MITCHELL HUTCHINS KIDDER PEABODY INVESTMENT TRUST II
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                          PAINEWEBBER EMERGING MARKETS
                                  EQUITY FUND
                          1285 Avenue of the Americas
                            New York, New York 10019
 
  Professional Management
  Portfolio Diversification
  Dividend and Capital Gain
   Reinvestment
  Flexible Pricing'SM'
  Low Minimum Investment
  Automatic Investment Plan
  Systematic Withdrawal Plan
  Exchange Privileges
  Suitable for Retirement Plans
 
   
The  Fund is a  series of Mitchell Hutchins/Kidder,  Peabody Investment Trust II
('Trust'). This  Prospectus  concisely  sets  forth  information  a  prospective
investor  should  know  about  the Fund  before  investing.  Please  retain this
Prospectus for future  reference. A  Statement of  Additional Information  dated
November 1, 1995 (which is incorporated by reference herein) has been filed with
the  Securities and Exchange Commission. The Statement of Additional Information
can be obtained without charge, and further inquiries can be made, by contacting
the Fund, your PaineWebber  investment executive or PaineWebber's  correspondent
firms or by calling toll-free 1-800-647-1568.
    
 
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THESE  SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED BY THE SECURITIES AND
   EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION NOR HAS ANY  SUCH
     COMMISSION  PASSED UPON THE ACCURACY OR ADEQUACY OF THIS PROSPECTUS.
           ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE.
 
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                The date of this Prospectus is November 1, 1995
                            PAINEWEBBER MUTUAL FUNDS






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NO   PERSON  HAS   BEEN  AUTHORIZED  TO   GIVE  ANY  INFORMATION   OR  MAKE  ANY
REPRESENTATIONS NOT CONTAINED IN THIS PROSPECTUS IN CONNECTION WITH THE OFFERING
MADE  BY  THIS  PROSPECTUS   AND,  IF  GIVEN  OR   MADE,  SUCH  INFORMATION   OR
REPRESENTATIONS MUST NOT BE RELIED UPON AS HAVING BEEN AUTHORIZED BY THE FUND OR
ITS  DISTRIBUTOR. THIS PROSPECTUS DOES NOT CONSTITUTE AN OFFERING BY THE FUND OR
ITS  DISTRIBUTOR  IN   ANY  JURISDICTION   IN  WHICH  SUCH   OFFERING  MAY   NOT
LAWFULLY BE MADE.

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                               PROSPECTUS SUMMARY
 
     See the body of the Prospectus for more information on the topics discussed
in this summary.
 
<TABLE>
<S>                             <C>
The Fund:                       PaineWebber  Emerging Markets  Equity Fund  ('Fund') is  a diversified  series of
                                Mitchell Hutchins/Kidder,  Peabody Investment  Trust  II ('Trust'),  an  open-end
                                management investment company.
Investment Objective and        Long-term capital appreciation; invests primarily in equity securities of issuers
  Policies:                     in the securities markets of newly industrializing countries ('Emerging Markets')
                                in  Asia, Latin  America, the  Middle East,  Southern Europe,  Eastern Europe and
                                Africa.
Total Net Assets at September   $60.24 million
  30, 1995:
Investment Adviser and          Mitchell  Hutchins  Asset  Management   Inc.  ('Mitchell  Hutchins'),  an   asset
  Administrator:                management  subsidiary  of  PaineWebber  Incorporated  ('PaineWebber'  or  'PW'),
                                manages over $44.7 billion in assets. See 'Management.'
Sub-Adviser:                    Emerging Markets Management ('EMM'  or 'Sub-Adviser') manages approximately  $3.2
                                billion in assets. See 'Management.'
Purchases:                      Shares  of beneficial interest are  available exclusively through PaineWebber and
                                its correspondent firms  for investors who  are clients of  PaineWebber or  those
                                firms  ('PaineWebber clients') and,  for other investors,  through PFPC Inc., the
                                Fund's transfer agent ('Transfer Agent').
Flexible Pricing System:        Investors may select  Class A,  Class B  or Class C  shares, each  with a  public
                                offering  price that  reflects different  sales charges  and expense  levels. See
                                'Flexible Pricing System,' 'Purchases,' 'Redemptions' and 'Conversion of Class  B
                                Shares.'
Class A Shares                  Offered  at net asset value plus any  applicable sales charge (maximum is 4.5% of
                                the public offering price).
</TABLE>
 
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<TABLE>
<S>                             <C>
Class B Shares                  Offered at net asset value (a maximum  contingent deferred sales charge of 5%  of
                                redemption  proceeds is imposed  on certain redemptions made  within six years of
                                date of  purchase). Class  B shares  automatically convert  into Class  A  shares
                                (which  pay lower ongoing expenses) approximately  six years after purchase. Such
                                Class B shares were not offered prior to November 1, 1995.
Class C Shares                  Offered at net asset value without an initial or contingent deferred sales charge
                                (a contingent deferred sales  charge of 1% of  redemption proceeds is imposed  on
                                certain  redemptions made within one year of purchase). Class C shares pay higher
                                ongoing expenses than Class A shares and do not convert into another Class. Prior
                                to November 10, 1995, these Class C shares were called 'Class B' shares.
Exchanges:                      Shares may be exchanged for shares of the corresponding Class of most PaineWebber
                                mutual funds.
Redemptions:                    PaineWebber clients  may  redeem  through PaineWebber;  other  shareholders  must
                                redeem through the Transfer Agent.
Dividends:                      Declared  and paid annually;  net capital gain also  is distributed annually. See
                                'Dividends, Distributions and Taxes.'
Reinvestment:                   All dividends and capital gain distributions are paid in Fund shares of the  same
                                Class at net asset value unless the shareholder has requested cash.
Minimum Purchase:               $1,000 for first purchase; $100 for subsequent purchases.
</TABLE>
 
<TABLE>
<S>                              <C>                          <C>
Other Features:
  Class A Shares                 Automatic investment plan    Quantity discounts on initial sales charge
                                 Systematic withdrawal plan   365-day reinstatement privilege
                                 Rights of accumulation
  Class B Shares                 Automatic investment plan    Systematic withdrawal plan
  Class C Shares                 Automatic investment plan    Systematic withdrawal plan
</TABLE>
 
     WHO  SHOULD  INVEST. The  Fund invests  primarily  in equity  securities of
issuers in Emerging Markets  in Asia, Latin America,  the Middle East,  Southern
Europe,  Eastern Europe and Africa and is designed for investors who are seeking
long-term capital appreciation. The Fund's risk factors are summarized below and
are described in more  detail under 'Investment Objective  and Policies --  Risk
Factors and Special Considerations.' While the Fund is not intended to provide a
complete  or balanced investment  program, it can  serve as one  component of an
investor's long-term program to accumulate assets, for instance, for retirement,
college tuition or other major goals.
 
     RISK FACTORS. There  can be  no assurance that  the Fund  will achieve  its
investment  objective, and the Fund's net  asset value will fluctuate based upon
changes in the value of its  portfolio securities. Investors in the Fund  should
be  able to assume the  special risks of investing  in foreign securities, which
include possible adverse political, social and economic developments abroad  and
 
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differing  characteristics of foreign economies and securities markets. There is
often less information publicly available about foreign issuers. These risks are
greater with respect to securities of issuers located in Emerging Markets.  Most
of  the  foreign  securities  held  by  the  Fund  are  denominated  in  foreign
currencies, and the value of these investments thus can be adversely affected by
fluctuations in foreign currency values. Some foreign currencies can be volatile
and may be subject to governmental controls or intervention. The use of options,
futures contracts and  forward currency  contracts also  entails special  risks.
Prospective   investors   are   urged   to   read   'Investment   Objective  and
Policies -- Risk  Factors and Special  Considerations' at pages  16-19 for  more
complete information about risk factors.
 
     EXPENSES  OF INVESTING  IN THE FUND.  The following tables  are intended to
assist investors in understanding the expenses associated with investing in  the
Fund.
 
                      SHAREHOLDER TRANSACTION EXPENSES(1)
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                    CLASS A     CLASS B     CLASS C
                                                                                    -------     -------     -------
 
<S>                                                                                 <C>         <C>         <C>
Maximum sales charge on purchases of shares (as a percentage of public offering
  price).........................................................................    4.5%        None        None
Sales charge on reinvested dividends.............................................    None        None        None
Maximum contingent deferred sales charge (as a percentage of redemption
  proceeds)......................................................................   None(2)       5%         1%(3)
</TABLE>
 
                       ANNUAL FUND OPERATING EXPENSES(4)
                    (AS A PERCENTAGE OF AVERAGE NET ASSETS)
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                CLASS A      CLASS B      CLASS C
                                                                                -------      -------      -------
<S>                                                                             <C>          <C>          <C>
Management fees..............................................................     1.62%        1.62%        1.62%
12b-1 fees(5)................................................................     0.25         1.00         1.00
Other expenses...............................................................     0.57         0.57         0.57
                                                                                -------      -------      -------
Total operating expenses (after fee waivers and expense reimbursements)......     2.44%        3.19%        3.19%
                                                                                -------      -------      -------
                                                                                -------      -------      -------
</TABLE>
 
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     (1)  Sales charge waivers are available for  Class A and Class B shares and
reduced sales  charge purchase  plans  are available  for  Class A  shares.  The
maximum  5%  contingent  deferred sales  charge  on  Class B  shares  applies to
redemptions during the first year after purchase; the charge generally  declines
by 1% annually thereafter, reaching zero after six years. See 'Purchases.'
 
     (2)  Purchases of Class A shares of $1 million or more are not subject to a
sales charge. If shares are redeemed  within one year of purchase, a  contingent
deferred sales charge of 1% will be applied to the redemption. See 'Purchases.'
 
     (3)  If  Class  C  shares  are redeemed  within  one  year  of  purchase, a
contingent deferred sales charge  of 1% will be  applied to the redemption.  See
'Purchases.'
 
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     (4) See 'Management' for additional information. The management fee payable
to  Mitchell Hutchins is greater than the management fee paid by most funds. All
expenses, except for Class B shares, are those actually incurred for the  fiscal
year ended June 30, 1995. Class B shares 'other expenses' are based on estimates
for  the Fund's current fiscal year. During the fiscal year ended June 30, 1995,
Mitchell Hutchins reimbursed the Fund for  a portion of the operating  expenses.
Without  such reimbursement, total operating expenses  would have been 2.54% for
Class A shares and 3.29% for Class B and Class C shares.
 
     (5) 12b-1 fees have two components, as follows:
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                       CLASS A    CLASS B    CLASS C
                                                                                       -------    -------    -------
 
<S>                                                                                    <C>        <C>        <C>
12b-1 service fees..................................................................     0.25%      0.25%      0.25%
12b-1 distribution fees.............................................................     0.00       0.75       0.75
</TABLE>
 
     12b-1 distribution fees  are asset-based sales  charges. Long-term Class  B
and  Class C  shareholders may  pay more  in direct  and indirect  sales charges
(including distribution  fees)  than  the economic  equivalent  of  the  maximum
front-end  sales  charge permitted  by  the National  Association  of Securities
Dealers, Inc.
 
                     EXAMPLE OF EFFECT OF FUND EXPENSES(1)
 
     An investor would directly  or indirectly pay the  following expenses on  a
$1,000 investment in the Fund, assuming a 5% annual return:
 
   
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                     ONE     THREE    FIVE      TEN
                                                                                     YEAR    YEARS    YEARS    YEARS
                                                                                     ----    -----    -----    -----
 
<S>                                                                                  <C>     <C>      <C>      <C>
Class A Shares(2).................................................................   $ 69    $118     $ 169    $ 310
Class B Shares:
     Assuming a complete redemption at end of period(3)(4)........................   $ 82    $128     $ 187    $ 316
     Assuming no redemption(4)....................................................   $ 32    $ 98     $ 167    $ 316
Class C Shares:
     Assuming a complete redemption at end of period(3)...........................   $ 42    $ 98     $ 167    $ 349
     Assuming no redemption.......................................................   $ 32    $ 98     $ 167    $ 349
</TABLE>
    
 
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(1) Fund  expenses shown  are net of  reimbursements made  by Mitchell Hutchins.
    Without such reimbursements, the expenses on a $1,000 investment at the  end
    of  one, three, five and ten years would have been $70, $121, $174 and $320,
    respectively, for Class A  shares, $83, $131,  $192 and $326,  respectively,
    for Class B shares (assuming complete redemption), $33, $101, $172 and $326,
    respectively,  for Class B shares (assuming  no redemption), $43, $101, $172
    and $359, respectively,  for Class C  shares (assuming complete  redemption)
    and  $33, $101, $172 and $359, respectively, for Class C shares (assuming no
    redemption).
    
 
(2) Assumes deduction at the time of purchase of the maximum 4.5% initial  sales
    charge.
 
(3) Assumes  deduction  at  the time  of  redemption of  the  maximum applicable
    contingent deferred sales charge.
 
(4) Ten-year figures assume conversion  of Class B shares  to Class A shares  at
    end of sixth year.
 
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     This  Example  assumes  that  all  dividends  and  other  distributions are
reinvested and that the  percentage amounts listed  under Annual Fund  Operating
Expenses remain the same in the years shown. The above tables and the assumption
in  the  Example  of a  5%  annual return  are  required by  regulations  of the
Securities and Exchange Commission ('SEC')  applicable to all mutual funds;  the
assumed  5% annual return  is not a  prediction of, and  does not represent, the
projected or actual performance of any Class of the Fund's shares.
 
     THE EXAMPLE SHOULD  NOT BE CONSIDERED  A REPRESENTATION OF  PAST OR  FUTURE
EXPENSES,  AND THE FUND'S ACTUAL EXPENSES MAY  BE MORE OR LESS THAN THOSE SHOWN.
The actual expenses attributable to each Class of the Fund's shares will  depend
upon,  among other  things, the level  of average  net assets and  the extent to
which the Fund incurs variable expenses, such as transfer agency costs.
 
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                              FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
 
The  table below  provides selected per  share data  and ratios for  one Class A
share and one Class  C share (prior  to November 10, 1995,  Class C shares  were
called 'Class B' shares) of the Fund for each of the periods shown. No new Class
B  shares were outstanding during such periods. This information is supplemented
by the  financial statements  and  accompanying notes  appearing in  the  Fund's
Annual Report to Shareholders for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1995, which are
incorporated  by  reference into  the Statement  of Additional  Information. The
financial statements and notes, and  the financial information appearing in  the
table   below,  have  been  audited  by   Deloitte  &  Touche  LLP,  independent
accountants,  whose  report  thereon  is  included  in  the  Annual  Report   to
Shareholders.  Further information about the Fund's performance is also included
in the Annual Report to Shareholders, which may be obtained without charge.
 
   
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                         Class A                      Class C
                                                                --------------------------   --------------------------
                                                                  For the       For the        For the       For the
                                                                 Year ended   Period ended    Year ended   Period ended
                                                                  June 30,      June 30,       June 30,      June 30,
                                                                    1995        1994`D'          1995        1994`D'
                                                                ------------  ------------   ------------  ------------
 
<S>                                                             <C>           <C>            <C>           <C>
Net asset value, beginning of period...........................   $  10.79      $  12.00       $  10.75      $  12.00
                                                                ------------  ------------   ------------  ------------
Increase (decrease) from investment operations:
Net investment income (loss)...................................      (0.04)         0.04          (0.17)       --
Net realized and unrealized losses from investment
  transactions.................................................      (0.97)        (1.25)         (0.90)        (1.25)
                                                                ------------  ------------   ------------  ------------
Net decrease in net assets resulting from investment
  operations...................................................      (1.01)        (1.21)         (1.07)        (1.25)
                                                                ------------  ------------   ------------  ------------
Less dividends to shareholders from:
Net investment income..........................................      (0.05)       --              (0.01)       --
                                                                ------------  ------------   ------------  ------------
Net asset value, end of period.................................   $   9.73      $  10.79       $   9.67      $  10.75
                                                                ------------  ------------   ------------  ------------
                                                                ------------  ------------   ------------  ------------
Total Investment Return(1).....................................      (9.29)%      (10.08)%       (10.01)%      (10.42)%
                                                                ------------  ------------   ------------  ------------
                                                                ------------  ------------   ------------  ------------
Ratios/Supplemental Data:
Net assets, end of period (000's omitted)......................   $ 33,043      $ 46,758       $ 18,551      $ 26,721
Ratios of expenses, net of fee waivers and expense
  reimbursements, to average net assets........................       2.44 %        2.47 %*        3.19 %        3.22 %*
Ratios of expenses, before fee waivers and expense
  reimbursements, to average net assets........................       2.54 %        2.47 %*        3.29 %        3.22 %*
Ratios of net investment income to average net assets..........      (0.76)%        0.72 %*       (1.50)%       (0.03)%*
Portfolio turnover.............................................         76 %           8 %           76 %           8 %
</TABLE>
    
 
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 * Annualized.
 
 `D' For the period January 19, 1994 (commencement of investment operations)  to
June 30, 1994.
 
   
(1) Total  investment return is  calculated assuming a  $1,000 investment on the
    first day  of  each  period  reported, reinvestment  of  all  dividends  and
    distributions  at net asset  value on the  payable dates, and  a sale at net
    asset value on  the last day  of each  period reported. The  figures do  not
    include  sales  charges;  results  would  be  lower  if  sales  charges were
    included. Total investment returns  for periods of less  than one year  have
    not been annualized.
    
 
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                            FLEXIBLE PRICING SYSTEM
 
DIFFERENCES AMONG THE CLASSES
 
      The  primary distinctions  among the Classes  of the Fund's  shares lie in
their initial  and contingent  deferred  sales charge  structures and  in  their
ongoing   expenses,  including  asset-based   sales  charges  in   the  form  of
distribution fees. These  differences are  summarized in the  table below.  Each
Class  has distinct  advantages and  disadvantages for  different investors, and
investors  may  choose  the  Class  that  best  suits  their  circumstances  and
objectives.
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                   ANNUAL 12B-1 FEES
                                                (AS A % OF AVERAGE DAILY
                    SALES CHARGE                      NET ASSETS)                    OTHER INFORMATION
          --------------------------------  --------------------------------  --------------------------------
 
<S>       <C>                               <C>                               <C>
CLASS A   Maximum initial sales charge of   Service fee of 0.25%              Initial sales charge waived or
          4.5% of the public offering                                         reduced for certain purchases
          price
CLASS B   Maximum contingent deferred       Service fee of 0.25%;             Shares convert to Class A shares
          sales charge of 5% of redemption  distribution fee of 0.75%         approximately six years after
          proceeds; declines to zero after                                    issuance
          six years
CLASS C   Contingent deferred sales charge  Service fee of 0.25%;                            --
          of 1% of redemption proceeds if   distribution fee of 0.75%
          redeem within first year after
          purchase
</TABLE>
 
FACTORS TO CONSIDER IN CHOOSING A CLASS OF SHARES
 
      In  deciding which Class of shares  to purchase, investors should consider
the cost of sales charges together with the cost of the ongoing annual  expenses
described below, as well as any other relevant facts and circumstances:
 
      SALES  CHARGES. Class A shares are sold at net asset value plus an initial
sales charge of up to 4.5% of the public offering price. Because of this initial
sales charge, not all of a Class  A shareholder's purchase price is invested  in
the Fund. Class B shares are sold with no initial sales charge, but a contingent
deferred  sales  charge  of up  to  5%  of the  redemption  proceeds  applies to
redemptions made  within six  years of  purchase. Class  C shareholders  pay  no
initial  or contingent  deferred sales  charges, although  a contingent deferred
sales charge of  1.00% applies  to certain redemptions  of Class  C shares  made
within  the first year after  purchase. Thus, the entire amount  of a Class B or
Class C shareholder's purchase price is immediately invested in the Fund.
 
      WAIVERS AND REDUCTIONS OF CLASS A  SALES CHARGES. Class A share  purchases
over  $50,000 and Class  A share purchases  made under the  Fund's reduced sales
charge schedule  may be  made at  a  reduced sales  charge. In  considering  the
combined  cost of  sales charges and  ongoing annual  expenses, investors should
take into account any reduced sales charges on Class A shares for which they may
be eligible.
 
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      The entire initial sales  charge on Class A  shares is waived for  certain
eligible  purchasers. Because Class A shares  bear lower ongoing annual expenses
than Class B shares or Class  C shares, investors eligible for complete  waivers
should purchase Class A shares.
 
   
      ONGOING  ANNUAL EXPENSES. All  three Classes of Fund  shares pay an annual
12b-1 service fee  of 0.25% of  average daily net  assets. Class B  and Class  C
shares  pay  an annual  12b-1 distribution  fee  of 0.75%  of average  daily net
assets. Annual 12b-1 distribution fees are a form of asset-based sales  charges.
An  investor  should  consider  both  ongoing  annual  expenses  and  initial or
contingent deferred sales charges  in estimating the costs  of investing in  the
respective Classes of Fund shares over various time periods.
    
 
      For   example,  assuming  a  constant  net  asset  value,  the  cumulative
distribution fees on the Class B or Class C shares and the 4.5% maximum  initial
sales  charge on  the Class  A shares  would all  be approximately  equal if the
shares were held for six years. Because Class B shares convert to Class A shares
(which do not bear the expense  of ongoing distribution fees) approximately  six
years  after purchase,  an investor  expecting to  hold shares  of the  Fund for
longer  than  six  years  would  generally  pay  lower  cumulative  expenses  by
purchasing  Class A  or Class  B shares  than by  purchasing Class  C shares. An
investor expecting to  hold shares of  the Fund  for less than  six years  would
generally  pay lower  cumulative expenses by  purchasing Class C  shares than by
purchasing Class A  shares, and, due  to the contingent  deferred sales  charges
that  would become  payable on  redemption of Class  B shares,  such an investor
would generally pay lower cumulative expenses by purchasing Class C shares  than
Class B shares.
 
      The  foregoing examples do not reflect, among other variables, the cost or
benefit of bearing sales charges or  distribution fees at the time of  purchase,
upon redemption or over time, nor can they reflect fluctuations in the net asset
value  of Fund  shares, which  will affect the  actual amount  of expenses paid.
Expenses borne by Classes may differ slightly because of the allocation of other
Class-specific  expenses.  The  'Example  of  Effect  of  Fund  Expenses'  under
'Prospectus  Summary' shows the  cumulative expenses an  investor would pay over
time on a  hypothetical investment  in each Class  of Fund  shares, assuming  an
annual return of 5%.
 
OTHER INFORMATION
 
      PaineWebber   investment  executives  may   receive  different  levels  of
compensation for  selling  one  particular  Class of  Fund  shares  rather  than
another.  Investors  should understand  that distribution  fees and  initial and
contingent deferred  sales  charges  all are  intended  to  compensate  Mitchell
Hutchins for distribution services.
 
      See  'Purchases,'  'Redemptions'  and  'Management'  for  a  more complete
description of the initial and  contingent deferred sales charges, service  fees
and  distribution fees for the three Classes  of shares. See also 'Conversion of
Class B Shares,' 'Dividends, Distributions and Taxes,' 'Valuation of Shares' and
'General Information' for other differences among the three Classes.
 
                       INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE AND POLICIES
 
OBJECTIVE
 
      The Fund's  investment objective  is long-term  capital appreciation.  The
Fund  seeks  to  achieve  its  objective  through  investment  in  a diversified
portfolio consisting  primarily  of equity  securities  of issuers  in  Emerging
Mar-
 
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kets  in Asia, Latin  America, the Middle East,  Southern Europe, Eastern Europe
and Africa.
 
      There can  be no  assurance  that the  Fund  will achieve  its  investment
objective.  The Fund's net asset value will  fluctuate based upon changes in the
value of its portfolio securities.  The Fund's investment objective and  certain
investment limitations, as described in the Statement of Additional Information,
are  fundamental policies and  may not be  changed without shareholder approval.
All other investment policies  may be changed by  the Trust's board of  trustees
without shareholder approval.
 
INVESTMENT SELECTION PROCESS
 
      The  Sub-Adviser's  efforts  focus  primarily  on  asset  allocation among
selected Emerging Markets  and, secondarily,  on issuer  selection within  those
markets.  In  addition  to  considerations  relating  to  a  particular market's
investment restrictions  and tax  barriers, this  asset allocation  is based  on
other  relevant  factors including  the  outlook for  economic  growth, currency
exchange rates,  commodity prices,  interest rates,  political factors  and  the
stage of the local market cycle in the market. The Sub-Adviser expects to spread
the  Fund's investments over geographic as  well as economic sectors. Generally,
the Sub-Adviser does  not intend to  invest more than  two-thirds of the  Fund's
total  assets in any  single region (Asia, Latin  America, Middle East, Southern
Europe, Eastern  Europe  or Africa)  or  35% in  any  single country.  Under  no
circumstances  will the  Sub-Adviser invest  more than  25% of  the Fund's total
assets in any  single industry. Within  each Emerging Market,  the Fund will  be
diversified  through investments in a number of local companies characterized by
attractive valuation relative to expected growth.
 
   
      MARKET SELECTION.  As of  September 30,  1995, there  were over  60  newly
industrializing  and  developing countries  having equity  markets. The  18 most
accessible of these markets had  a total market capitalization of  approximately
$1.598  trillion and over 7,700 listed stocks.  A number of the Emerging Markets
are not yet  easily accessible to  foreign investors and  have unattractive  tax
barriers  or insufficient liquidity to make  significant investments by the Fund
feasible or attractive.  However, many of  the largest of  the Emerging  Markets
have, in recent years, liberalized access and the Sub-Adviser expects more to do
so over the coming few years.
    
 
      Selections  are  made  among  Emerging Markets  based  on  various factors
including:
 
          MARKET FACTORS -- including the relative attractiveness of the  market
     in  comparison with  its historic performance  and with  the performance of
     other emerging and world markets on the basis of fundamental values  (e.g.,
     price/earnings,  price/book value, earnings  momentum, volatility, dividend
     yield and debt/equity). The Sub-Adviser  employs a computerized global  and
     emerging  market asset allocation model as one of its methods to assess the
     relative attractiveness of each Emerging Market based on these factors.
 
          MACRO-ECONOMIC  FACTORS  --  including  the  outlook  for  currencies,
     interest   rates,   commodities,  economic   growth,   inflation,  business
     confidence and private sector initiative.
 
          POLITICAL FACTORS -- including the stability of the current government
     and its attitudes towards foreign investment, private sector initiative and
     development of capital markets.
 
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          MARKET DEVELOPMENT -- the development of the market relative to  North
     American  markets  in  terms  of market  capitalization,  level  of trading
     activity, sophistication  of  capital  market  activities  and  shareholder
     protection.
 
          INVESTMENT  RESTRICTIONS --  including the level  of foreign ownership
     allowed, the  method  of investment  allowed  (e.g., direct  investment  or
     through  authorized investment funds), required holding periods, ability to
     repatriate earnings and applicable tax legislation.
 
      Based on  these and  other factors,  the portfolio  is evaluated  and,  if
necessary,  adjusted on at least a quarterly basis to ensure that it conforms to
the objective and policies of  the Fund. Each of  the Emerging Markets in  which
the  Fund may invest is also monitored on a continuous basis and tactical shifts
in portfolio allocation are made, when required, based on new developments.
 
      Emerging Markets  in  which  the  Fund intends  to  invest  are  currently
expected to be selected from the following 34 Emerging Markets and republics:
 
<TABLE>
<S>             <C>
ASIA:           Bangladesh,  China, Hong Kong,
                India, Indonesia, Korea,
                Malaysia, Pakistan, Papua  New
                Guinea, Philippines,
                Singapore, Sri Lanka, Republic
                of China (Taiwan), Thailand
 
LATIN AMERICA:  Argentina,   Bolivia,  Brazil,
                Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Peru,
                Venezuela
EUROPE/MIDDLE
  EAST:         The   Czech   Republic,   Com-
                monwealth of Independent
                States, Greece, Hungary,
                Jordan,    Poland,   Portugal,
                Turkey
 
AFRICA:         Mauritius,   Morocco,    South
                Africa, Zimbabwe
</TABLE>
 
      The  foregoing list of Emerging Markets is not exhaustive. As used in this
Prospectus, the countries that will not be considered Emerging Markets  include:
Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland,
Italy,  Japan,  Luxembourg,  Netherlands, New  Zealand,  Spain,  Norway, Sweden,
Switzerland,  United  Kingdom  and  the  United  States.  Under  normal   market
conditions,  the Fund will invest a minimum of 65% of its total assets in equity
securities of issuers in  Emerging Markets and will  maintain investments in  at
least  three  Emerging Markets.  In  a number  of  the countries,  investment is
presently allowed exclusively or predominantly through existing or newly  formed
authorized  investment funds. See 'Types  of Portfolio Investments' below. These
restrictions are gradually easing and the Fund anticipates that it will be  able
to  make investments in  individual stocks in these  countries as their attitude
towards foreign  investment  improves. The  Sub-Adviser  expects that  over  the
coming  years a number of countries other  than those listed above are likely to
become potential candidates for investment by the Fund, including Uruguay, Ivory
Coast, Jamaica, Kenya, Nigeria and Slovakia.
 
      INVESTMENT SELECTION. Within each Emerging  Market, the Fund invests in  a
selection  of companies  that are  characterized by  attractive valuation. Using
various data  bases  and  sources of  investment  information,  the  Sub-Adviser
screens  each  market for  companies available  for investment.  In order  to be
considered  for  investment,  companies   must  legally  permit  investment   by
foreigners, have a market capitalization of over $15 million and show sufficient
liquidity based on trading volume and shares outstanding. From among this group,
investments  are systematically screened for fundamental value based on a number
of standards,  including  price-to-earnings ratio,  price-to-book  value  ratio,
earnings momentum, dividend yield and debt-to-
 
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equity  ratio.  The purpose  of this  screening is  to eliminate  investments in
companies considered inappropriate due  to inadequate liquidity or  unacceptable
risk  factors. Decisions  on issuer  selection are  often influenced  by on-site
visits to issuers. The resulting selection of investments is intended to provide
a broad group of attractively valued investments available to foreign  investors
in each Emerging Market.
 
      USE OF QUANTITATIVE TECHNIQUES. The Sub-Adviser has developed and will use
a  proprietary asset allocation model to assist  in the selection of markets and
individual stocks. Making use of long-term historical data on at least 1,000  of
the  most actively traded  stocks in the  target markets, as  well as additional
data for  recent years  and earnings  forecasts, the  Sub-Adviser estimates  the
relationship  between the  fair value  and price  levels of  markets based  on a
variety of fundamental indicators. Statistical techniques are employed that help
determine those  indicators that  are relevant  in particular  cases. The  model
evaluates  markets in historical and prospective terms taking into consideration
interest  rates,  inflation  and   currency  developments.  While  following   a
disciplined,  systematic  approach  to  investment  selection,  the  Sub-Adviser
combines  the  results  from  computerized  screening  techniques  with  market,
industry, economic and political information.
 
TYPES OF PORTFOLIO INVESTMENTS
 
      An equity security of an issuer in an Emerging Market is defined as common
stock  and preferred stock (including convertible preferred stock); bonds, notes
and debentures  convertible  into  common or  preferred  stock;  stock  purchase
warrants and rights; equity interests in trusts and partnerships; and depositary
receipts  of companies: (1) the principal securities trading market for which is
in an Emerging  Market; (2) whose  principal trading market  is in any  country,
provided  that, alone  or on a  consolidated basis,  they derive 50%  or more of
their annual  revenue  from  either  goods  produced,  sales  made  or  services
performed  in Emerging Markets; or (3) that are organized under the laws of, and
with a principal office in, an Emerging Market. Determinations as to eligibility
are made  by  the  Sub-Adviser  based  on  publicly  available  information  and
inquiries made to the companies.
 
      The  Fund  may invest  in securities  of  foreign issuers  in the  form of
American  Depositary  Receipts  ('ADRs'),  which  are  U.S.   dollar-denominated
receipts  typically  issued  by domestic  banks  or trust  companies,  and which
represent the deposit  with those entities  of securities of  a foreign  issuer.
ADRs  are publicly traded on exchanges  or over-the-counter in the United States
and are issued through 'sponsored' or 'unsponsored' arrangements. In a sponsored
ADR arrangement, the foreign issuer assumes the obligation to pay some or all of
the depositary's transaction fees, whereas under an unsponsored arrangement, the
foreign issuer assumes no obligations and the depositary's transaction fees  are
paid  directly by  the ADR  holders. The  Fund may  invest in  ADRs through both
sponsored and unsponsored arrangements.
 
      The Fund, in addition  to investing in foreign  securities in the form  of
ADRs,  may purchase European  Depositary Receipts ('EDRs'),  which are sometimes
referred to  as Continental  Depositary  Receipts ('CDRs').  EDRs and  CDRs  are
generally  issued by foreign  banks and evidence ownership  of either foreign or
domestic securities.
 
      In certain countries that currently prohibit direct foreign investment  in
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investment  in  the  securities of  companies  listed  and traded  on  the stock
exchanges in these  countries is  permitted through investment  funds that  have
been specifically authorized to invest directly in the relevant market. The Fund
may invest in these investment funds and registered investment companies subject
to  the provisions  of the 1940  Act. Under the  1940 Act, the  Fund, subject to
certain exceptions, may  invest a  maximum of  10% of  its total  assets in  the
securities  of other investment companies, not more  than 5% of the Fund's total
assets may be invested in the securities  of any one investment company and  the
Fund  may not own more than 3% of  the securities of any one investment company.
If  the  Fund  invests  in  investment   companies,  the  Fund  will  bear   its
proportionate   share  of  the  costs  incurred  by  such  companies,  including
investment advisory fees, if any.
 
      Although the Fund does not intend to do so in the foreseeable future,  the
Fund  may hedge  all or  a portion  of its  portfolio investments  through stock
options, stock index options,  futures contracts and  options thereon and  short
sales  and may hedge all  or a portion of its  exposure to foreign currencies in
which its  investments  are,  or  are anticipated  to  be,  denominated  through
currency   futures  contracts  and  options  thereon,  and  options  on  foreign
currencies. Currently, these financial instruments are only rarely available  in
Emerging  Markets and the  Fund will not engage  in transactions involving these
instruments prior to providing appropriate disclosure to investors. Although  it
has  no intention of doing so  in an amount exceeding 5%  of its total assets in
the foreseeable future, the Fund may lend its portfolio securities, as described
in the  Statement of  Additional  Information. The  Fund  intends to  engage  in
transactions  involving forward  currency contracts.  See 'Investment Techniques
and Strategies' below.
 
   
      Up to 15%  of the  value of  the Fund's total  assets may  be invested  in
illiquid  securities, which  are securities  lacking readily  available markets,
including: (1) repurchase agreements  not maturing within  seven days, (2)  time
deposits  with  maturities in  excess  of seven  days  and (3)  securities whose
disposition is restricted as to resale in the principal market in which they are
traded (other than Rule 144A securities  determined to be liquid by the  Trust's
board of trustees).
    
 
      The Fund may hold up to 35% of its total assets in cash or invest in money
market  instruments and in excess of that amount when the Sub-Adviser determines
that unstable market, economic, political or currency conditions abroad  warrant
adoption  of a temporary defensive posture. To  the extent that it holds cash or
invests in money  market instruments, the  Fund may not  achieve its  investment
objective.
 
      Pending  the investment of funds resulting from the sale of Fund shares or
the liquidation of portfolio holdings, or during temporary defensive periods  or
in  order to have available highly liquid assets to meet anticipated redemptions
of Fund shares or to pay the  Fund's operating expenses, the Fund may invest  in
the following types of money market instruments: securities issued or guaranteed
by  the U.S. Government or one of its agencies or instrumentalities ('Government
Securities'); bank obligations (including certificates of deposit, time deposits
and bankers'  acceptances  of  foreign  or  domestic  banks  and  other  banking
institutions  having total assets in excess  of $500 million); commercial paper,
including variable and floating rate notes, rated no lower than A-1 by  Standard
&
 
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Poor's  or Prime-1 by Moody's Investors  Service, Inc., or the equivalent rating
from another  major rating  service, or,  if  unrated, of  an issuer  having  an
outstanding  unsecured debt  issue then  rated within  the three  highest rating
categories; and  repurchase agreements  meeting the  conditions described  below
under  'Investment Techniques  and Strategies --  Repurchase Agreements.' Except
during temporary defensive periods,  the Fund will not  invest more than 35%  of
its  assets in money market instruments. At  no time will the Fund's investments
in bank obligations,  including time deposits,  exceed 25% of  the value of  its
assets.
 
      The  Fund  is authorized  to  invest in  obligations  of foreign  banks or
foreign branches  of domestic  banks that  are traded  in the  United States  or
outside  the  United States,  but that  are denominated  in U.S.  dollars. These
obligations entail  risks  that  are  different from  those  of  investments  in
obligations   in  domestic  banks,  including  foreign  economic  and  political
developments outside the United  States, foreign governmental restrictions  that
may  adversely  affect payment  of principal  and  interest on  the obligations,
foreign exchange  controls and  foreign withholding  or other  taxes on  income.
Foreign  branches of domestic banks  are not necessarily subject  to the same or
similar regulatory requirements that apply to domestic banks, such as  mandatory
reserve  requirements, loan  limitations and accounting,  auditing and financial
recordkeeping requirements.  In  addition,  less  information  may  be  publicly
available about a foreign branch of a domestic bank than about a domestic bank.
 
      Among  the  Government  Securities  that  may  be  held  by  the  Fund are
instruments that  are supported  by the  full  faith and  credit of  the  United
States; instruments that are supported by the right of the issuer to borrow from
the  U.S. Treasury; and instruments  that are supported solely  by the credit of
the instrumentality.  The Fund  may  invest up  to 5%  of  its total  assets  in
exchange   rate-related  Government  Securities,  which  are  described  in  the
Statement of Additional Information.
 
INVESTMENT TECHNIQUES AND STRATEGIES
 
The Fund, in seeking to meet  its investment objective, is authorized to  engage
in  any  one or  more of  the specialized  investment techniques  and strategies
described below:
 
      FORWARD CURRENCY  TRANSACTIONS.  The  Fund may  hold  currencies  to  meet
settlement  requirements  for  foreign  securities and  may  engage  in currency
exchange transactions  to protect  against uncertainty  in the  level of  future
exchange  rates between  a particular  foreign currency  and the  U.S. dollar or
between foreign  currencies  in  which  the Fund's  securities  are  or  may  be
denominated.  Forward currency contracts are agreements to exchange one currency
for another at  a future  date. The  date (which  may be  any agreed-upon  fixed
number  of days in the  future), the amount of currency  to be exchanged and the
price at which the  exchange takes place  will be negotiated  and fixed for  the
term of the contract at the time that the Fund enters into the contract. Forward
currency  contracts  (1)  are  traded in  a  market  conducted  directly between
currency traders (typically, commercial  banks or other financial  institutions)
and  their customers,  (2) generally  have no  deposit requirements  and (3) are
typically consummated without payment of any commissions. The Fund, however, may
enter into  forward  currency  contracts requiring  deposits  or  involving  the
payment of commissions.
 
      Upon maturity of a forward currency contract, the Fund may (1) pay for and
 
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receive  the underlying currency, (2) negotiate  with the dealer to rollover the
contract into a new forward currency contract with a new future settlement  date
or  (3) negotiate with the dealer to  terminate the forward contract by entering
into an  offset with  the currency  trader providing  for the  Fund's paying  or
receiving the difference between the exchange rate fixed in the contract and the
then  current exchange  rate. The  Fund may  also be  able to  negotiate such an
offset prior to maturity of the  original forward contract. No assurance can  be
given  that new  forward contracts  or offsets will  always be  available to the
Fund.
 
      The Fund's  dealings in  forward foreign  exchange is  limited to  hedging
involving  either  specific  transactions  or  portfolio  positions. Transaction
hedging is the  purchase or  sale of one  forward foreign  currency for  another
currency  with respect to specific receivables  or payables of the Fund accruing
in connection with the purchase and  sale of its portfolio securities, the  sale
and  redemption  of  shares  of  the  Fund  or  the  payment  of  dividends  and
distributions by  the Fund.  Position hedging  is the  purchase or  sale of  one
forward foreign currency for another currency with respect to portfolio security
positions  denominated or quoted in the foreign currency to offset the effect of
an anticipated substantial  appreciation or depreciation,  respectively, in  the
value  of the currency relative to the  U.S. dollar. In this situation, the Fund
also may, for  example, enter  into a  forward contract  to sell  or purchase  a
different  foreign currency for a fixed U.S.  dollar amount where it is believed
that the U.S. dollar value of the currency to be sold or bought pursuant to  the
forward  contract will  fall or rise,  as the case  may be, whenever  there is a
decline or increase, respectively, in the  U.S. dollar value of the currency  in
which  portfolio securities  of the  Fund are  denominated (this  practice being
referred to as a 'cross-hedge').
 
      In hedging  a specific  transaction, the  Fund may  enter into  a  forward
contract  with  respect  to either  the  currency  in which  the  transaction is
denominated or  another  currency deemed  appropriate  by the  Sub-Adviser.  The
amount  the Fund  may invest  in forward  currency contracts  is limited  to the
amount of  the  Fund's aggregate  investments  in foreign  currencies.  See  the
Statement of Additional Information for a further discussion of forward currency
contracts.
 
      REPURCHASE  AGREEMENTS.  The  Fund  may  engage  in  repurchase  agreement
transactions with respect  to instruments  in which  the Fund  is authorized  to
invest.  The Fund may  engage in repurchase  agreement transactions with certain
member banks of the  Federal Reserve System and  with certain dealers listed  on
the  Federal Reserve  Bank of  New York's list  of reporting  dealers. Under the
terms of a typical  repurchase agreement, the Fund  would acquire an  underlying
debt obligation for a relatively short period (usually not more than seven days)
subject  to an obligation of  the seller to repurchase,  and the Fund to resell,
the obligation at an agreed-upon price  and time, thereby determining the  yield
during  the Fund's holding period. Thus, repurchase agreements are considered to
be collateralized loans. This arrangement results in a fixed rate of return that
is not subject  to market  fluctuations during  the Fund's  holding period.  The
value  of  the securities  underlying  a repurchase  agreement  of the  Fund are
monitored on an ongoing basis by the Sub-Adviser or Mitchell Hutchins to  ensure
that  the  value is  at least  equal at  all times  to the  total amount  of the
repurchase obligation, including interest. The Sub-Adviser or Mitchell  Hutchins
also   monitors,  on  an   ongoing  basis  to   evaluate  potential  risks,  the
 
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creditworthiness of those  banks and  dealers with  which the  Fund enters  into
repurchase agreements.
 
      WHEN-ISSUED  AND  DELAYED-DELIVERY  SECURITIES.  To  secure  prices deemed
advantageous at  a  particular time,  the  Fund  may purchase  securities  on  a
when-issued  or delayed-delivery basis, in which case delivery of the securities
occurs beyond  the normal  settlement period;  payment for  or delivery  of  the
securities  would be  made prior  to the reciprocal  delivery or  payment by the
other  party  to  the   transaction.  The  Fund   enters  into  when-issued   or
delayed-delivery  transactions for the  purpose of acquiring  securities and not
for the purpose of  leverage. When-issued securities purchased  by the Fund  may
include securities purchased on a 'when, as and if issued' basis under which the
issuance of the securities depends on the occurrence of a subsequent event, such
as  approval of  a merger, corporate  reorganization or  debt restructuring. The
Fund will establish with  its custodian, or with  a designated sub-custodian,  a
segregated  account consisting  of cash,  Government Securities  or other liquid
high-grade debt obligations in an amount equal to the amount of its  when-issued
or delayed-delivery purchase commitments.
 
INVESTMENT RESTRICTIONS
 
      The  Trust has  adopted certain  fundamental investment  restrictions with
respect to the Fund that  may not be changed without  approval of a majority  of
the  Fund's outstanding voting securities (as defined in the 1940 Act). Included
among those fundamental restrictions are the following:
 
          1. The  Fund will  not lend  money to  other persons,  except  through
     purchasing  debt obligations, lending portfolio securities in an amount not
     to exceed 33 1/3% of the value of the Fund's total assets and entering into
     repurchase agreements.
 
          2. The Fund may borrow from banks for leveraging purposes (although it
     has no intention of  doing so in  the foreseeable future),  as well as  the
     meeting   of  redemption  requests  and  cash  payments  of  dividends  and
     distributions that  might otherwise  require  the untimely  disposition  of
     securities,  in an amount not to exceed 33  1/3% of the value of the Fund's
     total  assets  (including  the  amount  borrowed)  valued  at  market  less
     liabilities  (not including the amount borrowed)  at the time the borrowing
     is made.
 
      The risks of borrowing for investment  purposes, as well as certain  other
investment  restrictions  adopted by  the Trust  with respect  to the  Fund, are
described in the Statement of Additional Information.
 
RISK FACTORS AND SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS
 
      Investing in the Fund involves  risks and special considerations, such  as
those described below:
 
      GENERAL.  An investment in shares of the  Fund should not be considered to
be a complete investment program. The value of the Fund's investments and, as  a
result,  the net asset values of the Fund's shares will fluctuate in response to
changes in the market and economic conditions as well as the financial condition
and prospects of issuers in which the Fund invests. Issuers in Emerging  Markets
typically  are subject to  a greater degree  of change in  earnings and business
prospects than are companies  in developed markets.  In addition, securities  of
issuers  in Emerging Markets  are traded in  lower volume and  are more volatile
than those  issued  by  companies  in  developed  markets.  In  light  of  these
characteristics of issuers in Emerging
 
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Markets and their securities, the Fund may be subject to greater investment risk
than that assumed by other investment companies. Because of the risks associated
with  the Fund's investments, the Fund is  intended to be a long-term investment
vehicle and is not designed to provide investors with a means of speculating  on
short-term stock market movements.
 
      INVESTMENT  IN  FOREIGN  SECURITIES.  Investing  in  securities  issued by
foreign issuers  involves  considerations  and  potential  risks  not  typically
associated  with  investing  in  obligations issued  by  domestic  issuers. Less
information may be available about  foreign issuers than about domestic  issuers
and  foreign issuers generally  are not subject  to uniform accounting, auditing
and  financial  reporting  standards  or  to  other  regulatory  practices   and
requirements  comparable to those applicable to  domestic issuers. The values of
foreign investments  are  affected by  changes  in currency  rates  or  exchange
control regulations, restrictions or prohibitions on the repatriation of foreign
currencies,  application  of  foreign  tax  laws,  including  withholding taxes,
changes in governmental administration  or economic or  monetary policy (in  the
United  States or abroad) or changed  circumstances in dealings between nations.
Costs  are  also  incurred  in  connection  with  conversions  between   various
currencies. In addition, foreign brokerage commissions are generally higher than
those  charged in the United  States and foreign securities  markets may be less
liquid, more volatile and less subject  to governmental supervision than in  the
United  States.  Investments in  foreign countries  could  be affected  by other
factors not present in the United States, including expropriation,  confiscatory
taxation,  lack  of  uniform  accounting and  auditing  standards  and potential
difficulties in  enforcing  contractual  obligations and  could  be  subject  to
extended clearance and settlement periods.
 
      INVESTING  IN  EMERGING MARKETS.  Investing  in securities  of  issuers in
Emerging Markets involves  exposure to  economic structures  that are  generally
less  diverse and mature than, and to  political systems that can be expected to
have less stability than, those of developed countries. Other characteristics of
Emerging Markets that  may affect  investment in their  markets include  certain
national  policies that may restrict investment by foreigners and the absence of
developed legal structures governing private and foreign investments and private
property. The  typically small  size of  the markets  for securities  issued  by
issuers  located in Emerging Markets and the possibility of a low or nonexistent
volume of trading in those securities may also result in a lack of liquidity and
in significantly greater price volatility of those securities.
 
      Included among the Emerging Markets in  which the Fund may invest are  the
formerly  communist countries of Eastern Europe, the Commonwealth of Independent
States  (formerly  the  Soviet  Union)  and  the  People's  Republic  of   China
(collectively,  'Communist Countries'). Upon the accession to power of Communist
regimes approximately  40  to 70  years  ago, the  governments  of a  number  of
Communist  Countries expropriated a large amount of property. The claims of many
property owners against those governments were never finally settled. There  can
be  no assurance  that the  Fund's investments  in Communist  Countries, if any,
would not also be expropriated, nationalized or otherwise confiscated, in  which
case  the  Fund  could  lose  its entire  investment  in  the  Communist Country
involved. In addition,  any change in  the leadership or  policies of  Communist
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or reverse the liberalization of foreign investment policies now occurring.
 
      CURRENCY  EXCHANGE RATES. The Fund's share values may change significantly
when the currencies, other than the  U.S. dollar, in which the Fund's  portfolio
investments  are  denominated  strengthen  or weaken  against  the  U.S. dollar.
Currency exchange rates  generally are determined  by the forces  of supply  and
demand in the foreign exchange markets and the relative merits of investments in
different countries as seen from an international perspective. Currency exchange
rates  can  also  be affected  unpredictably  by  the intervention  of  the U.S.
government, foreign governments  or central  banks, the  imposition of  currency
controls or other political developments in the United States or abroad.
 
      WARRANTS.  Because  a warrant,  which is  a  security permitting,  but not
obligating, its holder to subscribe for another security, does not carry with it
the right to dividends or voting rights with respect to the securities that  the
warrant holder is entitled to purchase, and because a warrant does not represent
any  rights  to the  assets  of the  issuer, a  warrant  may be  considered more
speculative than certain other types of investments. In addition, the value of a
warrant does not necessarily  change with the value  of the underlying  security
and  a  warrant  ceases to  have  value if  it  is  not exercised  prior  to its
expiration date. The investment by the Fund in warrants, valued at the lower  of
cost  or  market, may  not exceed  5% of  the  value of  the Fund's  net assets.
Included within that amount, but not to exceed 2% of the value of the Fund's net
assets, may be warrants that are not listed on the New York Stock Exchange, Inc.
('NYSE') or the American Stock Exchange. Warrants acquired by the Fund in  units
or attached to securities may be deemed to be without value.
 
      NON-PUBLICLY   TRADED   AND  ILLIQUID   SECURITIES.   Non-publicly  traded
securities may be less  liquid than publicly  traded securities. Although  these
securities  may  be  resold  in privately  negotiated  transactions,  the prices
realized from these sales could be less than those originally paid by the  Fund.
In  addition, companies whose securities are not publicly traded are not subject
to the  disclosure  and  other  investor protection  requirements  that  may  be
applicable  if their securities were publicly  traded. The Fund's investments in
illiquid securities are subject to the risk that, should the Fund desire to sell
any of these securities when a ready buyer is not available at a price that  the
Sub-Adviser  deems representative  of their value,  the value of  the Fund's net
assets could be adversely affected.
 
      FORWARD CURRENCY CONTRACTS. In  entering into forward currency  contracts,
the  Fund is subject to a number of risks and special considerations. The market
for forward currency  contracts, for  example, may  be limited  with respect  to
certain  currencies. The existence of a limited  market may in turn restrict the
Fund's ability to hedge against the  risk of devaluation of currencies in  which
the  Fund  holds a  substantial quantity  of securities.  The successful  use of
forward currency contracts as a  hedging technique draws upon the  Sub-Adviser's
special  skills and  experience with  respect to  those instruments  and usually
depends  on  the  Sub-Adviser's  ability  to  forecast  currency  exchange  rate
movements  correctly. Should  exchange rates move  in an  unexpected manner, the
Fund may not achieve the anticipated  benefits of forward currency contracts  or
may  realize losses and  thus be in  a less advantageous  position than if those
strategies had not been used. Many forward currency contracts are subject to  no
daily  price fluctuation limits so that  adverse market movements could continue
with
 
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respect to those  contracts to an  unlimited extent  over a period  of time.  In
addition, the correlation between movements in the prices of those contracts and
movements  in the prices of the currencies hedged  or used for cover will not be
perfect.
 
      The Fund's  ability  to  dispose  of its  positions  in  forward  currency
contracts depends on the availability of active markets in those instruments and
the Sub-Adviser cannot now predict the amount of trading interest that may exist
in  the future in forward currency  contracts. Forward currency contracts may be
closed out  only by  the parties  entering  into an  offsetting contract.  As  a
result,  no assurance can be  given that the Fund will  be able to utilize these
contracts effectively for the purposes described above.
 
      REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS. In entering into  a repurchase agreement, the  Fund
bears  a risk  of loss  in the  event that  the other  party to  the transaction
defaults on its obligations and the Fund is delayed or prevented from exercising
its rights to  dispose of  the underlying securities,  including the  risk of  a
possible  decline in the value of the underlying securities during the period in
which the  Fund seeks  to  assert its  rights to  them,  the risk  of  incurring
expenses  associated with asserting those rights and the risk of losing all or a
part of the income from the agreement.
 
      WHEN-ISSUED AND  DELAYED-DELIVERY SECURITIES.  Securities purchased  on  a
when-issued  or delayed-delivery basis  may expose the Fund  to risk because the
securities may experience fluctuations in value prior to their actual  delivery.
The   Fund  does   not  accrue   income  with   respect  to   a  when-issued  or
delayed-delivery  security  prior  to  its  stated  delivery  date.   Purchasing
securities on a when-issued or delayed-delivery basis can involve the additional
risk that the yield available in the market when the delivery takes place may be
higher  than that obtained in  the transaction itself. When  the Fund engages in
when-issued or delayed-delivery securities transactions, it relies on the  other
party  to consummate the trade. Failure of the seller to do so may result in the
Fund incurring a loss or missing on opportunity to obtain a price considered  to
be advantageous.
 
PORTFOLIO TRANSACTIONS AND TURNOVER
 
Decisions  to buy and sell securities for  the Fund are made by the Sub-Adviser,
subject to review by the Board of Trustees and Mitchell Hutchins, and are placed
with  brokers  or  dealers  selected  by  the  Sub-Adviser.  The  Trustees  have
determined that, to the extent consistent with applicable provisions of the 1940
Act  and rules and exemptions adopted  thereunder, transactions for the Fund may
be executed through PaineWebber if, in the judgment of the Sub-Adviser, the  use
of  PaineWebber is likely to result in price and execution at least as favorable
to the Fund as those obtainable through other qualified broker-dealers, and  if,
in  the transaction,  PaineWebber charges  the Fund  a fair  and reasonable rate
consistent with that  charged to  comparable unaffiliated  customers in  similar
transactions.
 
      The  Fund's portfolio is  actively managed. The  Fund's portfolio turnover
rate may vary greatly from year to year  and will not be a limiting factor  when
the  Sub-Adviser deems portfolio changes appropriate. An annual turnover rate of
100% would occur if  all of the  securities held by the  Fund are replaced  once
during a period of one year. Higher portfolio turnover rates (100% or more) will
result  in corresponding  increases in  transaction costs,  which will  be borne
directly by the Fund, may  make it more difficult for  the Fund to qualify as  a
regulated   investment   company   for   federal   income   tax   purposes   and
 
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may cause shareholders  of the Fund  to recognize short-term  capital gains  for
federal income tax purposes. See 'Dividends, Distributions and Taxes -- Taxes.'
 
                                   PURCHASES
 
   
      GENERAL.  Class A shares are sold to investors subject to an initial sales
charge. Class B shares are sold without an initial sales charge but are  subject
to  higher ongoing expenses than Class A  shares and a contingent deferred sales
charge payable upon certain redemptions. Class B shares automatically convert to
Class A shares approximately six years  after issuance. Class C shares are  sold
without  an initial  sales charge  but are subject  to a  1% contingent deferred
sales charge for redemptions made within one year and to higher ongoing expenses
than Class A shares and do not convert into another Class. See 'Flexible Pricing
System' and 'Conversion of Class B Shares.'
    
 
      Shares of the Fund are available through PaineWebber and its correspondent
firms or, for shareholders who are not PaineWebber clients, through the Transfer
Agent. Investors may contact a local PaineWebber office to open an account.  The
minimum  initial investment is $1,000, and  the minimum for additional purchases
is $100. These minimums may be waived or reduced for investments by employees of
PaineWebber or its affiliates, certain pension plans and retirement accounts and
participants in the Fund's  automatic investment plan.  Purchase orders will  be
priced  at the  net asset  value per  share next  determined (see  'Valuation of
Shares') after the order is received  by PaineWebber's New York City offices  or
by  the Transfer Agent, plus any applicable sales charge for Class A shares. The
Fund and Mitchell Hutchins reserve the right to reject any purchase order and to
suspend the offering of Fund shares for a period of time.
 
      When placing purchase orders, investors  should specify whether the  order
is  for Class A, Class B or Class  C shares. All share purchase orders that fail
to specify a Class will automatically be invested in Class A shares.
 
      PURCHASES THROUGH PAINEWEBBER  OR CORRESPONDENT  FIRMS. Purchases  through
PaineWebber  investment executives or correspondent firms  may be made in person
or by  mail,  telephone  or wire;  the  minimum  wire purchase  is  $1  million.
Investment  executives and correspondent firms  are responsible for transmitting
purchase orders to PaineWebber's New  York City offices promptly. Investors  may
pay  for  purchases  with checks  drawn  on U.S.  banks  or with  funds  held in
brokerage accounts at PaineWebber or its correspondent firms. Payment is due  on
the  third Business Day  after the order  is received at  PaineWebber's New York
City offices. A 'Business Day' is any  day, Monday through Friday, on which  the
New York Stock Exchange, Inc. ('NYSE') is open for business.
 
      PURCHASES  THROUGH THE TRANSFER  AGENT. Investors who  are not PaineWebber
clients may purchase shares  of the Fund through  the Transfer Agent. Shares  of
the  Fund  may  be purchased,  and  an  account with  the  Fund  established, by
completing and signing the  purchase application at the  end of this  Prospectus
and  mailing it, together  with a check  to cover the  purchase, to the Transfer
Agent: PFPC Inc.,  Attn: PaineWebber  Mutual Funds, P.O.  Box 8950,  Wilmington,
Delaware   19899.  Subsequent  investments   need  not  be   accompanied  by  an
application.
 
      INITIAL SALES CHARGE  -- CLASS  A SHARES.   The public  offering price  of
Class   A   shares  is   the  next   determined  net   asset  value,   plus  any
 
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applicable sales charge, which will vary with the size of the purchase as  shown
in the table below.
 
      Mitchell  Hutchins  may  at times  agree  to reallow  higher  discounts to
PaineWebber, as exclusive dealer for the Fund's shares, than those shown in  the
table below. To the extent PaineWebber or any dealer receives 90% or more of the
sales charge, it may be deemed an 'underwriter' under the 1933 Act.
 
                INITIAL SALES CHARGE SCHEDULE -- CLASS A SHARES
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                         SALES CHARGE AS A PERCENTAGE OF
                                         -------------------------------         DISCOUNT TO SELECTED
                                         OFFERING    NET AMOUNT INVESTED      DEALERS AS A PERCENTAGE OF
       AMOUNT OF PURCHASE                 PRICE       (NET ASSET VALUE)             OFFERING PRICE
- --------------------------------         --------    -------------------      --------------------------
 
<S>                                      <C>         <C>                      <C>
Less than $50,000                          4.50%             4.71%                       4.25%
$50,000 to  $99,999                        4.00              4.17                        3.75
$100,000 to $249,999                       3.50              3.63                        3.25
$250,000 to $499,999                       2.50              2.56                        2.25
$500,000 to $999,999                       1.75              1.78                        1.50
$1,000,000 and over (1)                    None              None                        1.00
</TABLE>
 
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(1) Mitchell Hutchins pays compensation to PaineWebber out of its own resources.
 
      SALES  CHARGE WAIVERS --  CLASS A SHARES.  Class A shares  of the Fund are
available without a sales  charge through exchanges for  Class A shares of  most
other PaineWebber mutual funds. See 'Exchanges.' In addition, Class A shares may
be  purchased without  a sales  charge by  employees, directors  and officers of
PaineWebber or  its  affiliates,  directors  or trustees  and  officers  of  any
PaineWebber  mutual  fund,  their  spouses, parents  and  children  and advisory
clients of Mitchell Hutchins.
 
      Class A  shares  also may  be  purchased without  a  sales charge  if  the
purchase  is made  through a PaineWebber  investment executive  who formerly was
employed as a broker  with another firm registered  as a broker-dealer with  the
SEC,  provided (1)  the purchaser was  the investment executive's  client at the
competing brokerage firm, (2) within 90 days  of the purchase of Class A  shares
the  purchaser  redeemed shares  of  one or  more  mutual funds  for  which that
competing firm  or  its  affiliates  was  principal  underwriter,  provided  the
purchaser either paid a sales charge to invest in those funds, paid a contingent
deferred  sales charge  upon redemption  or held shares  of those  funds for the
period required not to  pay the otherwise  applicable contingent deferred  sales
charge  and  (3) the  total amount  of  shares of  all PaineWebber  mutual funds
purchased under  this sales  charge waiver  does not  exceed the  amount of  the
purchaser's  redemption  proceeds  from  the  competing  firm's  funds.  To take
advantage of this waiver,  an investor must  provide satisfactory evidence  that
all  the  above-noted conditions  are met.  Qualifying investors  should contact
their PaineWebber investment executives for more information.
 
      Certificate holders  of  unit  investment  trusts  ('UITs')  sponsored  by
PaineWebber  may acquire Class  A shares of  the Fund without  regard to minimum
investment requirements and without sales charges by electing to have  dividends
and  other  distributions from  their UIT  investment automatically  invested in
Class A shares.
 
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      CONTINGENT DEFERRED SALES CHARGE -- CLASS  A SHARES. Purchases of Class  A
shares  of $1 million or  more may be made without  a sales charge. Purchases of
Class A shares of two or more  PaineWebber mutual funds may be combined for  the
purpose,  and  the right  of accumulation  also applies  to such  purchases. See
'Reduced Sales Charge Plans -- Class  A Shares' below. If a shareholder  redeems
any  Class A shares  that were purchased without  a sales charge  by reason of a
purchase of $1 million  or more within  one year after the  date of purchase,  a
contingent  deferred sales charge will be applied to the redemption. The Class A
contingent deferred sales charge will be equal to 1% of the lower of (a) the net
asset value of the shares at the time of purchase or (b) the net asset value  of
the  shares at the time of redemption. Class  A shares of the Fund held one year
or longer,  and Class  A shares  of the  Fund acquired  through reinvestment  of
dividends  or capital gains distributions will not be subject to this contingent
deferred sales charge. The contingent deferred  sales charge for Class A  shares
of  the Fund will  be waived for  redemptions in connection  with the systematic
withdrawal plan,  subject  to  the  limitations  described  below  under  'Other
Services  and  Information  --  Systematic  Withdrawal  Plan.'  This  contingent
deferred sales charge does not apply to redemptions of Class A shares  purchased
prior to November 10, 1995.
    
 
      Class  A shares of the Fund that  are purchased without a sales charge may
be exchanged for Class A shares  of another PaineWebber mutual fund without  the
imposition  of a contingent deferred  sales charge, although contingent deferred
sales charges may apply to the Class A shares acquired through an exchange.  For
federal  income tax purposes, the amount of the contingent deferred sales charge
will reduce the gain  or increase the loss,  as the case may  be, on the  amount
realized  on the redemption. The amount  of any contingent deferred sales charge
will be paid to Mitchell Hutchins.
 
      REDUCED SALES CHARGE PLANS -- CLASS  A SHARES. If an investor or  eligible
group   of  related  Fund  investors  purchases  Class  A  shares  of  the  Fund
concurrently with  Class  A  shares  of  other  PaineWebber  mutual  funds,  the
purchases  may  be  combined  to  take advantage  of  the  reduced  sales charge
applicable to larger purchases. In addition, the right of accumulation permits a
Fund investor or eligible group of related Fund investors to pay the lower sales
charge applicable to larger purchases by  basing the sales charge on the  dollar
amount  of Class A shares currently being purchased, plus the net asset value of
the investor's  or  group's  total  existing  Class  A  shareholdings  in  other
PaineWebber mutual funds.
 
      An  'eligible group of related Fund investors' includes an individual, the
individual's  spouse,  parents   and  children,   the  individual's   individual
retirement  account ('IRA'), certain companies  controlled by the individual and
employee benefit plans of those companies, and trusts or Uniform Gifts to Minors
Act/Uniform Transfers  to  Minors Act  accounts  created by  the  individual  or
eligible  group  of individuals  for the  benefit of  the individual  and/or the
individual's spouse, parents  or children.  The term  also includes  a group  of
related  employers and one or more qualified retirement plans of such employers.
For more information,  an investor  should consult the  Statement of  Additional
Information  or contact a PaineWebber investment executive or correspondent firm
or the Transfer Agent.
 
      CONTINGENT DEFERRED SALES CHARGE  -- CLASS B  SHARES. The public  offering
price  of the Class B shares of the Fund is the next determined net asset value,
and no initial
 
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sales charge is imposed. A contingent deferred sales charge, however, is imposed
upon certain redemptions of Class B shares.
 
      Class B  shares that  are redeemed  will not  be subject  to a  contingent
deferred sales charge to the extent that the value of such shares represents (1)
reinvestment  of dividends or capital gain  distributions or (2) shares redeemed
more than six  years after  their purchase.  Otherwise, redemptions  of Class  B
shares  will be subject to a contingent deferred sales charge. The amount of any
applicable contingent deferred  sales charge will  be calculated by  multiplying
the  lower of (a) the net  asset value of the shares  at the time of purchase or
(b) the  net  asset value  of  the  shares at  the  time of  redemption  by  the
applicable percentage shown in the table below:
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                   CONTINGENT DEFERRED
                                       SALES CHARGE
       REDEMPTION DURING                APPLICABLE
- --------------------------------   --------------------
 
<S>                                <C>
1st Year Since Purchase.........            5%
2nd Year Since Purchase.........            4
3rd Year Since Purchase.........            3
4th Year Since Purchase.........            2
5th Year Since Purchase.........            2
6th Year Since Purchase.........            1
7th Year Since Purchase.........           None
</TABLE>
 
      In determining the applicability and rate of any contingent deferred sales
charge,  it will be  assumed that a redemption  is made first  of Class B shares
representing capital appreciation, next of shares representing the  reinvestment
of  dividends and capital gain distributions and finally of other shares held by
the shareholder for the longest  period of time. The  holding period of Class  B
shares acquired through an exchange with another PaineWebber mutual fund will be
calculated  from the date that the Class B shares were initially acquired in one
of the  other PaineWebber  funds, and  Class  B shares  being redeemed  will  be
considered  to represent,  as applicable,  capital appreciation  or dividend and
capital gain distribution reinvestments in such other funds. This will result in
any contingent deferred sales charge being imposed at the lowest possible  rate.
For  federal income  tax purposes, the  amount of the  contingent deferred sales
charge will reduce the gain or increase  the loss, as the case may be,  realized
on  the redemption. The amount  of any contingent deferred  sales charge will be
paid to Mitchell Hutchins.
 
      SALES CHARGE  WAIVERS --  CLASS B  SHARES. The  contingent deferred  sales
charge  will be waived for exchanges, as described below, and for redemptions in
connection  with  the  Fund's  systematic  withdrawal  plan;  In  addition,  the
contingent  deferred  sales  charge  will  be  waived  for  a  total  or partial
redemption made within one year of the death of the shareholder. The  contingent
deferred  sales charge waiver is available where the decedent is either the sole
shareholder or owns the  shares with his  or her spouse as  a joint tenant  with
right  of survivorship. This waiver applies only to redemption of shares held at
the time of death. The contingent deferred  sales charge will also be waived  in
connection  with a lump-sum or other distribution in the case of an IRA, a self-
employed individual  retirement plan  (so-called 'Keogh  Plan') or  a  custodial
account  under Section 403(b) of the  Internal Revenue Code following attainment
of age 59  1/2; any total  or partial redemption  resulting from a  distribution
following  retirement  in the  case of  a tax-qualified  retirement plan;  and a
redemption resulting from a tax-free return of an excess contribution to an IRA.
 
      Contingent deferred  sales  charge  waivers will  be  granted  subject  to
confirmation  (by PaineWebber  in the case  of shareholders  who are PaineWebber
clients or by the Transfer Agent in  the case of all other shareholders) of  the
shareholder's status or holdings, as the case may be.
 
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      PURCHASES  OF CLASS  C SHARES.  The public offering  price of  the Class C
shares is the next determined net asset value. No initial or contingent deferred
sales charge is imposed.
 
   
      CONTINGENT DEFERRED  SALES CHARGE  --  CLASS C  SHARES. If  a  shareholder
redeems  Class  C  shares  within a  year  after  the date  of  the  purchase, a
contingent deferred  sales  charge  will  be  applied  to  the  redemption.  The
contingent deferred sales charge on Class C shares will be equal to 1.00% of the
lower  of: (a) the net asset value of the  shares at the time of purchase or (b)
the net asset value of the shares at  the time of redemption. Class C shares  of
the Fund held one year or longer and Class C shares of the Fund acquired through
reinvestment  of dividends or capital gains distributions will not be subject to
the contingent deferred sales charge.  The contingent deferred sales charge  for
Class C shares of the Fund will be waived for redemptions in connection with the
systematic  withdrawal plan,  subject to  the limitations  described below under
'Other Services and Information -- Systematic Withdrawal Plan.' This  contingent
deferred  sales charge does not apply to redemptions of Class C shares purchased
prior to November 10, 1995.
    
 
      Class C shares of the Fund that  are purchased without a sales charge  may
be  exchanged for Class C shares of  another PaineWebber mutual fund without the
imposition of a contingent deferred  sales charge, although contingent  deferred
sales  charges may apply to the Class C shares acquired through an exchange. For
federal income tax purposes, the amount of the contingent deferred sales  charge
will  reduce the gain  or increase the loss,  as the case may  be, on the amount
realized on the redemption. The amount  of any contingent deferred sales  charge
will be paid to Mitchell Hutchins.
 
                                   EXCHANGES
 
      Shares  of the Fund may be exchanged for shares of the corresponding Class
of the PaineWebber  mutual funds  listed below, or  may be  acquired through  an
exchange  of shares of the corresponding Class  of those funds. No initial sales
charge is imposed on the shares being acquired, and no contingent deferred sales
charge is imposed on the shares being disposed of, through an exchange. However,
contingent deferred sales charges may apply to redemptions of Class B shares  of
PaineWebber  mutual funds acquired through an exchange. Exchanges may be subject
to minimum investment requirements of the fund into which exchanges are made.
 
      Exchanges are  permitted between  the Fund  and other  PaineWebber  mutual
funds, including:
 
Income Funds
 
      PW GLOBAL INCOME FUND
 
      PW HIGH INCOME FUND
 
      PW INVESTMENT GRADE INCOME FUND
 
      PW LOW DURATION U.S. GOVERNMENT
          INCOME FUND
 
      PW STRATEGIC INCOME FUND
 
      PW U.S. GOVERNMENT INCOME FUND
 
Tax-Free Income Funds
 
      PW CALIFORNIA TAX-FREE INCOME FUND
 
      PW MUNICIPAL HIGH INCOME FUND
 
      PW NATIONAL TAX-FREE INCOME FUND
 
      PW NEW YORK TAX-FREE INCOME FUND
 
Growth Funds
 
      PW CAPITAL APPRECIATION FUND
 
      PW GLOBAL EQUITY FUND
 
      PW GROWTH FUND
 
      PW REGIONAL FINANCIAL GROWTH FUND
 
      PW SMALL CAP GROWTH FUND
 
      PW SMALL CAP VALUE FUND
 
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Growth and Income Funds
 
      PW BALANCED FUND
 
      PW GROWTH AND INCOME FUND
 
      PW TACTICAL ALLOCATION FUND
 
      PW UTILITY INCOME FUND
 
PaineWebber Money Market Fund
 
      PaineWebber  clients must place exchange  orders through their PaineWebber
investment executives or correspondent firms  unless the shares to be  exchanged
are  held in certificated form. Shareholders  who are not PaineWebber clients or
who hold their shares in certificated form must place exchange orders in writing
with the Transfer  Agent: PFPC Inc.,  Attn: PaineWebber Mutual  Funds, P.O.  Box
8950,  Wilmington, Delaware 19899.  All exchanges will be  effected based on the
relative net asset values per share next determined after the exchange order  is
received  at PaineWebber's New York  City offices or by  the Transfer Agent. See
'Valuation of Shares.' Shares of the  Fund purchased through PaineWebber or  its
correspondent  firms may be exchanged only  after the settlement date has passed
and payment for such shares has been made.
 
      OTHER EXCHANGE INFORMATION.  This exchange  privilege may  be modified  or
terminated  at  any time,  upon at  least 60  days' notice  when such  notice is
required by SEC rules. See the  Statement of Additional Information for  further
details.  This exchange privilege is available only in those jurisdictions where
the sale of the  PaineWebber mutual fund  shares to be  acquired may be  legally
made.  Before making any exchange, shareholders should contact their PaineWebber
investment executives or  correspondent firms  or the Transfer  Agent to  obtain
more information and prospectuses of the PaineWebber mutual funds to be acquired
through the exchange.
 
                                  REDEMPTIONS
 
      As  described below, Fund shares may be  redeemed at their net asset value
(subject to  any applicable  contingent deferred  sales charge)  and  redemption
proceeds  will be paid after receipt of a redemption request as described below.
PaineWebber clients may  redeem non-certificated shares  through PaineWebber  or
its correspondent firms; all other shareholders must redeem through the Transfer
Agent. If a redeeming shareholder owns shares of more than one Class, the shares
will  be redeemed  in the  following order  unless the  shareholder specifically
requests otherwise: Class  C shares, then  Class A shares,  and finally Class  B
shares.
 
      REDEMPTION THROUGH PAINEWEBBER OR CORRESPONDENT FIRMS. PaineWebber clients
may  submit redemption requests to  their investment executives or correspondent
firms in person or by telephone, mail or wire. As the Fund's agent,  PaineWebber
may  honor a  redemption request  by repurchasing  Fund shares  from a redeeming
shareholder at the shares' net asset value next determined after receipt of  the
request by PaineWebber's New York City offices. Within three Business Days after
receipt  of  the request,  repurchase proceeds  (less any  applicable contingent
deferred sales charge) will  be paid by check  or credited to the  shareholder's
brokerage  account at  the election  of the  shareholder. PaineWebber investment
executives and  correspondent  firms  are responsible  for  promptly  forwarding
redemption requests to PaineWebber's New York City offices.
 
      PaineWebber  reserves the  right not to  honor any  redemption request, in
which case PaineWebber promptly will forward  the request to the Transfer  Agent
for treatment as described below.
 
      REDEMPTION  THROUGH  THE TRANSFER  AGENT.  Fund shareholders  who  are not
PaineWebber clients or who wish to redeem certificated shares must redeem  their
shares
 
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through  the Transfer  Agent by  mail; other  shareholders also  may redeem Fund
shares through the Transfer Agent. Shareholders should mail redemption  requests
directly  to the Transfer Agent: PFPC Inc., Attn: PaineWebber Mutual Funds, P.O.
Box 8950, Wilmington, Delaware 19899. A  redemption request will be executed  at
the  net asset  value next  computed after  it is  received in  'good order' and
redemption proceeds  will  be paid  within  seven days  of  the receipt  of  the
request.  'Good  order'  means  that  the request  must  be  accompanied  by the
following: (1) a  letter of  instruction or  a stock  assignment specifying  the
number  of shares  or amount of  investment to  be redeemed (or  that all shares
credited to a Fund account be redeemed), signed by all registered owners of  the
shares  in the exact names in which they  are registered, (2) a guarantee of the
signature of each registered owner by an eligible institution acceptable to  the
Transfer  Agent and  in accordance  with SEC rules,  such as  a commercial bank,
trust company or  member of a  recognized stock exchange,  (3) other  supporting
legal documents for estates, trusts, guardianships, custodianships, partnerships
and  corporations and (4) duly endorsed share certificates, if any. Shareholders
are responsible for ensuring that a request for redemption is received in  'good
order.'
 
      ADDITIONAL   INFORMATION   ON   REDEMPTIONS.  A   shareholder   who  holds
non-certificated Fund shares may have redemption proceeds of $1 million or  more
wired  to the shareholder's  PaineWebber brokerage account  or a commercial bank
account  designated  by  the  shareholder.  Questions  about  this  option,   or
redemption  requirements  generally,  should be  referred  to  the shareholder's
PaineWebber investment executive or correspondent firm, or to the Transfer Agent
if the shares are not held in a PaineWebber brokerage account. If a  shareholder
requests  redemption of shares which were purchased recently, the Fund may delay
payment until it is assured that good payment has been received. In the case  of
purchases by check, this can take up to 15 days.
 
      Because  the Fund  incurs certain  fixed costs  in maintaining shareholder
accounts, the  Fund  reserves  the  right  to redeem  all  Fund  shares  in  any
shareholder  account of less than $500 net asset value. If the Fund elects to do
so, it will notify the shareholder  and provide the shareholder the  opportunity
to  increase the amount invested  to $500 or more within  60 days of the notice.
The Fund will not redeem accounts that fall  below $500 solely as a result of  a
reduction in net asset value per share.
 
      Shareholders  who have  redeemed Class A  shares may  reinstate their Fund
account without a sales  charge up to the  dollar amount redeemed by  purchasing
Class A Fund shares within 365 days of the redemption. To take advantage of this
reinstatement  privilege, shareholders must  notify their PaineWebber investment
executive or correspondent firm at the time the privilege is exercised.
 
                          CONVERSION OF CLASS B SHARES
 
      A shareholder's  Class B  shares  will automatically  convert to  Class  A
shares  approximately six years after the date  of issuance, together with a pro
rata  portion  of  all   Class  B  shares   representing  dividends  and   other
distributions paid in additional Class B shares. The Class B shares so converted
will  no longer be subject  to the higher expenses borne  by Class B shares. The
conversion will be effected at  the relative net asset  values per share of  the
two  Classes  on  the  first  Business  Day of  the  month  in  which  the sixth
anniversary of the  issuance of  the Class B  shares occurs.  See 'Valuation  of
Shares.'  If a shareholder effects one or more exchanges among Class B shares of
the  PaineWebber  mutual   funds  during  the   six-year  period,  the   holding
 
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periods for the shares so exchanged will be counted toward the six-year period.
 
                         OTHER SERVICES AND INFORMATION
 
      Investors  interested in the services described below should consult their
PaineWebber investment executives  or correspondent firms  or call the  Transfer
Agent toll-free at 1-800-647-1568.
 
      AUTOMATIC  INVESTMENT PLAN. Shareholders  may purchase shares  of the Fund
through an automatic  investment plan, under  which an amount  specified by  the
shareholder  of $50 or more  each month will be sent  to the Transfer Agent from
the shareholder's bank for  investment in the Fund.  In addition to providing  a
convenient  and disciplined manner of  investing, participation in the automatic
investment plan  enables the  investor  to use  the  technique of  'dollar  cost
averaging.'  When under  the plan a  shareholder invests the  same dollar amount
each month, the shareholder will purchase more shares when the Fund's net  asset
value  per share is low and  fewer shares when the net  asset value per share is
high. Using this  technique, a  shareholder's average purchase  price per  share
over  any given period will  be lower than if  the shareholder purchased a fixed
number of shares  on a  monthly basis during  the period.  Of course,  investing
through  the  automatic investment  plan  does not  assure  a profit  or protect
against loss in declining markets. Additionally, since the automatic  investment
plan  involves  continuous investing  regardless  of price  levels,  an investor
should consider  his or  her  financial ability  to continue  purchases  through
periods of low price levels.
 
   
      SYSTEMATIC WITHDRAWAL PLAN. Shareholders who own Class A or Class C shares
with  a value of $5,000 or more or  non-certificated Class B shares with a value
of $20,000  or  more may  have  PaineWebber redeem  a  portion of  their  shares
monthly,  quarterly or  semi-annually under  the systematic  withdrawal plan. No
contingent deferred sales charge will be imposed on such withdrawals for Class B
shares. The minimum amount for all withdrawals  of Class A or Class C shares  is
$100,  and  minimum monthly,  quarterly and  semi-annual withdrawal  amounts for
Class B shares are $200, $400 and $600, respectively. Quarterly withdrawals  are
made  in March,  June, September and  December, and  semi-annual withdrawals are
made in June  and December. A  Class B  shareholder may not  withdraw an  amount
exceeding  12% annually  of his  or her 'Initial  Account Balance,'  a term that
means the  value of  the Fund  account at  the time  the shareholder  elects  to
participate  in the systematic withdrawal plan. A shareholder's participation in
the systematic  withdrawal  plan will  terminate  automatically if  the  Initial
Account Balance (plus the net asset value on the date of purchase of Fund shares
acquired  after the election to participate  in the systematic withdrawal plan),
less aggregate redemptions made other than pursuant to the systematic withdrawal
plan, is less than $20,000 in the case  of Class B shares or $5,000 in the  case
of  Class  A or  Class C  shares. No  contingent deferred  sales charge  will be
imposed on such  withdrawals within the  first year after  purchase for Class  A
shares purchased pursuant to the sales charge waiver for purchases of $1 million
or more or Class C shares, provided that the Class A or Class C shareholder does
not  withdraw an amount exceeding 12% in the first year after purchase of his or
her Initial  Account  Balance.  Shareholders  who  receive  dividends  or  other
distributions  in cash  may not participate  in the  systematic withdrawal plan.
Purchases of additional Fund shares concurrently with withdrawals are ordinarily
disadvantageous to  shareholders because  of tax  liabilities and,  for Class  A
shares, sales charges.
    
 
      INDIVIDUAL  RETIREMENT  ACCOUNTS.  Shares  of the  Fund  may  be purchased
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available through  the  Fund. In  addition,  a Self-Directed  IRA  is  available
through  Paine-Webber under which investments may be made in the Fund as well as
in  other  investments  available  through  PaineWebber.  Investors  considering
establishing  an IRA should review applicable  tax laws and should consult their
tax advisers.
 
      TRANSFER OF ACCOUNTS.  If a shareholder  holding shares of  the Fund in  a
PaineWebber  brokerage account transfers his  brokerage account to another firm,
the Fund shares  normally will be  transferred to an  account with the  Transfer
Agent.  However, if the other firm has  entered into a selected dealer agreement
with Mitchell Hutchins relating to the Fund, the shareholder may be able to hold
Fund shares in an account with the other firm.
 
                       DIVIDENDS, DISTRIBUTIONS AND TAXES
 
DIVIDENDS AND DISTRIBUTIONS
 
   
Dividends from net investment income  and distributions of net realized  capital
gains  of  the Fund,  if  any, are  distributed  annually. Unless  a shareholder
instructs the Fund that dividends and  capital gains distributions on shares  of
any  Class should  be paid  in cash and  credited to  the shareholder's Account,
dividends and capital  gains distributions are  reinvested automatically at  net
asset  value in additional shares of the same Class. The Fund is subject to a 4%
nondeductible excise tax measured with respect to certain undistributed  amounts
of net investment income and capital gains. If necessary to avoid the imposition
of  this tax, and  if in the best  interests of its  shareholders, the Fund will
declare and pay dividends of its net investment income and distributions of  its
net capital gains more frequently than stated above. The per share dividends and
distributions  on Class A  shares are higher than  those on Class  B and Class C
shares, as  a result  of the  distribution fees  borne by  Class B  and Class  C
shares.  Dividends  on each  Class  also might  be  affected differently  by the
allocation of  other  Class-specific expenses.  See  'Fee Table,'  'Purchase  of
Shares,' 'Distributor' and 'General Information.'
    
 
TAXES
 
The  Fund has qualified for  the fiscal year ended June  30, 1995 as a regulated
investment company within  the meaning of  the Code and  intends to qualify  for
this  treatment in each year.  To qualify as a  regulated investment company for
federal income tax purposes, the Fund  will limit its income and investments  so
that  (1)  less  than 30%  of  its gross  income  is  derived from  the  sale or
disposition of  stocks,  other  securities  and  certain  financial  instruments
(including  certain forward contracts) that were held for less than three months
and (2) at the close of each quarter  of the taxable year (a) not more than  25%
of  the market value of the Fund's total assets is invested in the securities of
a single issuer or  of two or  more issuers controlled by  the Fund (within  the
meaning  of  Section 852(a)(2)  of the  Code) that  are engaged  in the  same or
similar trades or  businesses or  in related  trades or  businesses (other  than
Government  Securities and  securities of other  regulated investment companies)
and (b)  at  least 50%  of  the  market value  of  the Fund's  total  assets  is
represented  by (i)  cash and cash  items, (ii) Government  Securities and (iii)
other securities limited in respect of any  one issuer to an amount not  greater
in  value than 5% of the market value of the Fund's total assets and to not more
than 10% of the  outstanding voting securities of  the issuer. The  requirements
for qualification may cause the Fund to restrict the degree to which it sells or
otherwise disposes of stocks, other securities and certain financial instruments
held  for  less  than  three  months.  If  the  Fund  qualifies  as  a regulated
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ment company and meets certain distribution  requirements, the Fund will not  be
subject  to federal income and excise taxes on its net investment income and net
realized capital gains that it distributes to its shareholders.
 
      Dividends paid by the Fund out of net investment income and  distributions
of  net realized  short term  capital gains will  be taxable  to shareholders as
ordinary income,  whether received  in  cash or  reinvested in  additional  Fund
shares. Distributions of net realized long term capital gains will be taxable to
shareholders  as long  term capital gains,  regardless of  how long shareholders
have held their  shares and whether  the distributions are  received in cash  or
reinvested  in additional shares.  Dividends and distributions  paid by the Fund
will generally  not qualify  for the  federal dividends  received deduction  for
corporate shareholders.
 
      Income  received by the Fund from  sources within foreign countries may be
subject to withholding and other foreign taxes. The payment of these taxes  will
reduce   the  amount  of   dividends  and  distributions   paid  to  the  Fund's
shareholders. The Fund  expects to elect,  for federal income  tax purposes,  to
treat  certain  foreign  income  taxes  it  pays  as  having  been  paid  by its
shareholders.
 
      Statements as to the tax status  of each Fund shareholder's dividends  and
distributions  will  be  mailed  annually. Shareholders  will  also  receive, as
appropriate, various written notices after the close of the Fund's taxable  year
regarding  the tax status of certain  dividends and distributions that were paid
(or that are treated as having been paid) by the Fund to its shareholders during
the preceding taxable  year, including  the amount of  dividends that  represent
interest derived from Government Securities.
 
      Shareholders  are  urged  to  consult  their  tax  advisors  regarding the
application of federal,  state, local  and foreign  tax laws  to their  specific
situations before investing in the Fund.
 
                              VALUATION OF SHARES
 
Each  Class' net asset value per share is calculated by State Street, the Fund's
custodian, on each day,  Monday through Friday, except  that net asset value  is
not  computed  on  days on  which  the NYSE  is  closed. The  NYSE  is currently
scheduled to be  closed on the  observance of New  Year's Day, Presidents'  Day,
Good  Friday, Memorial  Day, Independence Day,  Labor Day,  Thanksgiving Day and
Christmas Day.
 
      Net asset value  per share of  a Class is  determined as of  the close  of
regular trading on the NYSE (currently 4:00 p.m., Eastern time), and is computed
by dividing the value of the Fund's net assets attributable to that Class by the
total  number  of  shares  outstanding  of  that  Class.  Generally,  the Fund's
investments are valued at market value or, in the absence of a market value,  at
fair value as determined by or under the direction of the Trustees.
 
      Securities that are primarily traded on foreign exchanges that close prior
to  the close of regular trading on the NYSE (currently 4:00 p.m., Eastern time)
are generally valued for purposes of calculating the Fund's net asset values  at
the  preceding closing values  of the securities  on their respective exchanges,
except that,  when  an  occurrence  subsequent  to  the  time  a  value  was  so
established is likely to have changed that value, the fair market value of those
securities  will be determined by consideration of other factors by or under the
direction of the  board of  trustees. Securities  that are  primarily traded  on
foreign  exchanges that close after the close of regular trading on the NYSE are
generally valued at sale prices as of  a time reasonably proximate to the  close
of regular trading on the NYSE or,
 
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if no sales occurred previously during that day, at the then-current bid price.
 
      A security that is primarily traded on a domestic stock exchange is valued
at the last sale price on that exchange or, if no sales occurred during the day,
at  the current  quoted bid  price. An  option that  is written  by the  Fund is
generally valued at  the last sale  price or, in  the absence of  the last  sale
price,  the  last  offer price.  An  option that  is  purchased by  the  Fund is
generally valued at  the last sale  price or, in  the absence of  the last  sale
price,  the last  bid price.  The value of  a futures  contract is  equal to the
unrealized gain  or loss  on the  contract  that is  determined by  marking  the
contract  to the current settlement  price for a like  contract on the valuation
date of the futures contract. A settlement  price may not be used if the  market
makes  a limit  move with  respect to  a particular  futures contract  or if the
securities  underlying  the  futures   contract  experience  significant   price
fluctuations  after the determination of the settlement price. When a settlement
price cannot be  used, futures  contracts will be  valued at  their fair  market
value as determined by or under the direction of the Board of Trustees.
 
      For purposes of calculating a Class' net asset value per share, assets and
liabilities  initially expressed in  foreign currency values  are converted into
U.S. dollar  values based  on  a formula  prescribed by  the  Trust or,  if  the
information  required by the formula is unavailable, as determined in good faith
by the Trustees. Corporate  actions by issuers of  securities held by the  Fund,
such  as the payment of dividends or distributions, are reflected in each Class'
net asset value on the ex-dividend date  therefore, except that they will be  so
reflected  on the date the  Fund is actually advised  of the corporate action if
subsequent to  the  ex-dividend  date.  In carrying  out  the  Fund's  valuation
policies,  State Street may consult with an independent pricing service retained
by the Trust.  Further information  regarding the Fund's  valuation policies  is
contained in the Statement of Additional Information.
 
                                   MANAGEMENT
 
The Trust's board of trustees, as part of its overall management responsibility,
oversees various organizations responsible for the Fund's day-to-day management.
Mitchell  Hutchins, the Fund's investment  adviser and administrator, supervises
all aspects of the Fund's operations.  Mitchell Hutchins receives a monthly  fee
for its services, computed daily and payable monthly, at an annual rate of 1.62%
of  the  Fund's average  daily  net assets.  The rate  of  fee paid  to Mitchell
Hutchins, although  higher than  that paid  by most  other investment  companies
registered under the 1940 Act, is believed by Mitchell Hutchins to be within the
range  charged to other investment companies that invest in Emerging Markets and
reflects the  need  to  devote  additional  time  and  incur  added  expense  in
developing the specialized resources contemplated by investing in these markets.
 
      Mitchell  Hutchins supervises the activities  of EMM which, as sub-adviser
for the Fund, makes and implements all investment decisions for the Fund.  Under
the  sub-advisory contract, Mitchell Hutchins (not the  Fund) pays EMM a fee for
its services as sub-adviser for  the Fund in the amount  of 1.12% of the  Fund's
average daily net assets.
 
      The  Fund incurs other  expenses and, for  the fiscal year  ended June 30,
1995, the Fund's total expenses for its Class A and Class C shares, stated as  a
percentage  of  average  net  assets  were  (net  of  fee  waivers  and  expense
reimbursements) 2.44% and 3.19%, respectively.
 
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      Mitchell Hutchins is located at 1285 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New
York 10019. It is a wholly owned  subsidiary of PaineWebber, which is in turn  a
wholly  owned subsidiary of Paine Webber  Group Inc., a publicly owned financial
services holding  company.  As of  September  30, 1995,  Mitchell  Hutchins  was
adviser  or sub-adviser of  38 investment companies  with 81 separate portfolios
and aggregate assets of over $28.8 billion.
 
      The Sub-Adviser,  located  at  1001 Nineteenth  Street  North,  Arlington,
Virginia  22209-1722, is a registered investment  adviser under the Advisers Act
and concentrates  its investment  advisory activities  in the  area of  Emerging
Markets. The Sub-Adviser is organized as a general partnership under the laws of
the  District of Columbia.  The managing partner of  the Sub-Adviser is Emerging
Markets Investors  Corporation  ('EMI'), a  Delaware  Corporation that  is  also
registered  under  the  Advisers Act,  which  is  controlled by  Antoine  W. van
Agtmael. Mr. van Agtmael is ultimately responsible for all investment  decisions
made  by the  Sub-Adviser and EMI.  Mr. van  Agtmael serves as  the Fund's Chief
Investment Officer and in that capacity is the individual primarily  responsible
for  the management of the Fund's assets. Mr. van Agtmael has been the President
of the  Sub-Adviser for  more than  five years.  EMI, directly  and through  the
Sub-Adviser,  provides its investment advisory services  to a variety of clients
having total assets under its management exceeding $3.2 billion as of  September
30,  1995. The Sub-Adviser has not previously served as an investment adviser to
a registered investment company.
 
      Although investment decisions  for the  Fund are  made independently  from
those  of the other accounts managed by the Sub-Adviser, investments of the type
the Fund may make may  also be made by those  other accounts. When the Fund  and
one or more other accounts managed by the Sub-Adviser are prepared to invest in,
or   desire  to  dispose  of,  the   same  security,  available  investments  or
opportunities for sales are allocated in a manner believed by the Sub-Adviser to
be equitable to  each. In some  cases, this procedure  may adversely affect  the
price  paid or  received by  the Fund or  the size  of the  position obtained or
disposed of by the Fund.
 
      Mitchell Hutchins and  EMM investment personnel  may engage in  securities
transactions  for their own accounts pursuant to each firm's code of ethics that
establishes  procedures   for   personal   investing   and   restricts   certain
transactions.
 
      DISTRIBUTION  ARRANGEMENTS. Mitchell  Hutchins is the  distributor of Fund
shares and has  appointed PaineWebber as  the exclusive dealer  for the sale  of
those  shares. Under  separate plans of  distribution pertaining to  the Class A
shares, Class B shares and  Class C shares ('Class A  Plan,' 'Class B Plan'  and
'Class  C Plan,' collectively, 'Plans'), the Fund pays Mitchell Hutchins monthly
service fees at the annual rate of 0.25% of the average daily net assets of each
Class of shares. The  Fund pays Mitchell Hutchins  monthly distribution fees  at
the  annual rate of 0.75% of the average  daily net assets of the Class B shares
and Class C shares.
 
      Under all three Plans, Mitchell  Hutchins uses the service fees  primarily
to  pay PaineWebber for  shareholder servicing, currently at  the annual rate of
0.25% of the aggregate investment amounts maintained in the Fund by  PaineWebber
clients.  PaineWebber  passes  on a  portion  of  these fees  to  its investment
executives to compensate them  for shareholder servicing  that they perform  and
retains  the remainder to  offset its own expenses  in servicing and maintaining
shareholder accounts. These expenses may include costs of the PaineWebber branch
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which the investment executive is based, such as rent, communications equipment,
employee salaries and other overhead costs.
 
      Mitchell Hutchins uses the distribution fees under the Class B and Class C
Plans to offset the  commissions it pays to  PaineWebber for selling the  Fund's
Class B and Class C shares. PaineWebber passes on to its investment executives a
portion of these commissions and retains the remainder to offset its expenses in
selling Class B and Class C shares. These expenses may include the branch office
costs  noted above.  In addition, Mitchell  Hutchins uses  the distribution fees
under the  Class B  and  Class C  Plans to  offset  the Fund's  marketing  costs
attributable   to  such  Classes,  such  as  preparation  of  sales  literature,
advertising and  printing and  distributing prospectuses  and other  shareholder
materials   to  prospective  investors.  Mitchell  Hutchins  also  may  use  the
distribution fees to pay additional compensation to PaineWebber and other  costs
allocated  to  Mitchell  Hutchins'  and  PaineWebber's  distribution activities,
including employee salaries, bonuses and other overhead expenses.
 
      Mitchell Hutchins expects that,  from time to  time, PaineWebber will  pay
shareholder servicing fees and sales commissions to its investment executives at
the  time of  sale of  Class C  shares of  the Fund.  If PaineWebber  makes such
payments, it will  retain the service  and distribution fees  on Class C  shares
until  it has been reimbursed for its sales commissions and thereafter will pass
a portion of  the service  and distribution  fees on Class  C shares  on to  its
investment executives.
 
      Mitchell  Hutchins receives the proceeds of  the initial sales charge paid
upon the purchase  of Class A  shares and the  contingent deferred sales  charge
paid  upon certain redemptions of Class B shares, and may use these proceeds for
any of the distribution expenses described above. See 'Purchases'.
 
      During the period they are in  effect, the Plans and related  distribution
contracts pertaining to each Class of shares ('Distribution Contracts') obligate
the  Fund  to  pay  service  and  distribution  fees  to  Mitchell  Hutchins  as
compensation for its service and  distribution activities, not as  reimbursement
for specific expenses incurred. Thus, even if Mitchell Hutchins' expenses exceed
its  service or distribution  fees, the Fund  will not be  obligated to pay more
than those fees and, if Mitchell Hutchins' expenses are less than such fees,  it
will  retain its full fees  and realize a profit. The  Fund will pay the service
and distribution fees to Mitchell Hutchins  until either the applicable Plan  or
Distribution  Contract is  terminated or  not renewed.  In that  event, Mitchell
Hutchins' expenses  in  excess of  service  and distribution  fees  received  or
accrued   through  the  termination   date  will  be   Mitchell  Hutchins'  sole
responsibility and not obligations of the Fund. In their annual consideration of
the continuation of the Fund's Plans, the board of trustees will review the Plan
and Mitchell Hutchins' corresponding expenses for each Class separately from the
Plans and corresponding expenses for the other two Classes.
 
                            PERFORMANCE INFORMATION
 
      The Fund performs  a standardized computation  of annualized total  return
and   may  show  this   return  in  advertisements   or  promotional  materials.
Standardized return shows the change in value of an investment in the Fund as  a
steady compound annual rate of return. Actual year-by-year returns fluctuate and
may be higher or lower than standardized return. Standardized return for Class A
shares reflects deduction of the Fund's maximum initial sales charge at the time
of purchase, and standardized return for Class B
 
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shares  reflects deduction  of the  applicable contingent  deferred sales charge
imposed on a redemption of shares held for the period. One-, five- and  ten-year
periods  will be  shown, unless the  class has  been in existence  for a shorter
period. Total return  calculations assume  reinvestment of  dividends and  other
distributions.
 
      The  Fund may  use other  total return  presentations in  conjunction with
standardized return. These may cover the same or different periods as those used
for standardized  return  and may  include  cumulative returns,  average  annual
rates,  actual year-by-year  rates or any  combination thereof. Non-standardized
return does not reflect initial or  contingent deferred sales charges and  would
be lower if such charges were included.
 
      The  Fund will include performance  data for Class A,  Class B and Class C
shares in any advertisements or promotional materials including Fund performance
data. Total return and yield information reflects past performance and does  not
necessarily indicate future results. Investment return and principal values will
fluctuate, and proceeds upon redemption may be more or less than a shareholder's
cost.
 
                              GENERAL INFORMATION
 
      ORGANIZATION.  The Trust is  registered under the 1940  Act as an open-end
management investment company and was formed  as a business trust pursuant to  a
Declaration  of Trust, as  amended from time to  time (the 'Declaration'), under
the laws  of The  Commonwealth of  Massachusetts on  August 10,  1992. The  Fund
commenced  investment operations on January 19, 1994. The Declaration authorizes
the Trustees to create separate series, and within each series separate Classes,
of an unlimited  number of shares  of beneficial interest,  par value $.001  per
share.  As of the date of this Prospectus, the Trustees have established several
such series, representing interests in, among others, the Fund described in this
Prospectus. See 'Exchange Privilege' in the Statement of Additional Information.
 
      When issued, Fund shares will be fully paid and non-assessable. Shares are
freely transferable and have no pre-emptive, subscription or conversion  rights.
Each  Class represents an identical interest in the Fund's investment portfolio.
As a  result, the  Classes have  the same  rights, privileges  and  preferences,
except with respect to: (1) the designation of each Class; (2) the effect of the
respective  sales charges, if  any, for each Class;  (3) the distribution and/or
service  fees,  if  any,  borne  by  each  Class;  (4)  the  expenses  allocable
exclusively  to each Class; (5) voting rights on matters exclusively affecting a
single Class;  and  (6) the  exchange  privilege of  each  Class. The  board  of
trustees  does  not  anticipate  that  there will  be  any  conflicts  among the
interests of the holders of the  different Classes. The Trustees, on an  ongoing
basis,  will consider whether  any conflict exists and,  if so, take appropriate
action. Certain  aspects of  the shares  may  be changed,  upon notice  to  Fund
shareholders,  to satisfy certain tax regulatory  requirements, if the change is
deemed necessary by the Trust's board of trustees.
 
      Shareholders of the Fund are entitled to one vote for each full share held
and  fractional  votes  for  fractional  shares  held.  Voting  rights  are  not
cumulative  and, as  a result,  the holders  of more  than 50%  of the aggregate
shares of the  Trust may elect  all of  the Trustees. Generally,  shares of  the
Trust are voted on a Trust-wide basis on all matters except those affecting only
the  interests of one series, such  as the Fund's investment advisory agreement.
In turn, shares of the Fund
 
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are voted on a Fund-wide  basis on all matters  except those affecting only  the
interests  of one Class,  such as the terms  of each plan  of distribution as it
relates to a Class.
 
      The Trust does not intend to hold annual meetings of shareholders for  the
purpose  of  electing Trustees  unless,  and until  such  time as,  less  than a
majority of  the Trustees  holding  office have  been elected  by  shareholders.
Shareholders  of record of no less than  two-thirds of the outstanding shares of
the Trust may remove a Trustee through a declaration in writing or by vote  cast
in  person or by proxy at  a meeting called for that  purpose. A meeting will be
called for the  purpose of voting  on the removal  of a Trustee  at the  written
request of holders of 10% of the Trust's outstanding shares. Shareholders of the
Fund who satisfy certain criteria will be assisted by the Trust in communicating
with other shareholders in seeking the holding of the meeting.
 
      To avoid additional operating costs and for investor convenience, the Fund
does not issue share certificates. Ownership of the Fund's shares is recorded on
a  stock register by the Transfer Agent and shareholders have the same rights of
ownership with respect to such shares as if certificates had been issued.
 
      CUSTODIAN AND TRANSFER  AGENT. State  Street Bank and  Trust Company,  One
Heritage  Drive,  North Quincy,  Massachusetts 02171,  is  the custodian  of the
Fund's assets. PFPC Inc., a subsidiary of PNC Bank, National Association,  whose
principal  business address is 400 Bellevue Parkway, Wilmington, Delaware 19809,
is the Fund's transfer and dividend disbursing agent.
 
      CONFIRMATIONS  AND  STATEMENTS.  Shareholders  receive  confirmations   of
purchases and redemptions of Fund shares. PaineWebber clients receive statements
at  least quarterly  that report their  Fund activity  and consolidated year-end
statements that show all Fund transactions  for that year. Shareholders who  are
not  PaineWebber clients receive  quarterly statements from  the Transfer Agent.
Shareholders also  receive audited  annual and  unaudited semi-annual  financial
statements of the Fund.
 
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Shares  of the  Fund can  be exchanged for  shares of  the following PaineWebber
Mutual Funds:
 
INCOME FUNDS
 PW Global Income Fund
 PW High Income Fund
 PW Investment Grade Income Fund
 PW Low Duration U.S. Government Income Fund
 PW Strategic Income Fund
 PW U.S. Government Income Fund
 
TAX-FREE INCOME FUNDS
 PW California Tax-Free Income Fund
 PW Municipal High Income Fund
 PW National Tax-Free Income Fund
 PW New York Tax-Free Income Fund
GROWTH FUNDS
 PW Capital Appreciation Fund
 PW Global Equity Fund
 PW Growth Fund
 PW Regional Financial Growth Fund
 PW Small Cap Growth Fund
 PW Small Cap Value Fund
 
GROWTH AND INCOME FUNDS
 PW Balanced Fund
 PW Growth and Income Fund
 PW Tactical Allocation Fund
 PW Utility Income Fund
 
PAINEWEBBER MONEY MARKET FUND
                            ------------------------
 
A prospectus containing more  complete information for any  of the above  funds,
including charges and expenses, can  be obtained from a  PaineWebber  investment
executive or correspondent firm. Read the prospectus carefully before investing.
 
'c'1995 PaineWebber Incorporated
 
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         PAINEWEBBER
 
EMERGING MARKETS EQUITY FUND
 
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Prospectus Summary.................................       2
Financial Highlights...............................       7
Flexible Pricing System............................       8
Investment Objective and Policies..................       9
Purchases..........................................      20
Exchanges..........................................      24
Redemptions........................................      25
Conversion of Class B Shares.......................      26
Other Services and Information.....................      27
Dividends, Distributions and Taxes.................      28
Valuation of Shares................................      29
Management.........................................      30
Performance Information............................      32
General Information................................      33
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PROSPECTUS
November 1, 1995



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                    PAINEWEBBER EMERGING MARKETS EQUITY FUND
                          1285 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS
                            NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10019
 
                      STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
 
     PaineWebber  Emerging Markets Equity Fund  ('Fund') is a diversified series
of  Mitchell  Hutchins/Kidder,   Peabody  Investment  Trust   II  ('Trust'),   a
professionally   managed  mutual   fund.  The   Fund  seeks   long-term  capital
appreciation by  investing primarily  in  equity securities  of issuers  in  the
securities  markets of newly  industrializing countries in  Asia, Latin America,
the Middle  East,  Southern  Europe,  Eastern  Europe  and  Africa.  The  Fund's
investment  adviser, administrator  and distributor  is Mitchell  Hutchins Asset
Management Inc. ('Mitchell Hutchins'), a wholly owned subsidiary of  PaineWebber
Incorporated  ('PaineWebber').  The  Fund's investment  sub-adviser  is Emerging
Markets Management  ('Sub-Adviser').  As  distributor  for  the  Fund,  Mitchell
Hutchins has appointed PaineWebber to serve as the exclusive dealer for the sale
of Fund shares. This Statement of Additional Information is not a prospectus and
should  be read  only in conjunction  with the Fund's  current Prospectus, dated
November 1,  1995. A  copy of  the Prospectus  may be  obtained by  calling  any
PaineWebber  investment executive or corresponding  firm or by calling toll-free
1-800-647-1568. This Statement  of Additional Information  is dated November  1,
1995.
 
                      INVESTMENT POLICIES AND RESTRICTIONS
 
     The  Prospectus  discusses the  investment objective  of  the Fund  and the
policies to be employed to  achieve that objective. Supplemental information  is
set  out below  concerning certain  of the  securities and  other instruments in
which the Fund  may invest, the  investment techniques and  strategies that  the
Fund  may utilize and certain risks  involved with those investments, techniques
and strategies.
 
RULE 144A SECURITIES
 
     The Fund  may  purchase  securities  that  are  not  registered  under  the
Securities  Act of 1933,  as amended (the '1933  Act'), but that  can be sold to
'qualified institutional buyers' in accordance with Rule 144A under the 1933 Act
('Rule  144A  Securities').  Particular  Rule  144A  Securities  are  considered
illiquid  and, therefore,  subject to the  Fund's limitation on  the purchase of
illiquid securities, unless the Trustees determine  on an ongoing basis that  an
adequate trading market exists for the Rule 144A Securities. The Fund's purchase
of  Rule  144A Securities  could  have the  effect  of increasing  the  level of
illiquidity in the Fund to the extent that qualified institutional buyers become
uninterested for  a  time in  purchasing  Rule  144A Securities.  The  Board  of
Trustees  may  adopt  guidelines  and  delegate  to  Mitchell  Hutchins  or  the
Sub-Adviser the daily function  of determining and  monitoring the liquidity  of
Rule  144A Securities, although the  Trustees retain ultimate responsibility for
any  determination  regarding  liquidity.  The  ability  to  sell  to  qualified
institutional  buyers  under  Rule  144A is  a  recent  development  and neither
Mitchell Hutchins nor
 
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the Sub-Adviser can predict how this market will develop. The Trustees carefully
monitor any investments by the Fund in Rule 144A Securities.
 
GOVERNMENT SECURITIES
 
   
     Securities issued  or guaranteed  by  the U.S.  Government  or one  of  its
agencies  or instrumentalities ('Government  Securities') in which  the Fund may
invest include  debt  obligations  of  varying maturities  issued  by  the  U.S.
Treasury  or issued or  guaranteed by an  agency or instrumentality  of the U.S.
Government,  including  the   Federal  Housing   Administration,  Farmers   Home
Administration,   Export-Import  Bank  of  the  United  States,  Small  Business
Administration,  Government  National  Mortgage  Association,  General  Services
Administration,  Central  Bank  for  Cooperatives,  Federal  Farm  Credit Banks,
Federal Home  Loan  Banks,  Federal  Home  Loan  Mortgage  Corporation,  Federal
Intermediate  Credit  Banks,  Federal  Land  Banks,  Federal  National  Mortgage
Association, Maritime Administration,  Tennessee Valley  Authority, District  of
Columbia  Armory Board, Student Loan  Marketing Association and Resolution Trust
Corporation. Direct  obligations  of the  U.S.  Treasury include  a  variety  of
securities  that  differ  in  their  interest  rates,  maturities  and  dates of
issuance. Because  the United  States  Government is  not  obligated by  law  to
provide  support to  an instrumentality  that it  sponsors, the  Fund invests in
obligations issued by an instrumentality of the U.S. Government only if Mitchell
Hutchins or the  Sub-Adviser determines that  the instrumentality's credit  risk
does not make its securities unsuitable for investment by the Fund. Although the
Fund  has no current intention  to do so, the Fund  may invest in exchange rate-
related Government Securities. Such securities  are indexed to certain  specific
foreign  currency exchange  rates and generally  provide that  the interest rate
and/or principal amount  will be adjusted  upwards or downwards  (but not  below
zero)  to reflect changes in the exchange  rate between two currencies while the
obligations are outstanding. While  such securities offer  the potential for  an
attractive rate of return, they also entail the risk of loss of principal.
    
 
INVESTMENT TECHNIQUES AND STRATEGIES
 
     FORWARD  CURRENCY  TRANSACTIONS. At  or before  the  maturity of  a forward
currency contract,  the Fund  may  either sell  a  portfolio security  and  make
delivery  of the  currency, or  retain the  security and  offset its contractual
obligation to deliver the currency by  purchasing a second contract pursuant  to
which  the Fund will obtain,  on the same maturity date,  the same amount of the
currency that it  is obligated  to deliver. If  the Fund  retains the  portfolio
security  and engages  in an  offsetting transaction, the  Fund, at  the time of
execution of the  offsetting transaction, will  incur a  gain or a  loss to  the
extent  that movement has  occurred in forward  currency contract prices. Should
forward prices decline  during the  period between  the Fund's  entering into  a
forward  contract for  the sale  of a currency  and the  date it  enters into an
offsetting contract for the  purchase of the currency,  the Fund will realize  a
gain  to the extent that the price of the currency it has agreed to sell exceeds
the price  of the  currency it  has agreed  to purchase.  Should forward  prices
increase,  the Fund  will suffer  a loss  to the  extent that  the price  of the
currency it has  agreed to purchase  exceeds the  price of the  currency it  has
agreed to sell.
 
     The  cost to the  Fund of engaging in  forward currency transactions varies
with factors such as  the currency involved, the  length of the contract  period
and the market conditions then prevailing. The use of forward currency contracts
does  not eliminate fluctuations in the underlying prices of the securities, but
it does establish  a rate of  exchange that can  be achieved in  the future.  In
 
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addition,  although forward currency contracts  limit the risk of  loss due to a
decline in the value of  the hedged currency, at the  same time, they limit  any
potential gain that might result should the value of the currency increase.
 
     If  a devaluation  is generally  anticipated, the Fund  may not  be able to
contract to sell currency at a price above the devaluation level it anticipates.
The Fund will not enter into a forward currency transaction if, as a result,  it
will  fail  to qualify  as  a regulated  investment  company under  the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended ('Code'),  for a given year. See 'Taxes --  Tax
Status of the Fund and its Shareholders.'
 
     Certain transactions involving forward currency contracts are not traded on
contract  markets  regulated  by  the  Commodities  Futures  Trading  Commission
('CFTC'); forward currency contracts  also are not  regulated by the  Securities
and  Exchange Commission ('SEC'). Instead, forward currency contracts are traded
through financial institutions acting as market-makers. In the forward  currency
market,  no daily  price fluctuation limits  are applicable,  and adverse market
movements could therefore continue to an unlimited extent over a period of time.
Moreover,  a  trader   of  forward   currency  contracts   could  lose   amounts
substantially  in  excess  of its  initial  investments, due  to  the collateral
requirements associated with those positions.
 
     Forward currency  contracts may  be  traded on  foreign exchanges,  to  the
extent  permitted by  the CFTC.  These transactions are  subject to  the risk of
governmental actions affecting trading in or the prices of foreign currencies or
securities. The value of these positions also could be adversely affected by (1)
other complex foreign political and economic factors, (2) lesser availability of
data on which to make trading decisions than in the United States, (3) delays in
the Fund's ability  to act  upon economic  events occurring  in foreign  markets
during  nonbusiness hours in the United  States, (4) the imposition of different
exercise and settlement terms and procedures and margin requirements than in the
United States and (5) lesser trading volume.
 
     LENDING PORTFOLIO SECURITIES.  The Fund  may lend  portfolio securities  to
well-known  and recognized  U.S. and foreign  brokers, dealers  and banks. These
loans, if and when made, may not exceed 33 1/3% of the value of the Fund's total
assets. The Fund's loans  of securities are collateralized  by cash, letters  of
credit  or Government  Securities. The  cash or  instruments collateralizing the
Fund's loans of securities are maintained  at all times in a segregated  account
with  the Fund's custodian, or with a  designated sub-custodian, in an amount at
least equal to the current market value  of the loaned securities. From time  to
time,  the Fund  may pay a  part of the  interest earned from  the investment of
collateral received for securities loaned to  the borrower and/or a third  party
that  is unaffiliated with the  Fund and is acting as  a 'finder.' The Fund will
comply with the following conditions whenever it loans securities: (1) the  Fund
must  receive at  least 100% cash  collateral or equivalent  securities from the
borrower; (2)  the borrower  must increase  the collateral  whenever the  market
value  of the securities loaned rises above the level of the collateral; (3) the
Fund must be able to terminate the loan  at any time; (4) the Fund must  receive
reasonable  interest on the  loan, as well  as any dividends,  interest or other
distributions on the loaned  securities, and any increase  in market value;  (5)
the Fund may pay only reasonable custodian fees in connection with the loan; and
(6) voting rights on the loaned securities may pass to the borrower except that,
if  a material event adversely affecting the investment in the loaned securities
occurs, the Trust's  Board of Trustees  must terminate the  loan and regain  the
right to vote the securities.
 
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     BORROWING.  Although it  has no  intention of  doing so  in the foreseeable
future, the Fund may borrow for leverage purposes from banks up to 33 1/3 of the
value of its net assets (not including the amount of such borrowings).  Leverage
increases  investment risk as well as  investment opportunity. If the income and
investment gains on securities purchased with borrowed money exceed the interest
paid on the borrowing, the net asset value of the Fund's shares will rise faster
than would  otherwise  be  the case.  On  the  other hand,  if  the  income  and
investment  gains fail to cover the cost, including interest, of the borrowings,
or if there are losses, the net  asset value of the Fund's shares will  decrease
faster than otherwise would be the case.
 
     If  the Fund borrows money for  other than temporary or emergency purposes,
it may borrow no more than 33 1/3 of its net assets and, in any event, the value
of its assets (including borrowings) less its liabilities (excluding  borrowings
but  including securities borrowed  in connection with short  sales) must at all
times be maintained at not less than 300% of all outstanding borrowings. If, for
any reason, including adverse  market conditions, the Fund  should fail to  meet
this  test, it will be  required to reduce its  borrowings within three business
days to the  extent necessary to  meet the  test. This requirement  may make  it
necessary  for the Fund to sell a portion  of its portfolio securities at a time
when it is disadvantageous to do so.
 
INVESTMENT RESTRICTIONS
 
     Investment restrictions numbered 1  through 10 below  have been adopted  by
the Trust as fundamental policies with respect to the Fund. A fundamental policy
may  not be  changed without the  vote of  a majority of  the outstanding voting
securities of the Fund,  as defined in  the Investment Company  Act of 1940,  as
amended  ('1940 Act').  Investment restrictions  numbered 11  through 14  may be
changed by a vote of a majority of the Trustees at any time.
 
     Under the investment restrictions adopted by the Trust with respect to  the
Fund:
 
          1.  The  Fund  will  not purchase  securities  (other  than Government
     Securities) of any issuer if, as a result of the purchase, more than 5%  of
     the value of the Fund's total assets would be invested in the securities of
     the  issuer, except that up to 25% of  the value of the Fund's total assets
     may be invested without regard to this 5% limitation.
 
          2. The Fund will not purchase  more than 10% of the voting  securities
     of  any one issuer,  except that this  limitation is not  applicable to the
     Fund's investments in Government  Securities, and up to  25% of the  Fund's
     assets may be invested without regard to this 10% limitation.
 
          3.  The Fund may borrow from banks for leveraging purposes, as well as
     for temporary  or emergency  purposes  such as  the meeting  of  redemption
     requests  and  cash  payments  of dividends  and  distributions  that might
     otherwise require the untimely disposition of securities, in an amount  not
     to  exceed 33 1/3% of  the value of the  Fund's total assets (including the
     amount borrowed)  valued  at market  less  liabilities (not  including  the
     amount borrowed) at the time the borrowing is made. Whenever borrowings for
     temporary  or emergency purposes exceed 5% of the value of the Fund's total
     assets, the Fund will not make any additional investments.
 
          4. The  Fund will  not lend  money to  other persons,  except  through
     purchasing  debt obligations, lending portfolio securities in an amount not
     to exceed 33 1/3% of the value of the Fund's total assets and entering into
     repurchase agreements.
 
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          5. The Fund will  invest no more  than 25% of the  value of its  total
     assets  in securities of issuers in any  one industry. For purposes of this
     restriction, the term industry will be deemed to include (a) the government
     of any country  other than  the United States,  but not  the United  States
     Government and (b) all supranational organizations.
 
          6.  The Fund will  not purchase securities on  margin, except that the
     Fund may engage  in short  sales of  securities and  obtain any  short-term
     credits  necessary for the clearance of  purchases and sales of securities.
     For purposes of  this restriction,  the deposit  or payment  of initial  or
     variation margin in connection with futures contracts or options on futures
     contracts will not be deemed to be a purchase of securities on margin.
 
          7.  The Fund  will not  purchase or  sell real  estate or  real estate
     limited partnership interests, except that  the Fund may purchase and  sell
     securities  of  companies that  deal in  real estate  or interests  in real
     estate.
 
          8. The  Fund  will  not  purchase or  sell  commodities  or  commodity
     contracts   (except  currencies,  securities  index  and  currency  futures
     contracts and related options, forward foreign currency contracts and other
     similar contracts).
 
          9. The Fund will  not invest in  oil, gas or  other mineral leases  or
     exploration or development programs.
 
          10. The Fund will not act as an underwriter of securities, except that
     the  Fund  may  acquire securities  under  circumstances in  which,  if the
     securities were sold,  the Fund might  be deemed to  be an underwriter  for
     purposes of the 1933 Act.
 
          11.  The Fund will not make  investments for the purpose of exercising
     control of management.
 
          12. The Fund will  not purchase any  security, if as  a result of  the
     purchase,  the Fund would then have more than  5% of the value of its total
     assets invested in  securities of companies  (including predecessors)  that
     have been in continuous operation for fewer than three years.
 
          13. The Fund will not purchase or retain securities of any company if,
     to  the knowledge of the  Fund, any of the  Trust's Trustees or officers or
     any  officer  or   director  of  Mitchell   Hutchins  or  the   Sub-Adviser
     individually  owns  more  than .5%  of  the outstanding  securities  of the
     company and together they own beneficially more than 5% of the securities.
 
          14. The Fund will not invest in warrants (other than warrants acquired
     by the Fund  as part of  a unit or  attached to securities  at the time  of
     purchase)  if, as a result, the investments (valued at the lower of cost or
     market) would exceed 5% of the value of the Fund's net assets of which  not
     more  than 2%  of the  Fund's net  assets may  be invested  in warrants not
     listed on the New York Stock Exchange, Inc. ('NYSE') or the American  Stock
     Exchange, Inc.
 
     The Trust may make commitments regarding the Fund more restrictive than the
restrictions  listed above  so as  to permit  the sale  of the  Fund's shares in
certain states. Should the Trust determine that a commitment is no longer in the
best interests  of the  Fund and  its shareholders,  the Trust  will revoke  the
commitment  by terminating the sale of the  Fund's shares in the state involved.
The percentage limitations contained in  the restrictions listed above apply  at
the time of purchase of the securities.
 
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                             TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS
 
     The  names of Trustees and officers of the Trust, together with information
as to their principal business occupations during the last five years, are shown
below. An asterisk appears before the name of each Trustee who is an 'interested
person' of the Trust, as defined in the 1940 Act.
 
     David J. Beaubien, 60, Trustee.  Chairman of Yankee Environmental  Systems,
Inc.,  manufacturer of  meteorological measuring  instruments. Director  of IEC,
Inc.,  manufacturer  of  electronic   assemblies,  Belfort  Instruments,   Inc.,
manufacturer  of  environmental instruments,  and  Oriel Corp.,  manufacturer of
optical instruments. Prior to January 1991, Senior Vice President of EG&G, Inc.,
a company  that makes  and  provides a  variety  of scientific  and  technically
oriented  products and  services. Mr.  Beaubien is a  director or  trustee of 13
other  investment  companies   for  which  Mitchell   Hutchins  or   PaineWebber
Incorporated ('PaineWebber') serves as investment adviser.
 
     William  W.  Hewitt,  Jr.,  66,  Trustee.  Trustee  of  The  Guardian Asset
Allocation Fund, The Guardian Baillie  Gifford International Fund, The  Guardian
Bond  Fund, Inc., The Guardian Cash Fund, Inc., The Guardian Park Ave. Fund, The
Guardian Stock Fund, Inc., The Guardian  Cash Management Trust and The  Guardian
U.S.  Government  Trust.  Mr.  Hewitt  is a  director  or  trustee  of  13 other
investment companies  for  which  Mitchell Hutchins  or  PaineWebber  serves  as
investment adviser.
 
     Thomas R. Jordan, 66, Trustee. Principal of The Dilenschneider Group, Inc.,
a  corporate communications and public policy  counseling firm. Prior to January
1992, Senior Vice President  of Hill & Knowlton,  a public relations and  public
affairs  firm. Prior to April 1991, President  of The Jordan Group, a management
consulting and strategies development firm. Mr. Jordan is a director or  trustee
of  12 other  investment companies  for which  Mitchell Hutchins  or PaineWebber
serves as investment adviser.
 
     *Frank P. L. Minard, 50,  Trustee. Chairman of Mitchell Hutchins,  chairman
of the board of Mitchell Hutchins Institutional Investors Inc. and a director of
PaineWebber. Prior to 1993, managing director of Oppenheimer Capital in New York
and  Director of Oppenheimer Capital Ltd. in London. Mr. Minard is a director or
trustee of  27  other  investment  companies  for  which  Mitchell  Hutchins  or
PaineWebber serves as investment adviser.
 
     Carl  W.  Schafer, 59,  Trustee. President  of  the Atlantic  Foundation, a
charitable foundation supporting mainly oceanographic exploration and  research.
Director  of International Agritech Resources,  Inc., an agribusiness investment
and consulting firm, Ardic Exploration and Development Ltd. and Hidden Lake Gold
Mines Ltd., gold mining companies, Electronic Clearing House, Inc., a  financial
transactions  processing  company,  Wainoco  Oil  Corporation  and BioTechniques
Laboratories, Inc.,  an agricultural  biotechnology  company. Prior  to  January
1993, chairman of the Investment Advisory Committee of the Howard Hughes Medical
Institute  and director of Ecova Corporation,  a toxic waste treatment firm. Mr.
Schafer is a  director or  trustee of 12  other investment  companies for  which
Mitchell Hutchins or PaineWebber serves as investment adviser.
 
     Antoine  W. van Agtmael, 50, Executive  Vice President and Chief Investment
Officer. President of the Sub-Adviser, Managing Director of Strategic Investment
Management ('SIM'),  Strategic  Investment  Management  International  ('SIMI'),
Emerging  Markets Investors Corporation  ('EMI'), Strategic Investment Partners,
Inc. ('SIP') and a Director of India Growth Fund.
 
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     Margo N. Alexander, 48, President. President, chief executive officer and a
director of  Mitchell  Hutchins.  Prior  to  January  1995,  an  executive  vice
president  of  PaineWebber.  Ms.  Alexander  is  also  a  trustee  of  one other
investment company  and president  of 38  other investment  companies for  which
Mitchell Hutchins or PaineWebber serves as investment adviser.
 
     Teresa   M.   Boyle,  36,   Vice  President.   First  vice   president  and
manager -- advisory administration of Mitchell Hutchins. Prior to November 1993,
compliance manager of Hyperion Capital Management, Inc., an investment  advisory
firm.  Prior to April 1993, a vice president and manager -- legal administration
of Mitchell Hutchins. Ms. Boyle is also a vice president of 38 other  investment
companies  for  which  Mitchell  Hutchins or  PaineWebber  serves  as investment
adviser.
 
     Mary Claire Choksi,  45, Senior  Vice President. Managing  Director of  the
Sub-Adviser, SIM, SIMI, EMI and SIP, each a registered investment adviser.
 
     Michael  A.  Duffy,  40,  Senior  Vice  President  and  Investment Officer.
Managing Director of the Sub-Adviser, SIM, SIMI, EMI and SIP.
 
     Scott H. Griff, 29, Vice President and Assistant Secretary. Vice  president
and  attorney of Mitchell Hutchins.  Prior to January 1995,  an associate at the
law firm  of Cleary,  Gottlieb,  Steen &  Hamilton. Mr.  Griff  is also  a  vice
president  and assistant  secretary of 12  other investment  companies for which
Mitchell Hutchins or PaineWebber serves as investment adviser.
 
     C. William Maher, 34, Vice President and Assistant Treasurer. Mr. Maher  is
a  first  vice  president and  the  senior  manager of  the  Fund Administration
Division of Mitchell Hutchins. Mr. Maher is also a vice president and  assistant
treasurer  of  38  other investment  companies  for which  Mitchell  Hutchins or
PaineWebber serves as investment adviser.
 
     Ann E. Moran, 38, Vice President and Assistant Treasurer. Vice president of
Mitchell Hutchins. Ms. Moran is also a vice president and assistant treasurer of
38 other investment companies for which Mitchell Hutchins or PaineWebber  serves
as investment adviser.
 
     Dianne  E.  O'Donnell,  43,  Vice  President  and  Secretary.  Senior  vice
president and deputy general counsel of Mitchell Hutchins. Ms. O'Donnell is also
a vice  president and  secretary  of 38  other  investment companies  for  which
Mitchell Hutchins or PaineWebber serves as investment adviser.
 
     Victoria  E. Schonfeld, 44,  Vice President. Managing  director and general
counsel of Mitchell Hutchins. From April 1990 to May 1994, a partner in the  law
firm  of Arnold & Porter.  Ms. Schonfeld is also  a vice president and assistant
secretary of  38  other investment  companies  for which  Mitchell  Hutchins  or
PaineWebber serves as investment adviser.
 
     Paul  H. Schubert, 32,  Vice President and  Assistant Treasurer. First vice
president of Mitchell Hutchins. From August 1992 to August 1994, vice  president
at  BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. Prior  to August 1992, an audit manager
with Ernst &  Young LLP. Mr.  Schubert is  also a vice  president and  assistant
treasurer  of  38  other investment  companies  for which  Mitchell  Hutchins or
PaineWebber serves as investment adviser.
 
     Julian F. Sluyters, 35, Vice President and Treasurer. Senior vice president
and the director of the mutual fund finance division of Mitchell Hutchins. Prior
to 1991, an audit senior manager with Ernst & Young LLP. Mr. Sluyters is also  a
vice president and treasurer of 38 other investment companies for which Mitchell
Hutchins or PaineWebber serves as investment adviser.
 
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     Gregory  K. Todd,  38, Vice President  and Assistant  Secretary. First vice
president and associate general counsel of  Mitchell Hutchins. Prior to 1993,  a
partner  with the law firm of Shereff,  Friedman, Hoffman & Goodman. Mr. Todd is
also a vice president and assistant  secretary of 38 other investment  companies
for which Mitchell Hutchins or PaineWebber serves as investment adviser.
 
     Certain  of the  Trustees and  officers of  the Trust  are directors and/or
trustees and officers of  other mutual funds managed  by Mitchell Hutchins.  The
addresses  of the non-interested Trustees are as follows: Mr. Beaubien, Montague
Industrial Park,  101  Industrial Road,  Box  746, Turner  Falls,  Massachusetts
01376;  Mr. Hewitt, P.O. Box 2359, Princeton, New Jersey 08543-2359; Mr. Jordan,
200 Park Avenue,  New York,  New York  10166; and  Mr. Schafer,  P.O. Box  1164,
Princeton,  New Jersey 08542. The address of  Mr. Minard and the officers listed
above, other than Messrs. van Agtmael and  Duffy and Ms. Choksi, is 1285  Avenue
of  the Americas, New York,  New York 10019. The  address of Messrs. van Agtmael
and Duffy and Ms.  Choksi is 1001 Nineteenth  Street North, Arlington,  Virginia
22209-1722.
 
     By  virtue of the  responsibilities assumed by  Mitchell Hutchins under its
management agreement with  the Trust  (the 'Management Agreement'),  and by  the
Sub-Adviser  under its Sub-Investment Advisory  Agreement with Mitchell Hutchins
and the Trust, the Fund requires  no executive employees other than officers  of
the  Trust, none of whom devotes full time  to the affairs of the Fund. Trustees
and officers of the  Trust, as a  group, owned less than  1% of the  outstanding
Class  A shares, Class C shares and Class  Y shares of beneficial interest as of
September 30, 1995. The Trust pays each Trustee who is not an officer,  director
or  employee of Mitchell Hutchins, the  Sub-Adviser, or any of their affiliates,
an annual  retainer of  $1,000, and  $375  for each  Board of  Trustees  meeting
attended,  and reimburses the Trustee for out-of-pocket expenses associated with
attendance at  Board  meetings. The  Chairman  of the  Board's  audit  committee
receives  an annual fee  of $250. No  officer, director or  employee of Mitchell
Hutchins, the Sub-Adviser, or any of their affiliates, receives any compensation
from the Trust for serving as an officer or Trustee of the Trust. The amount  of
compensation paid by the Fund to each Trustee for the fiscal year ended June 30,
1995, and the aggregate amount of compensation paid to each such Trustee for the
year  ended  December 31,  1994 by  all  investment companies  in the  same fund
complex for which such person is a Board member were as follows:
 
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                                                              (3)                                TOTAL COMPENSATION
                                        (2)                PENSION OR               (4)           FROM FUND AND 12
             (1)                     AGGREGATE        RETIREMENT BENEFITS    ESTIMATED ANNUAL     OTHER INVESTMENT
        NAME OF BOARD            COMPENSATION FROM     ACCRUED AS PART OF      BENEFITS UPON      COMPANIES IN THE
            MEMBER                     FUND             FUND'S EXPENSES         RETIREMENT         FUND COMPLEX*
- ------------------------------   -----------------    --------------------   -----------------   ------------------
<S>                              <C>                  <C>                    <C>                 <C>
David J. Beaubien                     $ 2,500                 None                 None               $ 80,700
William W. Hewitt, Jr.                $ 2,500                 None                 None               $ 74,425
Thomas R. Jordan                      $ 2,500                 None                 None               $ 83,125
Frank P.L. Minard                        None                 None                 None                   None
Carl W. Schafer                       $ 2,750                 None                 None               $ 84,575
</TABLE>
 
- ------------
 
*  Represents total compensation paid to  each Trustee during the calendar  year
   ended December 31, 1994.
 
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               INVESTMENT ADVISORY AND DISTRIBUTION ARRANGEMENTS
 
     The  Fund  bears  all  expenses  incurred in  its  operation  that  are not
specifically assumed by Mitchell Hutchins  or the Sub-Adviser. General  expenses
of  the Trust not  readily identifiable as  belonging to the  Fund are allocated
among the Fund  or the Trust's  other series by  or under the  direction of  the
board  of trustees in such  manner as the board deems  to be fair and equitable.
Expenses borne by the  Fund include the  following (or the  Fund's share of  the
following):  (1)  the  cost  (including  brokerage  commissions)  of  securities
purchased or sold by the Fund  and any losses incurred in connection  therewith,
(2)  fees payable  to and expenses  incurred on  behalf of the  Fund by Mitchell
Hutchins, (3) organizational expenses, (4) filing fees and expenses relating  to
the  registration and  qualification of  the Fund's  shares and  the Trust under
federal and  state securities  laws and  maintenance of  such registrations  and
qualifications, (5) fees and salaries payable to trustees who are not interested
persons  (as defined in the 1940 Act) of the Trust or Mitchell Hutchins, (6) all
expenses incurred in  connection with the  trustees' services, including  travel
expenses,  (7) taxes (including any income  or franchise taxes) and governmental
fees, (8)  costs of  any liability,  uncollectable items  of deposit  and  other
insurance  or fidelity bonds, (9) any costs, expenses or losses arising out of a
liability of or claim for damages or other relief asserted against the Trust  or
the Fund for violation of any law, (10) legal, accounting and auditing expenses,
including  legal  fees of  special counsel  for  the independent  trustees, (11)
charges of custodians, transfer agents and other agents, (12) costs of preparing
share certificates, (13) expenses of  setting in type and printing  prospectuses
and  supplements thereto,  statements of additional  information and supplements
thereto, reports and  proxy materials  for existing shareholders,  and costs  of
mailing such materials to existing shareholders, (14) any extraordinary expenses
(including fees and disbursements of counsel) incurred by the Trust or the Fund,
(15)  fees, voluntary assessments and other expenses incurred in connection with
membership in  investment.  company organizations,  (16)  costs of  mailing  and
tabulating  proxies and  costs of  meetings of  shareholders, the  board and any
committees thereof, (17)  the cost  of investment company  literature and  other
publications  provided  to  trustees and  officers  and (18)  costs  of mailing,
stationery and communications equipment.
 
   
     For the fiscal year ended June 30, 1995 and for the period January 19, 1994
(commencement of investment operations)  through June 30,  1994, the Trust  paid
(or  accrued)  management  fees  with  respect to  the  Fund  of  $1,261,493 and
$658,437, respectively, to the Fund's investment adviser and administrator.
    
 
   
     For the fiscal year ended June 30, 1995 and for the period January 19, 1994
(commencement of  investment  operations)  through June  30,  1994,  the  Fund's
investment  adviser and  administrator paid  (or accrued)  fees of  $872,143 and
$455,243, respectively, to the Sub-Adviser with respect to the Fund.
    
 
     Mitchell Hutchins has agreed that, if in  any fiscal year of the Fund,  the
aggregate  expenses  of  the  Fund  (including  management  fees,  but excluding
interest, taxes, brokerage and, with the prior written consent of the  necessary
state   securities  commissions,  extraordinary  expenses)  exceed  the  expense
limitation of any state  having jurisdiction over  the Trust, Mitchell  Hutchins
will  reimburse the  Trust for  the excess  expense. This  expense reimbursement
obligation is  limited  to the  amount  of  Mitchell Hutchins'  fees  under  its
respective  agreement  with  the  Trust  in respect  of  the  Fund.  Any expense
reimbursement will be estimated, reconciled and  paid on a monthly basis. As  of
the date of this Statement of Additional Information, the most restrictive state
expense  limitation applicable to the Fund requires reimbursement of expenses in
any year that the Fund's expenses
 
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subject to the limitation exceed 2 1/2% of the first $30 million of the  average
daily  value of the Fund's net assets, 2% of the next $70 million of the average
daily value of the Fund's net assets  and 1 1/2% of the remaining average  daily
value  of  the Fund's  net  assets. For  the fiscal  year  ended June  30, 1995,
Mitchell Hutchins voluntarily waived part of its management fees and  reimbursed
the Fund in the amount of $81,217.
    
 
     Under  their respective agreements  with the Trust in  respect of the Fund,
each of Mitchell Hutchins and the Sub-Adviser  will not be liable for any  error
of judgment or mistake of law or for any loss suffered by the Trust with respect
to  the Fund  in connection  with the  matters to  which the  agreement relates,
except for  a  loss resulting  from  willful  misfeasance, bad  faith  or  gross
negligence  on  its part  in  the performance  of  its duties  or  from reckless
disregard by it of its obligations and duties under the agreement.
 
     Mitchell Hutchins personnel may invest in securities for their own accounts
pursuant to  a  code  of  ethics  that describes  the  fiduciary  duty  owed  to
shareholders  of  the  PaineWebber  mutual funds  and  other  Mitchell Hutchins'
advisory accounts by all Mitchell  Hutchins' directors, officers and  employees,
establishes   procedures   for   personal   investing   and   restricts  certain
transactions. For example,  employee accounts  generally must  be maintained  at
PaineWebber,  personal  trades  in  most  securities  require  pre-clearance and
short-term trading and participation in  initial public offerings generally  are
prohibited.  In addition, the code of ethics  puts restrictions on the timing of
personal investing  in relation  to  trades by  PaineWebber and  other  Mitchell
Hutchins advisory clients.
 
     The  Sub-Adviser's personnel  also may invest  in securities  for their own
accounts pursuant  to  its  code  of ethics  which  establishes  procedures  for
personal investing and restricts certain transactions.
 
DISTRIBUTION ARRANGEMENTS
 
     Mitchell  Hutchins serves as the distributor of the Fund's shares on a best
efforts basis.  Under  a  Shareholder  Servicing  and  Distribution  Plans  (the
'Plans')  adopted by the Trust  with respect to the  Fund pursuant to Rule 12b-1
under the 1940 Act, the Trust pays Mitchell Hutchins monthly fees calculated  at
the  aggregate annual rates of .25%, 1.00% and  1.00% of the value of the Fund's
average daily net assets attributed to Class A shares, Class B shares and  Class
C  shares, respectively.  Under their  terms, the  Plans continues  from year to
year, so long as their continuance is approved annually by vote of the Trustees,
including a majority of the Trustees who are not interested persons of the Trust
and who have no direct  or indirect financial interest  in the operation of  the
Plans  (the 'Independent  Trustees'). The Plans  may not be  amended to increase
materially the amount to be spent for the services provided by Mitchell Hutchins
without Fund shareholder approval, and all material amendments of the Plans also
must be approved by the Trustees in the manner described above. The Plans may be
terminated with respect to a  Class at any time, without  penalty, by vote of  a
majority  of  the  Independent  Trustees or  by  a  vote of  a  majority  of the
outstanding voting securities (as  defined in the 1940  Act) represented by  the
Class on not more than 30 days' written notice to Mitchell Hutchins.
 
     Pursuant  to  the  Plans,  Mitchell  Hutchins  provides  the  Trustees with
periodic reports of amounts expended under  the Plans and the purpose for  which
the  expenditures were made.  The Trustees believe  that the Fund's expenditures
under the  Plans benefit  the  Fund and  its  shareholders by  providing  better
shareholder   services  and   by  facilitating   the  distribution   of  shares.
 
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With respect  to Class  A  shares, for  the fiscal  year  ended June  30,  1995,
Mitchell  Hutchins received $102,254 from the  Fund. During such fiscal year, it
is estimated that Mitchell Hutchins  and PaineWebber spent $499 on  advertising,
$7,158   on  printing  and  mailing  of   prospectuses  to  other  than  current
shareholders, $46,014 on commission  credits to branch  offices for payments  of
shareholder  servicing  compensation  to investment  executives  and  $69,327 on
overhead and other branch  office distribution or shareholder  servicing-related
expenses.  With respect to  Class C shares,  for the fiscal  year ended June 30,
1995, Mitchell  Hutchins received  $226,672 from  the Fund.  During such  fiscal
year,  it  is estimated  that Mitchell  Hutchins and  PaineWebber spent  $114 on
advertising, $1,591 was spent on printing  and mailing of prospectuses to  other
than  current shareholders,  $87,771 was spent  on commission  credits to branch
offices for payments  of commissions and  shareholder servicing compensation  to
investment executives and $118,582 was spent on overhead and other branch office
distribution  or shareholder servicing-related expenses.  No Class B shares were
outstanding during  that period.  The  term 'overhead  and other  branch  office
distribution  or  shareholder  servicing-related  expenses'  represents  (1) the
expenses of operating PaineWebber's branch  offices in connection with the  sale
of  Fund shares or servicing of shareholder accounts, including lease costs, the
salaries and  employee  benefits  of operations  and  sales  support  personnel,
utility  costs, communications costs  and the costs  of stationery and supplies,
(2) the costs of client sales seminars, (3) travel expenses of mutual fund sales
coordinators to  promote  the sale  of  Fund  shares and  (4)  other  incidental
expenses relating to branch promotion of Fund sales.
 
                             PORTFOLIO TRANSACTIONS
 
     Decisions  to  buy  and  sell  securities for  the  Fund  are  made  by the
Sub-Adviser, subject to  review by Mitchell  Hutchins and the  Trust's Board  of
Trustees.  Transactions  on  domestic  stock exchanges  and  some  foreign stock
exchanges involve the payment of negotiated brokerage commissions. On  exchanges
on  which commissions  are negotiated, the  cost of transactions  may vary among
different brokers. On most foreign exchanges, commissions are generally fixed.
 
     Subject to policies established by the board of directors, the  Sub-Adviser
is  responsible for the  execution of the Fund's  portfolio transactions and the
allocation of brokerage transactions.  In executing portfolio transactions,  the
Sub-Adviser  seeks to  obtain the  best net  results for  the Fund,  taking into
account such factors as price (including the applicable brokerage commission  or
dealer   spread),  size  of  order,  difficulty  of  execution  and  operational
facilities of the firm involved. Generally,  bonds are traded on the OTC  market
on  a 'net' basis without  a stated commission through  dealers acting for their
own account and not as brokers. Prices paid to dealers in principal transactions
generally include a  'spread,' which  is the  difference between  the prices  at
which  the dealer  is willing to  purchase and  sell a specific  security at the
time. For the period January 19,  1994 (commencement of operations) through  the
fiscal year ended June 30, 1994 and for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1995, the
Fund   paid  $363,528   and  $531,901,  respectively,   in  aggregate  brokerage
commissions.
 
     The Fund has no obligation to deal  with any broker or group of brokers  in
the  execution of portfolio transactions. The Fund contemplates that, consistent
with the policy of obtaining the best net results, brokerage transactions may be
conducted through Mitchell  Hutchins or its  affiliates, including  PaineWebber.
The  Trust's board  of trustees has  adopted procedures in  conformity with Rule
17e-1 under  the 1940  Act to  ensure  that all  brokerage commissions  paid  to
Mitchell Hutchins
 
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and  its affiliates are reasonable and fair. Specific provisions in the Advisory
Contract authorize Mitchell Hutchins and any of its affiliates that are  members
of  a national securities exchange to effect portfolio transactions for the Fund
on  such  exchange  and   to  retain  compensation   in  connection  with   such
transactions.  Any such transactions  will be effected  and related compensation
paid only in  accordance with applicable  SEC regulations. For  the fiscal  year
ended June 30, 1995, the Fund paid no brokerage commissions to PaineWebber.
 
     Transactions  in futures contracts are  executed through futures commission
merchants ('FCMs'), who  receive brokerage commissions  for their services.  The
Fund's  procedures  in  selecting FCMs  to  execute the  Fund's  transactions in
futures contracts, including procedures permitting the use of Mitchell  Hutchins
and  its affiliates, are  similar to those  in effect with  respect to brokerage
transactions in securities.
 
     Consistent with the interest of the Fund  and subject to the review of  the
board  of directors,  the Sub-Adviser  may cause the  Fund to  purchase and sell
portfolio securities  through  brokers  who  provide  the  Fund  with  research,
analysis, advice and similar services. In return for such services, the Fund may
pay  to those brokers a higher commission  than may be charged by other brokers,
provided that the Sub-Adviser determines in  good faith that such commission  is
reasonable  in terms  either of  that particular  transaction or  of the overall
responsibility of the Sub-Adviser to the Fund and its other clients and that the
total commissions  paid  by the  Fund  will be  reasonable  in relation  to  the
benefits  to  the  Fund  over  the  long  term.  For  purchases  or  sales  with
broker-dealer  firms  which  act  as  principal,  the  Sub-Adviser  seeks   best
execution.  Although the Sub-Adviser  may receive certain  research or execution
services in  connection  with  these  transactions,  the  Sub-Adviser  will  not
purchase  securities at a higher price or  sell securities at a lower price than
would otherwise be paid if no weight was attributed to the services provided  by
the executing dealer. Moreover, the Sub-Adviser will not enter into any explicit
soft dollar arrangements relating to principal transactions and will not receive
in  principal transactions  the types of  services which could  be purchased for
hard dollars. The Sub-Adviser  may engage in agency  transactions in OTC  equity
and  debt  securities  in  return for  research  and  execution  services. These
transactions are entered into only  in compliance with procedures ensuring  that
the  transaction (including  commissions) is at  least as favorable  as it would
have been  if  effected directly  with  a  market-maker that  did  not  provided
research  or  execution  services.  These  procedures  include  the  Sub-Adviser
receiving multiple quotes from  dealers before executing  the transaction on  an
agency basis.
 
     Research services furnished by the brokers or dealers through which or with
which the Fund effects securities transactions may be used by the Sub-Adviser in
advising other funds or accounts and, conversely, research services furnished to
the Sub-Adviser by brokers or dealers in connection with other funds or accounts
that  the Sub-Adviser  advises may  be used by  the Sub-Adviser  in advising the
Fund. Information and research received from such brokers or dealers will be  in
addition  to, and not in  lieu of, the services required  to be performed by the
Sub-Adviser under the Sub-Investment Contract.
 
     Investment decisions for the Fund and for other investment accounts managed
by the Sub-Adviser are  made independently of each  other in light of  differing
considerations  for the various accounts.  However, the same investment decision
may occasionally be made for the Fund and one or more of such accounts. In  such
cases,  simultaneous transactions  are inevitable.  Purchases or  sales are then
averaged as to price and allocated between the Fund and such other account(s) as
to amount according to  a formula deemed  equitable to the  Fund and such  other
 
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account(s).  While in some  cases this practice could  have a detrimental effect
upon the price or value of the security as far as the Fund is concerned or  upon
its  ability to complete  its entire order,  in other cases  it is believed that
coordination and  the ability  to  participate in  volume transactions  will  be
beneficial to the Fund.
 
     The  Fund will not  purchase securities in  underwritings in which Mitchell
Hutchins or any of  its affiliates is  a member of  the underwriting or  selling
group,  except  pursuant to  procedures adopted  by  the Corporation's  board of
directors pursuant to Rule 10f-3 under  the 1940 Act. Among other things,  these
procedures  require that the commission or spread paid in connection with such a
purchase be reasonable  and fair,  that the  purchase be  at not  more than  the
public  offering price prior to the end of the first business day after the date
of the public offering and that  Mitchell Hutchins or any affiliate thereof  not
participate in or benefit from the sale to the Fund.
 
   
     PORTFOLIO  TURNOVER. The portfolio turnover  rate is calculated by dividing
the lesser  of the  Fund's annual  sales or  purchases of  portfolio  securities
(exclusive  of purchases or sales of securities  whose maturities at the time of
acquisition were  one  year  or  less)  by the  monthly  average  value  of  the
securities  in the portfolio during the year. For the fiscal year ended June 30,
1995 and for the  period from January 19,  1994 (commencement of operations)  to
June  30,  1994,  the portfolio  turnover  rate for  the  Fund was  76%  and 8%,
respectively.
    
 
           REDUCED SALES CHARGES, ADDITIONAL EXCHANGE AND REDEMPTION
                         INFORMATION AND OTHER SERVICES
 
     COMBINED PURCHASE  PRIVILEGE  -- CLASS  A  SHARES. Investors  and  eligible
groups  of related Fund investors may combine purchases of Class A shares of the
Fund with concurrent purchases of Class A shares of any other PaineWebber mutual
fund and thus take  advantage of the  reduced sales charges  for Class A  shares
indicated  in the  table of  sales charges in  the Prospectus.  The sales charge
payable on the purchase  of Class A shares  of the Funds and  Class A shares  of
such  other funds  will be at  the rates applicable  to the total  amount of the
combined concurrent purchases.
 
     An  'eligible  group  of  related  Fund  investors'  can  consist  of   any
combination of the following:
 
          (a) an individual, that individual's spouse, parents and children;
 
          (b)  an  individual  and  his  or  her  Individual  Retirement Account
     ('IRA');
 
          (c) an individual (or eligible  group of individuals) and any  company
     controlled  by the individual(s) (a person,  entity or group that holds 25%
     or more  of the  outstanding voting  securities of  a corporation  will  be
     deemed  to control the corporation, and a  partnership will be deemed to be
     controlled by each of its general partners);
 
          (d) an individual (or eligible group  of individuals) and one or  more
     employee benefit plans of a company controlled by the individual(s);
 
          (e)  an  individual (or  eligible group  of  individuals) and  a trust
     created by the individual(s), the beneficiaries of which are the individual
     and/or the individual's spouse, parents or children;
 
          (f) an individual and a Uniform Gifts to Minors Act/Uniform  Transfers
     to Minors Act account created by the individual or the individual's spouse;
     or
 
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          (g)  an employer  (or a  group of related  employers) and  one or more
     qualified retirement  plans  of such  employer  or employers  (an  employer
     controlling, controlled by or under common control with another employer is
     deemed related to that other employer).
 
     RIGHTS  OF  ACCUMULATION  --  CLASS A  SHARES.  Reduced  sales  charges are
available through a right  of accumulation, under  which investors and  eligible
groups  of related Fund  investors (as defined above)  are permitted to purchase
Class A  shares  of  the Fund  among  related  accounts at  the  offering  price
applicable  to the total of (1) the  dollar amount then being purchased plus (2)
an amount equal to the then-current net asset value of the purchaser's  combined
holdings  of Class  A Fund shares  and Class  A shares of  any other PaineWebber
mutual fund.  The  purchaser  must  provide  sufficient  information  to  permit
confirmation of his or her holdings, and the acceptance of the purchase order is
subject  to  such confirmation.  The  right of  accumulation  may be  amended or
terminated at any time.
 
     WAIVERS OF SALES CHARGES -- CLASS B SHARES. Among other circumstances,  the
contingent deferred sales charge on Class B shares of the Fund is waived where a
total  or partial redemption is made within  one year following the death of the
shareholder. The contingent deferred sales charge waiver is available where  the
decedent  is either  the sole  shareholder or  owns the  shares with  his or her
spouse as a joint tenant with right of survivorship. This waiver applies only to
redemption of shares held at the time of death.
 
     ADDITIONAL  EXCHANGE  AND  REDEMPTION  INFORMATION.  As  discussed  in  the
Prospectus,  eligible shares  of the  Fund may  be exchanged  for shares  of the
corresponding Class of  most other PaineWebber  mutual funds. Shareholders  will
receive  at least 60 days' notice of any termination or material modification of
the exchange offer, except no  notice need be given  of an amendment whose  only
material  effect is to reduce  the exchange fee and no  notice need be given if,
under extraordinary circumstances,  either redemptions are  suspended under  the
circumstances described below or the Fund temporarily delays or ceases the sales
of  its shares because it is unable  to invest amounts effectively in accordance
with the Fund's investment objective, policies and restrictions.
 
     If conditions  exist  which  make  cash  payments  undesirable,  each  Fund
reserves  the right  to honor  any request for  redemption by  making payment in
whole or in part in securities chosen by the Fund and valued in the same way  as
they  would be valued for purposes of  computing the Fund's net asset value. Any
such redemption in kind will be made with readily marketable securities, to  the
extent  available. If  payment is  made in  securities, a  shareholder may incur
brokerage expenses  in converting  those  securities into  cash. The  Trust  has
elected,  however, to be governed by Rule  18f-1 under the 1940 Act, under which
the Fund  is obligated  to redeem  shares solely  in cash  up to  the lesser  of
$250,000  or 1% of the net asset value  of the Fund during any 90-day period for
one shareholder.  This  election  is  irrevocable unless  the  SEC  permits  its
withdrawal.  The Fund may suspend redemption  privileges or postpone the date of
payment during any period (1) when the NYSE is closed or trading on the NYSE  is
restricted as determined by the SEC, (2) when an emergency exists, as defined by
the  SEC, that makes  it not reasonably  practicable for the  Fund to dispose of
securities owned by it or fairly to determine the value of its assets, or (3) as
the SEC may otherwise permit. The redemption price may be more or less than  the
shareholder's cost, depending on the market value of the Fund's portfolio at the
time.
 
     SYSTEMATIC  WITHDRAWAL PLAN. On or about the 15th of each month for monthly
plans and  on  or  about the  15th  of  the months  selected  for  quarterly  or
semi-annual  plans,  PaineWebber  will arrange  for  redemption by  the  Fund of
sufficient Fund shares to provide the withdrawal payment
 
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specified by participants in the Fund's systematic withdrawal plan. The  payment
generally is mailed approximately three business days after the redemption date.
Withdrawal payments should not be considered dividends, but redemption proceeds,
with  the tax consequences described  under 'Dividends, Distributions and Taxes'
in  the  Prospectus.  If  periodic  withdrawals  continually  exceed  reinvested
dividends,   a  shareholder's  investment  may  be  correspondingly  reduced.  A
shareholder may  change the  amount of  the systematic  withdrawal or  terminate
participation  in the systematic  withdrawal plan at any  time without charge or
penalty by written  instructions with  signatures guaranteed  to PaineWebber  or
PFPC  Inc. ('Transfer Agent').  Instructions to participate  in the plan, change
the withdrawal  amount  or terminate  participation  in  the plan  will  not  be
effective  until five days after written instructions with signatures guaranteed
are received by the Transfer Agent. Shareholders may request the forms needed to
establish  a  systematic  withdrawal  plan  from  their  PaineWebber  investment
executives, correspondent firms or the Transfer Agent at 1-800-647-1568.
 
     REINSTATEMENT  PRIVILEGE -- CLASS A SHARES. As described in the Prospectus,
shareholders who have redeemed  Class A shares of  the Fund may reinstate  their
account  without  a sales  charge. Shareholders  may exercise  the reinstatement
privilege by notifying the Transfer Agent of such desire and forwarding a  check
for the amount to be purchased within 365 days after the date of redemption. The
reinstatement  will be made at the net asset value per share next computed after
the notice of  reinstatement and check  are received. The  amount of a  purchase
under  this reinstatement privilege  cannot exceed the  amount of the redemption
proceeds.  Gain  on  a   redemption  is  taxable   regardless  of  whether   the
reinstatement  privilege  is  exercised;  however,  a  loss  arising  out  of  a
redemption will not  be deductible  to the  extent the  redemption proceeds  are
reinvested,  if the  reinstatement privilege is  exercised within  30 days after
redemption, and an adjustment  will be made to  the shareholder's tax basis  for
the  shares acquired pursuant to the reinstatement  privilege. Gain or loss on a
redemption also will be adjusted for  federal income tax purposes by the  amount
of  any sales charge paid on Class A  shares, under the circumstances and to the
extent described in 'Dividends and Taxes' in the Prospectus.
 
     Reductions in or exemptions from the imposition of a sales load are due  to
the nature of the investors and/or the reduced sales efforts that will be needed
in obtaining such investments.
 
PAINEWEBBER RMA RESOURCE ACCUMULATION PLAN'SM';
PAINEWEBBER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT ACCOUNT'r' (RMA'r')
 
     Shares of the PaineWebber mutual funds (each a 'PW Fund' and, collectively,
the 'PW Funds') are available for purchase through the RMA Resource Accumulation
Plan  ('Plan')  by  customers of  PaineWebber  and its  correspondent  firms who
maintain Resource Management Accounts ('RMA accountholders'). The Plan allows an
RMA accountholder  to continually  invest in  one or  more of  the PW  Funds  at
regular intervals, with payment for shares purchased automatically deducted from
the client's RMA account. The client may elect to invest at monthly or quarterly
intervals and may elect either to invest a fixed dollar amount (minimum $100 per
period) or to purchase a fixed number of shares. A client can elect to have Plan
purchases executed on the first or fifteenth day of the month. Settlement occurs
three  Business Days (defined under 'Valuation of Shares') after the trade date,
and the  purchase price  of the  shares  is withdrawn  from the  investor's  RMA
account  on the settlement date from the  following sources and in the following
order: uninvested cash balances, balances in  RMA money market funds, or  margin
borrowing power, if applicable to the account.
 
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     To  participate in the Plan, an investor must be an RMA accountholder, must
have made  an initial  purchase  of the  shares of  each  PW Fund  selected  for
investment  under the Plan (meeting  applicable minimum investment requirements)
and must complete and submit the RMA Resource Accumulation Plan Client Agreement
and Instruction Form available from PaineWebber. The investor must have received
a current prospectus for each PW Fund  selected prior to enrolling in the  Plan.
Information  about mutual fund positions  and outstanding instructions under the
Plan are noted on the RMA accountholder's account statement. Instructions  under
the  Plan may be  changed at any  time, but may  take up to  two weeks to become
effective.
 
     The terms of the Plan or an RMA accountholder's participation in the  Plan,
may  be  modified or  terminated at  any time.  It is  anticipated that,  in the
future, shares of other PW Funds and/or mutual funds other than the PW Funds may
be offered through the Plan.
 
  Periodic Investing and Dollar Cost Averaging.
 
     Periodic investing in the PW Funds  or other mutual funds, whether  through
the  Plan or  otherwise, helps  investors establish  and maintain  a disciplined
approach to  accumulating assets  over time,  de-emphasizing the  importance  of
timing  the market's highs and lows. Periodic investing also permits an investor
to take advantage  of 'dollar cost  averaging.' By investing  a fixed amount  in
mutual  fund shares at established intervals,  an investor purchases more shares
when the price  is lower  and fewer  shares when  the price  is higher,  thereby
increasing  his or her earning potential.  Of course, dollar cost averaging does
not guarantee a profit or protect against  a loss in a declining market, and  an
investor  should consider  his or  her financial  ability to  continue investing
through periods of low share prices.  However, over time, dollar cost  averaging
generally  results  in  a lower  average  original  investment cost  than  if an
investor invested a larger dollar amount in a mutual fund at one time.
 
  PaineWebber's Resource Management Account.
 
     In order to enroll in the Plan, an investor must have opened an RMA account
with PaineWebber  or  one  of  its  correspondent  firms.  The  RMA  account  is
PaineWebber's  comprehensive  asset management  account  and offers  investors a
number of features, including the following:
 
   monthly  Premier  account  statements  that  itemize  all  account  activity,
   including  investment transactions, checking  activity and Gold MasterCard'r'
   transactions during the period, and provide unrealized and realized gain  and
   loss estimates for most securities held in the account;
 
   comprehensive  preliminary  9-month  and  year-end  summary  statements  that
   provide information  on account  activity for  use in  tax planning  and  tax
   return preparation;
 
   automatic  'sweep' of uninvested cash into  the RMA accountholder's choice of
   one of the five  RMA money market  funds -- RMA  Money Market Portfolio,  RMA
   U.S.  Government Portfolio, RMA Tax-Free Fund, RMA California Municipal Money
   Fund and RMA New York Municipal  Money Fund. Each money market fund  attempts
   to  maintain a  stable price  per share  of $1.00,  although there  can be no
   assurance that it  will be able  to do  so. Investments in  the money  market
   funds are not insured or guaranteed by the U.S. government;
 
   check  writing, with no  per-check usage charge, no  minimum amount on checks
   and no maximum number of checks  that can be written. RMA accountholders  can
   code  their checks to classify expenditures. All canceled checks are returned
   each month;
 
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   Gold MasterCard,  with  or without  a  line  of credit,  which  provides  RMA
   accountholders  with direct  access to  their accounts  and can  be used with
   automatic teller machines  worldwide. Purchases  on the  Gold MasterCard  are
   debited  to the RMA account once monthly, permitting accountholders to remain
   invested for a longer period of time;
 
   24-hour access to  account information  through toll-free  numbers, and  more
   detailed  personal  assistance during  business  hours from  the  RMA Service
   Center;
 
   expanded account protection to $25 million in the event of the liquidation of
   PaineWebber. This protection does not apply to shares of the RMA money market
   funds or the PW Funds because those shares are held at the transfer agent and
   not through PaineWebber; and
 
   automatic direct  deposit  of checks  into  your RMA  account  and  automatic
   withdrawals from the account.
 
     The  annual account fee for an RMA  account is $85, which includes the Gold
MasterCard, with an additional  fee of $40 if  the investor selects an  optional
line of credit with the Gold MasterCard.
 
                          CONVERSION OF CLASS B SHARES
 
     Class  B shares of the  Fund will automatically convert  to Class A shares,
based on the relative net asset values of  each of the Classes, as of the  close
of  business on the first Business Day (as  defined below) of the month in which
the sixth anniversary of the initial issuance of such Class B shares of the Fund
occurs.  For  the  purpose  of  calculating  the  holding  period  required  for
conversion  of Class B shares,  the date of initial  issuance shall mean (1) the
date on  which such  Class B  shares  were issued,  or (2)  for Class  B  shares
obtained  through an exchange, or  a series of exchanges,  the date on which the
original Class B  shares were  issued. For purposes  of conversion  to Class  A,
Class  B  shares  purchased  through the  reinvestment  of  dividends  and other
distributions paid in  respect of  Class B  shares will  be held  in a  separate
sub-account.  Each time any Class B  shares in the shareholder's regular account
(other than those in the sub-account) convert to Class A, a pro rata portion  of
the  Class B shares in the sub-account will also convert to Class A. The portion
will be determined by the ratio that the shareholder's Class B shares converting
to Class A bears to the shareholder's total Class B shares not acquired  through
dividends and other distributions.
 
     The availability of the conversion feature is subject to (1) the continuing
applicability of a ruling of the Internal Revenue Service that the dividends and
other  distributions  paid on  Class A  and Class  B shares  will not  result in
'preferential dividends' under the Internal Revenue Code and (2) the  continuing
availability  of an  opinion of  counsel to  the effect  that the  conversion of
shares does not constitute a taxable event. If the conversion feature ceased  to
be  available, the Class B shares of each  Fund would not be converted and would
continue to be  subject to the  higher ongoing  expenses of the  Class B  shares
beyond  six years from the date of  purchase. Mitchell Hutchins has no reason to
believe that these  conditions for  the availability of  the conversion  feature
will not continue to be met.
 
                              VALUATION OF SHARES
 
     The Fund determines the net asset value per share separately for each Class
of shares as of the close of regular trading (currently 4:00 p.m., Eastern time)
on the NYSE on each Business Day, which is defined as each Monday through Friday
when the NYSE is open. Currently, the NYSE is
 
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closed  on the observance of the following holidays: New Year's Day, Presidents'
Day, Good Friday, Memorial  Day, Independence Day,  Labor Day, Thanksgiving  Day
and Christmas Day.
 
     Securities  that are listed on stock exchanges  are valued at the last sale
price on the day the securities are  being valued or, lacking any sales on  such
day,  at the last available  bid price. In cases  where securities are traded on
more than one  exchange, the  securities are  generally valued  on the  exchange
considered  by the Sub-Adviser  as the primary market.  Securities traded in the
OTC market and listed on Nasdaq are  valued at the last available sale price  on
Nasdaq  at 4:00 p.m., Eastern time; other  OTC securities are valued at the last
bid price available prior to valuation.
 
     The Fund invests in foreign securities and, as a result, the calculation of
each Class'  net asset  value  may not  take  place contemporaneously  with  the
determination  of the prices of certain of  the portfolio securities used in the
calculation. A security that is  listed or traded on  more than one exchange  is
valued  for purposes of calculating each Class' net asset value at the quotation
on the exchange determined to be the primary market for the security. All assets
and liabilities initially  expressed in  foreign currency  values are  converted
into  U.S. dollar values at  the mean between the  bid and offered quotations of
the currencies against U.S. dollars as last quoted by any recognized dealer.  If
the  bid  and offered  quotations are  not  available, the  rate of  exchange is
determined in good faith by the Trustees.
 
     Where market quotations, are readily available, debt securities are  valued
based upon those quotations, provided such quotations adequately reflect, in the
Sub-Adviser's judgment, fair value of the security. Where such market quotations
are  not readily  available, such  securities are  valued based  upon appraisals
received from a  pricing service using  a computerized matrix  system, or  based
upon  appraisals  derived from  information concerning  the security  or similar
securities received  from  recognized dealers  in  those securities.  All  other
securities or assets will be valued at fair value as determined in good faith by
or  under the  direction of  the Trust's board  of trustees.  The amortized cost
method of valuation generally is used to value debt obligations with 60 days  or
less remaining to maturity, unless the Trust's board of trustees determines that
this does not represent fair value.
 
                            PERFORMANCE INFORMATION
 
     The  Fund's performance  data quoted  in advertising  and other promotional
materials ('Performance Advertisements') represent past performance and are  not
intended  to indicate  future performance.  The investment  return and principal
value of  an  investment will  fluctuate  so  that an  investor's  shares,  when
redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost.
 
     TOTAL  RETURN. Average  annual total return  quotes ('Standardized Return')
used in the Fund's  Performance Advertisements are  calculated according to  the
following formula:
 
<TABLE>
<S>       <C>  <C>   <C>
     P(1 + T)'pp'n =   ERV
where:    P        =   a hypothetical initial payment of $1,000 to purchase shares of a specified Class
          T        =   average annual total return of shares of that Class
          n        =   number of years
          ERV      =   ending redeemable value of a hypothetical $1,000 payment made at the
                       beginning of that period.
</TABLE>
 
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     Under   the  foregoing  formula,  the  time  periods  used  in  Performance
Advertisements will be based on rolling  calendar quarters, updated to the  last
day  of the  most recent  quarter prior to  submission of  the advertisement for
publication. Total return, or 'T' in  the formula above, is computed by  finding
the  average annual change in the value of an initial $1,000 investment over the
period. In  calculating the  ending redeemable  value for  Class A  shares,  the
Fund's  maximum 4.5%  initial sales charge  is deducted from  the initial $1,000
payment and, for Class B and Class C shares, the applicable contingent  deferred
sales  charge imposed on a redemption of Class B and Class C shares held for the
period is deducted. All  dividends and other distributions  are assumed to  have
been reinvested at net asset value.
 
     The  Fund  also may  refer in  Performance  Advertisements to  total return
performance data that  are not  calculated according  to the  formula set  forth
above  ('Non-Standardized Return'). The  Fund calculates Non-Standardized Return
for specified  periods of  time by  assuming the  investment of  $1,000 in  Fund
shares  and assuming the reinvestment of  all dividends and other distributions.
The rate  of  return is  determined  by subtracting  the  initial value  of  the
investment  from the ending value  and by dividing the  remainder by the initial
value. Neither  initial nor  contingent deferred  sales charges  are taken  into
account  in calculating Non-Standardized Return;  the inclusion of these charges
would reduce the return.
 
     Both Standardized Return and Non-Standardized Return for Class B shares for
periods of over six years will reflect conversion of the Class B shares to Class
A shares at the end of the sixth year.
 
     The following table shows performance information for the Class A and Class
C shares  of  the  Fund for  the  periods  indicated. No  Class  B  shares  were
outstanding  during those periods. All returns for periods of more than one year
are expressed as an average return.
 
   
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                CLASS A     CLASS C
                                                                                --------    --------
<S>                                                                             <C>         <C>
Fiscal year ended June 30, 1995:
     Standardized Return*....................................................   (13.38)%    (10.91)%
     Non-Standardized Return.................................................    (9.29)%    (10.01)%
Five years ended June 30, 1995:
     Standardized Return*....................................................         NA          NA
     Non-Standardized Return.................................................         NA          NA
Inception** to June 30, 1995:
     Standardized Return*....................................................   (15.91)%    (13.86)%
     Non-Standardized Return.................................................   (13.16)%    (13.86)%
</TABLE>
    
 
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 * All Standardized Return figures for Class  A shares reflect deduction of  the
   current maximum sales charge of 4.5%. Standardized Return figures for periods
   of  one year or less for Class C  shares reflect deduction of a 1% contingent
   deferred sales charge  on redemptions  made within  a year  of purchase;  for
   periods  longer  than  one  year,  Non-Standardized  Return  is  identical to
   Standardized Return.
    
 
** The inception date for the Class A shares  and Class C shares of the Fund  is
   January 19, 1994.
 
     OTHER  INFORMATION. In Performance Advertisements, the Fund may compare its
Standardized Return and/or  its Non-Standardized Return  with data published  by
Lipper  Analytical Services,  Inc. ('Lipper')  for growth  funds; CDA Investment
Technologies,  Inc.   ('CDA');   Wiesenberger   Investment   Companies   Service
('Wiesenberger');  Investment Company  Data Inc. ('ICD');  or Morningstar Mutual
Funds ('Morningstar'); or  with the  performance of recognized  stock and  other
 
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indexes,  including (but  not limited  to) the  Standard &  Poor's 500 Composite
Stock Price Index, the Dow  Jones Industrial Average, the International  Finance
Corporation  Global Total Return Index, the Morgan Stanley International Capital
World Index,  the Lehman  Brothers  20+ Year  Treasury  Bond Index,  the  Lehman
Brothers  Government/Corporate Bond  Index, the Salomon  Brothers Non-U.S. World
Government Bond Index, and changes in  the Consumer Price Index as published  by
the  U.S. Department of Commerce.  The Fund also may  refer in such materials to
mutual fund  performance rankings  and other  data, such  as comparative  asset,
expense  and  fee  levels,  published  by  Lipper,  CDA,  Wiesenberger,  ICD  or
Morningstar. Performance Advertisements  also may  refer to  discussions of  the
Fund  and  comparative  mutual fund  data  and ratings  reported  in independent
periodicals, including  (but not  limited  to) THE  WALL STREET  JOURNAL,  MONEY
Magazine,  FORBES, BUSINESS  WEEK, FINANCIAL  WORLD, BARRON'S,  FORTUNE, THE NEW
YORK  TIMES,   THE  CHICAGO   TRIBUNE,  THE   WASHINGTON  POST   and  THE   KIP-
LINGER  LETTERS.  Comparisons in  Performance Advertisements  may be  in graphic
form.
 
     The Fund  may  include  discussions  or illustrations  of  the  effects  of
compounding  in  Performance Advertisements.  'Compounding'  refers to  the fact
that, if dividends or other distributions on a Fund investment are reinvested by
being paid in additional Fund shares, any future income or capital  appreciation
of  the Fund would increase the value, not only of the original Fund investment,
but also  of the  additional Fund  shares received  through reinvestment.  As  a
result,  the value of  the Fund investment  would increase more  quickly than if
dividends or other distributions had been paid in cash.
 
     The Fund may  also compare  its performance  with the  performance of  bank
certificates  of deposits (CDs) as measured  by the CDA Investment Technologies,
Inc. Certificate of Deposit Index, the Bank Rate Monitor National Index and  the
averages  of  yields  of CDs  of  major  banks published  by  Banxquote'r' Money
Markets. In comparing the Fund's performance to CD performance, investors should
keep in mind that bank CDs are insured in  whole or in part by an agency of  the
U.S.  government  and  offer fixed  principal  and  fixed or  variable  rates of
interest,  and  that  bank  CD  yields  may  vary  depending  on  the  financial
institution  offering the CD and prevailing  interest rates. Fund shares are not
insured or guaranteed by the U.S.  government and returns thereon and net  asset
value will fluctuate. The debt securities held by the Fund generally have longer
maturities  than most CDs and may  reflect interest rate fluctuations for longer
term securities.  An investment  in  the Fund  involves  greater risks  than  an
investment in either a money market fund or a CD.
 
                                     TAXES
 
     Set forth below is a summary of certain income tax considerations generally
affecting  the  Fund and  its shareholders.  The  summary is  not intended  as a
substitute for individual tax  planning, and shareholders  are urged to  consult
their  tax  advisors  regarding the  application  of federal,  state,  local and
foreign tax laws to their specific tax situations.
 
TAX STATUS OF THE FUND AND ITS SHAREHOLDERS
 
     The Fund is treated as a  separate entity for federal income tax  purposes.
The Fund's net investment income, capital gains and distributions are determined
for  each Class  of shares separately  from any  other series or  Class that the
Trust may designate.
 
     The Fund has  qualified for  the fiscal  period ended  June 30,  1995 as  a
'regulated investment company' under the Code and intends to continue to qualify
for this treatment for each year. If the
 
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Fund  (1)  is  a  regulated  investment  company  and  (2)  distributes  to  its
shareholders at  least 90%  of its  net investment  income (including  for  this
purpose  its net realized short term capital gains), the Fund will not be liable
for federal income taxes to  the extent that its  net investment income and  its
net  realized long term and short term capital gains, if any, are distributed to
its shareholders. The Fund will be subject  to a nondeductible 4% excise tax  to
the extent it does not satisfy certain other distribution requirements. The Fund
intends to distribute sufficient income so as to avoid both the corporate income
tax and the excise tax.
 
     The  Fund's transactions in foreign currencies, forward currency contracts,
options  and  futures  contracts  (including  options  and  futures  on  foreign
currencies)  are subject  to special  provisions of  the Code  that, among other
things, may affect the character of gains and losses realized by the Fund  (that
is,  may affect  whether gains  or losses  are ordinary  or capital), accelerate
recognition of income to the Fund and  defer Fund losses. These rules (1)  could
affect  the character, amount and timing of distributions to shareholders of the
Fund, (2)  will require  the  Fund to  'mark to  market'  certain types  of  the
positions in its portfolio (that is, treat them as if they were closed out), and
(3)  may cause the Fund to recognize income without receiving cash with which to
make distributions in amounts necessary to satisfy the distribution requirements
for avoiding income and excise taxes described above and in the Prospectus.  The
Fund  will seek to monitor  its transactions, will seek  to make the appropriate
tax elections and will  seek to make  the appropriate entries  in its books  and
records  when  it  acquires  any foreign  currency,  forward  currency contract,
option, futures contract or hedged investment,  to mitigate the effect of  these
rules  and  prevent  disqualification  of the  Fund  as  a  regulated investment
company.
 
     As a general rule, a shareholder's gain or loss on a sale or redemption  of
Fund  shares is a long term capital gain or loss if the shareholder has held the
shares for more than one year. The gain or loss is a short term capital gain  or
loss if the shareholder has held the shares for one year or less.
 
     The  Fund's  net  realized  long  term  capital  gains  are  distributed as
described in the  Prospectus. The distributions  ('capital gain dividends'),  if
any,  will be taxable to shareholders as  long term capital gains, regardless of
how long a shareholder has held Fund  shares, and will be designated as  capital
gain  dividends in a written  notice mailed by the  Trust to the shareholders of
the Fund after  the close of  the Fund's  prior taxable year.  If a  shareholder
receives  a capital  gain dividend with  respect to  any Fund share,  and if the
share is sold  before it  has been  held by the  shareholder for  more than  six
months, then any loss on the sale or exchange of the share, to the extent of the
capital  gain dividend, will be  treated as a long  term capital loss. Investors
considering buying Fund shares on or just prior to the record date for a taxable
dividend or capital  gain distribution should  be aware that  the amount of  the
forthcoming  dividend  or distribution  payment will  be  a taxable  dividend or
distribution payment.
 
     Special rules  contained in  the Code  apply when  a Fund  shareholder  (1)
disposes  of shares of the Fund through  a redemption or exchange within 90 days
of purchase and (2) subsequently  acquires shares of another PaineWebber  mutual
fund  on which a sales charge normally  is imposed without paying a sales charge
in accordance with the exchange privilege described in the Prospectus. In  these
cases, any gain on the disposition of the Fund shares will be increased, or loss
decreased, by the amount of the sales charge paid when the shares were acquired,
and that amount will increase the adjusted basis of the Fund shares subsequently
acquired.  In addition, if  shares of the  Fund are purchased  within 30 days of
redeeming shares at a  loss, the loss  will not be  deductible and instead  will
increase the basis of the newly purchased shares.
 
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     If  a  shareholder  fails to  furnish  the  Trust with  a  correct taxpayer
identification number, fails  to report  fully dividend or  interest income,  or
fails  to certify that he or she  has provided a correct taxpayer identification
number and that  he or  she is  not subject  to 'backup  withholding,' then  the
shareholder may be subject to a 31% 'backup withholding' tax with respect to (1)
taxable  dividends and distributions from  the Fund and (2)  the proceeds of any
redemptions of Fund  shares. An individual's  taxpayer identification number  is
his  or  her  social security  number.  The  backup withholding  tax  is  not an
additional tax and may be credited  against a taxpayer's regular federal  income
tax liability.
 
INVESTMENT IN PASSIVE FOREIGN INVESTMENT COMPANIES
 
     If  the Fund purchases shares in  certain foreign entities classified under
the Code as 'passive foreign investment  companies,' the Fund may be subject  to
federal  income tax on  a portion of  an 'excess distribution'  or gain from the
disposition of the shares, even though the income may have to be distributed  as
a  taxable dividend by  the Fund to  its shareholders. In  addition, gain on the
disposition of  shares in  a  passive foreign  investment company  generally  is
treated  as ordinary  income even  though the shares  are capital  assets in the
hands of the Fund. Certain interest charges may be imposed on either the Fund or
its shareholders with respect to any taxes arising from excess distributions  or
gains on the disposition of shares in a passive foreign investment company.
 
     The  Fund may be eligible to elect to include in its gross income its share
of earnings  of  a  passive  foreign investment  company  on  a  current  basis.
Generally,  the election  would eliminate the  interest charge  and the ordinary
income treatment on the disposition of stock, but such an election may have  the
effect  of accelerating the recognition of income and gains by the Fund compared
to a fund that did not make  the election. In addition, information required  to
make such an election may not be available to the Fund.
 
     Legislation  currently pending before the U.S. Congress would unify and, in
certain cases, modify the anti-deferral rules contained in various provisions of
the Code, including the passive  foreign investment company provisions,  related
to  the taxation of U.S. shareholders of  foreign corporations. In the case of a
passive  foreign  company  ('PFC'),  as  defined  in  the  legislation,   having
'marketable  stock,' the legislation would require U.S. shareholders owning less
than 25% of a PFC  that is not U.S.-controlled to  mark to market the PFC  stock
annually,  unless such shareholders elected to include in income currently their
proportionate shares of the PFC's income and gain. Otherwise, U.S.  shareholders
would  be treated  substantially the  same as  under current  law. Special rules
applicable to mutual  funds would classify  as 'marketable stock'  all stock  in
PFCs  owned by the Fund; however, the Fund would not be liable for tax on income
from PFCs that is distributed to shareholders. It is impossible to predict if or
when the legislation will become law and, if it is so enacted, what form it will
ultimately take. If the Fund is not able to make the foregoing election, it  may
be  able to avoid the interest charge (but not the ordinary income treatment) on
disposition of the stock by electing,  under proposed regulations, each year  to
mark-to-market  the stock (that is, treat it as  if it were sold for fair market
value). Such an  election could  also result in  acceleration of  income to  the
Fund.
 
                               OTHER INFORMATION
 
   
     The  Trust  was  organized  as  a business  trust  under  the  laws  of The
Commonwealth of Massachusetts pursuant  to a Declaration  of Trust dated  August
10,  1992, as amended from time to  time (the 'Declaration'). The Fund commenced
operations on January 19, 1994. Prior to November 1, 1995, the name of the  Fund
was 'Mitchell Hutchins/Kidder, Peabody Emerging
    
 
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Markets  Equity Fund.'  Prior to  February 13,  1995, the  name of  the Fund was
'Kidder, Peabody Emerging Markets Equity Fund.' Prior to November 10, 1995,  the
Fund's  Class C shares were called 'Class B' shares. New Class B shares were not
offered prior to November 1, 1995.
 
     Massachusetts law  provides that  shareholders of  the Trust  could,  under
certain  circumstances, be  held personally  liable for  the obligations  of the
Trust. The Declaration disclaims shareholder  liability for acts or  obligations
of  the Trust, however, and  requires that notice of  the disclaimer be given in
each agreement, obligation or instrument entered  into or executed by the  Trust
or  a Trustee.  The Declaration  provides for  indemnification from  the Trust's
property for  all losses  and expenses  of  any shareholder  of the  Trust  held
personally  liable for the  obligations of the  Trust. Thus, the  risk of a Fund
shareholder incurring  financial loss  on account  of shareholder  liability  is
limited  to  circumstances  in which  the  Trust  would be  unable  to  meet its
obligations, a possibility that the Trust's management believes is remote.  Upon
payment  of  any liability  incurred by  the Trust,  the shareholder  paying the
liability will  be entitled  to reimbursement  from the  general assets  of  the
Trust.  The Trustees intend to conduct the operations of the Trust in such a way
so as to avoid, as far as  possible, ultimate liability of the shareholders  for
liabilities of the Trust.
 
     CLASS-SPECIFIC  EXPENSES. The Fund  might determine to  allocate certain of
its expenses (in addition to distribution  fees) to the specific Classes of  the
Fund's  shares to  which those expenses  are attributable. For  example, Class B
shares of the  Funds bear higher  transfer agency fees  per shareholder  account
than  those borne by Class A or Class C shares. The higher fee is imposed due to
the higher costs incurred by the Transfer Agent in tracking shares subject to  a
contingent  deferred sales charge because, upon  redemption, the duration of the
shareholder's investment must be determined in order to determine the applicable
charge. Moreover,  the  tracking  and calculations  required  by  the  automatic
conversion  feature of the Class B shares will cause the Transfer Agent to incur
additional costs. Although the transfer agency fee will differ on a per  account
basis  as stated above,  the specific extent  to which the  transfer agency fees
will differ between the Classes  as a percentage of  net assets is not  certain,
because  the fee as a percentage of net assets will be affected by the number of
shareholder accounts in  each Class and  the relative amounts  of net assets  in
each Class.
 
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
 
     Ernst & Young LLP, located at 787 Seventh Avenue, New York, New York 10019,
serves  as independent auditors for  the Trust. In that  capacity, Ernst & Young
LLP will audit the Trust's financial statements at least annually.
 
COUNSEL
 
     Willkie Farr &  Gallagher, located at  One Citicorp Center,  153 East  53rd
Street, New York, New York 10022, serves as counsel to the Trust.
 
                              FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
 
     The Fund's Annual Report to Shareholders for the fiscal year ended June 30,
1995  is  a  separate  document  supplied  with  this  Statement  of  Additional
Information, and  the financial  statements, accompanying  notes and  report  of
independent  accountants appearing therein are incorporated by reference in this
Statement of Additional Information.
 
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NO  PERSON  HAS  BEEN  AUTHORIZED  TO  GIVE  ANY  INFORMATION  OR  TO  MAKE  ANY
REPRESENTATION  NOT  CONTAINED  IN  THE  PROSPECTUS  OR  IN  THIS  STATEMENT  OF
ADDITIONAL  INFORMATION IN CONNECTION  WITH THE OFFERING  MADE BY THE PROSPECTUS
AND, IF GIVEN OR  MADE, SUCH INFORMATION OR  REPRESENTATIONS MUST NOT BE  RELIED
UPON  AS HAVING BEEN AUTHORIZED  BY THE FUND OR  ITS DISTRIBUTOR. THE PROSPECTUS
AND THIS STATEMENT OF  ADDITIONAL INFORMATION DO NOT  CONSTITUTE AN OFFERING  BY
THE  FUND OR BY THE  DISTRIBUTOR IN ANY JURISDICTION  IN WHICH SUCH OFFERING MAY
NOT LAWFULLY BE MADE.
 
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                               TABLE OF CONTENTS
 
   
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<S>                                                 <C>
Statement of Additional Information..............     1
Investment Policies and Restrictions.............     1
Trustees and Officers............................     6
Investment Advisory and Distribution
  Arrangements...................................     9
Portfolio Transactions...........................    11
Reduced Sales Charges, Additional
  Exchange and Redemption
  Information and Other Services.................    13
Conversion of Class B Shares.....................    17
Valuation of Shares..............................    17
Performance Information..........................    18
Taxes............................................    20
Other Information................................    22
Financial Statements.............................    23
</TABLE>
    
 
'c'1995 PAINEWEBBER INCORPORATED
 
[Logo]  Recycled Paper
 
                                             PaineWebber
                                              Emerging Markets Equity Fund
 
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                                             Statement of Additional Information
                                                                November 1, 1995
 
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                                                                     PAINEWEBBER





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                          PAINEWEBBER EMERGING MARKETS
                                  EQUITY FUND
                                 CLASS Y SHARES
                          1285 Avenue of the Americas
                            New York, New York 10019
 
  Professional Management
  Portfolio Diversification
  Dividend and Capital Gain
   Reinvestment
  Low Minimum Investment
  Automatic Investment Plan
  Systematic Withdrawal Plan
  Exchange Privileges
  Suitable for Retirement Plans
 
   
The  Fund is a  series of Mitchell Hutchins/Kidder,  Peabody Investment Trust II
('Trust'). This  Prospectus  concisely  sets  forth  information  a  prospective
investor  should  know  about  the Fund  before  investing.  Please  retain this
Prospectus for future  reference. A  Statement of  Additional Information  dated
November 1, 1995 (which is incorporated by reference herein) has been filed with
the  Securities and Exchange Commission. The Statement of Additional Information
can be obtained without charge, and further inquiries can be made, by contacting
the Fund, your PaineWebber  investment executive or PaineWebber's  correspondent
firms or by calling toll-free 1-800-647-1568.
    
 
The  Class Y shares described in this  Prospectus are currently offered for sale
primarily  to   participants  in   the  INSIGHT   Investment  Advisory   Program
('INSIGHT'), when purchased through that program. See 'Purchases.'
 
                            ------------------------
 
THESE  SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED BY THE SECURITIES AND
   EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION NOR HAS ANY  SUCH
     COMMISSION  PASSED UPON THE ACCURACY OR ADEQUACY OF THIS PROSPECTUS.
           ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE.
 
                            ------------------------
                The date of this Prospectus is November 1, 1995
                            PAINEWEBBER MUTUAL FUNDS





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                               PROSPECTUS SUMMARY
 
     EXPENSES  OF INVESTING  IN THE FUND.  The following tables  are intended to
assist investors in understanding the expenses associated with investing in  the
Fund.
 
                        SHAREHOLDER TRANSACTION EXPENSES
 
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<S>                                                                                   <C>
Maximum sales charge on purchases of shares (as a percentage of public offering
  price)...........................................................................     None
Sales charge on reinvested dividends...............................................     None
Maximum contingent deferred sales charge (as a percentage of redemption
  proceeds)........................................................................     None
Maximum Annual Investment Advisory Fee Payable by Shareholders through INSIGHT (as
  a percentage of average daily value of shares held)..............................    1.50%
</TABLE>
 
                       ANNUAL FUND OPERATING EXPENSES(1)
                    (AS A PERCENTAGE OF AVERAGE NET ASSETS)
 
<TABLE>
<S>                                                                                   <C>
Management fees....................................................................     1.62%
12b-1 fees.........................................................................     0.00
Other expenses.....................................................................     0.57
                                                                                      -------
Total operating expenses*..........................................................     2.19%
                                                                                      -------
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</TABLE>
 
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(1) See  'Management' for additional information.  The management fee payable to
    Mitchell Hutchins is greater than the management fee paid by most funds.
 
                      EXAMPLE OF EFFECT OF FUND EXPENSES*
 
     An investor would directly  or indirectly pay the  following expenses on  a
$1,000 investment in the Fund, assuming a 5% annual return:
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
ONE YEAR      THREE YEARS      FIVE YEARS      TEN YEARS
- --------      -----------      ----------      ---------
<S>           <C>              <C>             <C>
  $ 22            $69             $117           $ 252
</TABLE>
 
     This  Example  assumes  that  all  dividends  and  other  distributions are
reinvested and that the  percentage amounts listed  under Annual Fund  Operating
Expenses remain the same in the years shown. The above tables and the assumption
in  the  Example  of a  5%  annual return  are  required by  regulations  of the
Securities and Exchange Commission ('SEC')  applicable to all mutual funds;  the
assumed  5% annual return  is not a  prediction of, and  does not represent, the
projected or actual performance of Class Y shares of the Fund.
 
     THE EXAMPLE SHOULD  NOT BE CONSIDERED  A REPRESENTATION OF  PAST OR  FUTURE
EXPENSES,  AND THE FUND'S ACTUAL EXPENSES MAY  BE MORE OR LESS THAN THOSE SHOWN.
The actual expenses attributable to Class Y shares of the Fund will depend upon,
among other things, the level of average net assets and the extent to which  the
Fund incurs variable expenses, such as transfer agency costs.
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* During  the fiscal year ended June  30, 1995, Mitchell Hutchins reimbursed the
  Fund for  a portion  of the  operating expenses.  Without such  reimbursement,
  total  operating expenses would have  been 2.29% and the  expenses on a $1,000
  investment at the end of one, three,  five and ten years would have been  $23,
  $72, $123 and $263, respectively.
 
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                              FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
 
The  table below  provides selected per  share data  and ratios for  one Class Y
share (prior to November 10, 1995, called 'Class C' shares) of the Fund for each
of the  periods  shown.  This  information  is  supplemented  by  the  financial
statements  and  accompanying notes  appearing in  the  Fund's Annual  Report to
Shareholders for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1995, which are incorporated  by
reference into the Statement of Additional Information. The financial statements
and notes, and the financial information appearing in the table below, have been
audited  by Deloitte & Touche LLP, independent accountants, whose report thereon
is included in the Annual Report to Shareholders. Further information about  the
Fund's  performance is also included in the Annual Report to Shareholders, which
may be obtained without charge.
 
   
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                                 Class Y
                                                                                       ----------------------------
                                                                                         For the         For the
                                                                                        Year ended     Period ended
                                                                                         June 30,        June 30,
                                                                                           1995          1994`D'
                                                                                       ------------    ------------
<S>                                                                                    <C>             <C>
Net asset value, beginning of period..................................................   $  10.80        $  12.00
                                                                                       ------------    ------------
Increase (decrease) from investment operations:
Net investment income.................................................................       0.01            0.05
Net realized and unrealized losses from investment transactions.......................      (0.99)          (1.25)
                                                                                       ------------    ------------
Net decrease in net assets resulting from investment operations.......................      (0.98)          (1.20)
                                                                                       ------------    ------------
Less dividends to shareholders from:
Net investment income.................................................................      (0.07)         --
                                                                                       ------------    ------------
Net asset value, end of period........................................................   $   9.75        $  10.80
                                                                                       ------------    ------------
                                                                                       ------------    ------------
Total Investment Return(1)............................................................      (9.03)%        (10.00)%
                                                                                       ------------    ------------
                                                                                       ------------    ------------
Ratios/Supplemental Data:
Net assets, end of period (000's omitted).............................................   $ 12,332        $ 15,435
Ratios of expenses, net of fee waivers and expense reimbursements, to average net
  assets..............................................................................       2.19 %          2.22 %*
Ratios of expenses, before fee waivers and expense reimbursements, to average net
  assets..............................................................................       2.29 %          2.22 %*
Ratios of net investment income to average net assets.................................      (0.51)%          0.97 %*
Portfolio turnover....................................................................         76 %             8 %
</TABLE>
    
 
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  * Annualized.
 
 `D' For the period January 19, 1994 (commencement of investment operations)  to
     June 30, 1994.
 
(1) Total  investment return is  calculated assuming a  $1,000 investment on the
    first day  of  each  period  reported, reinvestment  of  all  dividends  and
    distributions  at net asset  value on the  payable dates, and  a sale at net
    asset value  on the  last  day of  each  period reported.  Total  investment
    returns for periods of less than one year have not been annualized.
 
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                       INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE AND POLICIES
 
OBJECTIVE
 
      The  Fund's investment  objective is  long term  capital appreciation. The
Fund seeks  to  achieve  its  objective  through  investment  in  a  diversified
portfolio  consisting  primarily of  equity  securities of  issuers  in Emerging
Markets in Asia, Latin America, the Middle East, Southern Europe, Eastern Europe
and Africa.
 
      There can  be no  assurance  that the  Fund  will achieve  its  investment
objective.  The Fund's net asset value will  fluctuate based upon changes in the
value of its portfolio securities.  The Fund's investment objective and  certain
investment limitations, as described in the Statement of Additional Information,
are  fundamental policies and  may not be  changed without shareholder approval.
All other  investment policies  may be  changed by  the Corporation's  board  of
directors without shareholder approval.
 
INVESTMENT SELECTION PROCESS
 
      The  Sub-Adviser's  efforts  focus  primarily  on  asset  allocation among
selected Emerging Markets  and, secondarily,  on issuer  selection within  those
markets.  In  addition  to  considerations  relating  to  a  particular market's
investment restrictions  and tax  barriers, this  asset allocation  is based  on
other  relevant  factors including  the  outlook for  economic  growth, currency
exchange rates,  commodity prices,  interest rates,  political factors  and  the
stage of the local market cycle in the market. The Sub-Adviser expects to spread
the  Fund's investments over geographic as  well as economic sectors. Generally,
the Sub-Adviser does  not intend to  invest more than  two-thirds of the  Fund's
total  assets in any  single region (Asia, Latin  America, Middle East, Southern
Europe, Eastern  Europe  or Africa)  or  35% in  any  single country.  Under  no
circumstances  will the  Sub-Adviser invest  more than  25% of  the Fund's total
assets in any  single industry. Within  each Emerging Market,  the Fund will  be
diversified  through investments in a number of local companies characterized by
attractive valuation relative to expected growth.
 
   
      MARKET SELECTION.  As of  September 30,  1995, there  were over  60  newly
industrializing  and  developing countries  having equity  markets. The  18 most
accessible of these markets had  a total market capitalization of  approximately
$1.598  trillion and over 7,700 listed stocks.  A number of the Emerging Markets
are not yet  easily accessible to  foreign investors and  have unattractive  tax
barriers  or insufficient liquidity to make  significant investments by the Fund
feasible or attractive.  However, many of  the largest of  the Emerging  Markets
have, in recent years, liberalized access and the Sub-Adviser expects more to do
so over the coming few years.
    
 
      Selections  are  made  among  Emerging Markets  based  on  various factors
including:
 
          MARKET FACTORS -- including the relative attractiveness of the  market
     in  comparison with  its historic performance  and with  the performance of
     other emerging and world markets on the basis of fundamental values  (e.g.,
     price/earnings,  price/book value, earnings  momentum, volatility, dividend
     yield and debt/equity). The Sub-Adviser  employs a computerized global  and
     emerging  market asset allocation model as one of its methods to assess the
     relative attractiveness of each Emerging Market based on these factors.
 
          MACRO-ECONOMIC  FACTORS  --  including  the  outlook  for  currencies,
     interest   rates,   commodities,  economic   growth,   inflation,  business
     confidence and private sector initiative.
 
          POLITICAL FACTORS -- including the stability of the current government
     and its attitudes towards foreign investment,
 
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     private sector initiative and development of capital markets.
 
          MARKET DEVELOPMENT -- the development of the market relative to  North
     American  markets  in  terms  of market  capitalization,  level  of trading
     activity, sophistication  of  capital  market  activities  and  shareholder
     protection.
 
          INVESTMENT  RESTRICTIONS --  including the level  of foreign ownership
     allowed, the  method  of investment  allowed  (e.g., direct  investment  or
     through  authorized investment funds), required holding periods, ability to
     repatriate earnings and applicable tax legislation.
 
      Based on  these and  other factors,  the portfolio  is evaluated  and,  if
necessary,  adjusted on at least a quarterly basis to ensure that it conforms to
the objective and policies of  the Fund. Each of  the Emerging Markets in  which
the  Fund may invest is also monitored on a continuous basis and tactical shifts
in portfolio allocation are made, when required, based on new developments.
 
      Emerging Markets  in  which  the  Fund intends  to  invest  are  currently
expected to be selected from the following 34 Emerging Markets and republics:
 
<TABLE>
<S>             <C>
ASIA:           Bangladesh,  China, Hong Kong,
                India, Indonesia, Korea,
                Malaysia, Pakistan, Papua  New
                Guinea, Philippines,
                Singapore, Sri Lanka, Republic
                of China (Taiwan), Thailand
 
LATIN AMERICA:  Argentina,   Bolivia,  Brazil,
                Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Peru,
                Venezuela
EUROPE/MIDDLE
  EAST:         The Czech Republic,
                Commonwealth  of   Independent
                States, Greece, Hungary,
                Jordan,    Poland,   Portugal,
                Turkey
 
AFRICA:         Mauritius,   Morocco,    South
                Africa, Zimbabwe
</TABLE>
 
      The  foregoing list of Emerging Markets is not exhaustive. As used in this
Prospectus, the countries that will not be considered Emerging Markets  include:
Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland,
Italy,  Japan,  Luxembourg,  Netherlands, New  Zealand,  Spain,  Norway, Sweden,
Switzerland,  United  Kingdom  and  the  United  States.  Under  normal   market
conditions,  the Fund will invest a minimum of 65% of its total assets in equity
securities of issuers in  Emerging Markets and will  maintain investments in  at
least  three  Emerging Markets.  In  a number  of  the countries,  investment is
presently allowed exclusively or predominantly through existing or newly  formed
authorized  investment funds. See 'Types  of Portfolio Investments' below. These
restrictions are gradually easing and the Fund anticipates that it will be  able
to  make investments in  individual stocks in these  countries as their attitude
towards foreign  investment  improves. The  Sub-Adviser  expects that  over  the
coming  years a number of countries other  than those listed above are likely to
become potential candidates for investment by the Fund, including Uruguay, Ivory
Coast, Jamaica, Kenya, Nigeria and Slovakia.
 
      INVESTMENT SELECTION. Within each Emerging  Market, the Fund invests in  a
selection  of companies  that are  characterized by  attractive valuation. Using
various data  bases  and  sources of  investment  information,  the  Sub-Adviser
screens  each  market for  companies available  for investment.  In order  to be
considered  for  investment,  companies   must  legally  permit  investment   by
foreigners, have a market capitalization of over $15 million and show sufficient
liquidity based on trading volume and shares outstanding. From among this group,
investments   are   systematically   screened   for   fundamental   value  based
 
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on a number of standards, including price-to-earnings ratio, price-to-book value
ratio, earnings momentum, dividend yield  and debt-to-equity ratio. The  purpose
of   this  screening  is  to   eliminate  investments  in  companies  considered
inappropriate  due  to  inadequate  liquidity  or  unacceptable  risk   factors.
Decisions on issuer selection are often influenced by on-site visits to issuers.
The  resulting selection of investments is intended  to provide a broad group of
attractively valued investments available to foreign investors in each  Emerging
Market.
 
      USE OF QUANTITATIVE TECHNIQUES. The Sub-Adviser has developed and will use
a  proprietary asset allocation model to assist  in the selection of markets and
individual stocks. Making use of long-term historical data on at least 1,000  of
the  most actively traded  stocks in the  target markets, as  well as additional
data for  recent years  and earnings  forecasts, the  Sub-Adviser estimates  the
relationship  between the  fair value  and price  levels of  markets based  on a
variety of fundamental indicators. Statistical techniques are employed that help
determine those  indicators that  are relevant  in particular  cases. The  model
evaluates  markets in historical and prospective terms taking into consideration
interest  rates,  inflation  and   currency  developments.  While  following   a
disciplined,  systematic  approach  to  investment  selection,  the  Sub-Adviser
combines  the  results  from  computerized  screening  techniques  with  market,
industry, economic and political information.
 
TYPES OF PORTFOLIO INVESTMENTS
 
      An equity security of an issuer in an Emerging Market is defined as common
stock  and preferred stock (including convertible preferred stock); bonds, notes
and debentures  convertible  into  common or  preferred  stock;  stock  purchase
warrants and rights; equity interests in trusts and partnerships; and depositary
receipts  of companies: (1) the principal securities trading market for which is
in an Emerging  Market; (2) whose  principal trading market  is in any  country,
provided  that, alone  or on a  consolidated basis,  they derive 50%  or more of
their annual  revenue  from  either  goods  produced,  sales  made  or  services
performed  in Emerging Markets; or (3) that are organized under the laws of, and
with a principal office in, an Emerging Market. Determinations as to eligibility
are made  by  the  Sub-Adviser  based  on  publicly  available  information  and
inquiries made to the companies.
 
      The  Fund  may invest  in securities  of  foreign issuers  in the  form of
American  Depositary  Receipts  ('ADRs'),  which  are  U.S.   dollar-denominated
receipts  typically  issued  by domestic  banks  or trust  companies,  and which
represent the deposit  with those entities  of securities of  a foreign  issuer.
ADRs  are publicly traded on exchanges  or over-the-counter in the United States
and are issued through 'sponsored' or 'unsponsored' arrangements. In a sponsored
ADR arrangement, the foreign issuer assumes the obligation to pay some or all of
the depositary's transaction fees, whereas under an unsponsored arrangement, the
foreign issuer assumes no obligations and the depositary's transaction fees  are
paid  directly by  the ADR  holders. The  Fund may  invest in  ADRs through both
sponsored and unsponsored arrangements.
 
      The Fund, in addition  to investing in foreign  securities in the form  of
ADRs,  may purchase European  Depositary Receipts ('EDRs'),  which are sometimes
referred to  as Continental  Depositary  Receipts ('CDRs').  EDRs and  CDRs  are
generally  issued by foreign  banks and evidence ownership  of either foreign or
domestic securities.
 
      In certain countries that currently prohibit direct foreign investment  in
the securi-
 
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ties  of  their  companies, indirect  foreign  investment in  the  securities of
companies listed  and  traded on  the  stock  exchanges in  these  countries  is
permitted  through investment  funds that  have been  specifically authorized to
invest directly in the relevant market. The Fund may invest in these  investment
funds  and registered investment companies subject to the provisions of the 1940
Act. Under the 1940 Act, the Fund,  subject to certain exceptions, may invest  a
maximum  of  10% of  its  total assets  in  the securities  of  other investment
companies, not more than 5%  of the Fund's total assets  may be invested in  the
securities  of any one investment company and the  Fund may not own more than 3%
of the  securities  of  any one  investment  company.  If the  Fund  invests  in
investment  companies, the Fund  will bear its proportionate  share of the costs
incurred by such companies, including investment advisory fees, if any.
 
      Although the Fund does not intend to do so in the foreseeable future,  the
Fund  may hedge  all or  a portion  of its  portfolio investments  through stock
options, stock index options,  futures contracts and  options thereon and  short
sales  and may hedge all  or a portion of its  exposure to foreign currencies in
which its  investments  are,  or  are anticipated  to  be,  denominated  through
currency   futures  contracts  and  options  thereon,  and  options  on  foreign
currencies. Currently, these financial instruments are only rarely available  in
Emerging  Markets and the  Fund will not engage  in transactions involving these
instruments prior to providing appropriate disclosure to investors. Although  it
has  no intention of doing so  in an amount exceeding 5%  of its total assets in
the foreseeable future, the Fund may lend its portfolio securities, as described
in the  Statement of  Additional  Information. The  Fund  intends to  engage  in
transactions  involving forward  currency contracts.  See 'Investment Techniques
and Strategies' below.
 
   
      Up to 15%  of the  value of  the Fund's total  assets may  be invested  in
illiquid  securities, which  are securities  lacking readily  available markets,
including: (1) repurchase agreements  not maturing within  seven days, (2)  time
deposits  with  maturities in  excess  of seven  days  and (3)  securities whose
disposition is restricted as to resale in the principal market in which they are
traded (other than Rule 144A securities  determined to be liquid by the  Trust's
Board of Trustees).
    
 
      The Fund may hold up to 35% of its total assets in cash or invest in money
market  instruments and in excess of that amount when the Sub-Adviser determines
that unstable market, economic, political or currency conditions abroad  warrant
adoption  of a temporary defensive posture. To  the extent that it holds cash or
invests in money  market instruments, the  Fund may not  achieve its  investment
objective.
 
      Pending  the investment of funds resulting from the sale of Fund shares or
the liquidation of portfolio holdings, or during temporary defensive periods  or
in  order to have available highly liquid assets to meet anticipated redemptions
of Fund shares or to pay the  Fund's operating expenses, the Fund may invest  in
the following types of money market instruments: securities issued or guaranteed
by  the U.S. Government or one of its agencies or instrumentalities ('Government
Securities'); bank obligations (including certificates of deposit, time deposits
and bankers'  acceptances  of  foreign  or  domestic  banks  and  other  banking
institutions  having total assets in excess  of $500 million); commercial paper,
including variable and floating rate notes, rated no lower than A-1 by  Standard
& Poor's or Prime-1 by Moody's Investors Service, Inc., or the equivalent rating
from  another  major rating  service, or,  if  unrated, of  an issuer  having an
outstanding unsecured
 
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debt issue then rated within the three highest rating categories; and repurchase
agreements meeting the conditions  described below under 'Investment  Techniques
and  Strategies  -- Repurchase  Agreements.'  Except during  temporary defensive
periods, the Fund will not  invest more than 35% of  its assets in money  market
instruments.  At  no  time  will the  Fund's  investments  in  bank obligations,
including time deposits, exceed 25% of the value of its assets.
 
      The Fund  is authorized  to  invest in  obligations  of foreign  banks  or
foreign  branches of  domestic banks  that are  traded in  the United  States or
outside the  United States,  but that  are denominated  in U.S.  dollars.  These
obligations  entail  risks  that  are different  from  those  of  investments in
obligations  in  domestic  banks,  including  foreign  economic  and   political
developments  outside the United States,  foreign governmental restrictions that
may adversely  affect payment  of  principal and  interest on  the  obligations,
foreign  exchange controls  and foreign  withholding or  other taxes  on income.
Foreign branches of domestic  banks are not necessarily  subject to the same  or
similar  regulatory requirements that apply to domestic banks, such as mandatory
reserve requirements, loan  limitations and accounting,  auditing and  financial
recordkeeping  requirements.  In  addition,  less  information  may  be publicly
available about a foreign branch of a domestic bank than about a domestic bank.
 
      Among the  Government  Securities  that  may  be  held  by  the  Fund  are
instruments  that  are supported  by the  full  faith and  credit of  the United
States; instruments that are supported by the right of the issuer to borrow from
the U.S. Treasury; and  instruments that are supported  solely by the credit  of
the  instrumentality.  The Fund  may  invest up  to 5%  of  its total  assets in
exchange  rate-related  Government  Securities,  which  are  described  in   the
Statement of Additional Information.
 
INVESTMENT TECHNIQUES AND STRATEGIES
 
      The  Fund, in seeking  to meet its investment  objective, is authorized to
engage in  any  one  or  more  of  the  specialized  investment  techniques  and
strategies described below:
 
      FORWARD  CURRENCY  TRANSACTIONS.  The  Fund may  hold  currencies  to meet
settlement requirements  for  foreign  securities and  may  engage  in  currency
exchange  transactions to  protect against  uncertainty in  the level  of future
exchange rates between  a particular  foreign currency  and the  U.S. dollar  or
between  foreign  currencies  in  which  the Fund's  securities  are  or  may be
denominated. Forward currency contracts are agreements to exchange one  currency
for  another at  a future  date. The  date (which  may be  any agreed-upon fixed
number of days in the  future), the amount of currency  to be exchanged and  the
price  at which the  exchange takes place  will be negotiated  and fixed for the
term of the contract at the time that the Fund enters into the contract. Forward
currency contracts  (1)  are  traded  in a  market  conducted  directly  between
currency  traders (typically, commercial banks  or other financial institutions)
and their customers,  (2) generally  have no  deposit requirements  and (3)  are
typically consummated without payment of any commissions. The Fund, however, may
enter  into  forward  currency  contracts requiring  deposits  or  involving the
payment of commissions.
 
      Upon maturity of a forward currency contract, the Fund may (1) pay for and
receive the underlying currency, (2) negotiate  with the dealer to rollover  the
contract  into a new forward currency contract with a new future settlement date
or  (3)  negotiate   with  the   dealer  to  terminate   the  forward   contract
 
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by  entering into an  offset with the  currency trader providing  for the Fund's
paying or  receiving the  difference  between the  exchange  rate fixed  in  the
contract  and  the then  current exchange  rate. The  Fund may  also be  able to
negotiate such an offset prior to maturity of the original forward contract.  No
assurance  can be  given that  new forward contracts  or offsets  will always be
available to the Fund.
 
      The Fund's  dealings in  forward foreign  exchange is  limited to  hedging
involving  either  specific  transactions  or  portfolio  positions. Transaction
hedging is the  purchase or  sale of one  forward foreign  currency for  another
currency  with respect to specific receivables  or payables of the Fund accruing
in connection with the purchase and  sale of its portfolio securities, the  sale
and  redemption  of  shares  of  the  Fund  or  the  payment  of  dividends  and
distributions by  the Fund.  Position hedging  is the  purchase or  sale of  one
forward foreign currency for another currency with respect to portfolio security
positions  denominated or quoted in the foreign currency to offset the effect of
an anticipated substantial  appreciation or depreciation,  respectively, in  the
value  of the currency relative to the  U.S. dollar. In this situation, the Fund
also may, for  example, enter  into a  forward contract  to sell  or purchase  a
different  foreign currency for a fixed U.S.  dollar amount where it is believed
that the U.S. dollar value of the currency to be sold or bought pursuant to  the
forward  contract will  fall or rise,  as the case  may be, whenever  there is a
decline or increase, respectively, in the  U.S. dollar value of the currency  in
which  portfolio securities  of the  Fund are  denominated (this  practice being
referred to as a 'cross-hedge').
 
      In hedging  a specific  transaction, the  Fund may  enter into  a  forward
contract  with  respect  to either  the  currency  in which  the  transaction is
denominated or  another  currency deemed  appropriate  by the  Sub-Adviser.  The
amount  the Fund  may invest  in forward  currency contracts  is limited  to the
amount of  the  Fund's aggregate  investments  in foreign  currencies.  See  the
Statement of Additional Information for a further discussion of forward currency
contracts.
 
      REPURCHASE  AGREEMENTS.  The  Fund  may  engage  in  repurchase  agreement
transactions with respect  to instruments  in which  the Fund  is authorized  to
invest.  The Fund may  engage in repurchase  agreement transactions with certain
member banks of the  Federal Reserve System and  with certain dealers listed  on
the  Federal Reserve  Bank of  New York's list  of reporting  dealers. Under the
terms of a typical  repurchase agreement, the Fund  would acquire an  underlying
debt obligation for a relatively short period (usually not more than seven days)
subject  to an obligation of  the seller to repurchase,  and the Fund to resell,
the obligation at an agreed-upon price  and time, thereby determining the  yield
during  the Fund's holding period. Thus, repurchase agreements are considered to
be collateralized loans. This arrangement results in a fixed rate of return that
is not subject  to market  fluctuations during  the Fund's  holding period.  The
value  of  the securities  underlying  a repurchase  agreement  of the  Fund are
monitored on an ongoing basis by the Sub-Adviser or Mitchell Hutchins to  ensure
that  the  value is  at least  equal at  all times  to the  total amount  of the
repurchase obligation, including interest. The Sub-Adviser or Mitchell  Hutchins
also   monitors,  on  an   ongoing  basis  to   evaluate  potential  risks,  the
creditworthiness of those  banks and  dealers with  which the  Fund enters  into
repurchase agreements.
 
      WHEN-ISSUED  AND  DELAYED-DELIVERY  SECURITIES.  To  secure  prices deemed
advantageous at  a  particular time,  the  Fund  may purchase  securities  on  a
when-issued  or delayed-delivery basis, in which case delivery of the securities
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settlement period; payment for or delivery of the securities would be made prior
to the reciprocal delivery or payment by the other party to the transaction. The
Fund enters into when-issued or delayed-delivery transactions for the purpose of
acquiring securities and not for the purpose of leverage. When-issued securities
purchased by the Fund  may include securities  purchased on a  'when, as and  if
issued'  basis  under  which  the  issuance of  the  securities  depends  on the
occurrence of  a subsequent  event,  such as  approval  of a  merger,  corporate
reorganization   or  debt  restructuring.  The  Fund  will  establish  with  its
custodian, or with a designated  sub-custodian, a segregated account  consisting
of cash, Government Securities or other liquid high-grade debt obligations in an
amount  equal  to the  amount of  its  when-issued or  delayed-delivery purchase
commitments.
 
INVESTMENT RESTRICTIONS
 
      The Trust  has adopted  certain fundamental  investment restrictions  with
respect  to the Fund that  may not be changed without  approval of a majority of
the Fund's outstanding voting securities (as defined in the 1940 Act).  Included
among those fundamental restrictions are the following:
 
          1.  The  Fund will  not lend  money to  other persons,  except through
     purchasing debt obligations, lending portfolio securities in an amount  not
     to exceed 33 1/3% of the value of the Fund's total assets and entering into
     repurchase agreements.
 
          2. The Fund may borrow from banks for leveraging purposes (although it
     has  no intention of  doing so in  the foreseeable future),  as well as the
     meeting  of  redemption  requests  and  cash  payments  of  dividends   and
     distributions  that  might otherwise  require  the untimely  disposition of
     securities, in an amount not to exceed  33 1/3% of the value of the  Fund's
     total  assets  (including  the  amount  borrowed)  valued  at  market  less
     liabilities (not including the amount  borrowed) at the time the  borrowing
     is made.
 
      The  risks of borrowing for investment  purposes, as well as certain other
investment restrictions  adopted by  the Trust  with respect  to the  Fund,  are
described in the Statement of Additional Information.
 
RISK FACTORS AND SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS
 
      Investing  in the Fund involves risks  and special considerations, such as
those described below:
 
      GENERAL. An investment in shares of  the Fund should not be considered  to
be  a complete investment program. The value of the Fund's investments and, as a
result, the net asset values of the Fund's shares will fluctuate in response  to
changes in the market and economic conditions as well as the financial condition
and  prospects of issuers in which the Fund invests. Issuers in Emerging Markets
typically are subject  to a greater  degree of change  in earnings and  business
prospects  than are companies  in developed markets.  In addition, securities of
issuers in Emerging  Markets are traded  in lower volume  and are more  volatile
than  those  issued  by  companies  in  developed  markets.  In  light  of these
characteristics of issuers in  Emerging Markets and  their securities, the  Fund
may  be subject to greater investment risk than that assumed by other investment
companies. Because of the risks associated with the Fund's investments, the Fund
is intended to be a long-term investment vehicle and is not designed to  provide
investors with a means of speculating on short-term stock market movements.
 
      INVESTMENT  IN  FOREIGN  SECURITIES.  Investing  in  securities  issued by
foreign issuers involves considerations and potential
 
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risks not typically associated with investing in obligations issued by  domestic
issuers.  Less information  may be  available about  foreign issuers  than about
domestic issuers  and  foreign issuers  generally  are not  subject  to  uniform
accounting,  auditing and financial  reporting standards or  to other regulatory
practices and requirements comparable to  those applicable to domestic  issuers.
The  values of foreign investments are affected  by changes in currency rates or
exchange control regulations, restrictions  or prohibitions on the  repatriation
of  foreign currencies, application  of foreign tax  laws, including withholding
taxes, changes in governmental administration or economic or monetary policy (in
the United  States  or abroad)  or  changed circumstances  in  dealings  between
nations.  Costs are also incurred in connection with conversions between various
currencies. In addition, foreign brokerage commissions are generally higher than
those charged in the  United States and foreign  securities markets may be  less
liquid,  more volatile and less subject  to governmental supervision than in the
United States.  Investments in  foreign  countries could  be affected  by  other
factors  not present in the United States, including expropriation, confiscatory
taxation, lack  of  uniform  accounting and  auditing  standards  and  potential
difficulties  in  enforcing  contractual  obligations and  could  be  subject to
extended clearance and settlement periods.
 
      INVESTING IN  EMERGING  MARKETS. Investing  in  securities of  issuers  in
Emerging  Markets involves  exposure to  economic structures  that are generally
less diverse and mature than, and to  political systems that can be expected  to
have less stability than, those of developed countries. Other characteristics of
Emerging  Markets that  may affect investment  in their  markets include certain
national policies that may restrict investment by foreigners and the absence  of
developed legal structures governing private and foreign investments and private
property.  The  typically small  size of  the markets  for securities  issued by
issuers located in Emerging Markets and the possibility of a low or  nonexistent
volume of trading in those securities may also result in a lack of liquidity and
in significantly greater price volatility of those securities.
 
      Included  among the Emerging Markets in which  the Fund may invest are the
formerly communist countries of Eastern Europe, the Commonwealth of  Independent
States   (formerly  the  Soviet  Union)  and  the  People's  Republic  of  China
(collectively, 'Communist Countries'). Upon the accession to power of  Communist
regimes  approximately  40 to  70  years ago,  the  governments of  a  number of
Communist Countries expropriated a large amount of property. The claims of  many
property  owners against those governments were never finally settled. There can
be no assurance  that the  Fund's investments  in Communist  Countries, if  any,
would  not also be expropriated, nationalized or otherwise confiscated, in which
case the  Fund  could  lose  its entire  investment  in  the  Communist  Country
involved.  In addition,  any change in  the leadership or  policies of Communist
Countries may halt  the expansion of  or reverse the  liberalization of  foreign
investment policies now occurring.
 
      CURRENCY  EXCHANGE RATES. The Fund's share values may change significantly
when the currencies, other than the  U.S. dollar, in which the Fund's  portfolio
investments  are  denominated  strengthen  or weaken  against  the  U.S. dollar.
Currency exchange rates  generally are determined  by the forces  of supply  and
demand in the foreign exchange markets and the relative merits of investments in
different countries as seen from an international perspective. Currency exchange
rates  can  also  be affected  unpredictably  by  the intervention  of  the U.S.
government,   foreign   governments   or    central   banks,   the    imposition
 
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of  currency controls  or other political  developments in the  United States or
abroad.
 
      WARRANTS. Because  a warrant,  which  is a  security permitting,  but  not
obligating, its holder to subscribe for another security, does not carry with it
the  right to dividends or voting rights with respect to the securities that the
warrant holder is entitled to purchase, and because a warrant does not represent
any rights  to the  assets  of the  issuer, a  warrant  may be  considered  more
speculative than certain other types of investments. In addition, the value of a
warrant  does not necessarily  change with the value  of the underlying security
and a  warrant  ceases to  have  value  if it  is  not exercised  prior  to  its
expiration  date. The investment by the Fund in warrants, valued at the lower of
cost or  market, may  not exceed  5%  of the  value of  the Fund's  net  assets.
Included within that amount, but not to exceed 2% of the value of the Fund's net
assets, may be warrants that are not listed on the New York Stock Exchange, Inc.
('NYSE')  or the American Stock Exchange. Warrants acquired by the Fund in units
or attached to securities may be deemed to be without value.
 
      NON-PUBLICLY  TRADED   AND   ILLIQUID  SECURITIES.   Non-publicly   traded
securities  may be less  liquid than publicly  traded securities. Although these
securities may  be  resold  in privately  negotiated  transactions,  the  prices
realized  from these sales could be less than those originally paid by the Fund.
In addition, companies whose securities are not publicly traded are not  subject
to  the  disclosure  and  other investor  protection  requirements  that  may be
applicable if their securities were  publicly traded. The Fund's investments  in
illiquid securities are subject to the risk that, should the Fund desire to sell
any  of these securities when a ready buyer is not available at a price that the
Sub-Adviser deems representative  of their value,  the value of  the Fund's  net
assets could be adversely affected.
 
      FORWARD  CURRENCY CONTRACTS. In entering  into forward currency contracts,
the Fund is subject to a number of risks and special considerations. The  market
for  forward currency  contracts, for  example, may  be limited  with respect to
certain currencies. The existence of a  limited market may in turn restrict  the
Fund's  ability to hedge against the risk  of devaluation of currencies in which
the Fund  holds a  substantial quantity  of securities.  The successful  use  of
forward  currency contracts as a hedging  technique draws upon the Sub-Adviser's
special skills  and experience  with respect  to those  instruments and  usually
depends  on  the  Sub-Adviser's  ability  to  forecast  currency  exchange  rate
movements correctly. Should  exchange rates  move in an  unexpected manner,  the
Fund  may not achieve the anticipated  benefits of forward currency contracts or
may realize losses and  thus be in  a less advantageous  position than if  those
strategies  had not been used. Many forward currency contracts are subject to no
daily price fluctuation limits so  that adverse market movements could  continue
with respect to those contracts to an unlimited extent over a period of time. In
addition, the correlation between movements in the prices of those contracts and
movements  in the prices of the currencies hedged  or used for cover will not be
perfect.
 
      The Fund's  ability  to  dispose  of its  positions  in  forward  currency
contracts depends on the availability of active markets in those instruments and
the Sub-Adviser cannot now predict the amount of trading interest that may exist
in  the future in forward currency  contracts. Forward currency contracts may be
closed out  only by  the parties  entering  into an  offsetting contract.  As  a
result,  no assurance can be  given that the Fund will  be able to utilize these
contracts effectively for the purposes described above.
 
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      REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS. In entering into  a repurchase agreement, the  Fund
bears  a risk  of loss  in the  event that  the other  party to  the transaction
defaults on its obligations and the Fund is delayed or prevented from exercising
its rights to  dispose of  the underlying securities,  including the  risk of  a
possible  decline in the value of the underlying securities during the period in
which the  Fund seeks  to  assert its  rights to  them,  the risk  of  incurring
expenses  associated with asserting those rights and the risk of losing all or a
part of the income from the agreement.
 
      WHEN-ISSUED AND  DELAYED-DELIVERY SECURITIES.  Securities purchased  on  a
when-issued  or delayed-delivery basis  may expose the Fund  to risk because the
securities may experience fluctuations in value prior to their actual  delivery.
The   Fund  does   not  accrue   income  with   respect  to   a  when-issued  or
delayed-delivery  security  prior  to  its  stated  delivery  date.   Purchasing
securities on a when-issued or delayed-delivery basis can involve the additional
risk that the yield available in the market when the delivery takes place may be
higher  than that obtained in  the transaction itself. When  the Fund engages in
when-issued or delayed-delivery securities transactions, it relies on the  other
party  to consummate the trade. Failure of the seller to do so may result in the
Fund incurring a loss or missing on opportunity to obtain a price considered  to
be advantageous.
 
PORTFOLIO TRANSACTIONS AND TURNOVER
 
      Decisions  to  buy  and sell  securities  for  the Fund  are  made  by the
Sub-Adviser, subject to review by the  Board of Trustees and Mitchell  Hutchins,
and are placed with brokers or dealers selected by the Sub-Adviser. The Trustees
have determined that, to the extent consistent with applicable provisions of the
1940  Act and rules and exemptions adopted thereunder, transactions for the Fund
may be executed through PaineWebber if, in the judgment of the Sub-Adviser,  the
use  of  PaineWebber is  likely to  result in  price and  execution at  least as
favorable  to   the   Fund  as   those   obtainable  through   other   qualified
broker-dealers,  and if, in the transaction, PaineWebber charges the Fund a fair
and reasonable  rate consistent  with that  charged to  comparable  unaffiliated
customers in similar transactions.
 
      The  Fund's portfolio is  actively managed. The  Fund's portfolio turnover
rate may vary greatly from year to year  and will not be a limiting factor  when
the  Sub-Adviser deems portfolio changes appropriate. An annual turnover rate of
100% would occur if  all of the  securities held by the  fund are replaced  once
during a period of one year. Higher portfolio turnover rates (100% or more) will
result  in corresponding  increases in  transaction costs,  which will  be borne
directly by the Fund, may  make it more difficult for  the Fund to qualify as  a
regulated  investment  company for  federal income  tax  purposes and  may cause
shareholders of  the Fund  to  recognize short-term  capital gains  for  federal
income tax purposes. See 'Dividends, Distributions and Taxes -- Taxes.'
 
                                   PURCHASES
 
      Class  Y shares (prior to November 10,  1995, called 'Class C' shares) are
sold to  eligible  investors  at  the  net  asset  value  next  determined  (see
'Valuation of Shares') after the purchase order is received at PaineWebber's New
York  City offices. No  initial or contingent deferred  sales charge is imposed,
nor are Class Y shares subject to  Rule 12b-1 distribution or service fees.  The
Fund and Mitchell Hutchins reserve the right to reject any purchase order and to
suspend the offering of the Class Y shares for a period of time.
 
      INSIGHT.  An  investor who  purchases  $50,000 or  more  of shares  of the
PaineWebber
 
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mutual funds that are in the Flexible Pricing System may participate in INSIGHT,
a total portfolio asset  allocation program sponsored  by PaineWebber, and  thus
become  eligible  to  purchase  Class  Y  shares.  INSIGHT  offers comprehensive
investment  services,  including  a  personalized  asset  allocation  investment
strategy  using  an appropriate  combination  of funds,  professional investment
advice regarding investment among the funds by portfolio specialists, monitoring
of investment performance and comprehensive quarterly reports that cover  market
trends,  portfolio summaries and personalized account information. Participation
in INSIGHT  is subject  to payment  of an  advisory fee  to PaineWebber  at  the
maximum  annual  rate of  1.5%  of assets  held  through the  program (generally
charged quarterly  in advance),  which covers  all INSIGHT  investment  advisory
services  and  program administration  fees.  Employees of  PaineWebber  and its
affiliates are entitled  to a  50% reduction in  the fee  otherwise payable  for
participation  in INSIGHT. INSIGHT clients may  elect to have their INSIGHT fees
charged to  their PaineWebber  accounts (by  the automatic  redemption of  money
market  fund  shares)  or  another  of  their  PaineWebber  accounts  or  billed
separately.
 
      ACQUISITION OF CLASS Y SHARES BY OTHERS. Present holders of Class Y shares
who are not current INSIGHT participants may acquire Class A shares of the  Fund
without  a  sales charge.  This category  includes  former employees  of Kidder,
Peabody &  Co.  Incorporated  ('Kidder, Peabody'),  their  associated  accounts,
present  and former directors and trustees  of the former Kidder, Peabody mutual
funds. The Fund is authorized  to offer Class Y  shares to employee benefit  and
retirement  plans of  Paine Webber Group,  Inc., and its  affiliates and certain
other investment advisory programs  that are sponsored  by PaineWebber and  that
may   invest  in  PaineWebber   mutual  funds.  At   present,  however,  INSIGHT
participants are the only purchasers in these two categories.
 
                                  REDEMPTIONS
 
      As described below,  Class Y  shares may be  redeemed at  their net  asset
value and redemption proceeds will be paid after receipt of a redemption request
as described below.
 
      REDEMPTION THROUGH PAINEWEBBER OR CORRESPONDENT FIRMS. PaineWebber clients
may  submit redemption requests to  their investment executives or correspondent
firms in person or by telephone, mail or wire. As the Fund's agent,  PaineWebber
may  honor a  redemption request  by repurchasing  Fund shares  from a redeeming
shareholder at the shares' net asset value next determined after receipt of  the
request by PaineWebber's New York City offices. Within three Business Days after
receipt  of  the request,  repurchase proceeds  (less any  applicable contingent
deferred sales charge) will  be paid by check  or credited to the  shareholder's
brokerage  account at  the election  of the  shareholder. PaineWebber investment
executives and  correspondent  firms  are responsible  for  promptly  forwarding
redemption requests to PaineWebber's New York City offices.
 
      PaineWebber  reserves the  right not to  honor any  redemption request, in
which case PaineWebber promptly will forward  the request to the Transfer  Agent
for treatment as described below.
 
      REDEMPTION  THROUGH  THE TRANSFER  AGENT.  Fund shareholders  who  are not
PaineWebber clients or who wish to redeem certificated shares must redeem  their
shares  through the Transfer  Agent by mail; other  shareholders also may redeem
Fund shares  through the  Transfer Agent.  Shareholders should  mail  redemption
requests  directly to  the Transfer Agent:  PFPC Inc.,  Attn: PaineWebber Mutual
Funds, P.O. Box 8950,
 
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Wilmington, Delaware 19899.  A redemption request  will be executed  at the  net
asset  value next computed after  it is received in  'good order' and redemption
proceeds will be paid  within seven days  of the receipt  of the request.  'Good
order' means that the request must be accompanied by the following: (1) a letter
of  instruction or a stock assignment specifying  the number of shares or amount
of investment to be redeemed (or that  all shares credited to a Fund account  be
redeemed),  signed by all registered owners of  the shares in the exact names in
which they are registered, (2) a  guarantee of the signature of each  registered
owner  by  an  eligible institution  acceptable  to  the Transfer  Agent  and in
accordance with SEC rules, such as a commercial bank, trust company or member of
a recognized stock exchange, (3)  other supporting legal documents for  estates,
trusts,  guardianships,  custodianships, partnerships  and corporations  and (4)
duly endorsed  share  certificates, if  any.  Shareholders are  responsible  for
ensuring that a request for redemption is received in 'good order.'
 
      ADDITIONAL  INFORMATION ON REDEMPTIONS. A  shareholder may have redemption
proceeds of $1 million or more wired to the shareholder's PaineWebber  brokerage
account  or a commercial  bank account designated  by the shareholder. Questions
about this option, or redemption  requirements generally, should be referred  to
the  shareholder's PaineWebber investment executive or correspondent firm, or to
the Transfer  Agent  if the  shares  are not  held  in a  PaineWebber  brokerage
account.  If a  shareholder requests redemption  of shares  which were purchased
recently, the Fund may delay payment until  it is assured that good payment  has
been received. In the case of purchases by check, this can take up to 15 days.
 
      Because  the Fund  incurs certain  fixed costs  in maintaining shareholder
accounts, the  Fund  reserves  the  right  to redeem  all  Fund  shares  in  any
shareholder  account of less than $500 net asset value. If the Fund elects to do
so, it will notify the shareholder  and provide the shareholder the  opportunity
to  increase the amount invested  to $500 or more within  60 days of the notice.
The Fund will not redeem accounts that fall  below $500 solely as a result of  a
reduction in net asset value per share.
 
                       DIVIDENDS, DISTRIBUTIONS AND TAXES
 
DIVIDENDS AND DISTRIBUTIONS
 
   
      Dividends  from net  investment income  and distributions  of net realized
capital  gains  of  the  Fund,  if  any,  are  distributed  annually.  Unless  a
shareholder instructs the Fund that dividends and capital gains distributions on
shares  should  be  paid in  cash  and  credited to  the  shareholder's Account,
dividends and capital  gains distributions are  reinvested automatically at  net
asset  value in  additional shares.  The Fund is  subject to  a 4% nondeductible
excise tax  measured  with  respect  to certain  undistributed  amounts  of  net
investment  income and  capital gains. If  necessary to avoid  the imposition of
this tax,  and if  in the  best interests  of its  shareholders, the  Fund  will
declare  and pay dividends of its net investment income and distributions of its
net capital gains more frequently than stated above.
    
 
TAXES
 
      The Fund  has qualified  for the  fiscal year  ended June  30, 1995  as  a
regulated  investment  company within  the meaning  of the  Code and  intends to
qualify for this treatment  in each year. To  qualify as a regulated  investment
company  for federal  income tax  purposes, the Fund  will limit  its income and
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30% of its gross income is derived from the sale or disposition of stocks, other
securities  and  certain  financial   instruments  (including  certain   forward
contracts)  that were held  for less than three  months and (2)  at the close of
each quarter of the taxable  year (a) not more than  25% of the market value  of
the  Fund's total assets is invested in the  securities of a single issuer or of
two or  more issuers  controlled by  the  Fund (within  the meaning  of  Section
852(a)(2)  of  the Code)  that  are engaged  in the  same  or similar  trades or
businesses or in related trades or businesses (other than Government  Securities
and  securities of other regulated investment companies) and (b) at least 50% of
the market value of the Fund's total assets is represented by (i) cash and  cash
items,  (ii) Government Securities and (iii) other securities limited in respect
of any one issuer to an amount not greater in value than 5% of the market  value
of  the Fund's total assets  and to not more than  10% of the outstanding voting
securities of the issuer. The requirements for qualification may cause the  Fund
to  restrict the degree to which it sells or otherwise disposes of stocks, other
securities and certain financial instruments held for less than three months. If
the  Fund  qualifies  as  a  regulated  investment  company  and  meets  certain
distribution  requirements, the Fund  will not be subject  to federal income and
excise taxes on its net investment income and net realized capital gains that it
distributes to its shareholders.
 
      Dividends paid by the Fund out of net investment income and  distributions
of  net realized  short term  capital gains will  be taxable  to shareholders as
ordinary income,  whether received  in  cash or  reinvested in  additional  Fund
shares. Distributions of net realized long term capital gains will be taxable to
shareholders  as long  term capital gains,  regardless of  how long shareholders
have held their  shares and whether  the distributions are  received in cash  or
reinvested  in additional shares.  Dividends and distributions  paid by the Fund
will generally  not qualify  for the  federal dividends  received deduction  for
corporate shareholders.
 
      Income  received by the Fund from  sources within foreign countries may be
subject to withholding and other foreign taxes. The payment of these taxes  will
reduce   the  amount  of   dividends  and  distributions   paid  to  the  Fund's
shareholders. The Fund  expects to elect,  for federal income  tax purposes,  to
treat  certain  foreign  income  taxes  it  pays  as  having  been  paid  by its
shareholders.
 
      Statements as to the tax status  of each Fund shareholder's dividends  and
distributions  will  be  mailed  annually. Shareholders  will  also  receive, as
appropriate, various written notices after the close of the Fund's taxable  year
regarding  the tax status of certain  dividends and distributions that were paid
(or that are treated as having been paid) by the Fund to its shareholders during
the preceding taxable  year, including  the amount of  dividends that  represent
interest derived from Government Securities.
 
      Shareholders  are  urged  to  consult  their  tax  advisors  regarding the
application of federal,  state, local  and foreign  tax laws  to their  specific
situations before investing in the Fund.
 
                              VALUATION OF SHARES
 
      Net  asset  value per  share  is calculated  by  State Street,  the Fund's
custodian, on each day,  Monday through Friday, except  that net asset value  is
not  computed  on  days on  which  the NYSE  is  closed. The  NYSE  is currently
scheduled to be  closed on the  observance of New  Year's Day, Presidents'  Day,
Good  Friday, Memorial  Day, Independence Day,  Labor Day,  Thanksgiving Day and
Christmas Day.
 
      Net asset value per share is determined as of the close of regular trading
on   the    NYSE    (currently    4:00   p.m.,    Eastern    Time),    and    is
 
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computed  by dividing the  value of the  Fund's net assets  attributable to that
Class by the total  number of shares outstanding  of that Class. Generally,  the
Fund's  investments are valued  at market value  or, in the  absence of a market
value, at fair value as determined by or under the direction of the Trustees.
 
      Securities that are primarily traded on foreign exchanges that close prior
to the close of regular trading on the NYSE (currently 4:00 p.m., Eastern  time)
are  generally valued for purposes of calculating the Fund's net asset values at
the preceding closing values  of the securities  on their respective  exchanges,
except  that,  when  an  occurrence  subsequent  to  the  time  a  value  was so
established is likely to have changed that value, the fair market value of those
securities will be determined by consideration of other factors by or under  the
direction  of the  board of  trustees. Securities  that are  primarily traded on
foreign exchanges that close after the close of regular trading on the NYSE  are
generally  valued at sale prices as of  a time reasonably proximate to the close
of regular trading on the NYSE or,  if no sales occurred previously during  that
day, at the then-current bid price.
 
      A security that is primarily traded on a domestic stock exchange is valued
at the last sale price on that exchange or, if no sales occurred during the day,
at  the current  quoted bid  price. An  option that  is written  by the  Fund is
generally valued at  the last sale  price or, in  the absence of  the last  sale
price,  the  last  offer price.  An  option that  is  purchased by  the  Fund is
generally valued at  the last sale  price or, in  the absence of  the last  sale
price,  the last  bid price.  The value of  a futures  contract is  equal to the
unrealized gain  or loss  on the  contract  that is  determined by  marking  the
contract  to the current settlement  price for a like  contract on the valuation
date of the futures contract. A settlement  price may not be used if the  market
makes  a limit  move with  respect to  a particular  futures contract  or if the
securities  underlying  the  futures   contract  experience  significant   price
fluctuations  after the determination of the settlement price. When a settlement
price cannot be  used, futures  contracts will be  valued at  their fair  market
value as determined by or under the direction of the Board of Trustees.
 
      For purposes of calculating a Class' net asset value per share, assets and
liabilities  initially expressed in  foreign currency values  are converted into
U.S. dollar  values based  on  a formula  prescribed by  the  Trust or,  if  the
information  required by the formula is unavailable, as determined in good faith
by the Trustees. Corporate  actions by issuers of  securities held by the  Fund,
such  as the payment of dividends or distributions, are reflected in each Class'
net asset value on the ex-dividend date  therefore, except that they will be  so
reflected  on the date the  Fund is actually advised  of the corporate action if
subsequent to  the  ex-dividend  date.  In carrying  out  the  Fund's  valuation
policies,  State Street may consult with an independent pricing service retained
by the Trust.  Further information  regarding the Fund's  valuation policies  is
contained in the Statement of Additional Information.
 
                                   MANAGEMENT
 
      The  Trust's  board  of  trustees,  as  part  of  its  overall  management
responsibility,  oversees  various  organizations  responsible  for  the  Fund's
day-to-day  management.  Mitchell Hutchins,  the  Fund's investment  adviser and
administrator,  supervises  all  aspects  of  the  Fund's  operations.  Mitchell
Hutchins  receives a  monthly fee for  its services, computed  daily and payable
monthly, at an annual rate of 1.62% of the Fund's average daily net assets.  The
rate  of fee paid to  Mitchell Hutchins, although higher  than that paid by most
other investment companies registered under the
 
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1940 Act, is believed  by Mitchell Hutchins  to be within  the range charged  to
other investment companies that invest in Emerging Markets and reflects the need
to  devote additional time and incur added expense in developing the specialized
resources contemplated by investing in these markets.
 
      Mitchell Hutchins supervises the activities  of EMM which, as  sub-adviser
for  the Fund, makes and implements all investment decisions for the Fund. Under
the sub-advisory contract, Mitchell Hutchins (not  the Fund) pays EMM a fee  for
its  services as sub-adviser for  the Fund in the amount  of 1.12% of the Fund's
average daily net assets.
 
      The Fund incurs  other expenses and,  for the fiscal  year ended June  30,
1995,  the Fund's total expenses  for Class Y shares,  stated as a percentage of
average net assets were (net of fee waivers and expense reimbursements) 2.19%.
 
      Mitchell Hutchins is located at 1285 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New
York 10019. It is a wholly owned  subsidiary of PaineWebber, which is in turn  a
wholly  owned subsidiary of Paine Webber  Group Inc., a publicly owned financial
services holding  company.  As of  September  30, 1995,  Mitchell  Hutchins  was
adviser  or sub-adviser of  38 investment companies  with 81 separate portfolios
and aggregate assets of over 28.8 billion.
 
      The Sub-Adviser,  located  at  1001 Nineteenth  Street  North,  Arlington,
Virginia  22209-1722, is a registered investment  adviser under the Advisers Act
and concentrates  its investment  advisory activities  in the  area of  Emerging
Markets. The Sub-Adviser is organized as a general partnership under the laws of
the  District of Columbia.  The managing partner of  the Sub-Adviser is Emerging
Markets Investors  Corporation  ('EMI'), a  Delaware  Corporation that  is  also
registered  under  the  Advisers Act,  which  is  controlled by  Antoine  W. van
Agtmael. Mr. van Agtmael is ultimately responsible for all investment  decisions
made  by the  Sub-Adviser and EMI.  Mr. van  Agtmael serves as  the Fund's Chief
Investment Officer and in that capacity is the individual primarily  responsible
for  the management of the Fund's assets. Mr. van Agtmael has been the President
of the  Sub-Adviser for  more than  five years.  EMI, directly  and through  the
Sub-Adviser,  provides its investment advisory services  to a variety of clients
having total assets under its management exceeding $3.2 billion as of  September
30,  1995. The Sub-Adviser has not previously served as an investment adviser to
a registered investment company.
 
      Although investment decisions  for the  Fund are  made independently  from
those  of the other accounts managed by the Sub-Adviser, investments of the type
the Fund may make may  also be made by those  other accounts. When the Fund  and
one or more other accounts managed by the Sub-Adviser are prepared to invest in,
or   desire  to  dispose  of,  the   same  security,  available  investments  or
opportunities for sales are allocated in a manner believed by the Sub-Adviser to
be equitable to  each. In some  cases, this procedure  may adversely affect  the
price  paid or  received by  the Fund or  the size  of the  position obtained or
disposed of by the Fund.
 
      Mitchell Hutchins and  EMM investment personnel  may engage in  securities
transactions  for their own accounts pursuant to each firm's code of ethics that
establishes  procedures   for   personal   investing   and   restricts   certain
transactions.
 
      DISTRIBUTION  ARRANGEMENTS. Mitchell  Hutchins is  the distributor  of the
Fund's Class Y shares and has appointed PaineWebber as the exclusive dealer  for
the sale of those shares.
 
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                            PERFORMANCE INFORMATION
 
      The  Fund performs a  standardized computation of  annualized total return
and  may  show   this  return  in   advertisements  or  promotional   materials.
Standardized  return shows the change in value of an investment in the Fund as a
steady compound annual rate of return. Actual year-by-year returns fluctuate and
may be  higher or  lower  than standardized  return.  One-, five-  and  ten-year
periods  will be shown, unless  the shares have been  in existence for a shorter
period. Total return  calculations assume  reinvestment of  dividends and  other
distributions.
 
      The  Fund may  use other  total return  presentations in  conjunction with
standardized return. These may cover the same or different periods as those used
for standardized  return  and may  include  cumulative returns,  average  annual
rates, actual year-by-year rates or any combination thereof.
 
      Total  return and yield information reflects past performance and does not
necessarily indicate future results. Investment return and principal values will
fluctuate, and proceeds upon redemption may be more or less than a shareholder's
cost.
 
                              GENERAL INFORMATION
 
      ORGANIZATION. The Trust is  registered under the 1940  Act as an  open-end
management  investment company and was formed as  a business trust pursuant to a
Declaration of Trust, as  amended from time to  time (the 'Declaration'),  under
the  laws of  The Commonwealth  of Massachusetts  on August  10, 1992.  The Fund
commenced operations  on  January  19,  1994.  The  Declaration  authorizes  the
Trustees  to create separate series, and within each series separate Classes, of
an unlimited number of shares of beneficial interest, par value $.001 per share.
As of the date  of this Prospectus, the  Trustees have established several  such
series,  representing interests  in, among  others, the  Fund described  in this
Prospectus. See 'Exchange Privilege' in the Statement of Additional Information.
 
      When issued, Fund shares will be fully paid and non-assessable. Shares are
freely transferable and have no pre-emptive, subscription or conversion  rights.
Each  Class represents an identical interest in the Fund's investment portfolio.
As a  result, the  Classes have  the same  rights, privileges  and  preferences,
except with respect to: (1) the designation of each Class; (2) the effect of the
respective  sales charges, if  any, for each Class;  (3) the distribution and/or
service  fees,  if  any,  borne  by  each  Class;  (4)  the  expenses  allocable
exclusively  to each Class; (5) voting rights on matters exclusively affecting a
single Class;  and  (6) the  exchange  privilege of  each  Class. The  Board  of
Trustees  does  not  anticipate  that  there will  be  any  conflicts  among the
interests of the holders of the  different Classes. The Trustees, on an  ongoing
basis,  will consider whether  any conflict exists and,  if so, take appropriate
action. Certain  aspects of  the shares  may  be changed,  upon notice  to  Fund
shareholders,  to satisfy certain tax regulatory  requirements, if the change is
deemed necessary by the Trust's Board of Trustees.
 
      Shareholders of the Fund are entitled to one vote for each full share held
and  fractional  votes  for  fractional  shares  held.  Voting  rights  are  not
cumulative  and, as  a result,  the holders  of more  than 50%  of the aggregate
shares of the  Trust may elect  all of  the Trustees. Generally,  shares of  the
Trust are voted on a Trust-wide basis on all matters except those affecting only
the  interests of one series, such  as the Fund's investment advisory agreement.
In turn, shares of the Fund are voted on a Fund-wide basis on all matters except
those affecting only the interests of one Class, such as the terms of the  plans
of distribution as they relate to Class A, Class B and Class C shares.
 
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      The  Trust does not intend to hold annual meetings of shareholders for the
purpose of  electing  Trustees unless,  and  until such  time  as, less  than  a
majority  of  the Trustees  holding office  have  been elected  by shareholders.
Shareholders of record of no less  than two-thirds of the outstanding shares  of
the  Trust may remove a Trustee through a declaration in writing or by vote cast
in person or by proxy  at a meeting called for  that purpose. A meeting will  be
called  for the  purpose of voting  on the removal  of a Trustee  at the written
request of holders of 10% of the Trust's outstanding shares. Shareholders of the
Fund who satisfy certain criteria will be assisted by the Trust in communicating
with other shareholders in seeking the holding of the meeting.
 
      To avoid additional operating costs and for investor convenience, the Fund
does not issue share certificates. Ownership of the Fund's shares is recorded on
a stock register by the Transfer Agent and shareholders have the same rights  of
ownership with respect to such shares as if certificates had been issued.
 
      CUSTODIAN  AND TRANSFER  AGENT. State Street  Bank and  Trust Company, One
Heritage Drive,  North Quincy,  Massachusetts  02171, is  the custodian  of  the
Fund's  assets. PFPC Inc., a subsidiary of PNC Bank, National Association, whose
principal business address is 400 Bellevue Parkway, Wilmington, Delaware  19809,
is the Fund's transfer and dividend disbursing agent.
 
      CONFIRMATIONS   AND  STATEMENTS.  Shareholders  receive  confirmations  of
purchases and redemptions of Fund shares. PaineWebber clients receive statements
at least quarterly  that report  their Fund activity  and consolidated  year-end
statements  that show all Fund transactions  for that year. Shareholders who are
not PaineWebber clients  receive quarterly statements  from the Transfer  Agent.
Shareholders  also receive  audited annual  and unaudited  semi-annual financial
statements of the Fund.
 
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NO   PERSON  HAS   BEEN  AUTHORIZED  TO   GIVE  ANY  INFORMATION   OR  MAKE  ANY
REPRESENTATIONS NOT CONTAINED IN THIS PROSPECTUS IN CONNECTION WITH THE OFFERING
MADE  BY  THIS  PROSPECTUS   AND,  IF  GIVEN  OR   MADE,  SUCH  INFORMATION   OR
REPRESENTATIONS MUST NOT BE RELIED UPON AS HAVING BEEN AUTHORIZED BY THE FUND OR
ITS  DISTRIBUTOR. THIS PROSPECTUS DOES NOT CONSTITUTE AN OFFERING BY THE FUND OR
ITS DISTRIBUTOR IN ANY JURISDICTION IN  WHICH SUCH OFFERING MAY NOT LAWFULLY  BE
MADE.
    
 
   
'c'1995 PaineWebber Incorporated
    
 
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                    PAINEWEBBER
 
             EMERGING MARKETS EQUITY FUND
                    CLASS Y SHARES
 
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                 TABLE OF CONTENTS
 
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Prospectus Summary.................................       2
Financial Highlights...............................       3
Investment Objective and Policies..................       4
Purchases..........................................      13
Redemptions........................................      14
Dividends, Distributions and Taxes.................      15
Valuation of Shares................................      16
Management.........................................      17
Performance Information............................      19
General Information................................      19
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PROSPECTUS
November 1, 1995





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                    PAINEWEBBER EMERGING MARKETS EQUITY FUND
                                 CLASS Y SHARES
                          1285 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS
                            NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10019
 
                      STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
 
     PaineWebber  Emerging Markets Equity Fund  ('Fund') is a diversified series
of  Mitchell  Hutchins/Kidder,   Peabody  Investment  Trust   II  ('Trust'),   a
professionally   managed  mutual   fund.  The   Fund  seeks   long-term  capital
appreciation by  investing primarily  in  equity securities  of issuers  in  the
securities  markets of newly  industrializing countries in  Asia, Latin America,
the Middle  East,  Southern  Europe,  Eastern  Europe  and  Africa.  The  Fund's
investment  adviser, administrator  and distributor  is Mitchell  Hutchins Asset
Management Inc. ('Mitchell Hutchins'), a wholly owned subsidiary of  PaineWebber
Incorporated  ('PaineWebber').  The  Fund's investment  sub-adviser  is Emerging
Markets Management  ('Sub-Adviser').  As  distributor  for  the  Fund,  Mitchell
Hutchins has appointed PaineWebber to serve as the exclusive dealer for the sale
of Fund shares. This Statement of Additional Information is not a prospectus and
should  be read  only in conjunction  with the Fund's  current Prospectus, dated
November 1,  1995. A  copy of  the Prospectus  may be  obtained by  calling  any
PaineWebber  investment executive or corresponding  firm or by calling toll-free
1-800-647-1568. This Statement  of Additional Information  is dated November  1,
1995.
 
                      INVESTMENT POLICIES AND RESTRICTIONS
 
     The  Prospectus  discusses the  investment objective  of  the Fund  and the
policies to be employed to  achieve that objective. Supplemental information  is
set  out below  concerning certain  of the  securities and  other instruments in
which the Fund  may invest, the  investment techniques and  strategies that  the
Fund  may utilize and certain risks  involved with those investments, techniques
and strategies.
 
RULE 144A SECURITIES
 
     The Fund  may  purchase  securities  that  are  not  registered  under  the
Securities  Act of 1933,  as amended (the '1933  Act'), but that  can be sold to
'qualified institutional buyers' in accordance with Rule 144A under the 1933 Act
('Rule  144A  Securities').  Particular  Rule  144A  Securities  are  considered
illiquid  and, therefore,  subject to the  Fund's limitation on  the purchase of
illiquid securities, unless the Trustees determine  on an ongoing basis that  an
adequate trading market exists for the Rule 144A Securities. The Fund's purchase
of  Rule  144A Securities  could  have the  effect  of increasing  the  level of
illiquidity in the Fund to the extent that qualified institutional buyers become
uninterested for  a  time in  purchasing  Rule  144A Securities.  The  Board  of
Trustees  may  adopt  guidelines  and  delegate  to  Mitchell  Hutchins  or  the
Sub-Adviser the daily function  of determining and  monitoring the liquidity  of
Rule  144A Securities, although the  Trustees retain ultimate responsibility for
any  determination  regarding  liquidity.  The  ability  to  sell  to  qualified
 
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institutional  buyers  under  Rule  144A is  a  recent  development  and neither
Mitchell Hutchins nor the Sub-Adviser can predict how this market will  develop.
The  Trustees  carefully  monitor  any  investments by  the  Fund  in  Rule 144A
Securities.
 
GOVERNMENT SECURITIES
 
   
     Securities issued  or guaranteed  by  the U.S.  Government  or one  of  its
agencies  or instrumentalities ('Government  Securities') in which  the Fund may
invest include  debt  obligations  of  varying maturities  issued  by  the  U.S.
Treasury  or issued or  guaranteed by an  agency or instrumentality  of the U.S.
Government,  including  the   Federal  Housing   Administration,  Farmers   Home
Administration,   Export-Import  Bank  of  the  United  States,  Small  Business
Administration,  Government  National  Mortgage  Association,  General  Services
Administration,  Central  Bank  for  Cooperatives,  Federal  Farm  Credit Banks,
Federal Home  Loan  Banks,  Federal  Home  Loan  Mortgage  Corporation,  Federal
Intermediate  Credit  Banks,  Federal  Land  Banks,  Federal  National  Mortgage
Association, Maritime Administration,  Tennessee Valley  Authority, District  of
Columbia  Armory Board, Student Loan  Marketing Association and Resolution Trust
Corporation. Direct  obligations  of the  U.S.  Treasury include  a  variety  of
securities  that  differ  in  their  interest  rates,  maturities  and  dates of
issuance. Because  the United  States  Government is  not  obligated by  law  to
provide  support to  an instrumentality  that it  sponsors, the  Fund invests in
obligations issued by an instrumentality of the U.S. Government only if Mitchell
Hutchins or the  Sub-Adviser determines that  the instrumentality's credit  risk
does not make its securities unsuitable for investment by the Fund. Although the
Fund  has no current intention  to do so, the Fund  may invest in exchange rate-
related Government Securities. Such securities  are indexed to certain  specific
foreign  currency exchange  rates and generally  provide that  the interest rate
and/or principal amount  will be adjusted  upwards or downwards  (but not  below
zero)  to reflect changes in the exchange  rate between two currencies while the
obligations are outstanding. While  such securities offer  the potential for  an
attractive rate of return, they also entail the risk of loss of principal.
    
 
INVESTMENT TECHNIQUES AND STRATEGIES
 
     FORWARD  CURRENCY  TRANSACTIONS. At  or before  the  maturity of  a forward
currency contract,  the Fund  may  either sell  a  portfolio security  and  make
delivery  of the  currency, or  retain the  security and  offset its contractual
obligation to deliver the currency by  purchasing a second contract pursuant  to
which  the Fund will obtain,  on the same maturity date,  the same amount of the
currency that it  is obligated  to deliver. If  the Fund  retains the  portfolio
security  and engages  in an  offsetting transaction, the  Fund, at  the time of
execution of the  offsetting transaction, will  incur a  gain or a  loss to  the
extent  that movement has  occurred in forward  currency contract prices. Should
forward prices decline  during the  period between  the Fund's  entering into  a
forward  contract for  the sale  of a currency  and the  date it  enters into an
offsetting contract for the  purchase of the currency,  the Fund will realize  a
gain  to the extent that the price of the currency it has agreed to sell exceeds
the price  of the  currency it  has agreed  to purchase.  Should forward  prices
increase,  the Fund  will suffer  a loss  to the  extent that  the price  of the
currency it has  agreed to purchase  exceeds the  price of the  currency it  has
agreed to sell.
 
     The  cost to the  Fund of engaging in  forward currency transactions varies
with factors such as  the currency involved, the  length of the contract  period
and the market conditions then prevailing. The use of forward currency contracts
does    not    eliminate   fluctuations    in    the   underlying    prices   of
 
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the securities, but it does establish a rate of exchange that can be achieved in
the future. In addition, although forward  currency contracts limit the risk  of
loss  due to a  decline in the value  of the hedged currency,  at the same time,
they limit any potential gain that might result should the value of the currency
increase.
 
     If a devaluation  is generally  anticipated, the Fund  may not  be able  to
contract to sell currency at a price above the devaluation level it anticipates.
The  Fund will not enter into a forward currency transaction if, as a result, it
will fail  to qualify  as  a regulated  investment  company under  the  Internal
Revenue  Code of 1986, as amended ('Code'), for  a given year. See 'Taxes -- Tax
Status of the Fund and its Shareholders.'
 
     Certain transactions involving forward currency contracts are not traded on
contract  markets  regulated  by  the  Commodities  Futures  Trading  Commission
('CFTC');  forward currency contracts  also are not  regulated by the Securities
and Exchange Commission ('SEC'). Instead, forward currency contracts are  traded
through  financial institutions acting as market-makers. In the forward currency
market, no daily  price fluctuation  limits are applicable,  and adverse  market
movements could therefore continue to an unlimited extent over a period of time.
Moreover,   a  trader   of  forward   currency  contracts   could  lose  amounts
substantially in  excess  of its  initial  investments, due  to  the  collateral
requirements associated with those positions.
 
     Forward  currency  contracts may  be traded  on  foreign exchanges,  to the
extent permitted by  the CFTC.  These transactions are  subject to  the risk  of
governmental actions affecting trading in or the prices of foreign currencies or
securities. The value of these positions also could be adversely affected by (1)
other complex foreign political and economic factors, (2) lesser availability of
data on which to make trading decisions than in the United States, (3) delays in
the  Fund's ability  to act  upon economic  events occurring  in foreign markets
during nonbusiness hours in the United  States, (4) the imposition of  different
exercise and settlement terms and procedures and margin requirements than in the
United States and (5) lesser trading volume.
 
     LENDING  PORTFOLIO SECURITIES.  The Fund  may lend  portfolio securities to
well-known and recognized  U.S. and  foreign brokers, dealers  and banks.  These
loans, if and when made, may not exceed 33 1/3% of the value of the Fund's total
assets.  The Fund's loans  of securities are collateralized  by cash, letters of
credit or Government  Securities. The  cash or  instruments collateralizing  the
Fund's  loans of securities are maintained at  all times in a segregated account
with the Fund's custodian, or with  a designated sub-custodian, in an amount  at
least  equal to the current market value  of the loaned securities. From time to
time, the Fund  may pay a  part of the  interest earned from  the investment  of
collateral  received for securities loaned to  the borrower and/or a third party
that is unaffiliated with the  Fund and is acting as  a 'finder.' The Fund  will
comply  with the following conditions whenever it loans securities: (1) the Fund
must receive at  least 100% cash  collateral or equivalent  securities from  the
borrower;  (2) the  borrower must  increase the  collateral whenever  the market
value of the securities loaned rises above the level of the collateral; (3)  the
Fund  must be able to terminate the loan  at any time; (4) the Fund must receive
reasonable interest on  the loan, as  well as any  dividends, interest or  other
distributions  on the loaned  securities, and any increase  in market value; (5)
the Fund may pay only reasonable custodian fees in connection with the loan; and
(6) voting rights on the loaned securities may pass to the borrower except that,
if a material event adversely affecting the investment in the loaned  securities
occurs,  the Trust's Board  of Trustees must  terminate the loan  and regain the
right to vote the securities.
 
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     BORROWING. Although it  has no  intention of  doing so  in the  foreseeable
future, the Fund may borrow for leverage purposes from banks up to 33 1/3 of the
value  of its net assets (not including the amount of such borrowings). Leverage
increases investment risk as well as  investment opportunity. If the income  and
investment gains on securities purchased with borrowed money exceed the interest
paid on the borrowing, the net asset value of the Fund's shares will rise faster
than  would  otherwise  be  the case.  On  the  other hand,  if  the  income and
investment gains fail to cover the cost, including interest, of the  borrowings,
or  if there are losses, the net asset  value of the Fund's shares will decrease
faster than otherwise would be the case.
 
     If the Fund borrows money for  other than temporary or emergency  purposes,
it may borrow no more than 33 1/3 of its net assets and, in any event, the value
of  its assets (including borrowings) less its liabilities (excluding borrowings
but including securities borrowed  in connection with short  sales) must at  all
times be maintained at not less than 300% of all outstanding borrowings. If, for
any  reason, including adverse  market conditions, the Fund  should fail to meet
this test, it will  be required to reduce  its borrowings within three  business
days  to the  extent necessary to  meet the  test. This requirement  may make it
necessary for the Fund to sell a  portion of its portfolio securities at a  time
when it is disadvantageous to do so.
 
INVESTMENT RESTRICTIONS
 
     Investment  restrictions numbered 1  through 10 below  have been adopted by
the Trust as fundamental policies with respect to the Fund. A fundamental policy
may not be  changed without the  vote of  a majority of  the outstanding  voting
securities  of the Fund,  as defined in  the Investment Company  Act of 1940, as
amended ('1940  Act'). Investment  restrictions numbered  11 through  14 may  be
changed by a vote of a majority of the Trustees at any time.
 
     Under  the investment restrictions adopted by the Trust with respect to the
Fund:
 
          1. The  Fund  will  not purchase  securities  (other  than  Government
     Securities)  of any issuer if, as a result of the purchase, more than 5% of
     the value of the Fund's total assets would be invested in the securities of
     the issuer, except that up to 25%  of the value of the Fund's total  assets
     may be invested without regard to this 5% limitation.
 
          2.  The Fund will not purchase more  than 10% of the voting securities
     of any one  issuer, except that  this limitation is  not applicable to  the
     Fund's  investments in Government  Securities, and up to  25% of the Fund's
     assets may be invested without regard to this 10% limitation.
 
          3. The Fund may borrow from banks for leveraging purposes, as well  as
     for  temporary  or emergency  purposes such  as  the meeting  of redemption
     requests and  cash  payments  of dividends  and  distributions  that  might
     otherwise  require the untimely disposition of securities, in an amount not
     to exceed 33 1/3% of  the value of the  Fund's total assets (including  the
     amount  borrowed)  valued at  market  less liabilities  (not  including the
     amount borrowed) at the time the borrowing is made. Whenever borrowings for
     temporary or emergency purposes exceed 5% of the value of the Fund's  total
     assets, the Fund will not make any additional investments.
 
          4.  The  Fund will  not lend  money to  other persons,  except through
     purchasing debt obligations, lending portfolio securities in an amount  not
     to exceed 33 1/3% of the value of the Fund's total assets and entering into
     repurchase agreements.
 
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          5.  The Fund will  invest no more than  25% of the  value of its total
     assets in securities of issuers in  any one industry. For purposes of  this
     restriction, the term industry will be deemed to include (a) the government
     of  any country  other than  the United States,  but not  the United States
     Government and (b) all supranational organizations.
 
          6. The Fund will  not purchase securities on  margin, except that  the
     Fund  may engage  in short  sales of  securities and  obtain any short-term
     credits necessary for the clearance  of purchases and sales of  securities.
     For  purposes of  this restriction,  the deposit  or payment  of initial or
     variation margin in connection with futures contracts or options on futures
     contracts will not be deemed to be a purchase of securities on margin.
 
          7. The  Fund will  not purchase  or sell  real estate  or real  estate
     limited  partnership interests, except that the  Fund may purchase and sell
     securities of  companies that  deal in  real estate  or interests  in  real
     estate.
 
          8.  The  Fund  will  not purchase  or  sell  commodities  or commodity
     contracts  (except  currencies,  securities  index  and  currency   futures
     contracts and related options, forward foreign currency contracts and other
     similar contracts).
 
          9.  The Fund will  not invest in  oil, gas or  other mineral leases or
     exploration or development programs.
 
          10. The Fund will not act as an underwriter of securities, except that
     the Fund  may  acquire securities  under  circumstances in  which,  if  the
     securities  were sold, the  Fund might be  deemed to be  an underwriter for
     purposes of the 1933 Act.
 
          11. The Fund will not make  investments for the purpose of  exercising
     control of management.
 
          12.  The Fund will  not purchase any  security, if as  a result of the
     purchase, the Fund would then have more  than 5% of the value of its  total
     assets  invested in  securities of companies  (including predecessors) that
     have been in continuous operation for fewer than three years.
 
          13. The Fund will not purchase or retain securities of any company if,
     to the knowledge of the  Fund, any of the  Trust's Trustees or officers  or
     any   officer  or  director   of  Mitchell  Hutchins   or  the  Sub-Adviser
     individually owns  more  than .5%  of  the outstanding  securities  of  the
     company and together they own beneficially more than 5% of the securities.
 
          14. The Fund will not invest in warrants (other than warrants acquired
     by  the Fund as  part of a  unit or attached  to securities at  the time of
     purchase) if, as a result, the investments (valued at the lower of cost  or
     market)  would exceed 5% of the value of the Fund's net assets of which not
     more than 2%  of the  Fund's net  assets may  be invested  in warrants  not
     listed  on the New York Stock Exchange, Inc. ('NYSE') or the American Stock
     Exchange, Inc.
 
     The Trust may make commitments regarding the Fund more restrictive than the
restrictions listed above  so as  to permit  the sale  of the  Fund's shares  in
certain states. Should the Trust determine that a commitment is no longer in the
best  interests of  the Fund  and its  shareholders, the  Trust will  revoke the
commitment by terminating the sale of  the Fund's shares in the state  involved.
The  percentage limitations contained in the  restrictions listed above apply at
the time of purchase of the securities.
 
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                             TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS
 
     The names of Trustees and officers of the Trust, together with  information
as to their principal business occupations during the last five years, are shown
below. An asterisk appears before the name of each Trustee who is an 'interested
person' of the Trust, as defined in the 1940 Act.
 
     David  J. Beaubien, 60, Trustee.  Chairman of Yankee Environmental Systems,
Inc., manufacturer  of meteorological  measuring instruments.  Director of  IEC,
Inc.,   manufacturer  of  electronic   assemblies,  Belfort  Instruments,  Inc.,
manufacturer of  environmental instruments,  and  Oriel Corp.,  manufacturer  of
optical instruments. Prior to January 1991, Senior Vice President of EG&G, Inc.,
a  company  that makes  and  provides a  variety  of scientific  and technically
oriented products and  services. Mr.  Beaubien is a  director or  trustee of  13
other   investment  companies   for  which  Mitchell   Hutchins  or  PaineWebber
Incorporated ('PaineWebber') serves as investment adviser.
 
     William W.  Hewitt,  Jr.,  66,  Trustee.  Trustee  of  The  Guardian  Asset
Allocation  Fund, The Guardian Baillie  Gifford International Fund, The Guardian
Bond Fund, Inc., The Guardian Cash Fund, Inc., The Guardian Park Ave. Fund,  The
Guardian  Stock Fund, Inc., The Guardian  Cash Management Trust and The Guardian
U.S. Government  Trust.  Mr.  Hewitt  is  a director  or  trustee  of  13  other
investment  companies  for  which  Mitchell Hutchins  or  PaineWebber  serves as
investment adviser.
 
     Thomas R. Jordan, 66, Trustee. Principal of The Dilenschneider Group, Inc.,
a corporate communications and public  policy counseling firm. Prior to  January
1992,  Senior Vice President of  Hill & Knowlton, a  public relations and public
affairs firm. Prior to April 1991,  President of The Jordan Group, a  management
consulting  and strategies development firm. Mr. Jordan is a director or trustee
of 12  other investment  companies for  which Mitchell  Hutchins or  PaineWebber
serves as investment adviser.
 
     *Frank  P. L. Minard, 50, Trustee.  Chairman of Mitchell Hutchins, chairman
of the board of Mitchell Hutchins Institutional Investors Inc. and a director of
PaineWebber. Prior to 1993, managing director of Oppenheimer Capital in New York
and Director of Oppenheimer Capital Ltd. in London. Mr. Minard is a director  or
trustee  of  27  other  investment  companies  for  which  Mitchell  Hutchins or
PaineWebber serves as investment adviser.
 
     Carl W.  Schafer, 59,  Trustee.  President of  the Atlantic  Foundation,  a
charitable  foundation supporting mainly oceanographic exploration and research.
Director of International Agritech  Resources, Inc., an agribusiness  investment
and consulting firm, Ardic Exploration and Development Ltd. and Hidden Lake Gold
Mines  Ltd., gold mining companies, Electronic Clearing House, Inc., a financial
transactions processing  company,  Wainoco  Oil  Corporation  and  BioTechniques
Laboratories,  Inc.,  an agricultural  biotechnology  company. Prior  to January
1993, chairman of the Investment Advisory Committee of the Howard Hughes Medical
Institute and director of Ecova Corporation,  a toxic waste treatment firm.  Mr.
Schafer  is a  director or  trustee of 12  other investment  companies for which
Mitchell Hutchins or PaineWebber serves as investment adviser.
 
     Antoine W. van Agtmael, 50,  Executive Vice President and Chief  Investment
Officer. President of the Sub-Adviser, Managing Director of Strategic Investment
Management  ('SIM'),  Strategic  Investment  Management  International ('SIMI'),
Emerging Markets Investors Corporation  ('EMI'), Strategic Investment  Partners,
Inc. ('SIP') and a Director of India Growth Fund.
 
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     Margo N. Alexander, 48, President. President, chief executive officer and a
director  of  Mitchell  Hutchins.  Prior  to  January  1995,  an  executive vice
president of  PaineWebber.  Ms.  Alexander  is  also  a  trustee  of  one  other
investment  company and  president of  38 other  investment companies  for which
Mitchell Hutchins or PaineWebber serves as investment adviser.
 
     Teresa  M.   Boyle,  36,   Vice  President.   First  vice   president   and
manager -- advisory administration of Mitchell Hutchins. Prior to November 1993,
compliance  manager of Hyperion Capital Management, Inc., an investment advisory
firm. Prior to April 1993, a vice president and manager -- legal  administration
of  Mitchell Hutchins. Ms. Boyle is also a vice president of 38 other investment
companies for  which  Mitchell  Hutchins or  PaineWebber  serves  as  investment
adviser.
 
     Mary  Claire Choksi,  45, Senior Vice  President. Managing  Director of the
Sub-Adviser, SIM, SIMI, EMI and SIP, each a registered investment adviser.
 
     Michael A.  Duffy,  40,  Senior  Vice  President  and  Investment  Officer.
Managing Director of the Sub-Adviser, SIM, SIMI, EMI and SIP.
 
     Scott  H. Griff, 29, Vice President and Assistant Secretary. Vice president
and attorney of Mitchell  Hutchins. Prior to January  1995, an associate at  the
law  firm  of Cleary,  Gottlieb,  Steen &  Hamilton. Mr.  Griff  is also  a vice
president and assistant  secretary of  12 other investment  companies for  which
Mitchell Hutchins or PaineWebber serves as investment adviser.
 
     C.  William Maher, 34, Vice President and Assistant Treasurer. Mr. Maher is
a first  vice  president and  the  senior  manager of  the  Fund  Administration
Division  of Mitchell Hutchins. Mr. Maher is also a vice president and assistant
treasurer of  38  other investment  companies  for which  Mitchell  Hutchins  or
PaineWebber serves as investment adviser.
 
     Ann E. Moran, 38, Vice President and Assistant Treasurer. Vice president of
Mitchell Hutchins. Ms. Moran is also a vice president and assistant treasurer of
38  other investment companies for which Mitchell Hutchins or PaineWebber serves
as investment adviser.
 
     Dianne  E.  O'Donnell,  43,  Vice  President  and  Secretary.  Senior  vice
president and deputy general counsel of Mitchell Hutchins. Ms. O'Donnell is also
a  vice  president and  secretary  of 38  other  investment companies  for which
Mitchell Hutchins or PaineWebber serves as investment adviser.
 
     Victoria E. Schonfeld,  44, Vice President.  Managing director and  general
counsel  of Mitchell Hutchins. From April 1990 to May 1994, a partner in the law
firm of Arnold & Porter.  Ms. Schonfeld is also  a vice president and  assistant
secretary  of  38  other investment  companies  for which  Mitchell  Hutchins or
PaineWebber serves as investment adviser.
 
     Paul H. Schubert, 32,  Vice President and  Assistant Treasurer. First  vice
president  of Mitchell Hutchins. From August 1992 to August 1994, vice president
at BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. Prior  to August 1992, an audit  manager
with  Ernst &  Young LLP. Mr.  Schubert is  also a vice  president and assistant
treasurer of  38  other investment  companies  for which  Mitchell  Hutchins  or
PaineWebber serves as investment adviser.
 
     Julian F. Sluyters, 35, Vice President and Treasurer. Senior vice president
and the director of the mutual fund finance division of Mitchell Hutchins. Prior
to  1991, an audit senior manager with Ernst & Young LLP. Mr. Sluyters is also a
vice president and treasurer of 38 other investment companies for which Mitchell
Hutchins or PaineWebber serves as investment adviser.
 
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     Gregory K. Todd,  38, Vice  President and Assistant  Secretary. First  vice
president  and associate general counsel of  Mitchell Hutchins. Prior to 1993, a
partner with the law firm of Shereff,  Friedman, Hoffman & Goodman. Mr. Todd  is
also  a vice president and assistant  secretary of 38 other investment companies
for which Mitchell Hutchins or PaineWebber serves as investment adviser.
 
     Certain of the  Trustees and  officers of  the Trust  are directors  and/or
trustees  and officers of  other mutual funds managed  by Mitchell Hutchins. The
addresses of the non-interested Trustees are as follows: Mr. Beaubien,  Montague
Industrial  Park,  101 Industrial  Road,  Box 746,  Turner  Falls, Massachusetts
01376; Mr. Hewitt, P.O. Box 2359, Princeton, New Jersey 08543-2359; Mr.  Jordan,
200  Park Avenue,  New York,  New York  10166; and  Mr. Schafer,  P.O. Box 1164,
Princeton, New Jersey 08542. The address  of Mr. Minard and the officers  listed
above,  other than Messrs. van Agtmael and  Duffy and Ms. Choksi, is 1285 Avenue
of the Americas, New York,  New York 10019. The  address of Messrs. van  Agtmael
and  Duffy and Ms.  Choksi is 1001 Nineteenth  Street North, Arlington, Virginia
22209-1722.
 
     By virtue of the  responsibilities assumed by  Mitchell Hutchins under  its
management  agreement with  the Trust (the  'Management Agreement'),  and by the
Sub-Adviser under its Sub-Investment  Advisory Agreement with Mitchell  Hutchins
and  the Trust, the Fund requires no  executive employees other than officers of
the Trust, none of whom devotes full  time to the affairs of the Fund.  Trustees
and  officers of the  Trust, as a group,  owned less than  1% of the outstanding
Class A shares, Class C shares and  Class Y shares of beneficial interest as  of
September  30, 1995. The Trust pays each Trustee who is not an officer, director
or employee of Mitchell Hutchins, the  Sub-Adviser, or any of their  affiliates,
an  annual  retainer of  $1,000, and  $375  for each  Board of  Trustees meeting
attended, and reimburses the Trustee for out-of-pocket expenses associated  with
attendance  at  Board  meetings. The  Chairman  of the  Board's  audit committee
receives an annual  fee of $250.  No officer, director  or employee of  Mitchell
Hutchins, the Sub-Adviser, or any of their affiliates, receives any compensation
from  the Trust for serving as an officer or Trustee of the Trust. The amount of
compensation paid by the Fund to each Trustee for the fiscal year ended June 30,
1995, and the aggregate amount of compensation paid to each such Trustee for the
year ended  December 31,  1994 by  all  investment companies  in the  same  fund
complex for which such person is a Board member were as follows:
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                                        (5)
                                                              (3)                                TOTAL COMPENSATION
                                        (2)                PENSION OR               (4)           FROM FUND AND 12
             (1)                     AGGREGATE        RETIREMENT BENEFITS    ESTIMATED ANNUAL     OTHER INVESTMENT
        NAME OF BOARD            COMPENSATION FROM     ACCRUED AS PART OF      BENEFITS UPON      COMPANIES IN THE
            MEMBER                     FUND             FUND'S EXPENSES         RETIREMENT         FUND COMPLEX*
- ------------------------------   -----------------    --------------------   -----------------   ------------------
<S>                              <C>                  <C>                    <C>                 <C>
David J. Beaubien                     $ 2,500                 None                 None               $ 80,700
William W. Hewitt, Jr.                $ 2,500                 None                 None               $ 74,425
Thomas R. Jordan                      $ 2,500                 None                 None               $ 83,125
Frank P.L. Minard                        None                 None                 None                   None
Carl W. Schafer                       $ 2,750                 None                 None               $ 84,575
</TABLE>
 
- ------------
 
*  Represents  total compensation paid to each  Trustee during the calendar year
   ended December 31, 1994.
 
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               INVESTMENT ADVISORY AND DISTRIBUTION ARRANGEMENTS
 
     The Fund  bears  all  expenses  incurred in  its  operation  that  are  not
specifically  assumed by Mitchell Hutchins  or the Sub-Adviser. General expenses
of the Trust  not readily identifiable  as belonging to  the Fund are  allocated
among  the Fund  or the Trust's  other series by  or under the  direction of the
board of trustees in such  manner as the board deems  to be fair and  equitable.
Expenses  borne by the  Fund include the  following (or the  Fund's share of the
following):  (1)  the  cost  (including  brokerage  commissions)  of  securities
purchased  or sold by the Fund and  any losses incurred in connection therewith,
(2) fees payable  to and expenses  incurred on  behalf of the  Fund by  Mitchell
Hutchins,  (3) organizational expenses, (4) filing fees and expenses relating to
the registration and  qualification of  the Fund's  shares and  the Trust  under
federal  and state  securities laws  and maintenance  of such  registrations and
qualifications, (5) fees and salaries payable to trustees who are not interested
persons (as defined in the 1940 Act) of the Trust or Mitchell Hutchins, (6)  all
expenses  incurred in connection  with the trustees'  services, including travel
expenses, (7) taxes (including any  income or franchise taxes) and  governmental
fees,  (8)  costs of  any liability,  uncollectable items  of deposit  and other
insurance or fidelity bonds, (9) any costs, expenses or losses arising out of  a
liability  of or claim for damages or other relief asserted against the Trust or
the Fund for violation of any law, (10) legal, accounting and auditing expenses,
including legal  fees of  special  counsel for  the independent  trustees,  (11)
charges of custodians, transfer agents and other agents, (12) costs of preparing
share  certificates, (13) expenses of setting  in type and printing prospectuses
and supplements thereto,  statements of additional  information and  supplements
thereto,  reports and  proxy materials for  existing shareholders,  and costs of
mailing such materials to existing shareholders, (14) any extraordinary expenses
(including fees and disbursements of counsel) incurred by the Trust or the Fund,
(15) fees, voluntary assessments and other expenses incurred in connection  with
membership  in  investment. company  organizations,  (16) costs  of  mailing and
tabulating proxies and  costs of  meetings of  shareholders, the  board and  any
committees  thereof, (17)  the cost of  investment company  literature and other
publications provided  to  trustees and  officers  and (18)  costs  of  mailing,
stationery and communications equipment.
 
   
     For the fiscal year ended June 30, 1995 and for the period January 19, 1994
(commencement  of investment operations)  through June 30,  1994, the Trust paid
management  fees  with  respect  to   the  Fund  of  $1,261,493  and   $537,792,
respectively,  to the Trust's investment  adviser and administrator during those
periods.
    
 
     For the fiscal year ended June 30, 1995 and for the period January 19, 1994
(commencement of  investment  operations)  through June  30,  1994  the  Trust's
investment  adviser  and  administrator  paid  fees  of  $872,143  and $371,807,
respectively, to the Sub-Adviser with respect to the Fund.
 
     Mitchell Hutchins has agreed that, if in  any fiscal year of the Fund,  the
aggregate  expenses  of  the  Fund  (including  management  fees,  but excluding
interest, taxes, brokerage and, with the prior written consent of the  necessary
state   securities  commissions,  extraordinary  expenses)  exceed  the  expense
limitation of any state  having jurisdiction over  the Trust, Mitchell  Hutchins
will  reimburse the  Trust for  the excess  expense. This  expense reimbursement
obligation is  limited  to the  amount  of  Mitchell Hutchins'  fees  under  its
respective  agreement  with  the  Trust  in respect  of  the  Fund.  Any expense
reimbursement will be estimated, reconciled and  paid on a monthly basis. As  of
the date of this Statement of Additional Information, the most restrictive state
expense  limitation applicable to the Fund requires reimbursement of expenses in
any year that the Fund's expenses subject to the limitation exceed 2 1/2% of the
first $30 million of the average daily value of the
 
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Fund's net assets, 2% of the next $70 million of the average daily value of  the
Fund's  net assets and 1 1/2% of the remaining average daily value of the Fund's
net assets.  For  the  fiscal  year  ended  June  30,  1995,  Mitchell  Hutchins
voluntarily waived fees and reimbursed the Fund in the amount of $81,217.
    
 
     Under  their respective agreements  with the Trust in  respect of the Fund,
each of Mitchell Hutchins and the Sub-Adviser  will not be liable for any  error
of judgment or mistake of law or for any loss suffered by the Trust with respect
to  the Fund  in connection  with the  matters to  which the  agreement relates,
except for  a  loss resulting  from  willful  misfeasance, bad  faith  or  gross
negligence  on  its part  in  the performance  of  its duties  or  from reckless
disregard by it of its obligations and duties under the agreement.
 
     Mitchell Hutchins personnel may invest in securities for their own accounts
pursuant to  a  code  of  ethics  that describes  the  fiduciary  duty  owed  to
shareholders  of  the  PaineWebber  mutual funds  and  other  Mitchell Hutchins'
advisory accounts by all Mitchell  Hutchins' directors, officers and  employees,
establishes   procedures   for   personal   investing   and   restricts  certain
transactions. For example,  employee accounts  generally must  be maintained  at
PaineWebber,  personal  trades  in  most  securities  require  pre-clearance and
short-term trading and participation in  initial public offerings generally  are
prohibited.  In addition, the code of ethics  puts restrictions on the timing of
personal investing  in relation  to  trades by  PaineWebber and  other  Mitchell
Hutchins advisory clients.
 
     The  Sub-Adviser's personnel  also may invest  in securities  for their own
accounts pursuant  to  its  code  of ethics  which  establishes  procedures  for
personal investing and restricts certain transactions.
 
DISTRIBUTION ARRANGEMENTS
 
     Mitchell Hutchins acts as the distributor of the Class Y shares of the Fund
under  a distribution contract with the Trust that requires Mitchell Hutchins to
use its best efforts,  consistent with its other  businesses, to sell shares  of
the Fund. Shares of the Fund are offered continuously. Under an exclusive dealer
agreement  between Mitchell Hutchins and PaineWebber  relating to Class Y shares
of the Fund,  PaineWebber and its  correspondent firms sell  the Fund's Class  Y
shares.
 
                             PORTFOLIO TRANSACTIONS
 
     Decisions  to  buy  and  sell  securities for  the  Fund  are  made  by the
Sub-Adviser, subject to  review by Mitchell  Hutchins and the  Trust's Board  of
Trustees.  Transactions  on  domestic  stock exchanges  and  some  foreign stock
exchanges involve the payment of negotiated brokerage commissions. On  exchanges
on  which commissions  are negotiated, the  cost of transactions  may vary among
different brokers. On most foreign exchanges, commissions are generally fixed.
 
     Subject to policies established by the board of directors, the  Sub-Adviser
is  responsible for the  execution of the Fund's  portfolio transactions and the
allocation of brokerage transactions.  In executing portfolio transactions,  the
Sub-Adviser  seeks to  obtain the  best net  results for  the Fund,  taking into
account such factors as price (including the applicable brokerage commission  or
dealer   spread),  size  of  order,  difficulty  of  execution  and  operational
facilities of the firm involved. Generally,  bonds are traded on the OTC  market
on  a 'net' basis without  a stated commission through  dealers acting for their
own  account  and  not  as  brokers.   Prices  paid  to  dealers  in   principal
 
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transactions  generally include a 'spread,' which  is the difference between the
prices at which the dealer is willing  to purchase and sell a specific  security
at  the  time. For  the  period January  19,  1994 (commencement  of operations)
through the fiscal year ended June 30,  1994 and for the fiscal year ended  June
30,  1995,  the  Fund paid  $363,528  and $531,901,  respectively,  in aggregate
brokerage commissions.
 
     The Fund has no obligation to deal  with any broker or group of brokers  in
the  execution of portfolio transactions. The Fund contemplates that, consistent
with the policy of obtaining the best net results, brokerage transactions may be
conducted through Mitchell  Hutchins or its  affiliates, including  PaineWebber.
The  Trust's board  of trustees has  adopted procedures in  conformity with Rule
17e-1 under  the 1940  Act to  ensure  that all  brokerage commissions  paid  to
Mitchell   Hutchins  and  its  affiliates  are  reasonable  and  fair.  Specific
provisions in the Advisory Contract authorize  Mitchell Hutchins and any of  its
affiliates  that  are  members  of  a  national  securities  exchange  to effect
portfolio transactions for the Fund on such exchange and to retain  compensation
in connection with such transactions. Any such transactions will be effected and
related  compensation paid only  in accordance with  applicable SEC regulations.
For the fiscal year ended June 30, 1995, the Fund paid no brokerage  commissions
to PaineWebber.
 
     Transactions  in futures contracts are  executed through futures commission
merchants ('FCMs'), who  receive brokerage commissions  for their services.  The
Fund's  procedures  in  selecting FCMs  to  execute the  Fund's  transactions in
futures contracts, including procedures permitting the use of Mitchell  Hutchins
and  its affiliates, are  similar to those  in effect with  respect to brokerage
transactions in securities.
 
     Consistent with the interest of the Fund  and subject to the review of  the
board  of directors,  the Sub-Adviser  may cause the  Fund to  purchase and sell
portfolio securities  through  brokers  who  provide  the  Fund  with  research,
analysis, advice and similar services. In return for such services, the Fund may
pay  to those brokers a higher commission  than may be charged by other brokers,
provided that the Sub-Adviser determines in  good faith that such commission  is
reasonable  in terms  either of  that particular  transaction or  of the overall
responsibility of the Sub-Adviser to the Fund and its other clients and that the
total commissions  paid  by the  Fund  will be  reasonable  in relation  to  the
benefits  to  the  Fund  over  the  long  term.  For  purchases  or  sales  with
broker-dealer  firms  which  act  as  principal,  the  Sub-Adviser  seeks   best
execution.  Although the Sub-Adviser  may receive certain  research or execution
services in  connection  with  these  transactions,  the  Sub-Adviser  will  not
purchase  securities at a higher price or  sell securities at a lower price than
would otherwise be paid if no weight was attributed to the services provided  by
the executing dealer. Moreover, the Sub-Adviser will not enter into any explicit
soft dollar arrangements relating to principal transactions and will not receive
in  principal transactions  the types of  services which could  be purchased for
hard dollars. The Sub-Adviser  may engage in agency  transactions in OTC  equity
and  debt  securities  in  return for  research  and  execution  services. These
transactions are entered into only  in compliance with procedures ensuring  that
the  transaction (including  commissions) is at  least as favorable  as it would
have been  if  effected directly  with  a  market-maker that  did  not  provided
research  or  execution  services.  These  procedures  include  the  Sub-Adviser
receiving multiple quotes from  dealers before executing  the transaction on  an
agency basis.
 
     Research services furnished by the brokers or dealers through which or with
which the Fund effects securities transactions may be used by the Sub-Adviser in
advising other funds or accounts and, conversely, research services furnished to
the Sub-Adviser by brokers or dealers in connection
 
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with  other funds or  accounts that the  Sub-Adviser advises may  be used by the
Sub-Adviser in advising the  Fund. Information and  research received from  such
brokers  or dealers  will be in  addition to, and  not in lieu  of, the services
required to be performed by the Sub-Adviser under the Sub-Investment Contract.
 
     Investment decisions for the Fund and for other investment accounts managed
by the Sub-Adviser are  made independently of each  other in light of  differing
considerations  for the various accounts.  However, the same investment decision
may occasionally be made for the Fund and one or more of such accounts. In  such
cases,  simultaneous transactions  are inevitable.  Purchases or  sales are then
averaged as to price and allocated between the Fund and such other account(s) as
to amount according to  a formula deemed  equitable to the  Fund and such  other
account(s).  While in some  cases this practice could  have a detrimental effect
upon the price or value of the security as far as the Fund is concerned or  upon
its  ability to complete  its entire order,  in other cases  it is believed that
coordination and  the ability  to  participate in  volume transactions  will  be
beneficial to the Fund.
 
     The  Fund will not  purchase securities in  underwritings in which Mitchell
Hutchins or any of  its affiliates is  a member of  the underwriting or  selling
group,  except  pursuant to  procedures adopted  by  the Corporation's  board of
directors pursuant to Rule 10f-3 under  the 1940 Act. Among other things,  these
procedures  require that the commission or spread paid in connection with such a
purchase be reasonable  and fair,  that the  purchase be  at not  more than  the
public  offering price prior to the end of the first business day after the date
of the public offering and that  Mitchell Hutchins or any affiliate thereof  not
participate in or benefit from the sale to the Fund.
 
     PORTFOLIO  TURNOVER. The portfolio turnover  rate is calculated by dividing
the lesser  of the  Fund's annual  sales or  purchases of  portfolio  securities
(exclusive  of purchases or sales of securities  whose maturities at the time of
acquisition were  one  year  or  less)  by the  monthly  average  value  of  the
securities  in the portfolio during the year. For the fiscal year ended June 30,
1995 and for the  period from January 19,  1994 (commencement of operations)  to
June  30, 1994, the portfolio  turnover rate for the  Fund was 76.07% and 8.11%,
respectively.
 
                              VALUATION OF SHARES
 
     The Fund determines the net asset value per share separately for each Class
of shares as of the close of regular trading (currently 4:00 p.m., Eastern time)
on the NYSE on each Business Day, which is defined as each Monday through Friday
when the NYSE is open.  Currently, the NYSE is closed  on the observance of  the
following  holidays: New Year's Day, Presidents' Day, Good Friday, Memorial Day,
Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.
 
     Securities that are listed on stock  exchanges are valued at the last  sale
price  on the day the securities are being  valued or, lacking any sales on such
day, at the last available  bid price. In cases  where securities are traded  on
more  than one  exchange, the  securities are  generally valued  on the exchange
considered by the Sub-Adviser  as the primary market.  Securities traded in  the
OTC  market and listed on Nasdaq are valued  at the last available sale price on
Nasdaq at 4:00 p.m., Eastern time; other  OTC securities are valued at the  last
bid price available prior to valuation.
 
     The Fund invests in foreign securities and, as a result, the calculation of
each  Class'  net asset  value  may not  take  place contemporaneously  with the
determination of the prices of certain  of the portfolio securities used in  the
calculation.   A  security   that  is  listed   or  traded  on   more  than  one
 
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exchange is valued for  purposes of calculating each  Class' net asset value  at
the  quotation  on the  exchange determined  to  be the  primary market  for the
security. All assets  and liabilities  initially expressed  in foreign  currency
values  are converted into  U.S. dollar values  at the mean  between the bid and
offered quotations of the currencies against U.S. dollars as last quoted by  any
recognized dealer. If the bid and offered quotations are not available, the rate
of exchange is determined in good faith by the Trustees.
 
     Where  market quotations, are readily available, debt securities are valued
based upon those quotations, provided such quotations adequately reflect, in the
Sub-Adviser's judgment, fair value of the security. Where such market quotations
are not  readily available,  such securities  are valued  based upon  appraisals
received  from a  pricing service using  a computerized matrix  system, or based
upon appraisals  derived from  information concerning  the security  or  similar
securities  received  from recognized  dealers  in those  securities.  All other
securities or assets will be valued at fair value as determined in good faith by
or under the  direction of  the Trust's board  of trustees.  The amortized  cost
method  of valuation generally is used to value debt obligations with 60 days or
less remaining to maturity, unless the Trust's board of trustees determines that
this does not represent fair value.
 
                            PERFORMANCE INFORMATION
 
     The Fund's performance  data quoted  in advertising  and other  promotional
materials  ('Performance Advertisements') represent past performance and are not
intended to indicate  future performance.  The investment  return and  principal
value  of  an  investment will  fluctuate  so  that an  investor's  shares, when
redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost.
 
     TOTAL RETURN. Average  annual total return  quotes ('Standardized  Return')
used  in the Fund's  Performance Advertisements are  calculated according to the
following formula:
 
<TABLE>
<S>       <C>     <C>   <C>
     P(1 + T)'pp'n =     ERV
where:    P        =     a hypothetical initial payment of $1,000 to purchase shares of a specified Class
          T        =     average annual total return of shares of that Class
          n        =     number of years
          ERV      =     ending redeemable value of a hypothetical $1,000 payment made at the
                         beginning of that period.
</TABLE>
 
     Under  the  foregoing  formula,  the  time  periods  used  in   Performance
Advertisements  will be based on rolling  calendar quarters, updated to the last
day of the  most recent  quarter prior to  submission of  the advertisement  for
publication.  Total return, or 'T' in the  formula above, is computed by finding
the average annual change in the value of an initial $1,000 investment over  the
period.  In  calculating the  ending redeemable  value for  Class A  shares, the
Fund's maximum 4.5%  initial sales charge  is deducted from  the initial  $1,000
payment  and, for Class B and Class C shares, the applicable contingent deferred
sales charge imposed on a redemption of Class B and Class C shares held for  the
period  is deducted. All  dividends and other distributions  are assumed to have
been reinvested at net asset value.
 
     The Fund  also may  refer  in Performance  Advertisements to  total  return
performance  data that  are not  calculated according  to the  formula set forth
above ('Non-Standardized Return'). The  Fund calculates Non-Standardized  Return
for specified periods of time by assuming the investment
 
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of  $1,000 in  Fund shares  and assuming the  reinvestment of  all dividends and
other distributions. The rate of return is determined by subtracting the initial
value of the investment from the ending  value and by dividing the remainder  by
the  initial value.  Neither initial nor  contingent deferred  sales charges are
taken into  account in  calculating Non-Standardized  Return; the  inclusion  of
these charges would reduce the return.
 
     Both Standardized Return and Non-Standardized Return for Class B shares for
periods of over six years will reflect conversion of the Class B shares to Class
A shares at the end of the sixth year.
 
     The  following table shows performance information for the Class A, Class C
and Class Y shares of the Fund for the periods indicated. No Class B shares were
outstanding during those periods. All returns for periods of more than one  year
are expressed as an average return.
 
   
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                       CLASS A     CLASS C     CLASS Y
                                                                       -------     -------     -------
<S>                                                                    <C>         <C>         <C>
Fiscal year ended June 30, 1995:
     Standardized Return*...........................................   (13.38)%    (10.91)%    (9.03)%
     Non-Standardized Return........................................    (9.29)%    (10.01)%    (9.03)%
Five years ended June 30, 1995:
     Standardized Return*...........................................       NA          NA         NA
     Non-Standardized Return........................................       NA          NA         NA
Inception** to June 30, 1995:
     Standardized Return*...........................................   (15.91)%    (13.86)%   (12.94)%
     Non-Standardized Return........................................   (13.16)%    (13.86)%   (12.94)%
</TABLE>
    
 
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 * All  Standardized Return figures for Class  A shares reflect deduction of the
   current maximum sales charge of 4.5%. Standardized Return figures for periods
   of one year or less for Class  C shares reflect deduction of a 1%  contingent
   deferred  sales charge  on redemptions  made within  a year  of purchase; for
   periods longer  than  one  year,  Non-Standardized  Return  is  identical  to
   Standardized Return.
    
 
** The  inception date for the Class A shares, Class C shares and Class Y shares
   of the Fund is January 19, 1994.
 
     OTHER INFORMATION. In Performance Advertisements, the Fund may compare  its
Standardized  Return and/or its  Non-Standardized Return with  data published by
Lipper Analytical Services,  Inc. ('Lipper')  for growth  funds; CDA  Investment
Technologies,   Inc.   ('CDA');   Wiesenberger   Investment   Companies  Service
('Wiesenberger'); Investment Company  Data Inc. ('ICD');  or Morningstar  Mutual
Funds  ('Morningstar'); or  with the performance  of recognized  stock and other
indexes, including (but  not limited  to) the  Standard &  Poor's 500  Composite
Stock  Price Index, the Dow Jones  Industrial Average, the International Finance
Corporation Global Total Return Index, the Morgan Stanley International  Capital
World  Index,  the Lehman  Brothers  20+ Year  Treasury  Bond Index,  the Lehman
Brothers Government/Corporate Bond  Index, the Salomon  Brothers Non-U.S.  World
Government  Bond Index, and changes in the  Consumer Price Index as published by
the U.S. Department of Commerce.  The Fund also may  refer in such materials  to
mutual  fund performance  rankings and  other data,  such as  comparative asset,
expense  and  fee  levels,  published  by  Lipper,  CDA,  Wiesenberger,  ICD  or
Morningstar.  Performance Advertisements  also may  refer to  discussions of the
Fund and  comparative  mutual fund  data  and ratings  reported  in  independent
periodicals,  including  (but not  limited to)  THE  WALL STREET  JOURNAL, MONEY
Magazine, FORBES, BUSINESS  WEEK, FINANCIAL  WORLD, BARRON'S,  FORTUNE, THE  NEW
 
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YORK   TIMES,  THE   CHICAGO  TRIBUNE,   THE  WASHINGTON   POST  and   THE  KIP-
LINGER LETTERS.  Comparisons in  Performance Advertisements  may be  in  graphic
form.
 
     The  Fund  may  include  discussions or  illustrations  of  the  effects of
compounding in  Performance Advertisements.  'Compounding'  refers to  the  fact
that, if dividends or other distributions on a Fund investment are reinvested by
being  paid in additional Fund shares, any future income or capital appreciation
of the Fund would increase the value, not only of the original Fund  investment,
but  also  of the  additional Fund  shares received  through reinvestment.  As a
result, the value  of the Fund  investment would increase  more quickly than  if
dividends or other distributions had been paid in cash.
 
     The  Fund may  also compare  its performance  with the  performance of bank
certificates of deposits (CDs) as  measured by the CDA Investment  Technologies,
Inc.  Certificate of Deposit Index, the Bank Rate Monitor National Index and the
averages of  yields  of CDs  of  major  banks published  by  Banxquote'r'  Money
Markets. In comparing the Fund's performance to CD performance, investors should
keep  in mind that bank CDs are insured in  whole or in part by an agency of the
U.S. government  and  offer fixed  principal  and  fixed or  variable  rates  of
interest,  and  that  bank  CD  yields  may  vary  depending  on  the  financial
institution offering the CD and prevailing  interest rates. Fund shares are  not
insured  or guaranteed by the U.S. government  and returns thereon and net asset
value will fluctuate. The debt securities held by the Fund generally have longer
maturities than most CDs and may  reflect interest rate fluctuations for  longer
term  securities.  An investment  in  the Fund  involves  greater risks  than an
investment in either a money market fund or a CD.
 
                                     TAXES
 
     Set forth below is a summary of certain income tax considerations generally
affecting the  Fund and  its shareholders.  The  summary is  not intended  as  a
substitute  for individual tax  planning, and shareholders  are urged to consult
their tax  advisors  regarding the  application  of federal,  state,  local  and
foreign tax laws to their specific tax situations.
 
TAX STATUS OF THE FUND AND ITS SHAREHOLDERS
 
     The  Fund is treated as a separate  entity for federal income tax purposes.
The Fund's net investment income, capital gains and distributions are determined
for each Class  of shares separately  from any  other series or  Class that  the
Trust may designate.
 
     The  Fund has  qualified for  the fiscal  period ended  June 30,  1995 as a
'regulated investment company' under the Code and intends to continue to qualify
for this treatment  for each year.  If the  Fund (1) is  a regulated  investment
company  and  (2)  distributes to  its  shareholders  at least  90%  of  its net
investment income  (including  for this  purpose  its net  realized  short  term
capital  gains), the  Fund will not  be liable  for federal income  taxes to the
extent that its net investment income and  its net realized long term and  short
term  capital gains, if any, are distributed  to its shareholders. The Fund will
be subject to a nondeductible  4% excise tax to the  extent it does not  satisfy
certain   other  distribution  requirements.  The  Fund  intends  to  distribute
sufficient income so as to  avoid both the corporate  income tax and the  excise
tax.
 
     The  Fund's transactions in foreign currencies, forward currency contracts,
options  and  futures  contracts  (including  options  and  futures  on  foreign
currencies) are subject to special provisions of
 
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<PAGE>
the  Code that, among other things, may affect the character of gains and losses
realized by the Fund (that is, may  affect whether gains or losses are  ordinary
or capital), accelerate recognition of income to the Fund and defer Fund losses.
These  rules (1) could affect the  character, amount and timing of distributions
to shareholders of  the Fund,  (2) will  require the  Fund to  'mark to  market'
certain  types of the positions in its portfolio (that is, treat them as if they
were closed  out),  and (3)  may  cause the  Fund  to recognize  income  without
receiving  cash with which to make distributions in amounts necessary to satisfy
the distribution requirements  for avoiding  income and  excise taxes  described
above  and in the  Prospectus. The Fund  will seek to  monitor its transactions,
will seek  to make  the appropriate  tax elections  and will  seek to  make  the
appropriate  entries  in its  books  and records  when  it acquires  any foreign
currency,  forward  currency  contract,  option,  futures  contract  or   hedged
investment,  to mitigate the effect of  these rules and prevent disqualification
of the Fund as a regulated investment company.
 
     As a general rule, a shareholder's gain or loss on a sale or redemption  of
Fund  shares is a long term capital gain or loss if the shareholder has held the
shares for more than one year. The gain or loss is a short term capital gain  or
loss if the shareholder has held the shares for one year or less.
 
     The  Fund's  net  realized  long  term  capital  gains  are  distributed as
described in the  Prospectus. The distributions  ('capital gain dividends'),  if
any,  will be taxable to shareholders as  long term capital gains, regardless of
how long a shareholder has held Fund  shares, and will be designated as  capital
gain  dividends in a written  notice mailed by the  Trust to the shareholders of
the Fund after  the close of  the Fund's  prior taxable year.  If a  shareholder
receives  a capital  gain dividend with  respect to  any Fund share,  and if the
share is sold  before it  has been  held by the  shareholder for  more than  six
months, then any loss on the sale or exchange of the share, to the extent of the
capital  gain dividend, will be  treated as a long  term capital loss. Investors
considering buying Fund shares on or just prior to the record date for a taxable
dividend or capital  gain distribution should  be aware that  the amount of  the
forthcoming  dividend  or distribution  payment will  be  a taxable  dividend or
distribution payment.
 
     Special rules  contained in  the Code  apply when  a Fund  shareholder  (1)
disposes  of shares of the Fund through  a redemption or exchange within 90 days
of purchase and (2) subsequently  acquires shares of another PaineWebber  mutual
fund  on which a sales charge normally  is imposed without paying a sales charge
in accordance with the exchange privilege described in the Prospectus. In  these
cases, any gain on the disposition of the Fund shares will be increased, or loss
decreased, by the amount of the sales charge paid when the shares were acquired,
and that amount will increase the adjusted basis of the Fund shares subsequently
acquired.  In addition, if  shares of the  Fund are purchased  within 30 days of
redeeming shares at a  loss, the loss  will not be  deductible and instead  will
increase the basis of the newly purchased shares.
 
     If  a  shareholder  fails to  furnish  the  Trust with  a  correct taxpayer
identification number, fails  to report  fully dividend or  interest income,  or
fails  to certify that he or she  has provided a correct taxpayer identification
number and that  he or  she is  not subject  to 'backup  withholding,' then  the
shareholder may be subject to a 31% 'backup withholding' tax with respect to (1)
taxable  dividends and distributions from  the Fund and (2)  the proceeds of any
redemptions of Fund  shares. An individual's  taxpayer identification number  is
his  or  her  social security  number.  The  backup withholding  tax  is  not an
additional tax and may be credited  against a taxpayer's regular federal  income
tax liability.
 
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INVESTMENT IN PASSIVE FOREIGN INVESTMENT COMPANIES
 
     If  the Fund purchases shares in  certain foreign entities classified under
the Code as 'passive foreign investment  companies,' the Fund may be subject  to
federal  income tax on  a portion of  an 'excess distribution'  or gain from the
disposition of the shares, even though the income may have to be distributed  as
a  taxable dividend by  the Fund to  its shareholders. In  addition, gain on the
disposition of  shares in  a  passive foreign  investment company  generally  is
treated  as ordinary  income even  though the shares  are capital  assets in the
hands of the Fund. Certain interest charges may be imposed on either the Fund or
its shareholders with respect to any taxes arising from excess distributions  or
gains on the disposition of shares in a passive foreign investment company.
 
     The  Fund may be eligible to elect to include in its gross income its share
of earnings  of  a  passive  foreign investment  company  on  a  current  basis.
Generally,  the election  would eliminate the  interest charge  and the ordinary
income treatment on the disposition of stock, but such an election may have  the
effect  of accelerating the recognition of income and gains by the Fund compared
to a fund that did not make  the election. In addition, information required  to
make such an election may not be available to the Fund.
 
     Legislation  currently pending before the U.S. Congress would unify and, in
certain cases, modify the anti-deferral rules contained in various provisions of
the Code, including the passive  foreign investment company provisions,  related
to  the taxation of U.S. shareholders of  foreign corporations. In the case of a
passive  foreign  company  ('PFC'),  as  defined  in  the  legislation,   having
'marketable  stock,' the legislation would require U.S. shareholders owning less
than 25% of a PFC  that is not U.S.-controlled to  mark to market the PFC  stock
annually,  unless such shareholders elected to include in income currently their
proportionate shares of the PFC's income and gain. Otherwise, U.S.  shareholders
would  be treated  substantially the  same as  under current  law. Special rules
applicable to mutual  funds would classify  as 'marketable stock'  all stock  in
PFCs  owned by the Fund; however, the Fund would not be liable for tax on income
from PFCs that is distributed to shareholders. It is impossible to predict if or
when the legislation will become law and, if it is so enacted, what form it will
ultimately take. If the Fund is not able to make the foregoing election, it  may
be  able to avoid the interest charge (but not the ordinary income treatment) on
disposition of the stock by electing,  under proposed regulations, each year  to
mark-to-market  the stock (that is, treat it as  if it were sold for fair market
value). Such an  election could  also result in  acceleration of  income to  the
Fund.
 
                               OTHER INFORMATION
 
   
     The  Trust  was  organized  as  a business  trust  under  the  laws  of The
Commonwealth of Massachusetts pursuant  to a Declaration  of Trust dated  August
10,  1992, as amended from time to  time (the 'Declaration'). The Fund commenced
operations on January 19, 1994. Prior to November 1, 1995, the name of the  Fund
was  'Mitchell Hutchins/Kidder, Peabody Emerging  Markets Equity Fund.' Prior to
February 13, 1995, the  name of the Fund  was 'Kidder, Peabody Emerging  Markets
Equity  Fund.' Prior to November 1, 1995,  the Fund's Class C shares were called
'Class B' shares and Class  Y shares were called 'Class  C' shares. New Class  B
shares were not offered prior to November 1, 1995.
    
 
     Massachusetts  law  provides that  shareholders of  the Trust  could, under
certain circumstances,  be held  personally liable  for the  obligations of  the
Trust.  The Declaration disclaims shareholder  liability for acts or obligations
of  the  Trust,  however,  and  requires  that  notice  of  the  disclaimer   be
 
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given  in each agreement,  obligation or instrument entered  into or executed by
the Trust or a  Trustee. The Declaration provides  for indemnification from  the
Trust's  property for all  losses and expenses  of any shareholder  of the Trust
held personally liable for  the obligations of  the Trust. Thus,  the risk of  a
Fund shareholder incurring financial loss on account of shareholder liability is
limited  to  circumstances  in which  the  Trust  would be  unable  to  meet its
obligations, a possibility that the Trust's management believes is remote.  Upon
payment  of  any liability  incurred by  the Trust,  the shareholder  paying the
liability will  be entitled  to reimbursement  from the  general assets  of  the
Trust.  The Trustees intend to conduct the operations of the Trust in such a way
so as to avoid, as far as  possible, ultimate liability of the shareholders  for
liabilities of the Trust.
 
     CLASS-SPECIFIC  EXPENSES. The Fund  might determine to  allocate certain of
its expenses (in addition to distribution  fees) to the specific Classes of  the
Fund's  shares to  which those expenses  are attributable. For  example, Class B
shares of the  Funds bear higher  transfer agency fees  per shareholder  account
than  those borne by Class A or Class C shares. The higher fee is imposed due to
the higher costs incurred by the Transfer Agent in tracking shares subject to  a
contingent  deferred sales charge because, upon  redemption, the duration of the
shareholder's investment must be determined in order to determine the applicable
charge. Moreover,  the  tracking  and calculations  required  by  the  automatic
conversion  feature of the Class B shares will cause the Transfer Agent to incur
additional costs. Although the transfer agency fee will differ on a per  account
basis  as stated above,  the specific extent  to which the  transfer agency fees
will differ between the Classes  as a percentage of  net assets is not  certain,
because  the fee as a percentage of net assets will be affected by the number of
shareholder accounts in  each Class and  the relative amounts  of net assets  in
each Class.
 
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
 
     Ernst & Young LLP, located at 787 Seventh Avenue, New York, New York 10019,
serves  as independent auditors for  the Trust. In that  capacity, Ernst & Young
LLP will audit the Trust's financial statements at least annually.
 
COUNSEL
 
     Willkie Farr &  Gallagher, located at  One Citicorp Center,  153 East  53rd
Street, New York, New York 10022, serves as counsel to the Trust.
 
                              FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
 
     The Fund's Annual Report to Shareholders for the fiscal year ended June 30,
1995  is  a  separate  document  supplied  with  this  Statement  of  Additional
Information, and  the financial  statements, accompanying  notes and  report  of
independent  accountants appearing therein are incorporated by reference in this
Statement of Additional Information.
 
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NO  PERSON  HAS  BEEN  AUTHORIZED  TO  GIVE  ANY  INFORMATION  OR  TO  MAKE  ANY
REPRESENTATION  NOT  CONTAINED  IN  THE  PROSPECTUS  OR  IN  THIS  STATEMENT  OF
ADDITIONAL  INFORMATION IN CONNECTION  WITH THE OFFERING  MADE BY THE PROSPECTUS
AND, IF GIVEN OR  MADE, SUCH INFORMATION OR  REPRESENTATIONS MUST NOT BE  RELIED
UPON  AS HAVING BEEN AUTHORIZED  BY THE FUND OR  ITS DISTRIBUTOR. THE PROSPECTUS
AND THIS STATEMENT OF  ADDITIONAL INFORMATION DO NOT  CONSTITUTE AN OFFERING  BY
THE  FUND OR BY THE  DISTRIBUTOR IN ANY JURISDICTION  IN WHICH SUCH OFFERING MAY
NOT LAWFULLY BE MADE.
 
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                               TABLE OF CONTENTS
 
   
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Statement of Additional Information..............     1
Investment Policies and Restrictions.............     1
Trustees and Officers............................     6
Investment Advisory and Distribution
  Arrangements...................................     9
Portfolio Transactions...........................    10
Valuation of Shares..............................    12
Performance Information..........................    13
Taxes............................................    15
Other Information................................    17
Financial Statements.............................    18
</TABLE>
    
 
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