EX-99.J 8 pr2auditor.htm EX 14A auditor consent
                                                  CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS


We hereby consent to the use in this Prospectus and Proxy Registration Statement on Form N-14 of our report dated December 13, 2002,
relating to the financial statements and financial highlights of American Skandia Advisor Funds, Inc., which appear in such
Prospectus and Proxy Registration Statement whereby the assets of the ASAF Alliance/Bernstein Growth + Value Fund would be acquired
by the ASAF Sanford Bernstein Managed Index 500 Fund.  We also consent to the reference to us under the heading Plan of
Reorganization in such Prospectus and Proxy Registration Statement.



/s/PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
October 23, 2003