AMENDMENT NO. 4 TO THE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT

Exhibit (d)(1)(i)(B)(v)

AMENDMENT NO. 4

TO THE

INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT

AMENDMENT NO. 4 effective as of May 1, 2017 (“Amendment No. 4”), to the Investment Management Agreement dated as of May 1, 2011, as amended (“Agreement”), between EQ Advisors Trust, a Delaware statutory trust (the “Trust”), and AXA Equitable Funds Management Group, LLC, a limited liability company organized in the State of Delaware (“FMG LLC” or “Manager”).

The Trust and FMG LLC agree to modify and amend the Agreement, as follows:

1. Name Changes: The following Portfolio names shall be changed as follows:

Current Name		New Name
EQ/Boston Advisors Equity Income		1290 VT Equity Income
EQ/GAMCO Mergers and Acquisitions		1290 VT GAMCO Mergers & Acquisitions
EQ/GAMCO Small Company Value		1290 VT GAMCO Small Company Value

2. Appendix A: Appendix A to the Agreement, which sets forth the Portfolios of the Trust for which FMG LLC is appointed investment manager is hereby replaced in its entirety by Appendix A attached hereto, and

3. Appendix B: Appendix B to the Agreement, which sets forth the fees payable to FMG LLC with respect to each Portfolio is hereby replaced in its entirety by Appendix B attached hereto.

Except as modified and amended hereby, the Agreement is hereby ratified and confirmed in full force and effect in accordance with its terms.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed and delivered this Amendment No. 4 as of the date first above set forth.

EQ ADVISORS TRUST						AXA EQUITABLE FUNDS MANAGEMENT GROUP, LLC
By:		/s/ Xxxxx Xxxxx				By:		/s/ Xxxxxx Xxxx
		Xxxxx Xxxxx						Xxxxxx Xxxx
		Chief Financial Officer and						Senior Vice President and
		Treasurer						Chief Operating Officer

APPENDIX A

INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT

Portfolios

1290 VT Equity Income Portfolio

(fka, EQ/Boston Advisors Equity Income Portfolio)

1290 VT GAMCO Mergers & Acquisitions Portfolio

(fka, EQ/GAMCO Mergers and Acquisitions Portfolio)

1290 VT GAMCO Small Company Value Portfolio

(fka, EQ/GAMCO Small Company Value Portfolio)

All Asset Growth-Alt 20 Portfolio

AXA/Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Growth Portfolio

EQ/MFS International Growth Portfolio

EQ/PIMCO Ultra Short Bond Portfolio

EQ/X. Xxxx Price Growth Stock Portfolio

EQ/UBS Growth and income Portfolio

APPENDIX B

INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT

The Trust shall pay the Manager, at the end of each calendar month, compensation computed daily at an annual rate equal to the following:

(as a percentage of average daily net assets)
Fixed Income Portfolios		First $750 Million				Next $750 Million				Next $1 Billion				Next $2.5 Billion				Thereafter
EQ/PIMCO Ultra Short Bond			0.500	%			0.475	%			0.450	%			0.430	%			0.420	%

(as a percentage of average daily net assets)
Equity Portfolios		First $1 Billion				Next $1 Billion				Next $3 Billion				Next $5 Billion				Thereafter
1290 VT Equity (fka, EQ/Boston Advisors Equity Income)			0.750	%			0.700	%			0.675	%			0.650	%			0.625	%
1290 VT GAMCO Mergers & Acquisitions (fka, EQ/GAMCO Mergers and Acquisitions)			0.900	%			0.850	%			0.825	%			0.800	%			0.775	%
1290 VT GAMCO Small Company Value (fka, EQ/GAMCO Small Company Value)			0.750	%			0.700	%			0.675	%			0.650	%			0.625	%
EQ/MFS International Growth			0.850	%			0.800	%			0.775	%			0.750	%			0.725	%
AXA/Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Growth Portfolio			0.750	%			0.700	%			0.675	%			0.650	%			0.625	%
EQ/X. Xxxx Price Growth Stock			0.750	%			0.700	%			0.675	%			0.650	%			0.625	%
EQ/UBS Growth & Income			0.750	%			0.700	%			0.675	%			0.650	%			0.625	%
(as a percentage of average daily net assets)
All Asset Growth-Alt 20											0.100	%