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EXHIBIT (n)(2)(i)
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
The Board of Trustees and Shareholders of
Van Kampen Senior Floating Rate Fund:
We consent to the reference to our firm under the headings "Financial
Highlights" in the Prospectus and "Independent Auditors" in the Statement of
Additional Information and to the inclusion in Part C of the Registration
Statement of our report dated September 14, 1999 covering the Statement of
changes in net assets of the Van Kampen Senior Floating Rate Fund for the year
ended July 31, 1999 and the financial highlights for the year ended July 31,
1999 and for the period March 27, 1998 (commencement of investment operations)
to July 31, 1998.
/s/ KPMG LLP
Chicago, Illinois
November 6, 2000
