EXH.99.14(a)



                       CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS


We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in the Combined Proxy
Statement/Prospectus constituting part of this Registration Statement on Form
N-14 (the "Registration Statement") of our report dated April 21, 1998, relating
to the financial statements and financial highlights appearing in the February
28, 1998 Annual Report of the Pacific Horizon Prime Fund, Pacific Horizon
Government Fund, Pacific Horizon Treasury Fund, Pacific Horizon Treasury Only
Fund, Pacific Horizon Tax-Exempt Fund, Pacific Horizon California Municipal Bond
Fund, Pacific Horizon California Tax-Exempt Fund, Pacific Horizon Asset
Allocation Fund, Pacific Horizon Capital Income, Pacific Horizon Intermediate
Bond Fund and Pacific Horizon Blue Chip Fund (eleven of the seventeen portfolios
constituting Pacific Horizon Funds, Inc., hereafter referred to as the "Funds")
which financial statements and financial highlights are also incorporated by
reference into the Combined Proxy Statement/Prospectus and included in the
Registration Statement. We also consent to the incorporation by reference in the
Prospectuses and Statement of Additional Information of the Funds dated July 1,
1998, of our report dated April 21, 1998, relating to the financial statements
and financial highlights appearing in the February 28, 1998 Annual Report of the
Funds, which Prospectuses and Statement of Information are also incorporated by
reference in the Registration Statement. We further consent to the references to
us under the headings "Financial Statements", "Other Service Providers for the
Pacific Horizon Funds and Nations Funds" and in paragraphs 5.2.e. and 7.4 of the
Agreement and Plan of Reorganization in such Combined Proxy Statement/Prospectus
and to the references to us under the headings "Financial Highlights" in the
Prospectuses dated July 1, 1998 for the Funds and under the headings
"Independent Accountants" and "Financial Statements" in the Statements of
Additional Information dated July 1, 1998 for the Funds.




PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
New York, New York
December 30, 1998