Exhibit (16)
POWER OF ATTORNEY
I, the undersigned Trustee of the investment companies listed on Annex A
(each, a "Trust"), hereby constitute and appoint John F. Cogan, Jr., Dorothy E.
Bourassa, Daniel K. Kingsbury and Mark E. Bradley, and each of them acting
singly, to be my true, sufficient and lawful attorneys, with full power to each
of them to sign for me, in my name: (i) each Registration Statement on Form
N-14, and any and all amendments thereto, filed by a Trust listed on Annex A
with respect to the proposed reorganizations listed on Annex A, and (ii) any and
all other documents and papers relating to such reorganizations, and generally
to do all such things in my name and on behalf of me in the capacities indicated
to enable each Trust to comply with the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended, and the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and thereunder, hereby
ratifying and confirming my signature as it may be signed by said attorneys or
each of them to the Registration Statements and amendments to said Registration
Statements.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunder set my hand on this 11th day of June,
2008.
/s/ David R. Bock /s/ Daniel K. Kingsbury
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David R. Bock Daniel K. Kingsbury
/s/ Mary K. Bush /s/ Thomas J. Perna
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Mary K. Bush Thomas J. Perna
/s/ John F. Cogan, Jr. /s/ Marguerite A. Piret
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John F. Cogan, Jr. Marguerite A. Piret
/s/ Benjamin M. Friedman /s/ John Winthrop
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Benjamin M. Friedman John Winthrop
/s/ Margaret B.W. Graham /s/ Stephen K. West
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Margaret B.W. Graham Stephen K. West
POWER OF ATTORNEY
ANNEX A
Trusts filing Form N-14s in connection with Proposed Reorganizations:
Pioneer Bond Fund
Pioneer Fund
Pioneer Mid Cap Value Fund
Pioneer Money Market Trust
Pioneer Series Trust I
Pioneer Series Trust III
Pioneer Series Trust IV
Pioneer Short Term Income Fund
Proposed Reorganizations:
Trust Acquiring Fund Acquired Fund
Pioneer Bond Fund Pioneer Bond Fund Regions Morgan Keegan Select
Fixed Income Fund
Pioneer Fund Pioneer Fund Regions Morgan Keegan Select
Core Equity Fund
Pioneer Mid Cap Value Fund Pioneer Mid Cap Value Fund Regions Morgan Keegan Select
Mid Cap Value Fund
Pioneer Money Market Trust Pioneer Cash Reserves Fund Regions Morgan Keegan Select
Money Market Fund
Pioneer Series Trust I Pioneer Mid Cap Growth Fund II Regions Morgan Keegan Select
Mid Cap Growth Fund
Pioneer Series Trust I Pioneer Growth Fund Regions Morgan Keegan Select
Growth Fund
Pioneer Series Trust I Pioneer Intermediate Tax Free Regions Morgan Keegan Select
Income Fund Intermediate Tax Exempt Bond
Fund
Pioneer Series Trust III Pioneer Cullen Value Fund Regions Morgan Keegan Select
Value Fund
Pioneer Series Trust IV Pioneer Classic Balanced Fund Regions Morgan Keegan Select
Balanced Fund
Pioneer Series Trust IV Pioneer Treasury Reserves Fund Regions Morgan Keegan Select
Treasury Money Market Fund
Pioneer Short Term Income Fund Pioneer Short Term Income Fund Regions Morgan Keegan Select
Limited Maturity Fixed Income Fund