EX-99 6 poa0916197baumgardner.txt POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR JOHN E. BAUMGARDNER, JR. POWER OF ATTORNEY I, the undersigned trustee or officer of the investment companies listed on Annex A for which Amundi Pioneer Asset Management, Inc. or one of its affiliates acts as investment adviser (each, a "Trust" and collectively, the "Trusts"), hereby constitute and appoint Lisa M. Jones, Christopher J. Kelley and Mark E. Bradley, and each of them acting singly, to be my true, sufficient and lawful attorneys, with full power to each of them to sign for me, in my name, (i) any Registration Statement on Form N-1A, N-2 or any other applicable registration form under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and/or under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any and all amendments thereto filed by each Trust, of which I am now, or am on the date of such filing, a Trustee or officer of the Trust, (ii) any application, notice or other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and (iii) any and all other documents and papers relating thereto, and generally to do all such things in my name and on behalf of me to enable each Trust to comply with the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, hereby ratifying and confirming my signature as it may be signed by said attorneys, or each of them, to any and all Registration Statements and amendments to said Registration Statements, including any amendments to establish a new series of a Trust, and any other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission on behalf of each Trust. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunder set my hand as of this 16th day of September, 2019. /s/ John E. Baumgardner, Jr. ------------------------------ John E. Baumgardner, Jr. POWER OF ATTORNEY ANNEX A Pioneer Asset Allocation Trust: Pioneer Series Trust VI: Pioneer Solutions - Balanced Fund Pioneer Floating Rate Fund Pioneer Bond Fund Pioneer Flexible Opportunities Fund Pioneer Diversified High Income Trust Pioneer Series Trust VII: Pioneer Equity Income Fund Pioneer Global High Yield Fund Pioneer Floating Rate Trust Pioneer Global Multisector Income Fund Pioneer Fund Pioneer Series Trust VIII: Pioneer High Income Trust Pioneer International Equity Fund Pioneer High Yield Fund Pioneer Series Trust X: Pioneer ILS Bridge Fund Pioneer Dynamic Credit Fund Pioneer ILS Interval Fund Pioneer Fundamental Growth Fund Pioneer Mid Cap Value Fund Pioneer Multi-Asset Ultrashort Income Fund Pioneer Money Market Trust: Pioneer Series Trust XI: Pioneer U.S. Government Money Market Fund Pioneer Core Equity Fund Pioneer Municipal High Income Trust Pioneer Series Trust XII: Pioneer Municipal High Income Advantage Trust Pioneer Disciplined Growth Fund Pioneer Real Estate Shares Pioneer Short Term Income Fund Pioneer Series Trust II: Pioneer Series Trust XIV: Pioneer AMT-Free Municipal Fund Pioneer Emerging Markets Equity Fund Pioneer Select Mid Cap Growth Fund Pioneer Strategic Income Fund Pioneer Series Trust III: Pioneer Variable Contracts Trust: Pioneer Disciplined Value Fund Pioneer Bond VCT Portfolio Pioneer Series Trust IV: Pioneer Equity Income VCT Portfolio Pioneer Classic Balanced Fund Pioneer Fund VCT Portfolio Pioneer Multi-Asset Income Fund Pioneer High Yield VCT Portfolio Pioneer Series Trust V: Pioneer Mid Cap Value VCT Portfolio Pioneer Global Equity Fund Pioneer Real Estate Shares VCT Portfolio Pioneer High Income Municipal Fund Pioneer Select Mid Cap Growth VCT Portfolio Pioneer Corporate High Yield Fund Pioneer Strategic Income VCT Portfolio