OFFITBANK INVESTMENT FUND INC
NSAR-B, 1999-02-26
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Report of Independent Accountants

To the Shareholders and Board of Directors of 
The OFFITBANK Investment Fund, Inc.



In planning and performing our audit of the financial 
statements of OFFITBANK High Yield Fund, OFFITBANK Emerging 
Markets Fund, OFFITBANK Latin America Equity Fund, OFFITBANK 
New York Municipal Fund, OFFITBANK California Municipal Fund, 
OFFITBANK National Municipal Fund, OFFITBANK U.S. Government 
Securities Fund, and OFFITBANK Mortgage Securities Fund (the 
"Funds", each constituting a portfolio of the OFFITBANK 
Investment Fund, Inc.) for the year ended December 31, 1998, we 
considered their 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 internal control.
The management of the Funds 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 internal control would not necessarily 
disclose all matters in 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 misstatements caused by 
error 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 internal control and its operation, 
including controls for safeguarding securities, that we 
consider to be material weaknesses as defined above as of 
December 31, 1998.
This report is intended solely for the information and use of 
management and the Board of Directors of the Fund and the 
Securities and Exchange Commission.




PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP 
New York, New York
February 22, 1999

To the Shareholders and Board of Directors of 
The OFFITBANK Investment Fund, Inc.


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