C000028190 Performance — Pioneer Strategic Income VCT Portfolio, : Class I

Data updated: 2025-03-14

C000028190 returned +4.16% over one year to Dec 2024. Annualised returns are −0.51% over 3 years and +1.74% over 5 years. The fund beat its Long-Term Core Bond category average: $100 invested three years ago grew to $98, against $93 for the category, and to $104 over one year, against $102. Volatility over the past three years was 8.21% a year. In the 12 months to Dec 2024 the fund lost a net $591K, and assets reached $29.87M.

C000028190 Growth of $100

What $100 invested in Pioneer Strategic Income VCT Portfolio grew to, compounded from monthly returns reported on SEC Form N-PORT, against the Long-Term Core Bond category average over the same months.

PeriodC000028190Category average
1 year (Jan 2024 – Dec 2024)$104$102
3 years (Jan 2022 – Dec 2024)$98$93
5 years (Jan 2020 – Dec 2024)$109$99
Since data start (Jul 2019 – Dec 2024)$113$102

C000028190 Trailing Returns

Total returns to Dec 2024, from SEC N-PORT.

PeriodTotal return
1 year+4.16%
3 years (annualised)−0.51%
5 years (annualised)+1.74%

C000028190 Annual Returns

Calendar-year total returns of Pioneer Strategic Income VCT Portfolio, compounded from monthly SEC N-PORT returns. Partial years show the months covered.

YearTotal return
2024+4.16%
2023+8.31%
2022−12.72%
2021+2.95%
2020+7.51%
2019 (Jul–Dec)+3.32%

C000028190 Monthly Returns

Monthly total returns as reported on SEC Form N-PORT.

YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2024+0.2%−1.0%+1.0%−2.4%+2.1%+1.1%+2.4%+2.0%+1.7%−2.4%+0.9%−1.4%
2023+4.2%−2.1%+1.4%+0.7%−0.9%+0.2%+0.4%−0.7%−2.5%−2.1%+5.2%+4.6%
2022−1.9%−1.4%−1.7%−3.0%−0.2%−3.1%+2.2%−1.2%−4.9%−2.1%+4.1%−0.1%
2021−0.4%−0.7%−0.5%+1.5%+0.7%+1.7%+0.4%+0.4%−0.3%+0.3%−0.9%+0.7%
2020+1.1%0.0%−11.3%+4.6%+3.4%+1.8%+3.2%+0.8%−0.6%+0.3%+3.5%+1.3%
2019——————+0.3%+0.9%+0.1%+0.6%+0.4%+1.1%

C000028190 Risk

Risk measures from monthly returns over Jan 2022 – Dec 2024.

  • 3-year volatility (annualised): 8.21%
  • 3-year Sharpe ratio: -0.61 (vs 4.5% risk-free rate)
  • Best month: +5.17% (Nov 2023)
  • Worst month: −4.91% (Sep 2022)

C000028190 Fund Flows

Monthly money in and out of Pioneer Strategic Income VCT Portfolio, from SEC Form N-PORT.

  • 12-month net flow: −$591K
  • 12-month gross sales (incl. reinvestments): $7.9M
  • Sales ÷ redemptions: 0.93×
MonthSalesRedemptionsNet flow
Dec 2024$283K$920K−$637K
Nov 2024$188K$1.4M−$1.2M
Oct 2024$1.3M$1.0M$235K
Sep 2024$1.4M$603K$800K
Aug 2024$838K$429K$408K
Jul 2024$569K$517K$52K
Jun 2024$352K$575K−$223K
May 2024$544K$1.2M−$658K
Apr 2024$511K$752K−$241K
Mar 2024$537K$203K$334K
Feb 2024$556K$415K$140K
Jan 2024$827K$439K$388K

C000028190 Assets Under Management

Net assets of Pioneer Strategic Income VCT Portfolio by report date, from SEC N-PORT filings.

Report dateNet assets
2024-12-31$29.87M
2024-09-30$32.73M
2024-06-28$29.91M
2024-03-28$31.16M
2023-12-29$30.56M
2023-09-29$29.60M
2023-06-30$31.03M
2023-03-31$32.86M
2022-12-30$32.36M
2022-09-30$33.43M
2022-06-30$36.19M
2022-03-31$39.61M

For information only. Not investment advice: figures are as reported in SEC filings and may contain errors or be out of date. Past performance does not guarantee future results.