Performance of Top 10 International Bond Funds Managed by Banks and

+++ International bond mutual funds, with assets of $25 million or more, ranked by the total return in second quarter

(Dollar amounts in millions) part 1 of 3 Rank Fund Name Bank 1 OFFITBANK Emerging Mkts Bond Sel Offitbank Holdings Inc. 2 Firstar Stellar Strategic Income B Firstar Corp. 3 Evergreen Strat Inc A First Union Corp. 4 Evergreen Strat Inc B First Union Corp. 5 J.P. Morgan Instl-Glbl Strat Inc J. P. Morgan & Co. 6 BlackRock-Intl Bond Inst PNC Bank Corp. 7 Evergreen Select Interntl Bond I First Union Corp. 8 Northern Fixed Income Fund Northern Trust Corp. 9 Republic Fixed Income Fund Adv Republic New York Corp. 10 Northern Instl Int'l Bond A Northern Trust Corp.

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

Average for all 31 bank proprietary international bond funds part 2 of 2

TOTAL RETURNS THROUGH 6/30/99 (%)

Fund Assets Second Year Latest Latest Latest Latest Rank Investment Ob3/31/99 Qtr. to Date 1 Year*3 Years*5 Years*10 Years* 1 Emerging Mark$142.53 1.74 7.03 -11.13 1.42 5.44 2 Global Income 193.03 1.13 -1.28 -4.13 3.69 3 Global Income 160.14 -0.22 -0.42 -0.4 6.72 5.77 7.13 4 Global Income 113.99 -0.4 -0.77 -1.26 5.88 4.97 5 Global Income 260.51 -0.8 0.01 -0.45 6 Global Income 43.22 -0.86 0.62 7.37 10.05 10.43 7 Global Income 44.19 -1.07 -1.9 4.49 5.06 6.56 8 Global Income 275.18 -1.28 -2.48 1.05 6.55 7.4 9 Global Income 111.01 -1.48 -1.38 2.11 6.37 10 Global Income 28.28 -4.26 -8.22 3.26 3.25 5.62

Average for th$137.21 -0.75 -0.88 0.09 5.44 6.6 7.13

Average for al 50.57 -2.18 -3.67 0.38 3.15 5.46 7.13 Data source: The data was provided by Wiesenberger, a Thomson Financial Co. A proprietary fund is a mutual fund that was formed or founded by a bank and/or over which the bank exercises management discretion. Excluded are private-label funds and all other third-party funds that are sold through banks. (*) annualizes rate of return. ===

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