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                                                        Rule 497(e) and (g)
                                                        File Nos.:  33-48922
                                                                    811-6720
SUPPLEMENT TO PROSPECTUS
DATED FEBRUARY 10, 1998

         The accompanying Prospectus of The Flex-Partners Core Equity Fund dated
June 13, 1997 (the "Prospectus") describes on page 4 under the caption
"Investment Objectives and Policies" that the "assets of the Portfolio
representing the health sector will be managed and 'indexed' by the Subadviser
until it selects one or more Sector Advisers, subject to the review and approval
of the Portfolio Trustees, to manage the assets of the Portfolio representing
the health sector."

         Effective February 10, 1998, the Subadviser has selected, with the 
approval of the Portfolio Trustees, Alliance Capital Management L.P. as Sector
Adviser to manage the assets of the Portfolio representing the health sector.
Accordingly, clause (i) in the seventh paragraph on page 4 of the Prospectus
under the caption "Investment Objectives and Policies" should be deleted and the
following information about Alliance Capital Management L.P. should be added
under the caption "Sector Advisers" which begins on page 8 of the Prospectus:

          "ALLIANCE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT L.P. serves as Sector Adviser to the
          health sector of the Portfolio. Alliance, a registered investment
          adviser, is an international investment manager supervising client
          accounts with assets as of December 31, 1997 totaling approximately
          $218.7 billion. Alliance provides investment services primarily to
          corporate employee benefit funds, public employee retirement systems,
          investment companies, foundations, and endowment funds. The general
          partner of Alliance, Alliance Capital Management Corporation, is an
          indirect subsidiary of, and is controlled by, AXA-UAP, a French
          insurance holding company. Raphael L. Edelman, Vice President of
          Alliance, is the portfolio manager primarily responsible for the
          day-to-day management of those assets of the Portfolio allocated to
          Alliance. Mr. Edelman, who has fourteen years of investment
          experience, joined Alliance's research department in 1986 as an
          analyst after working two years as a manager in Alliance's mutual fund
          division. Alliance's principal executive offices are located at 1345
          Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10105."

         The following replaces the last paragraph preceding the caption "Sector
Advisers" on page 8 of the Prospectus:

          "The Portfolio has received an exemptive order from the Securities and
          Exchange Commission (the "SEC") which permits the Portfolio and the
          Subadviser to enter into and materially amend Investment
          Sub-subadvisory Agreements with Sector Advisers without such
          agreements being approved by the Portfolio's investors or the Fund's
          shareholders except for Investment Sub-subadvisory Agreements with an
          affiliated person of the Portfolio, the Manager or the Subadviser
          other than by reason of such affiliated person serving as an existing
          Sector Adviser to the Portfolio. The exemptive order also permits the
          Portfolio and the Fund to disclose, on an aggregate basis, the fees
          paid to Sector Advisers who are not such affiliated persons. In
          addition, the exemptive order includes the condition that within 90
          days of the hiring of any new Sector Advisers, the Manager and the
          Subadviser will furnish shareholders of the Fund with an information
          statement about the new Sector Adviser and Investment Sub-subadvisory
          Agreement. Any changes to the Investment Advisory Contract between the
          Portfolio and the Manager or the Investment Subadvisory Agreement
          among the Portfolio, Manager and Subadviser will still require
          shareholder approval. The initial shareholder of the Fund approved the
          operation of the Trust in accordance with the exemption."

         The following sentence should be added under the caption "The Trust and
Its Management" on page 6 of the Prospectus immediately before the caption
"Manager":

         "The Manager and the Subadviser have the ultimate responsibility for
         the investment performance of the Portfolio due to the Manager's
         responsibility to oversee the Subadviser and the Subadviser's
         responsibility to oversee the Sector Advisers and recommend their
         hiring, termination and replacement."


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