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 Asia
Pacific  Fund by and in exchange  for shares of Ivy Pacific  Opportunities  Fund
(formerly,  Ivy China Region 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 24th day August, 2000.

                                IVY FUND



                                By:      /S/JAMES W. BROADFOOT
                                         ---------------------
                                         James W. Broadfoot, President






                                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 Asia Pacific Fund by and in exchange for shares of Ivy Pacific Opportunities
Fund  (formerly,  Ivy  China  Region  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                 August 24, 2000

/s/ Paul H. Broyhill                     Trustee                 August 24, 2000

/s/ James W. Broadfoot                   Trustee/President       August 24, 2000

/s/ Keith J. Carlson                     Trustee/Chairman        August 24, 2000

/s/ Stanley Channick                     Trustee                 August 24, 2000

/s/ Roy J. Glauber                       Trustee                 August 24, 2000

/s/ Dianne Lister                        Trustee                 August 24, 2000

/s/ Joseph G. Rosenthal                  Trustee                 August 24, 2000

/s/ Richard N. Silverman                 Trustee                 August 24, 2000

/s/ J. Brendan Swan                      Trustee                 August 24, 2000

/s/ Edward M. Tighe                      Trustee                 August 24, 2000

/s/ C. William Ferris                    Secretary/Treasurer     August 24, 2000