Exhibit 14(b)
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in the Combined Proxy
Statement/Prospectus constituting part of this Registration Statement on Form
N-14 (the "Registration Statement") of our report dated February 10, 2000,
relating to the financial statements and financial highlights appearing in the
December 31, 1999 Annual Report to Shareholders of Bartlett Basic Value Fund (a
series of Bartlett Capital Trust, hereafter referred to as the "Fund") which
financial statements and financial highlights are also incorporated by reference
into the Combined Proxy Statement/Prospectus and included in the Registration
Statement. We further consent to the incorporation by reference in the Class A
and Class C Shares Prospectus and the Class Y Shares Prospectus of the Fund,
each dated April 28, 2000, and the Statement of Additional Information for the
Fund, also dated April 28, 2000, of our report dated February 10, 2000, relating
to the financial statements and financial highlights appearing in the December
31, 1999 Annual Report of the Fund, which Prospectus and Statement of Additional
Information are also incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement. We
further consent to the references to us under the headings "Other Fund Service
Providers" and "Experts" appearing in such Combined Proxy Statement/Prospectus.
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Baltimore, Maryland
December 15, 2000
