497K 1 d553149d497k.htm VIRTUS WEALTH MASTERS FUND Virtus Wealth Masters Fund

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Summary Prospectus January 31, 2013, as supplemented and revised June 11, 2013

Virtus Wealth Masters Fund

 

A: VWMAX    C: VWMCX    I: VWMIX

Before you invest, you may want to review the fund’s prospectus, which contains more information about the fund and its risks. You can find the fund’s prospectus, statement of additional information (SAI), annual report and other information about the fund online at virtus.com/products/prospectuses.

You can also get this information at no cost by calling 800-243-1574 or by sending an e-mail to: virtus.investment.partners@virtus.com. If you purchase shares of the fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank), the prospectus and other information will also be available from your financial intermediary.

The fund’s prospectus dated January 31, 2013, as supplemented and revised June 11, 2013, and SAI dated June 10, 2013, are incorporated by reference into this Summary Prospectus.

 

Investment Objective

The fund has an investment objective of capital appreciation.

Fees and Expenses

The tables below illustrate all fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the fund. You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $50,000 in Virtus Mutual Funds. More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial advisor and under “Sales Charges” on page 198 of the fund’s prospectus and “Alternative Purchase Arrangements” on page 91 of the fund’s statement of additional information.

 

Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)    Class A      Class C      Class I  
Maximum Sales Charge (load) Imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of offering price)      5.75%         None         None   
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (load) (as a percentage of the lesser of purchase price or redemption proceeds)      1.00% (a)       1.00% (b)       None   

 

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)    Class A      Class C      Class I  
Management Fees      0.85%         0.85%         0.85%   
Distribution and Shareholder Servicing (12b-1) Fees      0.25%         1.00%         None   
Other Expenses(c)      0.58%         0.58%         0.58%   
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses      1.68%         2.43%         1.43%   
Less: Expense Reimbursement(d)      (0.23)%         (0.23)%         (0.23)%   
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Expense Reimbursement      1.45%         2.20%         1.20%   

 

  (a) Generally, Class A Shares are not subject to any charges by the Fund when redeemed; however, a contingent deferred sales charge may be imposed on certain redemptions (i) within 18 months on exchanges from a Virtus non-money market fund into a Virtus money market fund; and (ii) on purchases on which a finder’s fee has been paid. The 18-month period begins on the last day of the month preceding the month in which the purchase was made.

 

  (b) The deferred sales charge is imposed on Class C Shares redeemed during the first year only.

 

  (c) Estimated for current fiscal year.

 

  (d) The fund’s investment adviser has contractually agreed to limit the fund’s total operating expenses (excluding interest, taxes and extraordinary expenses) so that such expenses do not exceed 1.45% for Class A Shares, 2.20% for Class C Shares and 1.20% for Class I Shares through January 31, 2014. Following the contractual period, the adviser may discontinue these expense reimbursement arrangements at any time. Under certain conditions, the adviser may recapture operating expenses reimbursed under these arrangements for a period of three years following the fiscal year in which such reimbursement occurred.

Example

This example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods. The example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the


fund’s operating expenses remain the same and that the expense reimbursement arrangement remains in place only for the period indicated. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

 

      Share  Status    1 Year      3 Years  
Class A    Sold or Held      $714         $1,053   
Class C    Sold      $323         $736   
     Held      $223         $736   
Class I    Sold or Held      $122         $430   

Portfolio Turnover

The fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the fund’s performance. During the period from inception (September 5, 2012) through its fiscal year end (September 30, 2012), the fund’s portfolio turnover rate was 26% of the average value of its portfolio.

Investments, Risks and Performance

Principal Investment Strategies

The fund seeks to track the performance of the Horizon Kinetics ISE Wealth Index (Ticker: RCH), a public index maintained by Horizon Kinetics LLC, the parent company of the fund’s subadviser, and published by International Securities Exchange, LLC. The index is composed of U.S.-listed companies and equity REITs managed by executives who are among the wealthiest individuals in the United States and, in many cases, have accumulated a substantial amount of their personal wealth through the companies that they manage. The issuers have market capitalizations, at time of addition to the index, in excess of $100 million (as of June 30, 2012). The fund attempts to replicate the target index by investing all, or substantially all, of its assets in the stocks that make up the index, holding each stock in approximately the same proportion as its weighting in the index.

Principal Risks

The fund may not achieve its objective, and it is not intended to be a complete investment program. The value of the fund’s investments that supports your share value may decrease. If between the time you purchase shares and the time you sell shares the value of the fund’s investments decreases, you will lose money. Investment values can decrease for a number of reasons. Conditions affecting the overall economy, specific industries or companies in which the fund invests can be worse than expected, and investments may fail to perform as the subadviser expects. As a result, the value of your shares may decrease. The principal risks of investing in the fund are:

 

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Correlation to Index. The risk that the performance of the fund and its index may vary somewhat due to factors such as fund flows, transaction costs, sample selection, and timing differences associated with additions to and deletions from its index.

 

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Equity Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) Securities Risk. The risk that, in addition to the risks associated with investing in the real estate industry, the value of the fund’s shares will be negatively affected by factors specific to investing through a pooled vehicle, such as through poor management of a REIT or REIT-like entity, concentration risk, or other risks typically associated with investing in small or medium market capitalization companies.

 

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Equity Securities Risk. The risk that events negatively affecting issuers, industries or financial markets in which the fund invests will impact the value of the stocks held by the fund and thus, the value of the fund’s shares over short or extended periods. Investments in smaller companies, including microcap companies may be more volatile than investments in larger companies.

 

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Market Volatility Risk. The risk that the value of the securities in which the fund invests may go up or down in response to the prospects of individual companies and/or general economic conditions. Price changes may be temporary or may last for extended periods.

 

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Sector Focused Investing Risk. The risk that events negatively affecting a particular market sector in which the fund focuses its investments will cause the value of the fund’s shares to decrease, perhaps significantly. To the extent the fund focuses its assets in a particular market sector, the fund is more vulnerable to conditions that negatively affect such market sector as compared to a fund that does not focus holdings in such securities.

Performance Information

The fund has not had a full calendar year of operations; therefore, performance information is not shown.

 

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Management

The fund’s investment adviser is Virtus Investment Advisers, Inc.

The fund’s subadviser is Horizon Asset Management, LLC (“Horizon”).

Portfolio Management

 

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Murray Stahl, Portfolio Manager, Chairman and Chief Investment Officer at Horizon. Mr. Stahl has served as a Portfolio Manager of the fund since inception in September 2012.

 

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Matthew Houk, Portfolio Manager and Research Analyst at Horizon. Mr. Houk has served as a Portfolio Manager of the fund since inception in September 2012.

Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares

 

Purchase Minimums (except Class I Shares)      
Minimum Initial Purchase    $2,500

Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs), systematic purchase or systematic exchange accounts

   $100

Defined contribution plans, asset-based fee programs, profit-sharing plans or employee benefit plans

   No minimum
Minimum Additional Purchase    $100

Defined contribution plans, asset-based fee programs, profit-sharing plans or employee benefit plans

   No minimum

For Class I Shares, the minimum initial purchase is $100,000; there is no minimum for additional purchases.

In general, you may buy or sell shares of the fund by mail or telephone on any business day. You also may buy and sell shares through a financial advisor.

Taxes

The fund’s distributions are taxable to you either as ordinary income or capital gains, except when your investment is through a tax-deferred arrangement, such as a 401(k) plan or an individual retirement account. Such tax-deferred arrangements may be taxed later upon withdrawal of monies from those arrangements.

Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries

If you purchase the fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank), the fund and its related companies may pay the intermediary for the sale of fund shares and related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer or other intermediary and your financial advisor to recommend the fund over another investment. Ask your financial advisor or visit your financial intermediary’s Web site for more information.

 

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