POWER OF ATTORNEY

    Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and
appoints each of Angela Borreggine, Kevin J. Carr, Wendy J. Hills, Jennifer Fromm,
and Ronnie D. Kryjak as her true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

    (1) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's
capacity as an officer and/or director of the registered investment company(ies)
listed on Schedule A hereto (each, a "Fund"), Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance with
Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder, and
any other forms or reports the undersigned may be required to file in connection
with the undersigned's ownership, acquisition, or disposition of securities of the
Fund or any other closed-end investment company affiliated with or under common
control with the Fund;

    (2) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned
which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4,
or 5, or other form or report, and timely file such form or report with the United
States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar
authority; and

    (3) take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the
foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in
the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, including without
limitation, the completion and signing of any document that may be required to
obtain EDGAR codes or any other required filing codes on behalf of the undersigned,
it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf
of the undersigned pursuant to the Power of Attorney shall be in such form and
shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in
such attorney-in-fact's discretion.

    The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and
authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite,
necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers
herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or
could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation,
hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such
attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted.
The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in
such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Fund
assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

    This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the
undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Fund, unless
earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing
attorneys-in-fact.

      IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be
executed as of this 29th day of April, 2021.



    /s/ Sarah E. Cogan
    Sarah E. Cogan

SCHEDULE A


Ticker    Fund Name
AIO    Virtus AllianzGI Artificial Intelligence & Technology Opportunities Fund
CBH    Virtus AllianzGI Convertible & Income 2024 Target Term Fund
NCV    Virtus AllianzGI Convertible & Income Fund
NCZ    Virtus AllianzGI Convertible & Income Fund II
ACV    Virtus AllianzGI Diversified Income & Convertible Fund
NIE    Virtus AllianzGI Equity & Convertible Income Fund
NFJ    Virtus Dividend, Interest & Premium Strategy Fund