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VIRTUS KAR Emerging Markets Small-Cap Fund
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited)
June 30, 2024
($ reported in thousands)
  Shares   Value
Common Stocks—93.7%
Communication Services—19.1%    
Addcn Technology Co., Ltd. (Taiwan)     802,089   $  4,957
Autohome, Inc. ADR (China)     190,639     5,233
Baltic Classifieds Group plc (Lithuania)   7,683,862    23,312
Dayamitra Telekomunikasi PT (Indonesia) 109,541,400     4,315
Rightmove plc (United Kingdom)   1,563,359    10,612
Sarana Menara Nusantara Tbk PT (Indonesia) 148,335,486     6,658
Wirtualna Polska Holding S.A. (Poland)     235,605     6,145
       61,232
       
 
Consumer Discretionary—8.7%    
Allegro.eu S.A. (Poland)(1)   1,219,920    11,424
momo.com, Inc. (Taiwan)     264,300     3,499
Union Auction PCL Foreign Shares (Thailand)(2)  33,162,000     8,811
Vasta Platform Ltd. Class A (Brazil)(1)(2)   1,391,515     4,244
       27,978
       
 
Consumer Staples—13.3%    
Anhui Gujing Distillery Co., Ltd. Class B (China)     642,509     9,559
BBB Foods, Inc. Class A (Virgin Islands (British))(1)     221,589     5,287
Carlsberg Brewery Malaysia Bhd (Malaysia)   2,177,100     8,630
Chongqing Brewery Co., Ltd. Class A (China)     528,700     4,417
Clicks Group Ltd. (South Africa)     219,376     4,152
Heineken Malaysia Bhd (Malaysia)   2,317,800    10,829
       42,874
       
 
Financials—8.9%    
Caixa Seguridade Participacoes S.A. (Brazil)   3,031,587     7,760
Kaspi.KZ JSC ADR (Kazakhstan)      15,538     2,004
Kaspi.KZ JSC GDR, 144A (Kazakhstan)(1)(3)      61,759     8,255
Kfin Technologies Ltd. (India)(1)     632,088     5,308
Qualitas Controladora SAB de C.V. (Mexico)     514,891     5,234
       28,561
       
 
Health Care—2.1%    
Haw Par Corp., Ltd. (Singapore)     943,374     6,783
Industrials—26.1%    
Computer Age Management Services Ltd. (India)     235,686    10,211
Grupa Pracuj S.A. (Poland)   1,191,586    18,441
Haitian International Holdings Ltd. (China)   2,909,218     8,270
Humanica PCL Foreign Shares (Thailand)  20,024,500     5,893
IndiaMart InterMesh Ltd. (India)     116,333     3,740
Kerry TJ Logistics Co., Ltd. (Taiwan)   2,176,000     2,717
NICE Information Service Co., Ltd. (South Korea)     844,952     6,961
S-1 Corp. (South Korea)     148,118     6,241
Saramin Co., Ltd. (South Korea)     348,094     4,605
Sporton International, Inc. (Taiwan)     966,268     6,642
Tegma Gestao Logistica S.A. (Brazil)   2,284,702     9,952
       83,673
       
 
Information Technology—12.0%    
Hundsun Technologies, Inc. Class A (China)   2,311,285     5,618
LEENO Industrial, Inc. (South Korea)      39,374     6,722
Oracle Financial Services Software Ltd. (India)     131,249    15,554
TOTVS S.A. (Brazil)   1,501,464     8,179
  Shares   Value
       
Information Technology—continued    
Younglimwon Soft Lab Co., Ltd. (South Korea)     380,690   $  2,428
       38,501
       
 
Materials—3.5%    
Avia Avian Tbk PT (Indonesia) 104,650,660     3,292
Corp. Moctezuma SAB de C.V. (Mexico)   1,998,862     7,922
       11,214
       
 
Total Common Stocks
(Identified Cost $281,545)
  300,816
       
 
       
 
Total Long-Term Investments—93.7%
(Identified Cost $281,545)
  300,816
       
 
       
 
Short-Term Investment—3.5%
Money Market Mutual Fund—3.5%
Dreyfus Government Cash Management Fund - Institutional Shares (seven-day effective yield 5.191%)(4)  11,122,007    11,122
Total Short-Term Investment
(Identified Cost $11,122)
   11,122
       
 
       
 
TOTAL INVESTMENTS—97.2%
(Identified Cost $292,667)
  $311,938
Other assets and liabilities, net—2.8%     9,116
NET ASSETS—100.0%   $321,054
    
Abbreviations:
ADR American Depositary Receipt
GDR Global Depositary Receipt
JSC Joint Stock Company
PCL Public Company Limited
    
Footnote Legend:
(1) Non-income producing.
(2) Affiliated investment.
(3) Security exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. At June 30, 2024, these securities amounted to a value of $8,255 or 2.6% of net assets.
(4) Shares of this fund are publicly offered, and its prospectus and annual report are publicly available.
    
Country Weightings
Poland 11%
India 11
China 11
Brazil 10
South Korea 9
Lithuania 7
Malaysia 6
Other 35
Total 100%
% of total investments as of June 30, 2024.
See Notes to Schedule of Investments
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VIRTUS KAR Emerging Markets Small-Cap Fund
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) (Continued)
June 30, 2024
($ reported in thousands)
The following table summarizes the value of the Fund’s investments as of June 30, 2024, 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, 2024
  Level 1
Quoted Prices
  Level 2
Significant
Observable
Inputs
Assets:          
Equity Securities:          
Common Stocks $300,816   $292,561   $8,255
Money Market Mutual Fund 11,122   11,122  
Total Investments $311,938   $303,683   $8,255
There were no securities valued using significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) at June 30, 2024.
There were no transfers into or out of Level 3 related to securities held at June 30, 2024.
See Notes to Schedule of Investments
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VIRTUS KAR EMERGING MARKETS SMALL-CAP FUND NOTES TO SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited)
June 30, 2024
Note 1. Security Valuation
The Fund’s Board of Trustees has 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.
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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