PALLADIAN TRUST
N-30D, 1996-09-03
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                                 THE PALLADIAN TRUST
                   STATEMENTS OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES (UNAUDITED)
                        FROM THE PERIOD FROM FEBRUARY 1, 1996 
                    (COMMENCEMENT OF OPERATIONS) TO JUNE 30, 1996

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>


                                                                                 Global          Global                
                                                           International       Strategic      Interactive /                 
                             Value             Growth          Growth            Income         Telecomm                    
                             Portfolio        Portfolio       Portfolio        Portfolio        Portfolio    Total
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                          <C>              <C>           <C>             <C>               <C>          <C>   
ASSETS
Investments:
  At identified cost . . . . . $709,090          $31,224         $42,607          $821,819       $527,213    $2,131,953
                              ---------         --------      ----------       -----------      ---------    ----------
                              ---------         --------      ----------       -----------      ---------    ----------

  At value . . . . . . . . . . $787,246          $33,600         $45,321          $783,730       $533,216    $2,183,113
   
Cash . . . . . . . . . . . . .        0           51,023          19,442           307,619         40,481       418,565
Receivables: 
  Interest and dividends . . .      601              117              60            29,138          1,014        30,930
  Investments sold . . . . . .        0            4,228               0                 0              0         4,228
  Forward foreign exchange 
  contracts to buy . . . . . .     ----             ----            ----           302,204           ----       302,204
  Shares of beneficial 
  interest sold. . . . . . . .        0                0               0                 0              0             0
  Expense reimbursements . . .   26,972           18,803          17,317            32,983         24,205       120,280
Unamortized organization costs   21,858           21,858          22,493            21,857         21,857       109,923
Prepaid Insurance. . . . . . .    2,209            2,208           2,202             2,210          2,210        11,039
                              ---------         --------      ----------       -----------      ---------    ----------

  Total Assets . . . . . . . . $838,886         $131,837        $106,835        $1,479,741       $622,983    $3,180,282
                              ---------         --------      ----------       -----------      ---------    ----------

LIABILITIES

Payables:
  Investments purchased. . . .       $0               $0              $0          $101,166             $0      $101,166
  Due Custodian. . . . . . . .   47,987             ----            ----              ----           ----        47,987
  Forward foreign exchange 
   contracts to buy. . . . . .     ----             ----            ----           300,810           ----       300,810
  Shares of beneficial 
   interest purchased. . . . .        0                0               0                 0              0             0
  Accrued expenses . . . . . .   39,453           38,628          37,602            42,308         39,014       197,005
                              ---------         --------      ----------       -----------      ---------    ----------

  Total Liabilities. . . . . .  $87,440          $38,628         $37,602          $444,284        $39,014      $646,968
                              ---------         --------      ----------       -----------      ---------    ----------

NET ASSETS . . . . . . . . . . $751,446          $93,209         $69,233        $1,035,457       $583,969    $2,533,314
                              ---------         --------      ----------       -----------      ---------    ----------
                              ---------         --------      ----------       -----------      ---------    ----------

NET ASSETS Consist of:

Undistributed net 
 investment income / (loss). .     $370               $9            $314           $13,253          ($462)      $13,484
Unrealized appreciation
 (depreciation) of 
  investments. . . . . . . . .   78,155            2,377           2,715           (42,527)         6,003        46,723
Accumulated net realized 
  gain / (loss). . . . . . . .    1,376            3,056             630            (1,161)         2,736         6,637
Capital shares at par value. .  671,545           87,767          65,574         1,065,892        575,692     2,466,470
                              ---------         --------      ----------       -----------      ---------    ----------

  Total Net Assets . . . . . . $751,446          $93,209         $69,233        $1,035,457       $583,969    $2,533,314
                              ---------         --------      ----------       -----------      ---------    ----------
                              ---------         --------      ----------       -----------      ---------    ----------

  Shares of beneficial 
   interest outstanding. . . .   66,564            8,022           6,397           106,555         57,479
                              ---------         --------      ----------       -----------      ---------
                              ---------         --------      ----------       -----------      ---------

NET ASSET  VALUE, offering 
 price and redemption price
 per share of beneficial 
 interest outstanding. . . . .   $11.29           $11.62          $10.82             $9.72         $10.16
                              ---------         --------      ----------       -----------      ---------
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      The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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                               THE PALLADIAN TRUST
                      STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS (UNAUDITED)
                     FROM THE PERIOD FROM FEBRUARY 1, 1996 
                  (COMMENCEMENT OF OPERATIONS) TO JUNE 30, 1996
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<CAPTION>
                                                                                                     Global      Global
                                                                                     International  Strategic  Interactive /
                                                                 Value      Growth      Growth       Income     Telecomm
                                                               Portfolio   Portfolio   Portfolio    Portfolio   Portfolio     Total
   --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                                                            <C>         <C>        <C>          <C>        <C>          <C>
   INVESTMENT INCOME                                            
   Dividends (Net of foreign withholding taxes of $11,$59       
     and $139 for the Value, International Growth and Global     $2,552         $13        $336          $0      $2,300      $5,201
     Interactive / Telecomm) portfolio.....................
   Interest ...............................................       1,707         437         246      21,982       1,678      26,050
                                                                -------    --------   ---------     -------   ---------     -------

     Total Investment Income ..............................      $4,259        $450        $582     $21,982      $3,978     $31,251
                                                                -------    --------   ---------     -------   ---------     -------

   EXPENSES                                                     
   Amortization of organization costs......................      $1,780      $1,780      $1,145      $1,780      $1,780      $8,265
   Auditing fees ..........................................       4,977         302         271       8,170       4,167      17,887
   Custodian fees .........................................       2,385       3,422       2,451       4,454       2,304      15,016
   Insurance ..............................................       1,797       1,800       1,806       1,797       1,797       8,997
   Legal fees .............................................       3,321         204         181       5,454       2,779      11,939
   Management & advisory fees (Note 5).....................       1,983         112          90       3,379       1,722       7,286
   Other ..................................................          21           1           1          34          17          74
   Portfolio accounting fees ..............................      11,404      11,425      11,467      11,404      11,404      57,104
   Registration & filing fees .............................         689          43          37       1,130         577       2,476
   Shareholders' expenses .................................         125           8           7         205         105         450
   Trustees' fees and expenses.............................       2,379         147         129       3,905       1,993       8,553
                                                                -------    --------   ---------     -------   ---------     -------

     Total Expenses .......................................     $30,861     $19,244     $17,585     $41,712     $28,645    $138,047
                                                                
   Less expense reimbursements (Note 5)....................     $26,972     $18,803     $17,317     $32,983     $24,205    $120,280
                                                                -------    --------   ---------     -------   ---------     -------

     Net Expenses .........................................       3,889         441         268       8,729       4,440      17,767
                                                                -------    --------   ---------     -------   ---------     -------

                                                                                                                                
   NET INVESTMENT INCOME ..................................        $370          $9        $314     $13,253       ($462)    $13,484
                                                                -------    --------   ---------     -------   ---------     -------
                                                                                                                    
   REALIZED and UNREALIZED GAIN /                                                                                   
     (LOSS) on INVESTMENTS:                                                                                         
   Net realized gain / (loss) from:                             
     Security transactions ................................      $1,376      $3,056          $0       ($615)     $2,658      $6,475
     Forward foreign exchange contracts ...................      ----        ----          (210)     (1,299)     ----        (1,509)
     Forward currency transactions ........................      ----        ----           840         754          77       1,671
                                                                                                                                
   Net change in unrealized appreciation / (depreciation) on:                                           
     Security transactions ................................      $78,155     $2,377      $2,715    ($38,089)     $6,003     $51,161
     Forward foreign exchange contracts ...................            0          0           0      (5,274)          0      (5,274)
     Forward currency transactions ........................            0          0           0         837           0         837
                                                                                                        
   Net realized and unrealized gain / (loss) on investments      $79,531      $5,433      $3,345    ($43,686)     $8,738     $53,361
                                                                -------    --------   ---------     -------   ---------     --------

   NET INCREASE / (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS                                      
     RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS ........................          $79,901      $5,442      $3,659    ($30,433)     $8,276     $66,845

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   The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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                                                         THE PALLADIAN TRUST
                                           STATEMENTS OF CHANGE IN NET ASSETS (UNAUDITED)
                         FROM THE PERIOD FROM FEBRUARY 1, 1996 (COMMENCEMENT OF OPERATIONS) TO JUNE 30, 1996

                                                                                                 GLOBAL          GLOBAL
                                                                               INTERNATIONAL    STRATEGIC     INTERACTIVE /
                                                     VALUE         GROWTH         GROWTH         INCOME         TELECOMM
                                                   PORTFOLIO      PORTFOLIO      PORTFOLIO      PORTFOLIO       PORTFOLIO
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<S>                                                <C>            <C>          <C>              <C>           <C>
OPERATIONS:

Net investment income/ (loss). . . . . . . .            $370             $9           $314        $13,253          ($462)

Net realized gain / (loss) on securities,
  forward foreign exchange contracts and
  foreign currency transactions. . . . . . .           1,376          3,056            630         (1,160)         2,735

Net unrealized gain / (loss) on securities,
  forward foreign exchange contracts and
  other assets and liabilities denominated
  in foreign currencies. . . . . . . . . . .          78,155          2,377          2,715        (42,526)         6,003
                                                    --------        -------        -------     ----------       --------
Net increase / (decrease) in net assets
  resulting from operations. . . . . . . . .         $79,901         $5,442         $3,659       ($30,433)        $8,276

DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS FROM:
  Net investment income. . . . . . . . . . .              $0             $0             $0             $0             $0
  Net realized gains on investments. . . . .               0              0              0              0              0

NET INCREASE/ (DECREASE) IN NET
  ASSETS FROM SHARES OF BENEFICIAL
  INTEREST TRANSACTIONS. . . . . . . . . . .        $671,545        $87,767        $65,574     $1,065,892       $575,692
                                                    --------        -------        -------     ----------       --------

Net increase / (decrease) in net assets. . .         751,446         93,209         69,233      1,035,459        583,968

NET ASSETS:
Beginning of period. . . . . . . . . . . . .               0              0              0              0              0
                                                    --------        -------        -------     ----------       --------
End of period. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .        $751,446        $93,209        $69,233     $1,035,457       $583,969
                                                    --------        -------        -------     ----------       --------
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   The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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                                            THE PALLADIAN TRUST
                                       FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS (UNAUDITED)
              FROM THE PERIOD FROM FEBRUARY 1, 1996 (COMMENCEMENT OF OPERATIONS) TO JUNE 30, 1996

                                                                                  Global     Global      
                                                                International   Strategic  Interactive/  
                                           Value       Growth       Growth        Income     Telecomm 
                                         Portfolio    Portfolio    Portfolio    Portfolio   Portfolio 
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                                      <C>          <C>       <C>             <C>        <C>        
Net asset value, commencement
  of operations ........................    $10.00       $10.00       $10.00       $10.00       $10.00
                                          --------     --------     --------     --------     --------
INCOME / (LOSS) FROM INVESTMENT
  OPERATIONS:

Net investment income ..................      0.01         0.00         0.06         0.12        (0.01)

Net realized and unrealized gain /
(loss) on investments ..................      1.28         1.62         0.76        (0.41)        0.17
                                          --------     --------     --------     --------     --------

Total from investment operations .......      1.29         1.62         0.82        (0.28)        0.16
                                          --------     --------     --------     --------     --------

LESS DISTRIBUTIONS:
Dividends from net investment
  income ...............................      0.00         0.00         0.00         0.00         0.00

Distributions from capital gains .......      0.00         0.00         0.00         0.00         0.00
                                          --------     --------     --------     --------     --------

Total distributions ....................      0.00         0.00         0.00         0.00         0.00
                                          --------     --------     --------     --------     --------

Net asset value, end of year ...........    $11.29       $11.62       $10.82        $9.72       $10.16
                                          --------     --------     --------     --------     --------
                                          --------     --------     --------     --------     --------

Total Return ...........................    12.89%       16.19%        8.23%       -2.82%        1.60%
                                          --------     --------     --------     --------     --------
                                          --------     --------     --------     --------     --------

RATIOS TO AVERAGE NET ASSETS / 
  SUPPLEMENTAL DATA:

Net assets, end of reporting period ....  $751,984      $93,692      $69,545   $1,036,183     $584,444

Ratio of operating expenses to
  average net assets ...................     1.53%        2.25%        1.77%        2.23%        2.10%
                                                               
Ratio of net investment income
  to average net assets ................     0.15%        0.05%        1.59%        3.39%       -0.22%
                                                  
Portfolio turnover rate ................    23.15%      490.77%        0.00%       76.14%       23.55%
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      The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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THE VALUE PORTFOLIO

PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS                                         JUNE 30, 1996

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<CAPTION>
                                                                       VALUE
     SHARES                                                           (NOTE 1)
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<C>            <S>                                                    <C>
               COMMON STOCKS - 104.8%
               Advertising - 3.6%
    1,000      Ackerly Communications, Inc...........................     27,250
                                                                        --------
               AEROSPACE & DEFENSE - 6.3%
      300      Boeing Company.........................................    26,138
      500      Precision Castparts Corp.. ............................    21,500
                                                                        --------
                                                                          47,638
                                                                        --------
               AUTOMOTIVE EQUIPMENT & SUPPLIES  - 9.2%
      600      Echlin Inc.............................................    22,725
    1,000      Kollmorgen ............................................    14,750
    1,000      Standard Motor Products ...............................    17,875
      500      Wynn's International, Inc. ............................    14,125
                                                                        --------
                                                                          69,475
               BEVERAGES - 5.0%
    1,000      Celestial Seasonings, Inc. ............................    20,500
      500      Seagrams. .............................................    16,812
                                                                        --------
                                                                          37,312
                                                                        --------
               BROADCASTING  & CABLE - 11.9%
    2,000      Citicasters, Inc. .....................................    62,500
      309      Chris-Craft Industries, Inc. ..........................    13,596
      500      Liberty Media Group  ..................................    13,250
                                                                        --------
                                                                          89,346
                                                                        --------
               COMMUNICATION SERVICES - 5.4%
      500      Comsat Corp. ..........................................    13,000
    2,000      Loral Space & Communications...........................    27,250
                                                                        --------
                                                                          40,250
                                                                        --------
               DEPARTMENT STORES - 3.6%
    1,000      Nieman Marcus Group, Inc. .............................    27,000
                                                                        --------
               DIVERSIFIED - 1.6%
      500      Rollins, Inc. .........................................    11,750
                                                                        --------
               ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT & SUPPLIES -  4.9%

      500      Westinghouse Electric .................................     9,375
      500      Moog Inc. .............................................    12,250
    1,000      Katy Industries, Inc. .................................    15,000
                                                                        --------
                                                                          36,625
                                                                        --------
               FOOD - 5.3%
      600      Quaker Oats Co. .......................................    20,475
    1,000      Archer Daniels Midland  ...............................    19,125
                                                                        --------
                                                                          39,600
                                                                        --------
               GROCERY STORES - 8.5%
    1,000      Giant Food Inc. .......................................    35,875
    2,000      Bruno's Inc. . ........................................    27,750
                                                                        --------
                                                                          63,625
                                                                        --------
               INDUSTRIAL INORGANIC CHEMICALS - 2.8%

    1,000      Church & Dwight Co., Inc. .............................    20,875
                                                                        --------
               INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT & SUPPLIES - 8.5%

    2,000      AMPCO - Pittsburgh Corp. ..............................    23,250
    1,000      Goulds Pumps ..........................................    25,625
      300      Sequa Corp. ...........................................    15,000
                                                                        --------
                                                                          63,875
                                                                        --------
               LABORATORY APPARATUS - 2.9%
    1,000      Ametek Inc. ...........................................    21,750
                                                                        --------
               NEWSPAPERS / PUBLISHING - 10.8%

      500      Lee Enterprises, Inc. .................................    11,812
      500      Media General Inc. ....................................    18,625
      500      Meredith Corp. ........................................    20,875
      500      Pulitzer Publishing  ..................................    29,625
                                                                        --------
                                                                          80,937
                                                                        --------
               NON-DURABLE GOODS - 4.0%
      500      Culbro Corporation ....................................    29,813
                                                                        --------
               OIL & GAS - 1.5%
    1,000      RPC Inc................................................    11,500
                                                                        --------
               PAPER & PLASTIC PRODUCTS - 3.9%

      500      Ferro Corp ............................................    13,250
      500      Grief Bros. Corp ......................................    16,000
                                                                        --------
                                                                          29,250
                                                                        --------
               TELECOMMUNICATIONS - 5.2%
    1,000      Centennial Cellular Corp.  ............................    16,875
      500      Telephone & Data Systems ..............................    22,500
                                                                        --------
                                                                          39,375
                                                                        --------

TOTAL INVESTMENTS (Cost  $709,090)                          104.8%       787,246
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OTHER ASSETS AND LIABILITIES (Net)                           -4.8%      (35,800)
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NET ASSETS                                                  100.0%       751,446
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The Growth Portfolio                                            

Portfolio of Investments                                  June 30, 1996
                                                                
                                                                 Value
Shares                                                          (Note 1)
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         COMMON STOCKS - 36.0%
         Automotive Services - 1.2%
   50    Olympic Financial,Inc.............................      1,151
                                                              --------
         Banks & Financial Services - 1.8%
   25    Bank of New York - Warrants ......................      1,035
   50    Mercury Financial Co..............................        637
                                                              --------
                                                                 1,672
                                                              --------
         Building Residential & Commercial - 0.5%                     
   20    Contl. Homes Holding Corp. .......................        430
                                                              --------
         Business Services - 1.3%                                     
   50    Personnel Group of America, Inc. .................      1,232
                                                              --------
         Communication Services - 1.2%                                
   50    Brite Voice Systems, Inc. ........................      1,075
                                                              --------
         Computers & Data Processing  - 3.0%                          
   10    Hewlett Packard Company ..........................        996
   50    PC Docs Group Intl., Inc. ........................        993
  100    Sunriver Corporation  ............................        787
                                                              --------
                                                                 2,776
                                                              --------
         Entertainment - 1.2%                                         
  110    Quintel Entertainment, Inc. ......................      1,156
                                                              --------
         Environmental Scvs.& Waste Disposal - 2.7%                   
   40    USA Waste Services, Inc. .........................      1,185
   40    United Waste Systems, Inc. .......................      1,291
                                                              --------
                                                                 2,476
                                                              --------
         Health Services - 1.0%                                       
  100    Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.  ....................        887
                                                              --------
         Industrial Equipment - 1.8%                                  
   50    Platinum Technology, Inc. ........................        756
  100    Starsight Telecast, Inc. .........................        912
                                                              --------
                                                                 1,668
                                                              --------
         Machinery - 1.5%                                             
  100    Figgie International .............................      1,425
         Medical Supplies - 3.6%                                      
   40    Safeskin Corp.  ..................................      1,661
   50    Ameridata Technologies,Inc.  .....................        794
   50    Bacou USA, Inc....................................        887
                                                              --------
                                                                 3,342
                                                              --------
         Miscellaneous - 0.6%                                          
  100    Geographics, Inc.  ...............................        568
                                                              --------
         Oil & Gas Services - 0.4%                                    
   25    Digicon, Inc.......................................       418
                                                              --------
         Restaurants - 7.4%                                           
   50    CKE Restaurants ...................................     1,275
  100    Cooker Restaurant Corp.............................     1,337
   30    Lone Star Steakhouse & Saloon......................     1,132
   40    Manhattan Bagel Company ...........................       590
   50    Landry's Seafood Restaurants ......................     1,237
   50    Dave & Buster's, Inc...............................     1,337
                                                              --------
                                                                 6,908
                                                              --------
         Restaurant Equipment - 1.6%                                  
  100    Turbochef, Inc.  ..................................     1,476
                                                              --------
         Retail - 3.4%                                                
   40    Friedman's Inc. ...................................     1,020
   50    Renters Choice ....................................     1,276
   10    Fila Holdings Spa, ADR ............................       862
                                                              --------
                                                                 3,158
         Semiconductor Capital Equipment - 0.7%                       
   50    Advanced Technology Material ......................       675
                                                              --------
         Telecommunications  - 1.2%                                   
   20    Worldcom, Inc.  ...................................     1,107
                                                              --------
     
TOTAL INVESTMENTS (Cost  $31,224)                     36.0%     33,600
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OTHER ASSETS AND LIABILITIES (Net)                    64.0%     59,609
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NET ASSETS                                            100.0%    93,209
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THE INTERNATIONAL GROWTH PORTFOLIO

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PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS                               JUNE 30, 1996
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                                                               VALUE
SHARES                                                        (NOTE 1)
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<S>          <C>                                              <C>
             COMMON STOCKS - 65.5%
             SWITZERLAND  - 14.0%
        10   Stratec Holding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .     9,713
                                                              --------
             FINLAND - 11.9%
       500   Benefon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .     8,261
                                                              --------
             FRANCE - 15.2%
        75   Axime (Ex Segin). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    10,504
                                                              --------
             HONG KONG - 10.9%
    22,500   Joyce Boutique  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .     7,556
                                                              --------
             SWEDEN - 13.4%
       500   Nobel Biocare   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .     9,287
                                                              --------


TOTAL INVESTMENTS (Cost  $42,607)                    65.5%      45,321
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OTHER ASSETS AND LIABILITIES (Net)                   34.5%      23,912
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NET ASSETS                                          100.0%      69,233
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THE GLOBAL STRATEGIC INCOME PORTFOLIO

PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS                                   JUNE 30, 1996    
                   
                                                                      Value    
Face Value                                                           (Note 1)  
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              UNITED STATES DOLLAR BOND - 41.5%                           
   450,000    U.S. Treasury Note                                     429,609
                   5.250%  due 1/31/01                                    
                                                                
              GERMAN DEUTSCHE MARK BOND - 24.4%                           
   350,000    Deutschland Republic                                           
                    8.000%  due 7/22/02                             $253,094

              JAPANESE YEN BOND - 9.8%                                    
11,400,000    JAPAN - 184 (10 Year Issue)                                 
                   2.900%  due 12/20/05                              101,026 


TOTAL INVESTMENTS (Cost  $821,819)                    75.7%          783,729
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OTHER ASSETS AND LIABILITIES (Net)                    24.3%          251,728
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NET ASSETS                                           100.0%        1,035,457
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SCHEDULE OF FORWARD FOREIGN EXCHANGE CONTRACTS                            
                             
                                                                
                                            Contract       Market         
                                            Value          Value          
                                            Date          (Note 1)        
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FORWARD FOREIGN EXCHANGE CONTRACTS TO BUY                                 

   121,456    German Deutsche Mark.......  07/22/96        $79,982        
15,499,998    Japanese Yen...............  07/22/96        142,298        
 3,800,000    Spanish Peseta.............  07/22/96         29,646        
77,199,998    Italian Lira ..............  07/22/96         50,278        

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TOTAL FORWARD FOREIGN EXCHANGE CONTRACTS TO BUY                           
(Contract amount $300,810)                                $302,204
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THE GLOBAL INTERACTIVE / TELECOMM PORTFOLIO

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Portfolio of Investments                                         June 30, 1996

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                                                                          Value 
Shares                                                                  (Note 1)
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          COMMON STOCKS - 91.3%
          Canada - 1.7%
  500     British Columbia Telecomm......................................  9,725
          Great Britain - 2.7%
2,000     Flextech PLC................................................... 15,779
                                                                         -------
          Foreign  - 7.0%
1,000     Grupo Televisa, GDS............................................ 30,750
  500     Havas S.A. Spons, ADR.......................................... 10,222
                                                                         -------
                                                                          40,972
                                                                         -------

          UNITED STATES - 79.9%
          BROADCASTING, MEDIA & RADIO - 12.6%
1,000     Multi-Market Radio, Class A.................................... 10,937
  500     The News Corporation, Ltd., ADR................................ 11,750
  500     Time Warner, Inc............................................... 19,626
1,000     Citicasters, Inc., Class A..................................... 31,250
                                                                         -------
                                                                          73,563
                                                                         -------

          Computer Software - 2.1%
  100     Microsoft Corporation ......................................... 12,012
          CABLE - 12.3%
  500     Cablevision Systems Corp....................................... 23,125
1,000     Home Shopping Network.......................................... 12,000
1,000     Tele-Communications, Inc....................................... 18,125
1,000     Comcast Corp, Class A.......................................... 18,375
                                                                         -------
                                                                          71,625
                                                                         -------

          COMMUNICATION SERVICES - 6.2%
  500     Comsat Corp. .................................................. 13,000
1,000     Loral Space & Communications .................................. 13,625
1,000     Rogers Communications, Class B.................................  9,376
                                                                         -------
                                                                          36,001
                                                                         -------

          DIVERSIFIED - 11.7%
1,000     Westinghouse Electric.......................................... 18,750
  300     Sony Corp., ADR................................................ 19,838
1,050     Gaylord Entertainment.......................................... 29,662
                                                                         -------
                                                                          68,250
                                                                         -------

          ENTERTAINMENT - 3.2%
1,000     Intl. Family Entertainment..................................... 18,500
          MISCELLANEOUS - 5.2%
  700     Santa Anita Realty Entertainment...............................  8,837
1,000     United International Holding, Class A.......................... 13,751
  300     Liberty Media Group, Class A...................................  7,950
                                                                         -------
                                                                         30,538
                                                                         -------

          Telecommunications - 26.8%
  500     Airtouch Communications, Inc................................... 14,125
  500     BCE, Inc....................................................... 19,750
  300     Bell Atlantic.............................. ................... 19,125
  500     Cable & Wireless, plc., ADR....................................  9,876
  500     Century Telephone Enterprises.................................. 15,937
1,000     New World Communications Group................................. 14,625
  300     NYNEX Corp..................................................... 14,250
1,500     Rogers Cantel Mobile, Class B.................................. 35,062
  300     Telephone Data Systems......................................... 13,501
                                                                         -------
                                                                         156,251
                                                                         -------

TOTAL INVESTMENTS (Cost  $527,213)                               91.3%   533,216
OTHER ASSETS AND LIABILITIES (Net)                                8.7%   50,753
NET ASSETS                                                      100.0%   583,969
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The Palladian Trust

Notes to Financial Statements

1.  ORGANIZATION 

The Palladian Trust (the "Trust") is registered under the Investment Company Act
of 1940, as amended, (the "Act") as an open-end management investment company
organized as a Massachusetts business trust.  As of the date of this report the
Trust offered six managed investment Portfolios: Value Portfolio, Growth
Portfolio, Balanced Portfolio, International Growth Portfolio, Global Strategic
Income Portfolio and Global Interactive / Telecomm Portfolio. The Trust is
intended to serve as an investment medium for (i) variable life insurance
policies and variable annuity contracts offered by insurance companies, (ii)
certain qualified pension and retirement plans, as permitted by Treasury
Regulations; and (iii) and advisers to the Portfolios and their affiliates. 
 
2.  SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
    
The preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions that
affect the reported amounts and disclosures in financial statements.  Actual
results could differ from those estimates.  The following is a summary of
significant accounting policies consistently followed by the Portfolios in the
preparation of their financial statements.

PORTFOLIO VALUATION:  Domestic and foreign portfolio securities, except as noted
below, for which market quotations are readily available are stated at market
value. Market value is determined on the basis of the last reported sales price
in the principal market where such securities are traded or, if no sales are
reported, the mean between representative bid and asked quotations obtained from
a quotation reporting system or from established market makers.

Long-term debt securities, including those to be purchased under firm commitment
agreements, are normally valued on the basis of quotes obtained from brokers and
dealers or pricing services, which take into account appropriate factors such as
institutional-size trading in similar groups of securities, yield, quality,
coupon rate, maturity, type of issue, trading characteristics, and other market
data.  Under certain circumstances, long-term debt securities having a maturity
of sixty days or less may be valued at amortized cost.  Debt securities with a
maturity date at time of purchase of 60 days or less are valued at amortized
cost which approximates fair value.

Securities for which market quotations are not readily available are valued at
fair market value as determined in good faith by, or under the direction of the
Board of Trustees.

FOREIGN CURRENCY.  The books and records of the Portfolios are maintained in
U.S. dollars.  Foreign currencies, investments and other assets and liabilities
are translated into 

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U.S. dollars at the exchange rates prevailing at the end of the period, and
purchases and sales of investment securities, income and expenses are translated
on the respective dates of such transactions.  It is not practicable to isolate
that portion of the results of operations arising as a result of changes in the
foreign exchange rates from the portion that arises from in market prices of
investment during the period.  Accordingly, all such changes have been reflected
as net gain/(loss) on security transactions in the Statement of Operations.    

Unrealized gains and losses, not relating to securities, which result from
changes in foreign currency exchange rates have been included in unrealized
appreciation/(depreciation) of foreign currency transactions.  Unrealized gains
and losses of securities, which result from changes in forward currency exchange
rates as well as changes in market prices of securities, have been included in
unrealized appreciation / (depreciation) of securities.  Net realized foreign
currency gains and losses resulting from changes in exchange rates include
foreign currency gains and losses between trade date and settlement date on
investment securities transactions, gains and losses on foreign currency
transactions and the difference between the amounts of interest and dividends
recorded on the books of the Portfolios and the amount actually received.  The
portion of foreign currency gains and losses related to fluctuations in exchange
rates between the initial purchase trade date and subsequent sale trade is
included in realized gain/(loss) from investment securities sold. 

FORWARD FOREIGN CURRENCY CONTRACTS.  All portfolios may enter into forward
foreign currency contracts.  Foreign currency contracts are agreements to
exchange one currency for another at a future date and at a specified price. 
The Portfolios may use forward foreign currency contracts to facilitate
transactions in foreign securities and to manage the Portfolios' foreign
currency exposure.  The U.S. dollar market value, contract value and the foreign
currencies the Portfolios have committed to buy or sell are shown in the
Portfolio of Investments under the caption "Schedule of Forward Foreign Currency
Contracts."  These amounts represent the aggregate exposure to each foreign
currency the Portfolios have acquired or hedged through currency contracts at
June 30, 1996.  Forward foreign currency contracts that have been offset with
different counterparties are reflected as both a forward foreign currency
contract to buy and a forward foreign currency contract to sell.  Forward
foreign currency contracts to buy generally are used to acquire exposure to
foreign currencies, while forward foreign currency contracts to sell are used to
hedge the Portfolios' investments against currency fluctuations.  Also, a
forward foreign currency contract to buy or sell can offset a previously
acquired opposite forward foreign currency contract.

Forward foreign currency contracts are marked-to-market daily using foreign
currency exchange rates supplied by an independent pricing service.  The change
in a contract's market value is recorded by the Portfolios as an unrealized gain
or loss.  When the contract is closed or delivery is taken, the Portfolios
record a realized gain or loss equal to the difference between the value of the
contract at the time it was opened and the value at the time it was closed.

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The use of forward foreign currency contracts does not eliminate fluctuations in
the underlying prices of the Portfolio's securities, but it does establish a
rate of exchange that can be achieved in the future.  Although forward foreign
currency contracts used for hedging purposes limit the risk of loss due to a
decline in the value of the hedged currency, they also limit any potential gain
that might result should the value of the currency increase.  In addition, the
Portfolios could be exposed to risks if the counterparties to the contracts are
unable to meet the terms of their contracts.    

FEDERAL INCOME TAXES.  Each Portfolio of the Trust is a separate entity for
Federal income tax purposes.  No provision for Federal income taxes has been
made since each Portfolio of the Trust has complied and intends to continue to
comply with provisions of the Internal Revenue Code available to regulated
investment companies and to distribute its taxable income to shareholders
sufficient to relieve it from all or substantially all federal income taxes.

SECURITIES TRANSACTIONS AND INVESTMENT INCOME.  Investment transactions are
recorded on trade date.  Dividend income and distributions to shareholders are
recorded on the ex-dividend date.  Interest income (including amortization of
premium and discount on securities) and expenses are accrued daily.  Realized
gains and losses from investment transactions are recorded on an identified cost
basis which is the same basis the Trust uses for Federal income tax purposes. 
Purchases of securities under agreements to resell are carried at cost, and the
related accrued interest is included in interest receivable.

DIVIDENDS AND DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS.  Dividends from net investment
income are declared and paid quarterly for all portfolios.  Net realized capital
gains, if any, are distributed at least annually.  

Income and capital gain distributions are determined in accordance with income
tax regulations which may differ from generally accepted accounting principles. 
Permanent book and tax basis differences relating to shareholder distributions
will result in reclassifications to paid in capital. Undistributed net
investment income may include temporary book and tax basis differences which
will reverse in a subsequent period.

EXPENSES.  The Trust accounts separately for the assets, liabilities and
operations of each Portfolio.  Expenses directly attributable to a Portfolio are
charged to a Portfolio, while expenses which are attributable to more than one
Portfolio of the Trust are allocated among the respective Portfolios based upon
the relative net assets of each Portfolio.

ORGANIZATION EXPENSE.  Organization expense were deferred and are being
amortized by each Portfolio on a straight-line basis over a five-year period
from commencement of operations.  Each Portfolio's organizational fees payable
includes fees and expenses payable to Palladian Advisors, Inc. ("PAI") of
$141,828.00.  The amount paid by the Trust on any redemption by PAI or, any
other then-current holder of the organizational seed capital shares ("Initial
Shares") of the Portfolio, will be reduced by a portion of any 

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unamortized organization expenses of the Portfolio determined by the proportion
of the number of the Initial Shares of the Portfolio redeemed to the number of
the Initial Shares of the Portfolio outstanding after into account any prior
redemptions of the Initial Shares of the Portfolio.

TRUSTEES.  Each Trustee who is not an "interested person" (as defined in the
Act) of the Trust, receives $1,500 per meeting attended, as well as
reimbursement for reasonable out-of-pocket expenses, from the Trust.  For the
quarter ending June 30, 1996 the Trust incurred $9,000 in Trustee fees, which
was prorated to each portfolio.

3.  MANAGER, PORTFOLIO ADVISOR, PORTFOLIO MANAGERS, ADMINISTRATION FEES AND 
    OTHER TRANSACTIONS.

Palladian Advisors, Inc. ("PAI") serves as overall Manager of the Trust and is
responsible for general investment supervisory services to the Portfolios.  PAI
evaluates and recommends to the Trust registered investment advisors to be
retained by the Trust on behalf of each of the Portfolios as Portfolio Managers
and monitors and assesses their performance and makes periodic reports to the
Trust.  In performing these responsibilities, the Manager will rely on the
services of Tremont Partners, Inc., which has been retained as Portfolio
Advisor.

As Portfolio Advisor, Tremont provides research concerning registered investment
advisors to be retained by the Trust as Portfolio Managers, monitors and assists
PAI with the periodic reevaluation of existing Portfolio Managers and makes
periodic reports to PAI and the Trust.  PAI, not the Trust, pays the fees of the
Portfolio Advisor.

The Trust and PAI have entered into portfolio management agreements with various
Portfolio Managers.  The Portfolio Managers for the Portfolios are as follows: 
GAMCO Investors, Inc. serves as the Portfolio Manager for The Value Portfolio
and The Global Interactive/Telecomm Portfolio; Stonehill Capital Management,
Inc. serves as the Portfolio Managers of The Growth Portfolio; Bee & Associates
Incorporated serves as the Portfolio Managers of The International Growth
Portfolio and Fischer Francis Trees & Watts serves as the Portfolio Manager of
The Global Strategic Income Portfolio.

Each Portfolio pays an overall management fee, computed and accrued daily and
paid monthly, based on its average daily net assets.  For the first twelve
months of operations, the management fee is .80% of average net assets.  After
that time, the base fee will be 2.0%, but may vary between 0% and 4% depending
on the performance of a Portfolio compared to that of an appropriate benchmark. 
Each Portfolio Manager will receive 80% of the fee, and PAI will receive the
remaining 20%.  PAI is responsible for paying the fee of Tremont, which equals
32.5% of the fee received by PAI.

On August 8, 1996, under the terms approved by the Board of Trustees of the
Portfolios, Palladian Advisors, Inc. (PAI) agreed for a one year period,
effective at the commencement of operations, to limit the expenses for each
Portfolio and reimburse 

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expenses to the extent that each Portfolios aggregate expenses (excluding
management fees) exceed the expense limitation for that Portfolio.  The
Portfolios will not pay PAI its advisory fee while a receivable is due to the
Portfolios as a result of the expense limitations, except that the portion of
the advisory fee that PAI is obligated to pay Tremont Partners, Inc. will be
paid.  The expense limitations for each of the Portfolio's as a percentage of
average daily net assets are as follows:


Portfolio                    Limitations/other expenses

Value                                  0.70%
Growth                                 0.70%
International Growth                   1.20%
Global Strategic Income                1.20%
Global Interactive / Telecomm          1.20%

PAI, if agreed to by the Board, may continue the voluntary expense limitation
past February 1, 1997.  Thereafter, each Portfolio is required to reimburse PAI
for any fees it waived or expenses it reimbursed pursuant to the expense
limitations, provided that such reimbursement would not cause the Portfolios
expense ratio to exceed the expense limitations set forth above.

The amount of the fees waived or expenses reimbursed are reflected in the
financial statements as a receivable from PAI with a credit reflected as a
contra-expense account.  As of and for the period ended June 30, 1996, the total
expenses waived and reimbursed by PAI for each Portfolio were as follows:


Portfolio                              Amount
Value                                  $27,509.90
Growth                                 $19,286.35
International Growth                   $17,628.90
Global Strategic Income                $33,709.15
Global Telecomm / Interactive          $24,679.66

PAI has acknowledged that, upon termination of the Investment Management
Agreement between PAI and the Portfolios, the Portfolios would not be liable to
PAI for any waived or reimbursed fees which have not been reimbursed.  Under the
terms of the Agreement, the Board of Trustees or the Portfolios' shareholders
may terminate the Agreement at any time upon 60 days notice.  Since the amounts
due PAI are dependent upon future events and the Agreement is terminable, the
amount of the total obligation cannot be reasonably estimated.  The repayment to
PAI will be recorded in future years as an expense and a liability at each net
asset value determination date to the extent that such repayment does not cause
the Portfolio to exceed the expense limitation.  As of June 30, 1996 the 

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maximum potential liability would be limited to the total amount of the expenses
waived and reimbursed above.

Investors Bank & Trust Company provides transfer agency, portfolio accounting
and custody services for the Trust.  The transfer agency and portfolio
accounting fees are the greater of $40,000 or .05% of net assets for the first
$600 million and .03% of the net assets in excess of $600 million.  Custody fees
are separated between domestic and global.

Western Capital Financial Group (the "Distributor") serves as the principle
underwriter and distributor of the shares of the Trust.  The Distributor has
voluntarily waived any fees associated with servicing the Trust.

Certain officers of the Trust are also officers of PAI and the Distributor.

An individual, together with certain affiliated entities, owns a majority
interest in the parent company of Tremont.  The individual is also an officer of
GAMCO Investors, Inc. selected by Tremont to provide investment advisory
services to two Portfolios of the Trust.

An officer of the Distributor is also an officer of PAI, and a trustee and
officer of the Trust.  An officer of PAI is also a trustee and officer of the
Trust.

4.   PURCHASES AND SALES OF SECURITIES.  The aggregate cost of purchases and
proceeds from sales of securities, excluding U.S. Government and short-term
investments, for the quarter ending June 30, 1996 were as follows:

                                                      
                                       Purchases      Sales
    Value                              $832,199       $123,109
    Growth                             $141,823       $102,964
    International Growth               $32,910          -----
    Global Strategic Income            $860,611       $489,214
    Global Telecomm / Interactive      $625,940       $98,727

The aggregate cost of purchases and proceeds from sales of long-term U.S.
Government Securities, excluding short-term investments, for the quarter ending
June 30, 1996 were as follows:

                                                      
                                       Purchases      Sales
    Global Strategic Income            $451,688       -----
    
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5.  SHARES OF BENEFICIAL INTEREST.  Each Portfolio of the Trust may issue an
unlimited number of shares of beneficial interest without par value.

                                                                
                                                                 
                                                      MONTH ENDED
                                                        6/30/96         
                                                 ----------------------
                                                 SHARES         AMOUNT 
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VALUE PORTFOLIO:
    Sold.......................................  65,599        $671,930 
    Issued as reinvestment of dividends........       0               0 
    Redeemed...................................     (35)           (385)
                                                --------        --------
    Net increase...............................  66,564        $671,545 
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                                                       MONTH ENDED      
                                                         6/30/96        
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                                                SHARES           AMOUNT 
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GROWTH PORTFOLIO: 
    Sold.......................................    8,029        $87,857 
    Issued as reinvestment of dividends........       0               0 
    Redeemed...................................      (7)            (90)
                                                --------        --------
    Net increase...............................    8,022        $87,767 
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                                                       MONTH ENDED      
                                                         6/30/96        
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                                                 SHARES          AMOUNT 
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INTERNATIONAL GROWTH PORTFOLIO: 
    Sold......................................     6,397        $ 65,574
    Issued as reinvestment of dividends.......         0               0
    Redeemed..................................         0               0
                                                --------        --------
    Net increase..............................     6,397        $ 65,574
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                                                        MONTH ENDED     
                                                          6/30/96       
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                                                  SHARES        AMOUNT  
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GLOBAL STRATEGIC INCOME PORTFOLIO: 
    Sold......................................  141,138      $1,399,125 
    Issued as reinvestment of dividends.......        0               0 
    Redeemed..................................  (34,583)       (333,233)
                                               ---------    ------------
    Net increase..............................  106,555      $1,065,892 
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                                                        MONTH ENDED     
                                                          6/30/96       
                                               -------------------------
                                                  SHARES        AMOUNT  
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GLOBAL INTERACTIVE / TELECOMM PORTFOLIO: 
    Sold......................................   106,555        $575,692
    Issued as reinvestment of dividends.......         0               0
    Redeemed..................................         0               0
                                                --------        --------
   Net increase................................  106,555        $575,692
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