Unassociated Document


January 12, 2012




VIA EDGAR

Securities and Exchange Commission
Office of Registration and Reports
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20549

 
Re:
Pioneer Family of Mutual Funds
 
(Each Registrant listed on Attachment A hereto)


Members of the Commission:

In accordance with Rule 17g-1(g) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, each of the registrants listed on Attachment A hereby files the following documents with the Commission:

 
1.
A certified copy of resolutions adopted by a majority of the Boards of Trustees who are not “interested persons” of each of the registrants, at meetings held on July 12, 2011, approving the extension of Bond No. 87002110B through September 30, 2011.  Bond No. 87002110B was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 7, 2010 pursuant to Rule 17g-1(g). (EXHIBIT 99-2)

 
2.
Bond No. 87002111B (the “Bond”) issued by the ICI Mutual Insurance Company of Burlington, Vermont in the amount of $38,000,000  covering the period September 30, 2011 through July 31, 2012 (EXHIBIT 99-1);

 
3.
A certified copy of resolutions adopted by a majority of the Boards of Trustees who are not “interested persons” of each of the registrants, at meetings held on September 20, 2011, approving the amount, type, form and coverage of the Bond and the portion of the premium to be paid by each Registrant (EXHIBIT 99-2);

Pioneer Investment Management, Inc.
60 State Street
Boston, MA  02109-1820
Telephone:  617-742-7825


“Member of the UniCredit Banking Group, Register of Banking Groups.”

 
 

 


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4.
A statement showing the amount of the single insured bond which each registrant would have provided and maintained had it not been named as an insured under a joint insured bond based on its gross assets as of June 30, 2011 (EXHIBIT 99-3); and

 
5.
A copy of the Fidelity Bond Premium and Coverage Allocation Agreement, effective as of October 1, 2011, by and among the joint insureds under the Bond (EXHIBIT 99-4).

The Bond provides total fidelity coverage of $38,000,000 for 30 registrants associated with Pioneer Investment Management USA Inc.

The premium associated with coverage under the Bond has been paid for the period from September 30, 2011 to July 31, 2012.

Please contact me at 617/517-8996 should you have any questions or require additional information.

Very truly yours,


/s/ Carol B. Hannigan


Carol B. Hannigan
Assistant Secretary of the Pioneer Funds

Enclosures

CC:
Terrence J. Cullen
 
Roger Joseph, Esq.
 
Christopher J. Kelley
 
Toby Serkin, Esq.

 
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Attachment A

 
Registrant
Investment Company
Act Registration
Number
1
Pioneer Bond Fund
811-02864
2
Pioneer Diversified High Income Trust
811-22014
3
Pioneer Emerging Markets Fund
811-08448
4
Pioneer Equity Income Fund
811-08657
5
Pioneer Equity Opportunity Fund
811-21623
6
Pioneer Floating Rate Trust
811-21654
7
Pioneer Fund
811-01466
8
Pioneer High Income Trust
811-21043
9
Pioneer High Yield Fund
811-09685
10
Pioneer Ibbotson Asset Allocation Series, a series trust consisting of:
   Pioneer Ibbotson Aggressive Allocation Fund
   Pioneer Ibbotson Conservative Allocation Fund
   Pioneer Ibbotson Growth Allocation Fund
   Pioneer Ibbotson Moderate Allocation Fund
811-21569
 
11
Pioneer Independence Fund
811-08547
12
Pioneer Mid Cap Value Fund
811-06106
13
Pioneer Money Market Trust, a series fund consisting of:
   Pioneer Cash Reserves Fund
811-05099
14
Pioneer Municipal High Income Trust
811-21321
15
Pioneer Municipal High Income Advantage Trust
811-21409
16
Pioneer Real Estate Shares
811-07870
17
Pioneer Research Fund
811-09585
18
Pioneer Series Trust I, a series trust consisting of:
   Pioneer Oak Ridge Large Cap Growth Fund
   Pioneer Oak Ridge Small Cap Growth Fund
   Pioneer Select Mid Cap Growth Fund
811-21425
19
Pioneer Series Trust II, a series trust consisting of:
   Pioneer AMT-Free Municipal Fund
   Pioneer Growth Opportunities Fund
811-21460
20
Pioneer Series Trust III, a series trust consisting of:
   Pioneer Cullen Value Fund
811-21664
21
Pioneer Series Trust IV, a series trust consisting of:
   Pioneer Classic Balanced Fund
   Pioneer Government Income Fund
   Pioneer Treasury Reserves Fund
811-21781
22
Pioneer Series Trust V, a series trust consisting of:
   Pioneer Global Equity Fund
   Pioneer High Income Municipal Fund
   Pioneer Disciplined Growth Fund
   Pioneer Disciplined Value Fund
811-21823

 
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Registrant
Investment Company
Act Registration
Number
23
Pioneer Series Trust VI, a series trust consisting of:
   Pioneer Floating Rate Fund
   Pioneer Multi-Asset Real Return Fund
811-21978
 
24
Pioneer Series Trust VII, a series trust consisting of:
   Pioneer Global Aggregate Bond Fund
   Pioneer Global High Yield Fund
811-10395
25
Pioneer Series Trust VIII, a series trust consisting of:
   Pioneer International Value Fund
811-07318
26
Pioneer Series Trust X
    Pioneer Absolute Return Credit Fund
    Pioneer Fundamental Growth Fund
    Pioneer Multi-Asset Floating Rate Fund
811-21108
27
Pioneer Short Term Income Fund
811-21558
28
Pioneer Strategic Income Fund
811-09223
29
Pioneer Value Fund
811-01835
30
Pioneer Variable Contracts Trust, a series trust consisting of:
811-08786
 
Pioneer Bond VCT Portfolio
 
 
Pioneer Cullen Value VCT Portfolio
 
 
Pioneer Emerging Markets VCT Portfolio
 
 
Pioneer Equity Income VCT Portfolio
 
 
Pioneer Fund VCT Portfolio
 
 
Pioneer Growth Opportunities VCT Portfolio
 
 
Pioneer High Yield VCT Portfolio
 
 
Pioneer Ibbotson Growth Allocation VCT Portfolio
 
 
Pioneer Ibbotson Moderate Allocation VCT Portfolio
 
 
Pioneer Mid Cap Value VCT Portfolio
 
 
Pioneer Real Estate Shares VCT Portfolio
 
 
Pioneer Strategic Income VCT Portfolio
 



 
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