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BSX Announces the Listing of two Schroders Funds

Hamilton, BERMUDA (November 3, 1997) -- The Listing Committee of The BSX today announced that it has approved the secondary listings of the Schroder International Selection Fund and and the primary listing of the Schroder Offshore US Dollar Bond Fund on The BSX.

The Schroder International Selection Fund (SISF) is a Luxembourg registered UCITS recognized in the UK under section 86 of the Financial Services Act. The Fund has listed class A shares of the following sub-funds: Emerging Markets, European Equity GDP Weighted, Global Equity, Japanese Equity, Pacific Equity, Portfolio, Global Bond, US Equity, UK Equity, European Smaller Companies, Japanese Smaller Companies, US Smaller Companies, European Bond. The sub-funds are managed by Schroder Investment Management Limited and invested according to their own specific objective category. Currently the SISF sub-funds are also listed on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange.

The Schroder Offshore US Dollar Bond Fund is an open-ended unit trust established under the laws of Bermuda. This Fund, managed by Schroder (Bermuda) Limited and advised by Schroder Investment Management Limited, seeks to achieve a high total return by investing in an actively managed portfolio of U.S. dollar denominated high quality, fixed income securities using a low- risk diversified approach.

Mary A. Sousa, Listing Manager of The BSX said, "We are very pleased Schroders has chosen to list these Funds on the exchange. Their addition enhances The BSX's list of recognized global investment management groups and also raises the total number of listed offshore mutual funds on the Exchange to over 100."

The listing of these Funds was sponsored by MRM Securities Ltd., a subsidiary of MRM Financial Services Ltd. in Hamilton, Bermuda. The shares of the funds are available for secondary market trading with effect from this release.

Editor's note:

The following is a list of individual sub-funds which comrpise the Schroder International Selection Fund:

SISF Emerging Markets Fund

SISF European Equity GDP Weighted Fund

SISF Global Equity Fund

SISF Japanese Equity Fund

SISF Pacific Equity Fund

SISF Portfolio Fund

SISF Global Bond Fund

SISF US Equity Fund

SISF UK Equity Fund

SISF European Smaller Companies Fund

SISF Japanese Smaller Companies Fund

SISF US Smaller Companies Fund

SISF European Bond Fund

Schroder Offshore US Dollar Bond Fund

For further information on any of the Schroder Funds, please contact Robin Sheppard at Tel: 441-292-4995, Fax: 1-441-292-3127 or e-mail: Fblbda@ibl.bm.

For additional information on The BSX, please call Robin H. McPhee, 441-292-7212 or e-mail info@bsx.com or visit www.bsx.com.