Exhibit 99(14)(b)

            Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

We consent to the reference to our firm under the caption "Financial Highlights"
in the Proxy Statement and to the incorporation by reference of our report dated
July 22, 2008 with respect to the financial statements and financial highlights
of RiverSource High Yield Bond Fund included in the Annual Report for the year
ended May 31, 2008 in the Registration Statement (Form N-14) of the RiverSource
High Yield Income Series, Inc. filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
in this Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement under the
Securities Act of 1933 (Registration No. 333-157590).


                                        /s/ Ernst & Young LLP


Minneapolis, Minnesota
April 13, 2009