Sharkey is a vice president, joined Pioneer in August 2006. From March 2004 to August 2006, he was employed by Putnam Investments as a corporate bond and leveraged loan analyst. Prior to that, Sharkey was a principal and leveraged loan analyst at Cypress Tree Investments.

Mr. Pauwels, Vice President of Amundi Pioneer, joined Amundi Pioneer in 2006.

Noah Funderburk is a Vice President, Portfolio Manager, and member of the Securitized Assets team at Amundi Pioneer. Based in Boston, he is responsible for the portfolio management of securitized credit strategies. He specializes in non-agency residential mortgage-backed securities and emerging sectors such as agency credit risk transfer securities and single family rental securities.