POWER OF ATTORNEY

     Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and
appoints each of Mark S. Flynn, Mardelle W. Pena, Kevin J. Carr, Michael A.
Angerthal and Mark W. Hollertz, the undersigneds true and lawful attorney-in
-fact to:

     (1) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigneds
capacity as an officer and/or director of Virtus Investment Partners, Inc.
(the Company), Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder, and any other
forms or reports the undersigned may be required to file in connection with
the undersigneds ownership, acquisition, or disposition of securities of the
Company;

     (2) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned
which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3,
4, or 5, or other form or report, and timely file such form or report with
the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange
or similar authority; and

     (3) take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the
foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit
to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned,
including without limitation, the completion and signing of any document
that may be required to obtain EDGAR codes or any other required filing
codes on behalf of the undersigned, it being understood that the documents
executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to
the Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms
and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-
facts discretion.

     The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power
and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever
requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the
rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes
as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power
of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such
attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-facts substitute or substitutes, shall
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the
rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of
the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the
undersigneds responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934.

     This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect
to the undersigneds holdings of and transactions in securities issued by
the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing
delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be
executed as of this 19th day of March 2012.



/s/ William Patrick Bradley
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William Patrick Bradley III

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