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EXHIBIT NO. (16)(b)
POWER OF ATTORNEY
I, Brian M. Storms, Trustee and President (Chief Executive Officer) of
PaineWebber PACE Select Advisors Trust ("Trust"), hereby constitute and
appoint Amy R. Doberman, Dianne E. O'Donnell, Keith A. Weller, Arthur J.
Brown, Elinor W. Gammon and Benjamin J. Haskin, and each of them singly, my
true and lawful attorneys, with full power to sign for me, in my name and in
my capacities as Trustee and as President (Chief Executive Officer) of the
Trust, the registration statements of the Trust on Form N-14 approved by the
Trust's Board of Trustees at meetings held September 12 and 13, 2000, any
amendments to such registration statements and any amendments to the current
registration statement of the Trust on Form N-1A (all as filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission) and all instruments necessary or
desirable in connection therewith, and hereby ratify and confirm my signature
as it may be signed by said attorneys to these registration statements,
amendments to registration statements and other instruments.
SIGNATURE TITLE DATE
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/S/ BRIAN M. STORMS Trustee and President November 13, 2000
------------------- (Chief Executive Officer)
Brian M. Storms
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