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Independent Auditors' Report on Internal Accounting Controls
The Board of Trustees
Lend Lease Hyperion High Yield CMBS Fund, Inc.
In planning and performing our audit of the financial statements of Lend Lease
Hyperion High Yield CMBS Fund, Inc. for the year ended July 31, 2000, we
considered its internal control, including control activities for safeguarding
securities, in order to determine our auditing procedures for the purpose of
expressing our opinion on the financial statements and to comply with the
requirements of Form N-SAR, not to provide assurance on internal control.
The management of Lend Lease Hyperion High Yield CMBS Fund, Inc. is responsible
for establishing and maintaining internal control. In fulfilling this
responsibility, estimates and judgments by management are required to assess the
expected benefits and related costs of controls. Generally, controls that are
relevant to an audit pertain to the entity's objective of preparing financial
statements for external purposes that are fairly presented in conformity with
generally accepted accounting principles. Those controls include the
safeguarding of assets against unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition.
Because of inherent limitations in internal control, errors or irregularities
may occur and not be detected. Also, projection of any evaluation of internal
control to future periods is subject to the risks that it may become inadequate
because of changes in conditions or that the effectiveness of the design and
operation may deteriorate.
Our consideration of internal control would not necessarily disclose all
matters in internal control that might be material weaknesses under standards
established by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. A
material weakness is a condition in which the design or operation of one or more
of the internal control components does not reduce to a relatively low level the
risk that errors or irregularities in amounts that would be material in relation
to the financial statements being audited may occur and not be detected within a
timely period by employees in the normal course of performing their assigned
functions. However, we noted no matters involving internal control and its
operation, including controls for safeguarding securities, that we consider to
be material weaknesses as defined above.
This report is intended solely for the information and use of management, the
Board of Trustees of Lend Lease Hyperion High Yield CMBS Fund, Inc. and the
Securities and Exchange Commission and is not intended to be and should not be
used by anyone other than those specified parties.
SChwartz & Hofflich, LLP
Norwalk, CT
September 15, 2000
