RULE 10F-3 REPORTING FORM



Name of Fund:  ___CDC NVEST STAR SMALL CAP FUND_______________________

Total Net Assets of Fund: _____24,009,048_____

Issuer:  __INET TECHNOLOGIES INC.   _________________________________

Underwriter(s) 1 _MORGAN STANLEY, RAYMOND JAMES

Affiliated Underwriter in the Syndicate  ___Smith Barney_____________

Date of Purchase:  __10/7/03____________________

Date of Offering:  _____10/7/03__________

Amount of Purchase 2  ___16,200________________

Purchase Price  ___12.50_____________________

Commission or Spread:  ____$.43 SELLING COMMISSION______________

Check that all the following conditions have been met (any exceptions should be
discussed prior to commitment):

__X___ The securities are (i) part of an issue  registered  under the Securities
     Act of 1933,  (ii)  "municipal  securities" as defined under the Securities
     Exchange Act of 1934, (iii) sold in an offering conducted under the laws of
     a country other than the United States subject to certain requirements,  or
     (iv) exempt from  registration  under section 4(2) of the Securities Act of
     1933 or Rules 144A or 501-508 thereunder.

___X__ The purchase  price did not exceed the  offering  price at the end of the
     first  business  day after the first day of the  offering  (or  fourth  day
     before termination, if a rights offering).

___X__ The underwriting was a firm commitment.


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1    Attach a list of all members in the syndicate.
2    Include  all  purchases  made by two or more  funds  which  have  the  same
     investment adviser or sub-adviser.




__X___ The  commission,  spread or profit was reasonable and fair in relation to
     that being received by others for underwriting  similar securities during a
     comparable period of time.

___X__ IN RESPECT OF ANY SECURITIES OTHER THAN MUNICIPAL SECURITIES,  the issuer
     of such securities has been in continuous operation for not less than three
     years  (including  operations  of  predecessors),  OR  IN  RESPECT  OF  ANY
     MUNICIPAL  SECURITIES,  the  issuer  of such  securities  has  received  an
     investment  grade rating from a nationally  recognized  statistical  rating
     organization  or if  the  issuer  of the  municipal  securities  or  entity
     supplying  the  revenues  from  which the  issues is to be paid has been in
     continuous   operation   for  less  than   three   years   (including   any
     predecessors),  it has  received one of the three  highest  ratings from at
     least one such rating service.

___X__ The amount of the securities purchased by all of the Funds advised by the
     same investment  adviser or sub-adviser did not exceed 25% of the principal
     amount of the offering.

__X__ The purchase price was not greater than 3% of the Fund's total assets.

__X__No  underwriter  which is an affiliate of the Fund's adviser or sub-adviser
     was  a  direct  or  indirect  participant  in,  or  benefited  directly  or
     indirectly from the purchase.

__X__The  purchase  was not part of a group  sale (or part of the  institutional
     pot), or otherwise allocated to the account of an officer, director, member
     of an  advisory  board,  investment  adviser  or  employee  of the  Fund or
     affiliated person thereof.

__X__Prior approval by President of the Fund and President or Managing  Director
     of the investment adviser and/or sub-adviser.