Pioneer Investments, the fund management arm of UniCredito Italiano, has bought four funds from L. Roy Papp & Associates to boost its fund range.
Papp & Associates will remain subadvisors to the funds which have a total of $140m (€124m) in assets. The funds, small and midcap growth, America-Pacific Rim, stock fund and America-Abroad will retain Roy Papp and Rosellen Papp as subadvisors. Roy Papp founded the firm in 1978 and has managed the funds since inception.