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EXHIBIT 23.1
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration
Statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-37994) of Stilwell Financial Inc. of our report
dated March 16, 2000 relating to the financial statements of Stilwell Financial
Inc., which appears in the Information Statement which is filed as Exhibit 99.1
to this Registration Statement on Form 10.
We also consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement
on Form S-3 referred to above of our report dated February 29, 2000 relating to
the financial statements of DST Systems, Inc., which appears in the DST Systems,
Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1999. The
financial statements of DST Systems, Inc. included in its December 31, 1999 Form
10-K together with our report thereon have been incorporated by reference in the
Information Statement referred to above.
/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Kansas City, Missouri
June 14, 2000
