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Large-Cap-Value | Virtus Ceredex Large-Cap Value Equity Fund | 737900 | 0 | |
The sub-advised fund seeks investments in stocks of dividend paying large-cap companies. Ceredex Value Advisors LLC, the sub-advisor focuses on large-companies with market cap of at least $30 billion with a dividend-paying track record and evaluates opportunity on a total return basis. The fundamental research driven investment process looks for stocks that are trading at historic low valuations to their valuations and looks for a near term catalysts such as management or financial restructuring, new product launches or product portfolio prioritization. The investment team believes that companies with improving fundamentals not yet reflected in stock prices offer investment opportunity. Dividend track record also enhances total return opportunity. The fund invests across investment classes and allocates about 40% of assets to top 10 holdings. |
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Mid-Cap-Value | Virtus Ceredex Mid-Cap Value Equity Fund | 2570 | 6 | |
The fund seeks to generate return from capital gains and dividend income by investing in mid-sized companies. The fund is sub-advised by Ceredex Value Advisors LLC and targets mid-cap companies with market capitalization between $15 billion and $30 billion. The investment process starts with mid-cap companies with dividend-paying track records and trading near historic lows when compared to peers. The process then narrows down the list to stocks with near-term catalysts to drive the stock price higher based on the company and industry specific research. Companies estimated to have improving fundamentals after the financial or management restructuring or innovative new product launches are favored. The fund allocates about one third of its assets in top 10 holdings and invests across all sectors of the economy. |
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Small-Cap-Value | Virtus Ceredex Small-Cap Value Equity Fund | 251.2 | 2.1 | |
The fund seeks to generate return from capital gains and dividend income by investing in small-sized companies. Ceredex Value Advisors LLC, the sub-advisor to the fund targets small-size companies with market capitalization between $2 billion and $8 billion. The investment process is driven by uncovering companies with lagging stock prices and is estimated to have near-term catalysts in place to lift stocks higher and realize the intrinsic value. The stock selection process is driven by fundamental research focused on the company’s portfolio of products and services, financial strength and management focus. The companies with improving fundamentals are likely to be selected for the portfolio inclusion. The fund invests across all segments of the economy and top 10 holdings account for about 45% of total assets. |
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Infrastructure-NA | Virtus Duff & Phelps Global Infrastructure Fund | 79.8 | 0.8 | |
The fund seeks to generate total return by investing in essential services providers around the world. The global funds looks for companies operating in sectors providing essential services under government contracts of privately owned. The investment universe includes companies in electric, water or natural gas utilities, railroads, telecoms, road network services operators. These companies are deemed to perform well regardless of economic conditions with long-term agreement generally protected by government regulation and inflation-linked increases. The fund is managed by Duff & Phelps Investment Management Company and the investment team looks to build a portfolio of high conviction portfolio of 40 to 60 stocks. The investment process looks for dividend track record and capital appreciation opportunities. |
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Real Estate-NA | Virtus Duff & Phelps Global Real Estate Securities Fund | 349.4 | 0.3 | |
The fund seeks to generate current income and capital appreciation by investing in real estate securities in the United States and around the world. The fund is managed by Duff & Phelps Investment Management Company. The investment process is driven by understating sector dynamics and then analyzing sector leaders offering the best investment opportunities. Then the team of generalist analysts take a deep dive in real estate portfolio and cash flow analysis to understand each company better. The fund prefers to invest in high conviction and high quality companies around the globe with about 50% investment in the United States and investment in Japan, Germany and the U.K. account 20%. |
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Real Estate-NA | Virtus Duff & Phelps International Real Estate Securities Fund | 27.6 | 0 | |
The fund seeks to invest in real estate securities outside the United States to generate current income and capital appreciation. The fund is managed by Duff & Phelps Investment Management Company. The investment team relies on a fundamental research driven stock selection process and spreads investment allocation between 30 and 50 securities. The fund prefers high quality real estate portfolios generating steady current income. Investments in Japan, Hong Kong, Germany and the United Kingdom account for less than 60% of total assets. |
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Real Estate-NA | Virtus Duff & Phelps Real Estate Securities Fund | 387.1 | 0 | |
The fund seeks to generate capital gains and current income by investing in real estate companies. The fund is managed by Duff & Phelps Investment Management Company. The disciplined investment process is driven by bottom up fundamental research, cash flow analysis and the demand and supply profile at the company and for the sector. The fund seeks to limit portfolio turnover by investing in companies for the longer term and spreading investment between 25 and 40 securities. The fund generates total return by investing in high quality commercial real estate generating stable or growing current income and also selecting real estate sectors that offer capital appreciation opportunities. The investments in the fund are spread across data centers, industrial, residential, logistic centers, self-storage, office real estate, retail centers and healthcare real estate. |
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MLPs-NA | Virtus Duff & Phelps Select MLP and Energy Fund | 32 | 1.7 | |
The fund seeks to generate capital appreciation and current income by investing in North American energy infrastructure. The fund is managed by Duff & Phelps Investment Management Company. The investment process looks to invest in midstream energy infrastructure C-Corporations, General Partners or Master Limited Partnerships. The investment team analyzes the production and supply dynamics in various energy exploration basins. Then the team looks to identify companies with long-term distribution contracts and cash flows. Investment team build a high conviction portfolio of 30 to 40 securities. |
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Multi-Cap-Core | Virtus FORT Trend Fund | 117.7 | 0 | |
The fund seeks to generate non-correlated capital appreciation by investing in managed futures. The fund is sub-advised by FORT Investment Management. The investment team looks for a developing trend in the markets for stocks, bonds, currencies and commodities. With the help of futures, forward looking option contracts, the managers plan to take advantage of both up and downward trends in the marketplace. The fund hopes to profit by taking long and short positions when the trends develop and the strategy is expected to generate positive relative performance during the equity market duress. |
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Large-Cap-Growth | Virtus KAR Capital Growth Fund | 468.5 | 2.9 | |
The fund seeks to invest in large-size growth companies in the U.S. The fund is sub-advised by Kayne Anderson Rudnick Investment Management, LLC with a focus on investing in large-size companies with a track record of above-average growth. The investment process looks for companies that are expected to deliver above average sustained revenue growth in the long term. Analyst team relying on fundamental research look for consistent and profitable growth that has low organic need for external financing and generating free cash flow. High growth also comes with high volatility and the fund is focused on the long term investing with a concentrated portfolio of 25 to 50 stocks. |
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Mixed-Regions | Virtus KAR Emerging Markets Small-Cap Fund | 235.3 | 0.7 | |
The fund seeks to invest in small-size companies in emerging markets. The fund is sub-advised by Kayne Anderson Rudnick Investment Management, LLC with a focus on investing in small-size companies. The investment process relies on quantitative screens and qualitative metrics in identifying a list of companies with strong financials, durable business franchise and above average growth. Then the bottom up stock selection is driven by looking for companies with lower earnings variability and high return on capital and low need for external financing. The fund invests in 30 to 60 companies with market capitalization between $600 million and $5 billion. About 45% of total assets are invested in top 10 holdings in the fund and nearly 70% of assets are in companies based in South Korea, Taiwan, China, Russia, Thailand, India and Brazil. |
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Large-Cap-Core | Virtus KAR Equity Income Fund | 158.5 | 0 | |
The fund seeks to generate above average total return, capital appreciation and dividend income, by investing in a portfolio of large-size established companies in the U.S. The fund is sub-advised by Kayne Anderson Rudnick Investment Management, LLC with a focus on investing in large-size companies with a track record of dividend. The investment process using quantitative and qualitative metrics looks to identify high quality companies with strong financials and durable franchise. The research team then looks for businesses with market leading positions, revenue and earnings growth profiles and financial conditions. The investment team puts together a list of high quality and high conviction names for a long-term investing. The fund invests generally include between 25 and 50 large-size companies. |
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Equity-Income | Virtus KAR Global Quality Dividend Fund | 38.7 | 0 | |
The fund seeks to generate capital gains and earn current income by investing in companies around the world including the United States. The fund is sub-advised by Kayne Anderson Rudnick Investment Management, LLC with a focus on investing in companies with a dividend track record. The investment process looks for large-size companies with a track record of dividend. Then with the help of fundamental research, the analyst team narrows the list to companies with high and consistent profitability, high rate of return and a low organic need for external financing. The fund selects about 25 to 50 stocks for investment with about 45% of total assets invested in top 10 holdings. Geographically assets are diversified across the United States, Canada, U.K. and Switzerland, New Zealand, Japan and Australia. |
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Small-Cap-Core | Virtus KAR International Small-Cap Fund | 1000 | 3.4 | |
The fund seeks to invest in small-size companies around the world outside the United States. The fund is sub-advised by Kayne Anderson Rudnick Investment Management, LLC with a focus on investing in companies with a dividend track record. The investment process looks for companies with durable business franchise, low earnings variability and high return on capital. Then the research team narrows down the list to companies that have a need for low external financing. The fund invests in about 30 to 60 stocks and allocates about 40% of capital to top 10 holdings. Geographically the fund diversified in ten countries with about 70% of total investments in the U.K., Sweden, Germany, Russia, France, Taiwan, Japan, Canada, China and Finland. |
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Mid-Cap-Core | Virtus KAR Mid-Cap Core Fund | 1370 | 4.2 | |
The fund seeks to appreciate capital through investing in mid-size companies in the U.S. The fund is sub-advised by Kayne Anderson Rudnick Investment Management, LLC with a focus on investing in mid-size companies. The investment process looks for companies in the market cap range between $9 billion and $20 billion. Then the list is narrowed based on financial metrics including return on investment and free cash flow rate. The research team favors companies that have a low need of external financing. The fund builds a portfolio of 25 to 35 stocks and about 45% of total assets are in top 10 holdings. |
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Mid-Cap-Growth | Virtus KAR Mid-Cap Growth Fund | 1520 | 6.4 | |
The fund seeks to appreciate capita through investing in mid-size companies in the U.S. The fund is sub-advised by Kayne Anderson Rudnick Investment Management, LLC with a focus on investing in mid-size companies. The investment process starts with companies in the market capitalization between $9 billion and $20 billion and then the analyst team screens a list of market leaders based on several financial metrics including revenues and earnings growth, return on capital and free cash flow rates. Then the team looks to construct a portfolio of 25 to 50 stocks and the top 10 holdings account for 30% of total assets. The high growth companies come with high price to earnings multiples and often have higher than average market volatility. |
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Mid-Cap-Growth | Virtus KAR Small-Cap Core Fund | 1560 | 0 | |
The fund seeks to appreciate capital through investing in small-size companies in the U.S. The fund is sub-advised by Kayne Anderson Rudnick Investment Management, LLC with a focus on investing in small-size companies. The investment process starts with the list of companies in the market cap range between $2 billion and $8 billion. Then the list is narrowed based on quantitative metrics including earnings and revenue growth, return on capital and cash flow rates. The narrow is further evaluated for the need of external financing to support the growth rate and for the long term growth rate sustainability. The investment team then constructs a portfolio of 27 names with top 10 holdings generally accounting less than 45% of total assets. |
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Small-Cap-Growth | Virtus KAR Small-Cap Growth Fund | 3170 | 0.3 | |
The fund seeks to appreciate capital by investing in small-size companies in the U.S. The fund is sub-advised by Kayne Anderson Rudnick Investment Management, LLC with a focus on investing in small-size companies. The investment process starts with a list of companies in the market cap range between $2 billion and $8 billion. Then the list is narrowed using quantitative screens to identify companies generating average growth rate, return on capital and free cash flow. The fund favors investing in companies that are estimated to have market leadership and are expected to sustain superior growth rate in the longer term. The portfolio includes between 25 and 35 stocks and about 50% of assets are invested in top 10 holdings. |
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Small-Cap-Growth | Virtus KAR Small-Cap Value Fund | 869800 | 2.7 | |
The fund seeks to appreciate capital by investing in small-size companies in the United States. The fund is sub-advised by Kayne Anderson Rudnick Investment Management, LLC with a focus on investing in small-size companies. The investment process starts with a list of companies in the market cap range between $2 billion and $8 billion. Then the list is narrowed using quantitative screens including financial metrics return on capital, revenues and earnings growth and free cash flow rate. Then the research team looks for lagging stock prices in relation to the estimated long term value of the business and the potential for value creation for shareholders. The fund invests in about 30 stocks and top 10 holdings account for about 45% of total assets. |
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Mid-Cap-Core | Virtus KAR Small-Mid Cap Core Fund | 1040 | 4.6 | |
The fund seeks capital appreciation by investing in small- to mid-size companies in the U.S. The fund is sub-advised by Kayne Anderson Rudnick Investment Management, LLC with a focus on investing in small-size companies. The investment process starts with a list of companies in the market cap range between $2 billion and $18 billion. Then the list narrowed based on financial metrics including return on capital, earning and revenue growth and free cash flow rate. The analyst team dives further using qualitative criteria and identify companies with market leadership and estimate long term growth profile. The fund invests in about 30 stocks and top 10 holdings account for 45% of total assets. |
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Multi-Cap-Growth | Virtus SGA Global Growth Fund | 105 | 3.2 | |
The fund seeks to appreciate capital by investing in large-size companies around the world including the U.S. The fund is sub-advised by Sustainable Growth Advisers with a focus on investing in international companies. The investment process looks for companies in developed and developing regions of the world that meet certain growth, financial strength and outlook criteria. The research then looks at one company at a time and evaluates investment merits both from the qualitative and quantitative metrics. The team prefers companies with repeatable business models, long runways of growth and financial and managerial strength. The fund holds between 25 and 35 companies and allocates about 38% of its assets to top 10 holdings. Geographically the fund is diversified with about 50% of its assets in the U.S. based companies and the rest in China, India, Hong Kong, the U.K., Switzerland, Japan, Denmark and the Netherlands. |
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Multi-Cap-Growth | Virtus SGA International Growth Fund | 38 | 0 | |
The fund seeks to invest in high growth companies around the world including the United States, developed regions and emerging markets. The fund is sub-advised by Sustainable Growth Advisers with a target focus on large-cap growth companies. The investment process screens for high growth companies and then conducts a detailed analysis of one company at a time to understand drivers of growth, sustainability of earnings and cash flow growth and long term value creation opportunity. The research team also looks for visionary management with a track record of developing innovative products. The fund generally holds between 25 and 35 stocks and the 90% of assets are allocated to companies in the U.S., China, India, Switzerland, U.K., France, Mexico, Germany, the Netherlands and Hong Kong. |
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Large-Cap-Growth | Virtus Silvant Large-Cap Growth Stock Fund | 88.4 | 0.1 | |
The fund seeks to appreciate capital by investing in large-size companies in the United States. The fund is sub-advised by Silvant Capital Management LLC with a focus on investing in large-size companies. The investment process is designed to search for companies that are in growth phase and the research team looks for growth in segments that may have been overlooked by other investors. The quantitative research process drives the preliminary selection followed by a detailed research at the company, industry and sector level. Research team is looking for sources, drivers and durability of growth and then pairing with the financial strength of the company and disruptive powers of products and services. Moreover, the team also looks at the secular trends driving the industry or the company growth phase. The fund holds between 55 and 65 stocks and invests about 50% of its assets in top 10 holdings. |
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Small-Cap-Growth | Virtus Silvant Small-Cap Growth Stock Fund | 18.3 | 0 | |
The fund seeks to appreciate capital through investing in U.S. based small-size companies in growth phase. The fund is sub-advised by Silvant Capital Management LLC with a focus on investing in small-size companies. The investment process starts with a list of companies with market capitalization between $2 billion and $8 billion. Then the research team looks for businesses with strong fundamentals and narrows the list based on positive growth trends in earnings, revenues and cash flows and return on capital. The research team then identifies companies that are estimated to have a long term growth profile and have products or services that could disrupt their respective industries. The fund holds between 70 and 85 stocks and allocates about 25% of its assets to top 10 holdings. |
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Mixed-Regions | Virtus Vontobel Emerging Markets Opportunities Fund | 1700 | 0 | |
The fund seeks to generate capital appreciation by investing in growth companies in emerging markets of Asia, Europe and the Americas. The fund is sub-advised by Vontobel Asset Management with a target focus on large-cap growth companies in emerging markets. The investment team is focused on identifying companies with durable business franchise and are trading at attractive valuation compared to their long term growth prospects. The team then takes a deeper dive and analyzes financial strength and management track record and the size of the opportunity. Top 10 holdings account for about 45% of assets and the companies in China, South Korea, Hong Kong, India and Taiwan account for 70% of investments. |
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Large-Cap-Core | Virtus Vontobel Foreign Opportunities Fund | 639.5 | 0 | |
The fund seeks to invest in growth companies around the world including the United States. The fund is sub-advised by Vontobel Asset Management with a target focus on large-cap growth companies. The investment process identifies companies with above average growth, financial strength and durable business franchise. The companies with long term and durable growth prospects are preferred. Investment team assembles a list of high conviction stocks that are estimated to trade at attractive valuations. The fund aims to build a portfolio with less risk and volatility than the index. |
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Large-Cap-Growth | Virtus Vontobel Global Opportunities Fund | 242.5 | 0 | |
The fund seeks to invest in growth companies around the world including the United States. The fund is sub-advised by Vontobel Asset Management with a target focus on large-size growth companies. The investment process focuses on identifying companies with long-term economic prospects, durable business franchise and solid financial status. The research team then looks for drivers of growth and evaluates the sources of earnings and cash flow growth. Portfolio of 40 to 55 high conviction companies are selected for the long-term investing. |
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Large-Cap-Core | Virtus Vontobel Greater European Opportunities Fund | 6.4 | 0 | |
The fund seeks to invest in growth companies operating in the developed region of Europe. The fund is sub-advised by Vontobel Asset Management with a target focus on large-size growth companies in Europe. The investment process looks for high quality, large-size companies generating above average return and are estimated to trade at attractive valuations to their long term economic prospects. The investment team builds a portfolio that only includes high quality, high conviction and high return stocks that can produce long term returns with less risk and volatility than the index. |
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Multi-Cap-Growth | Virtus Zevenbergen Innovative Growth Stock Fund | 319600 | 0 | |
The fund seeks to invest in innovative companies with disruptive business models and experiencing high growth. The fund is sub-advised by Zevenbergen Capital Investments LLC. The investment process focuses on bottom up research focused on identifying companies that are experiencing high growth through their innovative business models. Analyst team looks for sources of revenue growth, cash flow drivers and the sustainable long term growth rate. Investment managers are prepared to buy companies with high price to earnings multiples as long as the growth is estimated to meet or surpass expectations. The fund allocates investment across 25 to 40 companies with as much as 8% allocated to the largest holding. About 50% of total assets are allocated to 10 largest holdings. |
* Net Assets include for all classes