EX-99.(POA) 16 d858767dex99poa.htm POWER OF ATTORNEY POWER OF ATTORNEY

POWER OF ATTORNEY

The undersigned Trustee of EQ Advisors Trust (the “Trust”), whose signature appears below, hereby makes, constitutes and appoints Steven M. Joenk, William T. MacGregor, Esq. and Mark C. Amorosi, Esq. and each of them acting individually, to be his or her true and lawful attorneys and agents, each of them with the power to act without any other and with full power of substitution, to execute, deliver and file in the undersigned capacity as shown below, any and all instruments that said attorneys and agents may deem necessary or advisable to enable the Trust to comply with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, including any and all amendments to the Trust’s registration statement, and any rules, regulations, orders or other requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder in connection with the registration of shares or additional shares of beneficial interest of the Trust or any of its series or classes thereof, and the registration of the Trust or any of its series under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, including any and all amendments to the Trust’s registration statement; and without limitation of the foregoing, the power and authority to sign said Trustee’s name on his or her behalf, and said Trustee hereby grants to said attorney or attorneys, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing whatsoever as said attorney or attorneys may deem necessary or advisable to carry out fully the intent of this Power of Attorney to the same extent and with the same effect as said Trustee might or could do personally in his or her capacity as aforesaid and said Trustee ratifies, confirms and approves all acts and things which said attorney or attorneys might do or cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney and his or her signature as the same may be signed by said attorney or attorneys.

 

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Title

 

Date

/s/ Mark A. Barnard

Mark A. Barnard

  

Trustee

  April 23, 2020


POWER OF ATTORNEY

The undersigned Trustee of EQ Advisors Trust (the “Trust”), whose signature appears below, hereby makes, constitutes and appoints Steven M. Joenk, William T. MacGregor, Esq. and Mark C. Amorosi, Esq. and each of them acting individually, to be his or her true and lawful attorneys and agents, each of them with the power to act without any other and with full power of substitution, to execute, deliver and file in the undersigned capacity as shown below, any and all instruments that said attorneys and agents may deem necessary or advisable to enable the Trust to comply with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, including any and all amendments to the Trust’s registration statement, and any rules, regulations, orders or other requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder in connection with the registration of shares or additional shares of beneficial interest of the Trust or any of its series or classes thereof, and the registration of the Trust or any of its series under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, including any and all amendments to the Trust’s registration statement; and without limitation of the foregoing, the power and authority to sign said Trustee’s name on his or her behalf, and said Trustee hereby grants to said attorney or attorneys, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing whatsoever as said attorney or attorneys may deem necessary or advisable to carry out fully the intent of this Power of Attorney to the same extent and with the same effect as said Trustee might or could do personally in his or her capacity as aforesaid and said Trustee ratifies, confirms and approves all acts and things which said attorney or attorneys might do or cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney and his or her signature as the same may be signed by said attorney or attorneys.

 

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Title

 

Date

/s/ Thomas W. Brock

Thomas W. Brock

  

Trustee

  April 23, 2020


POWER OF ATTORNEY

The undersigned Trustee of EQ Advisors Trust (the “Trust”), whose signature appears below, hereby makes, constitutes and appoints Steven M. Joenk, William T. MacGregor, Esq. and Mark C. Amorosi, Esq. and each of them acting individually, to be his or her true and lawful attorneys and agents, each of them with the power to act without any other and with full power of substitution, to execute, deliver and file in the undersigned capacity as shown below, any and all instruments that said attorneys and agents may deem necessary or advisable to enable the Trust to comply with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, including any and all amendments to the Trust’s registration statement, and any rules, regulations, orders or other requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder in connection with the registration of shares or additional shares of beneficial interest of the Trust or any of its series or classes thereof, and the registration of the Trust or any of its series under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, including any and all amendments to the Trust’s registration statement; and without limitation of the foregoing, the power and authority to sign said Trustee’s name on his or her behalf, and said Trustee hereby grants to said attorney or attorneys, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing whatsoever as said attorney or attorneys may deem necessary or advisable to carry out fully the intent of this Power of Attorney to the same extent and with the same effect as said Trustee might or could do personally in his or her capacity as aforesaid and said Trustee ratifies, confirms and approves all acts and things which said attorney or attorneys might do or cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney and his or her signature as the same may be signed by said attorney or attorneys.

 

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Title

 

Date

/s/ Donald Foley

Donald Foley

  

Trustee

  April 23, 2020


POWER OF ATTORNEY

The undersigned Trustee of EQ Advisors Trust (the “Trust”), whose signature appears below, hereby makes, constitutes and appoints Steven M. Joenk, William T. MacGregor, Esq. and Mark C. Amorosi, Esq. and each of them acting individually, to be his or her true and lawful attorneys and agents, each of them with the power to act without any other and with full power of substitution, to execute, deliver and file in the undersigned capacity as shown below, any and all instruments that said attorneys and agents may deem necessary or advisable to enable the Trust to comply with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, including any and all amendments to the Trust’s registration statement, and any rules, regulations, orders or other requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder in connection with the registration of shares or additional shares of beneficial interest of the Trust or any of its series or classes thereof, and the registration of the Trust or any of its series under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, including any and all amendments to the Trust’s registration statement; and without limitation of the foregoing, the power and authority to sign said Trustee’s name on his or her behalf, and said Trustee hereby grants to said attorney or attorneys, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing whatsoever as said attorney or attorneys may deem necessary or advisable to carry out fully the intent of this Power of Attorney to the same extent and with the same effect as said Trustee might or could do personally in his or her capacity as aforesaid and said Trustee ratifies, confirms and approves all acts and things which said attorney or attorneys might do or cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney and his or her signature as the same may be signed by said attorney or attorneys.

 

Signature

  

Title

 

Date

/s/ Christopher Komisarjevsky

Christopher Komisarjevsky

  

Trustee

  April 23, 2020


POWER OF ATTORNEY

The undersigned Trustee of EQ Advisors Trust (the “Trust”), whose signature appears below, hereby makes, constitutes and appoints Steven M. Joenk, William T. MacGregor, Esq. and Mark C. Amorosi, Esq. and each of them acting individually, to be his or her true and lawful attorneys and agents, each of them with the power to act without any other and with full power of substitution, to execute, deliver and file in the undersigned capacity as shown below, any and all instruments that said attorneys and agents may deem necessary or advisable to enable the Trust to comply with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, including any and all amendments to the Trust’s registration statement, and any rules, regulations, orders or other requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder in connection with the registration of shares or additional shares of beneficial interest of the Trust or any of its series or classes thereof, and the registration of the Trust or any of its series under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, including any and all amendments to the Trust’s registration statement; and without limitation of the foregoing, the power and authority to sign said Trustee’s name on his or her behalf, and said Trustee hereby grants to said attorney or attorneys, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing whatsoever as said attorney or attorneys may deem necessary or advisable to carry out fully the intent of this Power of Attorney to the same extent and with the same effect as said Trustee might or could do personally in his or her capacity as aforesaid and said Trustee ratifies, confirms and approves all acts and things which said attorney or attorneys might do or cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney and his or her signature as the same may be signed by said attorney or attorneys.

 

Signature

  

Title

 

Date

/s/ H. Thomas McMeekin

H. Thomas McMeekin

  

Trustee

  April 23, 2020


POWER OF ATTORNEY

The undersigned Trustee of EQ Advisors Trust (the “Trust”), whose signature appears below, hereby makes, constitutes and appoints Steven M. Joenk, William T. MacGregor, Esq. and Mark C. Amorosi, Esq. and each of them acting individually, to be his or her true and lawful attorneys and agents, each of them with the power to act without any other and with full power of substitution, to execute, deliver and file in the undersigned capacity as shown below, any and all instruments that said attorneys and agents may deem necessary or advisable to enable the Trust to comply with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, including any and all amendments to the Trust’s registration statement, and any rules, regulations, orders or other requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder in connection with the registration of shares or additional shares of beneficial interest of the Trust or any of its series or classes thereof, and the registration of the Trust or any of its series under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, including any and all amendments to the Trust’s registration statement; and without limitation of the foregoing, the power and authority to sign said Trustee’s name on his or her behalf, and said Trustee hereby grants to said attorney or attorneys, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing whatsoever as said attorney or attorneys may deem necessary or advisable to carry out fully the intent of this Power of Attorney to the same extent and with the same effect as said Trustee might or could do personally in his or her capacity as aforesaid and said Trustee ratifies, confirms and approves all acts and things which said attorney or attorneys might do or cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney and his or her signature as the same may be signed by said attorney or attorneys.

 

Signature

  

Title

 

Date

/s/ Gloria Reeg

Gloria D. Reeg

  

Trustee

  April 23, 2020


POWER OF ATTORNEY

The undersigned Trustee of EQ Advisors Trust (the “Trust”), whose signature appears below, hereby makes, constitutes and appoints Steven M. Joenk, William T. MacGregor, Esq. and Mark C. Amorosi, Esq. and each of them acting individually, to be his or her true and lawful attorneys and agents, each of them with the power to act without any other and with full power of substitution, to execute, deliver and file in the undersigned capacity as shown below, any and all instruments that said attorneys and agents may deem necessary or advisable to enable the Trust to comply with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, including any and all amendments to the Trust’s registration statement, and any rules, regulations, orders or other requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder in connection with the registration of shares or additional shares of beneficial interest of the Trust or any of its series or classes thereof, and the registration of the Trust or any of its series under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, including any and all amendments to the Trust’s registration statement; and without limitation of the foregoing, the power and authority to sign said Trustee’s name on his or her behalf, and said Trustee hereby grants to said attorney or attorneys, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing whatsoever as said attorney or attorneys may deem necessary or advisable to carry out fully the intent of this Power of Attorney to the same extent and with the same effect as said Trustee might or could do personally in his or her capacity as aforesaid and said Trustee ratifies, confirms and approves all acts and things which said attorney or attorneys might do or cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney and his or her signature as the same may be signed by said attorney or attorneys.

 

Signature

  

Title

 

Date

/s/ Gary Schpero

Gary Schpero

  

Trustee and Chairman

  April 23, 2020


POWER OF ATTORNEY

The undersigned Trustee of EQ Advisors Trust (the “Trust”), whose signature appears below, hereby makes, constitutes and appoints Steven M. Joenk, William T. MacGregor, Esq. and Mark C. Amorosi, Esq. and each of them acting individually, to be his or her true and lawful attorneys and agents, each of them with the power to act without any other and with full power of substitution, to execute, deliver and file in the undersigned capacity as shown below, any and all instruments that said attorneys and agents may deem necessary or advisable to enable the Trust to comply with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, including any and all amendments to the Trust’s registration statement, and any rules, regulations, orders or other requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder in connection with the registration of shares or additional shares of beneficial interest of the Trust or any of its series or classes thereof, and the registration of the Trust or any of its series under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, including any and all amendments to the Trust’s registration statement; and without limitation of the foregoing, the power and authority to sign said Trustee’s name on his or her behalf, and said Trustee hereby grants to said attorney or attorneys, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing whatsoever as said attorney or attorneys may deem necessary or advisable to carry out fully the intent of this Power of Attorney to the same extent and with the same effect as said Trustee might or could do personally in his or her capacity as aforesaid and said Trustee ratifies, confirms and approves all acts and things which said attorney or attorneys might do or cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney and his or her signature as the same may be signed by said attorney or attorneys.

 

Signature

  

Title

 

Date

/s/ Kathleen Stephansen

Kathleen Stephansen

  

Trustee

  April 23, 2020


POWER OF ATTORNEY

The undersigned Trustee of EQ Advisors Trust (the “Trust”), whose signature appears below, hereby makes, constitutes and appoints Steven M. Joenk, William T. MacGregor, Esq. and Mark C. Amorosi, Esq. and each of them acting individually, to be his or her true and lawful attorneys and agents, each of them with the power to act without any other and with full power of substitution, to execute, deliver and file in the undersigned capacity as shown below, any and all instruments that said attorneys and agents may deem necessary or advisable to enable the Trust to comply with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, including any and all amendments to the Trust’s registration statement, and any rules, regulations, orders or other requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder in connection with the registration of shares or additional shares of beneficial interest of the Trust or any of its series or classes thereof, and the registration of the Trust or any of its series under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, including any and all amendments to the Trust’s registration statement; and without limitation of the foregoing, the power and authority to sign said Trustee’s name on his or her behalf, and said Trustee hereby grants to said attorney or attorneys, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing whatsoever as said attorney or attorneys may deem necessary or advisable to carry out fully the intent of this Power of Attorney to the same extent and with the same effect as said Trustee might or could do personally in his or her capacity as aforesaid and said Trustee ratifies, confirms and approves all acts and things which said attorney or attorneys might do or cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney and his or her signature as the same may be signed by said attorney or attorneys.

 

Signature

  

Title

 

Date

/s/ Caroline Williams

Caroline Williams

  

Trustee

  April 23, 2020


POWER OF ATTORNEY

The undersigned Trustee of EQ Advisors Trust (the “Trust”), whose signature appears below, hereby makes, constitutes and appoints Steven M. Joenk, William T. MacGregor, Esq. and Mark C. Amorosi, Esq. and each of them acting individually, to be his or her true and lawful attorneys and agents, each of them with the power to act without any other and with full power of substitution, to execute, deliver and file in the undersigned capacity as shown below, any and all instruments that said attorneys and agents may deem necessary or advisable to enable the Trust to comply with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, including any and all amendments to the Trust’s registration statement, and any rules, regulations, orders or other requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder in connection with the registration of shares or additional shares of beneficial interest of the Trust or any of its series or classes thereof, and the registration of the Trust or any of its series under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, including any and all amendments to the Trust’s registration statement; and without limitation of the foregoing, the power and authority to sign said Trustee’s name on his or her behalf, and said Trustee hereby grants to said attorney or attorneys, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing whatsoever as said attorney or attorneys may deem necessary or advisable to carry out fully the intent of this Power of Attorney to the same extent and with the same effect as said Trustee might or could do personally in his or her capacity as aforesaid and said Trustee ratifies, confirms and approves all acts and things which said attorney or attorneys might do or cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney and his or her signature as the same may be signed by said attorney or attorneys.

 

Signature

  

Title

 

Date

/s/ Steven M. Joenk

Steven M. Joenk

  

Trustee, President and

Chief Executive Officer

  April 23, 2020


POWER OF ATTORNEY

The undersigned Trustee of EQ Advisors Trust (the “Trust”), whose signature appears below, hereby makes, constitutes and appoints Steven M. Joenk, William T. MacGregor, Esq. and Mark C. Amorosi, Esq. and each of them acting individually, to be his or her true and lawful attorneys and agents, each of them with the power to act without any other and with full power of substitution, to execute, deliver and file in the undersigned capacity as shown below, any and all instruments that said attorneys and agents may deem necessary or advisable to enable the Trust to comply with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, including any and all amendments to the Trust’s registration statement, and any rules, regulations, orders or other requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder in connection with the registration of shares or additional shares of beneficial interest of the Trust or any of its series or classes thereof, and the registration of the Trust or any of its series under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, including any and all amendments to the Trust’s registration statement; and without limitation of the foregoing, the power and authority to sign said Trustee’s name on his or her behalf, and said Trustee hereby grants to said attorney or attorneys, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing whatsoever as said attorney or attorneys may deem necessary or advisable to carry out fully the intent of this Power of Attorney to the same extent and with the same effect as said Trustee might or could do personally in his or her capacity as aforesaid and said Trustee ratifies, confirms and approves all acts and things which said attorney or attorneys might do or cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney and his or her signature as the same may be signed by said attorney or attorneys.

 

Signature

  

Title

 

Date

/s/ Brian Walsh

Brian Walsh

  

Treasurer

and Chief Financial Officer

  April 23, 2020


POWER OF ATTORNEY

The undersigned Trustee of EQ Advisors Trust (the “Trust”), whose signature appears below, hereby makes, constitutes and appoints Steven M. Joenk, William T. MacGregor, Esq. and Mark C. Amorosi, Esq. and each of them acting individually, to be his or her true and lawful attorneys and agents, each of them with the power to act without any other and with full power of substitution, to execute, deliver and file in the undersigned capacity as shown below, any and all instruments that said attorneys and agents may deem necessary or advisable to enable the Trust to comply with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, including any and all amendments to the Trust’s registration statement, and any rules, regulations, orders or other requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder in connection with the registration of shares or additional shares of beneficial interest of the Trust or any of its series or classes thereof, and the registration of the Trust or any of its series under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, including any and all amendments to the Trust’s registration statement; and without limitation of the foregoing, the power and authority to sign said Trustee’s name on his or her behalf, and said Trustee hereby grants to said attorney or attorneys, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing whatsoever as said attorney or attorneys may deem necessary or advisable to carry out fully the intent of this Power of Attorney to the same extent and with the same effect as said Trustee might or could do personally in his or her capacity as aforesaid and said Trustee ratifies, confirms and approves all acts and things which said attorney or attorneys might do or cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney and his or her signature as the same may be signed by said attorney or attorneys.

 

Signature

  

Title

 

Date

/s/ Michael Clement

Michael Clement

   Trustee   April 23, 2020