EXHIBIT (J)

               CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS

We hereby  consent to the  incorporation  by  reference  and  inclusion  in this
Post-Effective  Amendment No. 119 to the registration  statement on Form N-1A of
Ivy Fund (File No. 2-17613) (the  "Registration  Statement") of our report dated
March  15,  2000  on  the  Statement  of  Assets  and  Liabilities  of  the  Ivy
International  Growth Fund,  formerly Ivy Next Wave Internet Fund,  which report
appears in such Registration  Statement.  We also consent to the reference to us
under the heading "Auditors" in such Registration Statement.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Fort Lauderdale, Florida
December 28, 2000





                                                         Exhibit (J), cont'd

[PricewaterhouseCoopers letterhead]

               Report of Independent Certified Public Accountants

To the Board of Trustees and
Shareholders of Ivy Fund

In our opinion,  the accompanying  statement of assets and liabilities  presents
fairly, in all material  respects,  the financial  position of the Ivy Next Wave
Internet  Fund (the "Fund") at March 14, 2000,  in  conformity  with  accounting
principles  generally accepted in the United States. This financial statement is
the responsibility of the Fund's management; our responsibility is to express an
opinion on this financial  statement  based on our audit. We conducted our audit
of this  financial  statement in accordance  with auditing  standards  generally
accepted in the United States,  which require that we plan and perform the audit
to obtain reasonable  assurance about whether the financial statement is free of
material  misstatement.  An audit includes examining,  on a test basis, evidence
supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statement, assessing the
accounting  principles  used and significant  estimates made by management,  and
evaluating the overall  financial  statement  presentation.  We believe that our
audit provides a reasonable basis for the opinion expressed above.

/s/ PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP


Fort Lauderdale, Florida
March 15, 2000