LIBERTY VARIABLE INVESTMENT TRUST
CONONIAL INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR GROWTH
SUPPLEMENT DATED OCTOBER 27, 1998
TO
PROSPECTUS DATED MAY 1, 1998
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Effective October 27, 1998, the portfolio manager for the Colonial International
Fund for Growth is Gita Rao. Ms. Rao has co-managed the Colonial Global Equity
Fund and the Colonial International Horizons Fund since 1996. Prior to joining
Colonial in 1995, Ms. Rao was a quantitative research analyst at Fidelity
Management & Research Company, and a Vice President in the equity research group
at Kidder, Peabody & Company.
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