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VIRTUS Stone Harbor Local Markets Fund
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited)
August 31, 2024
($ reported in thousands)
  Par Value(1)   Value
Foreign Government Securities—84.3%
Brazil—10.2%    
Brazil Notas do Tesouro Nacional      
Series F
10.000%, 1/1/25
         770BRL   $  136
Series F
10.000%, 1/1/31
       3,980BRL     642
        778
       
 
Chile—0.8%    
Bonos Tesoreria Pesos      
5.000%, 3/1/35       45,000CLP      47
144A, RegS
5.000%, 10/1/28(2)(3)
      15,000CLP      16
         63
       
 
China—4.8%    
China Government Bond      
3.130%, 11/21/29          120CNY      18
2.890%, 11/18/31        1,550CNY     231
3.720%, 4/12/51          650CNY     116
        365
       
 
Colombia—6.1%    
Bogota Distrio Capital RegS
9.750%, 7/26/28(3)
   1,091,000COP     256
Titulos De Tesoreria      
9.250%, 5/28/42      600,000COP     126
7.250%, 10/26/50      480,000COP      79
        461
       
 
Czech Republic—4.7%    
Czech Republic      
2.750%, 7/23/29        2,100CZK      89
1.750%, 6/23/32        1,740CZK      66
RegS
4.200%, 12/4/36(3)
       4,490CZK     202
        357
       
 
Hungary—2.0%    
Hungary Government Bond
4.750%, 11/24/32
      59,800HUF     153
India—3.8%    
Inter-American Development Bank
7.350%, 10/6/30
      24,000INR     292
Indonesia—9.9%    
Indonesia Government Bond      
6.500%, 6/15/25    3,010,000IDR     195
9.000%, 3/15/29    2,010,000IDR     142
8.375%, 3/15/34    1,518,000IDR     110
7.500%, 5/15/38    3,278,000IDR     225
8.375%, 4/15/39    1,090,000IDR      81
        753
       
 
  Par Value(1)   Value
       
Malaysia—10.0%    
Malaysia Government Bond      
4.059%, 9/30/24           67MYR   $   16
3.906%, 7/15/26          851MYR     199
3.885%, 8/15/29        1,030MYR     242
3.582%, 7/15/32          290MYR      66
4.893%, 6/8/38          785MYR     200
4.696%, 10/15/42          145MYR      36
        759
       
 
Mexico—9.2%    
Mex Bonos Desarr      
7.500%, 6/3/27          220MXN      10
7.750%, 5/29/31        3,360MXN     155
7.750%, 11/23/34        1,520MXN      68
7.750%, 11/13/42        6,570MXN     270
8.000%, 11/7/47        4,830MXN     201
        704
       
 
Peru—1.9%    
Bonos De Tesoreria      
6.150%, 8/12/32          300PEN      80
5.400%, 8/12/34          189PEN      46
5.350%, 8/12/40           90PEN      20
        146
       
 
Poland—3.6%    
Poland Government Bond
6.000%, 10/25/33
       1,030PLN     278
Romania—3.1%    
Romania Government Bond      
8.000%, 4/29/30          755RON     179
4.750%, 10/11/34          290RON      55
        234
       
 
South Africa—9.2%    
Republic of South Africa      
8.500%, 1/31/37        8,900ZAR     416
6.500%, 2/28/41        4,210ZAR     155
8.750%, 1/31/44        2,910ZAR     131
        702
       
 
Thailand—4.7%    
Thailand Government Bond      
2.875%, 12/17/28          870THB      26
3.775%, 6/25/32        4,380THB     141
3.300%, 6/17/38        3,610THB     113
4.675%, 6/29/44        2,180THB      80
        360
       
 
Uruguay—0.3%    
Republica Orient Uruguay
8.250%, 5/21/31
         950UYU      22
Total Foreign Government Securities
(Identified Cost $6,377)
  6,427
       
 
       
 
See Notes to Schedule of Investments
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VIRTUS Stone Harbor Local Markets Fund
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) (Continued)
August 31, 2024
($ reported in thousands)
  Par Value(1)   Value
       
       
Corporate Bonds and Notes—3.2%
Poland—3.2%    
Kreditanstalt fuer Wiederaufbau
0.625%, 7/25/25
       1,000PLN   $  246
Total Corporate Bonds and Notes
(Identified Cost $250)
    246
       
 
       
 
Total Long-Term Investments—87.5%
(Identified Cost $6,627)
  6,673
       
 
       
 
Short-Term Investment—0.5%
Foreign Government Security—0.5%      
Kazakhstan—0.5%      
National Bank of Kazakhstan Note
0.000%, 9/18/24(4)
      17,700KZT      37
Total Short-Term Investment
(Identified Cost $37)
     37
       
 
       
 
TOTAL INVESTMENTS—88.0%
(Identified Cost $6,664)
  $6,710
Other assets and liabilities, net—12.0%     914
NET ASSETS—100.0%   $7,624
    
Footnote Legend:
(1) Par Value disclosed in foreign currency is reported in thousands.
(2) 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 August 31, 2024, these securities amounted to a value of $16 or 0.2% of net assets.
(3) Regulation S security. Security is offered and sold outside of the United States; therefore, it is exempt from registration with the SEC under Rules 903 and 904 of the Securities Act of 1933.
(4) Issued with a zero coupon. Income is recognized through the accretion of discount.
Counterparties:  
CITI Citigroup Global Markets
GS Goldman Sachs & Co.
JPM JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A.
    
Foreign Currencies:
BRL Brazilian Real
CLP Chilean Peso
CNH Chinese Yuan Offshore
CNY Chinese Yuan
COP Colombian Peso
CZK Czech Koruna
HUF Hungarian Forint
IDR Indonesian Rupiah
INR Indian Rupee
KZT Kazakhstani Tenge
MXN Mexican Peso
MYR Malaysian Ringgit
PEN Peruvian Nuevo Sol
PLN Polish Zloty
RON Romania New Leu
RUB Russian Ruble
THB Thailand Baht
TRY Turkish Lira
USD United States Dollar
UYU Uruguayan Peso
ZAR South African Rand
    
Country Weightings
Brazil 12%
Mexico 11
Indonesia 11
South Africa 11
Malaysia 11
Colombia 7
Poland 7
Other 30
Total 100%
% of total investments as of August 31, 2024.
 
Forward foreign currency exchange contracts as of August 31, 2024 were as follows:
Currency
Purchased
Currency
Amount
Purchased
Currency
Sold
Currency
Amount
Sold
Counterparty Settlement
Date
Unrealized
Appreciation
Unrealized
Depreciation
BRL 310 USD 57 JPM 09/04/24 $— $(2)
CLP 70,000 USD 74 JPM 09/03/24 2 — 
CLP 70,000 USD 76 JPM 10/22/24 1 — 
CNH 1,730 USD 240 JPM 09/12/24 4 — 
CZK 3,540 USD 154 JPM 09/25/24 2 — 
HUF 25,700 USD 71 GS 09/25/24 1 — 
IDR 870,000 USD 53 JPM 09/10/24 3 — 
IDR 600,000 USD 39 JPM 11/04/24 — (1)
INR 15,200 USD 181 JPM 09/30/24 — (1)
MXN 4,380 USD 231 JPM 09/03/24 (8)
MXN 4,500 USD 226 JPM 10/29/24 (1) — 
MYR 350 USD 79 GS 10/15/24 2 — 
PLN 440 USD 112 JPM 09/12/24 2 — 
See Notes to Schedule of Investments
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VIRTUS Stone Harbor Local Markets Fund
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) (Continued)
August 31, 2024
($ reported in thousands)
Forward foreign currency exchange contracts as of August 31, 2024 were as follows:
Currency
Purchased
Currency
Amount
Purchased
Currency
Sold
Currency
Amount
Sold
Counterparty Settlement
Date
Unrealized
Appreciation
  Unrealized
Depreciation
THB 7,870 USD 221 GS 09/19/24 $12   $— 
TRY 4,600 USD 128 JPM 10/21/24   (1)
USD 76 CLP 70,000 JPM 09/03/24   (1)
USD 236 MXN 4,380 JPM 09/03/24 14   — 
USD 55 BRL 310 JPM 09/04/24 (1)   — 
USD 56 IDR 870,000 JPM 09/10/24   — (1)
USD 212 ZAR 3,850 JPM 09/11/24   (4)
USD 79 CNH 570 JPM 09/12/24   (2)
USD 15 PLN 60 JPM 09/12/24   — (1)
USD 166 CZK 3,860 JPM 09/25/24   (5)
USD 108 INR 9,100 JPM 09/30/24 (1)   — 
USD 41 MYR 180 GS 10/15/24   (1)
USD 30 RUB 2,700 JPM 10/15/24 1   — 
USD 197 COP 810,000 CITI 10/16/24 5   — 
USD 42 RON 190 JPM 10/21/24   — (1)
USD 105 MXN 2,060 JPM 10/29/24 1   — 
USD 22 BRL 120 JPM 11/04/24 1   — 
ZAR 2,770 USD 157 JPM 09/11/24   (2)
Total $51   $(26)
    
Footnote Legend:
(1) Amount is less than $500 (not in thousands).
The following table summarizes the value of the Fund’s investments as of August 31, 2024, based on the inputs used to value them (See Security Valuation Note 1 in the Notes to Schedule of Investments):
  Total
Value at
August 31, 2024
  Level 2
Significant
Observable
Inputs
Assets:      
Debt Instruments:      
Foreign Government Securities $6,464   $6,464
Corporate Bonds and Notes 246   246
Other Financial Instruments:      
Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts 51   51
Total Assets 6,761   6,761
Liabilities:      
Other Financial Instruments:      
Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts (26)   (26)
Total Liabilities (26)   (26)
Total Investments $6,735   $6,735
There were no securities valued using quoted prices (Level 1) or significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) at August 31, 2024.
There were no transfers into or out of Level 3 related to securities held at August 31, 2024.
See Notes to Schedule of Investments
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VIRTUS STONE HARBOR LOCAL MARKETS FUND NOTES TO SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited)
August 31, 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.
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 derivative contracts, which include forward currency contracts, swaps, swaptions, options and equity linked instruments, are valued based on model prices provided by independent pricing services or from dealer quotes. Depending on the derivative type and the specific terms of the transaction, these models vary and include observable inputs in actively quoted markets including but not limited to: underlying reference entity details, indices, spreads, interest rates, yield curves, dividend and exchange rates. These instruments are generally categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy. Centrally cleared swaps listed or traded on a bilateral or trade facility platform, such as a registered exchange, are valued at the last posted settlement price determined by the respective exchange. These securities are generally categorized as Level 2 within 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 Financials.
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