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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 30, 1999


                                                  1933 Act File No. 33-61314
                                                  1940 Act File No. 811-7654


                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
                                    FORM N-1A

                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                      UNDER
                           SECURITIES ACT OF 1933             [x]
                       POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 8         [x]
                                     and/or
                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                      UNDER
                       THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940
                               AMENDMENT NO. 9                [x]

                    The Wright Managed Blue Chip Series Trust
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               (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

                 255 State Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02109
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                    (Address of Principal Executive Offices)

                                  617-482-8260
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                         (Registrant's Telephone Number)

                                 Alan R. Dynner
                 255 State Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02109
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                     (Name and Address of Agent for Service)



It is proposed that this filing will become effective (check appropriate box):

[ ] Immediately  upon filing  pursuant to  paragraph  (b)
[ ] On(date) pursuant to paragraph  (a)(1)
[x] On April 30, 1999 pursuant to paragraph (b)
[ ] 75 days after filing  pursuant to paragraph  (a)(2)
[ ] 60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)
[ ] On (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(2)

If appropriate, check the following box:

[ ]  This  post-effective  amendment  designates  a  new  effective  date  for a
previously filed post-effective amendment.

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                  WRIGHT
                  INVESTORS' SERVICE


                  THE WRIGHT MANAGED BLUE CHIP SERIES TRUST



                  PROSPECTUS




   
                 April 30, 1999
    



                  Wright Selected Blue Chip Equities Portfolio
                  Wright International Blue Chip Equities Portfolio





   
     As with all mutual funds,  the Securities  and Exchange  Commission has not
approved or disapproved  these securities or determined  whether the information
in this  prospectus  is accurate or complete.  Anyone who tells you otherwise is
committing a crime.
    

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Table of Contents
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                                                                   Page
The Wright Managed Blue Chip Series Trust:  Overview and
  Information About the Funds......................................  1

         Wright Selected Blue Chip Equities Portfolio..............  2
         Wright International Blue Chip Equities Portfolio.........  4

Information About Your Account
          How the Funds Value Their Shares.........................  6
          Purchase and Redemption of Shares........................  6

Dividends and Taxes................................................  7

Managing the Funds.................................................  8

Financial Highlights...............................................  9
         Wright Selected Blue Chip Equities Portfolio..............  9
         Wright International Blue Chip Equities Portfolio......... 10



How to Use this Prospectus:

Reading this prospectus will help you decide if investing in the Wright funds is
right for you.  Please keep this  prospectus for future  reference.  Included in
this prospectus are descriptions telling you about each fund's:

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OBJECTIVE: what the fund seeks to achieve.    
                                             
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PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGY: how the fund intends to achieve its objective 
and the strategies used by Wright Investors' Service, the funds' investment
adviser. 
                                       
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PRINCIPAL RISKS: the risks associated with the fund's primary investments.

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WHO MAY WANT TO INVEST:  decide if the fund is a suitable investment for you.

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PAST PERFORMANCE:the total return on your investment, including income from
dividends and interest, and the increase or decrease in price over various
periods.

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THE WRIGHT MANAGED BLUE CHIP INVESTMENT SERIES:  OVERVIEW AND INFORMATION
  ABOUT THE FUNDS
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This  prospectus  offers funds that are available for purchase only by insurance
company  separate  accounts that fund certain variable annuity and variable life
insurance  contracts.   You  should  read  this  prospectus  together  with  the
prospectus for those contracts.

WRIGHT INVESTORS' SERVICE, INC. AND THE APPROVED WRIGHT INVESTMENT LIST

   
     Considered  a bottom-up  fundamental  analyst,  Wright  Investors'  Service
systematically  identifies those companies in the WorldscopeR database that meet
minimum  standards  of  prudence  and thus are  suitable  for  consideration  by
fiduciary  investors.  These companies are then subjected to extensive  analysis
and  evaluation to identify those which meet Wright's  fundamental  standards of
investment  quality.  These  standards focus on liquidity,  financial  strength,
stability of profits and growth.

     Only those companies  meeting or exceeding these standards are eligible for
selection by the Wright Investment Committee for inclusion on an Approved Wright
Investment  List(AWIL).  There are separate AWILs for U.S.  companies,  non-U.S.
companies and small companies.  Slightly  different  standards may apply to each
list. For example, smaller companies may have a lower market capital requirement
but a higher  standard of  profitability  and growth.  All the  companies on the
Lists are considered by Wright to be "Blue Chips". This means that the companies
have established records of earnings  profitability and equity growth. All these
companies have  established  investment  acceptance and active,  liquid markets.
Securities  are selected from the various  approved Lists to meet the objectives
and strategies of each fund.
    

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                          Fundamental Analysis

     The  analysis of company  financial  statements  to forecast  future  price
movements using past records of assets,  earnings,  sales, products,  management
and markets. It differs from technical analysis which relies on price and volume
movements of stocks and does not concern itself with financial statistics.


                      "Bottom-Up" Approach to Investing

     The  analysis  of  company  information  before  considering  the impact of
industry and economic  trends.  It differs from the  "top-down"  approach  which
looks first at the economy, then the industry and lastly the company.



   
                             "Blue Chip"

Financial dictionaries define Blue Chip as a common stock of a company that has
a long record of profit growth and dividend payment and a reputation for quality
management, products and services. Wright further defines this to include only
securities issued by companies that meet its qualitative standards.
    

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WRIGHT SELECTED BLUE CHIP EQUITIES PORTFOLIO
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CUSIP:   98235A504

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OBJECTIVE
The fund seeks to  provide  long-term  capital  appreciation  and,  secondarily,
current income.

   
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PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES
     The  portfolio  invests  at  least  80% of its  net  assets  in the  equity
securities of well-established  quality companies on the AWIL. Wright focuses on
individual  stock  selection  instead of trying to predict  which  industries or
sectors will perform best.  Wright  selects only those  companies  whose current
operations reflect defined, quantified characteristics which Wright believes are
likely to provide comparatively superior total investment return.

     Wright  considers  recent  valuations  and  price/earnings   momentum  when
deciding which companies  present the best value in terms of current price,  and
current and forecasted earnings. Selected companies may or may not currently pay
dividends on their shares. The portfolio's  investments are equally weighted. At
the end of 1998, the fund's median market  capitalization was that of a mid cap
portfolio. Professional investment personnel characterize the fund as a growth
fund with a value bias.
    


     Typically,  the  portfolio  sells an  individual  security  when its  value
exceeds two times its target position based on equal weighting,  the security is
no  longer  eligible  for  inclusion  in the  AWIL,  or it  ceases  to meet  the
investment criteria.

   
     When the market is unfavorable,  the portfolio's assets may be held in cash
or invested in  short-term  obligations  without  limit.  Although the portfolio
would do this to  reduce  losses,  defensive  investments  may  hurt the  fund's
efforts to achieve its investment objective.

The fund's objective may be changed by the trustees without shareholder
approval.

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PRINCIPAL RISKS
     Before you  invest in any mutual  fund,  you  should  understand  the risks
involved. Two basic risks are prevalent in mutual fund investing:

     o MARKET  RISK--when the price of a security falls, the value of the fund's
       investments may fall and you could lose money on your investment

     o MANAGEMENT  RISK--the  adviser's  strategy  may not produce the expected
       results, causing losses.

     In addition to normal market and management risks, fund performance will be
adversely affected if:

     o Mid cap stocks  fall out of favor with the market and  returns  trail
       the overall  stock  market
     o Selected  companies  remain undervalued.

     The funds can not eliminate risk or assure achievement of their objectives.
You may lose money if the risks are realized when you sell your shares.

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WHO MAY WANT TO INVEST
You may be interested in the fund if you are seeking an actively  managed common
stock investment for total investment  return  consisting of price  appreciation
plus income and intend to make a long-term investment commitment.

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PAST PERFORMANCE
The  information on the next page shows the fund's  performance  for the life of
the fund through  December 31, 1998.  These returns include  reinvestment of all
dividends and capital gain distributions, and reflect fund expenses. Performance
figures do not reflect  expenses  incurred from  investing  through an insurance
company  variable  contract.  Please refer to the contract  prospectus  for more
information on expenses.  As with all mutual funds,  past  performance  does not
guarantee future results.


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The bar chart  illustrates  the risk of  investing  in the fund by  showing  how
volatile the fund's  performance  has been for each full  calendar  year for the
life of the fund.



Year-by-Year Total Return as of December 31
   40%
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   30%                                                    32.08%
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   20%                   26.25%            22.80%          
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   10%
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    0%
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 (10)%  -6.19%                                                         -2.65%
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 (20)%
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          1994              1995              1996          1997         1998

Best quarter:16.57% (4th quarter 1998) Worst quarter: -20.93% (3rd quarter 1998)

     The fund's average annual return is compared with the Standard & Poor's 400
Mid Cap Index  (S&P 400).  While the fund does not seek to match the  returns of
the S&P 400, this  unmanaged  index is a good  indicator of mid-cap stock market
performance. The S&P 400, unlike the fund, does not incur fees or charges.


Average Annual Returns as of December 31, 1998
                                              Since Inception
                                 1 Year             1/4/94
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Selected Blue Chip Portfolio     -2.65%             13.37%
S&P Mid-Cap 400                  19.09%              n/a


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WRIGHT INTERNATIONAL BLUE CHIP EQUITIES PORTFOLIO
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CUSIP:   98235A603


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OBJECTIVE
The fund seeks long-term capital appreciation.


    
   
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PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES
     The fund invests at least 80% of its net assets in the equity securities of
well-established non-U.S.  companies. The fund only invests in securities on the
International  Approved  Wright  Investment  List  (IAWIL).  Wright  focuses  on
individual  stock  selection  instead  of trying to  predict  which  country  or
industry will perform best.
    

     Wright  systematically  reviews  about 12,000  non-U.S.  companies  from 49
countries contained in Wright's  Worldscope(R)  database to identify those which
meet  minimum  standards  for  consideration  for  fiduciary  investment.  These
companies must have at least five years of audited  records and show a record of
profitability over the last three years.

   
     Wright selects  well-established  and profitable  non-U.S.  companies which
have their principal business activities in at least three different  countries.
These  companies can be of any size that qualifies for trading on the securities
market of the country where the company is located,  other foreign  exchanges or
for  trading in the U.S.  through  American  Depositary  Receipts  (ADRs).  ADRs
represent  interests  in an  underlying  security.  Companies  may  or  may  not
currently  pay  dividends  on their  shares.  At the end of  1998,  the fund was
over-weighted in the European  countries and under-weighted in Japan and Pacific
rim countries.
    

     Individual  securities  which no longer meet the  standard for the IAWIL or
Wright's investment criteria are sold.

   
     When international security or currency markets are unfavorable, the fund's
assets may be held in cash or invested in short-term obligations without limit .
Although  the fund would do this to avoid  losses,  these  measures may hurt the
fund's efforts to achieve its investment objective.

The fund's objective may be changed by the trustees without shareholder
approval.

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 PRINCIPAL RISKS
     Before you  invest in any mutual  fund,  you  should  understand  the risks
involved. Two basic risks are prevalent in mutual fund investing:

     o MARKET  RISK--when the price of a security falls, the value of the fund's
       investments may fall and you could lose money on your investment

     o MANAGEMENT  RISK--the  adviser's  strategy  may not produce the expected
       results, causing losses.
    

     In  addition  to  market  and  management  risks,  the fund is  subject  to
additional  risks in  connection  with  investing in foreign  securities.  These
include:

    o currency risk (changes in foreign currency rates reducing the value of the
      fund's assets)
    o seizure, expropriation or  nationalization  of a company's assets
    o less  publicly  available  information 
    o the impact of  political, social or diplomatic events.

The European countries have adopted the Euro as their common currency.  Existing
national currencies of these countries are sub-currencies of the Euro until July
1, 2002, when the old currencies  disappear  entirely.  The  introduction of the
Euro presents some possible  risks,  which could  adversely  affect the value of
securities held by the fund, as well as possible adverse tax consequences. There
could be  unpredictable  effects on trade and  commerce,  resulting in increased
volatility for all financial markets. 

   
The funds can not eliminate risk or assure achievement of their objectives.
You may lose money if the risks are realized when you sell your shares.
    

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WHO MAY WANT TO INVEST 
     The fund may be suitable for investors  seeking a diversified  portfolio of
quality non-U.S.  equities  offering  ownership in some of the leading companies
throughout  the  world  who  are  not  adverse  to  the  risks  associated  with
international  investing.  Also,  because  foreign  stock prices may not move in
concert with U.S. market prices,  the fund may be a useful way to diversify your
investments.
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PAST PERFORMANCE 
     The information below shows the fund's performance for the life of the fund
through December 31, 1998.  These returns include  reinvestment of all dividends
and capital gain distributions,  and reflect fund expenses.  Performance figures
do not reflect  expenses  incurred from investing  through an insurance  company
variable contract.  Please refer to the contract prospectus for more information
on expenses.  As with all mutual  funds,  past  performance  does not  guarantee
future results.

The bar chart shows how volatile the fund's performance has been by illustrating
the differences for each full calendar year for the life of the fund.


Year-by-Year Total Return as of December 31
   30%
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   20%
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   10%              10.07%            17.40%
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    0%                                                5.67%          8.45%  
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 (10)% -8.55%
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 (20)%
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        1994         1995              1996             1997            1998

Best quarter:16.87% (4th quarter 1998) Worst quarter: -17.92% (3rd quarter 1998)

   
     The fund's  average  annual  return is compared  with the FT/S&P  Actuaries
World ex U.S.  Index.  While the fund does not seek to match the  returns of the
index,  this  unmanaged  index  is a good  indicator  of  foreign  stock  market
performance. The index, unlike the fund, does not incur fees or charges.
    

Average Annual Returns as of December 31, 1998

                                                  Since Inception
                                 1 Year               1/4/94
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International Blue
Chip Portfolio                    8.45%                6.27%
FT/S&P Actuaries
World ex U.S. Index              16.17%                 n/a
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INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR ACCOUNT
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HOW THE FUND'S VALUE THEIR SHARES
    

The price at which you buy,  sell or  exchange  fund shares is the net asset per
share price or NAV.  This share price is  determined  by adding the value of the
fund's  investments,  cash and other  assets,  deducting  liabilities,  and then
dividing that amount by the total number of shares outstanding. 

   
     The NAV for each fund is calculated at the close of regular  trading on the
New York Stock Exchange (normally 4:00 p.m. New York time) each day the Exchange
is open. It is not  calculated  on days the Exchange is closed.  The price for a
purchase, redemption or exchange of fund shares is the next NAV calculated after
you order is received in proper form.

     When the funds  calculate  their share  price,  they value their  portfolio
securities  at the last current  sales price on the market where the security is
normally  traded.  market.  Securities  which cannot be valued at these  closing
prices are valued by Wright at fair value in accordance with procedures  adopted
by the  trustees.  This could  happen if an event  after the close of the market
seemed  likely to have a major impact on the price of  securities  traded on the
market.
    

     The value of all assets and liabilities  expressed in foreign currencies is
converted  into U.S.  dollars at the most recent  market  rates quoted by one or
more major banks shortly  before the close of the Exchange.  Foreign  securities
trade during hours and on days that the Exchange is closed and the International
Blue  Chip  fund's  NAV is not  calculated.  Although  that  fund's  NAV  may be
affected, you will not be able to purchase or redeem shares on these days.

PURCHASE AND REDEMPTION OF SHARES

Shares of the funds are available only through the purchase of variable  annuity
or variable life insurance contracts issued by insurance companies through their
separate  accounts.  The  variable  insurance  products  may  or  may  not  make
investments  in each  fund  described  in this  prospectus.

     Each fund credits investments to an insurance company's separate account at
the NAV next  determined  after  acceptance of the investment by the fund.  Each
fund may  suspend the offer of its shares and  reserves  the right to reject any
specific purchase order. A fund may refuse a purchase order if, in the adviser's
opinion, the order is of a size that would disrupt the management of a fund.

     The redemption  price of the shares of each fund will be the NAV determined
next after  receipt by the fund of a redemption  order from a separate  account,
which may be more or less than the price paid for the shares.  Each fund redeems
its shares on any business  day.  Redemptions  are effected at the NAV per share
next determined after the fund receives and accepts the redemption request. Each
fund forwards  redemption  proceeds to the redeeming  insurance  company  within
seven days after receipt of the redemption request. Under unusual circumstances,
a fund may suspend  redemptions,  as permitted by federal  securities laws. Each
fund  reserves  the right to  distribute  portfolio  securities  to a  redeeming
shareholder.
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DIVIDENDS AND TAXES
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DIVIDENDS AND TAXES

Each fund  intends to qualify and be taxed as a "regulated  investment  company"
under  Subchapter  M of the  Internal  Revenue  Code of 1986  (the  "Code"),  as
amended. In order to qualify to be taxed as a regulated investment company, each
fund  must meet  certain  income  and  diversification  tests  and  distribution
requirements.  As a regulated  investment company meeting these requirements,  a
fund will not be subject to federal income tax on its net investment  income and
net  capital  gains  that it  distributes  to its  shareholders.  All income and
capital gain distributions are automatically  reinvested in additional shares of
the fund at NAV and are  includable  in gross  income of the  separate  accounts
holding such shares.  Each fund  expects most  distributions  to be from capital
gains. See the accompanying  contract  prospectus for information  regarding the
federal income tax treatment of  distributions  to the separate  accounts and to
holders of the contracts.

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MANAGING THE FUNDS
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     Wright  Investors'  Service,Inc.  is a  leading  independent  international
investment  management  and  advisory  firm with more than 35 years  experience.
Wright  manages  about  $4.5  billion of assets in  portfolios  of all sizes and
styles as well as a family of mutual funds. The company  developed  WorldscopeR,
one of the world's largest and most complete databases of financial information,
which currently includes more than 19,000 corporations in 49 nations.

     Wright manages the funds' investments.  Wright is located at 1000 Lafayette
Boulevard,  Bridgeport,  CT  06604.  Wright  is  entitled  to  receive a monthly
advisory fee for its services.  However,  during the fiscal year ended  December
31, 1998, Wright  voluntarily agreed to limit each fund's total annual operating
expenses. As a result of that agreement, Wright did not receive any advisory fee
from either fund. Wright may not continue this agreement in the future. If there
had not been such an agreement,  Wright would have received fees at the rate (as
a percentage of daily net assets) of 0.65 % for the Selected Blue Chip Portfolio
and 0.80% for the International Blue Chip Portfolio.
     

INVESTMENT COMMITTEE

An investment  committee of senior officers controls the investment  selections,
policies and procedures of the funds.  These officers are  experienced  analysts
with different areas of expertise,  and have over 195 years of combined  service
with Wright. The investment committee consists of the following members:
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<CAPTION>

         Committee Member           Title                                                 Joined Wright in
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         <S>                        <C>                                                          <C>                       
   
         Peter M. Donovan, CFA      President and Chief Executive Officer                        1966
         Judith R. Corchard         Chairman of the investment committee                         1960
                                    Executive Vice President - Investment Management
         Jatin J. Mehta, CFA        Chief Investment Officer - U.S. Equities                     1969
         Harivadan K. Kapadia, CFA  Senior Vice President - Investment Analysis and Information  1969
         Michael F. Flament, CFA    Senior Vice President - Investment and Economic Analysis     1972
         James P. Fields, CFA       Senior Vice President - Fixed Income Investments             1982
         Amit S. Khandwala          Senior Vice President - International Investments            1986
         Charles T. Simko, Jr., CFA Senior Vice President - Investment Research                  1985
         Patricia J. Pierce, CFA    Senior Vice President - Equities                             1999
</TABLE>
    

ADMINISTRATOR

     Eaton  Vance  Management   serves  as  the  funds'   administrator  and  is
responsible for managing their daily business  affairs.  Eaton Vance's  services
include  operations  of the funds' order room,  recordkeeping,  preparation  and
filing of documents  required to comply with federal and state  securities laws,
supervising the activities of the funds' custodian and transfer agent, providing
assistance in connection with the trustees' and shareholders' meetings and other
necessary administrative services.

 YEAR 2000 READINESS

   
     Mutual funds and businesses around the world could be adversely affected if
computers do not properly process  date-related  information with respect to the
Year 2000. Wright is addressing this issue and is getting reasonable  assurances
from the funds' other major service providers that they too are addressing these
issues  to  preserve  smooth   functioning  of  the  funds'  trading,   pricing,
shareholder account, custodial and other operations.  Wright is also considering
the  vulnerability to year 2000 problems of companies in which the funds invest.
Improperly  functioning  computers may disrupt  securities  markets or result in
overall  economic  uncertainty.  Individual  companies  may  also  be  adversely
affected by the cost of fixing  their  computers,  which  could be  substantial.
There is no guarantee that all problems will be avoided.

USE BY MULTIPLE INSURANCE PRODUCTS
    

     The interests of different  variable insurance products investing in a fund
could conflict due to differences of tax treatment and other considerations. The
funds currently do not foresee any  disadvantages to investors  arising from the
fact that each fund may offer its shares to different insurance company separate
accounts  that serve as the  investment  medium for their  variable  annuity and
variable life products.  Nevertheless,  the trustees intend to monitor events to
identify any material irreconcilable conflicts which may arise, and to determine
what  action,  if any,  should be taken in  response  to these  conflicts.  If a
conflict were to occur, one or more insurance companies' separate accounts might
be required to withdraw  their  investments in a fund and shares of another fund
may be  substituted.  In  addition,  the  sale of  shares  may be  suspended  or
terminated  if  required  by  law or  regulatory  authority  or is in  the  best
interests of the funds' shareholders.

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Financial Highlights
The  financial  highlights  will  help  you  understand  each  fund's  financial
performance for the past 5 years. Certain information reflects financial results
for a single fund share.  Total return shows how much your investment  increased
or  decreased  during the period,  assuming you  reinvested  all  dividends  and
distributions.  Deloitte & Touche LLP, independent certified public accountants,
audited  this  information.  Their  reports,  along  with the  funds'  financial
statements,  are included in the funds' annual  report,  which is available upon
request.


                       WRIGHT SELECTED BLUE CHIP PORTFOLIO

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                                                                 Year Ended December 31,
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FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS                               1998       1997        1996        1995       1994(5)
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<S>                                             <C>         <C>         <C>         <C>         <C>     
Net asset value, beginning of period........... $  15.650   $ 14.000    $ 11.410    $  9.320    $ 10.000
                                                --------    --------    --------    --------    --------

Income from Investment Operations: 
  Net investment income (1).................... $   0.020   $  0.110    $  0.170    $  0.100    $  0.092
  Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)......    (0.270)     3.780       2.430       2.345      (0.712)
                                                --------    --------    --------    --------    --------

   Total from investment operations............ $  (0.250)  $  3.890    $  2.600    $  2.445    $ (0.620)
                                                --------    --------    --------    --------    --------
Less Distributions:
  Dividends from investment income............. $   -       $  -        $ (0.010)   $ (0.070)   $ (0.060)
  Dividends from capital gains.................    (1.400)    (2.240)      -          (0.285)      -
  Return of capital............................     -          -           -           -           -
                                                --------    --------    --------    --------    --------

   Total distributions......................... $  (1.400)  $ (2.240)   $ (0.010)   $ (0.355)   $ (0.060)
                                                --------    --------    --------    --------    --------

Net asset value, end of period................. $  14.000   $ 15.650    $ 14.000    $ 11.410    $  9.320
                                                ========    ========    ========    ========    ========

Total Return(3)................................    (2.65%)    32.1%       22.8%       26.3%       (6.2%)

Ratios/Supplemental Data:
  Net assets, end of period(000 omitted)....... $  3,481    $   3,425   $   2,668   $   2,239   $  1,452
  Ratio of total expenses to average net assets(1)  1.27%(4)    1.30%(4)    1.27%(4)    1.60%(4)   1.15%(2)
  Ratio of net income to average net assets(1)      0.30%      0.70%       1.14%       0.96%       1.16%(2)
  Portfolio Turnover Rate......................       49%        40%         68%         64%         74%

<FN>
(1)During each of the periods presented,  the investment adviser and/or the
administrator  voluntarily  reduced  their fees and the  investment  adviser was
allocated a portion of the portfolio's operating expenses. Had these actions not
been undertaken, the net investment income (loss) per share and the ratios would
have been as follows:

                                                   1998       1997        1996        1995       1994(5)
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Net investment income (loss) per share......... $  (0.036)  $  0.030    $  0.066    $ (0.017)   $ (0.078)
                                                ========    ========    ========    ========    ========
Ratios (As a percentage of average net assets):
  Expenses.....................................     2.11%      1.81%       1.97%       2.72%       3.30% (2)
                                                ========    ========    ========    ========    ========
  Net investment income (loss).................    (0.54%)     0.19%       0.44%      (0.16%)     (0.99%)(2)
                                                ========    ========    ========    ========    ========
(2) Annualized.
(3)Total  investment  return is calculated  assuming a purchase at the net asset
   value on the first  day and a sale at the net asset  value on the last day of
   each period reported. Dividends and distributions,  if any, are assumed to be
   invested  at  the  net  asset  value  on the  reinvestment  date.  The  total
   investment  return  does not  reflect  expenses  that  apply to the  separate
   account or policies.  If these  charges had been  included,  the total return
   would be reduced.
(4)During the years ended  December 31,  1998,  1997,  1996 and 1995,  custodian
   fees were  reduced by credits  resulting  from cash  balances  the  portfolio
   maintained  with the custodian  (Note 1D). The computation of net expenses to
   average daily net assets reported above is computed without  consideration of
   such credits, in accordance with reporting regulations in effect beginning in
   1995. If these credits were considered,  the ratio of expenses to average net
   assets would have been as follows:

                                                   1998       1997        1996        1995
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


   Actual ratio of net expenses................     1.15%      1.15%       1.06%       1.15%
                                                ========    ========    ========    ========


(5) For the period from  January 6, 1994  (start of  business)  to December  31,
1994.

</FN>
</TABLE>


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                    WRIGHT INTERNATIONAL BLUE CHIP PORTFOLIO

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>


                                                                 Year Ended December 31,
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS                               1998       1997        1996        1995       1994(5)
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


<S>                                             <C>         <C>         <C>         <C>         <C>     
Net asset value, beginning of period........... $  11.800   $ 11.810    $ 10.060    $  9.140    $ 10.000
                                                --------    --------    --------    --------    --------
Income from Investment Operations:
  Net investment income (loss)(1).............. $  (0.023)  $  0.032    $ (0.043)   $  0.003    $  0.031
  Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)......     1.053      0.588       1.793       0.967      (0.886)
                                                --------    --------    --------    --------    --------

   Total from investment operations............ $   1.030   $  0.620    $  1.750    $  0.970    $ (0.855)
                                                --------    --------    --------    --------    --------

  Less Distributions:
   Dividends from investment income............ $   -       $  -        $  -        $ (0.005)   $ (0.005)
   Return of capital...........................     -          -           -          (0.013)      -
   Distributions from capital gains ...........    (0.570)    (0.630)      -           -           -
   Tax distribution from paid-in capital.......     -          -           -          (0.032)      -
                                                --------    --------    --------    --------    --------
   Total distributions......................... $  (0.570)  $ (0.630)   $  -        $ (0.050)   $ (0.005)

                                                --------    --------    --------    --------    --------

Net asset value, end of period................. $  12.260   $ 11.800    $ 11.810    $ 10.060    $  9.140
                                                ========    ========    ========    ========    ========
Total Return(3)................................     8.5%       5.7%       17.4%       10.6%       (8.1%)

Ratios/Supplemental Data:
  Net assets, end of period(000 omitted)....... $  1,276    $   1,411   $   1,457   $   1,365   $  1,229
  Ratio of total expenses to average net assets(1) 2.00% (4)    2.00%(4)     2.31%(4)   2.28% (4)  1.80% (2)
  Ratio of net income (loss) to average net
     assets(1).................................   (0.21%)       0.25%      (0.42)%      0.06%      0.19% (2)
  Portfolio Turnover Rate......................      61%          94%          44%        31%         0%

<FN>
(1)During  each  of the  periods  presented,  the  Investment  Adviser  and  the
   Administrator  voluntarily reduced their fees, and the Investment Adviser was
   allocated a portion of the Portfolio's  operating expenses.  Had such actions
   not been  undertaken,  the net investment loss per share and the ratios would
   have been as follows:

                                                   1998       1997        1996        1995       1994(5)
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Net investment loss  per share................. $  (0.369)  $ (0.262)   $ (0.253)   $ (0.920)   $ (0.434)
                                                ========    ========    ========    ========    ========
Ratios (As a percentage of average net assets):
  Expenses.....................................     5.16%      4.30%       4.37%       4.18%       4.65% (2)
                                                ========    ========    ========    ========    ========
  Net investment loss..........................    (3.37%)    (2.05%)     (2.47%)     (1.85%)     (2.66%)(2)
                                                ========    ========    ========    ========    ========

(2) Annualized.
(3)Total  investment  return is calculated  assuming a purchase at the net asset
   value on the first  day and a sale at the net asset  value on the last day of
   each period reported. Dividends and distributions,  if any, are assumed to be
   invested  at  the  net  asset  value  on the  reinvestment  date.  The  total
   investment  return  does not  reflect  expenses  that  apply to the  separate
   account or related  policies.  If these charges had been included,  the total
   return would be reduced.
(4)During the years ended  December 31,  1998,  1997,  1996 and 1995,  custodian
   fees were  reduced by credits  resulting  from cash  balances  the  portfolio
   maintained  with the custodian  (Note 1D). The computation of net expenses to
   average daily net assets reported above is computed without  consideration of
   such credits, in accordance with reporting regulations in effect beginning in
   1995. If these credits were considered,  the ratio of expenses to average net
   assets in each period would have been as follows:

                                                   1998       1997        1996        1995
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


   Actual ratio of net expenses................     1.85%      1.85%       1.85%       1.85%
                                                ========    ========    ========    ========

(5)  For the period from January 6, 1994 (start of business) to December 31, 1994.

</FN>
</TABLE>

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FOR MORE INFORMATION

Additional  information about the funds'  investments is available in the funds'
semi-annual  and  annual  reports to  shareholders.  The  funds'  annual  report
contains a discussion of the market  conditions and investment  strategies  that
affected  the funds'  performance  over the past year. 

     You may want to read the statement of additional information (SAI) for more
information  on the  funds  and  the  securities  they  invest  in.  The  SAI is
incorporated  into  this  prospectus  by  reference,  which  means  that  it  is
considered to be part of the prospectus.

     You can get free copies of the  semi-annual and annual reports and the SAI,
request other  information or get answers to your  questions  about the funds by
writing or calling:

    Wright Investors' Service Distributors, Inc.
    1000 Lafayette Boulevard
    Bridgeport, CT 06604
    (800) 888-9471
    E-mail:  [email protected]

Copies of documents  and  application  forms can be viewed and  downloaded  from
Wright's website: www.wrightinvestors.com. 

     Text-only  versions of fund  documents  can be viewed  online or downloaded
from the SEC's web site at  www.sec.gov.  You can also obtain copies by visiting
the SEC's  Public  Reference  Room in  Washington  DC.  For  information  on the
operation of the Public Reference Room, call (800) SEC-0330. Copies of documents
may also be obtained by sending  your  request  and the  appropriate  fee to the
SEC's Public Reference Section, Washington, DC 20549-6009.

Investment Company Act file number:...........................811-07654



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                    WRIGHT
                    INVESTORS' SERVICE




   
                    CATHOLIC VALUES EQUITY INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO
    










                    PROSPECTUS
  


   
                   April 30, 1999


        A Series of The Wright Managed Blue Chip Series Trust
    

  







     As with all mutual funds,  the Securities  and Exchange  Commission has not
approved or disapproved  these securities or determined  whether the information
in this  prospectus  is accurate or complete.  Anyone who tells you otherwise is
committing a crime.


<PAGE>


                                TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Catholic Values Equity Investment Portfolio: Overview of
  Principal Strategies and Information About the Fund............. 1
         

         Objective................................................ 2
         Principal Investment Strategies.......................... 2
         Principal Risks.......................................... 2
         Who May Want to Invest................................... 2
         
General Information 
         Determining Share Price.................................. 3
         Purchase and Redemption of Shares........................ 3
         Dividends and Taxes ..................................... 3

Managing the Fund ................................................ 4

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How to Use this Prospectus:

Reading this  prospectus  will help you decide if investing in the fund is right
for you.  Please keep this  prospectus  for future  reference.  Included in this
prospectus are descriptions telling you about the fund's:

(Graphic -- ship's wheel) 
OBJECTIVE: what the fund seeks to achieve.

(Graphic -- compass)
PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES: how the fund intends to achieve its objective
and the strategies used by Wright Investors'Service, the fund's investment
adviser.

(Graphic -- life preserver)
PRINCIPAL RISKS: the risks associated with the fund's primary investments.

(Graphic -- assorted nautical flags)
WHO MAY WANT TO INVEST: decide if the fund is a suitable investment for you.

<PAGE>


   
CATHOLIC VALUES EQUITY INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO- OVERVIEW OF PRINCIPAL STRATEGIES
  AND INFORMATION ABOUT THE FUND
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Catholic Values Equity  Investment  Portfolio  offers an investment  opportunity
that  combines the  fundamental  security  selection  process with a review by a
Catholic  Advisory Board.  This process  insures  companies that offer products,
services  or engage in  activities  that are  contrary to the core values of the
Roman Catholic Church are not included.  The fund is available for purchase only
by insurance  company  separate  accounts that fund certain variable annuity and
variable life insurance contracts. You should read this prospectus together with
the prospectus for those contracts.

   
THE SECURITY SELECTION PROCESS - THE APPROVED WRIGHT INVESTMENT LIST (AWIL)
     Using  fundamental   investment  analysis  techniques,   Wright  Investors'
Service,  the  fund's  investment  adviser,   systematically   identifies  those
companies in the Worldscope(R)  database that meet minimum standards of prudence
and thus are suitable for consideration by fiduciary investors. Wright considers
companies meeting these  requirements to be "investment  grade." These companies
are then  extensively  analyzed  and  evaluated  to  identify  those  which meet
Wright's standards of investment quality.

     These  standards  measure the investment  acceptance,  financial  strength,
profitability, stability and growth of a company. Companies meeting or exceeding
these standards are eligible for inclusion on an AWIL.

     There are separate AWILs for U.S. companies,  non-U.S.  companies and small
companies.  All the companies on the AWILs are soundly  financed  "Blue Chips" .
This means that the companies have established records of earnings profitability
and equity growth. All have established investment acceptance and active, liquid
markets.

- ------ SIDE BAR TEXT-------
                             Fundamental Analysis and
                              "Bottom-up" Approach
                                  to Investing
Fundamental  analysis is the analysis of company  financial  statements  to
forecast future price movements using past records of assets,  earnings,  sales,
products,  management  and markets.  It differs from  technical  analysis  which
relies on price and volume  movements of stocks and does not concern itself with
financial statistics.

     Bottom-up   investing  is  the  analysis  of  company   information  before
considering  the impact of industry  and  economic  trends.  It differs from the
"top-down" approach which looks first at the economy, then the industry and last
the company.      


                                     Blue Chip  
Financial dictionaries define Blue Chip as the common stock of a company that
has a long record of profit growth and dividend payment and a reputation for
quality management, products and service. Wright further refines this to include
only securities issued by companies that meet its qualitative standards.    
    
  
- ------ END SIDE BAR TEXT ------

THE CATHOLIC ADVISORY BOARD

     The fund's proposed portfolio and any subsequent  additions are reviewed by
the Catholic  Advisory  Board  ensuring  that the companies  offer  products and
services and undertake activities that are consistent with the core teachings of
the Catholic Church.

     The  Catholic  Advisory  Board is  comprised  of  independent  lay  members
familiar with the basic tenets and core teachings of the Roman Catholic  Church.
The Catholic Advisory Board identifies companies whose products, services and/or
activities are substantially consistent with the core Catholic Church teachings,
based  on the  best  publicly  available  information  obtained  by  Wright  and
information received from shareholders and other interested sources. Its members
are guided by the  magisterium  of the Catholic  Church and seek the counsel and
advice of ecclesiastics in determining which companies meet the fund's religious
criteria.

<PAGE>

CATHOLIC VALUES EQUITY INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO

   
(Graphic -- ship's wheel)
OBJECTIVE
     The fund seeks  long-term  growth of capital and reasonable  current income
     from  investments  consistent with the core values of the Catholic  Church.
     Reasonable  income means the income that can be achieved from an equity
     portfolio.

(Graphic -- compass)
PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES
     Under normal circumstances, the fund invests at least 80% of its net assets
in the equity  securities of  well-established  companies.  These securities are
included on the quality oriented Approved Wright Investment Lists (AWILs). Up to
30%  of  the  fund's  investments  may  be in  foreign  securities  or  American
Depositary Receipts (ADRs). ADRs represent interests in an underlying security.

     Using a bottom-up fundamental approach, Wright evaluates a company's recent
valuation and price/earnings  momentum to determine whether it presents the best
value in terms of current  price,  and  current  and  forecasted  earnings.  The
investment  process  at Wright  is  directed  and  controlled  by an  investment
committee of experienced  analysts.  The committee's  selection suggestions
are reviewed by the Catholic Advisory Board.

     Typically,  the  fund  sells  an  individual  security  when  it no  longer
qualifies for  inclusion on the AWILs or meets the Catholic  Advisory  Board's
religious criteria.

     For  temporary  defensive  purposes,  the fund may hold  cash or  invest in
short-term  debt  securities  without limit.  Although the fund would do this to
reduce losses,  defensive investments may hurt the fund's efforts to achieve its
objective.

The  fund's  objective  may be  changed  by  the  trustees without shareholder
approval.

(Graphic -- life preserver)
PRINCIPAL RISKS
     The  Catholic  Advisory  Board has sole  discretion  in  determining  which
companies  meet the fund's  religious  criteria.  When a company  violates  core
Catholic teachings, the board asks Wright to remove it from the portfolio.  This
policy may lead to the sale of a security at a  disadvantageous  time  causing a
loss to the fund or adverse tax consequences.

     Because the fund only  considers  securities  that meet its  investment and
religious  criteria,  the fund's return may be lower than if the fund considered
only investment criteria when selecting  investments.  However,  Wright does not
expect this restriction to have a material effect on performance.

     In addition to market and management  risk, there are risks associated with
investing in foreign countries.  These include currency risk (changes in foreign
currency rates reducing the value of the fund's assets), seizure,  expropriation
or nationalization of a company's assets, and the impact of political, social or
diplomatic  events.If an ADR is not  sponsored  by the issuer of the  underlying
security, there may be reduced access to information about the issuer.

     The fund cannot eliminate risk or assure  achievement of its objective.  If
the risks above are realized you may lose money on your investment in the fund.
    

- ------ SIDE BAR TEXT------
                                A Word About Risk

   
Before you invest in any mutual fund, you should  understand the risks involved.
There are two basic risks  prevalent in mutual funds investing in common stocks,
such as the fund.  They are:


              o market risk:  When the price of stock falls, the value of the
                fund's investments may fall and you could lose money on your
                investment.
              o management risk: Wright's strategy may not produce the expected
                results, causing losses.

- ------ END SIDE BAR TEXT--------

(Graphic -- assorted nautical flags)
WHO MAY WANT TO INVEST
     The  fund  is  designed  for   individuals,   dioceses,   parishes,  other
     institutions  and  organizations  seeking a long-term growth fund that does
     not invest in companies whose products, services and activities violate the
     core values and teachings of the Roman Catholic Church.

Past Performance
 No past performance information is available for the fund.
    

<PAGE>

   
 GENERAL INFORMATION 
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    

DETERMINING SHARE PRICE (NAV)

The price at which you buy,  sell or  exchange  fund shares is the net asset per
share price or NAV.  This share price is  determined  by adding the value of the
fund's  investments,  cash and other  assets,  deducting  liabilities,  and then
dividing that amount by the total number of shares outstanding.

   
The NAV for the fund is  calculated  at the close of regular  trading on the New
York Stock Exchange  (normally 4:00 p.m. New York time) each day the Exchange is
open.  It is not  calculated  on days the  Exchange  is closed.  The price for a
purchase, redemption or exchange of fund shares is the next NAV calculated after
your order is received in proper form.

 When the fund calculates its NAV it values its portfolio  securities at the
last current  sales price on the market  where the security is normally  traded.
Securities  that  cannot be valued at these  prices  will be valued by Wright at
fair value in accordance with procedures  adopted by the trustees.  For example,
this may happen when an event  occurs that  affects the value of a security at a
time it is not  trading,  such as  during a  weekend,  or after the close of the
Exchange, or if the security is illiquid.

     Foreign  securities may trade during hours and on days that the Exchange is
closed  and the  fund's NAV is not  calculated.  Although  the fund's NAV may be
affected, you will not be able to purchase or redeem shares on these days.
    



PURCHASE AND REDEMPTION OF SHARES

Shares of the fund are available  only through the purchase of variable  annuity
or variable life insurance contracts issued by insurance companies through their
separate  accounts.  The fund  credits  investments  to an  insurance  company's
separate  account at the NAV next determined  after acceptance of the investment
by the fund. The fund may suspend the offer of its shares and reserves the right
to reject any specific  purchase order. The fund may refuse a purchase order if,
in Wright's opinion, the order is of a size that would disrupt the management of
the fund.

The redemption  price of the shares of the fund will be the NAV determined  next
after receipt by the fund of a redemption order from a separate  account,  which
may be more or less than the price paid for the  shares.  The fund  redeems  its
shares on any business day.  Redemptions  are effected at the NAV per share next
determined after the fund receives and accepts the redemption request.  The fund
forwards  redemption  proceeds to the redeeming  insurance  company within seven
days after receipt of the redemption request. Under unusual  circumstances,  the
fund may suspend  redemptions as permitted by Federal  securities laws. The fund
reserves  the  right  to   distribute   portfolio   securities  to  a  redeeming
shareholder.
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DIVIDENDS AND TAXES
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DIVIDENDS AND TAXES

The fund  intends to qualify and be taxed as a  "regulated  investment  company"
under  Subchapter  M of the  Internal  Revenue  Code of 1986  (the  "Code"),  as
amended. In order to qualify to be taxed as a regulated  investment company, the
fund  must meet  certain  income  and  diversification  tests  and  distribution
requirements. As a regulated investment company meeting these requirements,  the
fund will not be subject to federal income tax on its net investment  income and
net  capital  gains  that it  distributes  to its  shareholders.  All income and
capital gain distributions are automatically  reinvested in additional shares of
the fund at NAV and are  includable  in gross  income of the  separate  accounts
holding such shares.  The fund  expects  most  distributions  to be from capital
gains. See the accompanying  contract  prospectus for information  regarding the
federal income tax treatment of  distributions  to the separate  accounts and to
holders of the contracts.
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MANAGING THE FUND
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Wright Investors' Service is a leading independent  international investment
management and advisory firm with more than 35 years experience.  Wright manages
about $4.5 billion of assets in  portfolios of all sizes and styles as well as a
family of mutual funds. The company developed Worldscope(R),  one of the world's
largest and most complete  databases of financial  information,  which currently
includes more than 19,000 corporations in 49 nations.

     Wright manages the fund's investments.  Wright is located at 1000 Lafayette
Boulevard,  Bridgeport,  CT 06604.  Wright's advisory fee is 0.75% of the fund's
average daily net assets.

INVESTMENT COMMITTEE

     An  investment   committee  of  senior  officers  controls  the  investment
selections,  policies  and  procedures  of the  fund.  These  officers  are  all
experienced  analysts  with  different  areas of expertise and over 195 years of
combined service with Wright. The investment committee consists of the following
members:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

           Committee Member               Title                                                    Joined Wright in
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

<S>                                       <C>                                                             <C> 

           Peter M. Donovan, CFA          President and Chief Executive Officer                           1966
           Judith R. Corchard             Chairman of the investment committee                            1960
                                          Executive Vice President - Investment Management
           Jatin J. Mehta, CFA            Chief Investment Officer - U.S. Equities                        1969
           Harivadan K. Kapadia, CFA      Senior Vice President - Investment Analysis and Information     1969
           Michael F. Flament, CFA        Senior Vice President - Investment and Economic Analysis        1972
           James P Fields, CFA            Senior Vice President - Fixed Income Investments                1982
           Amit S. Khandwala              Senior Vice President - International Investments               1986
           Charles T. Simko, Jr., CFA     Senior Vice President - Investment Research                     1985
           Patricia J. Pierce, CFA        Senior Vice President - Equities                                1999
</TABLE>

 CATHOLIC ADVISORY BOARD

     The Catholic Advisory Board reviews the investments selected by Wright.
The members of the Catholic Advisory Board are:

         Thomas P. Melady, Chairman,  Former U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See,
         Uganda and Burundi, President Emeritus of Sacred Heart University

         Margaret M. Heckler, Former U.S. Representative from Massachusetts 10th
         district, former Secretary of Health and Human Services, former
         Ambassador to Ireland

         Bowie K. Kuhn,  Former Commissioner of Baseball

         Timothy J. May, Senior Partner, Patton Boggs, LLP

         Thomas S. Monaghan, Former President, CEO and Chairman of Domino's 
         Pizza, Inc.

         William A. Wilson, Former (and first) U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See

     Although he is not in any way  connected  with the fund,  His Eminence John
Cardinal O'Connor is the ecclesiastical advisor to the Catholic Advisory Board.

     Each member of the board is involved in various Catholic  organizations and
activities while in contact with numerous Catholic institutions and clergy.

- ------ SIDE BAR TEXT-----
                                  Administrator

Eaton Vance Management serves as the fund's administrator and is responsible for
managing its daily business  affairs.  Eaton Vance's services include  operating
the fund's order room, recordkeeping, preparing and filing documents required to
comply with federal and state securities laws, supervising the activities of the
fund's custodian and transfer agent, providing assistance in connection with the
trustees'  and  shareholders'   meetings  and  other  necessary   administrative
services.

- ------ END SIDE BAR TEXT -------


YEAR 2000 READINESS

     Mutual funds and businesses around the world could be adversely affected if
computers do not properly process  date-related  information with respect to the
Year 2000. Wright is addressing this issue and is getting reasonable  assurances
from the fund's other major service providers that they too are addressing these
issues  to  preserve  smooth   functioning  of  the  fund's  trading,   pricing,
shareholder account, custodial and other operations.  Wright is also considering
the  vulnerability to year 2000 problems of companies in which the fund invests.
Improperly  functioning  computers may disrupt  securities  markets or result in
overall  economic  uncertainty.  Individual  companies  may  also  be  adversely
affected by the cost of fixing  their  computers,  which  could be  substantial.
There is no guarantee that all problems will be avoided.

USE BY MULTIPLE INSURANCE PRODUCTS

The interests of different  variable  insurance  products  investing in the fund
could conflict due to differences of tax treatment and other considerations. The
fund currently does not foresee any  disadvantages to investors arising from the
fact that the fund may offer its shares to different  insurance company separate
accounts  that serve as the  investment  medium for their  variable  annuity and
variable life products.  Nevertheless,  the trustees intend to monitor events to
identify any material irreconcilable conflicts which may arise, and to determine
what  action,  if any,  should be taken in  response  to these  conflicts.  If a
conflict were to occur, one or more insurance companies' separate accounts might
be required to withdraw their investments in the fund and shares of another fund
may be  substituted.  In  addition,  the  sale of  shares  may be  suspended  or
terminated  if  required  by  law or  regulatory  authority  or is in  the  best
interests of the fund's shareholders.
<PAGE>




FOR MORE INFORMATION

Additional  information about the fund's  investments is available in the fund's
semi-annual  and  annual  reports to  shareholders.  The  fund's  annual  report
contains a discussion of the market  conditions and investment  strategies  that
affected the fund's performance over the past year.

You may wish to read the  Statement  of  Additional  Information  (SAI) for more
information  on  the  fund  and  the  securities  it  invests  in.  The  SAI  is
incorporated  into  this  prospectus  by  reference,  which  means  that  it  is
considered to be part of the prospectus.

You can get free  copies of the  semi-annual  and  annual  reports  and the SAI,
request other  information  or get answers to your  questions  about the fund by
writing or calling the fund at:

Wright Investors' Service Distributors, Inc.
1000 Lafayette Boulevard
Bridgeport, CT 06604
(800) 888-9471
E-mail:  [email protected]

Text-only versions of fund documents can be viewed online or downloaded from the
SEC's web site at www.sec.gov.  You can also obtain copies by visiting the SEC's
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Investment Company Act file number:.........................811-07654


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                       Statement of Additional Information



                    The Wright Managed Blue Chip Series Trust




    
   
     This Statement of Additional  Information is not a prospectus and should be
read in conjunction  with the Prospectus  dated April 30, 1999, as  supplemented
from  time to time,  which is  incorporated  herein  by  reference,  for  Wright
Selected Blue Chip Portfolio and Wright International Blue Chip Portfolio,  each
a series of The  Wright  Managed  Blue Chip  Series  Trust  (the  "Trust").  The
Prospectus may be obtained from Wright Investors'  Service  Distributors,  Inc.,
1000   Lafayette   Boulevard,   Bridgeport,    Connecticut   06604   (Telephone:
800-888-9471).  Unless  otherwise  defined  herein,  capitalized  terms have the
meanings given to them in the Prospectus.
    


                                Table of Contents

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         THE FUNDS AND THEIR INVESTMENT POLICIES......................     2
         GENERAL INFORMATION..........................................     6
         INVESTMENT RESTRICTIONS......................................     6
         PERFORMANCE INFORMATION......................................     7
                Total Return..........................................     7
                Yield.................................................     8
         PORTFOLIO TRANSACTIONS.......................................     9
         MANAGEMENT OF THE TRUST......................................    10
                Officers and Trustees.................................    10
                The Investment Adviser................................    11
                The Administrator.....................................    11
                Custodian and Transfer Agent..........................    12
                Independent Certified Public Accountant...............    12
                Legal Matters.........................................    12
         NET ASSET VALUE..............................................    13
         PURCHASE AND REDEMPTION OF SHARES............................    14
         TAXES .......................................................    15
                Federal Income Taxes..................................    16
         FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.........................................    16
         APPENDIX.....................................................    17




No  person  has  been  authorized  to  give  any  information  or  to  make  any
representation  not contained in this Statement of Additional  Information or in
the Prospectus and, if given or made, such  information or  representation  must
not be relied upon as having  been  authorized.  This  Statement  of  Additional
Information  does not  constitute an offering of any  securities  other than the
registered securities to which it relates or an offer to any person in any state
or other jurisdiction of the United States or any country where such offer would
be unlawful.



   
     The date of this Statement of Additional Information is April 30, 1999.
    



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                  THE FUNDS AND THEIR INVESTMENT POLICIES

   
     Each fund is a diversified, open-end management investment company.
 Capitalized terms not defined here have the meaning given in the Prospectus.
Each fund's investment objective is set forth in the Prospectus.
    

WRIGHT SELECTED BLUE CHIP PORTFOLIO  

   
     Under  normal  market  conditions,  Wright  Selected  Blue  Chip  Portfolio
("WSBCP")  WSBCP  invests  at least  80% of its net  assets in  selected  equity
securities,   including   common  stocks,   preferred   stocks  and  convertible
securities.  Securities  selected  for WSBCP are drawn from an  investment  list
prepared by the investment  adviser and known as The Approved Wright  Investment
List (the "AWIL").
    

     Approved  Wright  Investment  List.  The  investment  adviser  maintains  a
proprietary  database on  approximately  7,000 U.S.  companies.  The  investment
adviser  reviews such companies to identify those which, on the basis of at lest
five  years of audited  financial  statements,  meet the  minimum  standards  of
prudence  (e.g.  the value of each  company's  assets and  shareholders'  equity
exceeds  certain  minimum  standards  and the  company's  operations  have  been
profitable  during the last three years) and thus are suitable for consideration
by fiduciary investors.  Companies which meet these requirements may be large or
small,  have their  securities  traded on exchanges  or in the  over-the-counter
market, and include companies not currently paying dividends on their shares.

     These companies are then subjected to extensive  analysis and evaluation in
order to  identify  those which meet the  investment  adviser's  32  fundamental
standards of investment  quality.  Only those companies which meet or exceed all
of these standards are eligible for selection by the Wright Investment Committee
for  inclusion  in the  AWIL.  See  the  Appendix  herein  for a  more  detailed
description of the investment adviser's standards for investment quality and the
AWIL. All companies on the AWIL are, in the opinion of the  investment  adviser,
soundly  financed  "True Blue  Chips"  with  established  records  of  earnings,
profitability  and equity growth and active,  liquid  markets for their publicly
held equity securities. The AWIL normally includes approximately 350 companies.

     The equity securities in which WSBCP invests are limited to those companies
on the AWIL whose current  operations  reflect  characteristics  which have been
identified by the  investment  adviser as being likely to provide  comparatively
superior total  investment  return over the  intermediate  term. WSBCP purchases
securities  which meet WSBCP's  investment  criteria and increases the amount of
current  investments  in  companies  the market  values of which are below their
target values.  Portfolio  securities  are generally  considered for sale if the
value of such  securities  exceeds  2 1/2 times  their  normal  weighing  in the
portfolio, or if such securities are no longer included in the AWIL or no longer
meet WSBCP's investment criteria.


WRIGHT INTERNATIONAL BLUE CHIP PORTFOLIO

   
     Under normal market  conditions,Wright  International  Blue Chip  Portfolio
("WIBCP") invests at least 80% of its net assets in equity securities, including
common stocks, preferred stocks and convertible securities.  Securities selected
for WIBCP are limited to those  included on an  investment  list prepared by the
investment  adviser and known as the  International  Approved Wright  Investment
List (the "International AWIL").
    

     The International  Approved Wright Investment List. The investment  adviser
maintains a proprietary database on approximately 12,000 non-U.S. companies from
over 49 countries.  The  investment  adviser  reviews such companies to identify
those  which,  on  the  basis  of at  least  five  years  of  audited  financial
statements,  meet  the  minimum  standards  of  prudence  (e.g.  the  value of a
company's assets and shareholders'  equity exceeds certain minimum standards and
the company's  operations have been profitable  during the last three years) and
thus are suitable for consideration by fiduciary investors. Companies which meet
these  requirements  may be large or  small,  have  their  securities  traded on
exchanges or in the over-the-counter market, and include companies not currently
paying dividends.

     These companies are then subjected to extensive  analysis and evaluation in
order to  identify  those which meet the  investment  adviser's  32  fundamental
standards of investment  quality.  Only those companies which meet or exceed all
of those standards are eligible for selection for inclusion in the International
AWIL. See the Appendix herein for a more detailed  description of the investment
adviser's  standards for  investment  quality and the  International  AWIL.  All
companies  on the  International  AWIL are,  in the  opinion  of the  investment
adviser,  soundly  financed  "True  Blue  Chips"  with  established  records  of
earnings,  profitability and equity growth and active,  liquid markets for their
publicly held equity securities.

     WIBCP  intends  to  maintain  investments  in a  minimum  of three  foreign
countries. WIBCP purchases securities which meet WIBCP's investment criteria and
increases  the amount of current  investments  in companies the market values of
which  are  below

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their target values. Portfolio securities are generally considered for sale
if they are no longer  included  in the  International  AWIL or no  longer  meet
WIBCP's  investment  criteria.  WIBCP may purchase equity  securities  traded on
foreign securities  exchanges,  or it may purchase American  Depositary Receipts
(ADRs) traded in the United  States.  Shares of WIBCP are suitable for investors
wishing to diversity their portfolios by investment in non-U.S. companies or for
investors who simply wish to participate in non-U.S.  investments.  Although the
net asset value of WIBCP's shares will be stated in U.S.  dollars,  fluctuations
in foreign  currency  exchange  rates may affect the value of an  investment  in
WIBCP.

     WIBCP is intended to provide  investors with the opportunity to invest in a
portfolio of securities of non-U.S.  companies located  throughout the world. In
making the  allocation  of assets  among the various  countries  and  geographic
regions,  the investment adviser ordinarily  considers such factors as prospects
for relative  economic  growth between  foreign  countries;  expected  levels of
inflation  and  interest  rates;   government  policies   influencing   business
conditions;  the  range of  individual  investment  opportunities  available  to
international investors;  and other pertinent financial,  tax, social, political
and  national  factors  --  all in  relation  to the  prevailing  prices  of the
securities in each country or region.

     U.S. Government,  Agency and Instrumentality  Securities -- U.S. Government
securities  are  issued by the  Treasury  and  include  bills,  certificates  of
indebtedness,  notes,  and bonds.  Agencies  and  instrumentalities  of the U.S.
Government  are  established  under  the  authority  of an act of  Congress  and
include,  but are not limited to, the Government  National Mortgage  Association
("GNMA"), the Tennessee Valley Authority, the Bank for Cooperatives, the Farmers
Home Administration, Federal Home Loan Banks, Federal Intermediate Credit Banks,
Federal Land Banks, and the Federal National  Mortgage  Association.  Except for
U.S.  Government  obligations,  the  securities  issued  or  guaranteed  by U.S.
agencies  and  instrumentalities  may or may not be backed by the full faith and
credit of the United  States.  If the obligation is not backed by the full faith
and credit of the United States, the fund must look principally to the agency or
instrumentally  issuing or guaranteeing the obligation for its repayment and may
not be able to assert a claim against the United States itself in the event that
the agency or instrumentality does not meet its obligations. The U.S. Government
does not guarantee the yield or value of any fund's investments or shares.

     Corporate  Obligations  -- As  described in the  Prospectus,  each fund may
invest,  subject to certain  limitations,  in corporate debt obligations.  Rated
obligations  must be rated in the two highest rating  categories by a nationally
recognized  statistical rating  organization for money market instruments in any
portfolio,  "AA"  by  Moody's  or  "Aa"  by  S&P.  Unrated  obligations  must be
determined by the investment adviser to be of comparable quality.


     Repurchase  Agreements -- Each fund may enter into repurchase agreements in
order to earn income on temporarily  uninvested cash. A repurchase  agreement is
an agreement  under which the seller of a security  agrees to repurchase and the
relevant fund agrees to resell,  such security at a specified  time and price. A
fund may enter into  repurchase  agreements  only with  large,  well-capitalized
banks or government securities dealers that meet specified credit standards.  In
addition,  such  repurchase  agreements  will  provide  that  the  value  of the
collateral  underlying the repurchase agreement will always be at least equal to
the repurchase price, including any accrued interest earned under the repurchase
agreement.  In the  event  of a  default  or  bankruptcy  by a  seller  under  a
repurchase agreement, the fund will seek to liquidate such collateral.  However,
the exercise of the right to liquidate  such  collateral  could involve  certain
costs, delays and restrictions and is not ultimately assured. To the extent that
proceeds from any sale upon a default of the  obligation to repurchase  are less
than the repurchase price, the fund could suffer a loss.


     Foreign Securities -- WIBCP may invest in foreign securities.  Investing in
securities issued by companies whose principal  business  activities are outside
the United States may involve  significant  risks not  associated  with domestic
investments. For example, there is generally less publicly available information
about foreign  companies,  particularly  those not subject to the disclosure and
reporting  requirements  of  the  U.S.  securities  laws.  Foreign  issuers  are
generally  not bound by uniform  accounting,  auditing and  financial  reporting
requirements comparable to those applicable to domestic issuers.  Investments in
foreign securities also involve the risk of possible adverse changes in exchange
control  regulations,  expropriation  or  confiscatory  taxation,  limitation on
removal of funds or other assets of WIBCP, political or financial instability or
diplomatic and other developments which could affect such investments.  Further,
economies of particular  countries or areas of the world may differ favorably or
unfavorably from the economy of the U.S.


     It is anticipated that in most cases, the best available market for foreign
securities will be on exchanges or in  over-the-counter  markets located outside
the U.S. Foreign stock markets, while growing in volume and sophistication,  are
generally  not as  developed  as those in the U.S.  Securities  of some  foreign
issuers  (particularly those located in developing countries) may be less liquid
and more volatile than  securities of comparable  U.S.  companies.  In addition,
foreign   brokerage   commissions  are  generally  higher  than  commissions  on
securities traded in the U.S. and may be  non-negotiable.  In general,  there is
less overall  governmental  supervision and regulation of securities  exchanges,
brokers and listed companies than in the U.S. These considerations generally are
of greater concern in developing countries.

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     Because  investment in foreign issuers will usually  involve  currencies of
foreign  countries,  and because  WIBCP may be exposed to currency  fluctuations
independent of its securities exposure,  the value of the assets of the WIBCP as
measured  in U.S.  dollars  will be  affected  by changes  in  foreign  currency
exchange rates.

     Foreign  Currency  Exchange  Transactions  -- WIBCP may  engage in  foreign
currency exchange  transactions.  Investments in securities of foreign companies
whose  principal  business  activities are located  outside of the United States
will frequently involve currencies of foreign countries. In addition,  assets of
WIBCP may temporarily be held in bank deposits in foreign  currencies during the
completion of investment  programs.  Therefore,  the value of WIBCP's assets, as
measured in U.S. dollars, may be affected favorably or unfavorably by changes in
foreign currency exchange rates and exchange control regulations. Although WIBCP
values  its assets  daily in U.S.  dollars,  it does not  intend to convert  its
holdings of foreign  currencies  into U.S.  dollars on a daily basis.  WIBCP may
conduct its foreign currency exchange  transactions on a spot (i.e., cash) basis
at the spot rate prevailing in the foreign currency exchange market.  WIBCP will
convert  currency  on a spot  basis  from time to time and will  incur  costs in
connection with such currency  conversion.  Although foreign exchange dealers do
not  charge  a fee for  conversion,  they  do  realize  a  profit  based  on the
difference  (the  "spread")  between  the  prices at which  they are  buying and
selling various currencies.  Thus, a dealer may offer to sell a foreign currency
to WIBCP at one rate,  while  offering a lesser  rate of exchange  should  WIBCP
desire to resell that currency to the dealer. WIBCP does not intend to speculate
in foreign currency exchange rates.

     As an alternative to spot  transactions,  WIBCP may enter into contracts to
purchase or sell foreign  currencies at a future date  ("forward  contracts") or
purchase currency call or put options. A forward contract involves an obligation
to  purchase  or sell a specific  currency  at a future  date and price fixed by
agreement  between the parties at the time of entering into the contract.  These
contracts are traded in the interbank market conducted directly between currency
traders (usually large commercial banks) and their customers. Although a forward
contract  generally  involves  no deposit  requirement  and no  commissions  are
charged at any stage for trades,  WIBCP will use segregated accounts for forward
purchase  transactions.  WIBCP intends to enter into such  contracts only on net
terms. The purchase of a put or call option is an alternative to the purchase or
sale of forward  contracts and will be used if the option premiums are less then
those in the forward contract market.

     WIBCP may enter into forward  contracts or purchase  currency  options only
under two  circumstances.  First,  when WIBCP  enters  into a  contract  for the
purchase or sale of a security denominated in a foreign currency,  it may desire
to "lock in" the U.S.  dollar price of the  security.  This is  accomplished  by
entering into a forward contract for the purchase or sale, for a fixed amount of
U.S.  dollars,  of the amount of foreign  currency  involved  in the  underlying
security transaction ("transaction hedging"). Such forward contract transactions
will enable WIBCP to protect  itself  against a possible loss  resulting from an
adverse  change in the  relationship  between  the U.S.  dollar and the  subject
foreign currency during the period between the date the security is purchased or
sold and the date of payment for the security.

     Second,  when  the  investment  adviser  believes  that the  currency  of a
particular  foreign  country may suffer a substantial  decline  against the U.S.
dollar,  WIBCP may enter into a forward  contract to sell, for a fixed amount of
U.S. dollars, the amount of foreign currency  approximating the value of some or
all of the securities denominated in such foreign currency. The precise matching
of the forward  contract  amounts and the value of the securities  involved will
not  generally  be  possible.  The future  value of such  securities  in foreign
currencies  will change as a consequence of  fluctuations in the market value of
those  securities  between the date the forward contract is entered into and the
date  it  matures.   The   projection  of  currency   exchange   rates  and  the
implementation of a short-term hedging strategy are highly uncertain.

     WIBCP's  custodian  will place cash or liquid  securities  in a  segregated
account.  The amount of such  segregated  assets  will be at least  equal to the
value of WIBCP's total assets committed to the consummation of forward contracts
involving  the  purchase  of forward  currency.  If the value of the  securities
placed in the segregated account declines, additional cash or securities will be
placed in the  account  on a daily  basis so that the value of the  amount  will
equal the amount of WIBCP's commitments with respect to such contracts.

     At the  maturity  of a  forward  contract,  WIBCP  may  elect  to sell  the
portfolio  security and make  delivery of the foreign  currency.  Alternatively,
WIBCP may retain the  security  and  terminate  its  contractual  obligation  to
deliver the foreign currency by purchasing an identical offsetting contract from
the same currency trader.

     It is impossible  to forecast with  precision the market value of portfolio
securities  at the  expiration  of a forward  contract.  Accordingly,  it may be
necessary for WIBCP to purchase  additional  foreign currency on the spot market
(and bear the expense of such  purchase)  if WIBCP  intends to sell the security
and the market value of the security is less than the amount of foreign currency
that WIBCP is obligated to deliver.  Conversely,  it may be necessary to sell on
the spot  market  some of the  foreign  currency  received  upon the sale of the
portfolio  security if its market value  exceeds the amount of foreign  currency
that WIBCP is obligated to deliver.
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     If WIBCP  retains  the  portfolio  security  and  engages in an  offsetting
transaction,  WIBCP  will  incur a gain or a loss (as  described  below)  to the
extent that there has been a change in forward contract prices. If WIBCP engages
in an  offsetting  transaction,  it may  subsequently  enter into a new  forward
contract to sell the foreign  currency.  Should forward  contract prices decline
during the period between the date WIBCP enters into a forward  contract for the
sale of the foreign currency and the date it enters into an offsetting  contract
for the  purchase  of the  foreign  currency,  WIBCP 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 contract prices increase,
WIBCP 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.

     WIBCP  will  not  speculate  in  forward   contracts  and  will  limit  its
transactions in such contracts to those described above. Of course, WIBCP is not
required to enter into such  transactions  with respect to portfolio  securities
quoted or  denominated  in a foreign  currency and will not do so unless  deemed
appropriate  by its investment  adviser.  This method of protecting the value of
WIBCP's  securities  against  a  decline  in the  value of a  currency  does not
eliminate  fluctuations in the underlying  prices of the  securities.  It simply
establishes  a rate of exchange  which  WIBCP can  achieve at some future  time.
Additionally, although such contracts tend to minimize the risk of loss due to a
decline  in the  value of the  hedged  currency,  they  also  tend to limit  any
potential gain which might be realized if the value of such currency increases.


     Each fund's  transactions  in foreign  currency  exchange  contracts may be
limited by the requirements of the Internal Revenue Code for  qualification as a
regulated investment company.

     Lending  Portfolio  Securities  -- Each fund may seek to increase its total
return by lending portfolio  securities to broker-dealers or other institutional
borrowers.  Such loans are continuously  secured by collateral in cash or liquid
securities held by the fund's  custodian and maintained on a current basis at an
amount at least equal to the market value of the securities  loaned,  which will
be  marked  to market  daily.  During  the  existence  of a loan,  the fund will
continue to receive the  equivalent  of the  interest or  dividends  paid by the
issuer on the securities loaned and will also receive a fee, or all or a portion
of the interest on investment of the collateral,  if any. However,  the fund may
at the same time pay a  transaction  fee to such  borrowers  and  administrative
expenses,  such as finders fees to third  parties.  As with other  extensions of
credit  there  are  risks of delay in  recovery  or even  loss of  rights in the
securities loaned if the borrower of the securities fails financially.  However,
the loans will be made only to organizations deemed by the investment adviser to
be of good standing and when,  in the judgment of the  investment  adviser,  the
consideration  which can be earned from securities  loans of this type justifies
the attendant risk. If the investment  adviser decides to make securities  loans
on behalf of a fund,  it is  intended  that the value of the  securities  loaned
would not exceed 30% of such fund's total assets.


     A fund would have the right to call a loan and obtain the securities loaned
at any time on up to five business days' notice. A fund would not have the right
to vote any securities  having voting rights during the existence of a loan, but
would  call the loan in  anticipation  of an  important  vote to be taken  among
holders of the  securities  or the giving or  withholding  of their consent on a
material matter affecting the investment.


     Borrowings  -- Each fund may borrow  money in an amount equal to 1/3 of its
net  assets  for  temporary  or  emergency  purposes  or for  the  clearance  of
transactions.  A  fund  will  not  purchase  additional  securities  while  such
borrowings exceed 5% of such fund's total assets.

     Defensive Investments -- During periods of unusual market conditions,  when
the investment adviser believes that investing for temporary  defensive purposes
is  appropriate,  all or a portion of the  assets of either  fund may be held in
cash or  invested  in  short-term  obligations,  including  but not  limited  to
short-term  obligations issued or guaranteed as to interest and principal by the
U.S. Government or any agency or instrumentality  thereof (including  repurchase
agreements collaterized by such securities);  commercial paper which at the date
of  investment  is rated  A-1 by S&P or P-1 by  Moody's,  or, if not  rated,  is
determined by the investment  adviser pursuant to procedures  established by the
Trustees to be of comparable quality; short-term corporate obligations and other
debt  instruments  which at the date of investment are rated AA or better by S&P
or Aa or better by Moody's  or, if unrated,  are  determined  by the  investment
adviser  pursuant to procedures  established by the Trustees to be of comparable
quality; and certificates of deposit,  bankers' acceptances and time deposits of
domestic and foreign banks the debt  obligations  of which satisfy the foregoing
rating  criteria.  Each fund may invest in instruments  and obligations of banks
that have other  relations with the Trust,  Wright or Eaton Vance. No preference
will be shown towards investing in banks which have such relationships.

     Forward  Commitments and  When-Issued  Securities -- Each fund may purchase
when-issued  securities and make contracts to purchase or sell  securities for a
fixed price at a future date beyond  customary  settlement time. A fund entering
into such a  transaction  is required to maintain in a  segregated  account with
such fund's custodian until the settlement date cash or liquid 


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securities   in  an  amount   sufficient   to  meet  the  purchase   price.
Alternatively, the fund may enter into offsetting contracts for the forward sale
of other securities that it owns.  Securities purchased or sold on a when-issued
or  forward  commitment  basis  involve  a risk  of  loss  if the  value  of the
securities to be purchased declines prior to the settlement date or if the value
of the security to be sold increases  prior to the settlement  date.  Although a
fund would generally purchase  securities on a when-issued or forward commitment
basis with the intention of acquiring securities for its portfolio, the fund may
dispose of a when-issued  security or forward  commitment prior to settlement if
the investment adviser deems it appropriate to do so.


                               GENERAL INFORMATION


     The Trust's  Declaration of Trust may be amended with the affirmative  vote
of a majority of the  outstanding  shares of the Trust or, if only the interests
of a particular fund are affected, a majority of such fund's outstanding shares.
The Trustees are authorized to make  amendments to the Declaration of Trust that
do not have a material  adverse  effect on the  interests of  shareholders.  The
Trust may be  terminated  (i) upon the sale of the  Trust's  assets  to  another
investment  company, if approved by the holders of two-thirds of the outstanding
shares of the Trust,  except that if the Trustees recommend such sale of assets,
the approval by the vote of a majority of the Trust's outstanding shares will be
sufficient,  or (ii) upon  liquidation  and  distribution  of the  assets of the
Trust, if approved by a majority of its Trustees or by the vote of a majority of
the Trust's  outstanding  shares.  If not so terminated,  the Trust may continue
indefinitely.

     The Trust's  Declaration  of Trust further  provides that the Trustees will
not be liable  for  errors of  judgment  or  mistakes  of fact or law;  however,
nothing in the  Declaration of Trust protects a Trustee against any liability to
which he would otherwise be subject by reason of willful misfeasance, bad faith,
gross negligence, or reckless disregard of the duties involved in the conduct of
his office.

     The Trust is an organization of the type commonly known as a "Massachusetts
business  trust." Under  Massachusetts  law,  shareholders  of such a trust may,
under  certain  circumstances,  be held  personally  liable as partners  for the
obligations of the trust.  The Trust's  Declaration of Trust contains an express
disclaimer of shareholder liability in connection with the Trust property or the
acts,  obligations  or  affairs  of the  Trust.  The  Declaration  of Trust also
provides for  indemnification  out of the Trust property of any shareholder held
personally  liable for the claims and  liabilities  to which a  shareholder  may
become subject by reason of being or having been a  shareholder.  Thus, the risk
of a shareholder incurring financial loss on account of shareholder liability is
limited to  circumstances  in which the Trust itself would be unable to meet its
obligations.  The  Trust  has  been  advised  by  counsel  that  the risk of any
shareholder  incurring any liability for the obligations of a Trust is extremely
remote.  The  Trust's  investment  adviser  does not  consider  this  risk to be
material.



                             INVESTMENT RESTRICTIONS

     The  following  investment  restrictions  have been adopted by the Trust on
behalf  of each  fund and may be  changed  only by the vote of a  majority  of a
fund's outstanding voting securities,  as defined in the 1940 Act.  Accordingly,
each fund may not:

     (1) Borrow  money in excess of 1/3 of the current  market  value of the net
         assets of such fund  (excluding  the amount  borrowed) and then only if
         such borrowing is incurred as a temporary  measure for extraordinary or
         emergency  purposes  or to  facilitate  the orderly  sale of  portfolio
         securities to accommodate  redemption requests; or issue any securities
         other than its shares of beneficial  interest  except as appropriate to
         evidence indebtedness which such fund is permitted to incur;

     (2) Pledge,  mortgage or hypothecate its assets, except to secure permitted
         borrowings.  For purposes of this restriction,  collateral arrangements
         with  respect to  options,  futures  contracts  and  options on futures
         contracts   shall  not  be  deemed   to  be  a   mortgage,   pledge  or
         hypothecation);

     (3) Invest more than 5% of its total assets  taken at current  market value
         in the  securities  of any one issuer or purchase  more than 10% of the
         voting securities of any one issuer;

     (4) Purchase  or retain  securities  of any  issuer  if 5% of the  issuer's
         securities are owned by those officers and Trustees of the Trust or its
         investment  adviser  who own  individually  more  than 1/2 of 1% of the
         issuer's securities;

     (5) Purchase  securities  on margin or make short  sales,  except that such
         fund may make short sales against the box;
<PAGE>

     (6) Buy or sell real estate,  commodities,  or commodity  contracts  unless
         acquired as a result of ownership of  securities;  except that the fund
         may  purchase  and  sell  futures  contracts  on  securities,  indices,
         currency  and  other  financial  instruments  and  options  on  futures
         contracts;

     (7) Purchase any  securities  which would cause more than 25% of the market
         value of such fund's  total  assets at the time of such  purchase to be
         invested in the securities of issuers having their  principal  business
         activities in the same  industry,  provided that there is no limitation
         in respect to investments  in  obligations  issued or guaranteed by the
         U.S. Government or its agencies or instrumentalities;

     (8) Underwrite  securities  issued by other persons  except  insofar as the
         Trust may technically be deemed an underwriter under the Securities Act
         of 1933 in selling a portfolio security;

     (9) Make loans, except (i) through the loan of a portfolio  security,  (ii)
         by entering into repurchase agreements and (iii) to the extent that the
         purchase of debt instruments for the fund in accordance with the fund's
         investment objective and policies may be deemed to be loans;

    (10) Purchase  from  or  sell  to any  of its  Trustees  and  officers,  its
         administrator, investment adviser, or principal underwriter, if any, or
         the officers and directors of said administrator, investment adviser or
         principal underwriter, portfolio securities; or

    (11) Issue senior securities, except as permitted under (1).

     In addition to the foregoing fundamental investment restrictions, each fund
has adopted the following  nonfundamental  policies which reflect the intentions
of the Trustees under current  circumstances.  Unlike the fundamental investment
restrictions,  these policies may be changed at any time by the Trustees without
shareholder  approval.  Each fund will not:  purchase  oil, gas or other mineral
leases  or  purchase  partnership   interests  in  oil,  gas  or  other  mineral
exploration or development  programs;  purchase  warrants of any issuer if, as a
result,  more than 2% of the  value of its total  assets  would be  invested  in
warrants  which are not listed on the New York or American  Stock  Exchanges and
more than 5% of the value of its total  assets  would be invested  in  warrants,
such  warrants  in each case to be valued at the lesser of cost or  market,  but
assigning  no value to  warrants  acquired  by such fund in units or attached to
securities; or enter into repurchase agreements maturing in more than seven days
or invest in illiquid or restricted securities if, as a result, more than 15% of
the  fund's net assets  would be  invested  in such  repurchase  agreements  and
securities.

     If a percentage restriction contained in the fund's investment restrictions
or  policies  is  adhered  to at the time of  investment,  a later  increase  or
decrease in the  percentage  resulting  from a change in the value of  portfolio
securities  or the fund's net assets will not be  considered a violation of such
restrictions.



PERFORMANCE INFORMATION

     Each fund may from  time to time  report  its  yield  and  total  return in
advertisements,  reports to shareholders and other sales material.  Total return
and yield will be computed as described below.

Total Return

     The average annual total return of each fund is determined for a particular
period by calculating the actual dollar amount of investment  return on a $1,000
investment in the fund made at the maximum public offering price (i.e. net asset
value)  at  the  beginning  of the  period,  and  then  calculating  the  annual
compounded  rate of return which would  produce that amount.  Total return for a
period of one year is equal to the actual return of the fund during that period.
This calculation  assumes that all dividends and distributions are reinvested at
net asset value on the reinvestment  dates during the period. The formula can be
expressed as follows:

                                      Ending Value 1/n
   Average Annual Total Return  =  [ ( Starting Value )  - 1 ] x 100

           where Starting Value equals $1,000 and n = number of years.
<PAGE>

     In  addition,  each fund may provide  total  return  information  for other
designated  periods,  such as for the most  recent six months or most  recent 12
months. This total return information is computed as described above except that
no annualization is made.


     The average annual total return of each fund for the one-year  period ended
December 31, 1998 and from inception to December 31, 1998 are shown in the table
below:
                                     One Year Ended   Inception to   Inception
                                         12/31/98      12/31/98        Date
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------


   
Wright Selected Blue Chip Portfolio        -2.65%         13.37%     1/6/94
Wright International Blue Chip Portfolio    8.45%          6.27%     1/6/94
    

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During the periods ended December 31, 1998, the operating  expenses of the funds
were  reduced  either  by  a  reduction  of  the  investment  adviser  fee,  the
administrator fee, or the allocation of expenses to the investment adviser, or a
combination of these. Had such actions not been undertaken, the funds would have
had lower returns.


The total investment return does not reflect expenses that apply to the separate
account or policies. If these charges had been included,  the total return would
be reduced.


Yield

     The yield of each fund is computed by dividing  its net  investment  income
per share earned  during a recent 30-day  period by the maximum  offering  price
(i.e.  net asset value) per share on the last day of the period and  annualizing
the resulting figure.  Net investment income per share is equal to the dividends
and interest  earned on a fund's  assets  during the period,  with the resulting
number  being  divided by the average  daily  number of shares  outstanding  and
entitled to receive dividends during the period. The formula is as follows:
                                              6
                      Yield = 2 [ (   a--b + 1) - 1 ]
                                       ---         
                                       cd

Where:

     a = dividends and interest earned during the period. 
     b = expenses  accrued for the period (after reductions).
     c = the average daily number of accumulation units outstanding  during the
         period.
     d = the maximum  offering price per  accumulation  unit on the last
         day of the period.

     NOTE: "a" is calculated for stocks by dividing the stated dividend rate for
each  security  held  during  the  period  by 360.  "a" is  estimated  for  debt
securities  other than  mortgage  certificates  by dividing the year-end  market
value times the yield to maturity by 360. "a" for mortgage  securities,  such as
GNMAs,  is the actual  income  earned.  Neither  discount  nor  premium has been
amortized.


   
     For the 30-day  period  ended  December  31,  1998,  the yield of WSBCP was
0.31%.
    


     Total return,  yield and effective  yield are based on historical  earnings
and are not intended to indicate future performance. Total return and yield will
vary based on changes in market conditions and the level of expenses.

     A fund's yield or total return may be compared to the Consumer  Price Index
and various  domestic  securities  indices.  A fund's  yield or total return and
comparisons with these indices may be used in advertisements  and in information
furnished to present or prospective shareholders.

     From time to time,  evaluations of a fund's performance made by independent
sources may be used in advertisements and in information furnished to present or
prospective  shareholders.   These  include  the  rankings  prepared  by  Lipper
Analytical Services, Inc., an independent service which monitors the performance
of mutual funds. The Lipper  performance  analysis  includes the reinvestment of
dividends and capital gain  distributions,  but does not take sales charges into
consideration and is prepared without regard to tax consequences.
<PAGE>


                             PORTFOLIO TRANSACTIONS

     The  investment  adviser  places the security  transactions  for each fund,
which in some cases may be effected in block  transactions  which  include other
accounts  managed by the investment  adviser.  The investment  adviser  provides
similar  services  directly  for bank  trust  departments  and other  investment
companies.  In some  instances,  allocation of the securities to be purchased or
sold, and the expenses in connection with such transaction,  is made in a manner
the investment  adviser  considers to be most equitable and consistent  with its
fiduciary  obligations to the Trust and such other clients.  Such allocation may
adversely affect the size of the position obtainable by a fund.

     The investment  adviser seeks to execute fund security  transactions on the
most favorable terms and in the most effective manner possible.  In seeking best
execution,  the investment  adviser will use its best judgment in evaluating the
terms of a transaction, and will give consideration to various relevant factors,
including  without  limitation the size and type of the transaction,  the nature
and character of the markets for the security,  the  confidentiality,  speed and
certainty of effective  execution required for the transaction,  the reputation,
experience  and  financial  condition  of the  broker-dealer  and the  value and
quality of service rendered by the broker-dealer in other transactions,  and the
reasonableness of the brokerage commission or markup, if any.

     It is expected that on frequent  occasions there will be many broker-dealer
firms which will meet the foregoing  criteria for a particular  transaction.  In
selecting  among such  firms,  the funds may give  consideration  to those firms
which supply  brokerage and research  services,  quotations and  statistical and
other information to the investment  adviser for use in servicing their accounts
or firms  which  purchase  its  investment  services.  The term  "brokerage  and
research  services"  includes  advice  as  to  the  value  of  securities,   the
advisability  of  investing  in,  purchasing  or  selling  securities,  and  the
availability  of securities or purchasers or sellers of  securities;  furnishing
analyses  and  reports  concerning  issuers,  industries,  securities,  economic
factors and trends,  portfolio  strategy and the  performance  of accounts;  and
effecting  securities  transactions and performing  functions incidental thereto
(such as clearance and settlement).  Such services and information may be useful
and of value to the investment  adviser in servicing all or less than all of its
accounts and the services and information furnished by a particular firm may not
necessarily  be used  in  connection  with  the  account  which  paid  brokerage
commissions  to such firm.  The advisory fee paid by the funds to the investment
adviser is not  reduced as a  consequence  of its receipt of such  services  and
information.  While such services and information are not expected to reduce the
investment  adviser's  normal research  activities and expenses,  the investment
adviser  would,  through  use  of  such  services  and  information,  avoid  the
additional  expenses  which  would  be  incurred  if  it  attempted  to  develop
comparable services and information through its own staff.

     Under the Investment  Advisory  Contract,  the  investment  adviser has the
authority  to pay  commissions  on  portfolio  transactions  for  brokerage  and
research  services  exceeding  that which other  brokers or dealers might charge
provided certain conditions are met. The Investment  Advisory Contract expressly
authorizes the selection of a broker or dealer which charges a fund a commission
which is in excess of the amount of  commission  another  broker or dealer would
have charged for effecting  that  transaction  if it is determined in good faith
that such  commission  was  reasonable in relation to the value of the brokerage
and research services which have been provided.

     Subject to the requirement  that the investment  adviser shall use its best
efforts to seek to execute each fund's  security  transactions  at  advantageous
prices and at reasonably  competitive  commission rates, the investment adviser,
as indicated  above,  is  authorized to consider as a factor in the selection of
any  broker-dealer  firm with whom a fund's  orders  may be placed the fact that
such  firm  has sold or is  selling  shares  of the fund or of other  investment
companies sponsored by the investment adviser.


     During the fiscal years ended December 31, 1998,  1997 and 1996 , the funds
paid the following amounts on brokerage commissions:



                                   1998             1997             1996
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------

   
         WSBCP                  $ 3,934            $3,558           $6,192

         WIBCP                  $ 6,096            $8,692           $3,221
    
 
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<PAGE>


                             MANAGEMENT OF THE TRUST


Officers and Trustees



     The  officers  and  Trustees  of the  Trust  are  listed  below.  Except as
indicated,  each  individual  has held the office shown or other  offices in the
same  company  for the last  five  years.  Those  Trustees  who are  "interested
persons,"  as  defined  in the 1940 Act,  of the  Trust,  Wright,  The  Winthrop
Corporation  ("Winthrop"),  Eaton Vance,  Eaton Vance's wholly owned subsidiary,
Boston Management and Research ("BMR"),  or Eaton Vance's parent company,  Eaton
Vance Corp.  ("EVC"),  or Eaton Vance's Trustee,  Eaton Vance,  Inc. ("EV"),  by
virtue of their affiliation with the Trust, Wright,  Winthrop,  Eaton Vance, EVC
or EV, are indicated by an asterisk (*).


   
PETER M. DONOVAN (56), President and Trustee*
President,  Chief  Executive  Officer and Director of Wright and Winthrop;  Vice
President,  Treasurer and a Director of Wright Investors' Service  Distributors,
Inc.
Address: 1000 Lafayette Boulevard, Bridgeport, CT 06604

H. DAY BRIGHAM, JR. (72), Vice President, Secretary and Trustee*
Retired Vice  President,  Chairman of the  Management  Committee and Chief Legal
Officer of Eaton Vance,  EVC, BMR and EV and Director,  EVC and EV;  Director of
Wright and Winthrop since February, 1997.
Address: 92 Reservoir Avenue, Chestnut Hill, MA 02167

JUDITH R. CORCHARD (60), Vice President and Trustee*
Executive Vice President, Investment Management: Senior Investment Officer;
Chairman of the  Investment  Committee  and Director  Wright and  Winthrop.  Ms.
Corchard was appointed a Trustee of the Trust on December 10, 1997.
Address: 1000 Lafayette Boulevard, Bridgeport, CT 06604


DORCAS R. HARDY (52), Trustee
President,  Dorcas R. Hardy & Associates,  (a public policy and  government
relations firm),  Spotsylvania,  VA; Director,  The Options Clearing Corporation
and First Coast  Service  Options,  Jacksonville,  FL (FL Blue Cross Blue Shield
subsidiary);  1996-1998 - Chairman and CEO of Work  Recovery,  Inc. (an advanced
rehabilitation  technology firm),  Tucson,  AZ; 1986-1989- U.S.  Commissioner of
Social Security.Ms. Hardy was elected a Trustee on December 9, 1998.
Address: 11407 Stonewall Jackson Drive, Spotsylvania, VA 22553



LELAND F. MILES (75), Trustee
President  Emeritus,  University  of Bridgeport  (1987-Present);  President
University of Bridgeport (1974-1987); Director, United Illuminating Company. Mr.
Miles as appointed a Trustee of the Trust on June 17, 1997.
Address: 332 North Cedar Road, Fairfield, CT 06430

A.M. MOODY III (62), Vice President & Trustee*
Senior Vice President, Wright and Winthrop; President, Wright Investors'
Service Distributors, Inc.
Address: 1000 Lafayette Boulevard, Bridgeport, CT 06604

LLOYD F. PIERCE (80), Trustee
Retired Vice Chairman  (prior to 1984 - President),  People's Bank,  Bridgeport,
CT;  Member,  Board  of  Trustees,  People's  Bank,  Bridgeport,  CT;  Board  of
Directors,  Southern  Connecticut  Gas Company;  Chairman,  Board of  Directors,
COSINE.
Address: 140 Snow Goose Court, Daytona Beach, FL 32119

RICHARD E. TABER (50), Trustee
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of First County Bank,  Stamford,  CT  
(1989-present). Mr. Taber was appointed as a Trustee of the Trust on
 March 18, 1997.
Address: 117 Prospect Street, Stamford, CT 06901
<PAGE>

RAYMOND VAN HOUTTE (74), Trustee
President  Emeritus and Counselor of The Tompkins County Trust Co.,  Ithaca,  NY
(since January 1989); President and Chief Executive Officer, The Tompkins County
Trust  Company  (1973-1988);  President,  New  York  State  Bankers  Association
(1987-1988);  Director,  McGraw Housing Company,  Inc., Deanco, Inc., Evaporated
Metal Products and Tompkins County Area Development, Inc.
Address: One Strawberry Lane, Ithaca, NY 14850

JAMES L. O'CONNOR (54), Treasurer
Vice President of Eaton Vance and EV. Officer of various investment companies
managed by Eaton Vance or BMR.
Address: 255 State Street, Boston, MA 02109

JANET E. SANDERS (63), Assistant Secretary and Assistant Treasurer
Vice President of Eaton Vance and EV. Officer of various investment companies
managed by Eaton Vance or BMR.
Address: 255 State Street, Boston, MA 02109

A. JOHN MURPHY (36), Assistant Secretary
Assistant  Vice  President  of  Eaton  Vance,  BMR and EV since  March 1,  1994;
employee  of Eaton  Vance  since  March  1993.  Officer  of  various  investment
companies  managed  by Eaton  Vance or BMR.  Mr.  Murphy was  elected  Assistant
Secretary of the Trust on June 21, 1995.
Address: 255 State Street, Boston, MA 02109

ERIC G. WOODBURY (41), Assistant Secretary
Vice  President  of Eaton Vance  since  February  1993.  Officer of various 
investment  companies  managed by Eaton Vance or BMR.  Mr. Woodbury was elected
Assistant Secretary of the Trust on June 21, 1995.
Address: 255 State Street, Boston, MA 02109

WILLIAM J. AUSTIN, JR. (47), Assistant Treasurer
Assistant Vice President of Eaton Vance and EV. Officer of various investment 
companies managed by Eaton Vance or BMR.
Address:255 State Street, Boston, MA 02109


     All of the Trustees and officers hold  identical  positions with The Wright
Managed  Income Trust,  The Wright  Managed  Equity Trust,  The Wright  Equifund
Equity Trust,  Catholic Values  Investment Trust and The Wright Blue Chip Master
Portfolio Trust. The fees and expenses of those Trustees (Messrs. Miles, Pierce,
Taber and Van Houtte  and Ms.  Hardy) who are not  "interested  persons"  of the
Trust and of Mr.  Brigham are paid by the funds.  They also  receive  additional
payments from other  investment  companies for which Wright provides  investment
advisory  services.  The  Trustees  who  are  employees  of  Wright  receive  no
compensation  from the Trust.  The Trust does not have a retirement plan for its
Trustees.  For  Trustee  compensation  from the Trust for the fiscal  year ended
December 31, 1998 and for the total  compensation  paid to the Trustees from the
Wright  fund  complex  for the fiscal  year ended  December  31,  1998,  see the
following table.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
    


                               COMPENSATION TABLE

                                      Aggregate Compensation            Pension          Estimated     Total Compensation
                                      from The Wright Managed          Benefits           Annual        Paid From Fund
Trustees                              Blue Chip Series Trust            Accrued          Benefits      and Funds' Complex(1)
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<S>                                        <C>                          <C>                <C>              <C>

   
H. Day Brigham, Jr.                        $2,125                        None              None            $10,500
Winthrop S. Emmet(2)                        2,125                        None              None             10,500
Dorcas Hardy(3)                               375                        None              None              2,250
Leland Miles                                2,125                        None              None             10,500
Lloyd F. Pierce                             2,125                        None              None             10,500
Richard E. Taber                            2,125                        None              None             10,500
Raymond Van Houtte                          1,875                        None              None              9,000
    


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</TABLE>

   
(1)  Total  compensation  paid is from The Wright Managed Blue Chip Series Trust
    (2 Portfolios)  and the other funds in the Wright fund complex for a total
     of 24 funds.
(2)  Mr. Emmet  retired as a Trustee on December 9, 1998.
(3)  Ms. Hardy became a Trustee on December 9, 1998.
    

<PAGE>


     The Trust's  board of trustees has  established  an  Independent  Trustees'
Committee consisting of all of the Independent  Trustees who are Messrs.  Miles,
Pierce (Chairman),  Taber and Van Houtte and Ms. Hardy. The  responsibilities of
the Independent  Trustees' Committee include those of an audit committee for the
financial  governance of the Trust,  a nominating  committee  for  additional or
replacement   trustees  of  the  Trust  and  a  contract  review  committee  for
consideration  of renewals  or changes in the  investment  advisory  agreements,
distribution   agreements  and  distribution   plans  and  other  agreements  as
appropriate.



The Investment Adviser

   
     The  Trust  has  engaged  Wright to act as the  fund's  investment  adviser
pursuant to an Investment  Advisory  Contract.  Wright  furnishes each fund with
investment  advice  and  management  services.  The  Trustees  of the  Trust are
responsible  for the general  oversight of the conduct of each fund's  business.
The School for Ethical  Education,  1000  Lafayette  Boulevard,  Bridgeport,  CT
06604, may be considered a controlling  person of Wright's parent, Winthrop, and
Wright by reason of its ownership of more than 25% of the outstanding  shares of
Winthrop.
    

     Pursuant to the  Investment  Advisory  Contract,  Wright will carry out the
investment  and   reinvestment  of  the  assets  of  the  funds,   will  furnish
continuously  an investment  program with respect to the funds,  will  determine
which securities should be purchased, sold or exchanged, and will implement such
determinations.   Wright  will  furnish  to  the  funds  investment  advice  and
management  services,  office  space,  equipment  and  clerical  personnel,  and
investment advisory,  statistical and research facilities.  In addition,  Wright
has arranged for certain members of the Eaton Vance and Wright  organizations to
serve without  salary as officers or Trustees of the Trust.  In return for these
services, each fund is obligated to pay a monthly advisory fee calculated at the
rates set forth in the fund's current Prospectus.

   
     The following  table sets forth the net assets of each fund at December 31,
1998,  and the  advisory fee earned  during the fiscal years ended  December 31,
1998, 1997 and 1996.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
    

                                                            Net          For the Fiscal   For the Fiscal    For the Fiscal
                                                          Assets           Year Ended       Year Ended        Year Ended
PORTFOLIOS                                               12/31/98           12/31/98         12/31/97          12/31/96
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

<S>                                                     <C>               <C>             <C>               <C>    
   
Wright Selected Blue Chip Portfolio (WSBCP) (1)         $ 3,481,154        $22,530        $19,920           $16,989
Wright International Blue Chip Portfolio (WIBCP) (2)    $ 1,275,869        $11,781        $11,960           $10,298
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
</TABLE>

     (1) For the fiscal year ended December 31, 1998, Wright made a reduction in
its advisory fee by the full amount of $22,530 and made an  assumption of $6,500
of expenses of the  Portfolio.For the fiscal year ended December 31, 1997, WSBCP
made a reduction of its  advisory  fee in the amount of $15,717.  For the fiscal
year ended December 31, 1996,  WSBCP made a reduction of its advisory fee in the
full amount of such fee and Wright was  allocated $0 of expenses  related to the
operation of such fund.

     (2) For the fiscal year ended December 31, 1998, Wright made a reduction in
its advisory fee by the full amount of $11,781 and made an assumption of $33,800
of expenses of the  Portfolio.  For the fiscal years ended December 31, 1997 and
1996,  WIBCP made a reduction of its advisory fee in the full amount of such fee
and Wright was allocated $21,630 and $15,486,  respectively, of expenses related
to the operation of such fund.
    

The Administrator

   
     The Trust has  engaged  Eaton  Vance to act as the  administrator  for each
fund. For its services under the Administration Agreement,  Eaton Vance receives
monthly  administration fees based on the net assets of each fund. The following
table sets forth the administration  fees that would have been earned,  absent a
fee reduction, from each fund for the fiscal years ended December 31, 1998, 1997
and 1996.
    

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                          Fee paid as a %
                                                          of average daily                 Administration Fees Paid
                                                          net assets for fiscal     or the Fiscal Year Ended December 31  
     PORTFOLIOS                                           year ended 12/31/98         1998           1997               1996(1)
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

<S>                                                         <C>            <C>              <C>                    <C>   
   
     Wright Selected Blue Chip Portfolio (WSBCP)              0.05%        $1,734           $1,532                 $1,307
     Wright International Blue Chip Portfolio (WIBCP)         0.05%        $  801(1)        $  747(1)               $ 644
    

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</TABLE>

(1) Eaton Vance made a reduction of the administration fee in the full amount.
<PAGE>

   
     Eaton Vance is a business trust  organized under  Massachusetts  law. Eaton
Vance,  Inc.  ("EV")  serves as trustee of Eaton  Vance.  Eaton Vance and EV are
wholly-owned  subsidiaries  of  Eaton  Vance  Corporation  ("EVC"),  a  Maryland
corporation and publicly-held  holding company. EVC through its subsidiaries and
affiliates  engages  primarily  in  investment  management,  administration  and
marketing  activities.  The  Directors of EVC are James B.  Hawkes,  Benjamin A.
Rowland, Jr., John G.L. Cabot, John M. Nelson,  Vincent M. O'Reilly and Ralph Z.
Sorenson.  All of the issued and outstanding  shares of Eaton Vance are owned by
EVC. All shares of the outstanding Voting Common Stock of EVC are deposited in a
Voting Trust, the Voting Trustees of which are Messrs.  Hawkes and Rowland, Alan
R. Dynner, Thomas E. Faust, Jr., Thomas J. Fetter, Duncan W. Richardson, William
M. Steul, and Wharton P. Whitaker.  The Voting Trustees have unrestricted voting
rights for the election of Directors of EVC. All of the outstanding voting trust
receipts  issued under said Voting Trust are owned by certain of the officers of
Eaton Vance who are also  officers,  or officers  and  Directors  of EVC and EV.
Messrs.  Austin,  Murphy,  O'Connor and Woodbury and Ms. Sanders are officers of
the Trusts and are also members of the Eaton Vance and EV  organizations.  Eaton
Vance will receive the fees paid under the Administration Agreements.
    

    The Trust's Investment Advisory Contract and Administration  Agreement will
remain in effect  until  February  28,  2000.  The Trust's  Investment  Advisory
Contract may be continued with respect to a fund from year to year thereafter so
long as such  continuance  after February 28, 2000 is approved at least annually
(i) by the vote of a majority of the Trustees who are not  "interested  persons"
of the Trust,  Eaton  Vance or Wright  cast in person at a meeting  specifically
called  for the  purpose  of  voting on such  approval  and (ii) by the Board of
Trustees of the Trust or by vote of a majority of the outstanding shares of that
fund.  The Trust's  Administration  Agreement may be continued from year to year
after February 28, 2000 so long as such continuance is approved  annually by the
vote of a majority of the  Trustees.  Each  agreement  may be terminated as to a
fund at any time without penalty on sixty (60) days' written notice by the Board
of Trustees or  Directors  of either  party,  or by vote of the  majority of the
outstanding shares of that fund, and each agreement will terminate automatically
in the event of its assignment.  Each agreement provides that, in the absence of
willful  misfeasance,  bad faith,  gross negligence or reckless disregard of its
obligations  or duties to the Trust  under such  agreement  on the part of Eaton
Vance or Wright,  Eaton  Vance or Wright will not be liable to the Trust for any
loss incurred.


                        Custodian and Transfer Agent

     Investors  Bank & Trust  Company  ("IBT"),  200 Clarendon  Street,  Boston,
Massachusetts, acts as custodian for each of the funds. IBT, directly or through
subcustodians,  has  the  custody  of all  cash  and  securities  of the  funds,
maintains the funds' general  ledgers and computes daily the net asset value per
share of each fund. In such  capacity it attends to details in  connection  with
the sale,  exchange,  substitution,  transfer or other  dealings with the funds'
investments,  receives  and  disburses  all funds  and  performs  various  other
ministerial duties upon receipt of proper instructions from the funds.

   
     First Data Investor Services Group, P.O. Box 5156, Westborough, MA 01581-
9686 is the fund's transfer agent.
    


                    Independent Certified Public Accountants

   
     Deloitte  &  Touche,LLP  are  the  Trust's  independent   certified  public
accountants,  providing audit services,  tax return preparation,  and assistance
and consultation  with respect to the preparation of filings with the Securities
and Exchange Commission.
    

                                  Legal Matters

     Certain  legal matters are passed on for the Trust by Hale and Dorr LLP, 60
State Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02109.
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                                 NET ASSET VALUE

     Portfolio  securities  for which the  primary  market is on a  domestic  or
foreign exchange or which are traded  over-the-counter  and quoted on the NASDAQ
System  will be  valued at the last sale  price on the day of  valuation  or, if
there was no sale that day, at the last  reported bid price,  using prices as of
the close of trading.  Portfolio securities not quoted on the NASDAQ System that
are actively traded in the over-the-counter  market, including listed securities
for which the primary market is believed to be the over-the-counter market, will
be valued at the most recently quoted bid price provided by the principal market
makers.

     With respect to WIBCP,  foreign securities traded outside the United States
are generally valued as of the time their trading is completed, which is usually
different from the close of the New York Stock  Exchange.  Occasionally,  events
affecting  the value of such  securities  may occur  between  such times and the
close  of the  New  York  Stock  Exchange  that  will  not be  reflected  in the
computation of WIBCP's net asset value. If events materially affecting the value
of such securities occur during such period,  these securities will be valued at
their fair  value  according  to  procedures  decided  upon in good faith by the
Trustees.  All  securities  and  other  assets  of  WIBCP  initially  quoted  or
denominated in foreign currencies will be converted to U.S. dollar values at the
mean of the bid and offer prices of such  currencies  against U.S.  dollars last
quoted on a valuation date by any recognized dealer.

     In the case of any  securities  which  are not  actively  traded,  reliable
market  quotations  may  not  be  considered  to  be  readily  available.  These
investments  are stated at fair value as  determined  under the direction of the
Trustees.  Such fair value is expected to be determined by utilizing information
furnished  by  a  pricing  service  which  determines   valuations  for  normal,
institutional-size  trading  units of such  securities  using  methods  based on
market transactions for comparable  securities and various relationships between
securities which are generally recognized by institutional traders.

     If any securities  held by a fund are  restricted as to resale,  their fair
value will be determined  following  procedures  approved by the  Trustees.  The
Trustees periodically review such procedures.  The fair value of such securities
is generally  determined to be the amount which the fund could reasonably expect
to realize  from an orderly  disposition  of such  securities  over a reasonable
period of time. The valuation  procedures  applied in any specific  instance are
likely to vary from case to case.  However,  consideration is generally given to
the  financial  position  of the issuer and other  fundamental  analytical  data
relating to the investment and to the nature of the  restrictions on disposition
of the securities  (including any  registration  expenses that might be borne by
the fund in connection with such disposition). In addition, specific factors are
also generally considered,  such as the cost of the investment, the market value
of any  unrestricted  securities of the same class (both at the time of purchase
and at the time of valuation), the size of the holding, the prices of any recent
transactions  or  offers  with  respect  to such  securities  and any  available
analysts' reports regarding the issuer.

     Notwithstanding  the foregoing,  short-term debt securities with maturities
of 60 days or less will be valued at amortized cost.


                        PURCHASE AND REDEMPTION OF SHARES


     The shares of each fund are not offered to the public but may be  purchased
only by  participating  insurance  companies  for their  Accounts  allocable  to
Contracts.  Within  the  limitations  set  forth  in the  appropriate  Contract,
Contractholders  may direct a  participating  insurance  company to  purchase or
redeem shares of any fund.  Instructions  for any such purchase or redemption of
the shares of any fund must be made by a  participating  insurance  company  and
Contractholders  should not direct  instructions or inquiries to the Trust.  The
terms and  conditions  of the Contracts  and any  limitations  upon the funds in
which the Accounts may invest are set forth in a separate prospectus.

     Subject  to the  foregoing,  each fund  sells its  shares to  participating
insurance  companies  without a sales charge at the net asset value per share of
such fund  next  determined  after the  purchase  order is  received.  Each fund
reserves  the right to reject  any order for the  purchase  of its  shares or to
limit or suspend, without notice, the offering of its shares.

     Shares of the funds may be  redeemed  on any day on which the Trust is open
for  business.  Each fund redeems its shares at the net asset value per share of
such fund next  determined  after the  redemption  request  is  received  from a
participating insurance company. Proceeds of any redemption are delivered to the
participating   insurance  company  within  seven  days  after  receipt  of  the
redemption request.  The right to redeem shares of a fund and to receive payment
therefore may be suspended at times (a) when the securities  markets are closed,
other  than  customary  weekend  and  holiday  closings,  (b)  when  trading  is
restricted  for any reason,  (c) when an  emergency  exists as a result of which
disposal by such fund of securities owned by it is not reasonably practicable or
it is not reasonably  practicable for such fund fairly to determine the value of
its net assets,  or (d) when the  Securities  and Exchange  Commission  by order
permits a suspension of the right of redemption or a postponement of the date of
payment or redemption.

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     Although  the funds  normally  intend to redeem  shares in cash,  each fund
reserves the right to redeem shares by distributing securities in kind if deemed
advisable by the  Trustees.  The value of any portfolio  securities  distributed
upon  redemption  will be determined in the manner as described under "Net Asset
Value." However, a fund will redeem shares in cash to the extent that the amount
of a fund's shares to be redeemed for the benefit of any Contractholder within a
90-day  period does not exceed the lesser of $250,000 or 1% of the aggregate net
asset value of the fund at the beginning of such period. If portfolio securities
are distributed in lieu of cash, the shareholder will normally incur transaction
costs upon the disposition of any such securities.


                                      TAXES

Federal Income Taxes

     In order to qualify as a regulated  investment  company as described in the
Prospectus,  a fund must,  among  other  things,  (1) derive at least 90% of its
gross  income in each  taxable  year from  dividends,  interest,  payments  with
respect to securities loans,  gains from the sale or other disposition of stocks
or securities or foreign currencies,  or other income (including but not limited
to gains  from  options  and  forward  contracts)  derived  with  respect to its
business  of  investing  in such  stocks or  securities  and (2)  diversify  its
holdings in compliance with the diversification  requirements of Subchapter M of
the Code so that, at the end of each quarter of the fund's  taxable year, (a) at
least 50% of the market value of the fund's total assets is represented by cash,
U.S.  Government  securities and other securities  limited in respect of any one
issuer to not more than 5% of the value of the fund's total  (gross)  assets and
to not more than 10% of the voting  securities of such issuer,  and (b) not more
than 25% of the value of its total  (gross)  assets is invested in securities of
any one issuer (other than U.S. Government  securities) or certain other issuers
controlled by the fund.

     As a regulated  investment  company,  a fund will not be subject to federal
income  tax  on  net  investment  income  and  net  capital  gains  (short-  and
long-term),  if any, that it distributes to its  shareholders if at least 90% of
its investment company taxable income (i.e., all of its net taxable income other
than the  excess,  if any, of net  long-term  capital  gain over net  short-term
capital  loss ("net  capital  gain")),  for the taxable year is  distributed  in
accordance with applicable  timing  requirements,  but will be subject to tax at
regular corporate rates on any investment  company taxable income or net capital
gain that is not so distributed.  In general,  dividends will be treated as paid
when actually distributed,  except that dividends declared in October,  November
or December and made payable to  shareholders  of record in such a month will be
treated as having been received by  shareholders on December 31, if the dividend
is paid in the following January.  Each fund intends to satisfy the distribution
requirement in each taxable year. A fund's distributions from investment company
taxable income and net capital gain are generally treated as ordinary income and
long-term capital gain, respectively, under the Code. Insurance companies should
consult their own tax advisers regarding the tax rules governing their treatment
upon  receipt  of these  distributions  and the  proceeds  of share  redemptions
(including exchanges).

     Each  fund  will  not be  subject  to  federal  excise  tax or the  related
distribution  requirements  for any taxable  year in which all of its shares are
held by segregated asset accounts of life insurance companies held in connection
with  variable  contracts  or  are  attributable  to  certain  "seed  money"  in
accordance with Section 4982(f) of the Code.

     Investment by a fund in the stock of a "passive foreign investment company"
may cause the fund to  recognize  income  prior to the receipt of  distributions
from such a company  or to become  subject  to tax upon the  receipt  of certain
excess  distributions from, or upon disposition of its stock of, such a company,
although an election may generally be available  that would  ameliorate  some of
these adverse tax consequences.

     Each fund intends to comply with the diversification  requirements  imposed
by  Section  817(h)  of  the  Code  and  the   regulations   thereunder.   These
requirements,  which are in addition to the diversification requirements imposed
on a  fund  by  the  1940  Act  and  Subchapter  M of the  Code,  place  certain
limitations on the assets of each separate  account and,  because Section 817(h)
and  those  regulations  treat the  assets of the fund as assets of the  related
separate account, the assets of a fund, that may be represented by any one, two,
three and four investments.  Specifically,  the regulations provide that, except
as  permitted  by the  "safe  harbor"  described  below,  as of the  end of each
calendar  quarter  or  within 30 days  thereafter  no more than 55% of the total
assets of a fund may be represented by any one  investment,  no more than 70% by
any two investments,  no more than 80% by any three investments and no more than
90% by any four investments. For this purpose, all securities of the same issuer
are  considered  a  single  investment,  and each  U.S.  Government  agency  and
instrumentality is considered a separate issuer.  Section 817(h) provides,  as a
safe  harbor,  that a  separate  account  will be  treated  as being  adequately
diversified if the diversification requirements under Subchapter M are satisfied
and no more than 55% of the value of the  account's  total  assets  are cash and
cash items (including receivables), U.S. Government securities and securities of
other  regulated  investment  companies.  Failure by a fund to

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     both  qualify as a  regulated  investment  company  and satisfy the Section
817(h) requirements would generally result in treatment of the variable contract
holders other than as described in the applicable variable contract  prospectus,
including inclusion in ordinary income of income accrued under the contracts for
the current and all prior  taxable  years.  Any such  failure may also result in
adverse tax consequences for the insurance company issuing the contracts.

     The Trust may therefore  find it necessary to take action to seek to ensure
that a Contract  continues  to qualify as a  Contract  under  federal  tax laws,
although the insurance  company that maintains each segregated  asset account is
responsible  for  ensuring  that the assets  held in that  account  satisfy  the
diversification  requirements  of Section  817(h) of the Code and the applicable
regulations  and the Trust  itself can  control  only the assets held within the
funds.  The  Trust,  for  example,  may be  required  to  alter  the  investment
objectives of a fund or substitute  the shares of one fund for those of another.
No such change of investment  objectives or substitution of securities will take
place without notice to the shareholders of the affected fund.

     The funds are not subject to  Massachusetts  corporate  excise or franchise
tax. Provided that a fund qualifies as a regulated  investment company under the
Code, it will also not be required to pay any Massachusetts income tax.


   
                              FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
    


     The audited financial  statements of, and the independent  auditors' report
for the funds and the Portfolios  appear in the funds' most recent annual report
to  shareholders  and are  incorporated  by  reference  into this  Statement  of
Additional  Information.  A copy of the funds'  annual report  accompanies  this
Statement of Additional Information.

   
     Registrant  incorporates by reference the audited financial information for
the funds and the  Portfolios  for the fiscal  year ended  December  31, 1998 as
previously  filed  electronically  with the Securities  and Exchange  Commission
(Accession Number0000715165-99-000002).
    




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                                    APPENDIX


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Wright Quality Ratings

     Wright Quality  Ratings provide a means by which Wright  evaluates  certain
fundamental  criteria  for  the  measurement  of  the  quality  of  an  issuer's
securities.

     Each  rating is based on 32  individual  measures  of quality  which can be
grouped into four components: (1) Investment Acceptance, (2) Financial Strength,
(3)  Profitability  and  Stability,  and (4) Growth.  The total  rating is three
letters and a numeral. The three letters measure (1) Investment Acceptance,  (2)
Financial Strength, and (3) Profitability and Stability.  Each letter reflects a
composite  measurement of eight individual  standards which are summarized as A:
Outstanding,  B: Excellent,  C: Good, D: Fair, L: Limited, and N: Not Rated. The
numeral rating reflects Growth and is a composite of eight individual  standards
ranging from 0 to 20.


Equity Securities

     Investment  Acceptance  reflects the acceptability of a security by and its
marketability  among  investors,  and  the  liquidity  of the  market  for  such
securities.

     Financial  Strength  represents  the amount,  adequacy and liquidity of the
corporation's resources in relation to current and potential  requirements.  Its
principal  components  are  aggregate  equity  and total  capital,  the ratio of
invested equity capital to debt, the adequacy of net working capital,  its fixed
charges coverage ratio and other appropriate criteria.

     Profitability  and  Stability   measures  the  record  of  a  corporation's
management  in  terms  of (1) the  rate and  consistency  of the net  return  on
shareholders'  equity capital  investment at corporate  book value,  and (2) the
profits or losses of the corporation  during generally adverse economic periods,
including its ability to withstand adverse financial developments.

     Growth  measures  the growth per common share of the  corporation's  equity
capital,  earnings, and dividends,  rather than the corporation's overall growth
of revenues and income.

     These  ratings  are  determined  by  specific   quantitative   formulae.  A
distinguishing  characteristic  of these  ratings is that The Wright  Investment
Committee  must  review and  accept  each  rating.  The  Committee  may reduce a
computed rating of any company, but may not increase it.


Debt Securities

     Wright ratings for commercial paper,  corporate bonds and bank certificates
of  deposit  consist  of  the  two  central   positions  of  the  four  position
alphanumeric  corporate equity rating. The two central positions represent those
factors which are particularly relevant to fixed income and reserve investments.

     The first  letter  rating of the Wright  four-part  alphanumeric  corporate
rating is not  included  in the  ratings  of fixed  income  securities  since it
primarily  reflects the adequacy of the floating supply of the company's  common
shares for the investment of substantial funds. The numeric growth rating is not
included because this element is identified only with equity investments.


A-1 and P-1 Commercial Paper Ratings by Standard & Poor's and Moody's

     A Standard & Poor's Commercial Paper Rating is a current  assessment of the
likelihood of timely payment of debt having an original maturity of no more than
365 days.

     `A':  Issues  assigned  this  highest  rating  are  regarded  as having the
greatest  capacity for timely  payment.  Issues in this category are  delineated
with the  numbers 1, 2, and 3 to indicate  the  relative  degree of safety.  The
`A-1'  designation  indicates that

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     the degree of safety  regarding  timely payment is either  overwhelming  or
very  strong.   Those  issues   determined   to  possess   overwhelming   safety
characteristics will be denoted with a plus (+) sign designation.

     Issuers (or related  supporting  institutions)  rated P-1 by Moody's have a
superior  capacity  for  repayment of  short-term  promissory  obligations.  P-1
repayment capacity will normally be evidenced by the following characteristics:

     -- Leading market positions in well-established industries.

     -- High rates of return on funds employed.

     -- Conservative  capitalization  structures with moderate  reliance on debt
        and ample asset protection.
 
     -- Broad margins in earnings  coverage of fixed financial  charges and high
        internal cash generation.

     -- Well-established  access to a range of  financial  markets  and assured
        sources of alternate liquidity.

     The commercial paper rating is not a  recommendation  to purchase or sell a
security.  The ratings are based on current information  furnished to Standard &
Poor's by the issuer or obtained from other sources it considers  reliable.  The
ratings  may be changed,  suspended  or  withdrawn  as a result of changes in or
unavailability of such information.


Bond Ratings

   
     In  addition  to Wright  quality  ratings,  bonds or bond  insurers  may be
expected to have credit risk ratings assigned by the two major rating companies,
Moody's and Standard & Poor's.  Moody's uses a nine-symbol system with Aaa being
the highest rating and C the lowest.  Standard & Poor's uses a 10-symbol  system
that ranges from AAA to D. Bonds within the top four categories of Moody's (Aaa,
Aa, A, and Baa) and of Standard & Poor's (AAA, AA, A, and BBB) are considered to
be of  investment-grade  quality.  Bonds in the lowest investment grade category
(BBB)  may have  speculative  characteristics.  Only the top  three  grades  are
acceptable  for the  taxable  Income  funds  and  only  the top two  grades  are
acceptable for the tax-free  Income funds.  Note that both Standard & Poor's and
Moody's  currently give their highest rating to issuers  insured by the American
Municipal Bond Assurance  Corporation (AMBAC) or by the Municipal Bond Investors
Assurance Corporation (MBIA).
    

     Bonds rated A by Standard & Poor's have a strong  capacity to pay principal
and interest, although they are somewhat more susceptible to the adverse effects
of change in  circumstances  and economic  conditions  than debt in higher-rated
categories.  The rating of AA is  accorded to issues  where the  capacity to pay
principal  and  interest  is very strong and they differ from AAA issues only in
small  degree.  The AAA rating  indicates  an extremely  strong  capacity to pay
principal and interest.

     Bonds  rated A by Moody's are judged by Moody's to possess  many  favorable
investment  attributes  and are  considered  as upper medium grade  obligations.
Bonds  rated Aa by Moody's  are  judged by Moody's to be of high  quality by all
standards. Together with the Aaa group they comprise what are generally known as
high-grade  bonds.  They are rated  lower  than Aaa  bonds  because  margins  of
protection may not be as large or fluctuations of protective  elements may be of
greater degree or there may be other  elements  present which make the long-term
risks appear somewhat larger. Bonds rated Aaa by Moody's are judged to be of the
best quality.  Interest payments are protected by a large or by an exceptionally
stable margin and principal is secure. While the various protective elements are
likely to change,  such changes as can be visualized are most unlikely to impair
the fundamentally strong position of such issuers.
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                                         Statement of Additional Information
                                                             April 30, 1999






                   CATHOLIC VALUES EQUITY INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO
                                   a series of
                    The Wright Managed Blue Chip Series Trust
                                255 State Street
                           Boston, Massachusetts 02109
    







                                Table of Contents

                                                                      PAGE


                  The Fund's Investment Policie.........................2
                  Additional Information about the Trust................6
                  Investment Restrictions...............................6
                  Trustees, Officers and the Catholic Advisory Board....7
                  Control Persons and Principal Holders of Shares......10
                  Investment Advisory and Administrative Services......10
                  Custodian and Transfer Agent.........................12
                  Independent Certified Public Accountants.............12
                  Brokerage Allocation.................................12
                  Pricing of Shares....................................12
                  Taxes................................................13
                  Calculation of Performance and Yield Quotations......14
                  Appendix.............................................16






   
This  Statement of Additional  Information is NOT a prospectus and is authorized
for distribution to prospective investors only if preceded or accompanied by the
current  Prospectus  of The Wright  Managed Blue Chip Series Trust (the "Trust")
offering shares of the Catholic Values Equity Investment Portfolio (the "fund"),
dated  April 30,  1999,  as  supplemented  from  time  to  time,  which  is
incorporated  herein by  reference.  This  Statement of  Additional  Information
should be read in conjunction with the Prospectus.  A copy of the Prospectus may
be obtained without charge from Wright Investors'  Service  Distributors,  Inc.,
1000   Lafayette   Boulevard,   Bridgeport,    Connecticut   06604   (Telephone:
888-974-9471).
    

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                      THE FUND'S INVESTMENT POLICIES


   
     The fund is a diversified,  open-end management investment company.  Unless
otherwise  defined herein,  capitalized terms have the meaning given them in the
Prospectus.

     The fund's objective is set forth in the Prospectu.  The fund will, through
continuous  supervision  by Wright  Investors'  Service,  Inc.  ("Wright" or the
"Adviser") and the Catholic Advisory Board, pursue its objective by investing in
a broadly  diversified  portfolio  consisting  primarily of equity securities of
high-quality,  well-established and profitable U.S. and non-U.S.  companies that
offer products or services and undertake activities that are consistent with the
core teachings of the Catholic Church.
    

     How  Investments are Selected.  Securities  selected for the fund are drawn
from  investment  lists  prepared  by Wright  and known as The  Approved  Wright
Investment List (the "AWIL") and The  International  Approved Wright  Investment
List (the  "International  AWIL").  Securities drawn from these Investment Lists
will be reviewed for compliance  with the core teachings of the Catholic  Church
by the Catholic  Advisory Board,  which is appointed by the Board of Trustees of
the Trust  (the  "trustees")  and is made up of  prominent  lay  members  of the
Catholic Church.

     The Approved Wright Investment Lists (AWIL and International  AWIL). Wright
systematically  reviews about 7,000 U.S.  companies  and about 12,000  non-U.S.
companies in The  Worldscope(R)  database which it developed.  This review first
identifies those companies which, on the basis of at least five years of audited
records,  meet  the  minimum  standards  of  prudence  (e.g.,  the  value of the
company's assets and shareholders'  equity exceeds certain minimum standards and
its operations  have been  profitable  during the last three years) and thus are
suitable for  consideration  by fiduciary  investors.  Companies  meeting  these
requirements (about 3,800 companies) are considered by Wright to be suitable for
prudent investment. They may be large or small, may have their securities traded
on exchange or over the counter and may include  companies not currently  paying
dividends on their shares.

     These  approximately 3,800  companies  are  then  subjected  to  extensive
analysis  and  evaluation  in order to  identify  those  which meet  Wright's 32
fundamental  standards of Investment Quality. Only those companies which meet or
exceed  all of these  standards  (a  subset of the  3,800 companies  considered
suitable  for prudent  investment)  are  eligible  for  selection  by the Wright
Investment  Committee for inclusion in the  Investment  Lists.  See the Appendix
herein  for a more  detailed  description  of  Wright  Quality  Ratings  and the
Investment Lists.

     All  companies  on the  Investment  Lists  are,  in the  opinion of Wright,
soundly financed with established  records of earnings  profitability and equity
growth. All have established  investment  acceptance and active,  liquid markets
for their publicly owned shares.  The companies on the Investment  Lists will be
referred to in this prospectus as "Blue Chips."

     The Catholic  Advisory Board. The Catholic  Advisory Board assures that the
fund's investments are consistent with Catholic values. Each member of the Board
is involved in various Catholic  organizations  and activities and is in contact
with numerous Catholic institutions and Catholic clergy. Using the best publicly
available  information  obtained by Wright,  the  Catholic  Advisory  Board will
identify those companies  recommended by Wright whose products,  services and/or
activities are substantially  consistent with core Catholic Church teachings. In
addition,  information  received from  shareholders,  secondary  materials,  and
general input from interested  sources is  consistently  reviewed and evaluated.
The result is continuous  dialogue,  continuous  information  input,  continuous
review, and thus continuous evaluation. It is believed that independent thinking
and  independent  information  support a  portfolio  that  adheres  to  Catholic
doctrine while balancing  changes in the market place,  changes in informational
input,  and changes in value systems.  Thus, the fund combines  Catholic  values
with investment values.

     The Catholic  Advisory Board will have sole  discretion to determine  which
companies meet the fund's religious criteria.  Wright will be solely responsible
for evaluating the investment  merits of the fund's holdings.  When a company is
found not to be in compliance with core Catholic  teachings,  Wright is asked to
remove it from the fund's holdings. This policy may cause the fund to dispose of
a security at a time when it may be disadvantageous from an investment viewpoint
to do so.

     Because the fund will consider for investment  only  securities  which meet
the fund's  investment and religious  criteria,  the return on securities chosen
may be lower than if the fund considered only investment criteria when selecting
investments.  However,  Wright does not expect there to be a material  effect on
the performance.

     Primary Investments. The fund will, under normal market conditions,  invest
at least  80% of its net  assets in equity  securities  of Blue Chip  companies,
including common stocks,  preferred stocks,  warrants and securities convertible
into stock. 

     As a matter of  nonfundamental  policy,  it is expected  that the fund will
normally be fully invested in equity securities. However, the fund may invest up
to 20% of its net  assets in the  short-term  debt  securities  described  under
"Defensive  and Certain  Short-Term  Investments."  In addition,  for  temporary
defensive  purposes  the fund may hold  cash or  invest  without  limit in these
short-term debt securities.

DESCRIPTION OF INVESTMENTS

     U.S.  Government,  Agency and Instrumentality  Securities - U.S. Government
securities in which the fund may invest are short-term obligations issued by the
Treasury and include bills,  certificates  of  indebtedness,  notes,  and bonds.
Agencies and  instrumentalities of the U.S. Government are established under the
authority  of an act of  Congress  and  include,  but are not  limited  to,  the
Government  National  Mortgage  Association   ("GNMA"),   the  Tennessee  Valley
Authority, the Bank for Cooperatives,  the Farmers Home Administration,  Federal
Home Loan Banks,  Federal Intermediate Credit Banks, Federal Land Banks, and the
Federal National Mortgage Association ("FNMA").

     The fund has no current intention of investing in securities issued by GNMA
or FNMA or in any other mortgage-backed securities.


     Foreign Investments -- The fund may invest up to 30% of its total assets in
equity securities of foreign  companies that are on the  International  AWIL and
that are traded on a  securities  market of the  country in which the company is
located  or  other  foreign  securities  exchanges.  In  addition,  the fund may
purchase  securities  in the form of American  Depositary  Receipts  ("ADRs") or
similar  securities  representing  interests in an underlying  foreign security.
ADRs are not  necessarily  denominated  in the same  currency as the  underlying
foreign  securities.  If an ADR is not sponsored by the issuer of the underlying
foreign  security,  the  institution  issuing the ADR may have reduced access to
information about the issuer.

     Investments  in  foreign  securities  involve  risks in  addition  to those
associated  with  investments  in the  securities of U.S.  issuers.  These risks
include less publicly  available  financial and other  information about foreign
companies;  less rigorous  securities  regulation;  the potential  imposition of
currency controls,  foreign withholding and other taxes; and war,  expropriation
or other adverse governmental actions. Foreign equity markets may be less liquid
than United  States  markets and may be subject to delays in the  settlement  of
portfolio  transactions.  Brokerage  commissions and other  transaction costs in
foreign  markets  tend to be  higher  than in the  United  States.  The value of
foreign  securities  denominated  in a foreign  currency will vary in accordance
with changes in currency exchange rates, which can be volatile. In addition, the
prices of  unsponsored  ADRs may be more volatile than if they were sponsored by
the issuers of the underlying securities.  These considerations generally are of
greater concern in developing countries.


     Repurchase Agreements - The fund may invest in repurchase agreements, which
involve  purchase  of U.S.  Government  securities.  At the  same  time the fund
purchases  the  security,  it  resells  it to the  vendor (a member  bank of the
Federal Reserve System or recognized  securities dealer that meets Wright credit
standards),  and is  obligated  to  redeliver  the  security to the vendor on an
agreed-upon date in the future.  The resale price exceeds the purchase price and
reflects  an  agreed-upon  market  rate  unrelated  to the  coupon  rate  on the
purchased security. Such transactions afford an opportunity for the fund to earn
a return on cash which is only  temporarily  available.  The fund's  risk is the
ability of the vendor to pay an agreed-upon sum upon the delivery date. The fund
believes this risk is limited to the difference  between the market value of the
security and the repurchase price provided for in the repurchase agreement.

     Repurchase  agreements  must be fully  collateralized  at all times. In the
event of a default or bankruptcy by a vendor under a repurchase  agreement,  the
fund will seek to liquidate such collateral.  However, the exercise of the right
to  liquidate  such  collateral   could  involve   certain  costs,   delays  and
restrictions and is not ultimately assured. To the extent that proceeds from any
sale  upon a  default  of the  obligations  to  repurchase  are  less  than  the
repurchase price, the fund could suffer a loss.

     In all cases  when  entering  into  repurchase  agreements  with other than
FDIC-insured depository institutions,  the fund will take physical possession of
the underlying  collateral security, or will receive written confirmation of the
purchase of the collateral  security and a custodial or safekeeping receipt from
a third  party  under a  written  bailment  for  hire  contract,  or will be the
recorded owner of the collateral security through the Federal Reserve Book-Entry
System.


     Defensive  and  Certain  Short-Term   Investments  -  Under  normal  market
conditions  up to 20% of the fund's net  assets  or,  during  periods of unusual
market conditions,  when Wright believes that investing for temporary  defensive
purposes in appropriate,  all or any portion of the fund's assets may be held in
cash, money market  instruments or other short-term  obligations.  These include


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short-term  obligations issued or guaranteed as to interest and principle by the
U.S. Government or any agency or instrumentality  thereof (including  repurchase
agreement collateralized by such securities).

     The fund may invest in the following U.S. dollar denominated,  high quality
short-term obligations to the extent set forth above:


     Certificates of Deposit - are  certificates  issued against funds deposited
in a bank, are for a definite  period of time,  earn a specified rate of return,
and are normally negotiable.

     Bankers'  Acceptances - are short-term  credit  instruments used to finance
the import,  export,  transfer or storage of goods.  They are termed  "accepted"
when a bank guarantees their payment at maturity.

     Commercial  Paper - refers to promissory  notes issued by  corporations  in
order to finance their short-term credit needs. Commercial paper acquired by the
fund must, at the date of investment,  be rated A-1 by Standard & Poor's Ratings
Group ("S&P") or P-1 by Moody's Investors Service, Inc. ( "Moody's"), or, if not
rated  by  such  rating  organizations,  be  deemed  by  the  trustees  to be of
comparable quality.

     Finance  Company  Paper - refers to  promissory  notes  issued  by  finance
companies in order to finance their  short-term  credit needs.  Finance  company
paper must have the same  ratings as  commercial  paper at the time of purchase.
See "Commercial Paper" above.

     Corporate  Obligations - include bonds and notes issued by corporations and
other  entities  in  order  to  finance   short-term  credit  needs.   Corporate
obligations and other debt instruments in which the fund may invest must, at the
date of investment,  be rated AA or better by S&P or Aa or better by Moody's or,
if not rated by such rating  organizations,  be deemed by the  trustees to be of
comparable quality.


     The fund may invest in instruments and obligations of banks that have other
relationships  with the fund, Wright or Eaton Vance. No preference will be shown
towards investing in banks which have such relationships.

     The prices of fixed income  securities  vary inversely with interest rates.
Therefore,  the value of the fund's  investments in  convertible  securities and
short-term  obligations  will  decline  when  interest  rates  are  rising.  The
investment objective and, unless otherwise  indicated,  policies of the fund may
be changed by the trustees without a vote of the fund's  shareholders.  The fund
is not a complete  investment  program and there is no  assurance  that the fund
will achieve its investment  objective.  The market price of securities  held by
the fund and the net asset value of the fund's shares will fluctuate in response
to stock market developments and currency exchange rate fluctuations.


     "When  Issued"   Securities  -  Securities  are  frequently  offered  on  a
"when-issued" basis. When so offered, the price, which is generally expressed in
terms of yield to maturity,  is fixed at the time the  commitment to purchase is
made, but delivery and payment for the when-issued  securities may take place at
a later date. Normally,  the settlement date occurs 15 to 90 days after the date
of the  transaction.  The payment  obligation and the interest rate that will be
received  on the  securities  are  fixed at the time  the fund  enters  into the
purchase  commitment.  During the period  between  purchase and  settlement,  no
payment is made by the fund to the issuer and no  interest  accrues to the fund.
To the extent that assets of the fund are held in cash pending the settlement of
a purchase  of  securities,  the fund would  earn no income;  however,  the fund
intends  to be fully  invested  to the  extent  practicable  and  subject to the
policies  stated above.  While  when-issued  securities may be sold prior to the
settlement  date, it is intended that such  securities will be purchased for the
fund with the purpose of  actually  acquiring  them unless a sale  appears to be
desirable for investment reasons.

     At the time a commitment to purchase  securities on a when-issued  basis is
made  for the  fund,  the  transaction  will be  recorded  and the  value of the
security  reflected in  determining  the fund's net asset  value.  The fund will
establish a segregated  account in which the fund will  maintain cash and liquid
securities  equal in value to commitments  for  when-issued  securities.  If the
value of the securities placed in the separate account declines, additional cash
or  securities  will be placed in the account on a daily basis so that the value
of the  account  will at  least  equal  the  amount  of the  fund's  when-issued
commitments.  Such segregated securities either will mature or, if necessary, be
sold on or before the settlement date.

     Securities  purchased on a when-issued basis and the securities held by the
fund are subject to changes in value based upon the public's  perception  of the
creditworthiness  of the issuer  and  changes  in the level of  interest  rates.
(Thus,  both  positions  will  change  in  value  in the same  way,  i.e.,  both
experiencing  appreciation  when interest  rates decline and  depreciation  when

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interest  rates  rise.)   Therefore,   to  the  extent  that  the  fund  remains
substantially  fully invested at the same time that it has purchased  securities
on a when-issued basis,  there will be greater  fluctuations in the market value
of the fund's net assets than if only cash were set aside to pay for when-issued
securities.

     The fund has no current intention of investing in when-issued securities.

     Illiquid and Restricted  Securities - The fund may purchase securities that
are not registered ( "restricted securities") under the Securities Act of 1933 (
"1933 Act"),  including securities offered and sold to "qualified  institutional
buyers" ("QIB's") under Rule 144A under the 1933 Act. However, the fund will not
invest more than 15% of its net assets in illiquid  investments,  which  include
repurchase  agreements maturing in more than seven days, securities that are not
readily  marketable and restricted  securities not eligible for resale to QIB's.
If the value of the fund's  illiquid  investments  increased to more than 15% of
net assets,  Wright would begin reducing these  investments in an orderly manner
to the extent  necessary to comply with the 15% limit.  If the Board of Trustees
determines,  based upon a continuing  review of the trading markets for specific
Rule  144A  securities,  that  they are  liquid,  then  such  securities  may be
purchased without regard to the 15% limit. The trustees may adopt guidelines and
delegate  to  Wright  the daily  function  of  monitoring  and  determining  the
liquidity  of  restricted  securities.   The  trustees,   however,  will  retain
sufficient oversight and be ultimately  responsible for the determinations.  The
trustees will  carefully  monitor the fund's  investments  in these  securities,
focusing on such important  factors,  among others, as valuation,  liquidity and
availability of information.

     The fund may acquire other restricted  securities  including securities for
which market quotations are not readily available.  These securities may be sold
only in privately negotiated transactions or in public offerings with respect to
which  a  registration  statement  is  in  effect  under  the  1933  Act.  Where
registration  is  required,  the fund may be obligated to pay all or part of the
registration  expenses and a considerable  period may elapse between the time of
the  decision to sell and the time the fund may be  permitted to sell a security
under an effective  registration  statement.  If, during such a period,  adverse
market conditions were to develop,  the fund might obtain a less favorable price
than prevailed when it decided to sell.  Restricted securities will be priced at
fair market value as determined in good faith by the Trust's trustees.


     The fund does not currently intend to purchase restricted securities.

     Borrowing: Lending Portfolio Securities - The fund may borrow for temporary
or emergency  purposes in an amount up to one-third of the fund's total  assets.
The fund  may  lend  portfolio  securities  with a value up to 30% of its  total
assets to enhance its income.  The fund may pay  reasonable  fees in  connection
with securities loans. Wright will evaluate the  creditworthiness of prospective
institutional borrowers and monitor the adequacy of the collateral to reduce the
risk of default by  borrowers.  The fund may seek to increase  income by lending
portfolio securities to broker-dealers or other institutional  borrowers.  Under
present  regulatory  policies of the  Securities and Exchange  Commission,  such
loans are required to be secured  continuously  by  collateral in cash or liquid
securities  maintained  on a current  basis at an  amount at least  equal to the
market value of the securities loaned, which will be marked to market daily. The
fund would have the right to call a loan and obtain the securities loaned at any
time on up to five business  days' notice.  The fund would not have the right to
vote any  securities  having voting  rights during the existence of a loan,  but
would  call the loan in  anticipation  of an  important  vote to be taken  among
holders of the  securities  or the giving or  withholding  of their consent on a
material matter affecting the investment.


     The fund does not currently intend to engage in securities loans.

     Warrants and  Convertible  Securities - The fund may invest up to 5% of its
net assets in  warrants.  Warrants  acquired by the fund will  entitle it to buy
common stock at a specified  price and time. The fund may invest up to 5% of its
net  assets  in  convertible   securities.   Convertible   debt  securities  and
convertible  preferred  stock entitle the fund to acquire the issuer's  stock by
exchange or purchase at a predetermined rate.

     Warrants  are subject to the same market  risks as stocks,  but may be more
volatile in price.  The fund's  investments  in warrants  will not entitle it to
receive  dividends or exercise  voting  rights and will become  worthless if the
warrants  cannot  be  profitably   exercised  before  their  expiration   dates.
Convertible  securities  are subject both to the credit and interest  rate risks
associated  with debt  obligations  and to the stock market risk associated with
equity  securities.  Convertible  debt  securities  in which the fund may invest
must, at the date of investment, be rated AA or better by S&P or Aa or better by
Moody's  or, if not  rated by one of these  rating  organizations,  be deemed by
Wright to be of comparable quality.

     Interest  Rate Risk - The market value of the U.S.  Government  securities,
short-term  investments and convertible  securities in which the fund may invest
varies  inversely with changes in the prevailing  levels of interest rates.  For
example,  if interest rates rise after one of the foregoing  securities has been
purchased, the value of the security would decline.
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     Short Sales - The fund may engage in short sales in order to profit from an
anticipated  decline  in the value of a  security.  The fund may also  engage in
short sales to attempt to limit its exposure to a possible market decline in the
value of its portfolio securities through short sales of securities which Wright
believes possess  volatility  characteristics  similar to those being hedged. To
effect such a transaction,  the fund must borrow the security sold short to make
delivery  to the  buyer.  The fund then is  obligated  to replace  the  security
borrowed by purchasing it at the market price at the time of replacement.  Until
the  security is replaced  the fund is required to pay to the lender any accrued
interest or  dividends  and may be required to pay a premium.  The fund may only
make short  sales  "against  the box,"  meaning  that the fund  either  owns the
securities  sold short or, by virtue of its ownership of other  securities,  has
the right to obtain  securities  equivalent in kind and amount to the securities
sold  and,  if the  right  is  conditional,  the  sale is  made  upon  the  same
conditions.

     The fund has no current intention of engaging in short sales.

     Financial  Futures  Contracts  and  Related  Options  - The  fund  does not
currently  intend to purchase or sell  financial  futures  contracts  or related
options.

     Diversification  -- The fund is  diversified  and  therefore  may not, with
respect to 75% of its total assets,  (1) invest more than 5% of its total assets
in the securities of any one issuer, other than U.S. Government  securities,  or
(2)  acquire  more  than 10% of the  outstanding  voting  securities  of any one
issuer.  The fund will not concentrate  (invest 25% or more of its total assets)
in the securities of issuers in any one industry.

     Portfolio  Turnover Rate - The fund estimates  that its portfolio  turnover
rate will be approximately 22% per year.


                     ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE TRUST


     The Trust's  Declaration of Trust may be amended with the affirmative  vote
of a majority of the  outstanding  shares of the Trust or, if only the interests
of the fund are  affected,  a majority  of the fund's  outstanding  shares.  The
trustees are authorized to make  amendments to the  Declaration of Trust that do
not have a material adverse effect on the interests of  shareholders.  The Trust
may be terminated (i) upon the sale of the Trust's assets to another  investment
company,  if approved by the holders of two-thirds of the outstanding  shares of
the Trust,  except  that if the  Trustees  recommend  such sale of  assets,  the
approval  by the vote of a majority of the  Trust's  outstanding  shares will be
sufficient,  or (ii) upon  liquidation  and  distribution  of the  assets of the
Trust, if approved by a majority of its Trustees or by the vote of a majority of
the Trust's  outstanding  shares.  If not so terminated,  the Trust may continue
indefinitely.

     The Trust's  Declaration  of Trust further  provides that the Trustees will
not be liable  for  errors of  judgment  or  mistakes  of fact or law;  however,
nothing in the  Declaration of Trust protects a Trustee against any liability to
which he would otherwise be subject by reason of willful misfeasance, bad faith,
gross negligence, or reckless disregard of the duties involved in the conduct of
his office.

     The Trust is an organization of the type commonly known as a "Massachusetts
business  trust." Under  Massachusetts  law,  shareholders  of such a trust may,
under  certain  circumstances,  be held  personally  liable as partners  for the
obligations of the trust.  The Trust's  Declaration of Trust contains an express
disclaimer of shareholder liability in connection with the Trust property or the
acts,  obligations  or  affairs  of the  Trust.  The  Declaration  of Trust also
provides for  indemnification  out of the Trust property of any shareholder held
personally  liable for the claims and  liabilities  to which a  shareholder  may
become subject by reason of being or having been a  shareholder.  Thus, the risk
of a shareholder incurring financial loss on account of shareholder liability is
limited to  circumstances  in which the Trust itself would be unable to meet its
obligations.  The  Trust  has  been  advised  by  counsel  that  the risk of any
shareholder  incurring any liability for the obligations of a Trust is extremely
remote. Wright does not consider this risk to be material.


                             INVESTMENT RESTRICTIONS

     The following investment restrictions have been adopted by the fund and may
be changed  only by the vote of a  majority  of the  fund's  outstanding  voting
securities,  which as used in this Statement of Additional Information means the
lesser of (a) 67% of the  shares of the fund if the  holders of more than 50% of
the shares are present or represented at the meeting or (b) more than 50% of the
shares of the fund. Accordingly, the fund may not:
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     (1) With  respect  to 75% of the total  assets of the  fund,  purchase  the
         securities  of any issuer if such  purchase at the time  thereof  would
         cause more than 5% of its total  assets  (taken at market  value) to be
         invested in the  securities of such issuer,  or purchase  securities of
         any issuer if such  purchase at the time thereof  would cause more than
         10% of the total  voting  securities  of such  issuer to be held by the
         fund, except obligations  issued or guaranteed by the U.S.  Government,
         its  agencies  or  instrumentalities  and  except  securities  of other
         investment companies;

     (2) Borrow  money or issue  senior  securities  except as  permitted by the
         Investment  Company Act of 1940.  In  addition,  the fund may not issue
         bonds,  debentures  or senior equity  securities,  other than shares of
         beneficial interest;

     (3) Purchase  securities  on margin (but the fund may obtain such 
         short-term  credits as may be  necessary  for the  clearance of
         purchases and sales of securities);

     (4) Underwrite or participate in the marketing of securities of others;

     (5) Make an investment in any one industry if such  investment  would cause
         investments in such industry to equal or exceed 25% of the fund's total
         assets,  at market  value at the time of such  investment  (other  than
         securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S.  Government or its agencies
         or instrumentalities);

     (6) Purchase  or sell  real  estate,  although  it may  purchase  and  sell
         securities which are secured by real estate and securities of companies
         which invest or deal in real estate;

     (7) Purchase or sell commodities or commodity contracts for the purchase or
         sale of physical  commodities,  except that the fund may  purchase  and
         sell  financial  futures   contracts,   options  on  financial  futures
         contracts and all types of currency contracts; or

     (8) Make  loans  to any  person  except  by (a)  the  acquisition  of  debt
         securities  and  making   portfolio   investments   (b)  entering  into
         repurchase agreements or (c) lending portfolio securities.

     Notwithstanding  the investment  policies and restrictions of the fund, the
fund may invest its assets in an open-end  management  investment  company  with
substantially  the same investment  objective,  policies and restrictions as the
fund.

     The fund has adopted the following  investment  policy which may be changed
without  approval  by the  fund's  shareholders.  As a matter of  nonfundamental
policy,  the fund  will not  invest  more  than 15% of net  assets  in  illiquid
investments.

     Except for the fund's investment policy with respect to borrowing money, if
a percentage  restriction contained in the fund's investment policies is adhered
to at the time of  investment,  a later  increase or decrease in the  percentage
resulting  from a change in the value of portfolio  securities or the fund's net
assets will not be considered a violation of such restriction.



               TRUSTEES, OFFICERS AND THE CATHOLIC ADVISORY BOARD


Trustees and Officers

     The  trustees  and  officers  of the  Trust  are  listed  below.  Except as
indicated,  each  individual  has held the office shown or other  offices in the
same  company  for the last  five  years.  Those  trustees  who are  "interested
persons" (as defined in the  Investment  Company Act of 1940 (the "1940 Act") of
the Trust,  Wright, The Winthrop  Corporation  ("Winthrop"),  Eaton Vance, Eaton
Vance's wholly owned subsidiary,  Boston Management and Research ("BMR"),  Eaton
Vance's parent company,  Eaton Vance Corp.  ("EVC"),  or Eaton Vance's and BMR's
trustee, Eaton Vance, Inc. ("EV") by virtue of their affiliation with either the
Trust,  Wright,  Winthrop,  Eaton  Vance,  BMR,  EVC or EV, are  indicated by an
asterisk (*).

   
PETER M. DONOVAN (56), President and Trustee*
President,  Chief  Executive  Officer and Director of Wright and Winthrop;  Vice
President,  Treasurer and a Director of Wright Investors' Service  Distributors,
Inc.
Address: 1000 Lafayette Boulevard, Bridgeport, CT 06604
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H. DAY BRIGHAM, JR. (72), Vice President, Secretary and Trustee*
Retired,  Vice President,  Chairman of the Management  Committee and Chief Legal
Officer of Eaton Vance,  BMR, EVC and EV and Director of EV and EVC; Director of
Wright and Winthrop since February, 1997.
Address: 92 Reservoir Avenue, Chestnut Hill, MA 02167

JUDITH R. CORCHARD (60), Vice President and Trustee*
Executive Vice President, Investment Management: Senior Investment Officer;
Chairman of the  Investment  Committee and Director of Wright and Winthrop.  Ms.
Corchard was appointed a Trustee of the Trust on December 10, 1997.
Address: 1000 Lafayette Boulevard, Bridgeport, CT 06604

DORCAS R. HARDY (52), Trustee
President,  Dorcas R. Hardy & Associates,  (a public policy and  government
relations firm),  Spotsylvania,  VA; Director,  The Options Clearing Corporation
and First Coast  Service  Options,  Jacksonville,  FL (FL Blue Cross Blue Shield
subsidiary);  1996-1998 - Chairman and CEO of Work  Recovery,  Inc. (an advanced
rehabilitation  technology firm),  Tucson,  AZ; 1986-1989- U.S.  Commissioner of
Social Security.Ms. Hardy was elected a Trustee on December 9, 1998.
Address: 11407 Stonewall Jackson Drive, Spotsylvania, VA 22553

LELAND F. MILES (75), Trustee
President  Emeritus,   University  of  Bridgeport   (1987-present);   President,
 University of Bridgeport (1974-1987); Director, United Illuminating Company.
Address: 332 North Cedar Road, Fairfield, CT 06430

A.M. MOODY, III (62), Vice President & Trustee*
Senior Vice President, Wright and Winthrop; President, Wright Investors' 
Service Distributors, Inc.
Address: 1000 Lafayette Boulevard, Bridgeport, CT 06604

LLOYD F. PIERCE (80), Trustee
Retired Vice Chairman  (prior to 1984 - President),  People's Bank,  Bridgeport,
CT;  Member,  Board  of  Trustees,  People's  Bank,  Bridgeport,  CT;  Board  of
Directors,  Southern  Connecticut  Gas Company;  Chairman,  Board of  Directors,
COSINE (a software company).
Address: 140 Snow Goose Court, Daytona Beach, FL 32119

RICHARD E. TABER (50), Trustee
Chairman and Chief  Executive  Officer of First County Bank,  Stamford,  CT
(1989-present). Mr. Taber was appointed a Trustee of the Trust on
March 18, 1997.
Address: 117 Prospect Street, Stamford, CT 06904

RAYMOND VAN HOUTTE (74), Trustee
President  Emeritus and  Counselor of The  Tompkins  County Trust  Company,
Ithaca,  NY (since January 1989);  President and Chief  Executive  Officer,  The
Tompkins  County Trust Company  (1973-1988);  President,  New York State Bankers
Association  (1987-1988);  Trustee Emeritus  Paleontological  Institution (since
May, 1995).
Address: One Strawberry Lane, Ithaca, NY 14850

JAMES L. O'CONNOR (54), Treasurer
Vice President of Eaton Vance, BMR and EV. Officer of various investment 
companies managed by Eaton Vance or BMR.
Address: 255 State Street, Boston, MA 02109

JANET E. SANDERS (63), Assistant Secretary and Assistant Treasurer
Vice President of Eaton Vance, BMR and EV. Officer of various investment
companies managed by Eaton Vance or BMR.
Address: 255 State Street, Boston, MA 02109

WILLIAM J. AUSTIN, JR. (47), Assistant Treasurer
Assistant Vice President of Eaton Vance, BMR and EV. Officer of various 
investment companies managed by Eaton Vance or BMR.
Address: 255 State Street, Boston, MA 02109
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A. JOHN MURPHY (36), Assistant Secretary
Assistant  Vice  President  of  Eaton  Vance,  BMR and EV since  March 1,  1994;
employee  of Eaton  Vance  since  March  1993.  Officer  of  various  investment
companies managed by Eaton Vance or BMR.
Address: 255 State Street, Boston, MA 02109

ERIC G. WOODBURY (41), Assistant Secretary
Vice President of Eaton Vance, BMR and EV since February 1993. Officer of 
various investment companies managed by Eaton Vance or BMR.
Address: 255 State Street, Boston, MA 02109
    

     All of the trustees and officers hold  identical  positions with The Wright
Managed  Equity Trust,  The Wright  Managed  Income Trust,  The Wright  Equifund
Equity Trust,  The Wright Blue Chip Master  Portfolio  Trust and Catholic Values
Investment Trust. Each trustee who is not an employee of Wright, Winthrop, Eaton
Vance,  its parents or  subsidiaries,  including Mr.  Brigham,  receives  annual
compensation from the Trust. The trustees who are employees of Wright receive no
compensation  from the Trust.  Non-affiliated  trustees,  including Mr. Brigham,
also receive  additional  payments  from other  investment  companies  for which
Wright  provides  investment  advisory  services.  The  Trust  does  not  have a
retirement plan for the trustees.  The fund will not compensate the Trustees for
serving on the Board  during the  current  fiscal  year.  See the  "Compensation
Table" below.


     The Board of Trustees has  established an Independent  Trustees'  Committee
consisting of all of the Independent  Trustees,  who are Messrs.  Miles,  Pierce
(Chairman),  Taber and Van Houtte and Ms.  Hardy.  The  responsibilities  of the
Independent  Trustees"  Committee  include  those of an audit  committee for the
financial  governance of the Trust,  a nominating  committee  for  additional or
replacement   trustees  of  the  Trust  and  a  contract  review  committee  for
consideration  of renewals  or changes in the  investment  advisory  agreements,
distribution   agreements  and  distribution   plans  and  other  agreements  as
appropriate.

Catholic Advisory Board

   
     The members of the Catholic Advisory Board and their principal  occupations
during  the past five years are set forth  below.  Each  member of the  Catholic
Advisory  Board may be contacted at the following  address:  The Wright  Managed
Blue Chip Series Trust, 255 State Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02109.

                  THOMAS P. MELADY (72),  Chairman.  Former U.S.  Ambassador to
                  Burundi and to the Holy See, President Emeritus of Sacred
                  Heart University, author of 14 books and numerous articles.

                  MARGARET M. HECKLER (67),  Eight term  Congresswoman  from the
                  Massachusetts   10th   District,   former   Secretary  of  the
                  Department of Health and Human Services,  former Ambassador to
                  Ireland.

                  BOWIE K. KUHN (72), former Commissioner of Baseball.

                  TIMOTHY J. MAY (66), Senior Partner, Patton Boggs, L.L.P.

                  THOMAS S. MONAGHAN (62), President, CEO and Chairman of the
                  Board of Domino's Pizza, Inc.

                  WILLIAM A. WILSON (84), former (and first) U.S. Ambassador to
                  the Holy See.
    

     The members of the Catholic  Advisory Board are paid by the fund. The Trust
does not have a retirement  plan for the Catholic  Advisory Board  members.  The
Catholic  Advisory Board members serve the fund and Catholic  Values  Investment
Trust. The fund will not compensate  Catholic Advisory Board members for serving
during the current fiscal year. See the following "Compensation Table."
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                               COMPENSATION TABLE
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                                          
                                             Aggregate              Pension or            Estimated        Total Compensation 
                                         Compensation from          Retirement         Annual Benefits      Paid From Fund  
                                            the Fund(1)          Benefits Accrued      Upon Retirement     and Funds'Complex (2) 
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<S>                                         <C>                       <C>                   <C>                   <C>

   
H. Day Brigham, Jr.                          None                      None                 None                  $10,500 
Winthrop S. Emmet(3)                         None                      None                 None                   10,500
Dorcas Hardy(4)                              None                      None                 None                    2,250
Leland Miles                                 None                      None                 None                   10,500
Lloyd F. Pierce                              None                      None                 None                   10,500
Richard E. Taber                             None                      None                 None                   10,500
Raymond Van Houtte                           None                      None                 None                    9,000
    


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</TABLE>

   
(1) For the fund's fiscal year ended December 31, 1998.
(2) Total compensation paid is for the year ended December 31, 1998 and includes
    service on the then-existing boards in the Wright fund complex (24 funds).
(3) Mr.  Emmet  retired as a Trustee on December 9, 1998.
(4) Ms. Hardy became a Trustee on December 9, 1998

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                                             Aggregate              Pension or            Estimated              Total
Catholic Advisory Board                  Compensation from          Retirement         Annual Benefits       Compensation
Members                                     the Fund(1)          Benefits Accrued      Upon Retirement          Paid(2)
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<S>                                            <C>                       <C>               <C>              <C>
Thomas P. Melady                               None                      None              None              $ 2,000
Margaret M. Heckler                            None                      None              None                2,000
Bowie K. Kuhn                                  None                      None              None                2,000
Timothy J. May                                 None                      None              None                2,000
Thomas S. Monaghan                             None                      None              None                2,000
William A. Wilson                              None                      None              None                2,000

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</TABLE>
(1) For the fund's fiscal year ended December 31, 1998.
(2) Total  compensation  paid is for the year ended  December 31,  1998 and 
    is for service on Catholic Values Investment Trust's advisory board.
    


                 CONTROL PERSONS AND PRINCIPAL HOLDERS OF SHARES

     As of the date of this  Statement  of  Additional  Information,  all of the
outstanding shares of the fund are owned by Wright.


                 INVESTMENT ADVISORY AND ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES

     The  fund  has  engaged  Wright  to act as the  fund's  investment  adviser
pursuant  to  an  Investment   Advisory   Contract  (the  "Investment   Advisory
Contract").  Wright,  acting  under the  general  supervision  of the  trustees,
furnishes the fund with investment advice and management services,  as described
below. The School for Ethical Education,  1000 Lafayette Boulevard,  Bridgeport,
CT 06604, may be considered a controlling  person of Wright's parent,  Winthrop,
and Wright by reason of its ownership of more than 25% of the outstanding shares
of Winthrop.

     Pursuant to the  Investment  Advisory  Contract,  Wright will carry out the
investment and reinvestment of the assets of the fund, will furnish continuously
an investment  program with respect to the fund, will determine which securities
should  be  purchased,  sold or  exchanged  in  consultation  with the  Catholic
Advisory Board,  and will implement such  determinations.  Wright will be solely
responsible  for  evaluating  the  investment  merits  of the  fund's  portfolio
investments.  Wright will furnish to the fund  investment  advice and management
services,  office  space,  equipment  and  clerical  personnel,  and  investment
advisory,  statistical and research facilities. In addition, Wright has arranged
for certain members of the Eaton Vance and Wright organizations to

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     serve  without  salary as officers or trustees of the Trust.  In return for
these services,  the fund is obligated to pay a monthly  advisory fee calculated
at the rates set forth in the fund's current Prospectus.  During the fiscal year
ended December 31, 1998, the fund had not commenced operations.


     The fund has engaged Eaton Vance to act as its administrator pursuant to an
Administration  Agreement. For its services under the Administration  Agreement,
Eaton Vance receives monthly administration fees at the annual rates of 0.07% of
the fund's average net assets under $100 million and 0.04% of average net assets
over $100 million..


     Eaton Vance is a business trust  organized under  Massachusetts  law. Eaton
Vance,  Inc.  ("EV")  serves as trustee of Eaton  Vance.  Eaton Vance and EV are
wholly-owned  subsidiaries  of  Eaton  Vance  Corporation  ("EVC"),  a  Maryland
corporation and publicly-held  holding company. EVC through its subsidiaries and
affiliates  engages  primarily  in  investment  management,  administration  and
marketing  activities.  The  Directors of EVC are James B.  Hawkes,  Benjamin A.
Rowland, Jr., John G.L. Cabot, John M. Nelson,  Vincent M. O'Reilly and Ralph Z.
Sorenson.  All of the issued and outstanding  shares of Eaton Vance are owned by
EVC. All shares of the outstanding Voting Common Stock of EVC are deposited in a
Voting Trust, the Voting Trustees of which are Messrs.  Hawkes and Rowland, Alan
R. Dynner, Thomas E. Faust, Jr., Thomas J. Fetter, Duncan W. Richardson, William
M. Steul, and Wharton P. Whitaker.  The Voting Trustees have unrestricted voting
rights for the election of Directors of EVC. All of the outstanding voting trust
receipts  issued under said Voting Trust are owned by certain of the officers of
Eaton Vance who are also  officers,  or officers  and  Directors  of EVC and EV.
Messrs.  Austin,  Murphy,  O'Connor and Woodbury and Ms. Sanders are officers of
the Trusts and are also members of the Eaton Vance and EV  organizations.  Eaton
Vance will receive the fees paid under the Administration  Agreements. 
    

     The fund will be responsible  for all of its expenses not expressly  stated
to be payable  by Wright  under its  Investment  Advisory  Contract,  including,
without  limitation,  the fees and expenses of its custodian and transfer agent,
including  those incurred for determining the fund's net asset value and keeping
the fund's books; the cost of share certificates;  membership dues to investment
company  organizations;  brokerage  commissions  and fees;  fees and expenses of
registering its shares;  expenses of reports to shareholders,  proxy statements,
and other expenses of shareholders' meetings;  insurance premiums;  printing and
mailing  expenses;  interest,  taxes and corporate  fees;  legal and  accounting
expenses;  expenses of trustees not affiliated  with Eaton Vance or Wright;  and
investment  advisory and  administration  fees. The fund will also bear expenses
incurred  in  connection  with  litigation  in which the fund is a party and the
legal obligation the fund may have to indemnify the officers and trustees of the
Trust with respect thereto.

     The fund's Investment  Advisory Contract and Administration  Agreement will
remain in effect until February 28, 2000. The Investment  Advisory  Contract may
be continued  from year to year  thereafter  so long as such  continuance  after
February 28, 2000 is approved at least annually (i) by the vote of a majority of
the  trustees  who are not  "interested  persons"  of the Trust,  Eaton Vance or
Wright cast in person at a meeting specifically called for the purpose of voting
on such  approval  and (ii) by the board of trustees or by vote of a majority of
the outstanding shares of the fund. The fund's  Administration  Agreement may be
continued from year to year after February 28, 2000 so long as such  continuance
is approved  annually by the vote of a majority of the trustees.  Each agreement
may be terminated at any time without  penalty on sixty (60) days written notice
by the  board of  trustees  or  directors  of  either  party,  or by vote of the
majority of the  outstanding  shares of the fund.  Each agreement will terminate
automatically in the event of its assignment.  Each agreement  provides that, in
the absence of willful  misfeasance,  bad faith,  gross  negligence  or reckless
disregard of its  obligations  or duties to the fund under such agreement on the
part of Eaton Vance or Wright,  neither Eaton Vance nor Wright,  as the case may
be, will be liable to the fund for any loss incurred.



                          CUSTODIAN AND TRANSFER AGENT

     IBT, 200  Clarendon  Street,  Boston,  MA 02116,  acts as custodian for the
fund. IBT has the custody of all cash and securities of the fund,  maintains the
fund's general ledgers and computes the daily net asset value per share. In such
capacity  it  attends  to 

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details in connection with the sale,  exchange,  substitution,  transfer or
other dealings with the fund's investments, receives and disburses all funds and
performs various other  ministerial  duties upon receipt of proper  instructions
from the fund.

   
     First Data Investor Services Group, P.O.Box 5156, Westborough, MA 01581-
9686 is the fund's transfer agent.
    

                    INDEPENDENT CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS

   
     Deloitte  &  Touche,  LLP,  is the  Trust's  independent  certified  public
accountant, providing audit services, tax return preparation, and assistance and
consultation  with respect to the preparation of filings with the Securities and
Exchange Commission.
    

                              BROKERAGE ALLOCATION

     Wright places the portfolio  security  transactions  for the fund, which in
some cases may be effected in block  transactions  which include other  accounts
managed by Wright.  Wright  provides  similar  services  directly for bank trust
departments  and other  investment  advisory  accounts.  Wright seeks to execute
portfolio  security  transactions  on the most  favorable  terms and in the most
effective manner possible.  In seeking best execution,  Wright will use its best
judgment in evaluating the terms of a transaction,  and will give  consideration
to various relevant factors,  including without  limitation the size and type of
the transaction,  the nature and character of the markets for the security,  the
confidentiality,  speed and  certainty of effective  execution  required for the
transaction,   the  reputation,   experience  and  financial  condition  of  the
broker-dealer and the value and quality of service rendered by the broker-dealer
in other  transactions,  and the  reasonableness of the brokerage  commission or
markup, if any.

     It is expected that on frequent  occasions there will be many broker-dealer
firms which will meet the foregoing  criteria for a particular  transaction.  In
selecting among such firms,  Wright may give  consideration to those firms which
supply  brokerage and research  services,  quotations and  statistical and other
information to Wright for its use in servicing its advisory accounts. Wright may
include  firms  which  purchase   investment  services  from  Wright.  The  term
"brokerage and research services" includes advice as to the value of securities,
the  advisability  of investing in,  purchasing or selling  securities,  and the
availability  of securities or purchasers or sellers of  securities;  furnishing
analyses  and  reports  concerning  issuers,  industries,  securities,  economic
factors and trends,  portfolio  strategy and the  performance  of accounts;  and
effecting  securities  transactions and performing  functions incidental thereto
(such as clearance and settlement).  Such services and information may be useful
and of value to Wright in servicing all or less than all of its accounts and the
services and  information  furnished by a particular firm may not necessarily be
used in connection  with the account which paid  brokerage  commissions  to such
firm.  The  advisory  fee  paid  by the  fund  to  Wright  is not  reduced  as a
consequence  of Wright's  receipt of such services and  information.  While such
services and  information  are not expected to reduce  Wright's  normal research
activities  and  expenses,  Wright  would,  through  use of  such  services  and
information,  avoid the additional expenses which would be incurred if it should
attempt to develop comparable services and information through its own staff.

     Under the fund's Investment Advisory Contract,  Wright has the authority to
pay commissions on portfolio  transactions  for brokerage and research  services
exceeding  that which other  brokers or dealers  might charge  provided  certain
conditions  are met. This authority  will not be exercised,  however,  until the
Prospectus or this Statement of Additional  Information has been supplemented or
amended to disclose the conditions under which Wright proposes to do so.

     The Investment  Advisory Contract expressly  recognizes the practices which
are  provided  for in Section  28(e) of the  Securities  Exchange Act of 1934 by
authorizing  the  selection  of a broker  or  dealer  which  charges  the fund a
commission  which is in excess of the  amount of  commission  another  broker or
dealer would have charged for effecting that  transaction if it is determined in
good faith that such  commission  was reasonable in relation to the value of the
brokerage and research services which have been provided.



                                PRICING OF SHARES


   
     For a description of how the fund values its shares, see "Information About
Your  Account  --  How  the  Fund  Values  its  Shares"  in the  fund's  current
Prospectus.  The fund values securities with a remaining  maturity of 60 days or
less by the amortized cost method.  The amortized cost method involves initially
valuing a security at its cost (or its fair market value on the  sixty-first day
prior to maturity) and thereafter  assuming a constant  amortization to maturity
of any  discount  or  premium,  without  regard to  unrealized  appreciation  or
depreciation in the market value of the security.
    

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     The fund values foreign securities, if any, on the basis of quotations from
the primary market in which they are traded. Any assets or liabilities expressed
in terms of foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollars by the custodian
based on London currency exchange quotations as of 5:00 p.m., London time (12:00
noon,  New York time) on the date of any  determination  of the fund's net asset
value.

     The fund will not price its securities on the following  national holidays:
New Year's Day;  Martin  Luther King,  Jr. Day;  Presidents'  Day;  Good Friday;
Memorial Day; Independence Day; Labor Day; Thanksgiving Day; and Christmas Day.


                                      TAXES

     In order to qualify as a regulated  investment  company as described in the
Prospectus,  the fund must,  among other things,  (1) derive at least 90% of its
gross  income in each  taxable  year from  dividends,  interest,  payments  with
respect to securities loans,  gains from the sale or other disposition of stocks
or securities or foreign currencies,  or other income (including but not limited
to gains  from  options  and  forward  contracts)  derived  with  respect to its
business  of  investing  in such  stocks or  securities  and (2)  diversify  its
holdings in compliance with the diversification  requirements of Subchapter M of
the Code so that, at the end of each quarter of the fund's  taxable year, (a) at
least 50% of the market value of the fund's total assets is represented by cash,
U.S.  Government  securities and other securities  limited in respect of any one
issuer to not more than 5% of the value of the fund's total  (gross)  assets and
to not more than 10% of the voting  securities of such issuer,  and (b) not more
than 25% of the value of its total  (gross)  assets is invested in securities of
any one issuer (other than U.S. Government  securities) or certain other issuers
controlled by the fund.

     As a regulated  investment company, the fund will not be subject to federal
income tax on net investment income and net capital gains (short and long-term),
if  any,  that  it  distributes  to  its  shareholders  if at  least  90% of its
investment  company  taxable  income (i.e.,  all of its net taxable income other
than the  excess,  if any, of net  long-term  capital  gain over net  short-term
capital  loss ("net  capital  gain"),  for the taxable  year is  distributed  in
accordance with applicable  timing  requirements,  but will be subject to tax at
regular corporate rates on any investment  company taxable income or net capital
gain that is not so distributed.  In general,  dividends will be treated as paid
when actually distributed,  except that dividends declared in October,  November
or December and made payable to  shareholders  of record in such a month will be
treated as having been received by  shareholders on December 31, if the dividend
is paid in the following  January.  The fund intends to satisfy the distribution
requirement  in each taxable  year.  The fund's  distributions  from  investment
company  taxable  income and net capital gain are generally  treated as ordinary
income and  long-term  capital  gain,  respectively,  under the Code.  Insurance
companies  should  consult  their  own tax  advisers  regarding  the  tax  rules
governing their treatment upon receipt of these  distributions  and the proceeds
of share redemptions (including exchanges).

     The  fund  will  not be  subject  to  federal  excise  tax  or the  related
distribution  requirements  for any taxable  year in which all of its shares are
held by segregated asset accounts of life insurance companies held in connection
with  variable  contracts  or  are  attributable  to  certain  "seed  money"  in
accordance with Section 4982(f) of the Code.

     Investment  by the  fund in the  stock  of a  "passive  foreign  investment
company"  may  cause  the  fund to  recognize  income  prior to the  receipt  of
distributions  from such a company or to become  subject to tax upon the receipt
of certain excess  distributions from, or upon disposition of its stock of, such
a company, although an election may generally be available that would ameliorate
some of these adverse tax consequences.

     The fund intends to comply with the diversification requirements imposed by
Section 817(h) of the Code and the regulations  thereunder.  These requirements,
which are in addition to the diversification requirements imposed on the fund by
the 1940 Act and  Subchapter M of the Code,  place  certain  limitations  on the
assets  of  each  separate   account  and,  because  Section  817(h)  and  those
regulations  treat the  assets of the fund as  assets  of the  related  separate
account,  the assets of the fund, that may be represented by any one, two, three
and four  investments.  Specifically,  the regulations  provide that,  except as
permitted by the "safe harbor"  described  below, as of the end of each calendar
quarter or within 30 days thereafter no more than 55% of the total assets of the
fund  may be  represented  by any one  investment,  no more  than 70% by any two
investments,  no more than 80% by any three  investments and no more than 90% by
any four  investments.  For this purpose,  all securities of the same issuer are
considered  a  single   investment,   and  each  U.S.   Government   agency  and
instrumentality is considered a separate issuer.  Section 817(h) provides,  as a
safe  harbor,  that a  separate  account  will be  treated  as being  adequately
diversified if the diversification requirements under Subchapter M are satisfied
and no more than 55% of the value of the  account's  total  assets  are cash and
cash items (including receivables), U.S. Government securities and securities of
other regulated investment  companies.  Failure by the fund to both qualify as a
regulated  investment company and satisfy the Section 817(h)  requirements would

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generally  result in treatment of the variable  contract  holders  other than as
described in the applicable variable contract prospectus, including inclusion in
ordinary  income of income  accrued  under the contracts for the current and all
prior  taxable  years.   Any  such  failure  may  also  result  in  adverse  tax
consequences for the insurance company issuing the contracts.

     The Trust may therefore  find it necessary to take action to seek to ensure
that a Contract  continues  to qualify as a  Contract  under  federal  tax laws,
although the insurance  company that maintains each segregated  asset account is
responsible  for  ensuring  that the assets  held in that  account  satisfy  the
diversification  requirements  of Section  817(h) of the Code and the applicable
regulations  and the Trust  itself can  control  only the assets held within the
fund. The Trust, for example, may be required to alter the investment objectives
of the fund or substitute  the shares of one fund for those of another.  No such
change of investment  objectives or  substitution  of securities will take place
without notice to the shareholders of the affected fund.  Failure by the fund to
qualify as a regulated investment company would also subject the fund to federal
and possibly state taxation of its income and gains,  whether or not distributed
to shareholders, and distributions would generally be treated as ordinary income
to the extent of the fund's current or accumulated earnings and profits.

     The fund is not subject to Massachusetts corporate excise or franchise tax.
Provided  that the fund  qualifies as a regulated  investment  company under the
Code, it will also not be required to pay any Massachusetts income tax.


                 CALCULATION OF PERFORMANCE AND YIELD QUOTATIONS

     The average  annual total return of the fund is determined for a particular
period by calculating the actual dollar amount of investment  return on a $1,000
investment in the fund made at the maximum public offering price (i.e. net asset
value)  at  the  beginning  of the  period,  and  then  calculating  the  annual
compounded  rate of return which would  produce that amount.  Total return for a
period of one year is equal to the actual return of the fund during that period.
This calculation  assumes that all dividends and distributions are reinvested at
net asset value on the reinvestment dates during the period.

     The yield of the fund is computed by dividing its net investment income per
share earned during a recent 30-day period by the maximum  offering  price (i.e.
net asset  value)  per share on the last day of the  period  and  analyzing  the
resulting  figure.  Net  investment  income  per  share is  equal to the  fund's
dividends and interest earned during the period, with the resulting number being
divided by the  average  daily  number of shares  outstanding  and  entitled  to
receive dividends during the period.

     The fund's yield is calculated according to the following formula:
                                              6
                           Yield = 2 [(a-b + 1) - 1]
                                       ---
                                       cd
Where:

     a = dividends and interest earned during the period.

     b = expenses accrued for the period (after reductions).

     c = the average daily number of shares outstanding during the period.

     d = the net asset value per share on the last day of the period.

     Yield and effective yield will be based on historical  earnings and are not
intended to indicate  future  performance.  Yield and effective  yield will vary
based on  changes in market  conditions  and the level of  expenses.  The fund's
yield or total  return may be compared to the  Consumer  Price Index and various
domestic  securities  indices.  The fund's yield or total return and comparisons
with these indices may be used in advertisements and in information furnished to
present or prospective shareholders.

     From time to time, in advertisements, in sales literature, or in reports to
shareholders,  the  past  performance  of the  fund  may be  illustrated  and/or
compared with that of other mutual funds with similar investment objectives, and
to stock or other relevant indices. In addition, the performance of the fund may
be compared to alternative  investment or savings  vehicles and/or to indexes or
indicators of economic activity,  e.g., inflation or interest rates. Performance
rankings and listings  reported in newspapers or national business and financial
publications,  such as  Barron's,  Business  Week,  Consumers  Digest,  Consumer
Reports, Financial World, Forbes, Fortune, Investors Business Daily, Kiplinger's
Personal  Finance  Magazine,  Money Magazine,  New York Times,  Smart Money, USA
Today, U.S. News and World Report, The Wall Street Journal and Worth may also be
cited (if the fund is listed 

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in any such  publication)  or used for  comparison,  as well as performance
listings and rankings from various other sources including  Bloomberg  Financial
Markets,  CDA/Wiesenberger,  Donoghue's Mutual fund Almanac,  Investment Company
Data,  Inc.,  Johnson's  Charts,  Kanon Bloch Carre and Co.,  Lipper  Analytical
Services,  Inc.,  Micropal,  Inc.,  Morningstar,   Inc.,  Schabacker  Investment
Management and Towers Data Systems, Inc.

     In addition,  from time to time  quotations  from articles  from  financial
publications such as those listed above may be used in advertisements,  in sales
literature,  or in reports to  shareholders  of the fund. The performance of the
fund will not be presented in  advertisements  or sales literature  without also
presenting the performance of the separate account.





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                                    Appendix

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Wright Quality Ratings

     Wright Quality Ratings provide the means by which the fundamental  criteria
for the  measurement  of quality of an issuer's  securities  can be  objectively
evaluated.

     Each rating is based on 32 individual measures of quality grouped into four
components: (1) Investment Acceptance, (2) Financial Strength, (3) Profitability
and Stability,  and (4) Growth. The total rating is three letters and a numeral.
The three letters measure (1) Investment Acceptance, (2) Financial Strength, and
(3) Profitability and Stability. Each letter reflects a composite measurement of
eight individual standards which are summarized as A: Outstanding, B: Excellent,
C: Good, D: Fair,  L: Limited,  and N: Not Rated.  The numeral  rating  reflects
Growth and is a composite of eight individual standards ranging from 0 to 20.


Equity Securities

     Investment  Acceptance  reflects the acceptability of a security by and its
marketability  among  investors,  and the adequacy of the floating supply of its
common shares for the investment of substantial funds.

     Financial  Strength  represents  the amount,  adequacy and liquidity of the
corporation's resources in relation to current and potential  requirements.  Its
principal  components  are  aggregate  equity  and total  capital,  the ratio of
invested equity capital to debt, the adequacy of net working capital,  its fixed
charges coverage ratio and other appropriate criteria.

     Profitability  and  Stability   measures  the  record  of  a  corporation's
management  in terms  of  (1)the  rate  and  consistency  of the net  return  on
shareholders'  equity capital  investment at corporate  book value,  and (2) the
profits or losses of the corporation  during generally adverse economic periods,
including its ability to withstand adverse financial developments.

     Growth per common share of the corporation's equity capital,  earnings, and
dividends - rather than the  corporation's  overall  growth of dollar  sales and
income.

     These  ratings  are  determined  by  specific   quantitative   formulae.  A
distinguishing  characteristic  of these  ratings is that The Wright  Investment
Committee  must  review and  accept  each  rating.  The  Committee  may reduce a
computed rating of any company, but may not increase it.


Debt Securities

     Wright ratings for commercial paper,  corporate bonds and bank certificates
of  deposit  consist  of  the  two  central   positions  of  the  four  position
alphanumeric  corporate equity rating. The two central positions represent those
factors which are most applicable to fixed income and reserve  investments.  The
first, Financial Strength, represents the amount, the adequacy and the liquidity
of  the   corporation's   resources   in  relation  to  current  and   potential
requirements.  Its principal  components are aggregate equity and total capital,
the ratios of (a) invested  equity  capital,  and (b) long-term  debt,  total of
corporate capital,  the adequacy of net working capital,  fixed charges coverage
ratio and other appropriate criteria. The second letter represents Profitability
and Stability and measures the record of a corporation's management in terms of:
(a) the rate and consistency of the net return on  shareholders'  equity capital
investment  at  corporate  book  value,  and (b) the  profits  and losses of the
corporation  during  generally  adverse  economic  periods,  and its  ability to
withstand adverse financial developments.

     The first  letter  rating of the Wright  four-part  alphanumeric  corporate
rating is not  included  in the  ratings  of  fixed-income  securities  since it
primarily  reflects the adequacy of the floating supply of the company's  common
shares for the investment of substantial funds. The numeric growth rating is not
included because this element is identified only with equity investments.

<PAGE>

A-1 and P-1 Commercial Paper Ratings by S&P and Moody's

     An S&P Commercial Paper Rating is a current assessment of the likelihood of
timely payment of debt having an original maturity of no more than 365 days.

     `A':  Issues  assigned  this  highest  rating  are  regarded  as having the
greatest  capacity for timely  payment.  Issues in this category are  delineated
with the  numbers 1, 2, and 3 to indicate  the  relative  degree of safety.  The
`A-1'  designation  indicates that the degree of safety regarding timely payment
is either  overwhelming  or very  strong.  Those  issues  determined  to possess
overwhelming  safety  characteristics  will  be  denoted  with a plus  (+)  sign
designation.

     The commercial paper rating is not a  recommendation  to purchase or sell a
security.  The ratings are based on current information  furnished to S&P by the
issuer or obtained from other sources it considers reliable.  The ratings may be
changed,  suspended or withdrawn as a result of changes in or  unavailability of
such information.

     Issuers (or related  supporting  institutions)  rated P-1 by Moody's have a
superior  capacity  for  repayment of  short-term  promissory  obligations.  P-1
repayment capacity will normally be evidenced by the following characteristics:

     -  Leading market positions in well-established industries.

     -  High rates of return on funds employed.

     - Conservative capitalization structures with moderate reliance on debt and
       ample asset protection.

     - Broad margins in earnings  coverage of fixed  financial  charges and high
       internal cash generation.

     - Well-established  access to a range of  financial  markets  and  assured
       sources of alternate liquidity.


Bond Ratings

   
     In  addition  to Wright  quality  ratings,  bonds or bond  insurers  may be
expected to have credit risk ratings assigned by the two major rating companies,
Moody's and S&P.  Moody's uses a  nine-symbol  system with Aaa being the highest
rating and C the lowest.  S&P uses a 10-symbol system that ranges from AAA to D.
Bonds within the top four  categories of Moody's (Aaa, Aa, A and Baa) and of S&P
(AAA, AA, A and BBB) are considered to be of investment-grade  quality. Bonds in
the lowest investment grade category (BBB) may have speculative characteristics.
Note that both S&P and Moody's  currently  give their highest  rating to issuers
insured by the American Municipal Bond Assurance  Corporation  (AMBAC) or by the
Municipal Bond Investors Assurance Corporation (MBIA).
    

     Bonds rated A by S&P have a strong  capacity to pay principal and interest,
although they are somewhat more  susceptible to the adverse effects of change in
circumstances and economic conditions than debt in higher-rated categories.  The
rating of AA is  accorded to issues  where the  capacity  to pay  principal  and
interest is very  strong and they  differ from AAA issues only in small  degree.
The AAA rating  indicates  an extremely  strong  capacity to pay  principal  and
interest.

     Bonds  rated A by Moody's are judged by Moody's to possess  many  favorable
investment  attributes  and are  considered  as upper medium grade  obligations.
Bonds  rated Aa by Moody's  are  judged by Moody's to be of high  quality by all
standards. Together with the Aaa group they comprise what are generally known as
high-grade  bonds.  They are rated  lower  than Aaa  bonds  because  margins  of
protection may not be as large or fluctuations of protective  elements may be of
greater degree or there may be other  elements  present which make the long-term
risks appear somewhat larger. Bonds rated Aaa by Moody's are judged to be of the
best quality.  Interest payments are protected by a large or by an exceptionally
stable margin and principal is secure. While the various protective elements are
likely to change,  such changes as can be visualized are most unlikely to impair
the fundamentally strong position of such issuers.
<PAGE>


Note Ratings

     In addition to Wright quality ratings, municipal notes and other short-term
loans may be assigned ratings by Moody's or S&P.

     Moody's  ratings  for  municipal  notes  and  other  short-term  loans  are
designated Moody's Investment Grade (MIG). This distinction is in recognition of
the differences  between short-term and long-term credit risk. Loans bearing the
designation  MIG 1 are  of the  best  quality,  enjoying  strong  protection  by
establishing  cash  flows of funds for their  servicing  or by  established  and
broad-based  access to the market for  refinancing,  or both.  Loans bearing the
designation MIG 2 are of high quality, with margins of protection ample although
not so large as in the preceding group.

     S&P's top ratings for  municipal  notes issued after July 29, 1984 are SP-1
and SP-2. the designation SP-1 indicates a very strong capacity to pay principal
and interest. A "+" is added for those issues determined to possess overwhelming
safety characteristics. An "SP-2"  designation  indicates a  satisfactory  
capacity to pay principal and interest.
<PAGE>


                                     PART C

                                Other Information


Item 23. Exhibits

         (a)  (1) Amended and Restated  Declaration of Trust dated September
                  16, 1993 filed as Exhibit (1)(a) to  Post-Effective  Amendment
                  No.  4  filed  April  30,  1997  and  incorporated  herein  by
                  reference.
              (2) Amended and Restated  Establishment  and Designation of Series
                  of  Shares  dated  June  24,  1998,  filed as  Exhibit  (a)(2)
                  to Post-Effective Amendment No.7 filed on February 26, 1999 
                  and incorporated herein by reference.

         (b)  (1) By-laws filed as Exhibit (2) to Post-Effective  Amendment  No.
                  4 filed April 30,1997 and incorporated herein by reference.
              (2) Amendment to By-laws dated June 24, 1998,  filed as Exhibit
                 (2)(b) to  Post-Effective  Amendment No. 6 filed on June
                  25, 1998 and incorporated herein by reference.

         (c)  Not Applicable

         (d)  (1  Investment  Advisory  Contract  dated  September 23, 1998
                  between the Registrant on behalf of Wright  Selected Blue Chip
                  Portfolio  and Wright  International  Blue Chip  Portfolio and
                  Wright  Investors'  Service,  Inc.  filed  as Exhibit(d)(1)
                  to Post-Effective Amendment No.7 filed on February 26, 1999 
                  and incorporated herein by reference.     

              (2) Investment  Advisory  Contract dated September 8, 1998 between
                  the Registrant on behalf of Catholic Values Equity  Investment
                  Portfolio and Wright Investors' Service, Inc.,filed as Exhibit
                  (d)(2)to Post-Effective Amendment No.7 filed on February 26,
                  1999 and incorporated herein by reference.

              (3) Amended  and  Restated  Administration  Agreement  between the
                  Registrant and Eaton Vance  Management  dated February 1, 1998
                  filed as Exhibit (5)(b) to  Post-Effective  Amendment No. 5 on
                  April 29, 1998 and incorporated herein by reference.

              (4) Revised  Schedules  A  and  B  to  the  Amended  and  Restated
                  Administration  Agreement  between  the  Registrant  and Eaton
                  Vance Management, filed as Exhibit (d)(4)to Post-Effective
                  Amendment No.7 filed on February 26, 1999 and incorporated
                  herein by reference.

         (e)  Not Applicable

         (f)  Not Applicable

         (g)  (1) Custodian Agreement dated August 10, 1993  with  Investors 
                  Bank & Trust  Company  filed as  Exhibit  (8)(a)  to
                  Post-Effective Amendment No. 3 filed April 29, 1996 and
                  incorporated herein by reference.

              (2) Amendment  dated  September  20,  1995  to  Master   Custodian
                  Agreement filed as Exhibit (8)(b) to Post-Effective  Amendment
                  No.  3  filed  April  29,  1996  and  incorporated  herein  by
                  reference.

              (3) Form of Letter  Agreement to Master  Custodian  Agreement
                  filed as Exhibit (8)(c) to  Post-Effective  Amendment No. 6
                  filed on June 25, 1998 and incorporated herein by reference.

              (4) Amendment  dated  September  24,  1997  to  Master  Custodian
                  Agreement filed as Exhibit (g)(4)to Post-Effective Amendment
                  No.7 filed on February 26, 1999 and incorporated herein
                  by reference.

         (h)  Not Applicable

         (i)(1) Opinion of Hale and Dorr dated June 24, 1998 filed as Exhibit
               (10) to  Post-Effective  Amendment  No. 6 filed on June 25, 1998
                and incorporated herein by reference.

         (i)(2) Consent of Counsel filed herewith.

         (j)  Consent of Independent Certified Public Accountants.

         (k)  Not Applicable

         (l)  Not Applicable
<PAGE>

         (m)  Not Applicable

         (n)(1) Financial Data Schedule for the fiscal year ended December 31,
             1998 for Wright Selected Blue Chip Equities Portfolio filed
             herewith.

            (2) Financial Data Schedule for the fiscal year ended December 31,
             1998 for Wright International Blue Chip Equities Portfolio filed
             herewith.

         (o) Not applicable.

         (p)  (1) Power of Attorney dated March 25, 1998 filed as Exhibit (17)
                  to Post-Effective  Amendment No. 5 on April 29, 1998 and
                  incorporated herein by reference.

              (2) Power of Attorney dated December 9,1998 filed as 
                  Exhibit (p)(2)to Post-Effective Amendment No.7 filed on 
                  February 26, 1999 and incorporated herein by reference.



Item 24.  Persons Controlled By or Under Common Control with Registrant

Not Applicable



Item 25.  Indemnification

Except for the Amended and Restated  Declaration  of Trust dated  September  16,
1993 establishing the Registrant as a Trust under Massachusetts law, there is no
contract,  arrangement or statute under which any director, officer, underwriter
or  affiliated  person  of  the  Registrant  is  insured  or  indemnified.   The
Declaration  of Trust  provides  that no Trustee or officer will be  indemnified
against any  liability  of which the  Registrant  would  otherwise be subject by
reason of or for willful  misfeasance,  bad faith,  gross negligence or reckless
disregard of such person's duties.

Registrant's  Trustees  and  officers  are insured  under a standard  investment
company errors and omissions  insurance  policy covering loss incurred by reason
of negligent errors and omissions committed in their capacities as such.


Item 26.  Business and Other Connections of Investment Adviser

Reference is made to the information set forth under the caption  "Management of
the Trust" in the  Statement of Additional  Information,  which  information  is
incorporated herein by reference.



Item 27.  Principal Underwriter

Not Applicable.



Item 28.  Location of Accounts and Records

All applicable  accounts,  books and documents  required to be maintained by the
Registrant by Section 31(a) of the Investment  Company Act of 1940 and the Rules
promulgated  thereunder are in the  possession  and custody of the  Registrant's
custodian,  Investors Bank & Trust Company,  200 Clarendon  Street,  Boston,  MA
02116, and its transfer agent, First Data Investor Services Group, 4400 Computer
Drive,  Westborough,  MA  01581-5120,  with the  exception of certain  corporate
documents and portfolio trading documents which are either in the possession and
custody of the Registrant's  administrator,  Eaton Vance Management,  255 State
Street,  Boston,  MA  02109  or of the  investment  adviser,  Wright  Investors'
Service, 1000 Lafayette Boulevard,  Bridgeport, CT 06604. Registrant is informed
that all applicable  accounts,  books and documents required to be maintained by
registered investment advisers are in the custody and possession of Registrant's
administrator,  Eaton Vance  Management,  or of the investment  adviser,  Wright
Investors' Service, Inc.

<PAGE>


Item 29.  Management Services

Not Applicable


Item 30.  Undertakings

The annual report also contains performance  information and is available to any
recipient of the  Prospectus  upon request and without  charge by writing to the
Wright  Investors'  Service   Distributors,   Inc.,  1000  Lafayette  Boulevard,
Bridgeport, Connecticut 06604.

<PAGE>

                                   Signatures

     Pursuant  to  the  requirements  of the  Securities  Act of  1933  and  the
Investment  Company Act of 1940, the  Registrant  certifies that it meets all of
the  requirements  for  effectiveness  of  this  Amendment  to the  Registration
Statement  pursuant to Rule  485(b)under the Securities Act of 1933 and has duly
caused this Amendment to the  Registration  Statement to be signed on its behalf
by the undersigned,  thereunto duly authorized,  in the City of Bridgeport,  and
State of Connecticut on the 26th day of April, 1999.

                                    THE WRIGHT MANAGED BLUE CHIP SERIES TRUST


                                     By:      Peter M. Donovan*
                                        -------------------------------
                                           Peter M. Donovan, President


Pursuant to the  requirements  of the  Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment
Company Act of 1940,  this  Amendment  to its  Registration  Statement  has been
signed below by the following  persons in the  capacities and on the 26th day of
April, 1999.

SIGNATURE                            TITLE
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Peter M. Donovan*                   President
- ------------------      (Principal Executive Officer & Trustee)
Peter M. Donovan

James L. O'Connor*           Treasurer and Principal
- ------------------      Financial and Accounting Officer
James L. O'Connor

H. Day Brigham, Jr.*                Trustee
- --------------------
H. Day Brigham, Jr.

Judith R. Corchard*                 Trustee
- --------------------
Judith R. Corchard

Dorcas R. Hardy*                    Trustee
- --------------------
Dorcas R. Hardy

Leland F. Miles*                    Trustee
- --------------------
Leland F. Miles

A. M. Moody III*                    Trustee
- --------------------
A. M. Moody III

Lloyd F. Pierce*                    Trustee
- --------------------
Lloyd F. Pierce

Richard E. Taber*                   Trustee
- --------------------
Richard E. Taber

Raymond Van Houtte*                 Trustee
- --------------------
Raymond Van Houtte

* By: /s/ A. M. Moody III
- --------------------------
A. M. Moody III
Attorney-in-Fact

<PAGE>

                                  Exhibit Index


     The  following  exhibits  are  filed  as  part  of  this  amendment  to the
Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 483 of Regulation C.


Exhibit No.       Description
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   (i)(2) Consent of Counsel
   (j)    Consent of Independent Certified Public Accountants

   

                                                                Exhibit (i)(2)
                                Hale and Dorr LLP
                               Counsellors at Law

                  60 State Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02109
                         617-526-6000 o fax 617-526-5000






                                                   April 26, 1999



Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street
Washington, D.C.  20549

         Re:      Post-Effective Amendment No. 8 to the Registration
                  Statement of The Wright Managed Blue Chip Series Trust (Trust)
                  File Nos. 33-61314; 811-7654 (PEA no. 8)         

Gentlemen:

     Hale and Dorr LLP hereby  consents to the  incorporation  by reference into
PEA no. 8 of its opinion,  dated April 7, 1998,  filed with the  Securities  and
Exchange  Commission  on April 29,  1998,  as exhibit  No. 10 to  post-effective
amendment no. 5.

         The consent  may not be used for any  purpose  other than as set forth
above without our further consent.


                                                Very truly yours,

                                                /s/Hale and Dorr LLP

                                                 Hale and Dorr LLP





                                                                  EXHIBIT (j)

                          Independent Auditors' Consent


     We  consent  to the  use in  this  Post-Effective  Amendment  No.  8 to the
Registration  Statement  of The Wright  Managed Blue Chip Series Trust (1933 Act
File No.  33-61314) on behalf of for the Wright Selected Blue Chip Portfolio and
the Wright  International  Blue Chip  Portfolio of our report dated  January 29,
1999 relating to the Portfolios  referenced  above,  which report is included in
the Annual Report to  Shareholders  for the year ended  December 31, 1998,in the
Statement of Additional Information.

     We also consent to the  reference to our firm under the heading "Financial
Highlights" in the Prospectus and under the caption "Independent Certified
Public Accountants" in the Satement of Additional Information.


/s/ Deloitte & Touche LLP
DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP

Boston, Massachusetts
April 28, 1999


[ARTICLE] 6
[SERIES]
   [NUMBER] 003
   [NAME] WRIGHT SELECTED BLUE CHIP PORTFOLIO
<TABLE>
<S>                             <C>
[PERIOD-TYPE]                   12-MOS
[FISCAL-YEAR-END]                          DEC-31-1998
[PERIOD-END]                               DEC-31-1998
[INVESTMENTS-AT-COST]                        2,797,988
[INVESTMENTS-AT-VALUE]                       3,355,504
[RECEIVABLES]                                    2,695
[ASSETS-OTHER]                                      37
[OTHER-ITEMS-ASSETS]                           124,862
[TOTAL-ASSETS]                               3,483,098
[PAYABLE-FOR-SECURITIES]                             0
[SENIOR-LONG-TERM-DEBT]                              0
[OTHER-ITEMS-LIABILITIES]                        1,944
[TOTAL-LIABILITIES]                              1,944
[SENIOR-EQUITY]                                      0
[PAID-IN-CAPITAL-COMMON]                     2,677,994
[SHARES-COMMON-STOCK]                          248,613
[SHARES-COMMON-PRIOR]                                0
[ACCUMULATED-NII-CURRENT]                       29,664
[OVERDISTRIBUTION-NII]                               0
[ACCUMULATED-NET-GAINS]                        215,980
[OVERDISTRIBUTION-GAINS]                             0
[ACCUM-APPREC-OR-DEPREC]                       557,516
[NET-ASSETS]                                 3,481,154
[DIVIDEND-INCOME]                               50,410
[INTEREST-INCOME]                                    0
[OTHER-INCOME]                                       0
[EXPENSES-NET]                                  39,921
[NET-INVESTMENT-INCOME]                         10,489
[REALIZED-GAINS-CURRENT]                       216,359
[APPREC-INCREASE-CURRENT]                    (330,517)
[NET-CHANGE-FROM-OPS]                        (103,669)
[EQUALIZATION]                                       0
[DISTRIBUTIONS-OF-INCOME]                            0
[DISTRIBUTIONS-OF-GAINS]                       307,343
[DISTRIBUTIONS-OTHER]                                0
[NUMBER-OF-SHARES-SOLD]                        271,428
[NUMBER-OF-SHARES-REDEEMED]                    261,262
[SHARES-REINVESTED]                             19,559
[NET-CHANGE-IN-ASSETS]                          56,123
[ACCUMULATED-NII-PRIOR]                              0
[ACCUMULATED-GAINS-PRIOR]                            0
[OVERDISTRIB-NII-PRIOR]                              0
[OVERDIST-NET-GAINS-PRIOR]                           0
[GROSS-ADVISORY-FEES]                           22,530
[INTEREST-EXPENSE]                                   0
[GROSS-EXPENSE]                                 73,095
[AVERAGE-NET-ASSETS]                         3,466,227
[PER-SHARE-NAV-BEGIN]                            15.65
[PER-SHARE-NII]                                  0.020
[PER-SHARE-GAIN-APPREC]                        (0.270)
[PER-SHARE-DIVIDEND]                                 0
[PER-SHARE-DISTRIBUTIONS]                      (1.400)
[RETURNS-OF-CAPITAL]                                 0
[PER-SHARE-NAV-END]                              14.00
[EXPENSE-RATIO]                                   2.11
[AVG-DEBT-OUTSTANDING]                               0
[AVG-DEBT-PER-SHARE]                                 0
</TABLE>

[ARTICLE] 6
[SERIES]
   [NUMBER] 004
   [NAME] WRIGHT INTERNATIONAL BLUE CHIP PORTFOLIO
<TABLE>
<S>                             <C>
[PERIOD-TYPE]                   12-MOS
[FISCAL-YEAR-END]                          DEC-31-1998
[PERIOD-END]                               DEC-31-1998
[INVESTMENTS-AT-COST]                        1,060,809
[INVESTMENTS-AT-VALUE]                       1,204,829
[RECEIVABLES]                                    5,204
[ASSETS-OTHER]                                      33
[OTHER-ITEMS-ASSETS]                            69,589
[TOTAL-ASSETS]                               1,279,655
[PAYABLE-FOR-SECURITIES]                             0
[SENIOR-LONG-TERM-DEBT]                              0
[OTHER-ITEMS-LIABILITIES]                        3,786
[TOTAL-LIABILITIES]                              3,786
[SENIOR-EQUITY]                                      0
[PAID-IN-CAPITAL-COMMON]                       988,884
[SHARES-COMMON-STOCK]                          104,029
[SHARES-COMMON-PRIOR]                                0
[ACCUMULATED-NII-CURRENT]                      (8,369)
[OVERDISTRIBUTION-NII]                               0
[ACCUMULATED-NET-GAINS]                        151,308
[OVERDISTRIBUTION-GAINS]                             0
[ACCUM-APPREC-OR-DEPREC]                       144,046
[NET-ASSETS]                                 1,275,869
[DIVIDEND-INCOME]                               27,517
[INTEREST-INCOME]                                    0
[OTHER-INCOME]                                 (3,328)
[EXPENSES-NET]                                  27,220
[NET-INVESTMENT-INCOME]                        (3,031)
[REALIZED-GAINS-CURRENT]                       156,207
[APPREC-INCREASE-CURRENT]                     (56,731)
[NET-CHANGE-FROM-OPS]                           96,445
[EQUALIZATION]                                       0
[DISTRIBUTIONS-OF-INCOME]                            0
[DISTRIBUTIONS-OF-GAINS]                        68,163
[DISTRIBUTIONS-OTHER]                                0
[NUMBER-OF-SHARES-SOLD]                        152,535
[NUMBER-OF-SHARES-REDEEMED]                    173,285
[SHARES-REINVESTED]                              5,243
[NET-CHANGE-IN-ASSETS]                       (134,819)
[ACCUMULATED-NII-PRIOR]                              0
[ACCUMULATED-GAINS-PRIOR]                            0
[OVERDISTRIB-NII-PRIOR]                              0
[OVERDIST-NET-GAINS-PRIOR]                           0
[GROSS-ADVISORY-FEES]                           11,781
[INTEREST-EXPENSE]                                   0
[GROSS-EXPENSE]                                 75,896
[AVERAGE-NET-ASSETS]                         1,472,564
[PER-SHARE-NAV-BEGIN]                            11.80
[PER-SHARE-NII]                                (0.023)
[PER-SHARE-GAIN-APPREC]                          1.053
[PER-SHARE-DIVIDEND]                                 0
[PER-SHARE-DISTRIBUTIONS]                      (0.570)
[RETURNS-OF-CAPITAL]                                 0
[PER-SHARE-NAV-END]                              12.26
[EXPENSE-RATIO]                                   2.00
[AVG-DEBT-OUTSTANDING]                               0
[AVG-DEBT-PER-SHARE]                                 0
</TABLE>


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