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Exhibit 23(b)
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT
The Board of Directors
Lexington Global Asset Managers, Inc.:
We consent to incorporation by reference in the registration statement on Form
S-4 of ReliaStar Financial Corp. of our report dated March 1, 2000, relating to
the consolidated statements of financial condition of Lexington Global Asset
Managers, Inc. and Subsidiaries ("the Company") as of December 31, 1999 and
1998, and the related consolidated statements of operations, changes in
stockholders' equity and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year
period ended December 31, 1999, which report appears in the December 31, 1999
annual report on Form 10-K of the Company and to the reference to our firm under
the heading "Experts" in the registration statement.
/s/ KPMG LLP
New York, New York
June 19, 2000
