Unassociated Document


November 17, 2008
 
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.
Bond No. 87002108B (the “Bond”) issued by the ICI Mutual Insurance Company of Burlington, Vermont in the amount of $42,000,000 (EXHIBIT 99-1);

 
2.
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 14, 2008 and July 15, 2008, respectively, 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);

 
3.
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 April 30, 2008 (EXHIBIT 99-3); and

 
4.
A copy of the Fidelity Bond Premium and Coverage Allocation Agreement, effective as of August 1, 2008, by and among the joint insureds under the Bond (EXHIBIT 99-4) .

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.”


 
Securities and Exchange Commission
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November 17, 2008


The Bond provides total fidelity coverage of $42,000,000 for 40 registrants associated with Pioneer Investment Management USA Inc.

The premium associated with coverage under the Bond has been paid for the period from July 31, 2008 to July 31, 2009.

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
Fund Governance Director


Enclosures

CC:
Dorothy E. Bourassa
 
Terrence J. Cullen
 
Roger Joseph, Esq.
 
Toby Serkin, Esq.
 

 
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 Fundamental Growth Fund
811-21108
9
Pioneer Growth Shares
811-01604
10
Pioneer High Income Trust
811-21043
11
Pioneer High Yield Fund
811-09685
12
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
13
Pioneer Independence Fund
811-08547
14
Pioneer Interest Shares
811-02239
15
Pioneer International Equity Fund
811-07733
16
Pioneer Mid Cap Growth Fund
811-03564
17
Pioneer Mid Cap Value Fund
811-06106
18
Pioneer Money Market Trust, a series fund consisting of:
Pioneer Cash Reserves Fund
811-05099
19
Pioneer Municipal High Income Trust
811-21321
20
Pioneer Municipal High Income Advantage Trust
811-21409
21
Pioneer Protected Principal Trust, as series trust consisting of:
Pioneer Protected Principal Plus Fund
Pioneer Protected Principal Plus Fund II
811-21163
22
Pioneer Real Estate Shares
811-07870
23
Pioneer Research Fund
811-09585
24
Pioneer Select Growth Fund
811-21452
25
Pioneer Series Trust I, a series trust consisting of:
Pioneer Oak Ridge Large Cap Growth Fund
Pioneer Oak Ridge Small Cap Growth Fund
811-21425
 

 
26
Pioneer Series Trust II, a series trust consisting of:
Pioneer Am Pac Growth Fund
Pioneer AMT -Free CA Municipal Bond Fund
Pioneer AMT -Free Municipal Fund
Pioneer Growth Leaders Fund
Pioneer Growth Opportunities Fund
Pioneer Small and Mid Cap Growth Fund
Pioneer Tax Free Money Market Fund
811-21460
27
Pioneer Series Trust III, a series trust consisting of:
Pioneer Cullen Value Fund
811-21664
28
Pioneer Series Trust IV, a series trust consisting of:
Pioneer Classic Balanced Fund
Pioneer Government Income Fund
Pioneer Institutional Money Market Fund
Pioneer Treasury Reserves Fund
811-21781
29
Pioneer Series Trust V, a series trust consisting of:
Pioneer Global Select Equity Fund
Pioneer High Income Municipal Fund
Pioneer Oak Ridge All Cap Growth Fund
Pioneer Research Growth Fund
Pioneer Research Value Fund
811-21823
30
Pioneer Series Trust VI, a series trust consisting of:
Pioneer Floating Rate Fund
811-21978
31
Pioneer Series Trust VII, a series trust consisting of:
Pioneer Global Aggregate Bond Fund
Pioneer Global Diversified Equity Fund
Pioneer Global High Yield Fund
811-10395
32
Pioneer Series Trust VIII, a series trust consisting of:
Pioneer International Value Fund
811-07318
33
Pioneer Series Trust IX, a series trust consisting of:
Pioneer Europe Select Equity Fund
811-06151
34
Pioneer Short Term Income Fund
811-21558
35
Pioneer Small Cap Value Fund
811-07985
36
Pioneer Strategic Income Fund
811-09223
37
Pioneer Municipal and Equity Income Trust
811-21448
38
Pioneer Tax Free Income Fund
811-02704
39
Pioneer Value Fund
811-01835
40
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 Independence VCT Portfolio
 
 
Pioneer Fund VCT Portfolio
 
 
Pioneer Global High Yield VCT Portfolio
 
 
Pioneer Growth Opportunities VCT Portfolio
 
 
Pioneer High Yield VCT Portfolio
 
 
Pioneer Ibbotson Aggressive Allocation VCT Portfolio
 
 

 
 
Pioneer Ibbotson Growth Allocation VCT Portfolio
 
 
Pioneer Ibbotson Moderate Allocation VCT Portfolio
 
 
Pioneer International Value VCT Portfolio
 
 
Pioneer Mid Cap Value VCT Portfolio
 
 
Pioneer Money Market VCT Portfolio
 
 
Pioneer Oak Ridge Large Cap Growth VCT Portfolio
 
 
Pioneer Real Estate Shares VCT Portfolio
 
 
Pioneer Small Cap Value VCT Portfolio
 
 
Pioneer Strategic Income VCT Portfolio