Performance of Top 10 International Taxable Bond Funds Managed by Banks

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Government and corporate mutual funds, with assets of $25 million or more, ranked by the total return in the third quarter.

(Dollar amounts in millions)

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Rank Fund Name Bank

1 OFFITBANK Emerging Mkts Bond Sel (1)OFFITBANK

2 BT Investment-Global High Yld Sec Bankers Trust

3 JPM Instl-Global Strategic Income (1J. P. Morgan & Co. Inc.

4 Star Strategic Income Fund Star Bank, N.A.

5 Atlas Strategic Income Fund A World Savings and Loan Association

6 Northern Fixed Income Fund Northern Trust Company (The)

7 Compass Capital-Intl Bond Inst PNC Bank Corp

8 Landmark Intermediate Income A Citibank, N.A.

9 Republic Fixed Income Fund Adv Republic National Bank of New York

10 CoreFund Global Bond Fd Y (1) CoreStates Bank

Average for top 10 funds with $25 million or more in assets

Average for all 16 funds with $25 million or more in assets

Average for all 43 bank proprietary international bond funds

Non-Bank Intl Bond Fund Averages

Solomon Bros World Govt

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Fund AssThird Latest Latest

Rank Investment Objective 6/30/97Qtr. Year to 1 Year*

1 Emerging Market Income $171.50 6.07 12.47 17.9

2 Global Income 26.2 5 13.83 20.4

3 Global Income 71.8 4.11

4 Global Income 144.5 4.07 7.15 11.47

5 Global Income 30.1 3.59 7.93 12.73

6 Global Income 128.4 3.51 6.41 9.89

7 Global Income 35 3.02 7.64 11.59

8 Global Income 38.9 2.94 5.97 8.99

9 Global Income 66.5 2.94 6.3 10.01

10 Global Income 34.1 1.72 3.37 5.47

74.7 3.7 7.9 12.05 12.01

67.7 2.3 3.86 7.14 8.28

28.8 2.04 2.93 6.09 8.85

121.6 2.8 5.05 9.46

0.47 -0.77 1.59

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Latest Latest Latest

Rank Investment Objective 3 Years*5 Years*10 Years*

1 Emerging Market Income 16.97

2 Global Income 15.68

3 Global Income

4 Global Income

5 Global Income

6 Global Income 9.44

7 Global Income 12.9 9.51

8 Global Income 8.24

9 Global Income

10 Global Income 8.84

74.7 9.51

67.7 4.76

28.8 6.73

9.91 6.42 8.66

7.14 6.45 9.31

Data Source: The data were provided by CDA/Wiesenberger, Rockville, Md., from its mutual funds data base. A proprietary fund is a fund that was formed or founded by a bank and/or over which the bank exercises management discretion. Excluded are private-la ===

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