.8%)

 ADT Ltd.+                   9,300       158,100

 Amphenol Corp.+             5,400 $     142,425

 Analog Devices, Inc.+       3,800        97,850

 Applied
   Materials, Inc.+         53,300     2,132,000

 Cohu, Inc.                    300         7,650

 CTS Corporation               500        20,875

 DII Group, Inc.+            1,000        34,750

 Electro Scientific
   Industries, Inc.+           800        19,200

 Esterline
   Technologies+            32,300       742,900

 Hewlett Packard Co.        41,100     4,351,462

 Integrated Packaging
   Assembly Corp.+           2,300        23,000

 KLA Instruments
   Corp.+                   18,800       542,850

 LTX Corp.+                 24,400       234,850

 Maxim Integrated
   Products, Inc.+           4,100       140,425

 Mentor
   Graphics Corp.+          16,200       259,200

 MTS Systems Corp.           1,800        37,800

 National Service
   Industries, Inc.         19,300       714,100

 Network Equipment
   Tech, Inc.+              15,700       400,350

 Novellus
   Systems, Inc.+            8,700       471,975

 Ramtron
   International
   Corp.+                    3,700        29,369

 Symbol Technologies,
   Inc.+                     1,500        69,375

 Tencor Instruments+         3,000        74,250

 Watkins-Johnson Co.           700        23,625

40  See Notes to Portfolio of Investments.
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Growth and Income Fund (continued)

                        Number of     Market
                          Shares       Value
                        -----------   --------
United States (continued)

 Wyle Electronics            2,100 $      87,938
                                   --------------
                                      10,816,319
                                   --------------

 Electrical Equipment (3.2%)

 ADflex
   Solutions, Inc.+          2,100        34,650

 Avnet, Inc.                 5,900       311,225

 Belden Inc.                24,100       716,975

 Berg Electronics
   Corp.+                    6,700       178,388

 Charter Power
   Systems, Inc.             1,200        33,000

 Fore Systems, Inc.+           800        63,200

 General Electric Co.       52,800     4,091,999

 Harman International
   Industries                3,465       163,721

 Honeywell, Inc.            14,000       736,750

 International
   Rectifier Corp.+         18,500       416,250

 Kemet Corp.+                7,900       188,613

 Merix Corp.+                4,200       158,550

 Methode Electronics,
   Inc. Class A              2,800        46,900

 Pittway Corp. Class A         250        11,938

 Raychem Corp.              55,200     4,298,699

 SCI Systems, Inc.+          7,100       304,413

 Vitesse
   Semiconductor            21,300       636,338
   Corp.+
                                   --------------
                                      12,391,609
                                   --------------

 Financial Services (6.5%)

 Alex Brown &
   Sons, Inc.                4,600       248,975

 Astoria
   Financial Corp.           3,700 $     197,025

 AT&T Capital Corp.            700        27,213

 Bear Sterns Co., Inc.      22,000       552,750

 Beneficial Corp.            1,500        82,875

 Cal Fed Bancorp,           65,500     1,170,813
   Inc.+

 Chase Manhattan Corp.      93,112     6,413,088

 Commercial
   Federal Corp.            19,300       740,638

 ContiFinancial Corp.+       2,200        70,125

 Dean Witter Discover
   and Co.                  30,900     1,684,050

 Downey Financial
   Corp.                       400         8,650

 Edwards (A.G.), Inc.        1,400        32,900

 Envoy Corp.+                1,700        49,088

 First USA
   Paymentech, Inc.+           600        26,100

 Great Financial Corp.       2,800        76,650

 Leader Financial            4,300       189,200
   Corp.

 Merrill Lynch &
   Co., Inc.                35,800     2,161,424

 Morgan Stanley Goup,
   Inc.                     75,000     3,768,749

 Paine Webber Group,
   Inc.                      8,000       167,000

 Peoples Heritage
   Financial Group           5,000       104,375

 Phoenix Duff &
   Phelps Corp.              5,900        39,825

 RCSB Financial, Inc.        4,400       103,400

 TCF Financial Corp.         5,400       191,025


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Growth and Income Fund (continued)

                        Number of     Market
                          Shares       Value
                        -----------   -------


 United States (continued)

 TR Financial Corp.          4,400 $     116,600

 Transamerica Corp.         28,700     2,181,199

 Travelers, Inc.            79,200     4,870,799
                                   --------------
                                      25,274,536
                                   --------------

 Foods and Beverages (5.6%)

 Cagle's, Inc.               1,300        18,850

 Campbell Soup Co.          42,500     2,656,249

 Coca-Cola Co.              31,600     2,575,399

 Coca-Cola
   Enterprises, Inc.         3,300        97,350

 CPC International,         10,500       725,813
   Inc.

 Darden Restaurants,
   Inc.                    117,800     1,619,750

 Heinz (H.J.) Co.           12,000       406,500

 Hershey Foods Corp.         5,800       440,075

 Kroger Co. (The)+          35,000     1,439,375

 Mondavi (Robert)
   Corp.+                    3,700       101,750

 Nash-Finch Co.              1,300        22,750

 PepsiCo, Inc.             100,800     6,400,799

 Safeway, Inc.+             13,400       452,250

 Sara Lee Corp.             86,600     2,684,599

 Super Food
   Services, Inc.            1,400        17,850

 Supervalu, Inc.            70,000     2,239,999
                                   --------------
                                      21,899,358
                                   --------------

 Health Services (0.6%)

 Bergen Brunswig
   Corp. Class A             2,800        76,300

 Genetics
   Institute, Inc.+          1,700       120,700

 Health Management
   Associates, Inc.+           500 $      16,000

 HEALTHSOUTH Corp.+         10,300       382,388

 Invacare Corp.              5,900       153,400

 Lincare
   Holdings, Inc.+           9,900       384,244

 NCS HealthCare, Inc.+         100         3,350

 Tenet Healthcare
   Corp.+                   26,100       535,050

 United Healthcare
   Corp.                       259        15,152

 Universal Health
   Services, Inc.+           4,400       244,200

 US Healthcare, Inc.         7,600       396,150

 Wellpoint Health
   Networks, Inc.+           2,900        99,325
                                   --------------
                                       2,426,259
                                   --------------

 Home Furnishings & Appliances (0.1%)

 Bush Industries,
   Inc., Class A            11,500       347,875

 Haverty Furniture
   Co., Inc.                 2,500        35,000

 Kimball
   International,              800        23,200
   Inc. Class B

 Maytag Corp.                2,900        62,350

 Oneida, Ltd.                1,700        29,325
                                   --------------
                                         497,750
                                   --------------

 Hotels and Restaurants (0.9%)

 HomeTown
   Buffet, Inc.+             2,100        29,925

 Marcus Corp.                  900        25,088

42  See Notes to Portfolio of Investments.
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Growth and Income Fund (continued)

                        Number of     Market
                          Shares       Value
                        -----------   --------
United States (continued)

 Marriott
   International, Inc.      43,800 $   2,135,249

 Millennium &
   Copthorne Hotels
   Plc+                      4,700        91,063

 Promus Hotel Corp.+        33,500       950,563

 RFS Hotel
   Investors Inc.           11,300       194,925
                                   --------------
                                       3,426,813
                                   --------------

 Household Products (0.1%)

 Carlisle Cos., Inc.           600        27,900

 Clorox Co.                  1,700       140,463
                                   --------------
                                         168,363
                                   --------------

 Insurance (2.5%)

 Allied Group, Inc.          1,400        50,225

 Allstate Corp.                  2            78

 Ambac,  Inc.                5,700       277,163

 American Bankers
   Insurance Group           5,200       205,400

 Bankers Life Holding
   Corp.                     7,600       152,950

 Capital American
   Financial Corp.           1,100        26,538

 Cigna Corp.                 4,500       510,188

 Conseco, Inc.              69,200     2,525,799

 Enhance Financial
   Services Group,             400        10,850
   Inc.

 Equitable of
   Iowa Cos.                 1,500        52,875

 Financial Security
   Assurance
   Holdings Ltd.               268         7,236

 Fremont General Corp.       7,665       191,625

 Frontier Insurance
   Group, Inc.                 700 $      22,575

 Guarantee Life
   Companies, Inc.+         20,000       342,500

 Highlands Insurance
   Co.+                         30           570

 IPC Holdings Ltd+          11,900       233,538

 Lawyers Title Corp.         1,300        23,400

 Maic Holdings, Inc.           742        24,022

 Markel Corp.+                 400        32,000

 Maxicare Health
   Plans, Inc.+              8,900       182,450

 Meadowbrook
   Insurance Group,
   Inc.                     15,000       466,875

 MGIC Investment Corp.      22,500     1,220,625

 Mutual Risk
   Management Ltd.           5,900       233,050

 NAC Re Corp.                  600        19,650

 Old Republic
   International Corp.      11,217       370,161

 Orion Capital Corp.         9,100       403,813

 Pxre Corp.                    900        22,950

 Reliance Group
   Holdings, Inc.          188,900     1,511,200

 Reliastar Financial
   Corp.                     2,445       106,663

 RISCORP, Inc.+              2,500        59,063

 Safeco Corp.               14,600       481,800
                                   --------------
                                       9,767,832
                                   --------------

 Machinery and Equipment (1.5%)

 Allied Products,            1,000        26,375
   Corp.

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Growth and Income Fund (continued)

                        Number of     Market
                          Shares       Value
                        -----------   -------


 United States (continued)

 Barnes Group, Inc.          1,900 $      88,113

 Blount, Inc. Class A        2,100        65,100

 Case Corp.                  6,600       333,300

 Caterpillar,  Inc.         13,900       889,600

 Cooper Cameron Corp.+      15,900       717,488

 Electroglas, Inc.+          1,600        31,200

 Global Industrial
   Technologies, Inc.+       7,900       145,163

 Illinois Tool
   Works, Inc.              11,800       793,550

 Lam Research Corp.+        23,300       943,650

 Parker-Hannifin Corp.      38,300     1,618,175

 Regal Beloit                3,800        73,625

 Tecumseh Products
   Co. Class A               1,400        79,100
                                   --------------
                                       5,804,439
                                   --------------

 Media and Entertainment (1.9%)

 AMC Entertainment+         20,800       538,200

 American Portable+         16,100       241,500

 Callaway Golf Co.          10,000       267,500

 Chris-Craft
   Industries Inc.              30         1,283

 Coastcast Corp.+           87,600     2,047,650

 Grand Casinos, Inc.+        4,800       155,400

 Gtech Holdings Corp.+      29,900       848,413

 Jones Intercable, Inc.+       300         4,331

 King World
   Production, Inc.+        46,000     2,001,000

 Media General, Inc.        16,600       639,100

 Mirage Resorts, Inc.+       8,300       434,713

 Regal Cinemas, Inc.+        5,100 $     207,825
                                   --------------
                                       7,386,915
                                   --------------

 Medical Supplies (2.2%)

 Baxter
   International, Inc.      19,100 $     845,175

 Bio-Rad Labs, Inc.
   Class A+                  2,600       120,900

 Coherent, Inc.+             5,400       289,575

 Collagen Corp.              1,200        24,600

 Guidant Corp.              47,497     2,665,768

 Heartport, Inc.+              400        14,300

 Medtronic, Inc.            59,400     3,155,624

 OrNda HealthCorp+           6,700       184,250

 OrthoLogic Corp.+           5,000       174,375

 Sola International,
   Inc.+                    20,800       681,200

 Sybron International
   Corp.+                   10,000       252,500

 US Surgical Corp.           3,000       111,000

 Vital Signs, Inc.           3,600        75,825
                                   --------------
                                       8,595,092
                                   --------------

 Metals and Mining (1.9%)

 AK Steel
   Holding Corp.             2,800       107,100

 Alumax, Inc.+               1,700        56,950

 Asarco, Inc.               15,800       523,375

 Ashland Coal Inc.             600        13,950

 Cleveland-Cliffs, Inc.      3,900       162,825

 Freeport McMoRan,
   Inc.                     57,100     2,084,150

 MAF Bancorp, Inc.           1,000        26,250

 Mueller
   Industries, Inc.+         7,600       305,900

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Growth and Income Fund (continued)

                        Number of     Market
                          Shares       Value
                        -----------   -------
 United States (continued)

 Phelps Dodge Corp.         50,400 $   3,704,399

 Zeigler Coal Holding
   Co.                      33,600       495,600
                                   --------------
                                       7,480,499
                                   --------------

 Oil and Gas (9.9%)

 Amoco Corp.                73,590     5,372,069

 Atlantic Richfield Co.     38,300     4,509,824

 Belco Oil & Gas
   Corp.+                    1,800        51,975

 Camco International,
   Inc.                      5,600       199,500

 Chevron Corp.              18,700     1,084,600

 El Paso Natural Gas
   Co.                       2,900       107,300

 Exxon Corp.               122,300    10,395,499

 Flores & Rucks, Inc.+       2,100        43,838

 Halliburton Co.            13,300       763,088

 Mobil Corp.                55,400     6,370,999

 National Fuel Gas Co.       1,000        35,125

 Occidental
   Petroleum Corp.          10,900       280,675

 Oneok, Inc.                20,600       530,450

 Panhandle Eastern
   Corp.                     6,400       208,800

 Phillips Petroleum Co.      3,800       157,700

 Pride Petroleum
   Services, Inc.+           3,600        58,950

 Reading & Bates
   Corp.+                   14,700       360,150

 Royal Dutch
   Petroleum Co.            11,900     1,704,675

 Tesoro
   Petroleum Corp.+         26,800       294,800

 Texaco, Inc.               42,500 $   3,633,749

 Tide West Oil Co.+          1,600        25,600

 Tosco Corp.                 1,000        53,500

 Unocal Corp.               70,300     2,258,387
                                   --------------
                                      38,501,253
                                   --------------

 Paper and Containers (0.2%)

 Caraustar
   Industries, Inc.         16,100       406,525

 Fort Howard Corp.+         22,600       497,200
                                   --------------
                                         903,725
                                   --------------

 Pharmaceuticals (7.9%)

 Abbott Laboratories        54,500     2,214,062

 Becton, Dickinson
   & Co.                    31,800     2,563,874

 Bristol-Myers
   Squibb Co.               66,700     5,486,074

 Cardinal Health Inc.        7,200       451,800

 Dura
   Pharmaceuticals,
   Inc.+                     1,900       101,650

 Eli Lilly & Co.             3,500       206,500

 ICN Pharmaceuticals,
   Inc.                     50,100     1,127,250

 Johnson & Johnson          90,548     8,375,689

 Jones Medical
   Industries, Inc.          3,150       164,588

 Merck & Co., Inc.          39,000     2,359,499

 Pfizer, Inc.               30,400     2,093,800

 Rhone-Poulenc Rorer,
   Inc.                      5,800       359,600

 Schering Plough            91,600     5,255,549

 Vical, Inc.+                1,300        19,581
                                   --------------
                                      30,779,516
                                   --------------

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Growth and Income Fund (continued)

                        Number of     Market
                          Shares       Value
                        -----------   -------

 United States (continued)

 Printing and Publishing (1.7%)

 Devon Group, Inc.+          1,700 $      53,550

 Gannett Company, Inc.      42,800     2,926,449

 Lee Enterprises, Inc.       1,200        26,400

 Meredith Corp.              2,400       108,900

 New York Times Co.          2,300        74,750

 Pulitzer
   Publishing Co.            2,825       161,025

 Scholastic Corp.+           4,700       307,850

 Times Mirror Co.            3,100       132,138

 Tribune Co.                22,300     1,555,425

 Washington Post Co.         4,000     1,176,000
                                   --------------
                                       6,522,487
                                   --------------

 Real Estate Investment Trusts (2.9%)

 AMLI Residential
   Properities Trust         4,300        85,463

 Apartment Investment
   & Management              6,900       144,900

 Associated Estates
   Realty Corp.              8,700       175,088

 Beacon Properties
   Corp.                    17,700       453,563

 Bre Properties, Inc.
   Class A                   1,400        49,525

 CALI Realty Corp.           4,100        93,788

 Camden Property Trust       4,300       102,125

 Carr Realty Corp.           2,400        58,200

 CBL & Associates
   Properties, Inc.          7,800       160,875

 Centerpoint
   Properties Corp.            900        21,713

 Chelsea GCA
   Realty, Inc.              9,400 $     267,900

 Colonial Properties
   Trust                     8,100       194,400

 Cousins
   Properties, Inc.          2,200        41,800

 Crescent Real Estate
   Equities, Inc.           13,000       440,375

 Crown America Realty
   Trust                    16,800       126,000

 Debartolo
   Realty Corp.             23,100       358,050

 Developers
   Diversified Realty
   Corp.                    19,300       562,113

 Duke Realty
   Investments, Inc.        17,000       503,625

 Equity Inns, Inc.          13,400       159,125

 Equity Residential
   Properties Trust         10,400       335,400

 Essex Property
   Trust, Inc.               5,100       105,188

 Evans Withycombe
   Residential, Inc.         4,800       103,800

 Excel Realty
   Trust, Inc.               9,000       171,000

 Healthcare Realty
   Trust, Inc.               8,400       187,950

 HGI Realty, Inc.            8,600       176,300

 Highwood
   Properties, Inc.         19,200       580,800

 Innkeepers USA Trust        5,700        54,863

 Kimco Realty Corp.         12,750       331,500

 Kranzco Realty Trust        3,300        51,563

 LTC Properties, Inc.        3,800        58,425

 Macerich Co. (The)          3,500        67,813

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Growth and Income Fund (continued)

                        Number of     Market
                          Shares       Value
                        -----------   -------
 United States (continued)

 MGI Properties, Inc.        4,500 $      77,625

 Mid-America
   Apartment
   Communities, Inc.         5,100       134,513

 National Golf
   Properties, Inc.          5,500       135,438

 National Health
   Investors, Inc.           9,200       305,900

 Oasis Residential,         18,100       407,250
   Inc.

 OMEGA Healthcare
   Investors, Inc.           3,200        89,600

 Patriot American
   Hospitality, Inc.         3,400        94,775

 Post Properties, Inc.       9,200       309,350

 Price REIT, Inc.              700        20,300

 Prime
   Residential, Inc.         6,900       125,063

 Public Storage, Inc.       29,600       606,800

 Realty Income Corp.         4,600        93,150

 Rouse Co.                   3,400        78,200

 RPS Realty Trust            4,500        20,813

 Security Capital
   Industrial Trust          9,100       156,975

 Simon Property
   Group, Inc.               6,700       154,100

 Smith (Charles E.)
   Residential Realty
   Co.                       2,300        53,475

 South West
   Property Trust           17,875       243,547

 Spieker
   Properties, Inc.         17,700       460,200

 Starwood Lodging
   Trust                     1,700        56,313

 Storage USA, Inc.           4,800       159,000

 Sun Communities, Inc.       1,200 $      31,350

 Tanger Factory
   Outlet Centers,           7,100       173,950
   Inc.

 Vornado Realty Trust       13,200       498,300

 Walden Residential
   Properties, Inc.          9,500       200,688

 Weeks Corp.                 1,400        34,125

 Weingarten Realty
   Investors                 7,900       277,488

 Winston Hotels, Inc.        6,500        76,375
                                   --------------
                                      11,297,893
                                   --------------

 Retail (3.9%)

 American Stores Co.        22,300       744,263

 Borders Group, Inc.+        1,600        51,200

 Carson Pirie Scott &
   Co.+                     34,700       841,475

 Claire's Stores, Inc.       6,450       140,288

 Eckerd Corp.+               2,100       100,275

 Fabri-Centers of
   America Class A+          1,000        10,250

 Fabri-Centers of
   America Class B+            600         6,000

 Family Dollar
   Stores, Inc.              1,600        24,400

 Fay's Drug Co.              3,500        30,188

 General Host Corp.          6,510        25,226

 Genovese Drug
   Stores, Inc.              3,100        30,225

 Hasbro, Inc.                1,400        51,450

 Kroger Equity, Inc.+        1,700        19,550

 Laclede Gas Co.             2,600        61,100

 Longs Drug Stores,
   Inc.                     20,100       909,525

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Growth and Income Fund (continued)

                        Number of     Market
                          Shares       Value
                        -----------   --------
 United States (continued)

 May Department
   Stores Co.                3,600 $     183,600

 Mercantile Stores
   Co., Inc.                30,900     1,927,388

 Proffitt's, Inc.+           1,000        32,750

 Ross Stores, Inc.         136,900     4,723,049

 Russ Berrie &
   Co. Inc.                  2,500        40,000

 Sears, Roebuck & Co.       71,600     3,571,049

 Shopko Stores, Inc.         1,900        29,450

 Urban Shopping
   Centers, Inc.             5,000       112,500

 Vons Companies, Inc.+       7,300       233,600

 Waban, Inc.+               45,000     1,102,500

 Zale Corp.+                 7,500       139,688
                                   --------------
                                      15,140,989
                                   --------------

 Specialty Consumer Durables (0.2%)

 Harley-Davidson, Inc.       8,000       353,000

 Polaris
   Industries, Inc.          6,850       238,894
                                   --------------
                                         591,894
                                   --------------

 Telecommunications (0.4%)

 360 Communications
   Co.+                     10,584       248,724

 Ameritech Corp.             5,400       315,225

 Ascend
   Communications,
   Inc.+                       600        36,900

 Cellular
   Communications
   International,
   Inc.+                     5,000       182,500

 LCI International,
   Inc.+                     2,100        54,600

 Lucent Technologies,
   Inc.+                     5,500 $     193,188

 Northern Telecom Ltd        7,400       381,100
                                   --------------
                                       1,412,237
                                   --------------

 Transportation (1.8%)

 Alaska Air
   Group, Inc.+              1,100        27,913

 America West
   Airlines, Inc.
   Class B+                  4,600        96,600

 AMR Corp.+                 61,500     5,488,874

 Canadian National
   Railway Co.              10,100       191,900

 Comair Holdings, Inc.      11,750       434,750

 Continental
   Airlines, Inc.,
   Class B+                  2,700       153,225

 Eagle USA
   Airfreight, Inc.+           700        21,219

 PHH Corp.                   4,000       227,500

 UAL Corp.+                  2,000       429,000

 Werner Enterprises,
   Inc.                        900        21,825
                                   --------------
                                       7,092,806
                                   --------------

 Utilities - Electric (3.9%)

 Allegheny Power
   System, Inc.              4,700       137,475

 Centerior
   Energy Corp.              4,400        30,250

 Central Hudson Gas &
   Electric Co.              3,300        95,700

 Consolidated Edison
   Co. of
   New York, Inc.           80,000     2,349,999

 Destec Energy, Inc.+        2,000        23,500

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Growth and Income Fund (continued)

                        Number of     Market
                          Shares       Value
                        -----------   --------
 United States (continued)

 DQE, Inc.                      50 $       1,325

 Edison International      229,000     3,663,999

 Entergy Corp.              51,000     1,351,500

 General Public
   Utilities Corp.          26,700       847,725

 Illinova Corp.             14,300       364,650

 IPALCO Enterprises,
   Inc.                         50         1,263

 Long Island Lighting
   Corp.                     2,500        40,625

 New England Electric
   System                    6,200       218,550

 Nipsco
   Industries, Inc.          8,400       301,350

 Pinnacle West
   Capital Corp.            14,400       383,400

 Portland
   General Corp.            11,400       334,875

 Public Service Co.
   of New Mexico            12,900       225,750

 Texas Utilities Co.        47,000     1,891,750

 TNP Enterprises, Inc.       1,400        33,250

 Unicom Corp.               93,400     2,568,499

 United Illuminating
   Co.                       2,200        80,025
                                   --------------
                                      14,945,460
                                   --------------

 Utilities - Oil and Gas (0.6%)

 Coastal Corp. (The)         9,900       392,288

 Connecticut
   Energy Corp.                900        17,438

 MCN Corp.                     300         7,388

 Northwest Natural
   Gas Co.                   1,000        32,500

 Pacific Enterprises        69,500     1,789,625

 Valero Energy Corp.         4,000       115,500

 Washington Gas Light
   Co.                       1,700 $      35,700

 Wicor, Inc.                 1,000        34,375
                                   --------------
                                       2,424,814
                                   --------------

 Utilities - Telephone (3.5%)

 AT&T Corp.                 35,800     2,192,749

 Bell Atlantic Corp.        49,000     3,184,999

 BellSouth Corp.            89,700     3,587,999

 Century Telephone
   Enterprises               6,100       199,775

 Citizens Utilities
   Co.                       1,658        19,067

 Frontier Corp.              1,000        31,625

 GTE Corp.                  15,000       650,625

 MCI Communications
   Corp.                     5,900       173,681

 Nynex Corp.                15,000       736,875

 SBC Communications,
   Inc.                     21,500     1,075,000

 Southern New England
   Telecommunications
   Corp.                    13,100       582,950

 Sprint Corp.               24,653     1,038,508
                                   --------------
                                      13,473,853
                                   --------------
 Total United States                 345,633,974
                                   --------------

 Argentina (0.0%)

 Banks (0.0%)

 Banco Frances del
   Rio de la Plata
   S.A. ADR                  2,500        71,875
                                   --------------
 Total Argentina                          71,875
                                   --------------


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Growth and Income Fund (continued)

                        Number of     Market
                          Shares       Value
                        -----------   --------

 Australia (0.0%)

 Banks (0.0%)

 National Australia
   Bank Ltd.                 7,145 $      64,159
                                   --------------

 Diversified (0.0%)

 Email Ltd.                 30,000        84,213
                                   --------------

 Financial Services (0.0%)

 Commonwealth Bank of
   Australia                   229         1,882
                                   --------------
 Total Australia                         150,254
                                   --------------

 Austria (0.1%)

 Building Materials and Construction (0.1%)

 Strabag
   Oesterreich AG              300        22,940

 VA Technologie AG+          1,200       159,161
                                   --------------

                                         182,101
                                   --------------

 Electrical and Electronics (0.0%)

 Austria Mikro
   Systeme
   International               360        43,677
                                   --------------

 Oil and Gas (0.0%)

 OEMV AG                       800        79,339
                                   --------------

 Utilities - Electric (0.0%)

 Oesterreichisch
   Elektrizitatswirt-schafts
   - AG
   Verbundgesellschaft       1,200        84,641
                                   --------------
 Total Austria                           389,758
                                   --------------

 Belgium (0.1%)

 Building Materials and Construction (0.0%)

 Cimenteries CBR
   Cementbedrijven             300       116,611
                                   --------------



 Belgium (continued)

 Chemicals (0.0%)

 Solvay SA Class A             150 $      88,053
                                   --------------

 Retail (0.1%)

 G.I.B. Holdings Ltd.        3,400       150,392
                                   --------------

 Utilities - Electric (0.0%)

 Electrabel SA                 600       134,412
                                   --------------
 Total Belgium                           489,468
                                   --------------

 Canada (0.2%)

 Banks (0.0%)

 Canadian Imperial
   Bank of Commerce              1            19

 Royal Bank of Canada        4,900       116,067
                                   --------------
                                         116,086
                                   --------------
 Financial Services (0.0%)

 Bank of Montreal               37           893
                                   --------------
 Foods and Beverages (0.0%)

 Molson Companies Ltd.
                                 1            13
                                   --------------
 Metals and Mining (0.0%)

 Alcan Aluminum Ltd.             1            14

 Dofasco, Inc.               4,872        76,930
                                   --------------
                                          76,944
                                   --------------
 Oil and Gas (0.1%)

 Alberta Energy
   Co., Ltd.                 4,360        85,343

 Imperial Oil Ltd.               1            17

 Petro-Canada                9,700       124,322

 TransCanada
   Pipelines Ltd.                1             7
                                   --------------
                                         209,689
                                   --------------

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Growth and Income Fund (continued)

                        Number of     Market
                          Shares       Value
                        -----------   --------
 Canada (continued)

 Paper and Containers (0.0%)

 Abitibi-Price, Inc.         2,600 $      38,098
                                   --------------

 Printing and Publishing (0.0%)

 Quebecor,  Inc.
   Class B                   5,000        82,813
                                   --------------

 Utilities - Electric (0.0%)

 Transalta Corp.             5,800        61,770
                                   --------------

 Utilities - Telephone (0.1%)

 BCE, Inc.                   3,400       133,728
                                   --------------
 Total Canada                            720,034
                                   --------------
 Denmark (0.1%)

 Building Materials and Construction (0.0%)

 Lindab AB Class B           3,000        64,440
                                   --------------

 Commercial Services (0.0%)

 ISS International
   Service System AS         4,300       121,455
                                   --------------

 Pharmaceuticals (0.1%)

 Novo-Nordisk AS+            1,100       142,698
                                   --------------
 Total Denmark                           328,593
                                   --------------

 Finland (0.1%)

 Foods and Beverages (0.0%)

 Cultor Oy                     800        34,954

 Huhtamaki Group
   Class I                   1,500        49,463
                                   --------------
                                          84,417
                                   --------------

 Paper and Containers (0.1%)

 Metsa-Serla Oy              5,000        36,376

 Repola Oy                   5,900       113,815
                                   --------------
                                         150,191
                                   --------------
 Finland (continued)

 Retail (0.0%)

 Kesko                       6,100 $      69,145
                                   --------------
 Total Finland                           303,753
                                   --------------
 France (0.1%)

 Autos and Auto Equipment (0.0%)

 PSA Peugeot                   350        48,809
                                   --------------

 Building Materials and Construction (0.0%)

 Bouygues                    1,100       111,545
                                   --------------

 Metals and Mining (0.0%)

 Usinor Sacilor+             7,900       121,995
                                   --------------

 Retail (0.1%)

 Docs de France, SA            700       132,502
                                   --------------
 Total France                            414,851
                                   --------------
 Hong Kong (0.1%)

 Banks (0.0%)

 HSBC Holdings Plc           8,540       127,512
                                   --------------
 Diversified (0.0%)

 Swire Pacific Ltd.
   Class A                   8,000        68,257
                                   --------------
 Financial Services (0.0%)

 HSBC Holdings Plc+              2            30
                                   --------------

 Hotels and Restaurants (0.0%)

 Regal Hotels
   International           150,000        38,007
                                   --------------

 Real Estate Investment Trusts (0.1%)

 Hysan Development
   Co. Ltd.                 35,000       112,436

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Growth and Income Fund (continued)

                        Number of     Market
                          Shares       Value
                        -----------   --------

 Hong Kong (continued)

 New World
   Development Co.
   Ltd.                     27,000 $     121,117
                                   --------------
                                         233,553
                                   --------------
 Total Hong Kong                         467,359
                                   --------------

 Indonesia (0.1%)

 Metals and Mining (0.1%)

 Tambang Timah+             30,000        53,767
                                   --------------
 Retail (0.0%)

 Matahari Putra Prima       20,000        40,137
                                   --------------
 Telecommunications (0.0%)

 Indosat                     1,500        52,313
                                   --------------
 Transportation (0.0%)

 Steady Safe
   (Foreign-Registered      30,000        44,752
   shares)
                                   --------------
 Total Indonesia                         190,969
                                   --------------
 Italy (0.1%)

 Banks (0.0%)

 Banca Popolare di
   Bergamo                   6,000        97,788
                                   --------------

 Printing and Publishing (0.1%)

 Mondadori (Arnoldo)
   Editore SpA              13,000       108,803
                                   --------------

 Utilities - Telephone (0.0%)

 Telecom Italia SpA         35,000        71,248
                                   --------------
 Total Italy                             277,839
                                   --------------

 Japan (1.3%)

 Aerospace and Defense (0.0%)

 Mitsubishi Heavy
   Industries Ltd.          17,000       151,573
                                   --------------
 Japan (continued)

 Building Materials and Construction (0.1%)

 Nippon Densetsu Kogyo      20,000 $     223,378
                                   --------------
 Chemicals (0.1%)

 Fuji Photo Film+            7,000       217,842

 Konica Corp.                8,000        62,622

 Shin-Etsu Chemical
   Co.+                      5,250       114,768
                                   --------------
                                         395,232
                                   --------------

 Computers and Office Equipment (0.1%)

 Canon, Inc.                12,000       238,270
                                   --------------

 Consumer Products (0.0%)

 AJL PEPS Trust              6,400       142,400
                                   --------------

 Electrical and Electronics (0.2%)

 Hitachi Koki               17,000       180,135

 Matsushita Electric
   Industrial Co. Ltd.       9,000       158,942

 Nintendo Co. Ltd.           3,000       231,397

 Rohm Co.                    3,000       190,731

 TDK Corp.                   2,000       114,362
                                   --------------
                                         875,567
                                   --------------

 Electrical Equipment (0.2%)

 Furukawa Electric
   Co.+                     33,000       199,723

 Hitachi Ltd. (Hit.
   Seisakusho)              26,000       280,464

 Mitsubishi Electric
   Corp.                    15,000       117,990

 Nichicon                    5,000        83,051
                                   --------------
                                         681,228
                                   --------------


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Growth and Income Fund (continued)

                        Number of     Market
                          Shares       Value
                        -----------   --------
Japan (continued)

 Financial Services (0.0%)

 Sanyo Shinpan
   Finance Co.               2,700 $     188,153
                                   --------------

 Foods and Beverages (0.1%)

 Katokichi                   8,000       199,322
                                   --------------

 Machinery and Equipment (0.1%)

 Komatsu Ltd.+              18,000       173,548

 Tsukishima Kikai            5,100       116,357
                                   --------------
                                         289,905
                                   --------------
 Metals and Mining (0.0%)

 Nippon Steel Co.           30,000       108,253
                                   --------------

 Pharmaceuticals (0.0%)

 Daiichi
   Pharmaceuticals
   Co. Ltd.                 10,000       168,011
                                   --------------

 Printing and Publishing (0.1%)

 Toppan Printing Co.
   Ltd.                     14,000       205,814
                                   --------------

 Real Estate Investment Trusts (0.0%)

 Daibiru Corp.               7,000        94,220
                                   --------------

 Retail (0.1%)

 Familymart                    300        14,663

 Ito-Yokado Co., Ltd.        4,000       235,597
                                   --------------
                                         250,260
                                   --------------

 Transportation (0.1%)

 East Japan
   Railway Co.                  29       154,752

 Nippon Express Co.
   Ltd.                     12,000       124,863
                                   --------------
                                         279,615
                                   --------------

 Japan (continued)

 Utilities - Electric (0.0%)

 Tohoku Electric Power       3,000 $      74,459
                                   --------------

 Utilities - Telephone (0.1%)

 DDI Corp.                      23       197,384

 Nippon Telegraph &
   Telephone Corp.              19       147,096
                                   --------------

                                         344,480
                                   --------------
 Total Japan                           4,910,140
                                   --------------

 Kenya (0.0%)

 Utilities - Electric (0.0%)

 Chilgener S.A. ADR          3,500        78,313

 Empresa Nacional
   Electricidad SA ADR       3,500        68,250
                                   --------------
                                         146,563
                                   --------------
 Total Kenya                             146,563
                                   --------------

 Malaysia (0.1%)

 Chemicals (0.0%)

 Industrial Oxygen,
   Inc. Bhd                 34,000        50,990
                                   --------------

 Diversified (0.0%)

 Oriental Holdings Bhd       9,000        54,856
                                   --------------

 Financial Services (0.1%)

 Lion Land Bhd              45,000        57,021

 Rashid Hussain Bhd         12,000        42,345
                                   --------------
                                          99,366
                                   --------------

 Media and Entertainment (0.0%)

 Magnum Corp. Bhd           21,000        36,378
                                   --------------
 Total Malaysia                          241,590
                                   --------------


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Growth and Income Fund (continued)

                        Number of     Market
                          Shares       Value
                        -----------   --------
 Mexico (0.0%)

 Foods and Beverages (0.0%)

 Panamerican
   Beverages, Inc.
   Class A                   3,000 $     131,625
                                   --------------
 Total Mexico                            131,625
                                   --------------

 Netherlands (0.2%)

 Building Materials and Construction (0.0%)

 Koninklijke Volker
   Stevin N.V.                 800        54,316
                                   --------------

 Diversified (0.0%)

 Hagemeyer N.V.              1,920       131,252
                                   --------------

 Electrical and Electronics (0.0%)

 Philips
   Electronics N.V.          3,800       133,982
                                   --------------

 Electrical Equipment (0.0%)

 Draka Holding N.V.          2,200        63,337
                                   --------------

 Financial Services (0.1%)

 ABN Amro Holding N.V.       1,762        91,095

 ING Groep N.V.              1,300       100,233
                                   --------------
                                         191,328
                                   --------------
 Insurance (0.1%)

 Aegon N.V.                  2,856       135,818
                                   --------------

 Retail (0.0%)

 Vendex International
   N.V.                      4,000       114,459
                                   --------------
 Total Netherlands                       824,492
                                   --------------

 Norway (0.2%)

 Diversified (0.1%)

 Orkla AS Class A            4,800       234,072
                                   --------------

 Norway (continued)

 Financial Services (0.0%)

 Fokus Banken AS+           13,000 $      69,912
                                   --------------

 Medical Supplies (0.1%)

 Hafslund ASA                5,500       161,258
                                   --------------

 Printing and Publishing (0.0%)

 Schibsted Group             8,400       122,505
                                   --------------

 Transportation (0.0%)

 Kvaerner AS                 3,500       143,560
                                   --------------
 Total Norway                            731,307
                                   --------------

 Philippines (0.0%)

 Building Materials and Construction (0.0%)

 DMCI Holdings, Inc.+       50,000        33,448
                                   --------------

 Utilities - Telephone (0.0%)

 Philippine Long
   Distance Telephone
   Co.                       1,500        76,261
                                   --------------
 Total Philippines                       109,709
                                   --------------
 Singapore (0.1%)

 Banks (0.0%)

 Oversea-Chinese
   Banking Corp. Ltd.
   (Foreign-Registered
   shares)                   9,000       123,542
                                   --------------

 Diversified (0.1%)

 Wing Tai Holdings          54,000       139,801
                                   --------------

 Transportation (0.0%)

 Singapore
   Airlines Ltd.            11,000       111,095
                                   --------------
 Total Singapore                         374,438
                                   --------------


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                        Number of     Market
                          Shares       Value
                        -----------   --------
 South Korea (0.0%)

 Utilities - Electric (0.0%)

 Korea Electric Power
   Corp. ADR                 4,000 $     111,000
                                   --------------
 Total South Korea                       111,000
                                   --------------
 Spain (0.1%)
 Utilities - Electric (0.0%)

 Union Electrica
   Fenosa SA                20,200       120,689
                                   --------------
 Utilities - Telephone (0.1%)

 Telefonica de Espana        9,000       160,046
                                   --------------
 Total Spain                             280,735
                                   --------------

 Sweden (0.1%)
 Electrical and Electronics (0.0%)

 Telefonaktiebolaget
   LM Ericsson               3,200        64,732
                                   --------------
 Electrical Equipment (0.0%)

 Allgon AB Class B           1,500        22,840
                                   --------------
 Financial Services (0.0%)

 Skandinaviska
   Enskilda Banken           3,900        29,262

 Sparbanken Sverige AB
                             2,000        22,509
                                   --------------
                                          51,771
                                   --------------
 Home Furnishings & Appliances (0.0%)

 Electrolux AB
   Class B+                  1,300        65,408
                                   --------------
 Metals and Mining (0.1%)

 Svenskt Stal AB
   (SSAB)                    7,000        85,990
                                   --------------
 Paper and Containers (0.0%)

 Stora Kopparbergs           2,500        33,653
                                   --------------
 Total Sweden                            324,394
                                   --------------

 Switzerland (0.1%)

 Insurance (0.1%)

 Baloise Holding Ltd.           50 $     107,054

 Winterthur
   Schweizerische
   Versicherungs -
   Gesellschaft                150        93,878
                                   --------------
                                         200,932
                                   --------------
 Machinery and Equipment (0.0%)

 Georg Fischer AG               15        17,836

 Sulzer AG                     160       102,836
                                   --------------
                                         120,672
                                   --------------
 Retail (0.0%)

 Merkur Holding AG              80        16,454
                                   --------------
 Total Switzerland                       338,058
                                   --------------

 Thailand (0.1%)
 Financial Services (0.1%)

 Bank of Ayudhya PCL        17,000       100,317

 Siam Commercial Bank
   PCL                       5,000        73,663
                                   --------------

                                         173,980
                                   --------------
 Total Thailand                          173,980
                                   --------------

 United Kingdom (0.4%)
 Autos and Auto Equipment (0.0%)

 T & N Plc                  32,600        88,055
                                   --------------
 Commercial Services (0.0%)

 Inchcape Plc               22,823       100,690
                                   --------------
 Diversified (0.1%)

 Harrisons &
   Crosfield Plc            40,340        90,196

 Lonrho Plc                 46,300       134,440
                                   --------------
                                         224,636
                                   --------------

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                        Number of     Market
                          Shares       Value
                        -----------   --------
 United Kingdom (continued)

 Financial Services (0.0%)

 Barclays Plc+              13,700 $     151,309
                                   --------------
 Foods and Beverages (0.1%)

 Allied Domecq Plc          12,000        92,467

 Hillsdown
   Holdings Plc             39,000       104,757
                                   --------------
                                         197,224
                                   --------------
 Media and Entertainment (0.0%)

 Ladbroke Group Plc         38,000       111,480
                                   --------------
 Oil and Gas (0.0%)

 Burmah Castrol Plc+         3,425        54,633
                                   --------------
 Retail (0.1%)

 Asda Group Plc             60,000       102,416

 Burton Group Plc           79,200       185,996
                                   --------------
                                         288,412
                                   --------------
 Transportation (0.1%)

 NFC Plc                    40,000       102,641

 Peninsular & Orient
   Steam
   Navigation Co.           14,000       109,664
                                   --------------
                                         212,305
                                   --------------
 Utilities - Electric (0.0%)

 National Power Plc
   ADR                       5,350       141,775
                                   --------------
 Utilities - Water (0.0%)

 Welsh Water Plc             5,333        58,824
                                   --------------
 Total United Kingdom
                                       1,629,343
                                   --------------
 West Germany (0.0%)
 Pharmaceuticals (0.0%)

 Merck KGaA+                 2,000        74,452
                                   --------------

 Total West Germany                $      74,452
                                   --------------
 Total Common Stocks
   ($290,867,712)                    359,840,553
                                   --------------

 Preferred Stocks (1.8%)

 United States (1.8%)

 Banks (1.3%)

 BankAmerica Corp.          66,800     5,060,099
                                   --------------

 Chemicals (0.0%)

 Union Carbide Corp.         2,800       127,400
                                   --------------

 Computers and Office Equipment (0.1%)

 Ceridian Corp.              1,500       160,500
                                   --------------

 Diversified (0.0%)

 Sea Containers Ltd.         1,500        69,375

 Teledyne, Inc.                 32           464
                                   --------------
                                          69,839
                                   --------------

 Financial Services (0.1%)

 Alexander &
   Alexander(b)              3,700       180,375

 RCSB Financial, Inc.          200         7,525

 Travelers, Inc.             3,200       270,400
                                   --------------
                                         458,300
                                   --------------

 Foods and Beverages (0.0%)

 Corning Delaware L.P.       1,100        58,300

 Union Planters Co.          1,400        54,250
                                   --------------
                                         112,550
                                   --------------
 Machinery and Equipment (0.0%)

 Case Corp.(a)                 800       100,400
                                   --------------
 Media and Entertainment (0.0%)

 AMC Entertainment           1,250        56,094
                                   --------------


56  See Notes to Portfolio of Investments.
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Growth and Income Fund (continued)

                        Number of     Market
                          Shares       Value
                        -----------   --------

 United States (continued)

 Metals and Mining (0.1%)

 Cyprus Amax Minerals
   Co.                       2,900 $     173,275

 Freeport McMoRan,
   Inc.                      2,000        63,250
                                   --------------
                                         236,525
                                   --------------
 Paper and Containers (0.0%)

 International
   Paper Co.(a)                700        32,375
                                   --------------

 Pollution Control (0.1%)

 William Cos., Inc.          2,100       168,000
                                   --------------

 Retail (0.0%)

 Tanger Factory
   Outlet Centers,           4,200        93,450
   Inc.
                                   --------------

 Utilities - Oil and Gas (0.1%)

 Valero Energy Corp.         2,800       162,400
                                   --------------
 Total United States                   6,837,932
                                   --------------

 Austria (0.0%)

 Banks (0.0%)


 Creditanstalt-Bankverein    2,300       128,120
                                   --------------
 Total Austria                           128,120
                                   --------------

 Finland (0.0%)

 Electrical Equipment (0.0%)

 Nokia AB Class A            4,700       167,480
                                   --------------
 Total Finland                           167,480
                                   --------------
 Total Preferred
   Stocks
   ($5,412,056)                        7,133,532
                                   --------------

 Warrants (0.0%)

 Morgan Stanley
   American Express
   Hong Kong Call            7,500 $      35,625
                                   --------------

 Total Warrants                    $      35,625
                                   --------------

                        Principal     Market
                          Amount       Value
                        -----------   --------
 Corporate Bonds (1.0%)

 AGCO Corp., 6.50%,
   06/01/08            $    95,000 $     389,897

 Agnico-Eagle Mines
   Ltd., 3.50%,
   01/27/04                100,000       106,416


 Aspect Telecommunications(a),
   5.00%, 10/15/03          70,000       203,700

 Automatic Data
   Processing, Inc.,
   0.00%, 02/20/12         200,000       104,055

 Baker Hughes, Inc.,
   0.00%, 05/05/08         525,000       363,744

 Bindley Western,
   6.50%, 10/01/02          70,000        72,819

 California Energy
   Co., Inc.(a),
   5.00%, 07/31/00         137,000       161,660

 Carnival Corp.,
   4.50%, 07/01/97          20,000        32,600

 Consolidated Natural
   Gas Co., 7.25%,
   12/15/15                 50,000        51,875

 Continental
   Airlines, Inc.,
   6.75%, 04/15/06          35,000        38,850

 Continental Homes
   Holding Corp.,
   6.875%, 11/01/02         50,000        56,676


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Growth and Income Fund (continued)

                         Principal     Market
                           Amount      Value
                         -----------   -------
 Corporate Bonds (continued)

 Costco Wholesale,
   Inc., 5.75%,
   05/15/02            $   175,000 $     163,563

 Fremont General
   Corp., 0.00%,
   10/12/13                300,000       145,125

 Integrated Health
   Services, 5.75%,
   01/01/01                 70,000        71,400

 Lam Research Corp.,
   6.00%, 05/01/03          18,000        29,340

 Mitsubishi Bank,
   3.00%, 11/30/02         140,000       162,050

 Marriott
   International,
   Inc., 0.00%,            200,000       106,000
   03/25/11

 NAC Re Corp.(a),
   5.25%, 12/15/02          70,000        68,250

 National
   Semiconductor
   Corp.(a), 6.50%,
   10/01/02                350,000       316,750

 Office Depot, Inc.,
   0.00%, 12/11/07         100,000        72,000

 Ogden Corp., 6.00%,
   06/01/02                 25,000        23,250

 Omnicom Group(a),
   4.50%, 09/01/00         105,000       165,900

 Oryx Energy Co.,
   7.50%, 05/15/14          50,000        44,438

 Pogo Producing,
   5.50%, 03/15/04          70,000       120,750

 Potomac Electric
   Power, 7.00%,
   01/15/18                250,000       250,313

 Proffitt's, Inc.,
   4.75%, 11/01/03     $   140,000 $     132,300

 Rite Aid Corp.,
   0.00%, 07/24/06         800,000       417,000

 Apache Corp.(a),
   6.00%, 01/15/02          30,000        33,150
                                   --------------
 Total Corporate
   Bonds
   (cost $3,332,549)                   3,903,871
                                   --------------

 Put Options Purchased (0.0%)

 Russell 2000 Index,
   320, June 96              6,000        10,875

 Russell 2000 Index,
   325, June 96             20,800        48,100

 Russell 2000 Index,
   330, June 96              8,500        24,969

 S & P Mid Cap, 230,
   June 96                  24,500        71,969
                                   --------------

 Total Put Options
   Purchased (cost
   $558,692)                             155,913
                                   --------------

 Short-Term Investments (2.9%)

 Lockheed Martin
   Corp., Comm.
   Paper, 5.50%,
   05/01/96              5,688,000     5,688,000

 Lockheed Martin
   Corp., Comm.
   Paper, 5.50%,
   05/03/96              5,000,000     4,998,472

 U.S. Treasury Bill,
   4.95%, 11/14/96 ++      550,000       534,567


58  See Notes to Portfolio of Investments.

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Growth and Income Fund (continued)

                        Number of     Market
                          Shares       Value
                        -----------   --------

 Short-Term Investments (continued)

 U.S. Treasury Bill,
   4.85%, 11/14/96     $   105,000 $     102,054

 U.S. Treasury Bill,
   4.71%, 11/14/96         100,000        97,194
                                   --------------

 Total Short-Term
   Investments
   (cost $11,421,210)              $  11,420,287
                                   --------------
Total Investments
(cost $311,629,147) (a)            $ 382,489,781

 Other assets less
   liabilities                         6,703,019
                                   --------------
 Total Net Assets                  $ 389,192,800

Notes to Portfolio of Investments

  + Non-income producing security.

 ++ Security pledged to cover initial margin deposits on open futures contracts
    at April 30, 1996.

(a) The cost of investments for federal income tax purposes amount to
    $311,982,460. Unrealized gains and losses, based on identified tax cost, at
    April 30, 1996 are as follows:

Unrealized gains ................. $  73,594,125
Unrealized losses ................    (3,086,804)
                                   --------------
     Net unrealized gain ......... $  70,507,321
                                   ==============

(b) Securities that may be resold to "qualified institutional buyers" under Rule
    144A or securities offered pursuant to section 4(2) of the Securities Act of
    1933, as amended. These securities have been determined to be liquid under
    guidelines established by the Board of Directors.

 Category percentages are based on net assets.

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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Growth and Income Fund (Continued)


Information concerning open futures contracts is shown below:


                              No. of    Initital     Expiration  Unrealized
                             Contracts    Value         Date     Gain/(Loss)
                             --------- ------------  ----------- ------------

All Ordinaries Shares
  Price Index Future             18    $  793,771     June 96     $  19,736

TSE 35 Index Future               2       189,023     June 96         4,671

DAX-30 German Stock
  Index Future                    7     1,155,083     June 96        21,909

Italian Government
  Bond Future                     3       265,661     June 96        36,833

Topex Index Future                6       893,010     June 96        74,746

S&P 500 Index Future              1       329,400     June 96        (1,825)
                                                                  ----------
                                                                  $ 156,070
                                                                  ==========


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Growth and Income Fund (Continued)

Call Options
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                               Exercise   Expiration      Market
                                                     Contracts  Price        Date          Value
                                                     --------- ---------  -----------   ------------
<S>                                                       <C>     <C>     <C>           <C>
 Russell 2000 Index..............................          60     $320    June 96       $  (193,500)

 Russell 2000 Index..............................         208      325    June 96          (579,800)

 Russell 2000 Index..............................          85      330    June 96          (199,750)

 S & P Midcap Index..............................         245      230    June 96          (264,906)

 May Department Stores, Inc......................          36       36    June 96            (8,438)
                                                                                        ------------
 Total Deferred Premiums on Written Options                                             $(1,246,394)
                                                                                        ============
</TABLE>


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Growth Fund

                         Number of     Market
                           Shares      Value
                         -----------   -------

 Common Stocks (97.8%)

 Aerospace and Defense (10.6%)

 Boeing Co.                  21,000 $  1,724,625

 General Motors Corp.-
   Class H                   20,000    1,222,500

 United
   Technologies Corp.        14,000    1,547,000
                                    -------------
                                       4,494,125
                                    -------------

 Autos and Auto Equipment (7.0%)

 Ford Motor Co.              30,000    1,076,250

 General Motors Corp.        20,000    1,085,000

 Titan Wheel
   International, Inc.       50,000      806,250
                                    -------------
                                       2,967,500
                                    -------------
 Banks (1.9%)

 Wells Fargo & Co.            3,333      808,669
                                    -------------
 Chemicals (1.9%)

 Olin Corp.                   9,100      805,350
                                    -------------
 Computer Software (5.3%)

 Cisco Systems, Inc.+        30,000    1,556,250

 National Data Corp.         20,000      705,000
                                    -------------
                                       2,261,250
                                    -------------
 Computers and Office Equipment (8.2%)

 Bay Networks, Inc.+         50,000    1,575,000

 Sun Microsystems, Inc.+     35,000    1,898,750
                                    -------------
                                       3,473,750
                                    -------------
 Consumer Products (2.6%)

 Liz Claiborne, Inc.         30,000    1,091,250
                                    -------------
 Diversified (2.8%)

 Deere & Co.                 30,000    1,166,250
                                    -------------
 Electrical and Electronics (9.4%)

 Hewlett Packard Co.         15,000 $  1,588,125

 Intel Corp.                 22,500    1,524,375

 Motorola, Inc.              14,000      857,500
                                    -------------
                                       3,970,000
                                    -------------
 Electrical Equipment (6.2%)

 Avnet, Inc.                 20,000    1,055,000

 Raychem Corp.               20,000    1,557,500
                                    -------------
                                       2,612,500
                                    -------------
 Financial Services (9.6%)

 Charles Schwab Corp.        50,000    1,225,000

 Franklin Resources, Inc.    23,000    1,316,750

 Travelers Group, Inc.       25,000    1,537,500
                                    -------------
                                       4,079,250
                                    -------------

 Machinery and Equipment (3.5%)

 Fluor Corp.                 22,500    1,487,813
                                    -------------

 Metals and Mining (3.1%)

 Phelps Dodge Corp.          18,000    1,323,000
                                    -------------

 Paper and Containers (7.6%)

 James River Corp. of
   Virginia                  20,000      535,000

 Longview Fibre Co.          50,000      881,250

 Mead Corp.                  15,000      834,375

 Temple-Inland, Inc.         20,000      970,000
                                    -------------
                                       3,220,625
                                    -------------

 Pharmaceuticals (9.0%)

 Amgen, Inc.+                18,500    1,063,750

 Biogen, Inc.+               25,000    1,646,875

 Pharmacia & Upjohn,
   Inc.                      29,000    1,109,250
                                    -------------
                                       3,819,875
                                    -------------


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Growth Fund (continued)

                         Number of     Market
                           Shares      Value
                         -----------   -------
 Retail (3.2%)

 Federated Department
   Stores, Inc.+             40,000 $  1,335,000
                                    -------------
 Transportation (5.9%)
 Burlington Northern
   Santa Fe Corp.            12,500    1,093,750
 Conrail, Inc.               20,000    1,395,000
                                    -------------
                                       2,488,750
                                    -------------
 Total Common Stocks
   ($34,063,421)                    $ 41,404,957
                                    -------------

                          Principal    Market
                           Amount      Value
                          ---------    -------
 Short-Term Investments (2.4%)
 Federal Home Loan
   Mortgage Corp.,
   Disc. Note, 5.30%,
   05/01/96              $1,019,000 $  1,019,000
                                    -------------

 Total Short-Term
   Investments
   (cost $1,019,000)                $  1,019,000
                                    -------------
Total Investments
(cost $35,082,421) (a)              $ 42,423,957

 Other assets less
   liabilities                           (67,829)
                                    -------------

 Total Net Assets                   $ 42,356,128

Notes to Portfolio of Investments

  + Non-income producing security.

(a) The cost of investments for federal income tax purposes is identical.
    Unrealized gains and losses, based on identified tax cost, at April 30, 1996
    are as follows:

Unrealized gains .............       $ 7,424,858
Unrealized losses ............           (83,322)
                                     ------------
     Net unrealized gain .....       $ 7,341,536
                                     ============

 Category percentages are based on net assets.

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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Small Company Growth Fund

                         Number of     Market
                           Shares      Value
                         -----------   -------
 Common Stocks (95.8%)

 Apparel (2.4%)

 Fila Holding SpA.,ADR        8,000 $    546,000

 Wolverine World
   Wide, Inc.                15,500      478,563
                                    -------------
                                       1,024,563
                                    -------------
 Banks (2.2%)

 Cullen/Frost
   Bankers, Inc.             10,000      492,500

 Dime Bancorp, Inc.+         35,000      428,750
                                    -------------
                                         921,250
                                    -------------

 Building Materials and Construction (5.6%)

 EMCOR Group, Inc.+          45,000      641,250

 Fibreboard Corp.+           15,000      384,375

 Lone Star Industries        25,000      896,875

 Medusa Corp.                15,000      438,750
                                    -------------
                                       2,361,250
                                    -------------
 Chemicals (3.0%)

 Applied Extrusion
   Technologies, Inc.+       35,700      499,800

 Church & Dwight, Inc.       35,000      770,000
                                    -------------
                                       1,269,800
                                    -------------
 Commercial Services (3.1%)

 AMRE, Inc.                  25,000      468,750

 CET Environmental
   Services, Inc.+           77,400      822,375
                                    -------------
                                       1,291,125
                                    -------------

 Computer Software (5.0%)

 Bachman Information
   Systems, Inc.+            60,000      562,500

 Black Box Corp.+            33,000      660,000

 National Data Corp.         25,000 $    881,250
                                    -------------
                                       2,103,750
                                    -------------

 Computers and Office Equipment (4.0%)

 Amdahl Corp.+               85,000    1,083,750

 Data General Corp.+         38,000      584,250
                                    -------------
                                       1,668,000
                                    -------------
 Diversified (1.9%)

 Figgie International,
   Inc. - Class A+           60,000      795,000
                                    -------------

 Electrical and Electronics (7.4%)

 BMC Industries, Inc.        20,000      535,000

 Perkin-Elmer Corp.          35,000    1,920,624

 Silicon Valley Group,
   Inc.+                     25,000      668,750
                                    -------------
                                       3,124,374
                                    -------------

 Foods and Beverages (8.1%)

 Delta & Pine Land Co.       25,000    1,115,625

 Panamerican Beverages,
   Inc. Class A              17,000      745,875

 Ralcorp Holdings, Inc.+     15,000      330,000

 Unimark Group, Inc.+        37,500      553,125

 Universal Foods Corp.       20,000      685,000
                                    -------------
                                       3,429,625
                                    -------------
 Hotels and Restaurants (2.9%)

 Sun International
   Hotels Ltd.+              29,000    1,239,750
                                    -------------
 Insurance (6.2%)

 Allmerica Financial
   Corp.                     18,000      468,000

 Bankers Life Holding
   Corp.                     20,000      402,500


64  See Notes to Portfolio of Investments.
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Small Company Growth Fund (continued)

                         Number of     Market
                           Shares      Value
                         -----------   -------

 Delphi Financial
   Group, Inc.+              15,000 $    412,500

 LaSalle Re Holdings
   Ltd.                      23,500      467,063

 Liberty Corp.               15,000      476,250

 Markel Corp.+                5,000      400,000
                                    -------------
                                       2,626,313
                                    -------------

 Machinery and Equipment (2.3%)

 Global Industrial
   Technologies, Inc.+       30,000      551,250

 McDermott
   International, Inc.       20,000      420,000
                                    -------------
                                         971,250
                                    -------------
 Media and Entertainment (6.0%)

 All American
   Communications,
   Inc., Class B +           17,000      144,500

 Media General,
   Inc.,Class A              13,000      500,500

 New World
   Communications
   Group, Inc.+              30,000      558,750

 Osborn Communications
   Corp.+                    70,000      735,000

 Topps Co., Inc.+           100,000      575,000
                                    -------------
                                       2,513,750
                                    -------------
 Medical Supplies (4.0%)

 INAMED Corp.+               40,000      415,000

 PLC Systems, Inc.+          30,000      892,500

 Quidel Corp.+               75,000      384,375
                                    -------------
                                       1,691,875
                                    -------------
 Metals and Mining (2.1%)

 Commonwealth Aluminum
   Corp.                     10,000 $    156,250

 Minerals Technologies,
   Inc.                      10,000      385,000

 Republic Engineered
   Steels, Inc.+             90,000      360,000
                                    -------------
                                         901,250
                                    -------------

 Oil and Gas (7.2%)

 Chesapeake Energy
   Corp.+                    12,000      849,000

 Lomak Petroleum, Inc.       30,000      401,250

 Santa Fe Energy
   Resources, Inc.+          80,000      960,000

 Swift Energy Co.+           20,000      310,000

 World Fuel Services
   Corp.                     30,000      517,500
                                    -------------
                                       3,037,750
                                    -------------

 Paper and Containers (1.8%)

 Aptargroup, Inc.             7,700      289,713

 Boise Cascade Corp.         10,000      465,000
                                    -------------
                                         754,713
                                    -------------
 Pharmaceuticals (6.1%)

 Alcide Corp.+               20,000      490,000

 American Biogenetic
   Sciences, Inc.+          110,000      660,000

 Biovail Corp.
   International+            30,000      847,500

 Carter - Wallace, Inc.      35,000      551,250
                                    -------------
                                       2,548,750
                                    -------------
 Retail (0.9%)

 Waban, Inc.+                15,000      367,500
                                    -------------

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Small Company Growth Fund (continued)

                         Number of     Market
                           Shares      Value
                         -----------   -------

 Telecommunications (9.3%)

 Associated Group, Inc.+     15,000 $    421,875

 Atlantic Tele-Network,
   Inc.+                     52,700    1,159,400

 Centennial Cellular
   Corp., Class A +          15,000      245,625

 Comsat Corp.                40,000    1,220,000

 General Communication,
   Inc.+                     60,000      465,000
 Pittencrieff
   Communication, Inc.+      70,000      424,375
                                    -------------
                                       3,936,275
                                    -------------
 Transportation (3.3%)
 OMI Corp.+                  40,000      345,000
 Xtra Corp.                  23,000    1,046,500
                                    -------------
                                       1,391,500
                                    -------------
 Utilities - Oil and Gas (1.0%)
 Valero Energy Corp.         15,000      433,125
                                    -------------
 Total Common Stocks
   ($32,405,969)                    $ 40,402,538
                                    -------------

                          Principal    Market
                           Amount      Value
                          ---------    -------

 Short-Term Investments (3.3%)
 Federal Home Loan
   Mortgage Corp.,
   Disc. Note, 5.30%,
   05/01/96               1,398,000    1,398,000
                                    -------------
 Total Short-Term
   Investments
   (cost $1,398,000)                $  1,398,000
                                    -------------
Total Investments
(cost $33,803,969) (a)              $ 41,800,538

 Other assets less
   liabilities                           369,101
                                    -------------

 Total Net Assets                   $ 42,169,639

Notes to Portfolio of Investments

  + Non-income producing security.

(a) The cost of investments for federal income tax purposes is identical.
    Unrealized gains and losses, based on identified tax cost, at April 30, 1996
    are as follows:

Unrealized gains .............       $ 8,354,816
Unrealized losses ............          (358,247)
                                     ------------
     Net unrealized gain .....       $ 7,996,569
                                     ============

 Category percentages are based on net assets.


66  See Notes to Financial Statements.
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International Growth Fund 


                         Number of     Market
                           Shares      Value
                         -----------   -------

 Common Stocks (94.2%)

 Argentina (0.9%)

 Banks (0.9%)

 Banco Frances del Rio
   de la Plata S.A. ADR      13,000 $    373,750
                                    -------------
 Total Argentina                    $    373,750
                                    -------------

 Australia (1.5%)

 Banks (1.0%)

 National Australia
   Bank Ltd.                 44,600 $    400,462
                                    -------------

 Diversified (0.5%)

 Email Ltd.                  80,000      224,553
                                    -------------

 Financial Services (0.0%)

 Commonwealth Bank of
   Australia                  1,144        9,399
                                    -------------
 Total Australia                    $    634,414
                                    -------------

 Austria (1.6%)

 Building Materials and Construction (0.8%)

 VA Technologie AG+           2,600      344,848
                                    -------------

 Oil and Gas (0.8%)

 Australian Gas Light
   Co. Ltd.                  71,849      299,404
                                    -------------
 Total Austria                      $    644,252
                                    -------------

 Belgium (1.4%)

 Chemicals (0.7%)

 Solvay SA Class A              500      294,701
                                    -------------

 Retail (0.7%)

 G.I.B. Holdings Ltd.         6,400      286,340
                                    -------------
 Total Belgium                      $    581,041
                                    -------------


 Canada (3.1%)

 Banks (0.7%)

 Royal Bank of Canada        12,000 $    284,256
                                    -------------

 Oil and Gas (1.0%)

 Alberta Energy Co.
   Ltd.                      10,800      211,407

 Petro-Canada                17,000      217,893
                                    -------------
                                         429,300
                                    -------------

 Printing and Publishing (0.6%)

 Quebecor,  Inc. Class B     15,200      251,761
                                    -------------
 Utilities - Telephone (0.8%)

 BCE,  Inc.+                  8,400      330,398
                                    -------------
 Total Canada                       $  1,295,715
                                    -------------
 Denmark (2.1%)

 Commercial Services (1.0%)

 ISS International
   Service System AS         14,000      395,433
                                    -------------

 Pharmaceuticals (1.1%)

 Novo-Nordisk AS+             3,500      454,038
                                    -------------
 Total Denmark                      $    849,471
                                    -------------

 Finland (2.3%)

 Paper and Containers (1.6%)

 Metsa-Serla Oy              65,000      472,893

 Repola Oy                   10,000      193,320
                                    -------------
                                         666,213
                                    -------------

 Retail (0.7%)

 Kesko                       24,500      277,213
                                    -------------
 Total Finland                      $    943,426
                                    -------------

See Notes to Portfolio of Investments.

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International Growth Fund (continued)

                         Number of     Market
                           Shares      Value
                         -----------   -------
 France (4.0%)

 Autos and Auto Equipment (0.7%)

 PSA Peugeot                  2,000 $    278,913
                                    -------------
 Building Materials and Construction (0.7%)

 Bouygues                     3,000      304,216
                                    -------------
 Metals and Mining (0.7%)

 Usinor Sacilor+             20,000      308,851
                                    -------------
 Oil and Gas (1.0%)

 Elf Aquitaine SA             5,750      426,814
                                    -------------
 Retail (0.9%)

 Docs de France, SA           2,000      378,579
                                     -------------
 Total France                        $  1,697,373
                                     -------------
 Hong Kong (4.3%)

 Banks (0.8%)

 HSBC Holdings Plc           22,400      334,458
                                    -------------
 Diversified (0.8%)

 Swire Pacific Ltd.
   Class A                   40,000      341,284
                                    -------------
 Electrical Equipment (0.5%)

 QPL International          177,000      181,908
                                    -------------

 Hotels and Restaurants (0.6%)

 Regal Hotels
   International          1,000,000      253,377
                                    -------------

 Real Estate Investment Trusts (1.6%)

 Hysan Development Co.
   Ltd.                     128,000      411,195

 New World Development
   Co. Ltd.                  52,000      233,262
                                    -------------
                                         644,457
                                    -------------
 Total Hong Kong                    $  1,755,484
                                    -------------
 Indonesia (2.6%)

 Metals and Mining (0.8%)

 Tambang Timah
   (Foreign-Registered
   shares)+                 175,000 $    313,640
                                    -------------
 Retail (0.7%)

 Matahari Putra Prima
   (Foreign-Registered
   shares)                  150,000      301,030
                                    -------------
 Transportation (1.1%)

 Steady Safe
   (Foreign-Registered
   shares)                  300,000      447,521
                                    -------------
 Total Indonesia                    $  1,062,191
                                    -------------
 Ireland (0.8%)

 Household Products (0.8%)

 Waterford Wedgewood        275,000      311,584
                                    -------------
 Total Ireland                      $    311,584
                                    -------------
 Italy (3.9%)

 Banks (0.6%)

 Banca Popolare di
   Bergamo                   14,000      228,171
                                    -------------
 Printing and Publishing (0.9%)

 Mondadori (Arnoldo)
   Editore SpA               42,000      351,518
                                    -------------
 Telecommunications (2.4%)

 Stet Scocieta'
   Finaziaria
   Telefonica S.p.A.        400,000    1,046,904
                                    -------------
 Total Italy                        $  1,626,593
                                    -------------

68  See Notes to Portfolio of Investments.
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International Growth Fund (continued)

                         Number of     Market
                           Shares      Value
                         -----------   -------
 Japan (25.4%)

 Aerospace and Defense (1.7%)

 Mitsubishi Heavy
   Industries Ltd.           77,000 $    686,536
                                    -------------
 Building Materials and Construction (0.9%)

 Nippon Densetsu Kogyo       33,000      368,574
                                    -------------
 Chemicals (3.1%)

 Fuji Photo Film+            12,000      373,443

 Konica Corp.                35,000      273,973

 Shin-Etsu Chemical Co.+     28,350      619,746
                                    -------------
                                       1,267,162
                                    -------------
 Computers and Office Equipment (1.4%)

 Canon, Inc.                 29,000      575,820
                                    -------------
 Consumer Products (0.8%)

 AJL PEPS Trust              14,700      327,075
                                    -------------
 Electrical and Electronics (3.6%)

 Hitachi Koki                 5,000       52,981

 Nintendo Co. Ltd.            7,000      539,927

 Rohm Co.                     7,000      445,038

 TDK Corp.                    8,000      457,448
                                    -------------
                                       1,495,394
                                    -------------
 Electrical Equipment (2.7%)

 Furukawa Electric Co.+      79,000      478,125

 Hitachi Ltd. (Hit.
   Seisakusho)               59,000      636,438
                                    -------------
                                       1,114,563
                                    -------------
 Financial Services (0.9%)

 Sanyo Shinpan Finance Co.    5,500      383,275
                                    -------------
 Machinery and Equipment (1.7%)
 Komatsu Ltd.+               49,000 $    472,436
 Tsukishima Kikai            10,000      228,151
                                    -------------
                                         700,587
                                    -------------
 Metals and Mining (1.3%)
 Nippon Steel Co.           146,000      526,829
                                    -------------
 Pharmaceuticals (1.1%)
 Daiichi
   Pharmaceuticals Co.       27,000      453,630
   Ltd.
                                    -------------
 Printing and Publishing (1.1%)
 Toppan Printing Co.
   Ltd.                      32,000      470,431
                                    -------------
 Real Estate Investment Trusts (0.8%)
 Daibiru Corp.               25,000      336,499
                                    -------------
 Retail (1.0%)
 Ito-Yokado Co., Ltd.         7,000      412,295
                                    -------------
 Transportation (2.1%)
 East Japan Railway Co.          80      426,901
 Nippon Express Co. Ltd.     43,000      447,425
                                    -------------
                                         874,326
                                    -------------
 Utilities - Electric (0.0%)

 Tohoku Electric Power           70        1,737
                                    -------------
 Utilities - Telephone (1.2%)
 DDI Corp.                       56      480,588
                                    -------------
 Total Japan                        $ 10,475,321
                                    -------------
 Kenya (0.9%)
 Utilities - Electric (0.9%)
 Chilgener S.A. ADR           3,000       67,125
 Empresa Nacional
   Electricidad SA ADR       16,000      312,000
                                    -------------
                                         379,125
                                    -------------
 Total Kenya                        $    379,125
                                    -------------

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International Growth Fund (continued)

                         Number of     Market
                           Shares      Value
                         -----------   -------
 Malaysia (2.9%)

 Chemicals (0.7%)

 Industrial Oxygen,
   Inc. Bhd                 180,000 $    269,949
                                    -------------
 Diversified (0.5%)

 Oriental Holdings Bhd       30,000      182,853
                                    -------------
 Financial Services (0.9%)

 MBF Capital Bhd            250,000      374,930
                                    -------------
 Media and Entertainment (0.4%)

 Magnum Corp. Bhd           100,000      173,230
                                    -------------
 Transportation (0.4%)

 Malaysian
   International
   Shipping Bhd
   (Foreign-Registered
   shares)                   56,666      181,782
                                    -------------
 Total Malaysia                     $  1,182,744
                                    -------------
 Mexico (1.2%)

 Foods and Beverages (1.1%)

 Panamerican Beverages,
   Inc. Class A              10,000      438,750
                                    -------------
 Transportation (0.1%)

 Transportacion
   Maritima Mexicana SA
   de CV                      7,000       58,625
                                    -------------
 Total Mexico                       $    497,375
                                    -------------

 Netherlands (4.3%)

 Building Materials and Construction (0.3%)

 Koninklijke Volker
   Stevin N.V.                2,000      135,793
                                    -------------
 Diversified (1.1%)

 Hagemeyer N.V.               6,300      430,685
                                    -------------
 Electrical and Electronics (1.2%)

 Philips
   Electronics N.V.          14,000 $    493,633
                                    -------------
 Financial Services (0.9%)

 ABN Amro Holding N.V.        7,505      387,967
                                    -------------
 Retail (0.8%)

 Vendex International
   N.V.                      11,000      314,771
                                    -------------
 Total Netherlands                  $  1,762,849
                                    -------------
 Norway (3.1%)

 Diversified (0.8%)

 Orkla AS Class A             6,700      326,727
                                    -------------
 Financial Services (0.9%)

 Fokus Banken AS+            69,000      371,072
                                    -------------
 Medical Supplies (0.9%)

 Hafslund ASA                13,000      381,159
                                    -------------
 Printing and Publishing (0.5%)

 Schibsted Group             14,800      215,843
                                    -------------
 Total Norway                       $  1,294,801
                                    -------------
 Philippines (1.6%)

 Building Materials and Construction (0.8%)

 DMCI Holdings, Inc.+       500,000      334,480
                                    -------------
 Utilities - Telephone (0.8%)

 Philippine Long
   Distance Telephone Co.     6,030      306,571
                                    -------------
 Total Philippines                  $    641,051
                                    -------------

70  See Notes to Portfolio of Investments.
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International Growth Fund (continued)

                         Number of     Market
                           Shares      Value
                         -----------   -------
 Singapore (2.1%)

 Banks (0.7%)

 Development Bank of
   Singapore Ltd.
   (Foreign-Registered
   shares)                   10,000 $    126,600

 Oversea-Chinese
   Banking Corp. Ltd.
   (Foreign-Registered
   shares)                   12,000      164,723
                                    -------------
                                         291,323
                                    -------------
 Paper and Containers (0.5%)

 Asia Pulp & Paper Co.
   Ltd.+                     17,900      214,800
                                    -------------
 Transportation (0.9%)

 Singapore
   Airlines Ltd.
   (Foreign-Registered
   shares)                   37,000      373,684
                                    -------------
 Total Singapore                    $    879,807
                                    -------------
 South Korea (1.2%)

 Utilities - Electric (1.2%)

 Korea Electric Power
   Corp. ADR                 18,000      499,500
                                    -------------
 Total South Korea                  $    499,500
                                    -------------
 Spain (1.6%)

 Utilities - Electric (0.7%)

 Union Electrica Fenosa
   SA                        50,800      303,516
                                    -------------
 Utilities - Telephone (0.9%)

 Telefonica de Espana        21,000      373,440
                                    -------------
 Total Spain                        $    676,956
                                    -------------
 Sweden (2.2%)

 Electrical and Electronics (0.5%)

 Telefonaktiebolaget LM
   Ericsson                  11,000 $    222,515
                                    -------------
 Financial Services (0.4%)

 Sparbanken Sverige AB       15,000      168,817
                                    -------------
 Home Furnishings & Appliances (0.5%)

 Electrolux AB Class B+       4,100      206,288
                                    -------------
 Metals and Mining (0.7%)

 Svenskt Stal AB (SSAB)      23,000      282,539
                                    -------------
 Real Estate (0.1%)

 Fastighets AB Tornet+        1,500       18,757
                                    -------------
 Total Sweden                       $    898,916
                                    -------------
 Switzerland (2.2%)

 Insurance (1.3%)

 Baloise Holding Ltd.           125      267,635

 Winterthur
   Schweizerische
   Versicherungs -
   Gesellschaft                 450      281,634
                                    -------------
                                         549,269
                                    -------------
 Machinery and Equipment (0.9%)

 Sulzer AG                      560      359,926
                                    -------------
 Total Switzerland                  $    909,195
                                    -------------
 Taiwan (0.4%)

 Metals and Mining (0.4%)

 China Steel Corp.            8,000      178,400
                                    -------------
 Total Taiwan                       $    178,400
                                    -------------

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International Growth Fund (continued)

                         Number of     Market
                           Shares      Value
                         -----------   -------

 Thailand (1.3%)

 Financial Services (1.3%)

 Bank of Ayudhya PCL
   (Foreign-Registered
   shares)                   50,000 $    295,050

 Siam Commercial Bank
   PCL
   (Foreign-Registered
   shares)                   15,000      220,990
                                    -------------
                                         516,040
                                    -------------
 Total Thailand                     $    516,040
                                    -------------

 United Kingdom (9.4%)

 Autos and Auto Equipment (0.7%)

 T & N Plc                  106,000      285,510
                                    -------------
 Commercial Services (0.6%)

 Inchcape Plc                60,000      262,896
                                    -------------
 Diversified (0.5%)

 Lonrho Plc                  70,000      203,250
                                    -------------
 Financial Services (0.9%)

 Barclays Bank
   Restricted                   702        7,763

 Barclays Plc+               32,200      356,102
                                    -------------
                                         363,865
                                    -------------
 Foods and Beverages (1.5%)

 Allied Domecq Plc           40,000      308,213

 Hillsdown Holdings Plc     108,100      291,977
                                    -------------
                                         600,190
                                    -------------
 Hotels and Restaurants (0.8%)

 Millennium & Copthorne
   Hotels Plc                17,000      329,375
                                    -------------
 Media and Entertainment (0.7%)

 Ladbroke Group Plc         106,000      310,959
                                    -------------
 Retail (1.4%)

 Asda Group Plc             180,000 $    306,562

 Burton Group Plc           110,000      257,494
                                    -------------
                                         564,056
                                    -------------
 Transportation (1.4%)

 NFC Plc                    121,967      314,790

 Peninsular & Oriental
   Steam Navigation  Co.
                             32,000      251,132
                                    -------------
                                         565,922
                                    -------------
 Utilities - Electric (0.2%)

 National Power Plc ADR
                              4,000      105,500
                                    -------------
 Utilities - Water (0.7%)

 Hyder PLC                   25,000      275,726
                                    -------------
 Total United Kingdom               $  3,867,249
                                    -------------
 West Germany (5.9%)

 Banks (1.7%)

 Commerzbank AG               1,600      345,864

 Deutsche Bank AG             7,250      346,863
                                    -------------
                                         692,727
                                    -------------
 Machinery and Equipment (1.2%)

 Mannesmann AG                1,450      494,506
                                    -------------
 Oil and Gas (1.5%)

 VEBA AG                     12,500      620,293
                                    -------------
 Pharmaceuticals (0.4%)

 Merck KGaA+                  4,000      148,805
                                    -------------

72  See Notes to Portfolio of Investments.

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International Growth Fund (continued)

                         Number of     Market
                           Shares      Value
                         -----------   -------
 West Germany (continued)

 Retail (1.1%)

 Asko Deutsche Kaufhaus AG      800 $    474,716
                                    -------------
 Total West Germany                 $  2,431,047
                                    -------------
 Total Common Stocks
   ($35,468,562)                    $ 38,865,670
                                    -------------
 Preferred Stocks (1.0%)

 Finland (1.0%)

 Electrical Equipment (1.0%)

 Nokia AB Class A            11,500      409,796
                                    -------------
 Total Finland                      $    409,796
                                    -------------
 Total Preferred
   Stocks ($601,681)                $    409,796
                                    -------------
 Warrants (0.0%)

 Italcementi 12/31/96        11,100        1,660
                                    -------------
  Total Warrants                    $      1,660
                                    -------------

 Short-Term Investments (3.1%)

 U.S. Treasury Bill,
   4.71%, 11/14/96, ++   $  300,000 $    291,628

 Lockheed Corp., Comm.
   Paper, 5.50%,
   05/01/96                 996,000      996,000
                                    -------------
 Total Short-Term
   Investments
   (cost $1,287,660)                $  1,287,628
                                    -------------
Total Investments
(cost $37,361,362)
(a)                                 $ 40,564,754

 Other assets less
   liabilities                           691,644
                                    -------------
 Total Net Assets                   $ 41,256,398

Notes to Portfolio of Investments

  + Non-income producing security.

 ++ Security pledged to cover initial margin deposits on open futures contracts
    at April 30, 1996.

(a) The cost of investments for income federal tax purposes is identical.
    Unrealized gains and losses, based on identified tax cost,at April 30, 1996
    are as follows:

Unrealized gains ..............     $  4,092,606
Unrealized losses .............         (889,214)
                                    -------------
     Net unrealized gain ......     $  3,203,392
                                    =============

Category percentages are based on net assets.


Information concerning open futures contracts is shown below:

                        No. of    Initital     Expiration  Unrealized
                       Contracts    Value         Date     Gain/(Loss)
                       --------- ------------  ----------- ------------
Topex Index Future        4      $  597,000     June 96     $  52,991
                                                            =========

See Notes to Financial Statements.


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Asian Growth Fund

                         Number of     Market
                           Shares      Value
                         -----------   -------
 Common Stocks (93.0%)

 Hong Kong (33.8%)

 Banks (6.6%)

 Bank of East Asia, Ltd.    216,000 $    724,607

 HSBC Holdings Plc           66,000      985,457
                                    -------------
                                       1,710,064
                                    -------------
 Diversified (10.1%)

 Citic Pacific Ltd.         320,000    1,257,579

 Hutchison Whampoa Ltd.      83,000      515,028

 Swire Pacific Ltd.
   Class A                  100,000      853,209
                                    -------------
                                       2,625,816
                                    -------------

 Electrical Equipment (1.2%)

 QPL International          300,000      308,319
                                    -------------
 Foods and Beverages (1.9%)

 Ng Fung Hong Ltd.+       1,000,000      478,314
                                    -------------
 Hotels and Restaurants (1.0%)

 Regal Hotels
   International          1,000,000      253,377
                                    -------------
 Real Estate (4.7%)

 Cheung Kong (Holdings)
   Ltd.                      84,000      597,246

 HKR International Ltd.     550,000      625,687
                                    -------------
                                       1,222,933
                                    -------------
 Real Estate Investment Trusts (7.4%)

 Hysan Development Co.
   Ltd.                     315,000    1,011,926

 New World Development
   Co. Ltd.                 203,000      910,620
                                    -------------
                                       1,922,546
                                    -------------
 Utilities - Electric (0.9%)

 HongKong Electric
   Holdings Ltd.             75,000 $    238,511
                                    -------------
 Total Hong Kong                    $  8,759,880
                                    -------------
 Indonesia (7.7%)

 Banks (0.7%)

 Bank Danamon Indonesia
   PT
   (Foreign-Registered
   shares)                   57,500       83,924

 Modernbank
   (Foreign-Registered      121,500      109,530
   shares)
                                    -------------
                                         193,454
                                    -------------
 Metals and Mining (0.9%)

 Tambang Timah
   (Foreign-Registered
   shares)+                 125,000      224,029
                                    -------------
 Real Estate (2.0%)

 Kawasan Industri
   Jababeka
   (Foreign-Registered
   shares)                  250,000      504,400
                                    -------------
 Retail (0.8%)

 Matahari Putra Prima
   (Foreign-Registered
   shares)                  100,000      200,687
                                    -------------
 Telecommunications (1.6%)

 Indosat                     12,000      418,500
                                    -------------
 Transportation (1.7%)

 Steady Safe
   (Foreign-Registered      300,000      447,521
   shares)
                                    -------------
 Total Indonesia                    $  1,988,591
                                    -------------


74  See Notes to Portfolio of Investments.
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Asian Growth Fund (continued)

                         Number of     Market
                           Shares      Value
                         -----------   -------
 Malaysia (19.4%)

 Banks (5.1%)

 Hong Leong Bank Bhd        180,000 $    537,734

 Malayan Banking Bhd         80,000      779,533
                                    -------------
                                       1,317,267
                                    -------------
 Chemicals (1.0%)

 Industrial Oxygen,
   Inc. Bhd                 180,000      269,949
                                    -------------
 Diversified (7.1%)

 Land & General Bhd         232,500      619,988

 Oriental Holdings Bhd       40,000      243,805

 Sungei Way Holdings
   Bhd.                     210,000      968,402
                                    -------------
                                       1,832,195
                                    -------------
 Financial Services (1.0%)

 MBF Capital Bhd            166,000      248,953
                                    -------------
 Media and Entertainment (1.3%)

 Magnum Corp. Bhd           200,000      346,459
                                    -------------
 Real Estate (3.2%)

 IOI Properties Bhd          95,000      314,279

 Metroplex Bhd              500,000      501,243
                                    -------------
                                         815,522
                                    -------------
 Transportation (0.7%)

 Malaysian
   International
   Shipping Bhd
   (Foreign-Registered       60,000      192,477
   shares)
                                    -------------
 Total Malaysia                     $  5,022,822
                                    -------------
 Philippines (5.6%)

 Building Materials and Construction (3.6%)

 C & P Homes, Inc.          700,000      602,064

 Philippines (continued)

 DMCI Holdings, Inc.+       296,000 $    198,012

 Sanitary Wares
   Manufacturing Corp.+     410,700      131,876
                                    -------------
                                         931,952
                                    -------------
 Real Estate (1.0%)

 Ayala Land, Inc.           165,000      255,447
                                    -------------
 Utilities - Telephone (1.0%)

 Philippine Long
   Distance Telephone Co.     5,000      254,205
                                    -------------
 Total Philippines                  $  1,441,604
                                    -------------
 Singapore (6.5%)

 Banks (3.3%)

 Development Bank of
   Singapore Ltd.            30,000      379,801

 Oversea-Chinese
   Banking
   (Foreign-Registered
   shares)                   35,000      480,441
                                    -------------
                                         860,242
                                    -------------
 Diversified (1.8%)

 Straits Steamship Land
   Ltd.                     130,000      453,058
                                    -------------
 Transportation (1.4%)

 Singapore
   Airlines Ltd.
   (Foreign-Registered
   shares)                   36,000      363,585
                                    -------------
 Total Singapore                    $  1,676,885
                                    -------------
 South Korea (4.9%)

 Chemicals (1.5%)

 L.G. Chemical Ltd.+         19,000      380,760
                                    -------------

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Asian Growth Fund (continued)

                         Number of     Market
                           Shares      Value
                         -----------   -------

 Oil and Gas (1.5%)

 Yukong Ltd.                 10,750 $    400,578
                                    -------------
 South Korea (cont'd)

 Utilities - Electric (1.9%)

 Korea Electric Power
   Corp. ADR                 18,000      499,500
                                    -------------
 Total South Korea                  $  1,280,838
                                    -------------
 Thailand (15.1%)

 Auto Parts and Accessories (0.7%)

 Swedish Motor PCL
   (Foreign-Registered
   shares)                   50,000      188,119
                                    -------------
 Banks (2.5%)

 Bangkok Metropolitan
   Bank PCL                 641,666      644,554
                                    -------------
 Building Materials and Construction (1.8%)

 Siam Cement PCL
   (Foreign-Registered
   shares)                    4,500      231,683

 TPI Polene PCL
   (Foreign-Registered
   shares)                   42,000      232,871
                                    -------------
                                         464,554
                                    -------------
 Computers and Office Equipment (0.9%)

 K.R. Precision PCL
   (Foreign-Registered
   shares)                   44,800      243,073
                                    -------------
 Financial Services (4.5%)

 Bank of Ayudhya PCL
   (Foreign-Registered
   shares)                  115,000      678,614

 Siam Commercial Bank
   PCL
   (Foreign-Registered       25,000      368,317
   shares)

 Siam General Factoring
   Co. Ltd.
   (Foreign-Registered
   shares)                   63,800 $    115,598
                                    -------------
                                       1,162,529
                                    -------------
 Telecommunications (1.0%)

 Advanced Info Service
   PCL
   (Foreign-Registered
   shares)                   15,000      254,257
                                    -------------
 Utilities - Electric (3.7%)

 Electricity Generating
   Public Co. Ltd.
   (Foreign-Registered
   shares)                  242,000      948,832
                                    -------------
 Total Thailand                     $  3,905,918
                                    -------------
 Total Common Stocks
   ($20,475,571)                    $ 24,076,538
                                    -------------
 Warrants (0.3%)

 Straits Steamship Land
   Ltd.                      50,000       78,236
                                    -------------
  Total Warrants                    $     78,236
                                    -------------

                          Principal    Market
                           Amount      Value
                          ---------    -------
 Short-Term Investments (5.3%)

 Koch Industries, Comm.
   Paper, 0.00%,
   05/01/96              $  374,000 $    374,000

 Lockheed Martin Corp.,
   Comm. Paper, 0.00%,
   05/01/96               1,000,000    1,000,000
                                    -------------
 Total Short-Term
   Investments
   (cost $1,374,000)                $  1,374,000
                                    -------------


76  See Notes to Portfolio of Investments.
<PAGE>


- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Portfolio of Investments
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
April 30, 1996 (Unaudited)



Asian Growth Fund (continued)

Total Investments
(cost $21,877,527) (a)              $ 25,528,774

 Other assets less
   liabilities                           359,757
                                    -------------

 Total Net Assets                   $ 25,888,531

Notes to Portfolio of Investments

  + Non-income producing security.

(a) The cost of investments for federal income tax purposes amount to
    $22,008,556. Unrealized gains and losses, based on identified tax cost, at
    April 30, 1996 are as follows:

Unrealized gains ..............    $   4,424,711
Unrealized losses .............         (904,493)
                                   --------------
     Net unrealized gain ......    $   3,520,218
                                   ==============

Category percentages are based on net assets.


See Notes to Financial Statements.


                                       Aetna Mutual Funds Semi-Annual Report  77

<PAGE>

- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Statements of Assets and Liabilities
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
April 30, 1996 (Unaudited)



<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Aetna Series Fund, Inc.                          Money Market Fund              Government Fund
<S>                                                 <C>                            <C>
Assets:
Investments, at market value (Note 1) .....         $  412,453,877                 $ 13,843,954
Cash ......................................              1,828,693                           --
Cash denominated in foreign currencies ....                     --                           --
Receivable for:
   Dividends and interest .................              2,087,034                      244,742
   Investments sold .......................              3,500,192                           --
   Fund shares sold .......................                840,172                           --
   Recoverable taxes ......................                     --                           --
   Reimbursement from Investment Advisor ..                299,378                       39,584
Gross unrealized gain on forward foreign
   currency exchange contracts (Note 7) ...                     --                           --
Deferred organizational expenses ..........                 11,461                           --
                                                    ---------------                -------------
     Total assets .........................            421,020,807                   14,128,280
                                                    ---------------                -------------
Liabilities:
Payable for:
   Investments purchased ..................             10,161,680                           --
   Fund shares redeemed ...................              3,282,125                          643
   Variation margin .......................                     --                           --
   Other liabilities ......................                399,126                        7,282
Gross unrealized loss on forward foreign
   currency contracts (Note 7) ............                     --                           --
Deferred premiums on written options, at
   market value (Note 5) ..................                     --                           --
                                                    ---------------                -------------
     Total liabilities ....................             13,842,931                        7,925
                                                    ---------------                -------------
NET ASSETS ................................         $  407,177,876                 $ 14,120,355
                                                    ===============                =============
Net assets represented by:
Paid-in capital ...........................         $  407,177,876                 $ 14,655,301
Unrealized gain (loss) on investments .....                     --                     (345,734)
Undistributed net investment income .......                     --                       30,228
Accumulated net realized gain (loss) on
   investments ............................                     --                     (219,440)
                                                    ===============                =============
NET ASSETS ................................         $  407,177,876                 $ 14,120,355
                                                    ===============                =============
Capital Shares, $.001 par value
Select Class:   Outstanding ...............            304,055,061                    1,399,685
                Net Assets ................         $  304,055,061                 $ 13,562,640
                Net Asset Value per share .         $         1.00                 $       9.69
Adviser Class:  Outstanding ...............            103,122,815                       57,564
                Net Assets ................         $  103,122,815                 $    557,715
                Net Asset Value per share .         $         1.00                 $       9.69
Cost of Investments .......................         $  412,453,877                 $ 14,189,688
                                                    ===============                =============

78  See Notes to Financial Statements.
<PAGE>
<CAPTION>
Bond Fund                 The Aetna Fund       Growth and Income Fund
<C>                        <C>                        <C>
$  37,295,485              $  86,806,206              $  382,489,781
           --                     11,304                     162,830
           --                         --                     194,650

      568,701                    459,618                     470,294
           --                    876,244                   8,067,607
       59,865                     42,766                      28,489
           --                         --                       4,923
       15,492                         --                          --

           --                         --                     122,193
       11,461                     11,461                      11,461
- --------------             --------------             ---------------
   37,951,004                 88,207,599                 391,552,228
- --------------             --------------             ---------------


           --                  1,306,358                     517,587
       21,639                     19,924                     189,039
           --                         --                      13,618
       30,702                    102,151                     357,200

           --                         --                      35,590

           --                         --                   1,246,394
- --------------             --------------             ---------------
       52,341                  1,428,433                   2,359,428
- --------------             --------------             ---------------
$  37,898,663              $  86,779,166              $  389,192,800
==============             ==============             ===============

$  38,623,593              $  70,237,723              $  291,421,709
      105,161                 10,166,131                  70,562,679
        2,410                    629,983                     976,055

     (832,501)                 5,745,329                  26,232,357
==============             ==============             ===============
$  37,898,663              $  86,779,166              $  389,192,800
==============             ==============             ===============

    3,528,563                  6,599,681                  26,819,736
$  35,131,978              $  83,927,054              $  384,664,795
$        9.96              $       12.72              $        14.34
      277,892                    224,845                     316,536
$   2,766,685              $   2,852,112              $    4,528,005
$        9.96              $       12.68              $        14.30
$  37,190,324              $  76,640,075              $  311,629,147
==============             ==============             ===============


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<PAGE>
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Statements of Assets and Liabilities
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
April 30, 1996 (Unaudited)

Aetna Series Fund, Inc.                             Growth Fund               Small Company Growth
<S>                                                 <C>                            <C>
Assets:
Investments, at market value (Note 1) .....         $ 42,423,957                   $ 41,800,538
Cash ......................................                  481                             89
Cash denominated in foreign currencies ....                   --                             --
Receivable for:
   Dividends and interest .................               29,361                             --
   Investments sold .......................                   --                        569,424
   Fund shares sold .......................               76,621                         65,851
   Recoverable taxes ......................                   --                             --
   Reimbursement from Investment Advisor ..                   --                             --
Gross unrealized gain on forward foreign
   currency exchange contracts (Note 7) ...                   --                             --
Deferred organizational expenses ..........                   --                             --
                                                    -------------                  -------------
     Total assets .........................           42,530,420                     42,435,902
                                                    -------------                  -------------
Liabilities:
Payable for:
   Investments purchased ..................                   --                        205,108
   Fund shares redeemed ...................              136,013                         20,000
   Variation margin .......................                   --                             --
   Other liabilities ......................               38,279                         41,155
Gross unrealized loss on forward foreign
   currency exchange contracts (Note 7) ...                   --                             --
                                                    -------------                  -------------
     Total liabilities ....................              174,292                        266,263
                                                    -------------                  -------------
NET ASSETS ................................         $ 42,356,128                   $ 42,169,639
                                                    =============                  =============
Net assets represented by:
Paid-in capital ...........................         $ 32,762,555                   $ 28,623,188
Unrealized gain (loss) on investments .....            7,341,536                      7,996,569
Undistributed (distributions in excess of)
   net investment income ..................               (2,307)                      (156,644)
Accumulated net realized gain (loss) on
   investments ............................            2,254,344                      5,706,526
                                                    =============                  =============
NET ASSETS ................................         $ 42,356,128                   $ 42,169,639
                                                    =============                  =============
Capital Shares, $.001 par value
Select Class:   Outstanding ...............            2,906,741                      2,573,095
                Net Assets ................         $ 39,110,362                   $ 39,328,868
                Net Asset Value per share .         $      13.46                   $      15.28
Adviser Class:  Outstanding ...............              243,518                        188,421
                Net Assets ................         $  3,245,766                   $  2,840,771
                Net Asset Value per share .         $      13.33                   $      15.08
Cost of Investments .......................         $ 35,082,421                   $ 33,803,969
                                                    =============                  =============


80  See Notes to Financial Statements.
<PAGE>

<CAPTION>
International Growth Fund                Asian Growth Fund
          <C>                               <C>
          $  40,564,754                     $  25,528,774
                     49                               605
                424,565                           394,002

                165,997                           130,025
              1,133,759                           869,300
                177,373                               454
                 55,728                             2,709
                     --                            21,787

                248,107                                --
                 11,461                                --
          --------------                    --------------
             42,781,793                        26,947,656
          --------------                    --------------

              1,189,552                         1,028,402
                134,276                                --
                  2,919                                --
                 69,421                            30,723

                129,227                                --
          --------------                    --------------
              1,525,395                         1,059,125
          --------------                    --------------
          $  41,256,398                     $  25,888,531
          ==============                    ==============

          $  34,581,177                     $  24,864,939
              3,373,392                         3,652,944

                 66,191                            93,479

              3,235,638                        (2,722,831)
          ==============                    ==============
          $  41,256,398                     $  25,888,531
          ==============                    ==============

              1,684,648                         2,694,284
          $  19,596,926                     $  25,273,846
          $       11.63                     $        9.38
              1,866,272                            65,695
          $  21,659,472                     $     614,685
          $       11.61                     $        9.36
          $  37,361,362                     $  21,877,527
          ==============                    ==============
</TABLE>

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<PAGE>
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Statements of Operations
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Six-month period ended April 30, 1996 (Unaudited)


<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Aetna Series Fund, Inc.                          Money Market Fund           Government Fund
<S>                                                  <C>                          <C>
Investment income: (Note 1)
Dividends ..................................         $          --                $       --
Interest ...................................            10,343,320                   467,250
                                                     --------------               -----------
                                                        10,343,320                   467,250
Foreign taxes withheld .....................                    --                        --
                                                     --------------               -----------
   Total investment income .................            10,343,320                   467,250
                                                     --------------               -----------
Investment Expenses: (Notes 2 and 3)
Investment advisory fee ....................               722,869                    37,460
Administrative service fee .................               448,570                    18,730
12b-1 and service fees .....................                45,816                     1,854
Organizational expenses ....................                 4,273                        --
Printing and postage .......................                88,159                     5,756
Custody fees ...............................                17,951                     6,577
Transfer agent fees ........................               204,084                    15,590
Audit fees .................................                 4,025                     5,299
Directors' fees ............................                 7,919                     3,411
State and federal fees .....................                53,681                    20,437
Miscellaneous ..............................                 9,730                        --
                                                     --------------               -----------
Expenses before reimbursement and waiver
   from Adviser ............................             1,607,077                   115,114
Expenses reimbursement and waiver from
   Adviser .................................            (1,064,925)                  (60,816)
                                                     --------------               -----------
   Net investment expenses .................               542,152                    54,298
                                                     --------------               -----------
Net investment income (loss) ...............             9,801,168                   412,952
                                                     --------------               -----------
Realized and unrealized gain (loss): (Notes 1, 4, 5 and 7)
 Realized gain (loss) on:
   Sale of investments, (excluding
      short-term investments) ..............                    --                   597,384
   Written options .........................                    --                        --
   Futures and forward currency contracts ..                    --                        --
   Foreign currencies ......................                    --                        --
                                                     --------------               -----------
     Net realized gain (loss) ..............                    --                   597,384
                                                     --------------               -----------
Net change in unrealized gain (loss) on:
   Investments .............................                    --                  (942,618)
   Written options .........................                    --                        --
   Futures and forward currency contracts ..                    --                        --
   Foreign currency  transactions ..........                    --                        --
                                                     --------------               -----------
     Net change in unrealized gain (loss) ..                    --                  (942,618)
                                                     --------------               -----------
Net realized and change in unrealized gain
   (loss) on investments ...................                    --                  (345,234)
                                                     --------------               -----------
Increase (decrease) in net assets resulting
   from operations .........................         $   9,801,168                $   67,718
                                                     ==============               ===========

82  See Notes to Financial Statements.
<PAGE>

<CAPTION>
Bond Fund                 The Aetna Fund       Growth and Income Fund
<C>                       <C>                           <C>
$         --              $   530,979                   $  4,135,657
   1,307,866                1,148,723                        348,691
- -------------             ------------                  -------------
   1,307,866                1,679,702                      4,484,348
          --                   (2,054)                       (26,182)
- -------------             ------------                  -------------
   1,307,866                1,677,648                      4,458,166
- -------------             ------------                  -------------

      93,612                  333,616                      1,275,515
      46,806                  105,415                        460,440
      12,569                    7,481                         12,192
       4,273                    4,273                          4,273
      10,803                   21,936                         94,197
       6,112                   25,063                         86,421
      20,792                   34,654                         47,074
       5,815                    5,747                          8,261
       3,687                    4,297                          8,792
      21,079                   21,173                         26,409
          --                       --                          2,520
- -------------             ------------                  -------------

     225,548                  563,655                      2,026,094

     (72,561)                      --                             --
- -------------             ------------                  -------------
     152,987                  563,655                      2,026,094
- -------------             ------------                  -------------
   1,154,879                1,113,993                      2,432,072
- -------------             ------------                  -------------




     447,578                6,297,859                     25,786,639
          --                       --                           (240)
          --                 (477,995)                       360,059
          --                   20,888                         33,007
- -------------             ------------                  -------------
     447,578                5,840,752                     26,179,465
- -------------             ------------                  -------------

  (1,379,672)                 677,701                     20,431,385
          --                       --                       (941,767)
          --                       --                        242,525
          --                       --                         (1,492)
- -------------             ------------                  -------------
  (1,379,672)                 677,701                     19,730,651
- -------------             ------------                  -------------

    (932,094)               6,518,453                     45,910,116
- -------------             ------------                  -------------

$    222,785              $ 7,632,446                   $ 48,342,188
=============             ============                  =============

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<PAGE>
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Statements of Operations
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Six-month period ended April 30, 1996 (Unaudited)

Aetna Series Fund, Inc.                             Growth Fund              Small Company Growth

Investment income: (Note 1)
Dividends ..................................         $   269,314                 $    93,677
Interest ...................................              32,855                      50,956
                                                     ------------                ------------
                                                         302,169                     144,633
Foreign taxes withheld .....................              (1,116)                     (2,325)
                                                     ------------                ------------
   Total investment income .................             301,053                     142,308
                                                     ------------                ------------
Investment Expenses: (Notes 2 and 3)
Investment advisory fee ....................             140,051                     163,125
Administrative service fee .................              50,018                      47,978
12b-1 and service fees .....................               8,982                       7,267
Organizational expenses ....................                  --                          --
Printing and postage .......................              10,447                       4,948
Custody fees ...............................               4,871                       5,987
Transfer agent fees ........................              19,664                      17,892
Audit fees .................................               7,050                       5,301
Directors' fees ............................               3,672                       3,621
State and federal fees .....................              20,841                      21,450
Miscellaneous ..............................                 633                         456
                                                     ------------                ------------
Expenses before reimbursement and waiver
   from Adviser ............................             266,229                     278,025
Expenses reimbursement and waiver from
   Adviser .................................                  --                          --
                                                     ------------                ------------
   Net investment expenses .................             266,229                     278,025
                                                     ------------                ------------
Net investment income (loss) ...............              34,824                    (135,717)
                                                     ------------                ------------
Realized and unrealized gain (loss): (Notes 1, 4, 5 and 7)
 Realized gain (loss) on:
   Sale of investments, (excluding
      short-term investments) ..............           2,301,325                   5,697,124
   Futures and forward currency contracts ..                  --                          --
   Foreign currencies ......................                  --                          --
                                                     ------------                ------------
     Net realized gain (loss) ..............           2,301,325                   5,697,124
                                                     ------------                ------------
Net change in unrealized gain (loss) on:
   Investments .............................           2,371,336                   2,958,261
   Futures and forward currency contracts ..                  --                          --
   Foreign currency transactions ...........                  --                          --
                                                     ------------                ------------
     Net change in unrealized gain (loss) ..           2,371,336                   2,958,261
                                                     ------------                ------------
Net realized and change in unrealized gain
   (loss) on investments ...................           4,672,661                   8,655,385
                                                     ------------                ------------
Increase (decrease) in net assets resulting
   from operations .........................         $ 4,707,485                 $ 8,519,668
                                                     ============                ============

84  See Notes to Financial Statements.
<PAGE>
<CAPTION>
International Growth Fund    Asian Growth Fund
<C>                               <C>
$   393,581                       $   237,753
     36,446                            43,835
- -------------                     ------------
    430,027                           281,588
    (50,693 )                         (16,196)
- -------------                     ------------
    379,334                           265,392
- -------------                     ------------

    181,799                           121,145
     53,470                            30,286
     84,172                             2,360
      4,273                                --
     16,284                             7,622
     84,020                            76,651
     23,037                            17,098
      6,307                             4,578
      3,847                             3,460
     23,158                            14,113
      4,615                             2,088
- -------------                     ------------

    484,982                           279,401

         --                           (89,258)
- -------------                     ------------
    484,982                           190,143
- -------------                     ------------
   (105,648 )                          75,249
- -------------                     ------------




  2,382,029                           512,550
    981,844                           (21,732)
    (47,468 )                          (4,243)
- -------------                     ------------
  3,316,405                           486,575
- -------------                     ------------

  1,792,389                         2,411,174
    171,872                                --
     (2,762 )                            (402)
- -------------                     ------------
  1,961,499                         2,410,772
- -------------                     ------------

  5,277,904                         2,897,347
- -------------                     ------------

$ 5,172,256                       $ 2,972,596
=============                     ============
</TABLE>

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- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Statements of Changes in Net Assets
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                 Aetna Series Fund, Inc.                               Money Market Fund

                                                                Six-months
                                                                   ended
                                                              April 30, 1996      Year ended
                                                                (Unaudited)    October 31, 1995
                                                              ------------------------------------
<S>                                                           <C>               <C>
From Operations:
Net investment income ...................................     $     9,801,168   $    15,709,416
                                                              ----------------  ----------------
Distributions to Shareholders: (Note 1)
Select Class:
   From net investment income ...........................          (7,319,587)      (11,991,698)
Adviser Class:
   From net investment income ...........................          (2,481,581)       (3,717,718)
                                                              ----------------  ----------------
Decrease in net assets from distributions to
   shareholders .........................................          (9,801,168)      (15,709,416)
                                                              ----------------  ----------------
Fund Share Transactions: (Note 8)
Select Class:
   Proceeds from shares sold ............................         223,998,031       303,179,867
   Reinvestment of distributions ........................           5,987,636         9,929,370
   Cost of shares redeemed ..............................        (201,455,098)     (199,341,125)
Adviser Class:
   Proceeds from shares sold ............................         110,730,469       113,465,548
   Reinvestment of distributions ........................           2,385,182         3,576,944
   Cost of shares redeemed ..............................         (88,718,475)      (85,667,348)
                                                              ----------------  ----------------
Net increase in net assets from fund share transactions            52,927,745       145,143,256
                                                              ----------------  ----------------
Change in net assets ....................................          52,927,745       145,143,256
                                                              ----------------  ----------------
Net assets:
Beginning of period .....................................         354,250,131       209,106,875
                                                              ----------------  ----------------
End of period ...........................................     $   407,177,876   $   354,250,131
                                                              ================  ================
</TABLE>

86  See Notes to Financial Statements.
<PAGE>


- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Statements of Changes in Net Assets
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                 Aetna Series Fund, Inc.                                Government Fund

                                                                Six-months
                                                                   ended
                                                              April 30, 1996       Year ended
                                                                (Unaudited)     October 31, 1995
                                                              ---------------- -------------------
<S>                                                           <C>               <C>
From Operations:
Net investment income ...................................     $      412,952     $    1,479,878
Net realized gain (loss) ................................            597,384           (545,932)
Net change in unrealized gain (loss) ....................           (942,618)         1,737,685
                                                              ---------------    ---------------
Increase in net assets resulting from operations ........             67,718          2,671,631
                                                              ---------------    ---------------
Distributions to Shareholders: (Note 1)
Select Class:
   From net investment income ...........................           (500,209)        (1,440,305)
Adviser Class:
   From net investment income ...........................            (15,645)           (15,128)
                                                              ---------------    ---------------
Decrease in net assets from distributions to
   shareholders .........................................           (515,854)        (1,455,433)
                                                              ---------------    ---------------
Fund Share Transactions: (Note 8)
Select Class:
   Proceeds from shares sold ............................          6,019,756         11,590,278
   Reinvestment of distributions ........................            492,781          1,434,827
   Cost of shares redeemed ..............................        (11,673,202)       (21,180,558)
Adviser Class:
   Proceeds from shares sold ............................            250,940            369,917
   Reinvestment of distributions ........................             15,252             14,695
   Cost of shares redeemed ..............................            (95,343)          (147,521)
                                                              ---------------    ---------------
Net decrease in net assets from fund share transactions           (4,989,816)        (7,918,362)
                                                              ---------------    ---------------
Change in net assets ....................................         (5,437,952)        (6,702,164)
                                                              ---------------    ---------------
Net assets:
Beginning of period .....................................         19,558,307         26,260,471
                                                              ===============    ===============
End of period ...........................................     $   14,120,355     $   19,558,307
                                                              ===============    ===============
End of period net assets includes undistributed net
   investment income ....................................     $       30,228     $      133,130
                                                              ===============    ===============
</TABLE>

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- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Statements of Changes in Net Assets
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                 Aetna Series Fund, Inc.                                   Bond Fund

                                                                Six-months
                                                                   ended
                                                              April 30, 1996       Year ended
                                                                (Unaudited)     October 31, 1995
                                                              ---------------- -------------------
<S>                                                           <C>               <C>

From Operations:
Net investment income ...................................     $   1,154,879      $    2,900,860
Net realized gain (loss) ................................           447,578            (287,323)
Net change in unrealized gain (loss) ....................        (1,379,672)          3,094,180
                                                              --------------     ---------------
Increase in net assets resulting from operations ........           222,785           5,707,717
                                                              --------------     ---------------
Distributions to Shareholders: (Note 1)
Select Class:
   From net investment income ...........................        (1,257,514)         (1,855,003)
Adviser Class:
   From net investment income ...........................           (98,736)           (896,133)
                                                              --------------     ---------------
Decrease in net assets from distributions to
   shareholders .........................................        (1,356,250)         (2,751,136)
                                                              --------------     ---------------
Fund Share Transactions: (Note 8)
Select Class:
   Proceeds from shares sold ............................        10,002,164          11,304,362
   Reinvestment of distributions ........................         1,136,984           1,689,033
   Cost of shares redeemed ..............................        (7,692,067)         (9,913,625)
Adviser Class:
   Proceeds from shares sold ............................           399,882             240,905
   Reinvestment of distributions ........................            98,212             895,776
   Cost of shares redeemed ..............................        (5,031,709)        (20,043,606)
                                                              --------------     ---------------
Net decrease in net assets from fund share transactions          (1,086,534)        (15,827,155)
                                                              --------------     ---------------
Change in net assets ....................................        (2,219,999)        (12,870,574)
                                                              --------------     ---------------
Net assets:
Beginning of period .....................................        40,118,662          52,989,236
                                                              ==============     ===============
End of period ...........................................     $  37,898,663      $   40,118,662
                                                              ==============     ===============
End of period net assets includes undistributed net
   investment income ....................................     $       2,410      $      203,781
                                                              ==============     ===============
</TABLE>

88  See Notes to Financial Statements.
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                 Aetna Series Fund, Inc.                                 The Aetna Fund

                                                                Six-months
                                                                   ended
                                                              April 30, 1996       Year ended
                                                                (Unaudited)     October 31, 1995
                                                              ---------------- -------------------
<S>                                                           <C>               <C>
From Operations:
Net investment income ...................................     $    1,113,993     $    2,727,732
Net realized gain .......................................          5,840,752          5,062,065
Net change in unrealized gain ...........................            677,701          6,873,536
                                                              ---------------    ---------------
Increase in net assets resulting from operations ........          7,632,446         14,663,333
                                                              ---------------    ---------------
Distributions to Shareholders: (Note 1)
Select Class:
   From net investment income ...........................         (1,447,698)        (2,366,265)
   From realized gain on investments ....................         (3,635,332)                --
Adviser Class:
   From net investment income ...........................            (24,995)          (346,417)
   From realized gain on investments ....................            (74,327)                --
                                                              ---------------    ---------------
Decrease in net assets from distributions to
   shareholders .........................................         (5,182,352)        (2,712,682)
                                                              ---------------    ---------------
Fund Share Transactions: (Note 8)
Select Class:
   Proceeds from shares sold ............................          4,640,374         18,047,983
   Reinvestment of distributions ........................          5,042,973          2,339,294
   Cost of shares redeemed ..............................        (12,082,460)       (24,943,784)
Adviser Class:
   Proceeds from shares sold ............................          1,402,694            890,189
   Reinvestment of distributions ........................             97,631            306,603
   Cost of shares redeemed ..............................            (75,026)       (25,950,245)
                                                              ---------------    ---------------
Net decrease in net assets from fund share transactions             (973,814)       (29,309,960)
                                                              ---------------    ---------------
Change in net assets ....................................          1,476,280        (17,359,309)
                                                              ---------------    ---------------
Net assets:
Beginning of period .....................................         85,302,886        102,662,195
                                                              ===============    ===============
End of period ...........................................     $   86,779,166     $   85,302,886
                                                              ===============    ===============
End of period net assets includes undistributed net
   investment income ....................................     $      629,983     $      988,683
                                                              ===============    ===============
</TABLE>


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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                 Aetna Series Fund, Inc.                            Growth and Income Fund

                                                                Six-months
                                                                   ended
                                                              April 30, 1996       Year ended
                                                                (Unaudited)     October 31, 1995
                                                              ---------------- -------------------
<S>                                                           <C>               <C>
From Operations:
Net investment income ...................................     $     2,432,072    $    5,732,043
Net realized gain .......................................          26,179,465        22,242,980
Net change in unrealized gain ...........................          19,730,651        40,657,050
                                                              ----------------   ---------------
Increase in net assets resulting from operations ........          48,342,188        68,632,073
                                                              ----------------   ---------------
Distributions to Shareholders: (Note 1)
Select Class:
   From net investment income ...........................          (4,032,116)       (3,718,581)
   From realized gain on investments ....................         (19,770,375)               --
Adviser Class:
   From net investment income ...........................             (21,457)          (19,523)
   From realized gain on investments ....................            (154,880)               --
                                                              ----------------   ---------------
Decrease in net assets from distributions to
   shareholders .........................................         (23,978,828)       (3,738,104)
                                                              ----------------   ---------------
Fund Share Transactions: (Note 8)
Select Class:
   Proceeds from shares sold ............................          14,519,545        74,993,372
   Reinvestment of distributions ........................          23,781,954         3,714,435
   Cost of shares redeemed ..............................         (34,585,236)      (87,967,109)
Adviser Class:
   Proceeds from shares sold ............................           2,444,745         1,598,535
   Reinvestment of distributions ........................             174,031            19,466
   Cost of shares redeemed ..............................            (525,348)       (5,332,821)
                                                              ----------------   ---------------
Net increase (decrease) in net assets from fund share
   transactions                                                     5,809,691       (12,974,122)
                                                              ----------------   ---------------
Change in net assets ....................................          30,173,051        51,919,847
                                                              ----------------   ---------------
Net assets:
Beginning of period .....................................         359,019,749       307,099,902
                                                              ================   ===============
End of period ...........................................     $   389,192,800    $  359,019,749
                                                              ================   ===============
End of period net assets includes undistributed net
   investment income ....................................     $       976,055    $    2,597,556
                                                              ================   ===============
</TABLE>

90  See Notes to Financial Statements.
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                 Aetna Series Fund, Inc.                                 Growth Fund

                                                                Six-months
                                                                   ended
                                                              April 30, 1996       Year ended
                                                                (Unaudited)     October 31, 1995
                                                              ---------------- -------------------
<S>                                                           <C>               <C>
From Operations:
Net investment income ...................................     $       34,824     $      111,223
Net realized gain .......................................          2,301,325          4,907,116
Net change in unrealized gain ...........................          2,371,336          3,776,468
                                                              ---------------    ---------------
Increase in net assets resulting from operations ........          4,707,485          8,794,807
                                                              ---------------    ---------------
Distributions to Shareholders: (Note 1)
Select Class:
   From net investment income ...........................           (132,724)          (218,963)
   From realized gain on investments ....................         (4,659,506)           (15,187)
Adviser Class:
   From net investment income ...........................                 --             (3,720)
   From realized gain on investments ....................           (262,211)              (348)
                                                              ---------------    ---------------
Decrease in net assets from distributions to
   shareholders .........................................         (5,054,441)          (238,218)
                                                              ---------------    ---------------
Fund Share Transactions: (Note 8)
Select Class:
   Proceeds from shares sold ............................         13,878,178         16,700,945
   Reinvestment of distributions ........................          4,792,366            234,137
   Cost of shares redeemed ..............................        (16,120,219)       (15,489,540)
Adviser Class:
   Proceeds from shares sold ............................          1,630,001          1,319,960
   Reinvestment of distributions ........................            260,085              4,068
   Cost of shares redeemed ..............................           (400,920)          (267,563)
                                                              ---------------    ---------------
Net increase in net assets from fund share transactions            4,039,491          2,502,007
                                                              ---------------    ---------------
Change in net assets ....................................     $    3,692,535     $   11,058,596
                                                              ---------------    ---------------
Net assets:
Beginning of period .....................................         38,663,593         27,604,997
                                                              ===============    ===============
End of period ...........................................     $   42,356,128     $   38,663,593
                                                              ===============    ===============
End of period net assets includes undistributed
   (distributions in excess of) net investment income ...     $       (2,307)    $       95,593
                                                              ===============    ===============
</TABLE>

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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                 Aetna Series Fund, Inc.                          Small Company Growth Fund

                                                                Six-months
                                                                   ended
                                                              April 30, 1996       Year ended
                                                                (Unaudited)     October 31, 1995
                                                              ---------------- -------------------
<S>                                                           <C>               <C>

From Operations:
Net investment income ...................................     $    (135,717)      $      (7,728)
Net realized gain .......................................         5,697,124           4,597,414
Net change in unrealized gain ...........................         2,958,261           3,558,853
                                                              --------------      --------------
Increase in net assets resulting from operations ........         8,519,668           8,148,539
                                                              --------------      --------------
Distributions to Shareholders: (Note 1)
Select Class:
   From net investment income ...........................                --             (49,874)
   From realized gain on investments ....................        (3,464,685)                 --
Adviser Class:
   From realized gain on investments ....................          (158,209)                 --
                                                              --------------      --------------
Decrease in net assets from distributions to
   shareholders .........................................        (3,622,894)            (49,874)
                                                              --------------      --------------
Fund Share Transactions: (Note 8)
Select Class:
   Proceeds from shares sold ............................         2,662,458           1,069,365
   Reinvestment of distributions ........................         3,458,796              49,835
   Cost of shares redeemed ..............................        (4,936,298)         (1,421,580)
Adviser Class:
   Proceeds from shares sold ............................         1,266,575           1,080,943
   Reinvestment of distributions ........................           155,711                  --
   Cost of shares redeemed ..............................          (129,790)           (165,246)
                                                              --------------      --------------
Net increase in net assets from fund share transactions           2,477,452             613,317
                                                              --------------      --------------
Change in net assets ....................................         7,374,226           8,711,982
                                                              --------------      --------------
Net assets:
Beginning of period .....................................        34,795,413          26,083,431
                                                              ==============      ==============
End of period ...........................................     $  42,169,639       $  34,795,413
                                                              ==============      ==============
End of period net assets includes distributions in
   excess of net investment income ......................     $    (156,644)      $     (20,927)
                                                              ==============      ==============
</TABLE>

92  See Notes to Financial Statements.
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                 Aetna Series Fund, Inc.                            International Growth Fund

                                                                Six-months
                                                                   ended
                                                              April 30, 1996       Year ended
                                                                (Unaudited)     October 31, 1995
                                                              ---------------- -------------------
<S>                                                           <C>               <C>

From Operations:
Net investment income ...................................     $     (105,648)    $      360,922
Net realized gain .......................................          3,316,405            970,715
Net change in unrealized gain (loss) ....................          1,961,499         (1,638,125)
                                                              ---------------    ---------------
Increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from
   operations ...........................................          5,172,256           (306,488)
                                                              ---------------    ---------------
Distributions to Shareholders: (Note 1)
Select Class:
   From net investment income ...........................           (155,153)          (510,337)
   From realized gain on investments ....................           (537,862)        (2,093,986)
Adviser Class:
   From net investment income ...........................            (58,321)          (221,683)
   From realized gain on investments ....................           (505,447)        (1,697,440)
                                                              ---------------    ---------------
Decrease in net assets from distributions to
   shareholders .........................................         (1,256,783)        (4,523,446)
                                                              ---------------    ---------------
Fund Share Transactions: (Note 8)
Select Class:
   Proceeds from shares sold ............................          2,534,150          5,891,177
   Reinvestment of distributions ........................            625,308          2,576,315
   Cost of shares redeemed ..............................        (10,482,343)       (12,040,660)
Adviser Class:
   Proceeds from shares sold ............................            414,276         22,544,184
   Reinvestment of distributions ........................            510,485          1,918,360
   Cost of shares redeemed ..............................         (7,826,791)       (22,619,626)
                                                              ---------------    ---------------
Net decrease in net assets from fund share transactions          (14,224,915)        (1,730,250)
                                                              ---------------    ---------------
Change in net assets ....................................        (10,309,442)        (6,560,184)
                                                              ---------------    ---------------
Net assets:
Beginning of period .....................................         51,565,840         58,126,024
                                                              ===============    ===============
End of period ...........................................     $   41,256,398     $   51,565,840
                                                              ===============    ===============
End of period net assets includes undistributed net
   investment income ....................................     $       66,191     $      385,313
                                                              ===============    ===============
</TABLE>

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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                 Aetna Series Fund, Inc.                               Asian Growth Fund

                                                                Six-months
                                                                   ended
                                                              April 30, 1996       Year ended
                                                                (Unaudited)     October 31, 1995
                                                              ---------------- -------------------
<S>                                                           <C>               <C>
From Operations:
Net investment income ...................................     $      75,249       $     269,634
Net realized gain (loss) ................................           486,575          (2,920,617)
Net change in unrealized gain (loss) ....................         2,410,772            (784,221)
                                                              --------------      --------------
Increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from
   operations ...........................................         2,972,596          (3,435,204)
                                                              --------------      --------------
Distributions to Shareholders: (Note 1)
Select Class:
   From net investment income ...........................          (146,621)           (203,012)
Adviser Class:
   From net investment income ...........................            (1,607)             (1,782)
                                                              --------------      --------------
Decrease in net assets from distributions to
   shareholders .........................................          (148,228)           (204,794)
                                                              --------------      --------------
Fund Share Transactions: (Note 8)
Select Class:
   Proceeds from shares sold ............................           240,010           1,504,158
   Reinvestment of distributions ........................           129,137             203,011
   Cost of shares redeemed ..............................          (159,298)         (5,190,185)
Adviser Class:
   Proceeds from shares sold ............................           253,468             482,511
   Reinvestment of distributions ........................             1,385               1,781
   Cost of shares redeemed ..............................          (396,656)            (65,497)
                                                              --------------      --------------
Net increase (decrease) in net assets from fund share
   transactions .........................................            68,046          (3,064,221)
                                                              --------------      --------------
Change in net assets ....................................         2,892,414          (6,704,219)
                                                              --------------      --------------
Net assets:
Beginning of period .....................................        22,996,117          29,700,336
                                                              ==============      ==============
End of period ...........................................     $  25,888,531       $  22,996,117
                                                              ==============      ==============
End of period net assets includes undistributed net
   investment income ....................................     $      93,479       $     166,458
                                                              ==============      ==============
</TABLE>

94  See Notes to Financial Statements.
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AETNA SERIES FUND, INC.
Notes to Financial Statements
April 30, 1996 (Unaudited)
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Aetna Series Fund, Inc. ("Company") is registered under the Investment Company
Act of 1940 as a diversified, open-end management investment company
incorporated under the laws of Maryland on June 17, 1991. The Articles of
Incorporation permit the Company to offer separate funds ("Funds") each of which
has its own investment objectives, policies and restrictions. 

Shares of each Fund are available to all investors including employers and
employees who utilize the Funds as investment options under retirement plans.
Each Fund is diversified and offers two classes of shares, the Select Class and
the Adviser Class. The Select Class is offered principally to institutions and
is not subject to sales charges or service fees. The Adviser Class is offered
primarily to the general public and is subject to deferred sales charges payable
upon redemption within four calendar years after the year of purchase. The
Adviser Class was made available to the public on April 15, 1994. Additionally,
the Adviser Class is subject to a shareholder service fee and an annual Rule
12b-1 distribution plan expense.

The Company offers the following Funds:

     Aetna Money Market Fund          Aetna Growth Fund
     Aetna Government Fund            Aetna Small Company Growth Fund
     Aetna Bond Fund                  Aetna International Growth Fund
     The Aetna Fund                   Aetna Asian Growth Fund
     Aetna Growth and Income Fund

The Board of Directors voted in October 1995 to liquidate the Aetna Tax-Free
Fund, subject to shareholder approval. As a result, the Fund has not been
offered since October 13, 1995. The Plan of Liquidation was approved by
shareholders at a special shareholders meeting called for this purpose on May
23, 1996. Accordingly, the Fund was liquidated on June 24, 1996.

Effective September 29, 1995, Aetna International Growth Fund and Aetna Asian
Growth Fund entered into an Agreement and Plan of Reorganization whereby,
subject to approval by shareholders of Aetna Asian Growth and Aetna
International Growth Fund, Aetna International Growth Fund will acquire the
assets and assume the liabilities of Aetna Asian Growth Fund.

Aetna Life Insurance and Annuity Company ("ALIAC") serves as the Investment
Adviser and principal underwriter to each Fund. Aeltus Investment Management,
Inc. ("Aeltus") is employed as a sub-adviser to the Growth Fund and the Small
Company Growth Fund. Effective December 1, 1995, the sub-advisory agreements
with Aeltus Investment Management International (F.E.) Limited, as sub-adviser
to the Asian Growth Fund and Dunedin Fund Managers Ltd., as sub-adviser to the
International Growth Fund were terminated.


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The following is a summary of significant accounting policies consistently
followed by the Funds in the preparation of their financial statements.

The policies are in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles.
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted
accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions that
affect amounts reported therein. Although actual results could differ from these
estimates, any such differences are expected to be immaterial to the net assets
of the Funds.

A.  Valuation of Investments

Except in the Money Market Fund, investments are stated at market values based
upon closing sales prices as reported on national securities exchanges or, for
over-the-counter securities, at the mean of the bid and asked prices. Short-term
investments maturing in more than sixty days for which market quotations are
readily available are valued at current market value. Short-term investments
maturing in less than sixty days are valued at amortized cost which when
combined with accrued interest approximates market. Securities for which market
quotations are not considered to be readily available are valued in good faith
using methods approved by the Board of Directors. The Money Market Fund states
all investments at amortized cost which approximates market value.

The accounting records of the Funds are maintained in U.S. dollars. Investment
securities and other assets and liabilities denominated in a foreign currency
are translated into U.S. dollars at the prevailing rates of exchange at the end
of the period. Purchases and sales of securities, income receipts, and expense
payments are translated into U.S. dollars at the prevailing exchange rate on the
respective dates of the transactions.

B.  Option Contracts

The Funds (except Money Market) may purchase and sell put and call options and
write covered call options as a hedge against adverse movements in the value of
portfolio holdings.

Option contracts are valued daily, and unrealized gains or losses are recorded
based upon the last sales price on the principal exchange on which the options
are traded.

The Funds realize a gain or loss upon the expiration or closing of the option
contract. When an option is exercised, the proceeds on sales for a written call
option, the purchase cost for a written put option, or the cost of the security
for a purchased put or call option is adjusted by the amount of premium received
or paid. Realized and unrealized gains or losses on option contracts are
reflected in the accompanying financial statements.

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The risk in writing a call option is that the Funds give up the opportunity for
profit if the market price of the security increases and the option is
exercised. The risk in writing a put option is that the Funds may incur a loss
if the market price of the security decreases and the option is exercised. The
risk in buying an option is that the Funds pay a premium whether or not the
option is exercised. Risks may also arise from an illiquid secondary market, or
from the inability of counterparties to meet the terms of the contract.

C.  Futures and Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts

A futures contract is an agreement between two parties to buy and sell a
specific amount of a commodity, security or financial instrument including an
index of stocks at a set price on a future date. The Funds may enter into
futures contracts to manage the risk of changes in interest rates, equity
prices, currency exchange rates or in anticipation of future purchases and sales
of securities.

Upon entering into a futures contract, the Funds are required to deposit with a
broker an amount (initial margin) equal to a percentage of the purchase price
indicated by the futures contract. Subsequent deposits (variation margin) are
received or paid each day by the Funds equal to the daily fluctuations in the
market value of the contract. These amounts are recorded by the Funds as
unrealized gains or losses. When a contract is closed, the Funds record a
realized gain or loss equal to the difference between the value of the contract
at the time it was opened and the value at the time it was closed. Generally,
futures contracts are closed prior to expiration.

A forward foreign currency exchange contract is an agreement to pay or receive
specific amounts of a currency at a future date in exchange for another currency
at an agreed upon exchange rate. The Funds may use forward foreign currency
exchange contracts to hedge certain foreign currency assets. Contracts are
recorded at market value and marked-to-market daily.

The risks associated with futures and foreign currency exchange contracts may
arise from an imperfect correlation between the change in market value of the
securities held by the Funds and the price of the contracts. Risks may also
arise from an illiquid secondary market, or from the inability of counterparties
to meet the terms of the contracts.

Realized and unrealized gains or losses on futures and foreign currency exchange
contracts are reflected in the accompanying financial statements . For federal
tax purposes, any futures contracts and forward foreign currency exchange
contracts which remain open at the end of the fiscal year are marked-to-market
and the resultant net gain or loss is included in federal taxable income.

D.  Illiquid and Restricted Securities

Illiquid securities are securities that are not readily marketable. Disposing of
illiquid investments may involve time-consuming negotiation and legal expenses,
and it may

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be difficult or impossible for the Funds to sell them promptly at an acceptable
price. Restricted securities are subject to legal or contractual restrictions on
resale and may not be publicly sold without registration under the Federal
Securities Act of 1933. The Funds may invest up to 15% (10% in the case of the
Money Market Fund) of its total assets in illiquid securities. Illiquid and
restricted securities are valued using market quotations when readily available.
In the absence of market quotations, the securities are valued based upon their
fair value determined under procedures approved by the Board of Directors. The
Funds will not pay the costs of disposition of restricted securities other than
ordinary brokerage fees, if any.

E.  Federal Income Taxes

As a qualified regulated investment company, each Fund is relieved of federal
income and excise taxes by distributing its net taxable investment income and
capital gains, if any, in compliance with the applicable provisions of the
Internal Revenue Code.

F.  Distributions

Distributions are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Income and capital gain
distributions are determined in accordance with income tax regulations which may
differ from generally accepted accounting principles. These differences are
primarily due to differing treatments for foreign currency transactions and
losses deferred due to wash sales.

G.  Other

Investment transactions are accounted for on the day following trade date,
except same day settlements which are accounted for on the trade date. Interest
income is recorded on an accrual basis. Discounts and premiums on securities
purchased are amortized over the life of the respective security. Dividend
income is recorded on the ex-dividend date. Realized gains and losses from
investment transactions are determined on an identified cost basis.

H.  Deferred Organizational Costs

The Company paid organizational expenses in connection with the start-up and
initial registration of the Company. These organizational expenses have been
capitalized and allocated equally to the Money Market Fund, the Bond Fund, The
Aetna Fund, the Growth and Income Fund, and the International Growth Fund.
Organizational expenses are being amortized over 60 months on a straight-line
basis beginning with the commencement of operations. If any or all of the shares
representing initial capital of each Fund are redeemed by any holder thereof
prior to the end of the amortization period, the proceeds will be reduced by the
unamortized organizational expense balance in the same proportion as the number
of shares redeemed bears to the number of initial shares outstanding immediately
preceding the redemption.

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- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The Funds pay the Investment Adviser annual fees expressed as a percentage of
average daily net assets of each Fund. As the Funds' net assets exceed
predetermined thresholds, lower advisory fees are applied. Below are the Funds'
Investment Advisor fee ranges and the effective rates as of April 30, 1996:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                              Fee     Effective                                   Fee          Effective
                             Range       Rate                                    Range           Rate
<S>                      <C>            <C>                                      <C>            <C>
Money Market Fund        .40% - .30%    .40%         Growth Fund                  .70% - .55%    .70%
Government Fund          .50% - .40%    .50%         Small Company Growth Fund    .85% - .725%   .85%
Bond Fund                .50% - .40%    .50%         International Growth Fund    .85% - .70%    .85%
The Aetna Fund           .80% - .65%    .80%         Asian Growth Fund           1.00% - .80%   1.00%
Growth and Income Fund   .70% - .55%    .68%
</TABLE>

The Company has entered into an administrative services agreement under
which ALIAC acts as administrator and provides certain administrative and
shareholder services and is responsible for the supervision of other service
providers. Each Fund pays ALIAC a monthly fee at an annual rate based on average
daily net assets of 0.25% on the first $250 million. As each Fund's net assets
exceed $250 million, lower fees will apply.

The Funds have adopted a Shareholder Service Plan for the Adviser Class shares.
Under the Shareholder Service Plan, ALIAC is paid a service fee at an annual
rate of 0.25% (0.10% for the Money Market Fund) of the daily net assets of the
Adviser Class of each fund. This fee is used as compensation for expenses
incurred in servicing shareholder accounts. For the six-month period ended April
30, 1996, the Funds paid ALIAC $45,626 in service fees.

The Funds have adopted a Distribution Plan pursuant to Rule 12b-1 of the
Investment Company Act of 1940. The Distribution Plan provides for payments to
ALIAC at an annual rate 0.50% of the daily net assets of the Adviser Class
shares of each Fund, except for the Money Market Fund. Amounts paid by the Funds
are used to pay expenses incurred by ALIAC in promoting the sales of the Adviser
Class shares. For the six-month period ended April 30, 1996, the Funds paid
ALIAC $91,251 in Rule 12b-1 fees. The plan may be terminated upon a majority
vote of the Funds independent trustees. Presently, the Funds class specific
expenses are limited to Shareholder Service and Distribution Plan expenses
incurred by the Adviser Class shares.



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3. Reimbursement from Investment Adviser
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The Investment Adviser may, from time to time, make reimbursements to a Fund for
some or all of its operating expenses or it may waive fees. Reimbursement and
waiver arrangements, which may be terminated at any time without notice, will
increase a Fund's yield and total return.

- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
4. Purchase and Sales of Investment Securities
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Purchases and sales of investment securities, excluding short-term investments,
for all Funds except the Money Market Fund, for the six-month period ended
April 30, 1996:

                                         Cost of               Proceeds
                                        Purchases             from Sales

Money Market Fund..................    $5,320,328,000        $5,255,990,123
Government Fund....................         4,599,115             8,659,266
Bond Fund..........................         9,289,998             9,839,421
The Aetna Fund.....................        53,281,135            65,094,168
Growth and Income Fund.............       172,032,569           188,443,281
Growth Fund........................        32,234,172            32,865,000
Small Company Growth Fund..........        30,693,147            31,395,739
International Growth Fund..........        31,906,414            45,757,562
Asian Growth Fund..................         7,752,882             8,276,141

- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
5. Options
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
All Funds except the Money Market Fund may use options. For the six-month period
ended April 30, 1996, the following reflects the covered call and put option
activity:

                                               Growth and Income Fund
                                    Number of        Deferred
                                   Call Option        Premium        Realized
                                    Contracts        Received       Gain (Loss)

   Outstanding October 31, 1995           --       $         --       $   --
   Written.......................        655            712,636           --
   Canceled......................         --                 --           --
   Exercised.....................        (21)            (5,231)          --
   Expired.......................         --                 --           --
                                      =======       =============     ========
   Outstanding April 30, 1996            634        $   707,405       $   --
                                      =======       =============     ========

100

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5. Options - (continued)
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------


                                               Growth and Income Fund
                                     Number of
                                    Put Option      Deferred Premium   Realized
                                     Contracts          Received     Gain (Loss)
   Outstanding October 31, 1995            --        $         --        $  --
   Written.......................         598             558,692           --
   Canceled......................          --                  --           --
   Exercised.....................          --                  --           --
   Expired.......................          --                  --           --
                                       =======       =============      =======
   Outstanding April 30, 1996             598        $   558,692        $  --
                                       =======       =============      =======

- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
6. Capital Loss Carryforwards
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
At April 30, 1996, for federal income tax purposes the Funds had the following
capital loss carryforwards:

                          Capital Loss
               Fund       Carryforward        Year of Expiration
  Government Fund          $ 271,000                 2002
                             546,000                 2003
  --------------------------------------------------------------
  Bond Fund                  129,000                 2001
                             835,000                 2002
                             287,000                 2003
  --------------------------------------------------------------
  Asian Growth Fund          289,000                 2002
                           2,797,000                 2003
  --------------------------------------------------------------

The Board of Directors will not distribute any realized gains until the capital
loss carryforwards have been offset or expire.


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7. Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
At April 30, 1996, the Growth and Income Fund and the International Growth Fund
had the following open forward foreign currency exchange contracts that obligate
the Fund to deliver currencies at specified future dates. The unrealized gains
of $86,603 and $118,880, respectively, on these contracts are included in the
accompanying financial statements. The terms of the open contracts are as
follows:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Growth and Income Fund:                                              U.S. $ Value
  Exchange       Currency to      U.S. $ Value       Currency to      April 30,      Unrealized
    Date         be Delivered     April 30, 1996     be Received         1996        Gain (Loss)
<S>              <C>                <C>             <C>                  <C>          <C>
Contracts to Buy
   8/9/96           42,119            $42,119           50,000             $40,582    $(1,537)
                 U.S. Dollar                         Swiss Franc
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   8/13/96          80,000             80,000          400,000              77,638     (2,362)
                 U.S. Dollar                         French Franc
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   6/14/96        1,113,196         1,113,196          724,000           1,085,638    (27,558)
                 U.S. Dollar                        British Pound
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   6/19/96         372,271            372,271         39,200,000           376,805      4,532
                 U.S. Dollar                         Japanese Yen
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   5/6/96           51,912             51,912          130,000              52,142        230
                 U.S. Dollar                         Malaysian -
                                                      --Ringgit
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Contracts to Sell
   8/9/96          328,000            266,219          276,280             276,280     10,061
                 Swiss Franc                         U.S. Dollar
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   9/3/96           98,000             64,425           67,179              67,179      2,754
                    German                           U.S. Dollar
                 Deutschemark
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   8/13/96        2,505,000           486,208          494,075             494,075      7,867
                 French Franc                        U.S. Dollar
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   6/14/96        1,057,000         1,584,972         1,613,571          1,613,571     28,599
                British Pound                        U.S. Dollar
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   6/19/96       150,200,000        1,443,777         1,501,838          1,501,838     58,061
                 Japanese Yen                        U.S. Dollar
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   9/13/96       219,740,000        2,136,535         2,132,402          2,132,402     (4,133)
                 Japanese Yen                        U.S. Dollar
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  10/18/96        1,030,000           608,233          618,322             618,322     10,089
                Dutch Guilder                        U.S. Dollar
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                      $86,603
                                                                                   ==============
</TABLE>

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7. Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts - (continued)
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------

International Growth Fund:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
    Exchange     Currency to      U.S. $ Value       Currency to     U.S. $ Value   Unrealized
    Date        be Delivered     April 30, 1996      be Received      April 30,     Gain (Loss)
                                                                         1996
<S>              <C>                <C>             <C>                  <C>          <C>
  Contracts to Buy
   6/14/96         352,180           $352,180          230,000            $344,970   $(7,210)
                 U.S. Dollar                        British Pound
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   6/19/96         437,238            437,238         46,300,000           441,984      4,746
                 U.S. Dollar                         Japanese Yen
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   9/3/96          184,300            184,300          270,000             177,544     (6,756)
                 U.S. Dollar                            German
                                                     Deutschemark
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   9/13/96        1,215,963         1,215,963        127,600,000         1,240,837     24,874
                 U.S. Dollar                         Japanese Yen
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  10/18/96         155,363            155,363          260,000             153,555     (1,808)
                 U.S. Dollar                         Netherlands
                                                       Guilder
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Contracts to Sell
   6/14/96        1,050,000         1,574,862         1,610,700          1,610,700     35,838
                British Pound                        U.S. Dollar
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   6/19/96       46,300,000           441,984          438,447             438,447     (3,537)
                Japanese Yen                         U.S. Dollar
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   8/9/96          730,000            592,715          614,892          614,892        22,177
                 Swiss Franc                         U.S. Dollar
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   8/13/96        9,100,000         1,766,483         1,795,910          1,795,910     29,427
                French Franc                         U.S. Dollar
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   9/3/96         3,539,000         2,327,143         2,434,579          2,434,579    107,436
                   German                            U.S. Dollar
                Deutschemark
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   9/13/96       846,700,000        8,233,676         8,123,760          8,123,760   (109,916)
                Japanese Yen                         U.S. Dollar
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  10/18/96        2,430,000         1,435,150         1,458,759          1,458,759     23,609
                Dutch Guilder                        U.S. Dollar
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                     $118,880
                                                                                   ==============
</TABLE>

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8. Authorized Capital Shares and Capital Share Transactions
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The Funds are authorized to issue a total of 4.0 billion shares. Of those 4.0
billion shares, 3.8 billion have been designated to the Funds as follows: All of
the Funds, except Money Market, have been allocated 100 million shares each of
Select and Adviser Class shares. Money Market has been allocated one billion
shares each of Select and Adviser Class shares. Share transactions for each Fund
were as follows:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                     Money Market Fund
                                          Select                           Adviser
                             --------------------------------- --------------------------------
                                Six-month                        Six-month
                              period ended      Year ended      period ended     Year ended
                             April 30, 1996  October 31,1995   April 30, 1996  October 31,1995
 <S>                          <C>              <C>             <C>              <C>
  Shares sold                   223,998,031      303,179,867     110,730,469      113,465,548
  Shares issued upon
  reinvestment                    5,987,636        9,929,370       2,385,182        3,576,944
  Shares redeemed              (201,455,098)    (199,341,125)    (88,718,475)     (85,667,348)
                             ---------------  ---------------  --------------   --------------
  Net increase                   28,530,569      113,768,112      24,397,176       31,375,144
                             ===============  ===============  ==============   ==============

                                                      Government Fund
                                          Select                           Adviser
                             --------------------------------- --------------------------------
                                Six-month                        Six-month
                              period ended      Year ended      period ended     Year ended
                             April 30, 1996  October 31,1995   April 30, 1996  October 31,1995

  Shares sold                       599,267        1,193,587          25,233           38,421
  Shares issued upon
  reinvestment                       49,403          136,326           1,530            1,326
  Shares redeemed                (1,163,132)      (2,189,773)         (9,654)         (15,295)
                             ---------------  ---------------- ---------------  --------------
  Net increase (decrease)          (514,462)         (859,860)         17,109          24,452
                             ===============  ================ ===============  ==============

                                                         Bond Fund
                                          Select                           Adviser
                             --------------------------------- --------------------------------
                                Six-month                        Six-month
                              period ended      Year ended      period ended     Year ended
                             April 30, 1996  October 31,1995   April 30, 1996  October 31,1995

  Shares sold                       973,229        1,140,369          38,952           24,045
  Shares issued upon
  reinvestment                      111,069          170,990           9,584           91,739
  Shares redeemed                  (748,060)        (998,454)       (485,582)      (2,051,824)
                             ---------------  ---------------  --------------   --------------
  Net increase (decrease)           336,238          312,905        (437,046)      (1,936,040)
                             ===============  ===============  ==============   ==============


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8. Authorized Capital Shares and Capital Share Transactions - (continued)
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                      The Aetna Fund
                                          Select                           Adviser
                             --------------------------------- --------------------------------
                                Six-month                        Six-month
                              period ended      Year ended      period ended     Year ended
                             April 30, 1996  October 31,1995   April 30, 1996  October 31,1995

  Shares sold                       372,352        1,654,411         112,446           78,916
  Shares issued upon
  reinvestment                      417,119          216,866           8,075           29,573
  Shares redeemed                  (981,748)      (2,238,432)         (6,026)      (2,483,536)
                             ---------------  ---------------  --------------   --------------
  Net increase (decrease)          (192,277)        (367,155)        114,495       (2,375,047)
                             ===============  ===============  ==============   ==============

                                                  Growth and Income Fund
                                          Select                           Adviser
                             --------------------------------- --------------------------------
                                Six-month                        Six-month
                              period ended      Year ended      period ended     Year ended
                             April 30, 1996  October 31,1995   April 30, 1996  October 31,1995

  Shares sold                     1,047,435        6,670,390         176,146          130,556
  Shares issued upon
  reinvestment                    1,792,159          322,995          13,115            1,755
  Shares redeemed                (2,525,417)      (7,621,288)        (37,826)        (485,408)
                             ---------------  ---------------  --------------   --------------
  Net increase (decrease)           314,177         (627,903)        151,435         (353,097)
                             ===============  ===============  ==============   ==============

                                                        Growth Fund
                                          Select                           Adviser
                             --------------------------------- --------------------------------
                                Six-month                        Six-month
                              period ended      Year ended      period ended     Year ended
                             April 30, 1996  October 31,1995   April 30, 1996  October 31,1995

  Shares sold                     1,051,360        1,378,209         126,285          109,935
  Shares issued upon
  reinvestment                      391,202           22,556          21,388              393
  Shares redeemed                (1,221,485)      (1,236,680)        (30,891)         (22,400)
                             ---------------  ---------------  --------------   --------------
  Net increase                      221,077          164,085         116,782           87,928
                             ===============  ===============  ==============   ==============

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8. Authorized Capital Shares and Capital Share Transactions - (continued)
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------

                                                 Small Company Growth Fund
                                          Select                           Adviser
                             --------------------------------- --------------------------------
                                Six-month                        Six-month
                              period ended      Year ended      period ended     Year ended
                             April 30, 1996  October 31,1995   April 30, 1996  October 31,1995

  Shares sold                       187,939           86,407          90,275           88,948
  Shares issued upon
  reinvestment                      254,901            4,983          11,630               --
  Shares redeemed                  (347,733)        (103,946)         (9,407)         (12,812)
                             ---------------  ---------------  --------------   --------------
  Net increase (decrease)            95,107          (12,556)         92,498           76,136
                             ===============  ===============  ==============   ==============


                                                 International Growth Fund
                                          Select                           Adviser
                             --------------------------------- --------------------------------
                                Six-month                        Six-month
                              period ended      Year ended      period ended     Year ended
                             April 30, 1996  October 31,1995   April 30, 1996  October 31,1995

  Shares sold                       226,372          576,518          33,335        2,284,778
  Shares issued upon
  reinvestment                       64,933          232,686          52,955          177,272
  Shares redeemed                  (970,865)      (1,168,155)       (719,440)      (2,277,588)
                             ---------------  ---------------  --------------   --------------
  Net increase (decrease)          (679,560)        (358,951)       (633,150)         184,462
                             ===============  ===============  ==============   ==============

                                                     Asian Growth Fund
                                          Select                           Adviser
                             --------------------------------- --------------------------------
                                Six-month                        Six-month
                              period ended      Year ended      period ended     Year ended
                             April 30, 1996  October 31,1995   April 30, 1996  October 31,1995

  Shares sold                        24,979          197,383          27,773           56,991
  Shares issued upon
  reinvestment                       17,334           11,728             186               67
  Shares redeemed                   (19,001)        (636,165)        (44,770)          (7,782)
                             ---------------  ---------------  --------------   --------------
  Net increase (decrease)            23,312         (427,054)        (16,811)          49,276
                             ===============  ===============  ==============   ==============
</TABLE>

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8. Authorized Capital Shares and Capital Share Transactions - (continued)
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------

As of April 30, 1996, the following shares of the Funds were owned by ALIAC and
its affiliates:

                                            Select                  Adviser
         Money Market Fund                   121,041                     --
         Government Fund                     724,389                     --
         Bond Fund                            77,595                212,704
         The Aetna Fund                       12,013                     --
         Growth and Income Fund               11,347                     --
         Growth Fund                         404,920                     --
         Small Company Growth Fund         2,285,948                     --
         International Growth Fund            11,702              1,762,533
         Asian Growth Fund                 2,534,187                     --

                                       Aetna Mutual Funds Semi-Annual Report 107
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Financial Highlights
Selected data for a fund share outstanding throughout each period:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                            Money Market Fund
                                      --------------------------------------------------------------
                                                              Select Class
                                      --------------------------------------------------------------

                                    Six-month                 Ten-month
                                      period       Year        period        Year        Year
                                      ended        ended        ended        ended       ended
                                    April 30,    October      October      December    December
                                       1996         31,          31,          31,         31,
                                    (Unaudited)    1995         1994         1993        1992
                                    -----------  ----------   ----------  ------------------------
<S>                                  <C>          <C>         <C>          <C>          <C>
Net asset value, beginning of        $   1.00     $   1.00    $    1.00    $   1.00     $  1.00
   period ......................
   Income from investment operations:
   Net investment income .......         0.03         0.06         0.03        0.03        0.04
   Less distributions:
   From net investment income ..        (0.03)       (0.06)       (0.03)      (0.03)      (0.04)
                                     ---------    ---------   ----------   ---------    --------
Net asset value, end of period .     $   1.00     $   1.00    $    1.00    $   1.00     $  1.00
                                     =========    =========   ==========   =========    ========

Total return ...................         2.72%        5.95%        3.33%       3.29%       3.98%
Net assets, end of period
   (000's) .....................     $304,055     $275,524    $ 161,756    $107,844     $36,522
Ratio of total investment
   expenses to average net
   assets* .....................         0.30%        0.27%        0.21%       0.00%       0.00%
Ratio of net investment income
   to average net assets* ......         5.42%        5.80%        4.05%       3.33%       3.93%
Ratio of net investment expense
   before reimbursement and
   waiver to average net
   assets* .....................         0.86%        0.86%        0.85%       0.95%       1.04%
Ratio of net investment income
   before reimbursement and
   waiver to average net
   assets* .....................         4.86%        5.21%        3.38%       2.38%       2.87%
</TABLE>

*Annualized for periods of less than one year.

Per share data calculated using average number of shares outstanding throughout
the period.

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Financial Highlights
Selected data for a fund share outstanding throughout each period:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                       Money Market Fund
                                                                -----------------------------------
                                                                           Adviser Class
                                                                -----------------------------------
                                                               Six-month             Period from
                                                                period       Year     April 15,
                                                                 ended       ended     1994 to
                                                               April 30,   October     October
                                                                 1996         31,         31,
                                                               (Unaudited)   1995        1994
                                                              ----------  ----------  ----------
<S>                                                            <C>          <C>         <C>
Net asset value, beginning of period .....................     $   1.00     $  1.00     $  1.00
   Income from investment operations:
   Net investment income .................................         0.03        0.06        0.03
   Less distributions:
   From net investment income ............................        (0.03)      (0.06)      (0.03)
                                                               ---------    --------    --------
Net asset value, end of period ...........................     $   1.00     $  1.00     $  1.00
                                                               =========    ========    ========

Total return .............................................         2.72%       5.95%       2.41%
Net assets, end of period (000's) ........................     $103,123     $78,726     $47,350
Ratio of total investment expenses to average net assets*          0.30%       0.27%       0.21%
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets* ....         5.42%       5.80%       4.27%
Ratio of net investment expense before reimbursement and
   waiver to average net assets* .........................         0.96%       0.96%       0.92%
Ratio of net investment income before reimbursement and
   waiver to average net assets* .........................         4.76%       5.11%       3.67%
</TABLE>

*Annualized for periods of less than one year.

Per share data calculated using average number of shares outstanding throughout
the period.


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Financial Highlights
Selected data for a fund share outstanding throughout each period:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                         Government Fund
                                                                -----------------------------------
                                                                           Select Class
                                                                -----------------------------------
                                                               Six-month               Ten-month
                                                                period       Year       period
                                                                 ended       ended       ended
                                                               April 30,   October     October
                                                                 1996         31,         31,
                                                               (Unaudited)   1995        1994
                                                              ----------  ----------  ----------
<S>                                                             <C>         <C>         <C>
Net asset value, beginning of period ......................     $ 10.01     $  9.41     $ 10.00
   Income from investment operations:
   Net investment income ..................................        0.28        0.64        0.40
   Net realized and change in unrealized gain (loss) ......       (0.25)       0.59       (0.63)
                                                                --------    --------    --------
     Total ................................................        0.03        1.23       (0.23)
   Less distributions:
   From net investment income .............................       (0.35)      (0.63)      (0.36)
                                                                --------    --------    --------
Net asset value, end of period ............................     $  9.69     $ 10.01     $  9.41
                                                                ========    ========    ========

Total return ..............................................        0.25%      13.58%      (2.37)%
Net assets, end of period (000's) .........................     $13,563     $19,154     $26,110
Ratio of total investment expenses to average net assets* .        0.70%       0.70%       0.41%
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets* .....        5.55%       6.79%       5.29%
Ratio of net investment expense before reimbursement and
   waiver to average net assets* ..........................        1.51%       1.30%       1.16%
Ratio of net investment income before reimbursement and
   waiver to average net assets* ..........................        4.73%       6.19%       4.54%
Portfolio turnover rate* ..................................       61.50%     117.31%      43.63%
</TABLE>

*Annualized for periods of less than one year.

Per share data calculated using average number of shares outstanding throughout
the period.

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<PAGE>
Financial Highlights
Selected data for a fund share outstanding throughout each period:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                         Government Fund
                                                                -----------------------------------
                                                                          Adviser Class
                                                                -----------------------------------
                                                               Six-month             Period from
                                                                period       Year     April 15,
                                                                 ended       ended     1994 to
                                                               April 30,   October     October
                                                                 1996         31,         31,
                                                               (Unaudited)   1995        1994
                                                              ----------  ----------  ----------
<S>                                                               <C>        <C>         <C>
Net asset value, beginning of period ........................     $10.00     $  9.41     $ 9.67
   Income from investment operations:
   Net investment income ....................................       0.24        0.60       0.24
   Net realized and change in unrealized gain (loss) ........      (0.24)       0.56      (0.24)
                                                                  -------    --------    -------
     Total ..................................................       0.00        1.16       0.00
   Less distributions:
   From net investment income ...............................      (0.31)      (0.57)     (0.26)
                                                                  -------    --------    -------
Net asset value, end of period ..............................     $ 9.69     $ 10.00     $ 9.41
                                                                  =======    ========    =======

Total return ................................................      (0.03)%     12.60%     (0.06)%
Net assets, end of period (000's) ...........................     $  558     $   405     $  151
Ratio of total investment expenses to average net assets* ...       1.45%       1.51%      1.28%
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets* .......       4.80%       6.02%      4.68%
Ratio of net investment expense before reimbursement and
   waiver to average net assets* ............................       2.26%       2.11%      2.11%
Ratio of net investment income before reimbursement and
   waiver to average net assets* ............................       3.98%       5.42%      3.85%
Portfolio turnover rate* ....................................      61.50%     117.31%     43.63%
</TABLE>

*Annualized for periods of less than one year.

Per share data calculated using average number of shares outstanding throughout
the period.



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Financial Highlights
Selected data for a fund share outstanding throughout each period:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                                                                 Bond Fund
                                        ------------------------------------------------------------
                                                               Select Class
                                        ------------------------------------------------------------
                                         Six-month
                                          period                Ten-month
                                          ended       Year       period       Year       Year
                                          April       ended       ended      ended       ended
                                           30,       October     October    December    December
                                          1996         31,         31,        31,         31,
                                        (Unaudited)   1995        1994       1993        1992
                                         ---------  ----------  ---------- -----------------------
<S>                                      <C>         <C>         <C>        <C>         <C>
Net asset value, beginning of period     $ 10.27     $  9.58     $ 10.37    $  9.99     $ 10.00
   Income from investment operations:
   Net investment income ............       0.32        0.65        0.52       0.55        0.53
   Net realized and change in
     unrealized gain (loss) .........      (0.26)       0.65       (0.86)      0.45        0.16
                                         --------    --------    --------   --------    --------
     Total ..........................       0.06        1.30       (0.34)      1.00        0.69
   Less distributions:
   From net investment income .......      (0.37)      (0.61)      (0.45)     (0.55)      (0.53)
   In excess of net investment
     income .........................       0.00        0.00        0.00      (0.07)      (0.17)
                                         --------    --------    --------   --------    --------
Net asset value, end of period ......    $  9.96     $ 10.27     $  9.58    $ 10.37     $  9.99
                                         ========    ========    ========   ========    ========

Total return ........................       0.56%      14.06%      (3.31)%    10.20%       7.23%
Net assets, end of period (000's) ...    $35,132     $32,778     $27,584    $46,788     $37,209
Ratio of total investment expenses
   to average net assets* ...........       0.75%       0.79%       0.76%      0.47%       0.05%
Ratio of net investment income to
   average net assets* ..............       6.25%       6.56%       6.29%      5.34%       5.44%
Ratio of net investment expense
   before reimbursement and waiver
   to average net assets* ...........       1.15%       1.06%       1.06%      1.01%       1.10%
Ratio of net investment income
   before reimbursement and waiver
   to average net assets* ...........       5.85%       6.25%       5.98%      4.80%       4.39%
Portfolio turnover rate* ............      51.26%      56.99%      51.80%     50.01%      57.05%
</TABLE>

*Annualized for periods of less than one year.

Per share data calculated using average number of shares outstanding throughout
the period.

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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                            Bond Fund
                                                                -----------------------------------
                                                                           Adviser Class
                                                                -----------------------------------
                                                               Six-month                Period
                                                                period       Year     from April
                                                                 ended       ended   15, 1994 to
                                                               April 30,   October     October
                                                                 1996         31,         31,
                                                               (Unaudited)   1995        1994
                                                              ----------  ----------  ----------
<S>                                                               <C>        <C>         <C>
Net asset value, beginning of period ........................     $10.27     $ 9.58     $  9.92
   Income from investment operations:
   Net investment income ....................................       0.29       0.56        0.28
   Net realized and change in unrealized gain (loss) ........      (0.27)      0.66       (0.35)
                                                                  -------    -------    --------
     Total ..................................................       0.02       1.22       (0.07)
   Less distributions:
   From net investment income ...............................      (0.33)     (0.53)      (0.27)
                                                                  -------    -------    --------
Net asset value, end of period ..............................     $ 9.96     $10.27     $  9.58
                                                                  =======    =======    ========

Total return ................................................       0.18%     13.28%      (0.68)%
Net assets, end of period (000's) ...........................     $2,767     $7,340     $25,405
Ratio of total investment expenses to average net assets* ...       1.50%      1.50%       1.49%
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets* .......       5.50%      5.91%       5.36%
Ratio of net investment expense before reimbursement and
   waiver to average net assets* ............................       1.90%      1.82%       1.81%
Ratio of net investment income before reimbursement and
   waiver to average net assets* ............................       5.10%      5.60%       5.04%
Portfolio turnover rate .....................................      51.26%     56.99%      51.80%
</TABLE>
*Annualized for periods of less than one year.

Per share data calculated using average number of shares outstanding throughout
the period.

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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                              The Aetna Fund
                                        -----------------------------------------------------------
                                                               Select Class
                                        -----------------------------------------------------------
                                        Six-month               Ten-month
                                         period       Year       period       Year       Year
                                          ended       ended       ended      ended       ended
                                        April 30,   October     October    December    December
                                          1996         31,         31,        31,         31,
                                        (Unaudited)   1995        1994        1993       1992
                                        ----------  ----------  ---------- -----------------------
<S>                                      <C>         <C>         <C>        <C>         <C>
Net asset value, beginning of period     $ 12.36     $ 10.65     $ 10.82    $ 10.18     $ 10.00
   Income from investment operations:
   Net investment income ............       0.17        0.35        0.23       0.34        0.43
   Net realized and change in
     unrealized gain (loss) .........       0.99        1.69       (0.28)      0.64        0.24
                                         --------    --------    --------   --------    --------
     Total ..........................       1.16        2.04       (0.05)      0.98        0.67
   Less distributions:
   From net investment income .......      (0.23)      (0.33)      (0.12)     (0.30)      (0.39)
   In excess of net investment
     income .........................       0.00        0.00        0.00      (0.01)      (0.10)
   From realized gain on investments       (0.57)       0.00        0.00      (0.03)       0.00
                                         --------    --------    --------   --------    --------
Net asset value, end of period ......    $ 12.72     $ 12.36     $ 10.65    $ 10.82     $ 10.18
                                         ========    ========    ========   ========    ========

Total return ........................       9.64%      19.45%      (0.42)%     9.84%       6.64%
Net assets, end of period (000's) ...    $83,927     $83,941     $76,267    $63,982     $37,726
Ratio of total investment expenses
   to average net assets* ...........       1.33%       1.27%       1.09%      0.93%       0.07%
Ratio of net investment income to
   average net assets* ..............       2.69%       3.14%       2.65%      3.21%       4.31%
Ratio of net investment expense
   before reimbursement and waiver
   to average net assets* ...........       1.33%       1.30%       1.32%      1.34%       1.47%
Ratio of net investment income
   before reimbursement and waiver
   to average net assets* ...........       2.69%       3.11%       2.42%      2.79%       2.91%
Portfolio turnover rate* ............     134.86%     129.05%      86.10%     19.95%      13.35%
Average commission rate paid per
   share ............................    $0.0606          --          --         --          --
</TABLE>

*Annualized for periods of less than one year.

Per share data calculated using average number of shares outstanding throughout
the period.

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Selected data for a fund share outstanding throughout each period:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                         The Aetna Fund
                                                                -----------------------------------
                                                                          Adviser Class
                                                                -----------------------------------
                                                               Six-month                Period
                                                                period       Year     from April
                                                                 ended       ended   15, 1994 to
                                                               April 30,   October     October
                                                                 1996         31,         31,
                                                               (Unaudited)   1995        1994
                                                              ----------  ----------  ----------
<S>                                                             <C>         <C>         <C>
Net asset value, beginning of period ......................     $ 12.34     $ 10.62     $ 10.54
   Income from investment operations:
   Net investment income ..................................        0.12        0.23        0.19
   Net realized and change in unrealized gain .............        0.98        1.91        0.00
                                                                --------    --------    --------
     Total ................................................        1.10        2.14        0.19
   Less distributions:
   From net investment income .............................       (0.19)      (0.42)      (0.11)
   From realized gain on investments ......................       (0.57)       0.00        0.00
                                                                --------    --------    --------
Net asset value, end of period ............................     $ 12.68     $ 12.34     $ 10.62
                                                                ========    ========    ========

Total return ..............................................        9.17%      18.32%       1.84%
Net assets, end of period (000's) .........................     $ 2,852     $ 1,362     $26,396
Ratio of total investment expenses to average net assets* .        2.08%       2.04%       1.87%
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets* .....        1.94%       2.61%       1.90%
Ratio of net investment expense before reimbursement and
   waiver to average net assets* ..........................        2.08%       2.07%       2.06%
Ratio of net investment income before reimbursement and
   waiver to average net assets* ..........................        1.94%       2.58%       1.67%
Portfolio turnover rate* ..................................      134.86%     129.05%      86.10%
Average commission rate paid per share ....................     $0.0606          --          --
</TABLE>

*Annualized for periods of less than one year.

Per share data calculated using average number of shares outstanding throughout
the period.

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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                          Growth and Income Fund
                                        -----------------------------------------------------------
                                                               Select Class
                                        -----------------------------------------------------------
                                        Six-month               Ten-month
                                         period       Year       period       Year       Year
                                          ended       ended       ended      ended       ended
                                        April 30,   October     October    December    December
                                          1996         31,         31,        31,         31,
                                        (Unaudited)   1995        1994        1993       1992
                                        ----------  ----------  ---------- -----------------------
<S>                                      <C>         <C>         <C>        <C>         <C>
  Net asset value, beginning of
    period .......................... $  13.46     $  11.11    $   11.03    $ 10.51     $ 10.00
   Income from investment operations:
   Net investment income ........         0.09         0.21         0.12       0.19        0.26
   Net realized and change in
     unrealized gain ............         1.71         2.27         0.04       0.50        0.51
                                      ---------    ---------   ----------   --------    --------
     Total ......................         1.80         2.48         0.16       0.69        0.77
   Less distributions:
   From net investment income ...        (0.16)       (0.13)       (0.08)     (0.16)      (0.26)
   From realized gain on
     investments ................        (0.76)        0.00         0.00      (0.01)       0.00
                                      ---------    ---------   ----------   --------    --------
Net asset value, end of period ..     $  14.34     $  13.46    $   11.11    $ 11.03     $ 10.51
                                      =========    =========   ==========   ========    ========

Total return ....................        13.88%       22.58%        1.40%      6.58%       7.81%
Net assets, end of period
   (000's) ......................     $384,665     $356,803    $ 301,360    $60,127     $31,473
Ratio of total investment
   expenses to average net
   assets* ......................         1.07%        1.10%        0.92%      1.13%       0.33%
Ratio of net investment income
   to average net assets* .......         1.30%        1.73%        1.51%      1.77%       2.83%
Ratio of net investment expense
   before reimbursement and
   waiver to average net assets*          1.07%        1.10%        1.03%      1.27%       1.72%
Ratio of net investment income
   before reimbursement and
   waiver to average net assets*          1.30%        1.73%        1.39%      1.55%       1.44%
Portfolio turnover rate* ........        97.91%      127.43%       54.13%     23.60%      14.44%
Average commission rate paid per
   share ........................     $ 0.0435           --           --         --          --
</TABLE>

*Annualized for periods of less than one year.

Per share data calculated using average number of shares outstanding throughout
the period.

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Selected data for a fund share outstanding throughout each period:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                      Growth and Income Fund
                                                                -----------------------------------
                                                                          Adviser Class
                                                                -----------------------------------
                                                               Six-month                Period
                                                                period       Year     from April
                                                                 ended       ended   15, 1994 to
                                                               April 30,   October     October
                                                                 1996         31,         31,
                                                               (Unaudited)   1995        1994
                                                              ----------  ----------  ----------
<S>                                                              <C>         <C>         <C>
Net asset value, beginning of period .......................     $ 13.43     $ 11.08     $10.75
   Income from investment operations:
   Net investment income ...................................        0.03        0.12       0.11
   Net realized and change in unrealized gain ..............        1.71        2.31       0.30
                                                                 --------    --------    -------
     Total .................................................        1.74        2.43       0.41
   Less distributions:
   From net investment income ..............................       (0.11)      (0.08)     (0.08)
   From realized gain on investments .......................       (0.76)       0.00       0.00
                                                                 --------    --------    -------
Net asset value, end of period .............................     $ 14.30     $ 13.43     $11.08
                                                                 ========    ========    =======

Total return ...............................................       13.42%      21.90%      3.71%
Net assets, end of period (000's) ..........................     $ 4,528     $ 2,217     $5,740
Ratio of total investment expenses to average net assets* ..        1.85%       1.84%      2.32%
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets* ......        0.56%       1.14%      1.74%
Ratio of net investment expense before reimbursement and
   waiver to average net assets* ...........................        1.85%       1.84%      2.42%
Ratio of net investment income before reimbursement and
   waiver to average net assets* ...........................        0.56%       1.14%      1.65%
Portfolio turnover rate* ...................................       97.91%     127.43%     54.13%
Average commission rate paid per share .....................     $0.0435          --         --
</TABLE>

*Annualized for periods of less than one year.

Per share data calculated using average number of shares outstanding throughout
the period.

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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                           Growth Fund
                                                                -----------------------------------
                                                                           Select Class
                                                                -----------------------------------
                                                               Six-month               Ten-month
                                                                period       Year       period
                                                                 ended       ended       ended
                                                               April 30,   October     October
                                                                 1996         31,         31,
                                                               (Unaudited)   1995        1994
                                                              ----------  ----------  ----------
<S>                                                              <C>         <C>         <C>
Net asset value, beginning of period ......................     $ 13.75     $ 10.78     $ 10.00
   Income from investment operations:
   Net investment income ..................................        0.02        0.04        0.09
   Net realized and change in unrealized gain .............        1.50        3.02        0.69
                                                                --------    --------    --------
     Total ................................................        1.52        3.06        0.78
   Less distributions:
   From net investment income .............................       (0.05)      (0.08)       0.00
   From realized gain on investments ......................       (1.76)      (0.01)       0.00
                                                                --------    --------    --------
Net asset value, end of period ............................     $ 13.46     $ 13.75     $ 10.78
                                                                ========    ========    ========

Total return ..............................................       12.31%      28.79%       7.70%
Net assets, end of period (000's) .........................     $39,110     $36,936     $27,188
Ratio of total investment expenses to average net assets* .        1.29%       1.20%       0.92%
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets* .....        0.22%       0.36%       1.10%
Ratio of net investment expense before reimbursement and
   waiver to average net assets* ..........................        1.29%       1.30%       1.42%
Ratio of net investment income before reimbursement and
   waiver to average net assets* ..........................        0.22%       0.26%       0.60%
Portfolio turnover rate* ..................................      172.82%     171.75%     120.32%
Average commission rate paid per share ....................     $0.0535          --          --
</TABLE>

*Annualized for periods of less than one year.

Per share data calculated using average number of shares outstanding throughout
the period.


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Selected data for a fund share outstanding throughout each period:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                           Growth Fund
                                                                -----------------------------------
                                                                           Adviser Class
                                                                -----------------------------------
                                                               Six-month                Period
                                                                period       Year     from April
                                                                 ended       ended   15, 1994 to
                                                               April 30,   October     October
                                                                 1996         31,         31,
                                                               (Unaudited)   1995        1994
                                                              ----------  ----------  ----------
<S>                                                             <C>         <C>         <C>
Net asset value, beginning of period ......................     $ 13.63     $ 10.74     $ 10.26
   Income from investment operations:
   Net investment income ..................................       (0.04)      (0.06)      (0.02)
   Net realized and change in unrealized gain .............        1.50        3.00        0.50
                                                                --------    --------    --------
     Total ................................................        1.46        2.94        0.48
   Less distributions:
   From net investment income .............................        0.00       (0.05)       0.00
   From realized gain on investments ......................       (1.76)       0.00        0.00
                                                                --------    --------    --------
Net asset value, end of period ............................     $ 13.33     $ 13.63     $ 10.74
                                                                ========    ========    ========

Total return ..............................................       11.91%      27.92%       4.58%
Net assets, end of period (000's) .........................     $ 3,246     $ 1,727     $   417
Ratio of total investment expenses to average net assets* .        2.04%       2.03%       1.72%
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets* .....       (0.53)%     (0.47)%     (0.25)%
Ratio of net investment expense before reimbursement and
   waiver to average net assets* ..........................        2.04%       2.14%       2.17%
Ratio of net investment income before reimbursement and
   waiver to average net assets* ..........................       (0.53)%     (0.58)%     (0.71)%
Portfolio turnover rate* ..................................      172.82%     171.75%     120.32%
Average commission rate paid per share ....................     $0.0535          --          --
</TABLE>

*Annualized for periods of less than one year.

Per share data calculated using average number of shares outstanding throughout
the period.

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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                     Small Company Growth Fund
                                                                -----------------------------------
                                                                           Select Class
                                                                -----------------------------------
                                                               Six-month               Ten-month
                                                                period       Year       period
                                                                 ended       ended       ended
                                                               April 30,   October     October
                                                                 1996         31,         31,
                                                               (Unaudited)   1995        1994
                                                              ----------  ----------  ----------
<S>                                                             <C>         <C>         <C>
Net asset value, beginning of period ......................     $ 13.52     $ 10.39     $ 10.00
   Income from investment operations:
   Net investment income ..................................       (0.05)       0.00        0.02
   Net realized and change in unrealized gain .............        3.22        3.15        0.37
                                                                --------    --------    --------
     Total ................................................        3.17        3.15        0.39
   Less distributions:
   From net investment income .............................        0.00       (0.02)       0.00
   From realized gain on investments ......................       (1.41)       0.00        0.00
                                                                --------    --------    --------
Net asset value, end of period ............................     $ 15.28     $ 13.52     $ 10.39
                                                                ========    ========    ========

Total return ..............................................       24.76%      30.39%       3.90%
Net assets, end of period (000's) .........................     $39,329     $33,511     $25,879
Ratio of total investment expenses to average net assets* .        1.41%       1.41%       1.15%
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets* .....       (0.67)%     (0.01)%      0.21%
Ratio of net investment expense before reimbursement and
   waiver to average net assets* ..........................        1.41%       1.49%       1.58%
Ratio of net investment income before reimbursement and
   waiver to average net assets* ..........................       (0.67)%     (0.08)%     (0.22)%
Portfolio turnover rate* ..................................      176.30%     156.43%     116.28%
Average commission rate paid per share ....................     $0.0522          --          --
</TABLE>

*Annualized for periods of less than one year.

Per share data calculated using average number of shares outstanding throughout
the period.

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Selected data for a fund share outstanding throughout each period:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                     Small Company Growth Fund
                                                                -----------------------------------
                                                                           Adviser Class
                                                                -----------------------------------
                                                               Six-month                Period
                                                                period       Year     from April
                                                                 ended       ended   15, 1994 to
                                                               April 30,   October     October
                                                                 1996         31,         31,
                                                               (Unaudited)   1995        1994
                                                              ----------  ----------  ----------
<S>                                                             <C>         <C>         <C>
Net asset value, beginning of period ......................     $ 13.39     $ 10.35     $ 10.24
   Income from investment operations:
   Net investment income ..................................       (0.10)      (0.11)      (0.04)
   Net realized and change in unrealized gain .............        3.20        3.15        0.15
                                                                --------    --------    --------
     Total ................................................        3.10        3.04        0.11
   Less distributions:
   From realized gain on investments ......................       (1.41)       0.00        0.00
                                                                --------    --------    --------
Net asset value, end of period ............................     $ 15.08     $ 13.39     $ 10.35
                                                                ========    ========    ========

Total return ..............................................       24.46%      29.44%       0.98%
Net assets, end of period (000's) .........................     $ 2,841     $ 1,285     $   205
Ratio of total investment expenses to average net assets* .        2.16%       2.23%       1.78%
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets* .....       (1.42)%     (0.89)%     (0.72)%
Ratio of net investment expense before reimbursement and
   waiver to average net assets* ..........................        2.16%       2.30%       2.14%
Ratio of net investment income before reimbursement and
   waiver to average net assets* ..........................       (1.42)%     (0.97)%     (1.07)%
Portfolio turnover rate* ..................................      176.30%     156.43%     116.28%
Average commission rate paid per share ....................     $0.0522          --          --
</TABLE>

*Annualized for periods of less than one year.

Per share data calculated using average number of shares outstanding throughout
the period.


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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Financial Highlights
Selected data for a fund share outstanding throught each period.
                                                        International Growth Fund
                                        -----------------------------------------------------------
                                                               Select Class
                                        -----------------------------------------------------------
                                        Six-month               Ten-month
                                         period       Year       period       Year       Year
                                          ended       ended       ended      ended       ended
                                        April 30,   October     October    December    December
                                          1996         31,         31,        31,         31,
                                        (Unaudited)   1995        1994        1993       1992
                                        ----------  ----------  ---------- -----------------------
<S>                                      <C>         <C>         <C>        <C>         <C>

Net asset value, beginning of period     $ 10.62     $ 11.56     $ 11.17    $  8.88     $ 10.00
   Income from investment operations:
   Net investment income ............      (0.01)       0.11        0.06       0.05        0.06
   Net realized and change in
     unrealized gain (loss) .........       1.36       (0.09)       0.33       2.65       (1.15)
                                         --------    --------    --------   --------    --------
     Total ..........................       1.35        0.02        0.39       2.70       (1.09)
   Less distributions:
   From net investment income .......      (0.08)      (0.40)       0.00      (0.05)      (0.03)
   In excess of net investment
     income .........................       0.00        0.00        0.00      (0.34)       0.00
   From realized gain on investments       (0.26)      (0.56)       0.00      (0.02)       0.00
   In excess of realized gain on
     investments ....................       0.00        0.00        0.00       0.00        0.00
                                         --------    --------    --------   --------    --------
Net asset value, end of period ......    $ 11.63     $ 10.62     $ 11.56    $ 11.17     $  8.88
                                         ========    ========    ========   ========    ========

Total return ........................      13.17%      (0.04)%      3.49%     30.37%     (10.84)%
Net assets, end of period (000's) ...    $19,597     $25,102     $31,479    $39,847     $26,640
Ratio of total investment expenses
   to average net assets* ...........       1.88%       1.37%       1.66%      1.48%       0.50%
Ratio of net investment income to
   average net assets* ..............      (0.10)%      1.02%       0.71%      0.50%       1.36%
Ratio of net investment expense
   before reimbursement and waiver
   to average net assets* ...........       1.88%       1.50%       1.80%      1.77%       2.98%
Ratio of net investment income
   before reimbursement and waiver
   to average net assets* ...........      (0.10)%       .88%       0.57%      0.20%      (1.12)%
Portfolio turnover rate* ............     131.86%      32.91%      81.67%    110.38%      81.74%
Average commission rate paid per         $0.2655          --          --         --          --
   share ............................
</TABLE>

*Annualized for periods of less than one year.

Per share data calculated using average number of shares outstanding throughout
the period.

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Selected data for a fund share outstanding throughout each period:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                      International Growth Fund
                                                                -----------------------------------
                                                                          Adviser Class
                                                                -----------------------------------
                                                               Six-month                Period
                                                                period       Year     from April
                                                                 ended       ended   15, 1994 to
                                                               April 30,   October     October
                                                                 1996         31,         31,
                                                               (Unaudited)   1995        1994
                                                              ----------  ----------  ----------
<S>                                                              <C>         <C>         <C>
Net asset value, beginning of period ......................     $ 10.59     $ 11.51     $ 11.24
   Income from investment operations:
   Net investment income ..................................       (0.05)       0.03        0.01
   Net realized and change in unrealized gain (loss) ......        1.36       (0.20)       0.26
                                                                --------    --------    --------
     Total ................................................        1.31       (0.17)       0.27
   Less distributions:
   From net investment income .............................       (0.03)      (0.27)       0.00
   From realized gain on investments ......................       (0.26)      (0.00)       0.00
   In excess of realized gain on investments ..............        0.00       (0.48)       0.00
                                                                --------    --------    --------
Net asset value, end of period ............................     $ 11.61     $ 10.59     $ 11.51
                                                                ========    ========    ========

Total return ..............................................       12.83%      (0.81)%      2.40%
Net assets, end of period (000's) .........................     $21,659     $26,464     $26,647
Ratio of total investment expenses to average net assets* .        2.63%       2.12%       0.27%
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets* .....       (0.85)%     (0.27)%      0.17%
Ratio of net investment expense before reimbursement and
   waiver to average net assets* ..........................        2.63%       2.25%       2.41%
Ratio of net investment income before reimbursement and
   waiver to average net assets* ..........................       (0.85)%      0.14%       0.02%
Portfolio turnover rate* ..................................      131.86%      32.91%      81.67%
Average commission rate paid per share ....................     $0.2655          --          --
</TABLE>

*Annualized for periods of less than one year.

Per share data calculated using average number of shares outstanding throughout
the period.

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Selected data for a fund share outstanding throughout each period:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                        Asian Growth Fund
                                                                -----------------------------------
                                                                           Select Class
                                                                -----------------------------------
                                                               Six-month               Ten-month
                                                                period       Year       period
                                                                 ended       ended       ended
                                                               April 30,   October     October
                                                                 1996         31,         31,
                                                               (Unaudited)   1995        1994
                                                              ----------  ----------  ----------
<S>                                                              <C>         <C>         <C>
Net asset value, beginning of period ......................     $  8.35     $  9.49     $ 10.00
   Income from investment operations:
   Net investment income ..................................        0.03        0.09        0.05
   Net realized and change in unrealized loss .............        1.05       (1.16)      (0.56)
                                                                --------    --------    --------
     Total ................................................        1.08       (1.07)      (0.51)
   Less distributions:
   From net investment income .............................       (0.05)      (0.07)       0.00
                                                                --------    --------    --------
Net asset value, end of period ............................     $  9.38     $  8.35     $  9.49
                                                                ========    ========    ========

Total return ..............................................       13.47%     (11.54)%     (5.10)%
Net assets, end of period (000's) .........................     $25,277     $22,309     $29,386
Ratio of total investment expenses to average net assets* .        1.55%       1.17%       1.25%
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets* .....        0.64%       1.13%       0.71%
Ratio of net investment expense before reimbursement and
   waiver to average net assets* ..........................        2.29%       2.01%       1.81%
Ratio of net investment income before reimbursement and
   waiver to average net assets* ..........................       (0.10)%      0.29%       0.15%
Portfolio turnover rate* ..................................       64.81%      64.97%      65.50%
Average commission rate paid per share ....................     $0.1724          --          --
</TABLE>

*Annualized for periods of less than one year.

Per share data calculated using average number of shares outstanding throughout
the period.

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Selected data for a fund share outstanding throughout each period:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                        Asian Growth Fund
                                                                -----------------------------------
                                                                          Adviser Class
                                                                -----------------------------------
                                                               Six-month                Period
                                                                period       Year     from April
                                                                 ended       ended   15, 1994 to
                                                               April 30,   October     October
                                                                 1996         31,         31,
                                                               (Unaudited)   1995        1994
                                                              ----------  ----------  ----------
<S>                                                              <C>         <C>         <C>
Net asset value, beginning of period ........................    $  8.33    $  9.46     $ 8.56
   Income from investment operations:
   Net investment income ....................................      (0.01)      0.03      (0.01)
   Net realized and change in unrealized gain (loss) ........       1.06      (1.13)      0.91
                                                                 --------   --------    -------
     Total ..................................................       1.05      (1.10)      0.90
   Less distributions:
   From net investment income ...............................      (0.02)     (0.03)      0.00
                                                                 --------   --------    -------
Net asset value, end of period ..............................    $  9.36    $  8.33     $ 9.46
                                                                 ========   ========    =======

Total return ................................................      13.21%    (12.11)%    10.51%
Net assets, end of period (000's) ...........................    $   615    $   687     $  314
Ratio of total investment expenses to average net assets* ...       2.30%      1.90%      1.42%
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets* .......      (0.11)%     0.31%     (0.24)%
Ratio of net investment expense before reimbursement and
   waiver to average net assets* ............................       3.04%      2.72%      1.73%
Ratio of net investment income before reimbursement and
   waiver to average net assets* ............................      (0.85)%    (0.50)%    (0.55)%
Portfolio turnover rate* ....................................      64.81%     64.97%     65.50%
Average commission rate paid per share ......................    $0.1724         --         --
</TABLE>

*Annualized for periods of less than one year.

Per share data calculated using average number of shares outstanding throughout
the period.

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