Exhibit 16.2
Each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints the Secretary and Assistant Secretaries of FEDERATED EQUITY FUNDS and each of them, their true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution for them and in their names, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the Registration Statement on Form N-14 relating to the proposed reorganization of Federated MDT Mid Cap Growth Fund, a portfolio of Federated MDT Series, into Federated Mid Cap Growth Strategies Fund, a portfolio of Federated Equity Funds, and any amendments to the Registration Statement, including post-effective amendments; and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission by means of the Securities and Exchange Commission's electronic disclosure system known as EDGAR, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to sign and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as each of them might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or their or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue thereof.
SIGNATURES TITLEDATE
/S/ John F. Donahue November 12, 2009
John F. Donahue Trustee
/S/ J. Christopher Donahue November 12, 2009
J. Christopher Donahue President and Trustee
(Principal Executive Officer)
/S/ Richard A. Novak November 12, 2009
Richard A. Novak Treasurer
(Principal Financial Officer)
/S/ John T. Conroy, Jr. November 12, 2009
John T. Conroy, Jr. Trustee
/S/ Nicholas P. Constantakis November 12, 2009
Nicholas P. Constantakis Trustee
/S/ John F. Cunningham November 12, 2009
John F. Cunningham Trustee
Power of Attorney for
Merger of Federated MDT Small Cap Value Fund into Federated Mid Cap Growth Strategies Fund
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/S/ Maureen Lally-Green November 12, 2009
Maureen Lally-Green Trustee
/S/ Peter E. Madden November 12, 2009
Peter E. Madden Trustee
/S/ Charles F. Mansfield, Jr. November 12, 2009
Charles F. Mansfield, Jr. Trustee
/S/ R. James Nicholson November 12, 2009
R. James Nicholson Trustee
/S/ Thomas M. O’Neill November 12, 2009
Thomas M. O’Neill Trustee
/S/ John S. Walsh November 12, 2009
John S. Walsh Trustee
/S/ James F. Will November 12, 2009
James F. Will Trustee