Performance of Top 10 International Bond Funds Managed by Banks and

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International equity mutual funds, with assets of $25 million or more, ranked by the total return in third quarter

(Dollar amounts in millions)

part 1 of 3 Rank Fund Name Bank

1 Comstock Partners Strategy O Mellon Bank Corp.

2 Northern Instl Int'l Bond A Northern Trust Corp.

3 Pegasus International Bond I Banc One Corp.

4 Bishop Street High Grade Inc First Hawaiian Inc.

5 BlackRock-Intl Bond Inst PNC Bank Corp.

6 Northern Fixed Income Fund Northern Trust Corp.

7 Evergreen Select Interntl Bond First Union Corp.

8 Republic Fixed Income Fund Ad Republic New York Corp.

9 Atlas Strategic Income Fund A Golden West Financial Corp.

10 Star Strategic Income Fund B Star Banc Corp.

Average of the top 10 bank proprietary international bond funds with $25 million or more in assets

Average of all 15 bank proprietary international bond funds with $25 million or more in assets

Average of all 44 bank proprietary international bond funds

Nonbank Intl Bond Avg

Salomon Brothers World Govt

part 2 of 3

Fund Assets Third Year Latest

Rank Investment Objective 6/30/98 Quarter to Date 1 Year*

1 Global Income $73.58 14.15 7.09 -3.8

2 Global Income 25.83 8.09 11.28 10.07

3 Global Income 81.1 6.04 7.72 5.93

4 Global Income 25.44 5.42 9.34 12.24

5 Global Income 37.4 5.13 9.83 12.5

6 Global Income 214.98 3.9 8.3 11.26

7 Global Income 36.37 3.56 5.95 6.31

8 Global Income 89.17 2.44 5.73 7.29

9 Global Income 61.7 -1.28 2.02 3.57

10 Global Income 210.5 -1.33 -1.65 0.54

Average $85.61 4.61 6.56 6.59

Average 111.59 0.17 2.24 2.05

Average 42.01 3.05 5.13 4.61

Non 110.14 -3.26 -1.49 -0.91

Sal na 8.33 11.34 11.58

part 3 of 3 Latest Latest Latest

Rank Investmen* 3 Years* 5 Years* 10 Years*

1 Global Income -2.85 -0.44

2 Global Income 6.04

3 Global Income 3.63

4 Global Income

5 Global Income 11.87 9.55

6 Global Income 8.57

7 Global Income 6.8

8 Global Income 7.61

9 Global Income

10 Global Income 5.3

Average 5.87 4.56 na

Average 5.98 4.52 7.67

Average 6.05 5.63 7.67

Average 6.51 5.41 7.56

Average 5.99 7.09 9.13 ===

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