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                                  UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                                     FORM 15

   CERTIFICATION AND NOTICE OF TERMINATION OF REGISTRATION UNDER SECTION 12(g)
  OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 OR SUSPENSION OF DUTY TO FILE REPORTS
       UNDER SECTIONS 13 AND 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934.


                                                Commission File Number 000-08841
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                     PIONEER INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT USA INC.
                   (formerly known as The Pioneer Group, Inc.)
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             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


                  60 State Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02109
                                 (617) 742-7825
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               (Address, including zip code, and telephone number,
       including area code, of registrant's principal executive offices)


                     Common Stock, par value $0.10 per share
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            (Title of each class of securities covered by this Form)


                                      None
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         (Titles of all other classes of securities for which a duty to
               file reports under Section 13(a) or 15(d) remains)


     Please place an X in the box(es) to designate the appropriate rule
provision(s) relied upon to terminate or suspend the duty to file reports:

       Rule 12g-4(a)(1)(i)   [X]           Rule 12h-3(b)(1)(i)    [X]
       Rule 12g-4(a)(1)(ii)  [ ]           Rule 12h-3(b)(1)(ii)   [ ]
       Rule 12g-4(a)(2)(i)   [ ]           Rule 12h-3(b)(2)(i)    [ ]
       Rule 12g-4(a)(2)(ii)  [ ]           Rule 12h-3(b)(2)(ii)   [ ]
                                           Rule 15d-6             [ ]

                Approximate number of holders of record as of the
                        certification or notice date: 1

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     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
Pioneer Investment Management USA Inc. has duly caused this certification/notice
to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

Dated:  October 27, 2000               PIONEER INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT USA
                                       INC.



                                       By: /s/ Dorothy Bourassa
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                                           Name:  Dorothy Bourassa
                                           Title: Secretary