EXHIBIT D.(XXXV)(a)
                              AMENDMENT NUMBER 8 TO
                          INVESTMENT SERVICES AGREEMENT

      Pursuant to the Investment Services Agreement between Hartford Investment
Financial Services, LLC (formerly known as Hartford Investment Financial
Services Company) and Hartford Investment Management Company (formerly known as
The Hartford Investment Management Company) dated March 3, 1997, (the
"Agreement"), THE HARTFORD SELECT MIDCAP GROWTH FUND and THE HARTFORD SELECT
MIDCAP VALUE FUND are hereby included in the Agreement as a Portfolios. All
provisions in the Agreement shall apply to the management of The Hartford Select
MidCap Growth Fund and The Hartford Select MidCap Value Fund.

      This amended Agreement is effective for a period of two years from the
date hereof and shall continue in effect thereafter in accordance with the
provisions of Section 9 of the Agreement.

      IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this amendment to be
executed as of December 4, 2006.

                                    HARTFORD INVESTMENT FINANCIAL SERVICES, LLC


                                    By:    /s/John C. Walters
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                                    Name:  John C. Walters
                                    Title: Executive Vice President


                                    HARTFORD INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT COMPANY


                                    By:    /s/David M. Znamierowski
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                                    Name:  David M. Znamierowski
                                    Title: President