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To the Shareholders and
Board of Trustees of
Investment Series Funds, Inc.
In planning and performing our audit of the financial statements of the
Federated Bond Fund ( a portfolio of Investment Series Funds, Inc.) for the
year ended October 31, 1998, we considered its internal control, including
control activities for safeguarding securities, in order 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, not to provide
assurance on the internal control.
The management of Investment Series Funds, Inc. 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 controls. Generally, 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 controls
include the safeguarding of assets against unauthorized acquisition, use or
disposition.
Because of inherent limitations in internal control, errors or fraud may occur
and not be detected. Also, projection of any evaluation of internal control
to future periods is subject to the risk that it may become inadequate because
of changes in conditions or that the effectiveness of the design and operation
may deteriorate.
Our consideration of the internal control would not necessarily disclose all
matters in the 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 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
the internal control and its operation, including controls for safeguarding
securities, that we consider to be material weaknesses as defined above at
October 31, 1998.
This report is intended solely for the information and use of the board of
trustees and management of the Investment Series Funds, Inc., and the
Securities and Exchange Commission and is not intended to be and should not be
used by anyone other than these specified parties.
Boston, Massachusetts
December 21, 1998
