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                                                                  Exhibit (p)(5)

                                 CODE OF ETHICS

                                       OF

                    BARROW, HANLEY, MEWHINNEY & STRAUSS, INC.
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PREAMBLE
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                  This Code of Ethics ("Code") is being adopted in compliance
with the requirements of Sections 204A and 206 of the Investment Advisers Act of
1940 (the "Advisers Act") and Rule 204-2 thereunder and Section 17j of the
Investment Company Act of 1940 (the "40 Act") and Rule 17j-1 thereunder, to
effectuate the purposes and objectives of those provisions. Section 204A of the
Advisers Act requires the establishment and enforcement of policies and
procedures reasonably designed to prevent the misuse of material, nonpublic
information by investment advisers. Rule 204-2 imposes recordkeeping
requirements with respect to personal securities transactions of access persons
(defined below). Section 206 of the Advisers Act and Rule 17j-1 of the 40 Act
make it unlawful for certain persons, including

BARROW, HANLEY, MEWHINNEY & STRAUSS, INC. (the "Firm"):
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                  (1)      To employ a device, scheme or artifice to defraud any
                           client or prospective client, or any mutual fund
                           portfolio managed by the Firm (the "Fund");


                  (2)      To engage in any transaction, practice or course of
                           business which operates or would operate as a fraud
                           or deceit upon any client or prospective client, or
                           the Fund;


                  (3)      Acting as principal for his own account, knowingly to
                           sell any security to or purchase any security from a
                           client, or acting as broker for a person other than
                           such client, knowingly to effect any sale or purchase
                           of any security for the account of such client,
                           without disclosing to such client in writing before
                           the completion of such transaction the capacity in
                           which he is acting and obtaining the consent of the
                           client to such transaction. The prohibitions of this
                           paragraph (3) shall not apply to any transaction with
                           a customer of a broker or dealer if such broker or
                           dealer is not acting as an investment adviser in
                           relation to such transaction;


                  (4)      To engage in any act, practice, or course of business
                           which is fraudulent, deceptive or manipulative; or

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                  (5)      To make to the Fund any untrue statement of a
                           material fact or omit to state to the Fund a material
                           fact necessary in order to make the statements made,
                           in light of the circumstances in which they are made,
                           not misleading.


                  This Code contains provisions reasonably necessary to prevent
persons from engaging in acts in violation of the above standard and procedures
reasonably necessary to prevent violations of the Code.

                  This Code of Ethics is adopted by the Board of Directors of
the Firm. This Code is based upon the principle that the directors and officers
of the Firm, and certain affiliated persons of the Firm, owe a fiduciary duty
to, among others, the clients of the Firm and shareholders of the Fund to
conduct their affairs, including their personal securities transactions, in such
manner to avoid (i) serving their own personal interests ahead of clients or
shareholders; (ii) taking inappropriate advantage of their position with the
Firm or the Fund; and (iii) any actual or potential conflicts of interest or any
abuse of their position of trust and responsibility. This fiduciary duty
includes the duty of the Compliance Officer of the Firm to report violations of
this Code of Ethics to the Firm's Board of Directors and to the Fund's
Compliance Officer.

POLICY STATEMENT ON INSIDER TRADING
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                  The Firm forbids any officer, director or employee from
trading, either personally or on behalf of others, including accounts managed by
the Firm, on material nonpublic information or communicating material nonpublic
information to others in violation of the law. This conduct is frequently
referred to as "insider trading." The Firm's policy applies to every officer,
director and employee and extends to activities within and outside their duties
at the Firm. Any questions regarding the Firm's policy and procedures should be
referred to the Firm's Compliance Officer.

                  The term "insider trading" is not defined in the federal
securities laws, but generally is used to refer to the use of material nonpublic
information to trade in securities (whether or not one is an "insider") or to
communications of material nonpublic information to others.

                  While the law concerning insider trading is not static, it is
generally understood that the law prohibits:

                  1)       trading by an insider, while in possession of
                           material nonpublic information, or

                  2)       trading by a non-insider, while in possession of
                           material nonpublic information, where the information
                           either was disclosed to the non-insider in violation
                           of an insider's duty to keep it confidential or was
                           misappropriated, or

                  3)       communicating material nonpublic information to
                           others.

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                  The concept of "insider" is broad. It includes officers,
directors and employees of a company. In addition, a person can be a "temporary
insider" if he or she enters into a special confidential relationship in the
conduct of a company's affairs and as a result is given access to information
solely for the company's purposes. A temporary insider can include, among
others, a company's attorneys, accountants, consultants, bank lending officers,
and the employees of such organizations. In addition, the Firm may become a
temporary insider of a company it advises or for which it performs other
services. For that to occur, the company must expect the Firm to keep the
disclosed nonpublic information confidential and the relationship must at least
imply such a duty before the Firm will be considered an insider.

                  Trading on inside information is not a basis for liability
unless the information is material. "Material information" generally is defined
as information for which there is a substantial likelihood that a reasonable
investor would consider it important in making his or her investment decisions,
or information that is reasonably certain to have a substantial effect on the
price of a company's securities. Information that officers, directors and
employees should consider material includes, but is not limited to: dividend
changes, earnings estimates, changes in previously released earnings estimates,
significant merger or acquisition proposals or agreements, major litigation,
liquidation problems, and extraordinary management developments.

                  Information is nonpublic until it has been effectively
communicated to the market place. One must be able to point to some fact to show
that the information is generally public. For example, information found in a
report filed with the SEC, or appearing in Dow Jones, Reuters Economic Services,
The Wall Street Journal or other publications of general circulation would be
considered public. You should be particularly careful with information received
from client contacts at public companies.

                  Before trading for yourself or others in the securities of a
company about which you may have potential inside information, ask yourself the
following questions:

                  i.       Is the information material? Is this information that
                           an investor would consider important in making his or
                           her investment decisions? Is this information that
                           would substantially effect the market price of the
                           securities if generally disclosed?

                  ii.      Is the information nonpublic? To whom has this
                           information been provided? Has the information been
                           effectively communicated to the marketplace?

                  If, after consideration of the above, you believe that the
information is material and nonpublic, or if you have questions as to whether
the information is material and nonpublic, you should take the following steps.

                  i.       Report the matter immediately to the Firm's
                           Compliance Officer.

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                  ii.      Do not purchase or sell the securities on behalf of
                           yourself or others.

                  iii.     Do not communicate the information inside or outside
                           the Firm, other than to the Firm's Compliance
                           Officer.

                  iv.      After the Firm's Compliance Officer has reviewed the
                           issue, you will be instructed to continue the
                           prohibitions against trading and communication, or
                           you will be allowed to trade and communicate the
                           information.


                  Information in your possession that you identify as material
and nonpublic may not be communicated to anyone, including persons within the
Firm, except as provided above. In addition, care should be taken so that such
information is secure. For example, files containing material nonpublic
information should be sealed; access to computer files containing material
nonpublic information should be restricted.

                  The role of the Firm's Compliance Officer is critical to the
implementation and maintenance of the Firm's policy and procedures against
insider trading. The Firm's Supervisory Procedures can be divided into two
classifications - prevention of insider trading and detection of insider
trading.

                  To prevent insider trading, the Firm will:

                  i.       provide, on a regular basis, an educational program
                           to familiarize officers, directors and employees with
                           the Firm's policy and procedures, and

                  ii.      when it has been determined that an officer, director
                           or employee of the Firm has material nonpublic
                           information,

                           1.       implement measures to prevent dissemination
                                    of such information, and

                           2.       if necessary, restrict officers, directors
                                    and employees from trading the securities.

                  To detect insider trading, the Firm's Compliance Officer will:

                  i.       review the trading activity reports filed by each
                           officer, director and employee, and

                  ii.      review the trading activity of accounts managed by
                           the Firm.

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         A.       DEFINITIONS
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                  (1)      "ACCESS PERSON" means any director, officer, general
                           partner, advisory person, investment personnel,
                           portfolio manager, or employee of the firm.

                  (2)      "ADVISORY PERSON" means any natural person in a
                           control relationship to the Firm who obtains
                           information concerning recommendations made to the
                           Firm or the Fund with regard to the purchase or sale
                           of a security by the Firm or the Fund.

                  (3)      "AFFILIATED COMPANY" means a company which is an
                           affiliated person.

                  (4)      "AFFILIATED PERSON" of another person means (a) any
                           person directly or indirectly owning, controlling, or
                           holding with power to vote, 5 per centum or more of
                           the outstanding voting securities or such other
                           person; (b) and person 5 per centum or more of whose
                           outstanding voting securities are directly or
                           indirectly owned, controlled or held with power to
                           vote, by such other person; (c) any person directly
                           or indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under
                           common control with, such other person; (d) any
                           officer, director, partner, copartner, or employee of
                           such other person; (e) if such other person is an
                           investment company, any investment adviser thereof or
                           any member of an advisor board thereof; and (f) if
                           such other person is an unincorporated investment
                           company not having a board of directors, the
                           depositor thereof.

                  (5)      A security is "BEING CONSIDERED FOR PURCHASE OR SALE"
                           or is "BEING PURCHASED OR SOLD" when a recommendation
                           to purchase or sell the security has been made and
                           communicated, which includes when the Firm or the
                           Fund has a pending "buy" or "sell" order with respect
                           to a security, and, with respect to the person making
                           the recommendation, when such person seriously
                           considers making such a recommendation. "PURCHASE OR
                           SALE OF A SECURITY" includes the writing of an option
                           to purchase or sell a security.

                  (6)      "BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP" shall be as defined in, and
                           interpreted in the same manner as it would be in
                           determining whether a person is subject to the
                           provisions of, Section 16 of the Securities Exchange
                           Act of 1934 and the rules and regulations thereunder
                           which, generally speaking, encompasses those
                           situations where the beneficial owner has the right
                           to enjoy some economic benefit from the ownership of
                           the security. A person is normally regarded as the
                           beneficial owner of securities held in the name of
                           his or her spouse or minor children living in his or
                           her household.

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                  (7)      "CONTROL" means the power to exercise a controlling
                           influence over the management or policies of a
                           company, unless such power is solely the result of an
                           official position with such company. Any person who
                           owns beneficially, either directly or through one or
                           more controlled companies, more than 25 per centum of
                           the voting securities of a company shall be presumed
                           to control such company. Any person who does not so
                           own more than 25 per centum of the voting securities
                           of any company shall be presumed not to control such
                           company. A natural person shall be presumed not to be
                           a controlled person.

                  (8)      "INVESTMENT PERSONNEL" means (a) any portfolio
                           manager of the Firm or the Fund as defined in (10)
                           below; and (b) securities analysts, traders and other
                           personnel who provide information and advice to the
                           portfolio manager or who help execute the portfolio
                           manager's decisions.

                  (9)      "PERSON" means any natural person or a company.

                  (10)     "PORTFOLIO MANAGER" means an employee of the Firm
                           entrusted with the direct responsibility and
                           authority to make investment decisions.

                  (11)     "SECURITY" means any note, stock, treasury stock,
                           bond, debenture, evidence of indebtedness,
                           certificate of interest or participation in any
                           profit-sharing agreement, collateral-trust
                           certificate, preorganization certificate or
                           subscription, transferable share, investment
                           contract, voting-trust certificate, certificate of
                           deposit for a security, fractional undivided interest
                           in oil, gas, or other mineral rights, any put, call,
                           straddle, option, or privilege on any security
                           (including a certificate of deposit) or on any group
                           or index of securities (including any interest
                           therein or based on the value thereof), or any put,
                           call, straddle, option, or privilege entered into on
                           a national securities exchange relating to foreign
                           currency, or, in general, any interest or instrument
                           commonly known as a "security," or any certificate of
                           interest or participation in, temporary or interim
                           certificate for, receipt for, guarantee of, or
                           warrant or right to subscribe to or purchase, any of
                           the foregoing. Security shall not include securities
                           issued by the government of the United States or by
                           federal agencies and which are direct obligations of
                           the United States, bankers' acceptances, bank
                           certificates of deposit, commercial paper and shares
                           of unaffiliated registered open-end investment
                           companies (mutual funds).

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         B.       TRADING RESTRICTIONS FOR ACCESS PERSONS
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                  (1)      GENERAL RESTRICTIONS FOR ACCESS PERSONS. Access
                           persons are subject to the following restrictions
                           with respect to their securities transactions:

                           (a)      PROHIBITION ON ACCEPTING GIFTS OF MORE THAN
                                    DE MINIMIS VALUE. Access persons are
                                    prohibited from accepting any gift or other
                                    thing of more than de minimis value from any
                                    person or entity that does business with or
                                    on behalf of the Firm or the Fund; for the
                                    purpose of this Code de minimis shall be
                                    considered to be the annual receipt of gifts
                                    from the same source valued at $250 or less
                                    per individual recipient, when the gifts are
                                    in relation to the conduct of the Firm's
                                    business;

                           (b)      PROHIBITION ON SERVICE AS A DIRECTOR OR
                                    PUBLIC OFFICIAL. Investment Personnel are
                                    prohibited from serving on the board of
                                    directors of any publicly traded company
                                    without prior authorization of the President
                                    or other duly authorized officer of the Firm
                                    or the Fund. Any such authorization shall be
                                    based upon a determination that the board
                                    service would be consistent with the
                                    interests of the Firm's clients and the
                                    Fund's shareholders. Authorization of board
                                    service shall be subject to the
                                    implementation by the Firm of a "Chinese
                                    Wall" or other procedures to isolate such
                                    investment personnel from making decisions
                                    about trading in that company's securities.

                           (c)      PROHIBITION ON INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERINGS.
                                    Access persons are prohibited from acquiring
                                    securities in an initial public offering.

                           (d)      PROHIBITION ON PRIVATE PLACEMENTS. Access
                                    persons are prohibited from acquiring
                                    securities in a private placement without
                                    prior approval from the Firm's Compliance
                                    Officer. In the event an access person
                                    receives approval to purchase securities in
                                    a private placement, the access person must
                                    disclose that investment if he or she plays
                                    any part in the Firm's later consideration
                                    of an investment in the issuer.

                           (e)      PROHIBITION ON OPTIONS. Access persons are
                                    prohibited from acquiring or selling any
                                    option on any security.

                           (f)      PROHIBITION ON SHORT-SELLING. Access persons
                                    are prohibited from selling any security
                                    that the access person does not own or
                                    otherwise engaging in "short-selling"
                                    activities.

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                           (g)      PROHIBITION ON SHORT-TERM TRADING PROFITS.
                                    Access persons are prohibited from profiting
                                    in the purchase and sale, or sale and
                                    purchase, of the same (or equivalent)
                                    securities within sixty (60) calendar days.
                                    Trades made in violation of this prohibition
                                    should be unwound, if possible. Otherwise,
                                    any profits realized on such short-term
                                    trades shall be subject to disgorgement.

                  (2)      BLACKOUT RESTRICTIONS FOR ACCESS PERSONS. All access
                           persons are subject to the following restrictions
                           when their purchases and sales of securities coincide
                           with trades by any client of the Firm or by the Fund:

                           (a)      PURCHASES AND SALES WITHIN THREE DAYS
                                    FOLLOWING A TRADE BY A CLIENT OR THE FUND.
                                    Access persons are prohibited from
                                    purchasing or selling any security within
                                    three calendar days after any client or the
                                    Fund has traded in the same (or a related)
                                    security. In the event that an access person
                                    makes a prohibited purchase or sale within
                                    the three-day period, the access person must
                                    unwind the transaction and relinquish any
                                    gain from the transaction to the appropriate
                                    client portfolio(s) or the Fund.

                           (b)      PURCHASES WITHIN SEVEN DAYS BEFORE A
                                    PURCHASE BY A CLIENT OR THE FUND. Any access
                                    person who purchases a security within seven
                                    calendar days before any client or the Fund
                                    purchases the same (or a related) security
                                    is prohibited from selling the security for
                                    a period of six months following the client
                                    or the Fund's trade. In the event that an
                                    access person makes a prohibited sale within
                                    the six-month period, the access person must
                                    relinquish to the appropriate client
                                    portfolio(s) or the Fund any gain from the
                                    transaction.

                           (c)      SALES WITHIN SEVEN DAYS BEFORE A SALE BY A
                                    CLIENT OR THE FUND. Any access person who
                                    sells a security within seven days before
                                    any client or the Fund sells the same (or a
                                    related) security must relinquish to the
                                    appropriate client portfolio(s) or the Fund
                                    the difference between the access person's
                                    sale price and the client portfolio(s) or
                                    the Fund's sale price (assuming the access
                                    person's sale price is higher).

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         C.       EXEMPTED TRANSACTIONS
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                  The prohibitions of Sections B (1)(f)(g) and B (2)(a)(b)(c)
         shall not apply to:

                  (1)      purchases or sales effected in any account over which
                           the access person has no direct or indirect influence
                           or control;

                  (2)      purchases or sales which are non-volitional on the
                           part of either the access person or the Firm;

                  (3)      purchases which are part of an automatic dividend
                           reinvestment plan; and

                  (4)      purchases effected upon the exercise of rights issued
                           by an issuer pro rata to all holders of a class of
                           its securities, to the extent such rights were
                           acquired from such issuer, and sales of such rights
                           so acquired.

         D.       COMPLIANCE PROCEDURES
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                  (1)      RECORDS OF SECURITIES TRANSACTIONS. All access
                           persons must notify the Firm's Compliance Officer if
                           they have opened or intend to open a brokerage
                           account. Access persons must direct their brokers to
                           supply the Firm's Compliance officer with duplicate
                           confirmation statements of their securities
                           transactions and copies of all periodic statements
                           for their brokerage accounts.

                  (2)      PRE-CLEARANCE OF SECURITIES TRANSACTIONS. All access
                           persons shall receive prior written approval from the
                           Firm's Compliance Officer, or other officer
                           designated by the Board of Directors, before
                           purchasing or selling securities. The personal
                           securities transactions pre-clearance form is
                           attached as Exhibit D.

                  (3)      DISCLOSURE OF PERSONAL HOLDINGS. All access persons
                           shall disclose to the Firm's Compliance Officer all
                           personal securities holdings upon the later of
                           commencement of employment or adoption of this Code
                           of Ethics and thereafter on an annual basis as of
                           December 31. This initial report shall be made on the
                           form attached as Exhibit A and shall be delivered to
                           the Firm's Compliance Officer.

                  (4)      CERTIFICATION OF COMPLIANCE WITH CODE OF ETHICS.
                           Every access person shall certify annually that:

                           (a)      they have read and understand the Code of
                                    Ethics and recognize that they are subject
                                    thereto;

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                           (b)      they have complied with the requirements of
                                    the Code of Ethics; and

                           (c)      they have reported all personal securities
                                    transactions required to be reported
                                    pursuant to the requirements of the Code of
                                    Ethics.

                  The annual report shall be made on the form attached as
Exhibit B and delivered to the Firm's Compliance Officer.

                  (5)      REPORTING REQUIREMENTS

                           (a)      Every access person shall report to the
                                    Compliance Officer of the Firm the
                                    information described in, Sub-paragraph
                                    (5)(b) of this Section with respect to
                                    transactions in any security in which such
                                    person has, or by reason of such transaction
                                    acquires, any direct or indirect beneficial
                                    ownership in the security; provided,
                                    however, that an access person shall not be
                                    required to make a report with respect to
                                    transactions effected for any account over
                                    which such person does not have any direct
                                    or indirect influence.

                           (b)      Reports required to be made under this
                                    Paragraph (5) shall be made not later than
                                    10 days after the end of the calendar
                                    quarter in which the transaction to which
                                    the report relates was effected. Every
                                    access person shall be required to submit a
                                    report for all periods, including those
                                    periods in which no securities transactions
                                    were effected. A report shall be made on the
                                    form attached hereto as Exhibit C or on any
                                    other form containing the following
                                    information:

                                    (i)      the date of the transaction, the
                                             title and the number of shares, and
                                             the principal amount of each
                                             security involved;

                                    (ii)     the nature of the transaction
                                             (i.e., purchase, sale or any other
                                             type of acquisition or
                                             disposition);

                                    (iii)    the price at which the transaction
                                             was effected; and

                                    (iv)    the name of the broker, dealer or
                                            bank with or through whom the
                                            transaction was effected.

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                                    Duplicate copies of the broker confirmation
                                    of all personal transactions and copies of
                                    periodic statements for all securities
                                    accounts may be appended to Exhibit C to
                                    fulfill the reporting requirement.

                           (c)      Any such report may contain a statement that
                                    the report shall not be construed as an
                                    admission by the person making such report
                                    that he or she has any direct or indirect
                                    beneficial ownership in the security to
                                    which the report relates.

                           (d)      The Compliance Officer of the Firm shall
                                    notify each access person that he or she is
                                    subject to these reporting requirements, and
                                    shall deliver a copy of this Code of Ethics
                                    to each such person upon request.

                           (e)      Reports submitted to the Compliance Officer
                                    of the Firm pursuant to this Code of Ethics
                                    shall be confidential and shall be provided
                                    only to the officers and directors of the
                                    Firm, Firm counsel or regulatory authorities
                                    upon appropriate request.

                  (6)      CONFLICT OF INTEREST

                           Every access person shall notify the Compliance
                           Officer of the Firm of any personal conflict of
                           interest relationship which may involve the Firm's
                           clients (including the Fund), such as the existence
                           of any economic relationship between their
                           transactions and securities held or to be acquired by
                           any portfolio of the Firm. Such notification shall
                           occur in the pre-clearance process.

         E.       REPORTING OF VIOLATIONS TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
                  -------------------------------------------------

                  (1)      The Firm's Compliance Officer shall promptly report
                           to the Board of Directors and to the Fund's
                           Compliance Officer all apparent violations of this
                           Code of Ethics and the reporting requirements
                           thereunder.

                  (2)      When the Firm's Compliance Officer finds that a
                           transaction otherwise reportable to the Board of
                           Directors under Paragraph (1) of this Section could
                           not reasonably be found to have resulted in a fraud,
                           deceit or manipulative practice in violation of
                           Section 206 of the Advisers Act or Rule 17j-1 of the
                           40 Act, he may, in his discretion, lodge a written
                           memorandum of such finding and the reasons therefor
                           with the reports made pursuant to this Code of
                           Ethics, in lieu of reporting the transaction to the
                           Board of Directors.

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                  (3)      The Board of Directors, or a Committee of Directors
                           created by the Board of Directors for that purpose,
                           shall consider reports made to the Board of Directors
                           hereunder and shall determine whether or not this
                           Code of Ethics has been violated and what sanctions,
                           if any, should be imposed.

         F.       ANNUAL REPORTING TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
                  ------------------------------------------

                  (1)      The Firm's Compliance Officer shall prepare an annual
                           report relating to this Code of Ethics to the Board
                           of Directors. Such annual report shall:

                           (a)      Summarize existing procedures concerning
                                    personal investing and any changes in the
                                    procedures made during the past year;

                           (b)      identify any violations requiring
                                    significant remedial action during the past
                                    year; and

                           (c)      identify any recommended changes in the
                                    existing restrictions or procedures based
                                    upon the Firm's experience under its Code of
                                    Ethics, evolving industry practices or
                                    developments in applicable laws or
                                    regulations.

                  The Fund's Compliance Officer will prepare a similar report
for the Fund's Board of Directors.

         G.       SANCTIONS
                  ---------

                  Upon discovering a violation of this Code, the Board of
Directors may impose such sanctions, as they deem appropriate, including, among
other things, a letter of censure or suspension or termination of the employment
of the violator.

         H.       RETENTION OF RECORDS
                  --------------------

                  This Code of Ethics, a list of all persons required to make
reports hereunder from time to time, as shall be updated by the Firm's
Compliance Officer, a copy of each report made by an access person hereunder,
each memorandum made by the Firm's Compliance Officer hereunder and a record of
any violation hereof and any action taken as a result of such violation, shall
be maintained by the Firm.


Dated:    January 3, 2000
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                                                                       Exhibit A
                    BARROW, HANLEY, MEWHINNEY & STRAUSS, INC.

                                 CODE OF ETHICS

                        INITIAL REPORT OF ACCESS PERSONS

To the Compliance Officer of Barrow, Hanley, Mewhinney & Strauss, Inc.:

         1. I hereby acknowledge receipt of a copy of the Code of Ethics for
Barrow, Hanley, Mewhinney & Strauss, Inc. (the "Firm").

         2. I have read and understand the Code and recognize that I am subject
thereto in the capacity of "Access Persons."

         3. Except as noted below, I hereby certify that I have no knowledge of
the existence of any personal conflict of interest relationship which may
involve the Firm or the Fund, such as any economic relationship between my
transactions and securities held or to be acquired by the Firm or any of its
portfolios, including the Fund.

         4. As of the date below I had a direct or indirect beneficial ownership
in the following securities:

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NOTE: Do not report transactions in U.S. Government securities, bankers'
acceptances, bank certificates of deposit, commercial paper and unaffiliated
registered open-end investment companies (mutual funds).


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    Date:                                                    Signature:
           -------------------------------------------                   ------------------------------------------------
           (First date of investment personnel
           status)                                          Print Name:
                                                                         ------------------------------------------------

                                                                 Title:
                                                                         ------------------------------------------------

                                                              Employer:  Barrow, Hanley, Mewhinney & Strauss, Inc.
                                                                         ------------------------------------------------

    Date:                                                    Signature:
           -------------------------------------------                   ------------------------------------------------
                                                                         Firm's Compliance Officer
</TABLE>

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<PAGE>   14
                                                                       Exhibit B
                    BARROW, HANLEY, MEWHINNEY & STRAUSS, INC.

                                 CODE OF ETHICS

                         ANNUAL REPORT OF ACCESS PERSONS

To the Compliance Officer of Barrow, Hanley, Mewhinney & Strauss, Inc.:

         1. I have read and understand the Code and recognize that I am subject
thereto in the capacity of an "Access Person."

         2. I hereby certify that, during the year ended December 31, 20 ___, I
have complied with the requirements of the Code and I have reported all
securities transactions required to be reported pursuant to the Code.

         3. I hereby certify that I have not disclosed pending "buy" or "sell"
orders for a portfolio of the Firm or the Fund to any employees of any other UAM
affiliate, except where the disclosure occurred subsequent to the execution of
withdrawal of an order.

         4. Except as noted below, I hereby certify that I have no knowledge of
the existence of any personal conflict of interest relationship which may
involve the Firm or the Fund, such as any economic relationship between my
transactions and securities held or to be acquired by the Firm or any of its
portfolios, including the Fund.

         4. As of December 31, 20___, I had a direct or indirect beneficial
ownership in the following securities:

<TABLE>
======================================== ====================================== ======================================
<CAPTION>
                                                                                          TYPE OF INTEREST
          NAME OF SECURITIES                       NUMBER OF SHARES                     (DIRECT OR INDIRECT)
---------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- --------------------------------------

<S>                                      <C>                                    <C>
---------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- --------------------------------------

---------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- --------------------------------------

---------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- --------------------------------------

---------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- --------------------------------------

---------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- --------------------------------------

---------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- --------------------------------------

======================================== ====================================== ======================================
</TABLE>

NOTE: Do not report transactions in U.S. Government securities, bankers'
acceptances, bank certificates of deposit, commercial paper and unaffiliated
registered open-end investment companies (mutual funds).

<TABLE>
<S>                                                       <C>
    Date:                                                    Signature:
           -------------------------------------------                   ------------------------------------------------
           (First date of investment personnel
           status)                                          Print Name:
                                                                         ------------------------------------------------

                                                                 Title:
                                                                         ------------------------------------------------

                                                              Employer:  Barrow, Hanley, Mewhinney & Strauss, Inc.
                                                                         ------------------------------------------------

    Date:                                                    Signature:
           -------------------------------------------                   ------------------------------------------------
                                                                         Firm's Compliance Officer
</TABLE>

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<PAGE>   15
                                                                       Exhibit C
                    BARROW, HANLEY, MEWHINNEY & STRAUSS, INC.

                                 ACCESS PERSONS

 Securities Transactions Report For the Calendar Quarter Ended: _______________

To the Compliance Officer of Barrow, Hanley, Mewhinney & Strauss, Inc.:

During the quarter referred to above, the following transactions were effected
in securities of which I had, or by reason of such transaction acquired, direct
or indirect beneficial ownership, and which are required to be reported pursuant
to the Code of Ethics adopted by the Firm.

<TABLE>
=================== ================= ============ ================ ==================== ========== ======================
<CAPTION>
     SECURITY           DATE OF         NO. OF      DOLLAR AMOUNT        NATURE OF         PRICE        BROKER/DEALER
                      TRANSACTION       SHARES     OF TRANSACTION       TRANSACTION                    OR BANK THROUGH
                                                                      (Purch., Sale,                    WHOM EFFECTED
                                                                          Other)
------------------- ----------------- ------------ ---------------- -------------------- ---------- ----------------------

<S>                 <C>               <C>          <C>              <C>                  <C>        <C>
------------------- ----------------- ------------ ---------------- -------------------- ---------- ----------------------

------------------- ----------------- ------------ ---------------- -------------------- ---------- ----------------------

------------------- ----------------- ------------ ---------------- -------------------- ---------- ----------------------

------------------- ----------------- ------------ ---------------- -------------------- ---------- ----------------------

------------------- ----------------- ------------ ---------------- -------------------- ---------- ----------------------

------------------- ----------------- ------------ ---------------- -------------------- ---------- ----------------------

------------------- ----------------- ------------ ---------------- -------------------- ---------- ----------------------

------------------- ----------------- ------------ ---------------- -------------------- ---------- ----------------------

=================== ================= ============ ================ ==================== ========== ======================
</TABLE>

This report (i) excludes transactions with respect to which I had no direct or
indirect influence or control, (ii) excludes other transactions not required to
be reported, and (iii) is not an admission that I have or had any direct or
indirect beneficial ownership in the securities listed above.

Except as noted on the reverse side of this report, I hereby certify that I have
no knowledge of the existence of any personal conflict of interest relationship
which may involve the Firm or the Fund, such as the existence of any economic
relationship between my transactions and securities held or to be acquired by
Firm clients or any related portfolios, including the Fund.

NOTE: Do not report transactions in U.S. Government securities, bankers'
acceptances, bank certificates of deposit, commercial paper and unaffiliated
registered open-end investment companies (mutual funds).

<TABLE>
<S>                                                       <C>
    Date:                                                    Signature:
           -------------------------------------------                   ------------------------------------------------
           (First date of investment personnel
           status)                                          Print Name:
                                                                         ------------------------------------------------

                                                                 Title:
                                                                         ------------------------------------------------

                                                              Employer:  Barrow, Hanley, Mewhinney & Strauss, Inc.
                                                                         ------------------------------------------------

    Date:                                                    Signature:
           -------------------------------------------                   ------------------------------------------------
                                                                         Firm's Compliance Officer
</TABLE>

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<PAGE>   16
                                                                       Exhibit D
                    BARROW, HANLEY, MEWHINNEY & STRAUSS, INC.

                                 ACCESS PERSONS

               Personal Securities Transactions Pre-clearance Form
                       (see Section D(2), Code of Ethics)

To the  Compliance Officer of Barrow, Hanley, Mewhinney & Strauss, Inc.:

I hereby request pre-clearance of the following proposed transactions:

<TABLE>
=================== =========== =================== ==================== ============= ====================== ====================
<CAPTION>
     SECURITY         NO. OF     DOLLAR AMOUNT OF        NATURE OF          PRICE          BROKER/DEALER          AUTHORIZED
                      SHARES       TRANSACTION          TRANSACTION          (OR          OR BANK THROUGH
                                                      (Purch., Sale,       PROPOSED        WHOM EFFECTED            YES NO
                                                          Other)            PRICE)
------------------- ----------- ------------------- -------------------- ------------- ---------------------- --------- ----------

<S>                 <C>         <C>                 <C>                  <C>           <C>                    <C>       <C>
------------------- ----------- ------------------- -------------------- ------------- ---------------------- --------- ----------

------------------- ----------- ------------------- -------------------- ------------- ---------------------- --------- ----------

------------------- ----------- ------------------- -------------------- ------------- ---------------------- --------- ----------

------------------- ----------- ------------------- -------------------- ------------- ---------------------- --------- ----------

------------------- ----------- ------------------- -------------------- ------------- ---------------------- --------- ----------

------------------- ----------- ------------------- -------------------- ------------- ---------------------- --------- ----------

------------------- ----------- ------------------- -------------------- ------------- ---------------------- --------- ----------

------------------- ----------- ------------------- -------------------- ------------- ---------------------- --------- ----------

=================== =========== =================== ==================== ============= ====================== ========= ==========
</TABLE>

<TABLE>
<S>                                                        <C>
    Date:                                                    Signature:
           -------------------------------------------                   ------------------------------------------------
           (First date of investment personnel
           status)                                          Print Name:
                                                                         ------------------------------------------------

                                                                 Title:
                                                                         ------------------------------------------------

                                                              Employer:  Barrow, Hanley, Mewhinney & Strauss, Inc.
                                                                         ------------------------------------------------

    Date:                                                    Signature:
           -------------------------------------------                   ------------------------------------------------
                                                                         Firm's Compliance Officer
</TABLE>

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