CONSENT OF ERNST & YOUNG LLP

EX-99.14.A 4 y89484exv99w14wa.htm CONSENT OF ERNST & YOUNG LLP CONSENT OF ERNST & YOUNG LLP

Exhibit 14(a)

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS

We consent to the reference to our firm under the captions “GS Fund – Financial Highlights” and “Representations and Warranties” and to the use of our report on Goldman Sachs Capital Growth Fund (one of the funds comprising Goldman Sachs Variable Insurance Trust) dated February 5, 2003 in this Registration Statement on Form N-14 of Goldman Sachs Variable Insurance Trust.

/S/ ERNST & YOUNG LLP

New York, New York
August 26, 2003