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as of March 31, 2008
California Intermediate Municipal Bond Portfolio
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Investment Management Team
  Years of
Industry Experience
Portfolio Managers  
Kimberly Friedricks 21
Investment Objective

The investment objectives of the Kayne Anderson Rudnick California Intermediate Municipal Bond Portfolio are to provide investors with:

  • Current income exempt from California and federal income taxes
  • Preservation of principal
  • Low volatility
Investment Process

1. Economic Analysis
We carefully study the following key elements of potential movement in interest rates to determine our subsequent risk:

  • The current economic cycle
  • The current yield curve
  • Fiscal and monetary policies
  • Patterns and predictions for growth and inflation

2. Sector Evaluation*
Major areas of the intermediate-term municipal bond market are compared to optimize portfolio weightings. Historically, performance between each sector has varied significantly.

  1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
Historic Sector Performance
GO Bond Index 6.67 -1.51 10.98 5.09 9.19 5.09 4.43 2.85 4.53 4.00
Education 6.19 -1.95 12.24 5.21 10.09 5.49 4.70 3.89 5.08 3.32
Hospital 6.63 -5.38 11.47 8.00 9.50 7.20 7.20 5.65 6.30 0.19
Electric 6.77 -2.30 11.95 5.41 8.73 5.21 4.58 3.46 4.88 2.29
IDR/PCR 6.13 -2.05 9.49 6.04 7.61 4.04 7.98 12.84 8.14 4.06
Transportation 6.51 -2.20 11.70 4.04 9.89 5.54 4.49 3.69 5.35 3.35
Water & Sewer 6.48 -2.46 13.15 5.01 9.93 5.26 4.57 3.74 4.91 3.92
Prerefunded Index 5.67 1.16 7.20 6.00 8.22 3.73 2.42 1.30 3.43 5.44

3. Security Selection
The research process determines which specific bond issues meet our selection criteria by using the evaluation process diagrammed below.

California Intermediate Municipal Bond: Security Selection
Rating Composition*
California Intermediate Municipal Bond: Rating Composition
Growth of $100,000**
California Intermediate Municipal Bond: Growth
Sector Diversification*†
California Intermediate Municipal Bond: Sector Weightings
Portfolio Characteristics*†
Average Maturity 4.6 Years
Average Duration 3.9 Years
Average Coupon 5.0%
Current Yield 4.7%
Average Yield to Maturity 4.0%
Maturity
<1 Year 15.7%
1-3 Years 12.4%
3-5 Years 27.6%
5-7 Years 20.2%
7-10 Years 21.6%
10-12 Years 0.9%
12-15 Years 0.7%
15-20 Years 0.9%

Total 100.0%
Historical Returns
  KAR California
Intermediate
Municipal Bond
(Gross of Fees)
KAR California
Intermediate
Municipal Bond
(Net of Fees)§
Lehman
5-Year
Municipal
Bond Index
Annualized Returns (%)*  
First Quarter 0.49 0.37 1.93
One Year 4.09 3.57 6.19
Three Years 3.85 3.34 4.19
Five Years 3.47 2.95 3.41
Seven Years 4.12 3.60 4.37
Ten Years 4.42 3.91 4.65
Inception† 4.68 4.16 4.79
Total Returns (%)
2007 4.43 3.91 5.15
2006 3.82 3.31 3.34
2005 2.07 1.56 0.95
2004 3.32 2.80 2.72
2003 3.98 3.46 4.13
2002 7.33 6.80 9.28
2001 5.37 4.85 6.21
2000 7.91 7.37 7.71
1999 0.99 0.51 0.73
1998 6.10 5.60 5.84
1997 6.74 6.22 6.38
1996 4.38 3.88 4.22
1995 10.01 9.48 11.65
1994 0.17 -0.34 -1.28
Disclosure

Kayne Anderson Rudnick Investment Management, LLC has prepared and presented this report in compliance with the Global Investment Performance Standards (GIPS®).

Kayne Anderson Rudnick Investment Management, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Phoenix Investment Partners, Ltd., is a registered investment adviser under the Investment Advisors Act of 1940. Kayne Anderson Rudnick Investment Management, LLC manages a variety of equity and fixed-income strategies focusing exclusively on securities the firm defines as high quality. Additional information regarding the firm's policies and procedures for calculating and reporting performance is available upon request. The firm maintains a complete list and description of composites, which is available upon request.

The composite is defined as all non-commissionable, fully discretionary California Intermediate Municipal Bond Portfolios (including cash) that are under management for at least one full quarter. The minimum account size for this composite is $1,000,000. For comparison purposes, the composite is measured against the Lehman Five-Year Municipal Bond Index, which is a market value weighted index of national municipal bond issues with maturities between four and six years. From January 1994 through June 2002, the composite was measured against the Lehman Five-Year Municipal Bond Index. From June 2002 through December 2004, the benchmark index was the S&P California Municipal Bond Index. The S&P California Municipal Bond Index is a market value weighted index of California municipal bond issues that are held by managed municipal bond fund customers of Standard & Poor's and that are priced daily. Historical returns for the S&P California Municipal Bond Index are available beginning January 1999. In January 2005, the benchmark was changed to the
Lehman Five-Year Municipal Bond Index. These changes were made in order to better reflect the composite's strategy for comparison purposes. The composite was created in January 1994. There was a change of personnel in October 2000, April 2003, and December 2004. No alteration of the composite as presented here has occurred because of these changes.

Prior to January 1, 2000, results include only eligible portfolios of at least $750,000. From January 1, 1999 through September 30, 2000, composite results include the fixed-income component of the firm's balanced portfolios whose fixed income portion was managed according to the California Intermediate Municipal Bond strategy. All cash balances were allocated to the equity and fixed-income components of the balanced portfolios at the beginning of each month based upon each component's target asset allocation.

The performance information is supplied for reference. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Results will vary among accounts. The U.S. dollar is the currency used to express performance. Returns are presented gross of management fees and net of transaction fees and include the reinvestment of all income. Trade date accounting is used. Performance has been calculated by geometrically linking monthly returns with accounts entering and exiting the composite quarterly.

Gross annual returns will be reduced by investment management fees and other expenses that may be incurred in the management of the account. Net annual returns have been calculated after the deduction of an assumed maximum annual fee of 0.50%. The effect on performance would grow at a compounded rate. Over a five-year period, if a $1,000,000 portfolio had an annual return of 10%, it would grow to $1,610,510. The net compounded effect of a 0.50% annual investment management fee would total $36,271 and result in a portfolio value of $1,574,239. A fee schedule is available upon request and is described in Part II of the firm's ADV.

If applicable, the annual standard deviation presented is an asset-weighted calculation of performance dispersion for accounts in the composite for the entire year.


  Total Firm
Assets
($ Millions)
Total
Composite
Assets
($ Millions)
Accounts
at
Year-End
Percentage
of Non-
Fee-Paying
Accounts
Gross
Annual
Return (%)
Net
Annual
Return (%)
Lehman
5-Year
Municipal
Bond Index (%)
S&P California
Municipal Bond
Index Annual
Return (%)
Annual
Standard
Deviation (%)
1997 2,855 9 1 0 6.74 6.22 6.38 6.38 0.00
1998 4,160 8 1 0 6.10 5.60 5.84 5.84 0.00
1999 5,381 44 16 0 0.99 0.51 0.73 (2.94) 0.39
2000 6,686 15 4 0 7.91 7.37 7.71 12.92 0.00
2001 8,384 39 7 0 5.37 4.85 6.21 4.69 0.20
2002 8,612 42 8 0 7.33 6.80 9.28 8.49 0.22
2003 10,262 63 13 0 3.98 3.46 4.13 5.13 0.64
2004 10,320 77 21 0 3.32 2.80 2.72 5.57 0.14
2005 8,533 92 23 0 2.07 1.56 0.95 4.73 0.20
2006 6,523 82 23 2 3.82 3.31 3.34 3.99 0.21
*For periods prior to January 1999, the S&P California Municipal Bond Index return is linked to the Lehman 5-Year Municipal Bond Index return.