WITNESSETH THAT:

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Exhibit (h)(1)

              AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO TRANSFER AGENCY SERVICES AGREEMENT


         This AMENDMENT NO. 2, dated the 30th day of November, 2000, is made by
and between PFPC INC., a Massachusetts corporation ("PFPC"), and ALLEGHANY
FUNDS, a Delaware business trust (the "Company") (collectively, the "Parties").

                                WITNESSETH THAT:

         WHEREAS, the Company has entered into a Transfer Agency Services
Agreement with PFPC, dated April 1, 2000, as amended to date, wherein PFPC has
agreed to provide certain transfer agency services to the Company; and

         WHEREAS, the Parties wish to amend the Transfer Agency Services
Agreement to include under its terms two additional separate series of shares
identified as ALLEGHANY/TAMRO LARGE CAP VALUE FUND and ALLEGHANY/TAMRO SMALL CAP
FUND;

         NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and mutual covenants
contained herein, the Parties hereto, intending to be legally bound, do hereby
agree to amend Schedule "A" to the Transfer Agency Services Agreement in the
form attached hereto as Schedule "A".

         This Amendment shall take effect upon the date when the amendment to
the registration statement of the Trust registering ALLEGHANY/TAMRO LARGE CAP
VALUE FUND and ALLEGHANY/TAMRO SMALL CAP FUND becomes effective.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have caused this Amendment
consisting of one typewritten page, together with Schedule "A", to be signed by
their duly authorized officers and their corporate seals hereunto duly affixed
and attested, as of the day and year first above written.


ALLEGHANY FUNDS                           PFPC INC.
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/s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx                     /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
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By: Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx                     By: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
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Title: Vice President                     Title: Vice President/Division Manager
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/s/Xxxxx Xxxxx
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Attest: Xxxxx Xxxxx                       Attest:
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Title: Assistant Treasurer                Title:
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                                    EXHIBIT A


                                   PORTFOLIOS


                    Alleghany/Chicago Trust Money Market Fund
                   Alleghany/Chicago Trust Municipal Bond Fund
                        Alleghany/Chicago Trust Bond Fund
                      Alleghany/Chicago Trust Balanced Fund
                       Alleghany/Chicago Trust Talon Fund
                  Alleghany/Chicago Trust Growth & Income Fund
                  Alleghany/Chicago Trust Small Cap Value Fund
                    Alleghany/Veredus Aggressive Growth Fund
                    Alleghany/Montag & Xxxxxxxx Balanced Fund
                     Alleghany/Montag & Xxxxxxxx Growth Fund
                Alleghany/Blairlogie International Developed Fund
                   Alleghany/Blairlogie Emerging Markets Fund
                         Alleghany/Veredus SciTech Fund
                      Alleghany/TAMRO Large Cap Value Fund
                         Alleghany/TAMRO Small Cap Fund



Dated: April 1, 2000
Amended: June 30, 2000
Amended: November 30, 2000