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VIRTUS KAR International Small-Mid Cap Fund
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited)
June 30, 2023
($ reported in thousands)
  Shares   Value
Common Stocks—95.4%
Communication Services—24.6%    
Adevinta ASA Class B (Norway)(1)   2,123,320   $   13,927
Auto Trader Group plc (United Kingdom)   6,535,881      50,667
Baltic Classifieds Group plc (United Kingdom)(2)  29,622,573      69,222
CTS Eventim AG & Co. KGaA (Germany)     220,136      13,896
Dayamitra Telekomunikasi PT (Indonesia) 680,125,800      30,166
Infrastrutture Wireless Italiane SpA (Italy)     794,750      10,476
New Work SE (Germany)     149,755      20,198
Rightmove plc (United Kingdom)   6,760,767      44,923
        253,475
       
 
Consumer Discretionary—7.2%    
Allegro.eu S.A. (Poland)(1)   3,506,621      27,598
Goldlion Holdings Ltd. (Hong Kong)  20,707,882       3,161
Max Stock Ltd. (Israel)   5,449,362      11,201
Mercari, Inc. (Japan)(1)     988,300      23,261
Victorian Plumbing Group plc (United Kingdom)  10,746,647       9,076
         74,297
       
 
Consumer Staples—3.6%    
Anhui Gujing Distillery Co., Ltd. Class B (China)     795,401      13,716
Heineken Malaysia Bhd (Malaysia)   4,210,900      23,560
         37,276
       
 
Energy—1.1%    
Pason Systems, Inc. (Canada)   1,266,627      10,986
Financials—15.8%    
AJ Bell plc (United Kingdom)   5,178,621      21,112
FinecoBank Banca Fineco SpA (Italy)   2,222,655      29,868
Gruppo MutuiOnline SpA (Italy)(1)   1,040,355      35,022
Hargreaves Lansdown plc (United Kingdom)   1,571,993      16,283
Hypoport SE (Germany)(1)     113,470      20,715
Mortgage Advice Bureau Holdings Ltd. (United Kingdom)(2)   3,565,010      26,713
Nordnet AB publ (Sweden)     689,169       9,220
VNV Global AB (Sweden)(1)   1,935,096       3,588
        162,521
       
 
Health Care—4.3%    
Haw Par Corp., Ltd. (Singapore)   5,592,812      38,715
Nakanishi, Inc. (Japan)     232,900       5,158
         43,873
       
 
Industrials—26.0%    
Boa Vista Servicos S.A. (Brazil)  22,471,682      37,123
CAE, Inc. (Canada)(1)   1,265,973      28,334
Enento Group Oyj (Finland)(1)     779,978      17,916
Haitian International Holdings Ltd. (China)  11,116,072      26,071
Howden Joinery Group plc (United Kingdom)   3,354,510      27,368
Knorr-Bremse AG (Germany)     428,254      32,702
  Shares   Value
       
Industrials—continued    
Lumax International Corp., Ltd. (Taiwan)   2,974,333   $    7,408
Meitec Corp. (Japan)   1,561,400      26,942
MTU Aero Engines AG (Germany)     142,039      36,795
S-1 Corp. (South Korea)     672,790      27,301
        267,960
       
 
Information Technology—9.1%    
Alten S.A. (France)     189,642      29,861
Bouvet ASA (Norway)   4,574,063      27,657
Brockhaus Technologies AG (Germany)(1)(2)     573,055      14,945
FDM Group Holdings plc (United Kingdom)   2,988,562      21,293
         93,756
       
 
Materials—3.7%    
Corp. Moctezuma SAB de C.V. (Mexico)  10,875,224      38,438
Total Common Stocks
(Identified Cost $1,029,001)
    982,582
       
 
       
 
Warrant—0.0%    
Financials—0.0%      
VNV Global AB (Sweden), 08/10/23(1)       1,749           1
Total Long-Term Investments—95.4%
(Identified Cost $1,029,001)
    982,583
       
 
       
 
TOTAL INVESTMENTS—95.4%
(Identified Cost $1,029,001)
    $982,583
Other assets and liabilities, net—4.6%      47,009
NET ASSETS—100.0%   $1,029,592
    
Footnote Legend:
(1) Non-income producing.
(2) Affiliated investment.
    
Country Weightings
United Kingdom 29%
Germany 14
Italy 8
Japan 6
Norway 4
China 4
Canada 4
Other 31
Total 100%
% of total investments as of June 30, 2023.
See Notes to Schedule of Investments
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VIRTUS KAR International Small-Mid Cap Fund
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) (Continued)
June 30, 2023
($ reported in thousands)
The following table summarizes the value of the Fund’s investments as of June 30, 2023, based on the inputs used to value them (See Security Valuation Note 1 in the Notes to Schedule of Investments):
  Total
Value at
June 30, 2023
  Level 1
Quoted Prices
  Level 2
Significant
Observable
Inputs
Assets:          
Equity Securities:          
Common Stocks $982,582   $757,123   $225,459
Warrant 1   1  
Total Investments $982,583   $757,124   $225,459
There were no securities valued using significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) at June 30, 2023.
There were no transfers into or out of Level 3 related to securities held at June 30, 2023.
See Notes to Schedule of Investments
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VIRTUS KAR INTERNATIONAL SMALL-MID CAP FUND 
NOTES TO SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited)
June 30, 2023
Note 1. Security Valuation
The Trustees have designated the Investment Adviser as the valuation designee to perform fair valuations pursuant to Rule 2a-5 under the Investment Company Act of 1940. 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 Investment Adviser’s 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. Illiquid, restricted equity securities and illiquid private placements are internally fair valued by the Investment Adviser’s Valuation Committee, and 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 instruments, 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, activity of the underlying equities, 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 instruments that are internally fair valued by the Investment Adviser’s Valuation Committee are generally categorized as Level 3 in the hierarchy.
Listed derivatives, such as options and futures, that are actively traded are valued at the last posted settlement price from the exchange where they are principally traded and are categorized as Level 1 in the hierarchy. Over-the-counter (“OTC”) 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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