EXHIBIT 16

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY


         KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS,  that the  undersigned  constitutes
and appoints  each of Joseph R. Fleming and John V. O'Hanlon its true and lawful
attorney-in-fact   and  agent,   each  with  full  power  of  substitution   and
resubstitution  for him in his name,  place and  stead,  to sign a  Registration
Statement  on  Form  N-14  relating  to the  acquisition  of the  assets  of Ivy
Pan-Europe  Fund by and in  exchange  for shares of Ivy  European  Opportunities
Fund, each a series of Ivy Fund (the "Registration Statement"), and any notices,
amendments  or  supplements  related  thereto,  and to file the  same,  with all
exhibits  thereto  and  other  documents  in  connection  therewith,   with  the
Securities  and Exchange  Commission,  granting unto said  attorney-in-fact  and
agent full power and  authority  to do and perform  each and every act and thing
requisite  and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as the
undersigned  might or could do in person,  hereby  ratifying and  confirming all
that said  attorney-in-fact  and agent,  or his substitute or  substitutes,  may
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has subscribed to these presents as
of the 14th day of April, 2000.

                                           IVY FUND



                                           By:      /s/ JAMES W. BROADFOOT
                                                   James W. Broadfoot, President






                                                             EXHIBIT 16 (cont'd)

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         Pursuant  to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Act of  1933,  this
Registration Statement on Form N-14 relating to the acquisition of the assets of
Ivy Pan-Europe Fund by and in exchange for shares of Ivy European  Opportunities
Fund, each a series of Ivy Fund (the "Registration Statement"),  has been signed
below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.  By
so signing,  the  undersigned  in his or her capacity as trustee or officer,  or
both, as the case may be, of Ivy Fund does hereby  appoint Joseph R. Fleming and
John V.  O'Hanlon  and each of them,  severally,  or if more  than one  acts,  a
majority of them,  his/her true and lawful  attorney and agent to execute in his
name,  place  and  stead  (in  such  capacity)  any  and all  amendments  to the
Registration  Statement  and  any  post-effective  amendments  thereto  and  all
instruments  necessary or desirable in connection therewith and to file the same
with the Securities and Exchange  Commission.  Each of said attorneys and agents
shall  have  power to act with or  without  the other  and have  full  power and
authority to do and perform in the name and on behalf of the undersigned, in any
and all  capacities,  every act whatsoever  necessary or advisable to be done in
the  premises as fully and to all intents  and the  purposes as the  undersigned
might or could do in person,  hereby  ratifying  and  approving  the act of said
attorneys and agents and each of them.

Signature                          Title                     Date

/s/ John S. Anderegg, Jr.          Trustee                   April 14, 2000

/s/ Paul H. Broyhill               Trustee                   April 14, 2000

/s/ James W. Broadfoot             Trustee/President         April 14, 2000

/s/ Keith J. Carlson               Trustee/Chairman          April 14, 2000

/s/ Stanley Channick               Trustee                   April 14, 2000

/s/ Roy J. Glauber                 Trustee                   April 14, 2000

/s/ Dianne Lister                  Trustee                   April 14, 2000

/s/ Joseph G. Rosenthal            Trustee                   April 14, 2000

/s/ Richard N. Silverman           Trustee                   April 14, 2000

/s/ J. Brendan Swan                Trustee                   April 14, 2000

/s/ Edward M. Tighe                Trustee                   April 14, 2000

/s/ C. William Ferris              Secretary/Treasurer       April 14, 2000