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VIRTUS Vontobel Greater European Opportunities Fund
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited)
December 31, 2021
($ reported in thousands)
  Shares   Value
Common Stocks—96.5%
Communication Services—2.9%    
Cellnex Telecom S.A. (Spain)   1,449   $    84
Infrastrutture Wireless Italiane SpA (Italy)  17,281      210
         294
       
 
Consumer Discretionary—13.5%    
adidas AG (Germany)     620      179
Allegro.eu S.A. (Poland)(1)   9,284       89
Booking Holdings, Inc. (Netherlands)(1)     123      295
EssilorLuxottica S.A. (France)   1,335      285
Ferrari N.V. (Italy)     769      199
Flutter Entertainment plc (Ireland)(1)   1,446      229
LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE (France)     140      116
       1,392
       
 
Consumer Staples—16.5%    
Diageo plc (United Kingdom)   6,021      329
Heineken N.V. (Netherlands)   2,411      272
L’Oreal S.A. (France)     246      117
Nestle S.A. Registered Shares (Switzerland)   3,512      491
Pernod Ricard S.A. (France)     661      159
Royal Unibrew A/S (Denmark)     878       99
Unilever plc (United Kingdom)   4,316      231
       1,698
       
 
Financials—5.6%    
Groupe Bruxelles Lambert S.A. (Belgium)   1,647      184
KBC Group NV (Belgium)   1,269      109
London Stock Exchange Group plc (United Kingdom)   2,385      224
UBS Group AG Registered Shares (Switzerland)   3,492       63
         580
       
 
Health Care—12.1%    
Alcon, Inc. (Switzerland)   4,421      392
Eurofins Scientific SE (Luxembourg)   2,228      276
Lonza Group AG Registered Shares (Switzerland)     340      284
Medtronic plc (United States)   1,634      169
Sartorius Stedim Biotech (France)     223      122
       1,243
       
 
Industrials—23.3%    
Ashtead Group plc (United Kingdom)   4,659      375
Epiroc AB Class A (Sweden)   6,703      170
Experian plc (Ireland)   3,118      153
IMCD N.V. (Netherlands)   1,085      241
RELX plc (United Kingdom)   5,039      164
Rentokil Initial plc (United Kingdom)  34,701      274
Teleperformance (France)     831      371
Vinci S.A. (France)   2,619      277
Wolters Kluwer N.V. (Netherlands)   3,132      369
       2,394
       
 
Information Technology—15.5%    
Accenture plc Class A (United States)   1,089      452
Adyen N.V. (Netherlands)(1)      65      171
  Shares   Value
       
Information Technology—continued    
ASML Holding N.V. (Netherlands)     389   $   313
Edenred (France)   3,083      142
Halma plc (United Kingdom)   5,536      240
Netcompany Group A/S (Denmark)   1,430      154
Sinch AB (Sweden)(1)   9,407      120
       1,592
       
 
Materials—5.6%    
Air Liquide S.A. (France)   1,489      260
Sika AG Registered Shares (Switzerland)     763      318
         578
       
 
Utilities—1.5%    
EDP - Energias de Portugal S.A. (Portugal)  27,807      153
Total Common Stocks
(Identified Cost $6,824)
   9,924
       
 
       
 
Total Long-Term Investments—96.5%
(Identified Cost $6,824)
   9,924
       
 
       
 
Short-Term Investment—2.5%
Money Market Mutual Fund—2.5%
Dreyfus Government Cash Management Fund - Institutional Shares (seven-day effective yield 0.030%)(2) 262,898      263
Total Short-Term Investment
(Identified Cost $263)
     263
       
 
       
 
TOTAL INVESTMENTS—99.0%
(Identified Cost $7,087)
  $10,187
Other assets and liabilities, net—1.0%      100
NET ASSETS—100.0%   $10,287
    
Footnote Legend:
(1) Non-income producing.
(2) Shares of this fund are publicly offered, and its prospectus and annual report are publicly available.
    
Country Weightings
France 18%
United Kingdom 18
Netherlands 16
Switzerland 15
United States 9
Italy 4
Ireland 4
Other 16
Total 100%
% of total investments as of December 31, 2021.
See Notes to Schedule of Investments
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VIRTUS Vontobel Greater European Opportunities Fund
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) (Continued)
December 31, 2021
($ reported in thousands)
The following table summarizes the market value of the Fund’s investments as of December 31, 2021, based on the inputs used to value them (See Security Valuation Note 1 in the Notes to Schedule of Investments):
  Total
Value at
December 31, 2021
  Level 1
Quoted Prices
Assets:      
Equity Securities:      
Common Stocks $9,924   $9,924
Money Market Mutual Fund 263   263
Total Investments $10,187   $10,187
There were no securities valued using significant observable inputs (Level 2) or significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) at December 31, 2021.
There were no transfers into or out of Level 3 related to securities held at December 31, 2021.
See Notes to Schedule of Investments
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VIRTUS Vontobel Greater European Opportunities Fund NOTES TO SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited)
December 31, 2021
Note 1. Security Valuation
The Fund utilizes a fair value hierarchy which prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value into three broad levels. The Fund’s policy is to recognize transfers into or out of Level 3 at the end of the reporting period.
Level 1 – quoted prices in active markets for identical securities (security types generally include listed equities).
Level 2 – prices determined using other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.).
Level 3 –  prices determined using significant unobservable inputs (including the Valuation Committee’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments).
A description of the valuation techniques applied to the Fund’s major categories of assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis is as follows:
Equity securities are valued at the official closing price (typically last sale) on the exchange on which the securities are primarily traded or, if no closing price is available, at the last bid price and are categorized as Level 1 in the hierarchy. Restricted equity securities and private placements that are illiquid, or are internally fair valued by the Valuation Committee, are generally categorized as Level 3 in the hierarchy.
Certain non-U.S. securities may be fair valued in cases where closing prices are not readily available or are deemed not reflective of readily available market prices. For example, significant events (such as movement in the U.S. securities market, or other regional and local developments) may occur between the time that non-U.S. markets close (where the security is principally traded) and the time that the Fund calculates its net asset value (“NAV”) at the close of regular trading on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) (generally 4 p.m. Eastern time) that may impact the value of securities traded in these non-U.S. markets. In such cases, the Fund fair values non-U.S. securities using an independent pricing service which considers the correlation of the trading patterns of the non-U.S. security to the intraday trading in the U.S. markets for investments such as American Depositary Receipts, financial futures, exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”) and certain indexes, as well as prices for similar securities. Such fair valuations are categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy. Because the frequency of significant events is not predictable, fair valuation of certain non-U.S. common stocks may occur on a frequent basis.
Debt securities, including convertible bonds and restricted securities, are valued based on evaluated quotations received from independent pricing services or from dealers who make markets in such securities. For most bond types, the pricing service utilizes matrix pricing that considers one or more of the following factors: yield or price of bonds of comparable quality, coupon, maturity, current cash flows, type, and current day trade information, as well as dealer supplied prices. These valuations are generally categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy. Structured debt instruments, such as mortgage-backed and asset-backed securities may also incorporate collateral analysis and utilize cash flow models for valuation and are generally categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy. Pricing services do not provide pricing for all securities and therefore indicative bids from dealers are utilized which are based on pricing models used by market makers in the security and are generally categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy. Debt securities that are internally fair valued by the Valuation Committee are generally categorized as Level 3 in the hierarchy.
Listed derivatives, such as options and futures, that are actively traded are valued based on quoted prices from the exchange and are categorized as Level 1 in the hierarchy. Over-the-counter derivative contracts, which include forward currency contracts and equity-linked instruments, do not require material subjectivity as pricing inputs are observed from actively quoted markets and are categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy.
Investments in open-end mutual funds are valued at NAV. Investments in closed-end funds and ETFs are valued as of the close of regular trading on the NYSE each business day. Each is categorized as Level 1 in the hierarchy.
A summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s net assets by each major security type is disclosed at the end of the Schedule of Investments for the Fund. The inputs or methodologies used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.
For additional information about significant accounting policies, refer to the Fund’s most recent semi or annual report.
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