UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
FORM N-CSR
 
CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED MANAGEMENT
INVESTMENT COMPANIES
Investment Company Act file number 811-06400
The Advisors’ Inner Circle Fund
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
 
101 Federal Street
Boston, MA 02110
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)
SEI Corporation
One Freedom Valley Drive
Oaks, PA 19456
(Name and address of agent for service)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (877) 446-3863
Date of fiscal year end: October 31, 2010
Date of reporting period: October 31, 2010
 
 

 


 

Item 1. Reports to Stockholders.
(FULL PAGE GRAPHIC)
The TS&W Portfolios The Advisors’ Inner Circle Fund Annual ReportOctober 31, 2010 TS&W Equity Portfolio TS&W Fixed Income Portfolio TS&W International Equity Portfolio

 


 

     
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
         
Shareholder Letter
    1  
 
       
Schedules of Investments
       
Equity Portfolio
    9  
Fixed Income Portfolio
    13  
International Equity Portfolio
    20  
 
       
Statements of Assets and Liabilities
    25  
 
       
Statements of Operations
    26  
 
       
Statements of Changes in Net Assets
       
Equity Portfolio
    27  
Fixed Income Portfolio
    28  
International Equity Portfolio
    29  
 
       
Financial Highlights
       
Equity Portfolio
    30  
Fixed Income Portfolio
    31  
International Equity Portfolio
    32  
 
       
Notes to Financial Statements
    33  
 
       
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
    45  
 
       
Disclosure of Portfolio Expenses
    46  
 
       
Trustees and Officers of The Advisors’ Inner Circle Fund
    48  
 
       
Notice to Shareholders
    56  
The Portfolios file their complete schedules of portfolio holdings with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q within sixty days after the end of the period. The Portfolios’ Forms N-Q are available on the Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov, and may be reviewed and copied at the Commission’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. Information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330.
A description of the policies and procedures that The Advisors’ Inner Circle Fund uses to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities, as well as information relating to how the Portfolios voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30, is available (i) without charge, upon request, by calling 1-866-4TSW-FUN; and (ii) on the Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov.

 


 

     
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  OCTOBER 31, 2010
Dear Shareholders:
We are pleased to provide you with our annual report for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2010 for the TS&W Portfolios managed by Thompson, Siegel & Walmsley LLC (“TS&W”).
On October 31, 2010 the Equity Portfolio’s net assets were $45,657,572, the Fixed Income Portfolio’s net assets were $60,786,149 and the International Equity Portfolio’s net assets were $75,271,127.
Participants in these Portfolios include the TS&W retirement plan, TS&W investment advisory clients, and others seeking investment management direction from TS&W. We encourage our clients to pursue a balanced investment approach, and where appropriate, utilize a combination of these Portfolios to achieve their specific investment objectives.
The Portfolios are managed by the TS&W team of investment professionals utilizing a value investment philosophy. Our investment teams utilize a consistent investment process in managing all client portfolios. Our equity portfolio managers use a unique four-factor quantitative screen combined with rigorous fundamental research conducted by experienced teams of analysts who are trying to answer three questions: Why is the stock inexpensive? What are the catalysts for change? And, are the catalysts sustainable?
Our fixed income team primarily focuses on yield curve/duration analysis, sector analysis, and security selection. Relative value analysis, historical spread relationships, and fundamental credit analysis are all used in the construction of fixed income portfolios.
Our long-term goal is to provide returns that exceed our benchmark indexes over a complete economic or market cycle.
TS&W Equity Portfolio
The TS&W Equity Portfolio experienced a return of 12.28% after fees and expenses for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2010, while the S&P 500 gained 16.52%. Over the past six months, the Equity Portfolio experienced a negative return of 2.25% after fees and expenses, while the benchmark index returned 0.74%.
The environment has been one of slow economic recovery, with some short term unsteadiness in individual indicators but a rising and broadening longer term trend. Outside the U.S., especially in emerging markets, economic growth is robust, and so those U.S. companies that are well-exposed to foreign revenue streams continue to see significant growth and better opportunities for expansion. Within the U.S. the housing sector remains depressed, even in an environment of 4% mortgage rates, largely due to an overhang of housing inventory coupled with very modest employment growth. However, of late, the gradual improvement in employment trends and the absence of any new “bad news” has contributed to an improvement in consumer sentiment and a gradual brightening of the outlook. The darkest storm clouds remain clustered over Europe, where

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a series of mini-panics regarding sovereign debt issues has rotated through the weakest members of the EU while testing the resolve, patience and liquidity of the strongest members. There are no painless answers to these issues, and the austerity measures put in place in a growing list of European countries have led to frustration and unrest, and may foretell what we here in the U.S. can expect when and if we are willing (or unwillingly required) to put our own fiscal house in order.
Such an uncertain environment has, not surprising, led to volatile financial markets, and while the last six months is essentially unchanged for both the Equity Portfolio and the broad market, the overall appearance of somnolence belies the actual down then back-up experience that stretched from May through October.
We continue to find attractive companies with improving fundamentals selling at very appealing valuations. As it happens, the companies we find most attractive tend to be more cyclical in their business models, and tend to have strong overseas elements in their business mix. Our largest overweight remains in the Producer Durable space, and our largest underweight remains in Finance. We are finding more opportunities in the Consumer Discretionary sector and have been modestly reducing our exposure to Consumer Staples. Commodity prices have been hot, and we are exposed by virtue of our position in the Materials sector — though we are uneasy that a re-emergence of global macro concerns and the predominance of the ETF market will lead to a level of volatility in commodity prices that vastly outstrips the volatility in end demand for the commodities themselves.
If anything, we are more enthused about the specific holdings in our portfolio than we have been for some time, as we think large capitalization U.S. stocks are cheap, with good growth opportunities. If we have a concern it is that this combination of valuation and fundamental opportunity is obscured from time to time by the fog of the global macroeconomic struggle that is far from resolution. In such an environment we think that patience, focus and level-headedness combined with our proven process will ultimately lead to a favorable outcome.
TS&W Fixed Income Portfolio
The TS&W Fixed Income Portfolio gained 11.16% after fees and expenses for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2010. The Fixed Income Portfolio’s benchmark, the Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index, returned 8.48% over the same period. Over the past six months, the Fixed Income Portfolio was up 5.95% while the benchmark index return gained 6.01%.
It has been a volatile year for interest rates as the 10 year U.S. Treasury rose to a high yield of 4.0% for the year in April and currently sits at 2.60% as of October 31, 2010. Corporate bonds drove fixed income returns for the fiscal year returning 12% versus U.S Treasuries returning 7.2%. Companies have been able to grow cash and refinance existing debt at lower rates which helped to improve their balance sheets. Those factors, combined

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with investors increased appetite for yield in their portfolios, helped create strong demand within the corporate bond sector. The Portfolio’s overweight to corporate bonds, including the allocation to high yield securities, combined with its longer than benchmark duration helped generate strong performance for the year.
Moving forward we see a somewhat benign inflationary environment. Recently there has been an uptick in commodity prices driven to some extent by a weaker dollar. However core inflation, which excludes food and energy prices, should stay subdued for the immediate future. A slow growth environment will most likely be maintained over the near term. In such an environment with continued high unemployment, weak housing prices, and deleveraging it will be hard for sustained inflation to take hold. The Federal Reserve is now on its second round of quantitative easing and announced it will be buying 600 billion dollars worth of U.S. Treasury securities. The Federal Reserve will also continue reinvesting the proceeds of the payments from its agency mortgage backed securities holdings into U.S. Treasuries. This massive investment into U.S. Treasuries coupled with moderate inflation should help keep interest rates restrained for the near future.
The TS&W Fixed Income Portfolio is structured with an average duration slightly higher than the benchmark at 4.8 years versus the benchmark at 4.60 years. The average credit rating of the portfolio is A2. Corporate balance sheets should remain healthy for the foreseeable future. Though corporate bonds have performed well this year, specific credits within the corporate bond sector remain attractively valued. For these reasons the TS&W Fixed Income Portfolio will maintain a heightened exposure to corporate bonds and keep its focus on yield as the primary driver of return.
TS&W International Equity Portfolio
The TS&W International Equity Portfolio experienced a positive return of 12.73% after fees and expenses for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2010. Our benchmark index, the MSCI EAFE Index (“EAFE”), had a return of 8.36% over the same period. The International Equity Portfolio gained 7.05% for the six months ended October 31, 2010, while EAFE rose 5.74% over the same period.
Global stock markets staged a remarkable rally in the third quarter, reversing the dismal performance of the April to June period. After taking a back seat for most of the third quarter, concerns about European sovereign debt and government budget deficits once again took center stage in October. For dollar-based investors, returns were aided by a significant retreat in the foreign exchange value of the U.S. Dollar versus major world currencies. The Dollar’s decline also reflects the general relaxation of risk aversion which defined the third quarter.
The International Equity Portfolio’s holdings in the Consumer Staples sector, especially beverage companies, made the greatest contribution to performance over the past twelve months. Limited exposure to European banks and strong results from several Asian

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financial positions that were insulated from European debt problems helped our performance. Financial companies continue to face risks that are difficult to quantify given the uncertain pace of global economic recovery, limited transparency and shifting regulatory boundaries. This uncertainty, however, may produce good long-term investment opportunities, and we are carefully evaluating banks and other financial stocks in an effort to identify situations where potential rewards significantly outweigh the risks. After a prolonged period of outperformance, Technology stocks retreated and our overweight and selections in the sector detracted from performance.
During the latest quarter, we added six new stocks to the TS&W International Equity Portfolio, including a major brewer, a leading manufacturer of commercial aircraft, a large French commercial bank and a Japanese auto parts company with good growth opportunities in fast-growing Asian car markets. Each of these stocks offers an attractive combination of low valuation and factors that should drive positive change. Although the “risk off, risk on” pattern that defined global equity market activity this year is likely to drive continued volatility through year end, we remain optimistic about the TS&W International Equity Portfolio’s prospects over the medium to long term.
Respectfully submitted,
     
-S- HORACE P. WHITWORTH
  -S- LAWRENCE E. GIBSON
Horace P. Whitworth, CFA, CPA
  Lawrence E. Gibson, CFA
Senior Vice President
  Co-Chief Executive Officer
This represents the managers’ assessment of the Portfolios and market environment at a specific point in time and should not be relied upon by the reader as research or investment advice.

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Definition of the Comparative Indices
Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index is a fixed-income market value-weighted index that covers the U.S. investment grade fixed rate bond market, with index components for government and corporate securities, mortgage pass-through securities, and asset backed securities. It includes fixed-rate issues of investment grade (BBB) or higher, with maturities of at least one year and outstanding par value of at least $250 million.
MSCI EAFE Index is an unmanaged index comprised of over 1,100 securities listed on the stock exchanges of countries in Europe, Australia and the Far East.
S&P 500 Index is an unmanaged capitalization-weighted index of 500 stocks designed to measure performance of the broad domestic economy through changes in the aggregate market value of 500 stocks representing all major industries.

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Growth of a $10,000 Investment
(LINE GRAPH)
The performance data quoted herein represents past performance and the return and value of an investment in the Portfolio will fluctuate so that, when redeemed, may be worth less than its original cost. Past performance is no guarantee of future performance and should not be considered as a representation of the future results of the Portfolio. The Portfolio’s performance assumes the reinvestment of all dividends and all capital gains. Index returns assume reinvestment of dividends and, unlike a portfolio’s returns, do not reflect any fees or expenses. If such fees and expenses were included in the index returns, the performance would have been lower. Please note that one cannot invest directly in an unmanaged index.
There are no assurances that the Portfolio will meet its stated objectives.
The Portfolio’s holdings and allocations are subject to change because it is actively managed and should not be considered recommendations to buy individual securities.
Returns shown do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Portfolio distributions or the redemption of Portfolio shares.
See definition of comparative indices on page 5.

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Growth of a $10,000 Investment
(LINE GRAPH)
The performance data quoted herein represents past performance and the return and value of an investment in the Portfolio will fluctuate so that, when redeemed, may be worth less than its original cost. Past performance is no guarantee of future performance and should not be considered as a representation of the future results of the Portfolio. The Portfolio’s performance assumes the reinvestment of all dividends and all capital gains. Index returns assume reinvestment of dividends and, unlike a portfolio’s returns, do not reflect any fees or expenses. If such fees and expenses were included in the index returns, the performance would have been lower. Please note that one cannot invest directly in an unmanaged index.
There are no assurances that the Portfolio will meet its stated objectives.
The Portfolio’s holdings and allocations are subject to change because it is actively managed and should not be considered recommendations to buy individual securities.
Returns shown do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Portfolio distributions or the redemption of Portfolio shares. If the Adviser had not limited certain expenses, the Portfolio’s total return would have been lower.
See definition of comparative indices on page 5.

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Growth of a $10,000 Investment
(LINE GRAPH)
The performance data quoted herein represents past performance and the return and value of an investment in the Portfolio will fluctuate so that, when redeemed, may be worth less than its original cost. Past performance is no guarantee of future performance and should not be considered as a representation of the future results of the Portfolio. The Portfolio’s performance assumes the reinvestment of all dividends and all capital gains. Index returns assume reinvestment of dividends and, unlike a portfolio’s returns, do not reflect any fees or expenses. If such fees and expenses were included in the index returns, the performance would have been lower. Please note that one cannot invest directly in an unmanaged index.
There are no assurances that the Portfolio will meet its stated objectives.
The Portfolio’s holdings and allocations are subject to change because it is actively managed and should not be considered recommendations to buy individual securities.
Returns shown do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Portfolio distributions or the redemption of Portfolio shares. If the Adviser had not limited certain expenses, the Portfolio’s total return would have been lower.
See definition of comparative indices on page 5.

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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS
COMMON STOCK — 99.5%
                 
    Shares     Value  
CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY — 11.6%
               
Best Buy
    14,300     $ 614,614  
Darden Restaurants
    10,200       466,242  
DreamWorks Animation SKG, Cl A*
    21,150       746,595  
Ford Motor*
    44,700       631,611  
Gap
    21,000       399,210  
Liberty Media — Interactive*
    31,400       463,464  
Macy’s
    22,000       520,080  
Target
    12,700       659,638  
Walt Disney
    21,850       789,004  
 
             
 
            5,290,458  
 
             
 
               
CONSUMER STAPLES — 7.0%
               
HJ Heinz
    8,700       427,257  
Nestle ADR
    13,100       718,535  
Philip Morris International
    9,100       532,350  
Ralcorp Holdings*
    6,800       422,008  
Reynolds American
    8,700       564,630  
Unilever
    18,100       537,389  
 
             
 
            3,202,169  
 
             
 
               
ENERGY — 11.6%
               
BP ADR
    18,250       745,148  
Chevron
    12,200       1,007,842  
EOG Resources
    8,375       801,655  
Exxon Mobil
    8,850       588,259  
National Oilwell Varco
    10,300       553,728  
Noble
    17,300       597,369  
Occidental Petroleum
    12,900       1,014,327  
 
             
 
            5,308,328  
 
             
 
               
FINANCIALS — 13.3%
               
Ameriprise Financial
    11,400       589,266  
Annaly Capital Management
    24,100       426,811  
CB Richard Ellis Group, Cl A*
    34,000       623,900  
Chubb
    15,300       887,706  
Comerica
    16,900       604,682  
Goldman Sachs Group
    3,100       498,945  
JPMorgan Chase
    25,350       953,920  
Prudential Financial
    14,200       746,636  
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

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  OCTOBER 31, 2010
COMMON STOCK — continued
                 
    Shares     Value  
FINANCIALS — continued
               
Wells Fargo
    9,850     $ 256,888  
Willis Group Holdings
    15,500       492,900  
 
             
 
            6,081,654  
 
             
 
               
HEALTH CARE — 10.9%
               
Abbott Laboratories
    14,000       718,480  
Amgen*
    7,900       451,801  
Baxter International
    14,600       743,140  
Johnson & Johnson
    6,700       426,589  
Merck
    24,800       899,744  
Pfizer
    25,800       448,920  
UnitedHealth Group
    21,400       771,470  
WellPoint*
    9,500       516,230  
 
             
 
            4,976,374  
 
             
 
               
INDUSTRIALS — 16.9%
               
Cummins
    7,000       616,700  
Deere
    8,250       633,600  
Foster Wheeler*
    31,400       735,388  
General Dynamics
    6,400       435,968  
General Electric
    81,800       1,310,436  
ITT
    17,800       839,982  
L-3 Communications Holdings
    7,700       555,863  
Norfolk Southern
    13,000       799,370  
Rockwell Collins
    10,150       614,176  
Siemens ADR
    10,250       1,171,678  
 
             
 
            7,713,161  
 
             
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY — 17.9%
               
Cisco Systems*
    61,950       1,414,319  
Corning
    37,000       676,360  
EMC*
    36,700       771,067  
Hewlett-Packard
    16,400       689,784  
Intel
    30,300       608,121  
International Business Machines
    10,000       1,436,000  
Marvell Technology Group*
    26,300       507,853  
Nintendo ADR
    15,800       507,970  
Oracle
    36,750       1,080,450  
Symantec*
    29,050       470,029  
 
             
 
            8,161,953  
 
             
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

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  OCTOBER 31, 2010
COMMON STOCK — continued
                 
    Shares/Face        
    Amount     Value  
MATERIALS — 4.4%
               
Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold
    5,950     $ 563,346  
International Paper
    18,350       463,888  
Monsanto
    8,450       502,099  
United States Steel
    11,300       483,527  
 
             
 
            2,012,860  
 
             
 
               
TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES — 3.1%
               
AT&T
    30,750       876,375  
BCE
    16,400       549,564  
 
             
 
            1,425,939  
 
             
 
               
UTILITIES — 2.8%
               
CenterPoint Energy
    36,700       607,752  
Dominion Resources
    14,800       643,208  
 
             
 
            1,250,960  
 
             
TOTAL COMMON STOCK
(Cost $42,238,018)
            45,423,856  
 
             
 
               
REPURCHASE AGREEMENT — 0.6%
               
Morgan Stanley
0.110%, dated 10/29/10, to be repurchased on 11/01/10, repurchase price $270,514 (collateralized by a U.S. Treasury Bond, par value $220,196, 2.00%, 01/15/26, with a total market value of $275,923)
(Cost $270,512)
  $ 270,512       270,512  
 
             
TOTAL INVESTMENTS — 100.1%
(Cost $42,508,530)
          $ 45,694,368  
 
             
 
Percentages are based on Net Assets of $45,657,572.
 
*   Non-income producing security.
 
ADR —   American Depositary Receipt
 
Cl —   Class
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

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The following is a summary of the inputs used as of October 31, 2010 in valuing the Portfolio’s investments carried at fair value:
                                 
Investments in Securities   Level 1     Level 2     Level 3     Total  
Common Stock
  $ 45,423,856     $     $     $ 45,423,856  
Repurchase Agreement
          270,512             270,512  
 
                       
Total Investments in Securities
  $ 45,423,856     $ 270,512     $     $ 45,694,368  
 
                       
For the year ended October 31, 2010, there have been no significant transfers between Level 1 and Level 2 assets and liabilities. For the year ended October 31, 2010, there were no Level 3 securities.
For more information on valuation inputs, see Note 2 in Notes to Financial Statements.
At October 31, 2010, sector diversification of the Portfolio was as follows (Unaudited):
                 
    % of        
Sector Diversification   Net Assets     Value  
Common Stock
               
Information Technology
    17.9 %   $ 8,161,953  
Industrials
    16.9       7,713,161  
Financials
    13.3       6,081,654  
Consumer Discretionary
    11.6       5,290,458  
Energy
    11.6       5,308,328  
Health Care
    10.9       4,976,374  
Consumer Staples
    7.0       3,202,169  
Materials
    4.4       2,012,860  
Telecommunication Services
    3.1       1,425,939  
Utilities
    2.8       1,250,960  
 
           
Total Common Stock
    99.5       45,423,856  
Repurchase Agreement
    0.6       270,512  
 
           
Total Investments
    100.1       45,694,368  
Total Other Assets and Liabilities
    (0.1 )     (36,796 )
 
           
Net Assets
    100.0 %   $ 45,657,572  
 
           
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS
CORPORATE OBLIGATIONS — 55.9%
                 
    Face        
    Amount     Value  
CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY — 5.0%
               
Cooper Tire & Rubber
               
8.000%, 12/15/19
  $ 400,000     $ 415,000  
Goodyear Tire & Rubber
               
8.250%, 08/15/20
    375,000       399,375  
Macy’s Retail Holdings
               
7.600%, 06/01/25
    500,000       506,250  
NetFlix
               
8.500%, 11/15/17
    650,000       728,000  
Wal-Mart Stores
               
6.200%, 04/15/38
    865,000       999,061  
 
             
 
            3,047,686  
 
             
 
               
CONSUMER STAPLES — 0.7%
               
Dean Foods
               
7.000%, 06/01/16
    400,000       400,000  
 
             
 
            400,000  
 
             
 
               
ENERGY — 2.5%
               
McMoRan Exploration
               
11.875%, 11/15/14
    415,000       462,725  
Noble Holding International
               
4.900%, 08/01/20
    275,000       302,865  
Overseas Shipholding Group
               
8.125%, 03/30/18
    700,000       726,250  
 
             
 
            1,491,840  
 
             
 
               
FINANCIALS — 24.4%
               
Aflac
               
8.500%, 05/15/19
    525,000       672,180  
Ameriprise Financial
               
7.300%, 06/28/19
    450,000       555,584  
Bank of America
               
6.250%, 04/15/12
    615,000       654,322  
BB&T MTN
               
3.850%, 07/27/12
    850,000       891,914  
BlackRock
               
6.250%, 09/15/17
    550,000       648,254  
Capital One Capital V
               
10.250%, 08/15/39
    500,000       542,500  
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

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  OCTOBER 31, 2010
CORPORATE OBLIGATIONS — continued
                 
    Face        
    Amount     Value  
FINANCIALS — continued
               
CB Richard Ellis Services
               
11.625%, 06/15/17
  $ 300,000     $ 349,500  
General Electric Capital MTN
               
6.875%, 01/10/39
    440,000       505,901  
Genworth Financial
               
8.625%, 12/15/16
    785,000       872,503  
Goldman Sachs Capital II
               
5.793%, 12/29/49 (A)
    500,000       429,375  
Goldman Sachs Group MTN
               
3.625%, 08/01/12
    600,000       625,231  
Goldman Sachs Group
               
0.604%, 02/06/12 (A)
    452,000       450,310  
Health Care REIT
               
6.000%, 11/15/13 (B)
    800,000       880,677  
JPMorgan Chase
               
4.400%, 07/22/20
    1,180,000       1,200,750  
KeyBank
               
7.000%, 02/01/11
    890,000       902,317  
Markel
               
7.125%, 09/30/19
    915,000       1,046,697  
Merrill Lynch MTN
               
5.770%, 07/25/11
    800,000       829,680  
National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance
               
10.375%, 11/01/18
    540,000       770,636  
Omega Healthcare Investors
               
7.000%, 01/15/16 (B)
    425,000       439,875  
Raymond James Financial
               
8.600%, 08/15/19
    240,000       290,052  
Torchmark
               
9.250%, 06/15/19
    710,000       901,921  
Wachovia MTN
               
0.447%, 03/01/12 (A)
    400,000       398,958  
 
             
 
            14,859,137  
 
             
 
               
HEALTH CARE — 3.7%
               
Abbott Laboratories
               
5.300%, 05/27/40
    405,000       426,875  
Allergan
               
3.375%, 09/15/20
    540,000       537,517  
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

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  OCTOBER 31, 2010
CORPORATE OBLIGATIONS — continued
                 
    Face        
    Amount     Value  
HEALTH CARE — continued
               
Celgene
               
2.450%, 10/15/15
  $ 565,000     $ 567,882  
Health Net
               
6.375%, 06/01/17
    175,000       173,250  
Omnicare
               
7.750%, 06/01/20
    525,000       547,969  
 
             
 
            2,253,493  
 
             
 
               
INDUSTRIALS — 7.0%
               
Alliant Techsystems
               
6.750%, 04/01/16
    500,000       518,750  
CHS/Community Health Systems
               
8.875%, 07/15/15
    500,000       535,000  
Ingersoll-Rand Global Holding
               
9.500%, 04/15/14
    630,000       780,706  
Neenah Paper
               
7.375%, 11/15/14
    275,000       278,437  
Oshkosh
               
8.250%, 03/01/17
    700,000       764,750  
SPX
               
6.875%, 09/01/17 (C)
    250,000       272,500  
Triumph Group
               
8.000%, 11/15/17
    375,000       387,188  
Willis North America
               
6.200%, 03/28/17
    684,000       732,550  
 
             
 
            4,269,881  
 
             
 
               
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY — 6.3%
               
Cisco Systems
               
5.500%, 01/15/40
    800,000       854,604  
Corning
               
5.750%, 08/15/40
    500,000       505,664  
eBay
               
3.250%, 10/15/20
    325,000       320,272  
Microsoft
               
4.500%, 10/01/40
    580,000       554,268  
Oracle
               
5.375%, 07/15/40 (C)
    850,000       888,171  
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

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  OCTOBER 31, 2010
CORPORATE OBLIGATIONS — continued
                 
    Face        
    Amount     Value  
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY — continued
               
Unisys
               
12.500%, 01/15/16
  $ 400,000     $ 448,000  
Xerox Capital Trust I
               
8.000%, 02/01/27
    250,000       256,440  
 
             
 
            3,827,419  
 
             
 
               
MATERIALS — 1.2%
               
Allegheny Technologies
               
9.375%, 06/01/19
    250,000       300,140  
Greif
               
7.750%, 08/01/19
    400,000       436,000  
 
             
 
            736,140  
 
             
 
               
TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES — 3.5%
               
AT&T
               
2.500%, 08/15/15
    875,000       900,018  
Valassis Communications
               
8.250%, 03/01/15
    733,000       770,566  
Windstream
               
8.625%, 08/01/16
    425,000       451,563  
 
             
 
            2,122,147  
 
             
 
               
UTILITIES — 1.6%
               
Georgia Power
               
5.400%, 06/01/40
    300,000       309,135  
NRG Energy
               
8.500%, 06/15/19
    620,000       663,400  
 
             
 
            972,535  
 
             
TOTAL CORPORATE OBLIGATIONS
(Cost $32,166,033)
            33,980,278  
 
             
U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCY MORTGAGE-BACKED OBLIGATIONS — 22.8%
 
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation Gold
               
6.500%, 12/01/32
    132,075       148,824  
6.000%, 01/01/28
    288,597       314,049  
6.000%, 07/01/33
    130,165       144,413  
6.000%, 10/01/35
    373,576       408,866  
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

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  OCTOBER 31, 2010
U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCY MORTGAGE-BACKED OBLIGATIONS — continued
                 
    Face        
    Amount/Shares     Value  
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation Gold — continued
               
4.500%, 09/01/39
  $ 657,278     $ 688,954  
4.500%, 11/01/39
    1,361,575       1,427,192  
Federal National Mortgage Association
               
6.000%, 04/01/24
    640,414       698,537  
5.500%, 01/01/36
    969,086       1,047,903  
5.500%, 07/01/36
    320,852       345,546  
5.000%, 11/01/23
    920,612       981,633  
5.000%, 08/01/33
    422,696       452,700  
5.000%, 11/01/33
    395,513       423,586  
5.000%, 10/01/35
    1,311,957       1,401,802  
4.500%, 05/01/23
    303,939       322,332  
4.500%, 09/01/35
    1,045,736       1,104,629  
4.500%, 04/01/39
    1,393,507       1,464,365  
4.500%, 01/01/40
    1,475,494       1,550,521  
Government National Mortgage Association
               
6.000%, 11/15/31
    125,854       139,614  
6.000%, 07/15/35
    738,595       813,130  
 
             
TOTAL U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCY MORTGAGE-BACKED OBLIGATIONS
(Cost $13,329,646)
            13,878,596  
 
             
 
               
PREFERRED STOCK — 8.3%
               
 
FINANCIALS — 7.3%
               
Aegon, 7.250%
    25,000       619,250  
Allianz, 8.375%
    40,000       1,071,252  
Ameriprise Financial, 7.750%
    17,400       473,628  
Apartment Investment & Management, 8.000% (B)
    3,720       95,046  
Apartment Investment & Management, 7.750% (B)
    3,700       94,128  
Aspen Insurance Holdings, 7.401%
    25,000       606,250  
Bank of America, 8.625%
    25,000       642,500  
Federal Home Loan Mortgage, Ser Z, 8.375%*
    35,000       18,550  
Public Storage, 7.250% (B)
    18,000       454,140  
Public Storage, Ser H, 6.950% (B)
    12,000       301,200  
Vornado Realty, 7.875% (B)
    3,000       80,640  
 
             
 
            4,456,584  
 
             
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

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  OCTOBER 31, 2010
PREFERRED STOCK — continued
                 
    Face        
    Amount/Shares     Value  
UTILITIES — 1.0%
               
Dominion Resources, 8.375%
    20,000     $ 580,000  
 
             
TOTAL PREFERRED STOCK
(Cost $5,665,235)
            5,036,584  
 
             
 
               
U.S. TREASURY OBLIGATIONS — 4.7%
               
 
U.S. Treasury Bond
               
5.250%, 02/15/29
  $ 700,000       857,282  
4.250%, 05/15/39
    310,000       323,563  
U.S. Treasury Notes
               
2.500%, 06/30/17
    850,000       887,187  
2.375%, 03/31/16
    750,000       790,371  
 
             
TOTAL U.S. TREASURY OBLIGATIONS
(Cost $2,805,519)
            2,858,403  
 
             
 
               
OTHER MORTGAGE-BACKED OBLIGATION — 1.1%
               
Banc of America Commercial Mortgage, Ser 4, Cl A3A
               
5.600%, 07/10/46
(Cost $620,228)
    620,000       656,984  
 
             
 
               
REPURCHASE AGREEMENT — 6.2%
               
Morgan Stanley
0.110%, dated 10/29/10, to be repurchased on 11/01/10, repurchase price $3,794,343 (collateralized by a U.S. Treasury Bond, par value $3,088,558, 2.00%, 01/15/26, with a total market value of $ 3,870,203)
(Cost $3,794,308)
    3,794,308       3,794,308  
 
             
 
               
TOTAL INVESTMENTS — 99.0%
(Cost $58,380,969)
          $ 60,205,153  
 
             
 
Percentages are based on Net Assets of $60,786,149.
 
*   Non-income producing security.
 
(A)   Variable rate security — Rate disclosed is the rate in effect on October 31, 2010.
 
(B)   Real Estate Investment Trust
 
(C)   Securities exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration normally to qualified institutions. The value of these liquid securities amounted to $1,160,671 and represented 1.9% of the net assets of the Portfolio.
 
Cl —   Class
 
MTN —   Medium Term Note
 
Ser —   Series
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

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The following is a summary of the inputs used as of October 31, 2010 in valuing the Portfolio’s investments carried at fair value:
                                 
Investments in Securities   Level 1     Level 2     Level 3     Total  
Corporate Obligations
  $     $ 33,980,278     $     $ 33,980,278  
U.S. Government Agency Mortgage-Backed Obligations
          13,878,596             13,878,596  
Preferred Stock
    5,036,584                   5,036,584  
U.S. Treasury Obligations
          2,858,403             2,858,403  
Other Mortgage-Backed Obligation
          656,984             656,984  
Repurchase Agreement
          3,794,308             3,794,308  
 
                       
Total Investments in Securities
  $ 5,036,584     $ 55,168,569     $     $ 60,205,153  
 
                       
For the year ended October 31, 2010, there have been no significant transfers between Level 1 and Level 2 assets and liabilities. For the year ended October 31, 2010, there were no Level 3 securities.
For more information on valuation inputs, see Note 2 in Notes to Financial Statements.
At October 31, 2010, sector diversification of the Portfolio was as follows (Unaudited):
                 
    % of        
Sector Diversification   Net Assets     Value  
Corporate Obligations
               
Financials
    24.4 %   $ 14,859,137  
Industrials
    7.0       4,269,881  
Information Technology
    6.3       3,827,419  
Consumer Discretionary
    5.0       3,047,686  
Health Care
    3.7       2,253,493  
Telecommunication Services
    3.5       2,122,147  
Energy
    2.5       1,491,840  
Utilities
    1.6       972,535  
Materials
    1.2       736,140  
Consumer Staples
    0.7       400,000  
 
           
Total Corporate Obligations
    55.9       33,980,278  
 
           
U.S. Government Agency Mortgage-Backed Obligations
    22.8       13,878,596  
Preferred Stock
    8.3       5,036,584  
Repurchase Agreement
    6.2       3,794,308  
U.S. Treasury Obligations
    4.7       2,858,403  
Other Mortgage-Backed Obligation
    1.1       656,984  
 
           
Total Investments
    99.0       60,205,153  
Total Other Assets and Liabilities
    1.0       580,996  
 
           
Net Assets
    100.0 %   $ 60,786,149  
 
           
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS
COMMON STOCK — 99.6%
                 
    Shares     Value  
AUSTRALIA — 2.1%
               
APA Group
    180,000     $ 688,100  
Computershare
    91,300       905,661  
 
             
 
            1,593,761  
 
             
 
               
AUSTRIA — 0.5%
               
EVN
    24,704       391,773  
 
             
 
               
BELGIUM — 0.9%
               
Anheuser-Busch InBev
    10,500       657,235  
 
             
 
               
BRAZIL — 3.3%
               
Cia de Saneamento Basico do Estado de Sao Paulo ADR
    20,000       919,200  
Cosan, Cl A
    74,500       979,675  
Redecard
    45,000       583,238  
 
             
 
            2,482,113  
 
             
 
               
DENMARK — 0.8%
               
Carlsberg, Cl B
    5,600       611,697  
 
             
 
               
FINLAND — 2.6%
               
Fortum
    27,200       770,090  
Sampo, Cl A
    28,178       788,379  
Stora Enso, Cl R
    39,400       390,999  
 
             
 
            1,949,468  
 
             
 
               
FRANCE — 7.0%
               
AXA
    38,783       705,067  
Bouygues
    23,200       1,021,054  
Euler Hermes*
    8,000       752,210  
Sanofi-Aventis
    17,000       1,185,662  
Societe Generale
    9,600       574,081  
Vivendi
    35,000       997,005  
 
             
 
            5,235,079  
 
             
 
               
GERMANY — 9.7%
               
Adidas
    10,000       651,443  
Allianz
    9,400       1,176,372  
Bayer
    10,000       745,260  
E.ON ADR
    29,425       919,237  
HeidelbergCement
    16,000       835,826  
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

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  OCTOBER 31, 2010
COMMON STOCK — continued
                 
    Shares     Value  
GERMANY — continued
               
Hochtief
    12,300     $ 1,064,206  
Linde
    4,000       575,138  
Siemens
    11,900       1,357,581  
 
             
 
            7,325,063  
 
             
 
               
GREECE — 1.1%
               
OPAP
    42,336       797,316  
 
             
 
               
HONG KONG — 1.7%
               
First Pacific
    1,380,200       1,276,529  
 
             
 
               
ITALY — 1.4%
               
Telecom Italia
    885,000       1,082,448  
 
             
 
               
JAPAN — 18.4%
               
Air Water
    123,500       1,439,683  
Aisin Seiki
    30,000       941,155  
Daito Trust Construction
    19,900       1,200,670  
East Japan Railway
    15,000       926,443  
Elpida Memory*
    48,000       491,620  
Fukuoka Financial Group
    186,000       722,756  
Hitachi
    385,000       1,739,789  
Japan Petroleum Exploration
    15,500       591,713  
Jupiter Telecommunications
    561       606,618  
Kintetsu World Express
    41,000       952,849  
Komatsu
    42,000       1,028,231  
Mitsubishi
    58,800       1,412,514  
Nintendo
    2,600       672,998  
Nippon Telegraph & Telephone
    25,000       1,134,389  
 
             
 
            13,861,428  
 
             
 
               
MEXICO — 1.1%
               
Grupo Mexico
    250,000       824,083  
 
             
 
               
NETHERLANDS — 7.5%
               
BinckBank
    74,846       1,323,235  
European Aeronautic Defence and Space*
    45,000       1,181,166  
Royal Dutch Shell, Cl A
    62,000       2,008,282  
Wolters Kluwer
    49,700       1,129,074  
 
             
 
            5,641,757  
 
             
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

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COMMON STOCK — continued
                 
    Shares     Value  
SINGAPORE — 4.8%
               
Flextronics*
    181,500     $ 1,299,540  
Fraser and Neave
    200,000       964,265  
SIA Engineering
    390,000       1,307,784  
 
             
 
            3,571,589  
 
             
 
               
SOUTH KOREA — 1.9%
               
LG Telecom
    108,000       700,644  
SK Telecom
    5,000       757,609  
 
             
 
            1,458,253  
 
             
 
               
SPAIN — 0.8%
               
Viscofan
    16,900       587,934  
 
             
 
               
SWEDEN — 1.9%
               
Investor, Ser B, Cl B
    68,600       1,402,756  
 
             
 
               
SWITZERLAND — 11.4%
               
Bank Sarasin & Cie
    8,505       311,317  
Credit Suisse Group
    22,200       917,570  
GAM Holding*
    71,000       1,122,572  
Julius Baer Group
    28,056       1,184,999  
Nestle
    24,500       1,342,705  
Noble
    23,800       821,814  
Novartis
    33,000       1,914,235  
Zurich Financial Services
    4,000       979,766  
 
             
 
            8,594,978  
 
             
 
               
THAILAND — 1.2%
               
Bangkok Bank NVDR
    184,000       914,476  
 
             
 
               
UNITED KINGDOM — 16.6%
               
Afren*
    400,000       828,177  
Barclays
    210,000       921,963  
BHP Billiton ADR
    17,300       1,224,840  
BP ADR
    17,600       718,608  
Carnival
    22,000       946,168  
Diageo ADR
    14,925       1,104,450  
HSBC Holdings
    123,924       1,287,628  
Johnson Matthey
    26,000       795,626  
Tesco
    121,000       825,761  
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

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  OCTOBER 31, 2010
COMMON STOCK — continued
                 
    Shares/Number        
    of Rights/        
    Face Amount     Value  
UNITED KINGDOM — continued
               
Unilever
    33,000     $ 949,158  
Vodafone Group
    757,000       2,055,678  
Willis Group Holdings
    27,000       858,600  
 
             
 
            12,516,657  
 
             
 
               
UNITED STATES — 2.9%
               
Coca-Cola Enterprises
    44,000       1,056,440  
Philip Morris International
    19,500       1,140,750  
 
             
 
            2,197,190  
 
             
 
               
TOTAL COMMON STOCK
(Cost $67,893,428)
            74,973,583  
 
             
 
               
RIGHTS — 0.0%
               
 
AUSTRIA — 0.0%
               
EVN, Expires November 2010*
(Cost $—)
    24,704       1,408  
 
             
 
               
REPURCHASE AGREEMENT — 0.3%
               
Morgan Stanley
0.110%, dated 10/29/10, to be repurchased on 11/01/10, repurchase price $193,785 (collateralized by a U.S. Treasury Bond, par value $157,739, 2.00%, 01/15/26, with a total market value of $197,659)
(Cost $193,783)
  $ 193,783       193,783  
 
             
 
               
TOTAL INVESTMENTS — 99.9%
(Cost $68,087,211)
          $ 75,168,774  
 
             
 
Percentages are based on Net Assets of $75,271,127.
 
*   Non-income producing security.
 
ADR —   American Depositary Receipt
 
Cl —   Class
 
NVDR —   Non-Voting Depositary Receipt
 
Ser —   Series
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

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  OCTOBER 31, 2010
The following is a summary of the inputs used as of October 31, 2010 in valuing the Portfolio’s investments carried at fair value:
                                 
Investments in Securities   Level 1     Level 2     Level 3     Total  
Common Stock
  $ 74,973,583     $     $     $ 74,973,583  
Rights
    1,408                   1,408  
Repurchase Agreement
          193,783             193,783  
 
                       
Total Investments in Securities
  $ 74,974,991     $ 193,783     $     $ 75,168,774  
 
                       
Of the Level 1 investments presented above, equity investments amounting to $37,992,300 were considered level 2 investments at the beginning of the period. The primary reason for changes in the classifications between levels 1 and 2 occurs when foreign equity securities are fair valued using other observable market-based inputs in place of the closing exchange price due to events occurring after the close of the exchange or market on which the investment is principally traded. The Portfolio’s foreign equity securities may often be valued at an adjusted fair value amount. For the year ended October 31, 2010, there were no Level 3 securities.
For more information on valuation inputs, see Note 2 in Notes to Financial Statements.
At October 31, 2010, sector diversification of the Portfolio was as follows (Unaudited):
                 
    % of        
Sector Diversification   Net Assets     Value  
Common Stock
               
Financials
    24.4 %   $ 18,420,946  
Industrials
    13.5       10,195,039  
Consumer Staples
    12.3       9,255,805  
Telecommunication Services
    9.0       6,751,822  
Consumer Discretionary
    8.1       6,068,779  
Materials
    8.1       6,086,195  
Information Technology
    7.6       5,692,846  
Energy
    6.6       4,968,594  
Health Care
    5.1       3,845,157  
Utilities
    4.9       3,688,400  
 
           
Total Common Stock
    99.6       74,973,583  
Rights
    0.0       1,408  
Repurchase Agreement
    0.3       193,783  
 
           
Total Investments
    99.9       75,168,774  
Total Other Assets and Liabilities
    0.1       102,353  
 
           
Net Assets
    100.0 %   $ 75,271,127  
 
           
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

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  OCTOBER 31, 2010
STATEMENTS OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES
                         
            Fixed     International  
    Equity     Income     Equity  
    Portfolio     Portfolio     Portfolio  
Assets:
                       
Investments at Value (Cost $42,508,530, $58,380,969 and $68,087,211, respectively)
  $ 45,694,368     $ 60,205,153     $ 75,168,774  
Cash
    1,267              
Dividends and Interest Receivable
    31,127       662,809       145,999  
Foreign Tax Reclaim Receivable
                78,857  
Receivable for Investment Securities Sold
                327,930  
Receivable due from Investment Adviser
          14,166        
Prepaid Expenses
    11,136       11,811       11,767  
 
                 
Total Assets
    45,737,898       60,893,939       75,733,327  
 
                 
 
                       
Liabilities:
                       
Payable for Capital Shares Redeemed
    5,000       10,576        
Payable for Investment Securities Purchased
                301,364  
Payable due to Investment Adviser
    28,815       23,197       41,198  
Payable due to Administrator
    7,447       9,992       12,286  
Payable for Trustees’ Fees
    1,561       2,152       2,526  
Chief Compliance Officer Fees Payable
    1,255       1,730       2,031  
Payable for Income Distributions
          16,170        
Accrued Foreign Capital Gains Tax on Appreciated Securities
                50,485  
Other Accrued Expenses
    36,248       43,973       52,310  
 
                 
Total Liabilities
    80,326       107,790       462,200  
 
                 
Net Assets
  $ 45,657,572     $ 60,786,149     $ 75,271,127  
 
                 
 
                       
NET ASSETS:
                       
Paid-in Capital
  $ 49,311,301     $ 57,888,121     $ 71,830,259  
Undistributed Net Investment Income
    18,798       79,937       952,737  
Accumulated Net Realized Gain (Loss) on Investments
    (6,858,365 )     993,907       (4,551,899 )
Net Unrealized Appreciation on Investments
    3,185,838       1,824,184       7,081,563  
Net Unrealized Appreciation on Foreign Currency Transactions
                8,952  
Accumulated Foreign Capital Gains Tax on Appreciated Securities
                (50,485 )
 
                 
Net Assets
  $ 45,657,572     $ 60,786,149     $ 75,271,127  
 
                 
Institutional Shares:
                       
Outstanding Shares of Beneficial Interest (unlimited authorization — no par value)
    4,560,107       5,731,641       5,389,036  
 
                 
Net Asset Value, per Share
  $ 10.01     $ 10.61     $ 13.97  
 
                 
Amounts designated as “—” are either $0 or have been rounded to $0.
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

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  FOR THE YEAR ENDED
 
  OCTOBER 31, 2010
STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
                         
            Fixed     International  
    Equity     Income     Equity  
    Portfolio     Portfolio     Portfolio  
Investment Income:
                       
Dividends
  $ 856,422     $ 312,626     $ 2,305,390  
Interest
    687       2,718,055       959  
Less: Foreign Taxes Withheld
    (10,306 )           (159,597 )
 
                 
Total Income
    846,803       3,030,681       2,146,752  
 
                 
Expenses:
                       
Investment Advisory Fees
    338,777       253,501       572,355  
Administration Fees
    93,683       116,893       139,423  
Trustees’ Fees
    6,767       8,376       10,040  
Chief Compliance Officer Fees
    4,333       5,279       6,414  
Transfer Agent Fees
    45,091       49,369       54,093  
Shareholder Servicing Fees
    24,616       29,321       43,354  
Audit Fees
    19,157       19,395       19,668  
Filing and Registration Fees
    17,415       18,106       18,174  
Legal Fees
    15,590       19,672       23,044  
Printing Fees
    10,862       12,913       16,078  
Custodian Fees
    5,000       5,000       29,735  
Other Expenses
    8,145       25,130       29,760  
 
                 
Total Expenses
    589,436       562,955       962,138  
 
                 
Less:
                       
Waiver of Investment Advisory Fees
          (140,431 )      
Fees Paid Indirectly — Note 4
    (32 )     (21 )     (40 )
 
                 
Net Expenses
    589,404       422,503       962,098  
 
                 
Net Investment Income
    257,399       2,608,178       1,184,654  
 
                 
Net Realized Gain (Loss) on:
                       
Investments
    1,072,760       1,603,191       2,345,775  
Foreign Currency Transactions
                (216,465 )
 
                 
Net Realized Gain on Investments and Foreign Currency Transactions
    1,072,760       1,603,191       2,129,310  
 
                 
Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on:
                       
Investments
    3,852,610       1,741,023       5,687,410  
Foreign Currency Transactions
                1,478  
Foreign Capital Gains Tax on Appreciated Securities
                (45,916 )
 
                 
Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)
    3,852,610       1,741,023       5,642,972  
 
                 
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain on Investments and Foreign Currency
    4,925,370       3,344,214       7,772,282  
 
                 
Net Increase in Net Assets Resulting from Operations
  $ 5,182,769     $ 5,952,392     $ 8,956,936  
 
                 
Amounts designated as “—” are $0 or have been rounded to $0.
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

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STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS
                 
    Year Ended     Year Ended  
    October 31,     October 31,  
    2010     2009  
Operations:
               
Net Investment Income
  $ 257,399     $ 408,442  
Net Realized Gain (Loss) on Investments
    1,072,760       (6,558,894 )
Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation on Investments
    3,852,610       8,584,478  
 
           
Net Increase in Net Assets Resulting from Operations
    5,182,769       2,434,026  
 
           
 
               
Dividends and Distributions:
               
Net Investment Income
    (275,050 )     (388,381 )
 
           
Total Dividends and Distributions
    (275,050 )     (388,381 )
 
           
 
               
Capital Share Transactions:
               
Issued
    3,538,459       5,164,833  
Reinvestment of Distributions
    267,942       376,756  
Redeemed
    (6,283,344 )     (3,558,396 )
 
           
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets from Capital Share Transactions
    (2,476,943 )     1,983,193  
 
           
Total Increase in Net Assets
    2,430,776       4,028,838  
 
           
 
               
Net Assets:
               
Beginning of Year
    43,226,796       39,197,958  
 
           
End of Year (including undistributed net investment income of $18,798 and $20,061, respectively)
  $ 45,657,572     $ 43,226,796  
 
           
 
               
Share Transactions:
               
Issued
    372,619       640,786  
Reinvestment of Distributions
    27,778       47,718  
Redeemed
    (657,759 )     (441,206 )
 
           
Net Increase (Decrease) in Shares Outstanding from Share Transactions
    (257,362 )     247,298  
 
           
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

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STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS
                 
    Year Ended     Year Ended  
    October 31,     October 31,  
    2010     2009  
Operations:
               
Net Investment Income
  $ 2,608,178     $ 2,384,119  
Net Realized Gain on Investments
    1,603,191       639,208  
Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation on Investments
    1,741,023       6,532,626  
 
           
Net Increase in Net Assets Resulting from Operations
    5,952,392       9,555,953  
 
           
 
               
Dividends and Distributions:
               
Net Investment Income
    (2,630,894 )     (2,396,568 )
 
           
Total Dividends and Distributions
    (2,630,894 )     (2,396,568 )
 
           
 
               
Capital Share Transactions:
               
Issued
    8,975,642       3,574,445  
Reinvestment of Distributions
    2,442,289       2,213,471  
Redeemed
    (6,297,103 )     (4,658,537 )
 
           
Net Increase in Net Assets from Capital Share Transactions
    5,120,828       1,129,379  
 
           
Total Increase in Net Assets
    8,442,326       8,288,764  
 
           
 
               
Net Assets:
               
Beginning of Year
    52,343,823       44,055,059  
 
           
End of Year (including undistributed net investment income of $79,937 and $25,807, respectively)
  $ 60,786,149     $ 52,343,823  
 
           
 
               
Share Transactions:
               
Issued
    876,891       379,550  
Reinvestment of Distributions
    237,319       235,338  
Redeemed
    (614,416 )     (504,183 )
 
           
Net Increase in Shares Outstanding from Share Transactions
    499,794       110,705  
 
           
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

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STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS
                 
    Year Ended     Year Ended  
    October 31,     October 31,  
    2010     2009  
Operations:
               
Net Investment Income
  $ 1,184,654     $ 995,418  
Net Realized Gain (Loss) on Investments and Foreign Currency Transactions
    2,129,310       (5,461,786 )
Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation on Investments, Foreign Currency Transactions and Foreign Capital Gains Tax on Appreciated Securities
    5,642,972       18,728,611  
 
           
Net Increase in Net Assets Resulting from Operations
    8,956,936       14,262,243  
 
           
 
               
Dividends and Distributions:
               
Net Investment Income
    (844,284 )     (954,010 )
 
           
Total Dividends and Distributions
    (844,284 )     (954,010 )
 
           
 
               
Capital Share Transactions:
               
Issued
    15,235,676       5,840,118  
Reinvestment of Distributions
    815,682       915,590  
Redemption Fees — Note 2
    3,878        
Redeemed
    (13,496,451 )     (6,993,309 )
 
           
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets from Capital Share Transactions
    2,558,785       (237,601 )
 
           
Total Increase in Net Assets
    10,671,437       13,070,632  
 
           
 
               
Net Assets:
               
Beginning of Year
    64,599,690       51,529,058  
 
           
End of Year (including undistributed net investment income of $952,737 and $828,832, respectively)
  $ 75,271,127     $ 64,599,690  
 
           
 
               
Share Transactions:
               
Issued
    1,217,205       557,134  
Reinvestment of Distributions
    63,576       91,013  
Redeemed
    (1,039,297 )     (684,027 )
 
           
Net Increase (Decrease) in Shares Outstanding from Share Transactions
    241,484       (35,880 )
 
           
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

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FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
Selected Per Share Data & Ratios
For a Share Outstanding Throughout Each Year
                                         
    Years Ended October 31,  
    2010     2009     2008     2007     2006  
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Year
  $ 8.97     $ 8.58     $ 14.24     $ 14.19     $ 13.16  
 
                             
 
                                       
Income from Operations:
                                       
Net Investment Income (1)
    0.05       0.09       0.12       0.10       0.12  
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)
    1.05       0.38       (4.59 )     1.96       1.54  
 
                             
Total from Operations
    1.10       0.47       (4.47 )     2.06       1.66  
 
                             
Redemption Fees
                           
 
                             
 
                                       
Dividends and Distributions:
                                       
Net Investment Income
    (0.06 )     (0.08 )     (0.12 )     (0.13 )     (0.10 )
Net Realized Gain
                (1.07 )     (1.88 )     (0.53 )
Return of Capital
                           
 
                             
Total Dividends and Distributions
    (0.06 )     (0.08 )     (1.19 )     (2.01 )     (0.63 )
 
                             
Net Asset Value, End of Year
  $ 10.01     $ 8.97     $ 8.58     $ 14.24     $ 14.19  
 
                             
Total Return††
    12.28 %     5.64 %     (34.02 )%     15.91 %     12.99 %
 
                             
 
                                       
Ratios and Supplemental Data:
                                       
Net Assets, End of Year (Thousands)
  $ 45,658     $ 43,227     $ 39,198     $ 55,678     $ 50,490  
Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets (2)
    1.30 %     1.40 %     1.22 %     1.24 %     1.31 %
Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets
    0.57 %     1.08 %     1.00 %     0.76 %     0.88 %
Portfolio Turnover Rate
    34 %     41 %     46 %     52 %     46 %
 
  Amount was less than $0.01 per share.
 
††   Returns shown do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on portfolio distributions or the redemption of portfolio shares.
 
(1)   Per share calculations were performed using average shares for the year.
 
(2)   The Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets excludes the effect of fees paid indirectly. If these expense offsets were included, the ratio would have been 1.30%, 1.40%, 1.22%, 1.23% and 1.31% for the fiscal years ended 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007 and 2006, respectively.
Amounts designated as “—” are either $0 or round to $0.
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

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  TS&W FIXED INCOME PORTFOLIO
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
Selected Per Share Data & Ratios
For a Share Outstanding Throughout Each Year
                                         
    Years Ended October 31,  
    2010     2009     2008     2007     2006  
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Year
  $ 10.00     $ 8.60     $ 9.98     $ 10.01     $ 9.96  
 
                             
 
                                       
Income from Operations:
                                       
Net Investment Income (1)
    0.48       0.47       0.48       0.48       0.45  
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)
    0.61       1.40       (1.37 )     (0.04 )     0.05  
 
                             
Total from Operations
    1.09       1.87       (0.89 )     0.44       0.50  
 
                             
 
                                       
Dividends and Distributions:
                                       
Net Investment Income
    (0.48 )     (0.47 )     (0.49 )     (0.47 )     (0.45 )
 
                             
Total Dividends and Distributions
    (0.48 )     (0.47 )     (0.49 )     (0.47 )     (0.45 )
 
                             
Net Asset Value, End of Year
  $ 10.61     $ 10.00     $ 8.60     $ 9.98     $ 10.01  
 
                             
Total Return†
    11.16 %     22.23 %     (9.35 )%     4.50 %     5.19 %
 
                             
 
                                       
Ratios and Supplemental Data:
                                       
Net Assets, End of Year (Thousands)
  $ 60,786     $ 52,344     $ 44,055     $ 48,420     $ 35,322  
Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets (2)
    0.75 %     0.75 %     0.75 %     0.75 %     0.85 %
Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets (Excluding Waivers)
    1.00 %     1.09 %     0.95 %     1.00 %     1.11 %
Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets
    4.63 %     5.01 %     4.87 %     4.81 %     4.57 %
Portfolio Turnover Rate
    89 %     147 %     103 %     68 %     86 %
 
  Returns shown do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on portfolio distributions or the redemption of portfolio shares. Total return would have been lower had the Adviser not waived a portion of its fees during the period.
 
(1)   Per share calculations were performed using average shares for the year.
 
(2)   The Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets excludes the effect of fees paid indirectly. If these expense offsets were included, the ratio would have been the same as the ratio reported.
Amounts designated as “—” are either $0 or round to $0.
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

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FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
Selected Per Share Data & Ratios
For a Share Outstanding Throughout Each Year
                                         
    Years Ended October 31,  
    2010     2009     2008     2007     2006  
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Year
  $ 12.55     $ 9.94     $ 21.16     $ 19.08     $ 14.83  
 
                             
 
                                       
Income from Operations:
                                       
Net Investment Income (1)
    0.22       0.19       0.26       0.28       0.16  
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)
    1.36       2.61       (8.99 )     4.37       4.17  
 
                             
Total from Operations
    1.58       2.80       (8.73 )     4.65       4.33  
 
                             
Redemption Fees
                       
 
                             
 
                                       
Dividends and Distributions:
                                       
Net Investment Income
    (0.16 )     (0.19 )     (0.20 )     (0.09 )     (0.08 )
Net Realized Gain
                (2.29 )     (2.48 )      
 
                             
Total Dividends and Distributions
    (0.16 )     (0.19 )     (2.49 )     (2.57 )     (0.08 )
 
                             
Net Asset Value, End of Year
  $ 13.97     $ 12.55     $ 9.94     $ 21.16     $ 19.08  
 
                             
Total Return††
    12.73 %     28.58 %     (46.36 )%     26.86 %     29.33 %
 
                             
 
                                       
Ratios and Supplemental Data:
                                       
Net Assets, End of Year (Thousands)
  $ 75,271     $ 64,600     $ 51,529     $ 91,838     $ 70,503  
Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets (2)
    1.43 %     1.67 %     1.53 %     1.55 %     1.61 %
Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets
    1.76 %     1.87 %     1.67 %     1.47 %     0.96 %
Portfolio Turnover Rate
    43 %     42 %     40 %     41 %     74 %
 
  Amount was less than $0.01 per share.
 
††   Returns shown do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on portfolio distributions or the redemption of portfolio shares.
 
(1)   Per share calculations were performed using average shares for the year.
 
(2)   The Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets excludes the effect of fees paid indirectly. If these expense offsets were included, the ratio would have been 1.43%, 1.67%, 1.52%, 1.55% and 1.61% for the fiscal years ended 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007 and 2006, respectively.
Amounts designated as “—” are either $0 or round to $0.
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
1. Organization:
The Advisors’ Inner Circle Fund (the “Trust”) is organized as a Massachusetts business trust under an Amended and Restated Agreement and Declaration of Trust dated February 18, 1997. The Trust is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, as an open-end management investment company with 34 portfolios. The financial statements herein are those of the TS&W Equity Portfolio, TS&W Fixed Income Portfolio and TS&W International Equity Portfolio (the “Portfolios”). The TS&W Equity Portfolio seeks maximum long-term total return consistent with reasonable risk to principal, by investing in a diversified portfolio of common stocks of relatively large companies. The TS&W Fixed Income Portfolio seeks maximum long-term total return consistent with reasonable risk to principal, by investing primarily in investment grade debt securities of varying maturities. The TS&W International Equity Portfolio seeks maximum long-term total return consistent with reasonable risk to principal, by investing in a diversified portfolio of common stocks of primarily non-U.S. issuers. The Portfolios may change their investment objective without shareholder approval. The financial statements of the remaining portfolios in the Trust are presented separately. The assets of each portfolio are segregated, and a shareholder’s interest is limited to the portfolio in which shares are held.
2. Significant Accounting Policies:
The following is a summary of the Significant Accounting Policies followed by the Portfolios.
Use of Estimates — The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of increases and decreases in net assets from operations during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates, and could have a material impact to the Portfolios.
Security Valuation — Securities listed on a securities exchange, market or automated quotation system for which quotations are readily available (except for securities traded on NASDAQ), including securities traded over the counter, are valued at the last quoted sale price on the primary exchange or market (foreign or domestic) on which they are traded, or, if there is no such reported sale, at the most recent quoted bid price. For securities traded on NASDAQ, the NASDAQ Official Closing Price will be used. If available, debt securities are priced based upon valuations provided by

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independent, third-party pricing agents. Such values generally reflect the last reported sales price if the security is actively traded. The third-party pricing agents may also value debt securities at an evaluated bid price by employing methodologies that utilize actual market transactions, broker-supplied valuations, or other methodologies designed to identify the market value for such securities. Debt obligations with remaining maturities of sixty days or less may be valued at their amortized cost, which approximates market value. The prices for foreign securities are reported in local currency and converted to U.S. dollars using currency exchange rates. Prices for most securities held in the Portfolios are provided daily by recognized independent pricing agents. If a security price cannot be obtained from an independent, third-party pricing agent, the Portfolios seek to obtain a bid price from at least one independent broker.
Securities for which market prices are not “readily available” are valued in accordance with Fair Value Procedures established by the Portfolios’ Board of Trustees (the “Board”). The Portfolios’Fair Value Procedures are implemented through a Fair Value Committee (the “Committee”) designated by the Board. Some of the more common reasons that may necessitate that a security be valued using Fair Value Procedures include: the security’s trading has been halted or suspended; the security has been de-listed from a national exchange; the security’s primary trading market is temporarily closed at a time when under normal conditions it would be open; the security has not been traded for an extended period of time; the security’s primary pricing source is not able or willing to provide a price; or trading of the security is subject to local government imposed restrictions. When a security is valued in accordance with the Fair Value Procedures, the Committee will determine the value after taking into consideration relevant information reasonably available to the Committee.
For securities in the TS&W Equity Portfolio and the TS&W International Equity Portfolio that principally trade on a foreign market or exchange, a significant gap in time can exist between the time of a particular security’s last trade and the time at which the Portfolio calculates its net asset value. The closing prices of such securities may no longer reflect their market value at the time the Portfolio calculates net asset value if an event that could materially affect the value of those securities (a “Significant Event”) has occurred between the time of the security’s last close and the time that the Portfolio calculates net asset value. A Significant Event may relate to a single issuer or to an entire market sector. If the Adviser of the TS&W Equity Portfolio and the TS&W International Equity Portfolio becomes aware of a Significant Event that has occurred with respect to a security or group of securities after the closing of the exchange or market on which the security or securities principally trade, but

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before the time at which the TS&W Equity Portfolio and the TS&W International Equity Portfolio calculates its net asset value, it may request that a Committee Meeting be called. In addition, the Portfolios’Administrator monitors price movements among certain selected indices, securities and/or baskets of securities that may be an indicator that the closing prices received earlier from foreign exchanges or markets may not reflect market value at the time the TS&W Equity Portfolio and the TS&W International Equity Portfolio calculates its net asset value. If price movements in a monitored index or security exceed levels established by the administrator, the Administrator notifies the Adviser for the TS&W Equity Portfolio and the TS&W International Equity Portfolio that such limits have been exceeded. In such event, the Adviser makes the determination whether a Committee Meeting should be called based on the information provided.
The TS&W International Equity Portfolio uses Interactive Data Pricing and Reference Data, Inc. (“Interactive Data”) as a third party fair valuation vendor. Interactive Data provides a fair value for foreign securities in the Portfolio based on certain factors and methodologies (involving, generally, tracking valuation correlations between the U.S. market and each non-U.S. security) applied by Interactive Data in the event that there is a movement in the U.S. market that exceeds a specific threshold established by the Committee. The Committee establishes a “confidence interval” which is used to determine the level of correlation between the value of a foreign security and movements in the U.S. market before a particular security is fair valued when the threshold is exceeded. In the event that the threshold established by the Committee is exceeded on a specific day, the Portfolio values its non-U.S. securities that exceed the applicable “confidence interval” based upon the fair values provided by Interactive Data. In such event, it is not necessary to hold a Committee meeting. In the event that the Adviser believes that the fair values provided by Interactive Data are not reliable, the Adviser contacts the Portfolio’s administrator and may request that a meeting of the Committee be held.
If a local market in which the Portfolio owns securities is closed for one or more days, the Portfolio shall value all securities held in that corresponding currency based on the fair value prices provided by Interactive Data using the predetermined confidence interval discussed above.
As of October 31, 2010, there were no securities valued in accordance with fair value procedures.
In accordance with the authoritative guidance on fair value measurements and disclosure under GAAP, the Portfolios disclose the fair value of their investments in a hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure the

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fair value. The objective of a fair value measurement is to determine the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date (an exit price). Accordingly, the fair value hierarchy gives the highest priority to quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3). The three levels of the fair value hierarchy are described below:
Level 1 Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical, unrestricted assets or liabilities that the Portfolios have the ability to access at the measurement date;
Level 2 Other significant observable inputs (includes quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, referenced indices, quoted prices in inactive markets, adjusted quoted prices in active markets, adjusted quoted prices on foreign equity securities that were adjusted in accordance with pricing procedures approved by the Board, etc.); and
Level 3 Prices, inputs or exotic modeling techniques which are both significant to the fair value measurement and unobservable (supported by little or no market activity).
Investments are classified within the level of the lowest significant input considered in determining fair value. Investments classified within Level 3 whose fair value measurement considers several inputs may include Level 1 or Level 2 inputs as components of the overall fair value measurement.
For the year ended October 31, 2010, there have been no significant changes to the Trust’s fair valuation methodology.
Federal Income Taxes — It is the Portfolios’ intention to continue to qualify as regulated investment companies for Federal income tax purposes by complying with the appropriate provisions of Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. Accordingly, no provisions for Federal income taxes have been made in the financial statements.
The Portfolios evaluate tax positions taken or expected to be taken in the course of preparing the Portfolios’ tax returns to determine whether it is “more-likely-than-not” (i.e., greater than 50-percent) that each tax position will be sustained upon examination by a taxing authority based on the technical merits of the position. Tax positions not deemed to meet the more-likely-than-not threshold are recorded as a tax benefit or expense in the current year. The Portfolios did not record any tax

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provision in the current period. However, management’s conclusions regarding tax positions taken may be subject to review and adjustment at a later date based on factors including, but not limited to, examination by tax authorities (i.e., the last 3 tax year ends, as applicable), on-going analysis of and changes to tax laws, regulations and interpretations thereof.
Security Transactions and Investment Income — Security transactions are accounted for on trade date, the date the trade was executed. Costs used in determining realized gains and losses on the sale of investment securities are based on the specific identification method. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date. Interest income is recognized on the accrual basis from settlement date. Discounts and premiums on securities purchased are accreted and amortized using the scientific interest method, which approximates the effective interest method.
Repurchase Agreements — In connection with transactions involving repurchase agreements, a third party custodian bank takes possession of the underlying securities (“collateral”), the value of which exceeds the principal amount of the repurchase transaction, including accrued interest. Such collateral will be cash, debt securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Government, securities that at the time the repurchase agreement is entered into are rated in the highest category by a nationally recognized statistical rating organization (“NRSRO”) or unrated category by an NRSRO, as determined by the Adviser. In the event of default on the obligation to repurchase, the Portfolios have the right to liquidate the collateral and apply the proceeds in satisfaction of the obligation. In the event of default or bankruptcy by the counterparty to the agreement, realization and/or retention of the collateral or proceeds may be subject to legal proceedings.
Foreign Currency Translation — The books and records of the TS&W International Equity Portfolio are maintained in U.S. dollars. Investment securities and other assets and liabilities denominated in a foreign currency are translated into U.S. dollars on the date of valuation. The TS&W International Equity Portfolio does not isolate that portion of realized or unrealized gains and losses resulting from changes in the foreign exchange rate from fluctuations arising from changes in the market prices of the securities. These gains and losses are included in net realized and unrealized gains and losses on investments on the Statement of Operations. Net realized and unrealized gains and losses on foreign currency transactions represent net foreign exchange gains or losses from forward foreign currency exchange contracts, disposition of foreign currencies, currency gains or losses realized between trade and settlement dates on securities transactions and the difference between the amount of the investment income and foreign withholding taxes recorded on the

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TS&W International Equity Portfolio’s books and the U.S. dollar equivalent amounts actually received or paid.
Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts — The Portfolio may enter into forward foreign currency exchange contracts to protect the value of securities held and related receivables and payables against changes in future foreign exchange rates. A forward currency contract is an agreement between two parties to buy and sell currency at a set price on a future date. The market value of the contract will fluctuate with changes in currency exchange rates. The contract is marked-to-market daily using the current forward rate and the change in market value is recorded by the Portfolio as unrealized gain or loss. The Portfolio recognizes realized gains or losses when the contract is closed, equal to the difference between the value of the contract at the time it was opened and the value at the time it was closed. Risks may arise from unanticipated movements in the value of a foreign currency relative to the U.S. dollar. Risks may also arise upon entering into these contracts from the potential inability of counterparties to meet the terms of their contracts and are generally limited to the amount of unrealized gain on the contracts at the date of default. As of October 31, 2010, the Portfolio had no open forward foreign currency contracts.
Expenses — Most expenses of the Trust can be directly attributed to a particular portfolio. Expenses that cannot be directly attributed to a portfolio are apportioned among the portfolios of the Trust based on the number of portfolios and/or relative net assets.
Dividends and Distributions to Shareholders — The TS&W Equity Portfolio distributes substantially all of its net investment income, if any, quarterly. The TS&W Fixed Income Portfolio declares all of its net investment income, if any, daily and distributes it monthly. The TS&W International Equity Portfolio distributes substantially all of its net investment income annually. Any net realized capital gains are distributed at least annually. All distributions are recorded on ex-dividend date.
Investments in REITs — With respect to the Portfolio, dividend income is recorded based on the income included in distributions received from the REIT investments using published REIT reclassifications including some management estimates when actual amounts are not available. Distributions received in excess of any estimated amount are recorded as a reduction of the cost of investments or reclassified to capital gains. The actual amounts of income, return of capital, and capital gains are only determined by each REIT after its fiscal year-end, and may differ from the estimated amounts.

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Redemption Fees — The TS&W Equity Portfolio and TS&W International Equity Portfolio retain a redemption fee of 1.00% on redemptions of capital shares held for less than 60 days. For the year ended October 31, 2009, there were no redemption fees retained for either Portfolio. For the year ended October 31, 2010 there were $0 and $3,878, respectively, in redemption fees retained by the TS&W Equity Portfolio and the TS&W International Equity Portfolio.
3. Transactions with Affiliates:
Certain officers of the Trust are also officers of SEI Investments Global Funds Services (the “Administrator”) and/or SEI Investments Distribution Co. (the “Distributor”). Such officers are paid no fees by the Trust for serving as officers of the Trust.
A portion of the services provided by the Chief Compliance Officer (“CCO”) and his staff, whom are employees of the Administrator, are paid for by the Trust as incurred. The services include regulatory oversight of the Trust’s Advisors and service providers as required by SEC regulations. The CCO’s services and fees have been approved by and are reviewed by the Board.
4. Administration, Shareholder Servicing, Distribution, Transfer Agent and Custodian Agreements:
The Portfolios and the Administrator, a wholly-owned subsidiary of SEI Investments Company, are parties to an Administration Agreement under which the Administrator provides administrative services for an annual fee equal to the higher of $125,000 for one portfolio, $250,000 for two portfolios, $350,000 for three portfolios, plus $75,000 per additional portfolio, plus $20,000 per additional class or 0.12% of the first $250 million, 0.10% of the next $250 million, 0.08% of the next $250 million and 0.04% of any amount above $750 million of the Portfolios’ average daily net assets.
The Trust and the Distributor are parties to a Distribution Agreement. The Distributor receives no fees under the agreement.
Certain brokers, dealers, banks, trust companies and other financial representatives received compensation from the Portfolios for providing a variety of services, including record keeping and transaction processing. Such fees were based on the assets of the Portfolios that were serviced by the financial representative. Such fees are paid by the Portfolios to the extent that the number of accounts serviced by the financial representative multiplied by the account fee charged by the Portfolios’ transfer agent would not exceed the amount that would have been charged had the accounts serviced by the financial representative been serviced directly through the transfer agent. All fees in excess of this calculated amount

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are paid by Thompson, Siegel & Walmsley LLC (the “Adviser”). These fees are disclosed on the Statement of Operations as Shareholder Servicing Fees.
DST Systems, Inc. (the “Transfer Agent”) serves as the transfer agent and dividend disbursing agent for the Portfolios under a transfer agency agreement.
The Portfolios earned cash management credits which are used to offset transfer agent expenses. These amounts are labeled as “Fees Paid Indirectly” on the Statement of Operations.
Union Bank, N.A. acts as Custodian (the “Custodian”) for the Portfolios. The Custodian plays no role in determining the investment policies of the Portfolios or which securities are to be purchased or sold by the Portfolios.
5. Investment Advisory Agreement:
Under the terms of an investment advisory agreement, the Adviser, an affiliate of Old Mutual (U.S.) Holdings Inc., provides investment advisory services to the Portfolios at a fee calculated at an annual rate of the average daily net assets for each portfolio, as follows:
         
TS&W Portfolios   Rate
Equity
    0.75 %
Fixed Income
    0.45 %
International Equity
    0.65 %*
 
*   Effective June 1, 2010, the Board of Trustees approved the reduction of investment advisory fees from 1.00% to 0.65% for the TS&W International Equity Portfolio.
For each Portfolio, the Adviser has voluntarily agreed to waive a portion of its advisory fees and to assume expenses, if necessary, in order to keep the Portfolios’ total annual operating expenses from exceeding 1.50%, 0.75%, and 1.75% of the average daily net assets of TS&W Equity Portfolio, TS&W Fixed Income Portfolio, and TS&W International Equity Portfolio, respectively. The Advisor does not have the ability to recapture previously waived fees or reimbursed expenses.
6. Investment Transactions:
For the year ended October 31, 2010, the purchases and sales and maturities of investment securities other than long-term U.S. Government and short-term securities were:
                 
            Sales and
TS&W Portfolios   Purchases   Maturities
Equity
  $ 14,630,819     $ 15,523,154  
Fixed Income
    32,414,136       25,477,965  
International Equity
    30,970,425       28,366,063  

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Purchases and sales and maturities of long-term U.S. Government securities were $16,095,107 and $20,322,135, respectively for the TS&W Fixed Income Portfolio. There were no purchases or sales and maturities of long-term U.S. Government securities for the TS&W Equity Portfolio or the TS&W International Equity Portfolio.
7. Federal Tax Information:
The amount and character of income and capital gain distributions to be paid, if any, are determined in accordance with Federal income tax regulations, which may differ from U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.
As a result, net investment income (loss) and net realized gain/(loss) on investment transactions for a reporting period may differ significantly from distributions during the year. The book/tax differences may be temporary or permanent. To the extent these differences are permanent in nature, they are charged or credited to undistributed net investment income (loss), accumulated net realized gain (loss) or paid-in capital as appropriate, in the period that the difference arises.
Accordingly, the following permanent differences, primarily attributable to real estate investment trust adjustments, paydown adjustments and foreign currency gain/loss have been reclassified to (from) the following accounts:
                 
    Undistributed   Accumulated
    Net Investment   Net Realized
TS&W Portfolios   Income (Loss)   Gain/(Loss)
Equity
  $ 16,388     $ (16,388 )
Fixed Income
  $ 76,846     $ (76,846 )
International Equity
  $ (216,465 )   $ 216,465  
The tax character of dividends and distributions declared during the last two fiscal years were as follows:
                         
    Ordinary   Long-Term    
TS&W Portfolios   Income   Capital Gain   Total
Equity
                       
2010
  $ 275,050     $     $ 275,050  
2009
    388,381             388,381  
Fixed Income
                       
2010
  $ 2,630,894     $     $ 2,630,894  
2009
    2,396,568             2,396,568  
International Equity
                       
2010
  $ 844,284     $     $ 844,284  
2009
    954,010             954,010  

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As of October 31, 2010, the components of Distributable Earnings/(Accumulated Losses) on a tax basis were as follows:
                         
    TS&W Portfolios  
                    International  
    Equity     Fixed Income     Equity  
Undistributed Ordinary Income
  $ 18,800     $ 1,184,485     $ 952,947  
Undistributed Long-Term Capital Gain
          128,598        
Capital Loss Carryforwards
    (6,841,454 )           (4,368,638 )
Unrealized Appreciation
    3,168,931       1,814,939       6,856,559  
Other Temporary Differences
    (6 )     (229,994 )      
 
                 
Total Distributable Earnings (Accumulated Losses)
  $ (3,653,729 )   $ 2,898,028     $ 3,440,868  
 
                 
For Federal income tax purposes, capital loss carryforwards represent realized losses of the Portfolios that may be carried forward for a maximum period of eight years and applied against future capital gains as follows:
                         
                    Total Capital
                    Loss
    Expires   Expires   Carryforward
TS&W Portfolios   2017   2016   10/31/10
Equity
  $ 6,558,894     $ 282,560     $ 6,841,454  
International Equity
    4,368,638             4,368,638  
During the year ended October 31, 2010, the TS&W Equity Portfolio, the TS&W Fixed Income Portfolio and the TS&W International Equity Portfolio utilized $1,056,372, $532,438 and $2,312,271, respectively, of capital loss carryforwards to offset capital gains.
The Federal tax cost and aggregate gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation for the investments held (excluding accumulated foreign capital gains tax on appreciated securities and foreign currency) by the Portfolios at October 31, 2010, were as follows:
                                 
            Aggregate Gross   Aggregate Gross    
    Federal   Unrealized   Unrealized   Net Unrealized
TS&W Portfolios   Tax Cost   Appreciation   Depreciation   Appreciation
Equity
  $ 42,525,437     $ 6,131,584     $ (2,962,653 )   $ 3,168,931  
Fixed Income
    58,390,214       2,683,044       (2,868,105 )     1,814,939  
International Equity
    68,270,682       10,977,819       (4,079,727 )     6,898,092  

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8. Concentration of Risk:
At October 31, 2010, the net assets of the TS&W International Equity Portfolio were substantially comprised of foreign denominated securities and/or currency. Changes in currency exchange rates will affect the value of and investment income from such securities and currency.
When the TS&W International Equity Portfolio invests in foreign securities, it will be subject to risks not typically associated with domestic securities. Although ADRs and GDRs are alternatives to directly purchasing the underlying foreign securities in their national markets and currencies, they are also subject to many of the risks associated with investing directly in foreign securities. Foreign investments, especially investments in emerging markets, can be riskier and more volatile than investments in the United States. Adverse political and economic developments or changes in the value of foreign currency can make it more difficult for the TS&W International Equity Portfolio to sell its securities and could reduce the value of your shares. Differences in tax and accounting standards and difficulties in obtaining information about foreign companies can negatively affect investment decisions. Unlike more established markets, emerging markets may have governments that are less stable, markets that are less liquid and economies that are less developed.
The TS&W International Equity Portfolio may be subject to taxes imposed by countries in which it invests. Such taxes are generally based on either income or gains realized or repatriated. The TS&W International Equity Portfolio accrues and applies such taxes to net investment income, net realized gains and net unrealized gains as income and/or capital gains earned.
The market values of the TS&W Fixed Income Portfolio investments will change in response to interest rate changes and other factors. Rising interest rates tend to cause the prices of debt securities (especially those with longer maturities) and the Portfolio’s share price to fall. Rising interest rates may also cause investors to pay off mortgage-backed and asset-backed securities later than anticipated, forcing the Portfolio to keep its money invested at lower rates. Falling interest rates, however, generally cause investors to pay off mortgage-backed and asset-backed securities earlier than expected, forcing the Portfolio to reinvest the money at a lower interest rate.
The credit rating or financial condition of an issuer may affect the value of a debt security. Generally, the lower the quality rating of a security, the greater the risk that the issuer will fail to pay interest fully and return principal in a timely manner. If an issuer defaults or becomes unable to honor its financial obligations, the security may lose some or all of its value. The issuer of an investment-grade security is more likely to pay interest and repay principal than an issuer of a lower rated bond. Adverse economic conditions or changing circumstances, however, may weaken the capacity of the issuer to pay interest and repay principal.

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9. Other:
At October 31, 2010, the percentage of total shares outstanding held by significant shareholders for each Portfolio, which were comprised of omnibus accounts that were held on behalf of several individual shareholders was as follows:
                 
    No. of   %
TS&W Portfolios   Shareholders   Ownership
Equity
    1       58 %
Fixed Income
    1       63 %
International Equity
    1       58 %
In the normal course of business, the Portfolios enter into contracts that provide general indemnifications. The Portfolios’ maximum exposure under these arrangements is dependent on future claims that may be made against the Portfolios and, therefore, cannot be established; however, based on experience, the risk of loss from such claims is considered remote.
10. Recent Accounting Pronouncement:
In January 2010, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2010-06, “Improving Disclosures about Fair Value Measurements.” ASU No. 2010-06 will require reporting entities to make new disclosures about purchases, sales, issuances, and settlements in the roll forward of activity in Level 3 fair value measurements. The new and revised disclosures are effective for interim and annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2010. At this time, management is evaluating the implications of ASU No. 2010-06 and its impact on the financial statements has not been determined.
11. Subsequent Events:
The Portfolios have evaluated the need for disclosures and/or adjustments resulting from subsequent events through the date the financial statements were issued. This evaluation did not result in any subsequent events that necessitated disclosures and/or adjustments with the exception of the following.
During the Quarterly Meeting of the Board of Trustees (the “Board”) of The Advisors’ Inner Circle Fund (the “Trust”) held on November 9-10, 2010, the Board approved the proposed reorganization of the TS&W International Equity Portfolio (the “Fund”) into Transamerica TS&W International Equity, a newly created series of Transamerica Funds (the “New Fund”). The shareholders of the Fund will be asked to approve the reorganization at a special meeting of the shareholders, which is expected to be held on February 16, 2011. If approved, shares of the Fund will be exchanged, on a tax-free basis, for Class I shares of the New Fund with an equal aggregate net asset value.

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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
To the Board of Trustees of
The Advisors’ Inner Circle Fund and Shareholders of
TS&W Equity Portfolio
TS&W Fixed Income Portfolio and
TS&W International Equity Portfolio:
In our opinion, the accompanying statements of assets and liabilities, including the schedules of investments, and the related statements of operations and of changes in net assets and the financial highlights present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of TS&W Equity Portfolio, TS&W Fixed Income Portfolio and TS&W International Equity Portfolio (three of the portfolios constituting The Advisors’ Inner Circle Fund, hereafter referred to as the “Funds”) at October 31, 2010, the results of each of their operations for the year then ended, the changes in each of their net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. These financial statements and financial highlights (hereafter referred to as “financial statements”) are the responsibility of the Funds’ management; our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits. We conducted our audits of these financial statements in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits, which included confirmation of securities at October 31, 2010 by correspondence with the custodian and brokers, provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
December 17, 2010

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DISCLOSURE OF PORTFOLIO EXPENSES (Unaudited)
All mutual funds have operating expenses. As a shareholder of a mutual fund, your investment is affected by these ongoing costs, which include (among others) costs for portfolio management, administrative services, and shareholder reports like this one. It is important for you to understand the impact of these costs on your investment returns.
Operating expenses such as these are deducted from a mutual fund’s gross income and directly reduce your final investment return. These expenses are expressed as a percentage of the mutual fund’s average net assets; this percentage is known as the mutual fund’s expense ratio.
The following examples use the expense ratio and are intended to help you understand the ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in your Portfolio and to compare these costs with those of other mutual funds. The examples are based on an investment of $1,000 made at the beginning of the period shown and held for the entire period.
The table on the next page illustrates your Portfolio’s costs in two ways:
Actual Portfolio Return. This section helps you to estimate the actual expenses after fee waivers that your Portfolio incurred over the period. The “Expenses Paid During Period” column shows the actual dollar expense cost incurred by a $1,000 investment in the Portfolio, and the “Ending Account Value” number is derived from deducting that expense cost from the Portfolio’s gross investment return.
You can use this information, together with the actual amount you invested in the Portfolio, to estimate the expenses you paid over that period. Simply divide your actual account value by $1,000 to arrive at a ratio (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = $8.6), then multiply that ratio by the number shown for your Portfolio under “Expenses Paid During Period.”
Hypothetical 5% Return. This section helps you compare your Portfolio’s costs with those of other mutual funds. It assumes that the Portfolio had an annual 5% return before expenses during the year, but that the expense ratio (Column 3) for the period is unchanged. This example is useful in making comparisons because the Securities and Exchange Commission requires all mutual funds to make this 5% calculation. You can assess your Portfolio’s comparative cost by comparing the hypothetical result for your Portfolio in the “Expense Paid During Period” column with those that appear in the same charts in the shareholder reports for other mutual funds.
NOTE: Because the return is set at 5% for comparison purposes — NOT your Portfolio’s actual return — the account values shown may not apply to your specific investment.

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DISCLOSURE OF PORTFOLIO EXPENSES (concluded) (Unaudited)
                                 
    Beginning   Ending           Expenses
    Account   Account   Annualized   Paid
    Value   Value   Expense   During
    5/1/10   10/31/10   Ratios   Period*
 
TS&W Equity Portfolio
                               
 
Actual Portfolio Return
                               
Institutional Shares
  $ 1,000.00     $ 977.50       1.34 %   $ 6.68  
 
                               
Hypothetical 5% Return
                               
Institutional Shares
    1,000.00       1,018.45       1.34       6.82  
 
TS&W Fixed Income Portfolio
                               
 
Actual Portfolio Return
                               
Institutional Shares
  $ 1,000.00     $ 1,059.50       0.75 %   $ 3.89  
 
                               
Hypothetical 5% Return
                               
Institutional Shares
    1,000.00       1,021.42       0.75       3.82  
 
TS&W International Equity Portfolio
                               
 
Actual Portfolio Return
                               
Institutional Shares
  $ 1,000.00     $ 1,070.50       1.31 %   $ 6.84  
 
                               
Hypothetical 5% Return
                               
Institutional Shares
    1,000.00       1,018.60       1.31       6.67  
 
*   Expenses are equal to the Portfolio’s annualized expense ratio multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 184/365 (to reflect the one-half year period).

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TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS OF THE ADVISORS’ INNER CIRCLE FUND (Unaudited)
Set forth below are the names, age, position with the Trust, length of term of office, and the principal occupations for the last five years of each of the persons currently serving as Trustees and Officers of the Trust. Trustees who are deemed not to be “interested persons” of the Trust are referred to as “Independent Board Members.” Messrs. Nesher and Doran are Trustees who may be deemed to be “interested” persons of the Trust as that
         
        Term of
    Position(s)   Office and
       Name, Address,       Held with   Length of
               Age 1   the Trust   Time Served 2
 
INTERESTED BOARD MEMBERS
       
 
       
ROBERT A. NESHER
64 yrs. old
  Chairman of the
Board of Trustees
  (Since 1991)
 
       
WILLIAM M. DORAN
  Trustee   (Since 1992)
1701 Market Street
       
Philadelphia, PA 19103
       
70 yrs. old
       
 
1   Unless otherwise noted, the business address of each Trustee is SEI Investments Company, 1 Freedom Valley Drive, Oaks, Pennsylvania 19456.
 
2   Each Trustee shall hold office during the lifetime of this Trust until the election and qualification of his or her successor, or until he or she sooner dies, resigns or is removed in accordance with the Trust’s Declaration of Trust.

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TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS OF THE ADVISORS’ INNER CIRCLE FUND (Unaudited)
term is defined in the 1940 Act by virtue of their affiliation with the Trust’s Distributor. The Trust’s Statement of Additional Information (“SAI”) includes additional information about the Trustees and Officers. The SAI may be obtained without charge by calling 1-866-487-9386. The following chart lists Trustees and Officers as of October 31, 2010.
             
    Number of    
    Funds    
    in The Advisors’    
    Inner Circle Fund    
Principal Occupation(s)   Overseen by   Other Directorships
During Past 5 Years   Board Member   Held by Board Member 3
 
Currently performs various services on behalf of SEI Investments for which Mr. Nesher is compensated.
    34     Trustee of The Advisors’ Inner Circle Fund II, Bishop Street Funds, SEI Asset Allocation Trust, SEI Daily Income Trust, SEI Index Funds. SEI Institutional International Trust, SEI Institutional Investments Trust, SEI Institutional Managed Trust, SEI Liquid Asset Trust, SEI Tax Exempt Trust, and SEI Alpha Strategy Portfolios, L.P., Director of SEI Global Master Fund, plc, SEI Global Assets Fund, plc, SEI Global Investments Fund, plc, SEI Investments Global, Limited SEI Investments — Global Fund Services, Limited, SEI Investments (Europe), Limited, SEI Investments — Unit Trust Management (UK), Limited, SEI Global Nominee Ltd., SEI Opportunity Fund, L.P., SEI Structured Credit Fund, L.P., SEI Multi-Strategy Funds plc., and SEI Islamic Investments Fund plc.
 
           
Self-employed Consultant since 2003. Partner, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (law firm) from 1976-2003, counsel to the Trust, SEI, SIMC, the Administrator and the Distributor. Secretary of SEI Investments since 1978.
    34     Trustee of The Advisors’ Inner Circle Fund II, Bishop Street Funds, SEI Asset Allocation Trust, SEI Daily Income Trust, SEI Index Funds. SEI Institutional International Trust, SEI Institutional Investments Trust, SEI Institutional Managed Trust, SEI Liquid Asset Trust, SEI Tax Exempt Trust, and SEI Alpha Strategy Portfolios, L.P., Director of SEI since 1974. Director of the Distributor since 2003. Director of SEI Investments — Global Fund Services, Limited, SEI Investments Global, Limited, SEI Investments (Europe), Limited, SEI Investments (Asia), Limited, SEI Asset Korea Co., Ltd., SEI Global Nominee Limited and SEI Investments — Unit Trust Management (UK) Limited.
 
3   Directorships of companies required to report to the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (i.e., “public companies”) or other investment companies registered under the 1940 Act.

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TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS OF THE ADVISORS’ INNER CIRCLE FUND (Unaudited)
         
        Term of
    Position(s)   Office and
                          Name, Address,   Held with   Length of
                                   Age 1   the Trust   Time Served 2
 
INDEPENDENT BOARD MEMBERS
       
 
JAMES M. STOREY
  Trustee   (Since 1994)
79 yrs. old
       
 
       
GEORGE J. SULLIVAN, JR.
  Trustee   (Since 1999)
67 yrs. old
       
 
       
BETTY L. KRIKORIAN
  Trustee   (Since 2005)
67 yrs. old
       
 
       
CHARLES E. CARLBOM
  Trustee   (Since 2005)
76 yrs. old
       
 
1   Unless otherwise noted, the business address of each Trustee is SEI Investments Company, 1 Freedom Valley Drive, Oaks, Pennsylvania 19456.
 
2   Each Trustee shall hold office during the lifetime of this Trust until the election and qualification of his or her successor, or until he or she sooner dies, resigns or is removed in accordance with the Trust’s Declaration of Trust

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TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS OF THE ADVISORS’ INNER CIRCLE FUND (Unaudited)
             
    Number of    
    Funds    
    in The Advisors’    
    Inner Circle Fund    
Principal Occupation(s)   Overseen by   Other Directorships
During Past 5 Years   Board Member   Held by Board Member 3
 
Attorney, Solo Practitioner since 1994. Partner, Dechert, September 1987-December 1993.
    34     Trustee of The Advisors’ Inner Circle Fund II, Bishop Street Funds, Massachusetts Health and Education Tax-Exempt Trust, and U.S. Charitable Gift Trust, SEI Asset Allocation Trust, SEI Daily Income Trust, SEI Institutional International Trust, SEI Institutional Investments Trust, SEI Institutional Managed Trust, SEI Liquid Asset Trust, SEI Tax Exempt Trust, and SEI Alpha Strategy Portfolios, L.P.
 
           
Self-Employed Consultant, Newfound Consultants, Inc. since April 1997.
    34     Trustee of the Advisors’ Inner Circle Fund II, Bishop Street Funds, State Street Navigator Securities Lending Trust, SEI Asset Allocation Trust, SEI Daily Income Trust, SEI Institutional International Trust, SEI Institutional Investments Trust, SEI Institutional Managed Trust, SEI Liquid Asset Trust, SEI Tax Exempt Trust, and SEI Alpha Strategy Portfolios, L.P., Director of SEI Opportunity Fund, L.P., SEI Structured Credit Fund, L.P., member of the independent review committee for SEI’s Canadian-registered mutual funds.
 
           
Vice President Compliance, AARP Financial Inc. since September 2008. Self-Employed Legal and Financial Services Consultant since 2003. In-house Counsel, State Street Bank Global Securities and Cash Operations from 1995 to 2003.
    34     Trustee of The Advisors’ Inner Circle Fund II and Bishop Street Funds.
 
           
Self-Employed Business Consultant, Business Project Inc. since 1997. CEO and President, United Grocers Inc. from 1997 to 2000.
    34     Director, Oregon Transfer Company and Oregan Transfer Logistics, Inc. and Trustee of The Advisors’ Inner Circle Fund II and Bishop Street Funds.
 
3   Directorships of companies required to report to the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (i.e., “public companies”) or other investment companies registered under the 1940 Act.

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TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS OF THE ADVISORS’ INNER CIRCLE FUND (Unaudited)
         
        Term of
    Position(s)   Office and
                          Name, Address,   Held with   Length of
                                    Age 1   the Trust   Time Served 2
 
INDEPENDENT BOARD MEMBERS (continued)
       
 
       
MITCHELL A. JOHNSON
  Trustee   (Since 2005)
68 yrs. old
       
 
       
JOHN K. DARR
  Trustee   (Since 2008)
66 yrs. old
       
 
       
OFFICERS
       
 
       
PHILIP T. MASTERSON
  President   (Since 2008)
46 yrs. old
       
 
       
MICHAEL LAWSON
50 yrs. old
  Treasurer, Controller and
Chief Financial Officer
  (Since 2005)
 
       
RUSSELL EMERY
47 yrs. old
  Chief Compliance Officer   (Since 2006)
 
1   Unless otherwise noted, the business address of each Trustee is SEI Investments Company, 1 Freedom Valley Drive, Oaks, Pennsylvania 19456.
 
2   Each Trustee shall hold office during the lifetime of this Trust until the election and qualification of his or her successor, or until he or she sooner dies, resigns or is removed in accordance with the Trust’s Declaration of Trust.

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TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS OF THE ADVISORS’ INNER CIRCLE FUND (Unaudited)
             
    Number of    
    Funds    
    in The Advisors’    
    Inner Circle Fund   Other Directorships
Principal Occupation(s)   Overseen by Board   Held by Board
During Past 5 Years   Member   Member 3
 
Retired.
    34     Trustee of the Advisors’ Inner Circle Fund II, and Bishop Street Funds, SEI Asset Allocation Trust, SEI Daily Income Trust, SEI Institutional International Trust, SEI Institutional Investments Trust, SEI Institutional Managed Trust, SEI Liquid Asset Trust, SEI Tax Exempt Trust, and SEI Alpha Strategy Portfolios, L.P.
 
           
CEO, Office of Finance, FHL Banks from 1992 to 2007.
    34     Director of Federal Home Loan Bank of Pittsburgh and Manna, Inc. and Trustee of the Advisors’ Inner Circle Fund II and Bishop Street Funds.
 
           
Managing Director of SEI Investments since 2006. Vice President and Assistant Secretary of the Administrator from 2004 to 2006. General Counsel of Citco Mutual Fund Services from 2003 to 2004. Vice President and Associate Counsel for the Oppenheimer Funds from 2001 to 2003.
    N/A     N/A
 
           
Director, SEI Investments, Fund Accounting since July 2005. Manager, SEI Investments Fund Accounting from April 1995 to February 1998 and November 1998 to July 2005.
    N/A     N/A
 
           
Director of Investment Product Management and Development at SEI Investments since February 2003. Senior Investment Analyst, Equity team at SEI Investments from March 2000 to February 2003.
    N/A     N/A
 
3   Directorships of companies required to report to the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (i.e., “public companies”) or other investment companies registered under the 1940 Act.

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TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS OF THE ADVISORS’ INNER CIRCLE FUND (Unaudited)
         
        Term of
    Position(s)   Office and
       Name, Address,   Held with   Length of
             Age 1   the Trust   Time Served
 
OFFICERS (continued)
       
 
       
JOSEPH M. GALLO
37 yrs. old
  Vice President and
Secretary
  (Since 2007)
 
       
CAROLYN F. MEAD
  Vice President and   (Since 2007)
53 yrs. old
  Assistant Secretary    
 
       
JAMES NDIAYE
  Vice President and   (Since 2004)
42 yrs. old
  Assistant Secretary    
 
       
TIMOTHY D. BARTO
  Vice President and   (Since 2000)
42 yrs. old
  Assistant Secretary    
 
       
MICHAEL BEATTIE
  Vice President   (Since 2009)
45 yrs. old
       
 
       
ANDREW S. DECKER
  AML Officer   (Since 2008)
47 yrs. old
       
 
1   Unless otherwise noted, the business address of each Trustee is SEI Investments Company, 1 Freedom Valley Drive, Oaks, Pennsylvania 19456.

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TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS OF THE ADVISORS’ INNER CIRCLE FUND (Unaudited)
         
    Number of    
    Funds    
    in The Advisors’    
    Inner Circle Fund   Other Directorships
Principal Occupation(s)   Overseen by Board   Held by Board
During Past 5 Years   Member   Member
 
Corporate Counsel of SEI since 2007; Associate Counsel, ICMA Retirement Corporation 2004-2007; Federal Investigator, U.S. Department of Labor 2002-2004; U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission—Division of Investment Management, 2003
  N/A   N/A
 
       
Corporate Counsel of SEI since 2007; Associate, Stradley, Ronon, Stevens & Young 2004-2007; Counsel, ING Variable Annuities, 1999-2002.
  N/A   N/A
 
       
Employed by SEI Investments Company since 2004. Vice President, Deutsche Asset Management from 2003-2004. Associate, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP from 2000-2003. Counsel, Assistant Vice President, ING Variable Annuities Group from 1999-2000.
  N/A   N/A
 
       
General Counsel, Vice President and Assistant Secretary of SEI Investments Global Funds Services since 1999; Associate, Dechert (law firm) from 1997-1999; Associate, Richter, Miller & Finn (law firm) from 1994-1997.
  N/A   N/A
 
       
Director of Client Services at SEI since 2004.
  N/A   N/A
 
       
Compliance Officer and Product Manager, SEI, 2005 — 2008. Vice President, Old Mutual Capital, 2000- 2005. Operations Director, Prudential Investments, 1998 — 2000.
  N/A   N/A

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NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS (Unaudited)
Federal Income Tax Information
At October 31, 2010, the TS&W Equity Portfolio, TS&W Fixed Income Portfolio and TS&W International Equity Portfolio hereby designate $275,050, $2,612,164, and $1,003,881, respectively, as ordinary income dividends. The TS&W Equity Portfolio and TS&W Fixed Income Portfolio and TS&W International Equity Portfolio designates $275,050, $128,993 and $87,848, respectively, as corporate dividends received deduction.
Foreign taxes accrued during the fiscal year ended October 31, 2010, amounted to $159,597 for the TS&W International Portfolio and are expected to be passed through to shareholders as foreign tax credits on Form 1099-Dividend for the year ending December 31, 2010, which shareholders of the Portfolio will receive in late January 2011. In addition, for the year ended October 31, 2010 gross income derived from sources within foreign countries amounted to $1,012,963 for the TS&W International Equity Portfolio. For the year ended October 31, 2010, the percentage of income earned from direct Treasury obligations for TS&W Fixed Income Portfolio was 2.64%.
As created by the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003, the amount of dividend income that qualifies as “Qualifying Dividend Income” is $275,050, $128,993 and $1,003,881 for the TS&W Equity Portfolio, TS&W Fixed Income Portfolio and the TS&W International Equity Portfolio, respectively. It is the intention for each of the Portfolios to designate the maximum amount permitted by law.
As created by the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004, “Qualified Interest Income” represents the amount of qualifying interest that is exempt from U.S. Withholding when paid to foreign investors. TS&W Equity Portfolio, TS&W Fixed Income Portfolio, and TS&W International Equity Portfolio hereby designate $239, $1,914,593, and $661, respectively, as qualified interest income.
The information reported herein may differ from the information and distributions taxable to the shareholders for the calendar year ending December 31, 2010. Complete information will be computed and reported in conjunction with your Form 1099-DIV.

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TS&W Portfolios
P.O. Box 219009
Kansas City, MO 64121
1-866-4TSW-FUN
Adviser:
Thompson, Siegel & Walmsley LLC
6806 Paragon Place, Suite 300
Richmond, VA 23230
Distributor:
SEI Investments Distribution Co.
Oaks, PA 19456
Administrator:
SEI Investments Global Funds Services
Oaks, PA 19456
Legal Counsel:
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
1111 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.
Washington, DC 20004
This information must be preceded or accompanied by a current
prospectus for the Portfolios described.
TSW-AR-001-0900

 


 

Item 2. Code of Ethics.
The registrant has adopted a code of ethics that applies to the registrant’s principal executive officer, principal financial officer, comptroller or principal accounting officer, and any person who performs a similar function.
Item 3. Audit Committee Financial Expert.
(a)(1) The registrant’s board of trustees has determined that the Registrant has at least one audit committee financial expert serving on the audit committee.
(a)(2) The audit committee financial experts are John Darr and George Sullivan, and they are independent as defined in Form N-CSR Item 3(a)(2).
Item 4. Principal Accountant Fees and Services.
Fees billed by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (“PwC”) related to the Trust
PwC billed the Trust aggregate fees for services rendered to the Trust for the last two fiscal years was as follows:
                                                         
            2010   2009
                            All other fees                   All other fees
                    All fees and   and services           All fees and   and services
            All fees and   services to   to service   All fees and   services to   to service
            services to   service   affiliates that   services to   service   affiliates that
            the Trust that   affiliates that   did not   the Trust that   affiliates that   did not
            were pre-   were pre-   require pre-   were pre-   were pre-   require pre-
            approved   approved   approval   approved   approved   approval
(a )    
Audit Fees
  $ 211,890     $ 0     $ 0     $ 244,818     $ 0     $ 0  
(b )    
Audit-Related Fees
  $ 4,000     $ 0     $ 0     $ 0     $ 0     $ 0  
(c )    
Tax Fees
  $ 55,000     $ 0     $ 0     $ 0     $ 0     $ 0  
(d )    
All Other Fees
  $ 0     $ 0     $ 0     $ 0     $ 0     $ 0  

 


 

Fees billed by Ernst & Young LLP (“E&Y”) related to the Trust
E&Y billed the Trust aggregate fees for services rendered to the Trust for the last two fiscal years was as follows:
                                                         
            2010   2009
                            All other fees                   All other fees
                    All fees and   and services           All fees and   and services
            All fees and   services to   to service   All fees and   services to   to service
            services to   service   affiliates that   services to   service   affiliates that
            the Trust that   affiliates that   did not   the Trust that   affiliates that   did not
            were pre-   were pre-   require pre-   were pre-   were pre-   require pre-
            approved   approved   approval   approved   approved   approval
(a )    
Audit Fees
  $ 259,524       N/A       N/A     $ 245,808       N/A       N/A  
(b )    
Audit-Related Fees
    N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A  
(c )    
Tax Fees
    N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A  
(d )    
All Other Fees
    N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A  
(e)(1) Not applicable.
(e)(2) Percentage of fees billed applicable to non-audit services pursuant to waiver of pre-approval requirement were as follows (PwC):
                 
    2010   2009
Audit-Related Fees
    1.9 %     0 %
Tax Fees
    26.0 %     0 %
All Other Fees
    0 %     0 %
(e)(2) Percentage of fees billed applicable to non-audit services pursuant to waiver of pre-approval requirement were as follows (E&Y):
                 
    2010   2009
Audit-Related Fees
    0 %     0 %
Tax Fees
    0 %     0 %
All Other Fees
    0 %     0 %
(f) Not applicable.

 


 

(g) The aggregate non-audit fees and services billed by PwC for the last two fiscal years were $0 and $0 for 2010 and 2009, respectively.
(g) The aggregate non-audit fees and services billed by E&Y for the last two fiscal years were $0 and $0 for 2010 and 2009, respectively.
(h) During the past fiscal year, all non-audit services provided by Registrant’s principal accountant to either Registrant’s investment adviser or to any entity controlling, controlled by, or under common control with Registrant’s investment adviser that provides ongoing services to Registrant were pre-approved by the audit committee of Registrant’s Board of Trustees. Included in the audit committee’s pre-approval was the review and consideration as to whether the provision of these non-audit services is compatible with maintaining the principal accountant’s independence.
Item 5. Audit Committee of Listed Registrants.
Not applicable to open-end management investment companies.
Item 6. Schedule of Investments
Not applicable.
Item 7. Disclosure of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures for Closed-End Management Investment Companies.
Not applicable to open-end management investment companies.
Item 8. Portfolio Managers of Closed-End Management Investment Companies
Not applicable. Effective for closed-end management investment companies for fiscal years ending on or after December 31, 2005
Item 9. Purchases of Equity Securities by Closed-End Management Company and Affiliated Purchasers.
Not applicable to open-end management investment companies.
Item 10. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
There have been no changes to the procedures by which shareholders may recommend nominees to the Registrant’s Board of Trustees during the period covered by this report.
Item 11. Controls and Procedures.
(a) The Registrant’s principal executive and principal financial officers, or persons performing similar functions, have concluded that the Registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Act (17 CFR 270.30a-3(c))) as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of the report, are effective based on the evaluation of these controls and procedures required by Rule 30a-3(b) under the Act (17 CFR 270.30a-3(b)) and Rules 13a-15(b) or 15d-15(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13a-15(b) or 240.15d-15(b)).
(b) There has been no change in the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Act (17 CFR 270.30a-3(d)) that occurred during the second fiscal quarter of the period covered by this report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 


 

Item 12. Exhibits.
(a)(1) Code of Ethics attached hereto.
(a)(2) A separate certification for the principal executive officer and the principal financial officer of the registrant as required by Rule 30a-2(a) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (17 CFR 270.30a-2(a)), are filed herewith.
(b) Officer certifications as required by Rule 30a-2(b) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (17 CFR 270.30a-2(b)) also accompany this filing as an Exhibit.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
         
(Registrant)
  The Advisors’ Inner Circle Fund    
 
       
By (Signature and Title)
  /s/ Philip T. Masterson    
 
 
 
Philip T. Masterson, President
   
Date: December 17, 2010
       
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
         
By (Signature and Title)
  /s/ Philip T. Masterson    
 
 
 
Philip T. Masterson, President
Date: December 17, 2010
       
 
       
By (Signature and Title)
  /s/ Michael Lawson    
 
 
 
Michael Lawson, Treasurer,
   
 
  Controller & CFO    
Date: December 17, 2010
       

 

Exhibit 99.CODE ETH
THE ADVISORS’ INNER CIRCLE FUND
THE ADVISORS’ INNER CIRCLE FUND II
FINANCIAL OFFICER CODE OF ETHICS
I. Introduction
     The reputation and integrity of The Advisors’ Inner Circle Fund and The Advisors’ Inner Circle Fund II, (each a “Trust” and, collectively, the “Trusts”) are valuable assets that are vital to the each Trust’s success. The Trusts’ senior financial officers (“SFOs”) are responsible for conducting the Trusts’ business in a manner that demonstrates a commitment to the highest standards of integrity. The Trusts’ SFOs include the principal executive officer, the principal financial officer, comptroller or principal accounting officer, and any person who performs a similar function.
     The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (the “Act”) effected sweeping corporate disclosure and financial reporting reform on public companies, including mutual funds, to address corporate malfeasance and assure investors that the companies in which they invest are accurately and completely disclosing financial information. Under the Act, all public companies (including the Trusts) must either have a code of ethics for their SFOs, or disclose why they do not. The Act was intended to foster corporate environments which encourage employees to question and report unethical and potentially illegal business practices. Each Trust has chosen to adopt this Financial Officer Code of Ethics (the “Code”) to encourage its SFOs to act in a manner consistent with the highest principles of ethical conduct.
II. Purposes of the Code
     The purposes of this Code are:
    To promote honest and ethical conduct by each Trust’s SFOs, including the ethical handling of actual or apparent conflicts of interest between personal and professional relationships;
 
    To assist each Trust’s SFOs in recognizing and avoiding conflicts of interest, including disclosing to an appropriate person any material transaction or relationship that reasonably could be expected to give rise to such a conflict;
 
    To promote full, fair, accurate, timely, and understandable disclosure in reports and documents that the Trusts file with, or submit to, the SEC and in other public communications made by the Trusts;
 
    To promote compliance with applicable laws, rules and regulations;
 
    To encourage the prompt internal reporting to an appropriate person of violations of this Code; and
 
    To establish accountability for adherence to this Code.

 


 

III. Questions about this Code
     Each Trust’s compliance officer designated to oversee compliance with the Trust’s Code of Ethics adopted pursuant to Rule 17j-1 shall serve as Compliance Officer for the implementation and administration of this Code. You should direct your questions about this Code to the Compliance Officer.
IV. Conduct Guidelines
     Each Trust has adopted the following guidelines under which the Trust’s SFOs must perform their official duties and conduct the business affairs of the Trust.
  1.   Ethical and honest conduct is of paramount importance. Each Trust’s SFOs must act with honesty and integrity and avoid violations of this Code, including the avoidance of actual or apparent conflicts of interest with the Trust in personal and professional relationships.
 
  2.   SFOs must disclose material transactions or relationships. Each Trust’s SFOs must disclose to the Compliance Officer any actual or apparent conflicts of interest the SFO may have with the Trust that reasonably could be expected to give rise to any violations of this Code. Such conflicts of interest may arise as a result of material transactions or business or personal relationships to which the SFO may be a party. If it is not possible to disclose the matter to the Compliance Officer, it should be disclosed to the Trust’s Chief Financial Officer, Chief Executive Officer or another appropriate person. In addition to disclosing any actual or apparent conflicts of interest in which an SFO is personally involved, the Trusts’ SFOs have an obligation to report any other actual or apparent conflicts which they discover or of which they otherwise become aware. If you are unsure whether a particular fact pattern gives rise to a conflict of interest, or whether a particular transaction or relationship is “material,” you should bring the matter to the attention of the Compliance Officer.
 
  3.   Standards for quality of information shared with service providers of the Trusts. Each Trust’s SFOs must at all times seek to provide information to the Trust’s service providers (adviser, administrator, outside auditor, outside counsel, custodian, etc. ) that is accurate, complete, objective, relevant, timely, and understandable.
 
  4.   Standards for quality of information included in periodic reports. Each Trust’s SFOs must at all times endeavor to ensure full, fair, timely, accurate, and understandable disclosure in the Trust’s periodic reports.
 
  5.   Compliance with laws. Each Trust’s SFOs must comply with the federal securities laws and other laws and rules applicable to the Trusts, such as the Internal Revenue Code.
 
  6.   Standard of care. Each Trust’s SFOs must at all times act in good faith and with due care, competence and diligence, without misrepresenting

 


 

      material facts or allowing your independent judgment to be subordinated. Each Trust’s SFOs must conduct the affairs of the Trust in a responsible manner, consistent with this Code.
 
  7.   Confidentiality of information. Each Trust’s SFOs must respect and protect the confidentiality of information acquired in the course of their professional duties, except when authorized by the Trust to disclose it or where disclosure is otherwise legally mandated. You may not use confidential information acquired in the course of your work for personal advantage.
 
  8.   Sharing of information and educational standards. Each Trust’s SFOs should share information with relevant parties to keep them informed of the business affairs of the Trust, as appropriate, and maintain skills important and relevant to the Trust’s needs.
 
  9.   Promote ethical conduct. Each Trust’s SFOs should at all times proactively promote ethical behavior among peers in your work environment.
 
  10.   Standards for recordkeeping. Each Trust’s SFOs must at all times endeavor to ensure that the Trust’s financial books and records are thoroughly and accurately maintained to the best of their knowledge in a manner consistent with applicable laws and this Code.
V. Waivers of this Code
     You may request a waiver of a provision of this Code by submitting your request in writing to the Compliance Officer for appropriate review. For example, if a family member works for a service provider that prepares a Trust’s financial statements, you may have a potential conflict of interest in reviewing those statements and should seek a waiver of this Code to review the work. An executive officer of each Trust, or another appropriate person (such as a designated Board or Audit Committee member), will decide whether to grant a waiver. All waivers of this code must be disclosed to the applicable Trust’s shareholders to the extent required by SEC rules.
VI. Affirmation of the Code
     Upon adoption of the Code, each Trust’s SFOs must affirm in writing that they have received, read and understand the Code, and annually thereafter must affirm that they have complied with the requirements of the Code. To the extent necessary, each Trust’s Compliance Officer will provide guidance on the conduct required by this Code and the manner in which violations or suspected violations must be reported and waivers must be requested.
VII. Reporting Violations
     In the event that an SFO discovers or, in good faith, suspects a violation of this Code, the SFO must immediately report the violation or suspected violation to the Compliance Officer. The Compliance Officer may, in his or her discretion, consult with

 


 

another member of the Trust’s senior management or the Board in determining how to address the suspected violation. For example, a Code violation may occur when a periodic report or financial statement of a Trust omits a material fact, or is technically accurate but, in the view of the SFO, is written in a way that obscures its meaning.
     SFOs who report violations or suspected violations in good faith will not be subject to retaliation of any kind. Reported violations will be investigated and addressed promptly and will be treated as confidential to the extent possible.
VIII. Violations of the Code
     Dishonest or unethical conduct or conduct that is illegal will constitute a violation of this Code, regardless of whether this Code specifically refers to such particular conduct. A violation of this Code may result in disciplinary action, up to and including removal as an SFO of the Trust. A variety of laws apply to the Trusts and their operations, including the Securities Act of 1933, the Investment Company Act of 1940, state laws relating to duties owed by Trust officers, and criminal laws. The Trusts will report any suspected criminal violations to the appropriate authorities, and will investigate, address and report, as appropriate, non-criminal violations.

 

Exhibit 99.CERT
CERTIFICATION
Pursuant to Section 302
of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
I, Philip T. Masterson, certify that:
1. I have reviewed this report on Form N-CSR of The Advisors’ Inner Circle Fund;
2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations, changes in net assets, and cash flows (if the financial statements are required to include a statement of cash flows) of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
4. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act of 1940)for the registrant and have:
(a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
(b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
(c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of a date within 90 days prior to the filing date of this report based on such evaluation; and
(d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the second fiscal quarter of the period covered by this report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and
5. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
(a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize, and report financial information; and
(b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.
Date: December 17, 2010
     
/s/ Philip T. Masterson
 
Philip T. Masterson
   
President
   

 


 

Exhibit 99.CERT
CERTIFICATION
Pursuant to Section 302
of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
I, Michael Lawson, certify that:
1. I have reviewed this report on Form N-CSR of The Advisors’ Inner Circle Fund;
2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations, changes in net assets, and cash flows (if the financial statements are required to include a statement of cash flows) of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
4. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act of 1940)for the registrant and have:
(a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
(b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
(c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of a date within 90 days prior to the filing date of this report based on such evaluation; and
(d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the second fiscal quarter of the period covered by this report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and
5. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
(a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize, and report financial information; and
(b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.
Date: December 17, 2010
     
/s/ Michael Lawson
 
Michael Lawson
   
Treasurer, Controller and CFO
   

 

Exhibit 99.906CERT
CERTIFICATION
Pursuant to Section 906
of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
     The undersigned, the President of The Advisors’ Inner Circle Fund (the “Fund”), with respect to the Fund’s Form N-CSR for the period ended October 31, 2010 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby certifies, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that, to the best of my knowledge:
     1. such Form N-CSR fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and
     2. the information contained in such Form N-CSR fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Fund.
Dated: December 17, 2010
         
     
  /s/ Philip T. Masterson  
  Philip T. Masterson, President   
     
 

 


 

Exhibit 99.906CERT
CERTIFICATION
Pursuant to Section 906
of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
     The undersigned, the Treasurer, Controller and CFO of The Advisors’ Inner Circle Fund (the “Fund”), with respect to the Fund’s Form N-CSR for the period ended October 31, 2010 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby certifies, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that, to the best of my knowledge:
     1. such Form N-CSR fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and
     2. the information contained in such Form N-CSR fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Fund.
Dated: December 17, 2010
         
     
  /s/ Michael Lawson    
  Michael Lawson, Treasurer,   
  Controller and CFO