Advanced Series Trust N-14Registration statement for investment companies business combination

Filed: 9 Sep 24, 4:24pm

Exhibit 99.(16)

Power of Attorney

The undersigned Trustees and Officers of Advanced Series Trust hereby constitute, appoint, and authorize each of Claudia DiGiacomo, Andrew R. French, Melissa Gonzalez, Patrick McGuinness, Debra Rubano, Devan Goolsby and George Hoyt or any of them, as attorney-in-fact, to sign, execute and deliver on his or her behalf, individually and in each capacity stated below, any Registration Statement on Form N-14 and any amendment thereto (including pre- and post-effective amendments) relating to the reorganization listed below and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Target Portfolio

Acquiring Portfolio

AST Small-Cap Value Portfolio

AST Small-Cap Growth Portfolio

(to be renamed “AST Small-Cap Equity Portfolio”)

Signature		Title

/s/ Timothy S. Cronin		Trustee, President and Principal Executive Officer
Timothy S. Cronin

/s/ Susan Davenport Austin		Trustee
Susan Davenport Austin

/s/ Sherry S. Barrat		Trustee
Sherry S. Barrat

/s/ Jessica Bibliowicz		Trustee
Jessica Bibliowicz

/s/ Kay Ryan Booth		Trustee
Kay Ryan Booth

/s/ Stephen M. Chipman		Trustee
Stephen M. Chipman

/s/ Robert F. Gunia		Trustee
Robert F. Gunia

/s/ Thomas M. O’Brien		Trustee
Thomas M. O’Brien

/s/ Christian J. Kelly		Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer)
Christian J. Kelly

/s/ Elyse McLaughlin		Treasurer and Principal Accounting Officer
Elyse McLaughlin

Dated: August 23, 2024

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