INVESTMENT SERIES FUNDS INC
N-14, EX-99.17, 2000-06-19
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                                  IAI BOND FUND
                   (a series of IAI Investment Funds I, Inc.)

                  PROXY FOR THE SPECIAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
                                September 8, 2000

      This proxy is being  solicited  on behalf of the Board of Directors of IAI
Investment Funds I, Inc. ("Company") and relates to the proposal with respect to
the Company,  on behalf of IAI Bond Fund, a series of the Company ("Fund").  The
undersigned  appoints as proxies Keith Wirtz,  Steven Lentz,  Jill Stevenson and
Kelly McNulty,  and each of them (with power of  substitution),  to vote all the
undersigned's  shares in the Fund at the Special  Meeting of  Shareholders to be
held at 1:00  p.m.,  Central  Time  at 601  Second  Avenue  South,  Suite  3600,
Minneapolis,  Minnesota 55402, and any adjournment thereof ("Meeting"), with all
the power the undersigned would have if personally present.

      The shares  represented by this proxy will be voted as instructed.  Unless
indicated to the contrary, this proxy shall be deemed to grant authority to vote
"FOR" the proposal specified below. This proxy also grants  discretionary  power
to vote upon such other business as may properly come before the Meeting.

Your vote is  important no matter how many shares you own. If you are not voting
by phone or  Internet,  please  sign and date this  proxy  below  and  return it
promptly in the enclosed envelope.

To vote by touch-tone phone, please call  [1-800-xxx-xxx]  toll free. To vote by
Internet, visit our website at WWW.PROXYVOTE.COM.

           TO VOTE, MARK BLOCKS BELOW IN BLUE OR BLACK INK AS FOLLOWS:

                  [X]   KEEP THIS PORTION FOR YOUR RECORDS


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                       DETACH AND RETURN THIS PORTION ONLY
              THIS PROXY CARD IS VALID ONLY WHEN SIGNED AND DATED.

                                  IAI BOND FUND
                   (a series of IAI Investment Funds I, Inc.)

Vote On Proposal                                       FOR    AGAINST   ABSTAIN

    To approve a proposed  Agreement and Plan          / /      / /       / /
    of    Reorganization    and   Termination
    ("Plan")  between IAI Investment Funds I,
    Inc.,  on  behalf  of IAI  Bond  Fund and
    Federated  Investment Series Funds, Inc.,
    on  behalf  of  Federated  Bond  Fund,  a
    mutual fund  managed by a  subsidiary  of
    Federated   Investors,   Inc.   (each   a
    "Federated Fund"),  whereby the Federated
    Fund would  acquire  all of the assets of
    the IAI Fund in  exchange  solely for the
    Federated    Fund's    shares,    to   be
    distributed  pro  rata by the IAI Fund to
    the  holders of its  shares,  in complete
    liquidation of the IAI Fund.

YOUR VOTE IS  IMPORTANT NO MATTER HOW MANY SHARES YOU OWN. IF YOU ARE NOT VOTING
BY PHONE OR  INTERNET,  PLEASE  SIGN AND DATE THIS  PROXY  BELOW  AND  RETURN IT
PROMPTLY IN THE ENCLOSED ENVELOPE.

TO VOTE BY TOUCH-TONE PHONE, PLEASE CALL  1-[800-XXX-XXX]  TOLL FREE. TO VOTE BY
INTERNET, VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.PROXYVOTE.COM.

Please sign  exactly as name appears  hereon.  If shares are held in the name of
joint  owners,  at least  one owner  must  sign.  Attorneys-in-fact,  executors,
administrators,  etc.  should so indicate.  If  shareholder  is a corporation or
partnership,  please sign in full  corporate or  partnership  name by authorized
person.

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Signature (owner, trustee, custodian, etc.)       Date


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