Virtus GF Multi-Sector Short Duration Bond Fund
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Investment Partner
Newfleet Asset Management
Newfleet Asset Management leverages the knowledge and skill of a team of investment professionals with expertise in every sector of the bond market, including evolving, specialized, and out-of-favor sectors. The team employs active sector rotation and disciplined risk management to portfolio construction.
Newfleet Asset Management is a division of Virtus Fixed Income Advisers, LLC ("VFIA"), an SEC registered investment adviser.
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This is a marketing communication. Please refer to the prospectus of the UCITS and to the KIID before making any final investment decisions.
Investment Overview
- The strategy seeks to provide high current income while attempting to limit fluctuations in portfolio value due to changes in interest rates through investments in primarily investment grade fixed income debt obligations of various types of issuers across several bond market sectors. The fund's average duration will be 3½ years or less.
- Investors invest in shares of the Fund. The Fund is suitable for long-term investors seeking high current income and who are prepared to accept a moderate level of volatility.
- The Fund is actively managed. The Fund uses the Bloomberg U.S. Intermediate Aggregate Bond Index as a comparator benchmark but not to constrain portfolio composition or as a target for performance.
This fund is registered in the following countries: Finland, Germany, Norway, and the UK
Risk Considerations
Fund Codes
Share Class | ISIN | Currency | Bloomberg |
---|---|---|---|
A Shares Accumulating | IE00BCZNJX33 | USD | VGMSDAA |
A Shares Distributing | IE00BQSBJF40 | EUR | VISDDAE |
A Shares Distributing | IE00BCZNJY40 | USD | VGMSDAD |
C Shares Accumulating | IE00BQSBJJ87 | USD | VGMSDCA |
C Shares Distributing | IE00BQSBJK92 | USD | VGMSDCD |
I Shares Accumulating | IE00BCZNJZ56 | USD | VGMSDIA |
I Shares Distributing | IE00BCZNK076 | USD | VGMSDID |
R Shares Accumulating | IE00BQSBJZ46 | USD | VGMSDRA |
R Shares Distributing | IE00BQSBJX22 | EUR | VIMSDRE |
R Shares Distributing | IE00BQSBK068 | USD | VGMSDRD |
Process
Step 1:
Sector Analysis & Allocation
> Top down, relative value approach
> Relative value analysis looks at:
– yield and spreads
– supply and demand
– investment environment
– sector fundamentals
Step 2:
Issue Selection
> Bottom up, fundamental research driven
> Fundamental analysis includes assessment of:
– credit risk
– company management
– issue structure
– technical market conditions
– focus on valuations
Step 3:
Portfolio Construction, Oversight, and Risk Management
> Duration neutral strategy
> Sector concentration
> Issuer exposure
> Non-U.S. exposure
> Manager review
> Systematic review
Investment Professional

David L. Albrycht, CFA
President and Chief Investment Officer
Industry start date: 1985
Start date as fund Portfolio Manager: 2013