POWER OF ATTORNEY

Robert J. Higgins, whose signature appears below, hereby constitutes and
appoints Sharon J. Weinberg, Paul DeRusso, Stephen M. Ungerman, Martin R. Dean,
Alaina V. Metz, Lisa Hurley, Joseph J. Bertini, Judy R. Bartlett, Thomas J.
Smith, Lai Ming Fung, Matthew Healey and David Wezdenko, and each of them, his
true and lawful attorneys and agents, with full power and authority of
substitution and resubstitution, to do any and all acts and things and to
execute any and all instruments which said attorneys and agents, or any of them,
may deem necessary or advisable or which may be required to enable any of the
investment companies named above (each, a "Company") to comply with the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (collectively, the "Acts"), and any rules, regulations or requirements
of the Securities and Exchange Commission in respect thereof, in connection with
the filing and effectiveness of any and all amendments (including post-effective
amendments) to a Company's Registration Statement on Form N-1A and any other
registration statements pursuant to said Acts, including specifically, but
without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the power and authority to
sign in the name and on behalf of the undersigned as a trustee and/or officer of
a Company any and all such amendments and registration statements filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission under said Acts, and any other instruments or
documents related thereto, and the undersigned does hereby ratify and confirm
all that said attorneys and agents, or any of them, shall do or cause to be done
by virtue hereof.


/s/ Robert J. Higgins
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Robert J. Higgins