Exhibit 16(b)14(b)


                         INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT


The Board of Directors
Oppenheimer LifeSpan Growth Fund:

We consent to the incorporation by reference in this  registration  statement on
Form N-14 of our report dated November 21, 1997,  appearing in the Annual Report
of Oppenheimer  LifeSpan Growth Fund and to the references to our firm under the
headings  "Tax  Consequences  of the  Reorganization"  and "Tax  Aspects  of the
Reorganization" in the registration statement.


                                                /s/KPMG Peat Marwick LLP
                                                KPMG Peat Marwick LLP

Denver, Colorado
February 27, 1998