RULE 497(J) CERTIFICATION
Date: February 1, 1999
Pursuant to Rule 497(j) under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the "1933 Act"), Berger Investment
Portfolio Trust (the "Trust"), on behalf of its series
known as the Berger Small Company Growth Fund, the Berger
New Generation Fund, the Berger Balanced Fund, the Berger
Select Fund, the Berger Mid Cap Growth Fund and the
Berger Mid Cap Value Fund (the "Funds"), hereby certifies
that:
(1) the form of Prospectus and Statement of Additional
Information that would have been filed pursuant to
Rule 497(b) or (c) under the 1933 Act would not have
differed from those contained in Post-Effective
Amendment No. 19 to the Trust's Registration
Statement on Form N-1A, constituting the most recent
amendment to the Trust's Registration Statement
pertaining to the Funds; and
(2) the text of Post-Effective Amendment No. 19 to the
Trust's Registration Statement on Form N-1A was
filed electronically with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on January 25, 1999.
BERGER INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO TRUST
By:/s/ Brian Ferrie
Title: Brian Ferrie, Vice President
