Exhibit 99.(t)

POWER OF ATTORNEY

FIRST TRUST HEDGED STRATEGIES FUND

(the “Fund”)

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned constitutes and appoints each of Joshua B. Deringer and Ann Maurer as his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, each with full power of substitution and resubstitution for such attorney-in-fact in such attorney-in-fact’s name, place and stead, to sign any and all Pre-Effective Amendments and/or Post-Effective Amendments to the Registration Statement of the Fund on Form N-2 and any filings made with any state regulatory agency or authority, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission or any state regulatory agency or authority, as appropriate, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent, or his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney to be effective as of this 18 day of May, 2023.

/s/ David Lee

Signature

David Lee

Name

POWER OF ATTORNEY

FIRST TRUST HEDGED STRATEGIES FUND

(the “Fund”)

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned constitutes and appoints each of Joshua B. Deringer and Ann Maurer as his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, each with full power of substitution and resubstitution for such attorney-in-fact in such attorney-in-fact’s name, place and stead, to sign any and all Pre-Effective Amendments and/or Post-Effective Amendments to the Registration Statement of the Fund on Form N-2 and any filings made with any state regulatory agency or authority, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission or any state regulatory agency or authority, as appropriate, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent, or his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney to be effective as of this 18 day of May, 2023.

/s/ Gary Shugrue

Signature

Gary Shugrue

Name

POWER OF ATTORNEY

FIRST TRUST HEDGED STRATEGIES FUND

(the “Fund”)

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned constitutes and appoints each of Joshua B. Deringer and Ann Maurer as his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, each with full power of substitution and resubstitution for such attorney-in-fact in such attorney-in-fact’s name, place and stead, to sign any and all Pre-Effective Amendments and/or Post-Effective Amendments to the Registration Statement of the Fund on Form N-2 and any filings made with any state regulatory agency or authority, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission or any state regulatory agency or authority, as appropriate, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent, or his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney to be effective as of this 18 day of May, 2023.

/s/ Terrance Gallagher

Signature

Terrance Gallagher

Name

POWER OF ATTORNEY

FIRST TRUST HEDGED STRATEGIES FUND
(the “Fund”)

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned constitutes and appoints each of Joshua B. Deringer and Ann Maurer as his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, each with full power of substitution and resubstitution for such attorney-in-fact in such attorney-in-fact’s name, place and stead, to sign any and all Pre-Effective Amendments and/or Post-Effective Amendments to the Registration Statement of the Fund on Form N-2 and any filings made with any state regulatory agency or authority, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission or any state regulatory agency or authority, as appropriate, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent, or his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney to be effective as of this 18 day of May, 2023.

/s/ Robert Seyferth

Signature

Robert Seyferth

Name