Pioneer Investments: negative results for € 880 million in January
 Usa, New Markets and Alternative Division are up but they are offset by Italy results
 
 Net assets rise to €230 billion also due to the acquisition of Nordinvest
 
 (data as of 31 January 2007)
 
 
 Negative net flows of €883 million were achieved by Pioneer Investments in January. Total Assets under Management topped €230 billion also due to the acquisition of Nordinvest, which brings €5 billion, from HVB at the end of January.
 
 Italy saw negative inflows of €787 million, in the month, in line with the industry. Total Net Assets under Management stood at €110.7 billion at the end of the month.
 Market share is stable at 15.56% even after the worst month for the industry since September 2001.
 
 Germany saw redemptions for €132 million. Total Asset under Management reached €49.8 billion.
 
 The International division (ex Italy and Germany) saw negative flows of €79 million. Total Assets under Management reached €13 billion.
 
 The US closed the month with positive sales of €23 million. Total Assets under Management stood at €48.3 billion ($62.5 billion).
 
 New Markets division closed the month with positive sales of €92 million.
 Total Assets under Management in this division reached €8.4 billion.
 
 The Alternative Investments division (net flows and AuM data are included in the reported numbers for other divisions) reported positive flows of €40 million in January. Total Assets under Management in Hedge Funds reached €4,793 million.
 
 The data reported in this release has been compiled on provisional numbers, and is, therefore susceptible to change
 
 
 For more details:
 Camilla Pedraglio
 Head of Media Relations
 Pioneer Investment Management SGRpA
 Ph. +390276223228
 Camilla.pedraglio@pioneerinvest.it
 www.pioneerinvestments.it