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Financial Investors Trust
370 17th Street, Suite 3100
Denver, CO 80202
September 1, 1999
Securities and Exchange Commission
Judiciary Plaza
450 Fifth Street N. W.
Washington, DC 20549
Re: Financial Investors Trust, U.S. Government Money Market Fund, U.S. Treasury
Money Market Fund, Prime Fund, Classes I and II, Aristata Equity Fund,
Aristata Quality Bond Fund
Aristata Colorado Quality Tax-Exempt Fund
File Nos. 33-72424
811-8194
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Transmitted herewith pursuant to Rule 497(j) under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended, is certification that the Prospectuses and Statements of
Additional Information with respect to the above-referenced funds do not
differ from those filed in the most recent post-effective amendment, which
was filed electronically.
Sincerely,
/s/ Russell C. Burk
Russell C. Burk
Secretary