EX-99.(14) 2 d901474dex9914.htm CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

Exhibit 14

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form N-14 of the Columbia Acorn Trust of our report dated February 21, 2020, relating to the financial statements and financial highlights, which appear in the Annual Reports on Form N-CSR of the funds indicated in Appendix A for the year ended December 31, 2019. We also consent to the references to us under the headings “Financial Highlights” and “Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm” in such Registration Statement.

/s/  PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Minneapolis, Minnesota

April 15, 2020


Appendix A

Fund Name

Columbia Acorn Select

Columbia Acorn Emerging Markets Fund

Columbia Acorn Fund

Columbia Acorn International