Virtus GF Select High Yield Fund
Investment Partner
Seix Investment Advisors
Seix Investment Advisors is an investment management boutique focused exclusively on managing fixed income securities since 1992. Seix seeks to generate competitive absolute and relative risk-adjusted returns over the full market cycle through a bottom-up focused, top-down aware process. Seix employs multi-dimensional approaches based on strict portfolio construction methodology, sell disciplines and trading strategies with prudent risk management as a cornerstone.
Seix Investment Advisors is a division of Virtus Fixed Income Advisers, LLC ("VFIA"), an SEC registered investment adviser.
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Investment Overview
- The strategy seeks high current income and total return by investing primarily in high yield corporate bonds and other U.S. dollar denominated debt instruments of U.S. and non-U.S. issuers, with up to 100% of assets invested in securities rated below investment grade.
- A sound, transparent, and repeatable process leverages competitive advantages and aims to capture upside potential while limiting downside risk.
- Investors invest in shares of the Fund. The Fund is suitable for long-term investors able to withstand investment risks associated with investing in below investment grade bonds while seeking high current income and the opportunity for capital appreciation to produce a high total return. Investors should be prepared to accept a moderate level of volatility.
- The Fund is actively managed. The Fund uses the ICE BofA US High Yield Cash Pay Index as a comparator benchmark but not to constrain portfolio composition or as a target for performance.
This fund is registered in the following country: the UK
Risk Considerations
Fund Codes
Share Class | ISIN | Currency | Bloomberg |
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A Shares Accumulating | IE00BF5J4483 | USD | VGSHYAA |
A Shares Distributing | IE00BF5J4590 | USD | VGSHYAD |
C Shares Accumulating | IE00BF5J4B55 | USD | VGSHYCA |
C Shares Distributing | IE00BF5J4C62 | USD | VGSHYCD |
I Shares Accumulating | IE00BF5J4J32 | USD | VGSHYIA |
I Shares Distributing | IE00BF5J4K47 | USD | VGSHYID |
R Shares Accumulating | IE00BF5J4Q09 | USD | VGSHYRA |
R Shares Distributing | IE00BF5J4R16 | USD | VGSHYRD |
Key Features
Higher Quality High Yield
Emphasizes BB- and B-rated corporate bonds; seeks to invest in the most undervalued credits in the non-investment-grade space with solid fundamentals, as identified through extensive bottom-up credit research
Diversification
High yield bonds may offer minimal correlation to investment grade fixed income sectors and only modest correlation to equities
Risk Management
Strict focus on bottom-up credit research, controls around portfolio construction, sell discipline, and trading strategy in an effort to mitigate downside exposure
Investment Professionals

Michael Kirkpatrick
Managing Director, Senior Portfolio Manager
Industry start date: 1991
Start date as fund Portfolio Manager: 2018

James FitzPatrick, CFA
Managing Director, Head of Leveraged Finance Trading, Portfolio Manager
Industry start date: 1996
Start date as fund Portfolio Manager: 2018