Report of Independent Auditors
To the Shareholders and
Board of Directors of
Alliance Special Equity Institutional Fund
In planning and performing our audit of the financial statements of Alliance
Special Equity Institutional Fund (one of the series comprising Alliance
Institutional Fund, Inc.) for the year ended October 31, 2000, we considered
its internal control, including control activities for safeguarding
securities, 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, and not to provide assurance on internal control.
The management of Alliance Special Equity Institutional Fund 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 control. Generally, internal
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 internal
controls include the safeguarding of assets against unauthorized acquisition,
use, or disposition.
Because of inherent limitations in internal control, misstatements due to
errors or fraud may occur and not be detected. Also, projections of any
evaluation of internal control to future periods are subject to the risk that
internal control may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or
that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures 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 specific internal control components does not reduce to a
relatively low level the risk that errors or fraud 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, including control activities for safeguarding securities,
and its operation that we consider to be material weaknesses as defined above
at October 31, 2000.
This report is intended solely for the information and use of the Board of
Directors and management of Alliance Special Equity Institutional Fund, and
the Securities and Exchange Commission and is not intended to be and should
not be used by anyone other than these specified parties.
ERNST & YOUNG LLP
December 12, 2000
