Pioneer Investments Expands Institutional Distribution Capabilities with Senior Hire

Pioneer Investments today announced the addition of a new member to its North America institutional sales team. Brian Burke has been named Vice President of Institutional Business Development and Consultant Relations. He is based in Boston.

“Pioneer is committed to expanding our distribution footprint in the institutional market,” said Bill Porter, Senior Vice President and Head of U.S. Institutional – North America. “Brian’s proven track record of executing business development initiatives in diverse institutional markets will be invaluable as we look to broaden existing relationships and identify new opportunities to serve institutional clients with our growing lineup of fixed income, equity and alternative product offerings.”

Prior to joining Pioneer Investments, Brian Burke served as Director of Institutional Sales and Consultant Relations at Boston-based investment manager Monarch Partners. Prior to Monarch, he served as a member of the Global Relationship Group at Wellington Management, where he supported Endowment & Foundation, Corporate, Health Care, Taft Hartley and Public Fund clients. He was formerly a Senior Relationship Manager at State Street Global Advisors, where he also worked as an analyst with the Mid West Institutional and Sub Advisory teams. Brian graduated from Providence College with a B.A. in Political Science and earned an M.B.A. from the Carroll School of Management at Boston College.

About Pioneer Investments

Founded in 1928, Pioneer Investments is a leading global asset manager with a history of providing innovative investment products to investors worldwide. The firm offers a diverse range of products and services across traditional and non-traditional asset classes for a wide range of clients, including institutional investors, wealth management firms, financial advisors, and private investors.

Pioneer Investments is the trade name for Pioneer Global Asset Management S.p.A. (PGAM) and its subsidiaries, a global investment firm with offices in 27 countries and approximately $236 billion in assets under management as of December 31, 2013, of which approximately $70 billion was managed in the U.S. Pioneer Institutional Asset Management, Inc. is the institutional investment adviser subsidiary of Pioneer Investment Management USA Inc., the North American holding company of PGAM.

For more information on Pioneer’s institutional business, please visit http://us.pioneerinvestments.com/institutional

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