Independent Auditors' Consent
To the Shareholders and Board of Directors of
Pilgrim Funds:
We consent to the incorporation by reference, in this Prospectus and Statement
of Additional Information, of our reports dated February 7, 2000 with respect to
the funds listed below, on the statements of assets and liabilities as of
December 31, 2000, and the related statements of operations for the year then
ended, the statements of changes in net assets for each of the years in the
two-year periods then ended and the financial highlights for each of the years
in the five-year periods then ended. These financial statements and financial
highlights and our reports thereon are included in the Annual Reports of the
Funds as filed on Form N-30D.
We also consent to the references to our firm under the headings "Financial
Highlights" in the Prospectus and "Auditors" in the Statement of Additional
Information.
Pilgram Funds:
Pilgrim Global Corporate Pilgrim Gold Fund, Inc.
Leaders Funds, Inc.
Pilgrim GNMA Income Fund, Inc. Pilgrim Growth and Income Funds, Inc.
Pilgrim International Fund, Inc. Lexington Money Market Trust
Pilgrim Silver Fund, Inc. Pilgrim SmallCap Asia Growth Fund, Inc
Pilgrim Troika Dialog Pilgrim Worldwide Emerging
Russia Fund, Inc. Markets Funds, Inc.
Pilgrim Global Income Fund
/s/ KPMG LLP
New York, New York
July 25, 2000
