SEC Form 4

FORM 4		UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0287 Estimated average burden hours per response: 0.5
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Phoenix Investment Management Co (Last) (First) (Middle) ONE AMERICAN ROW (Street) HARTFORD CT 06102 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol VIRTUS INVESTMENT PARTNERS, INC. [ VRTS ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 12/31/2008
	4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)	6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) Form filed by One Reporting Person X Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Stock	12/31/2008		J(1)		5,772,076	D	(1)	0	D

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Series B Voting Convertible Preferred Stock	(2)	12/31/2008		J(2)			35,217	(2)	(2)	Common Stock	1,349,300.61	(2)	0	D(2)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Phoenix Investment Management Co (Last) (First) (Middle) ONE AMERICAN ROW (Street) HARTFORD CT 06102 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* PHOENIX COMPANIES INC/DE (Last) (First) (Middle) ONE AMERICAN ROW (Street) HARTFORD CT 06102 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

Explanation of Responses:

1. Five million seven-hundred-seventy-two thousand seventy-six (5,772,076) shares of common stock of Virtus Investment Partners, Inc. ("Virtus") were owned beneficially and of record by Phoenix Investment Management Company. The Phoenix Companies, Inc. ("Phoenix") is the sole stockholder of Phoenix Investment Management Company. On December 31, 2008, Phoenix distributed all of the shares of common stock of Virtus in a pro rata stock dividend to its stockholders of record on December 22, 2008. Each such stockholder received one share of common stock of Virtus for every twenty shares of common stock of Phoenix held on December 22, 2008.

2. Each share of Series B Voting Convertible Preferred Stock is convertible at any time into 38.3139 shares of common stock, subject to customary anti-dilution provisions. There is no expiration date for conversion. On December 31, 2008, Phoenix Investment Management Company sold to Harris Bankcorp, Inc. thirty-five thousand two hundred seventeen (35,217) shares of Series B Voting Convertible Preferred Stock of Virtus.

	/s/ Steven L. Bray, Vice President, on behalf of Phoenix Investment Management Company	01/05/2009
	/s/ Steven L. Bray, Vice President, on behalf of The Phoenix Companies, Inc.	01/05/2009
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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