Supplement dated March 8, 2000 to the
                             May 3, 1999 (as revised
                              January 11, 2000 and
                            supplemented February 1,
                          2000) Statement of Additional
                              Information - Part II

                      For Nvest Funds Trusts I, II and III

                  Nvest International Equity Fund (the "Fund")
   Nvest Star Worldwide Fund-Segment managed by Loomis Sayles (the "Segment")

                    The following information supplements the
                         section in the Fund's/Segment's
                      Statement of Additional Information -
                           Part II captioned "Appendix
                          C-Advertising and Promotional
                                   Literature"

Advertising and promotional material for the Fund/Segment may refer to the
following information:

*    The Fund's/Segment's "No-Walls Decision Making (sm)" investment process, in
     which  (i) the  managers  all meet in  person  to  exchange  ideas and make
     portfolio decisions;  (ii) each buy and sell decision is subject to intense
     scrutiny by the entire team; and (iii) the skill and unique  perspective of
     each manager on the team is leveraged.

*    The  Fund's/Segment's  three  portfolio  managers  each  concentrate  on  a
     different  region of the world.  John  Tribolet  focuses  on  Europe,  Alex
     Muromcew on Asia and Eswar Menon on Emerging Markets.