Exhibit 99.(13)
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
The Board of Trustees
The Prudential Series Fund:
We consent to the use of our reports dated February 18, 2009 and February 26, 2009, with respect to the statements of assets and liabilities, including the portfolio of investments, of SP PIMCO High Yield Portfolio and High Yield Bond Portfolio, each a series of The Prudential Series Fund, as of December 31, 2008, and the related statements of operations for the year then ended, the statements of changes in net assets for each of the years in the two-year period then ended and the financial highlights for each of the years in the five-year period then ended, incorporated herein by reference and to the reference to our firm under the heading “Financial Highlights” in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus on Form N-14.
/s/ KPMG LLC
New York, New York
July 24, 2009