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Pioneer High Yield VCT II
Release date as of 2024-10-31. Data on page is subject to change.
Snapshot Ratings & Risk Portfolio Nuts & Bolts
  Fees and Expenses Taken from prospectus dated 2024-05-01  
Maximum Fees
Administrative ---
Management 0.65%
12b-1 ---
Actual Fees
12b-1 0.25%
Management 0.65%
Expense Ratio 1.15%
(taken from annual report dated 2024-06-30)
Total Annual Operating Expense 1.60%
Waiver Data
Type Date %
ExpenseRatio Contractual 2025-05-01 0.40
  Management
Inception Date: 2001-05-01
Mngr Name Kenneth J. Monaghan
Mngr Start Date 2019-10-01
Biography
Kenneth J. Monaghan is Managing Director, Co-Director of High Yield, and Portfolio Manager at Amundi Pioneer. Based in Durham, he is a Portfolio Manager on US high yield and global high yield strategies. Ken is also Co-Director of a team of portfolio managers who specialize in identifying and capitalizing on high yield and bank loan opportunities globally. The team also provides insight and recommendations for a number of multi-sector fixed income strategies managed by the US fixed income team. Prior to joining Amundi Pioneer in 2014, Ken was at Rogge Global Partners where he was Partner and Portfolio Manager responsible for US high yield and was an integral part of Rogge’s global high yield strategy; he also ran Rogge’s New York office. He joined Rogge in 2008 from ING Investment Management where he was Managing Director and Portfolio Manager responsible for US high yield. Ken brought ING’s institutional US high yield strategy to Rogge. He co-founded the strategy in 1996 at a predecessor organization to ING and was co-portfolio manager of the strategy from its inception and the sole senior portfolio manager of the strategy from 2007 through June 2014 when he left Rogge. Prior to becoming a portfolio manager, Ken spent 13 years at Salomon Brothers starting as a high yield analyst eventually heading Salomon’s high yield research effort in New York. He subsequently spent five years in London as head of Salomon’s London credit research team and upon his return to New York in 1991 launched Salomon’s nascent distressed credit effort. He spent his final years at Salomon as a Director of Institutional Sales. He began his career as a credit analyst at Lord, Abbett & Co. Ken is a graduate of Colgate University and holds both a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree in Finance and a Master of Public Administration (MPA) degree from New York University.
Mngr Name Matthew Shulkin
Mngr Start Date 2017-10-01
Biography
Mr. Shulkin, a Senior Vice President, joined Amundi US in 2013 as a member of the U.S. fixed income team and has twenty years of investment experience. Prior to joining Amundi US, Mr. Shulkin spent five years at Mast Capital Management as an analyst focusing on the paper and forest products, packaging and homebuilding sectors. Previously, Mr. Shulkin was a credit analyst at Tisbury Capital and a member of the high yield team at Putnam Investments. Mr. Shulkin has served as a portfolio manager of the portfolio since 2017. Matt earned his B.A. from Cornell University in 1996, and his M.B.A. from The Wharton School in 2003. He is a CFA® charterholder.
Mngr Name Andrew Feltus
Mngr Start Date 2007-04-02
Biography
ANDREW D. FELTUS, CFA MANAGING DIRECTOR CO-DIRECTOR OF HIGH YIELD, PORTFOLIO MANAGER Joined Amundi Pioneer: 1994 Investment Experience Since: 1991 Andrew Feltus is a Managing Director, Portfolio Manager, and Co-Director of the Amundi Pioneer High Yield team based in Boston. In addition to his role as a Portfolio Manager on U.S. high yield, global high yield, and multisector portfolios, Andrew co-leads a team of portfolio managers who specialize in identifying and capitalizing on high yield and bank loan opportunities globally. The team also provides insight and recommendations for a number of multisector fixed income strategies managed by the U.S. fixed income team. Andrew has been actively managing fixed income portfolios since 1994. He has extensive experience managing a wide range of debt securities globally, including emerging markets and foreign exchange. His experience includes analyzing and managing derivatives since 1992. Andrew joined Amundi Pioneer as a Fixed Income Analyst and became a Portfolio Manager in 2001. Prior to joining Amundi Pioneer, he worked on the bond desk at Massachusetts Financial Services. He holds a B.A. in quantitative economics and philosophy from Tufts University. He is a CFA® charterholder.
Investment Advisor(s)
Amundi Asset Management US, Inc.
Web Site
www.pioneerinvestments.com
Issuer
Amundi US
Subadvisor(s)
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