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Key Stats

Net Expense Ratio Discount or Premium to NAV Total Assets Under Management 30-Day Average Daily Volume
2.96% -1.18% 50.90M --
Dividend Yield Turnover Ratio 1 Year Fund Level Flows Max Drawdown (Since Inception)
-- 38.00% -13.05M Upgrade

Basic Info

Investment Strategy
The Fund's primary investment objective is to maximize total return, which consists of income and capital appreciation on its investments in emerging markets securities. The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing at least 80% of its net assets (plus borrowings for investment purposes) in emerging markets debt.
General
Security Type Closed-End Fund
Equity Style --
Fixed Income Style --
Broad Asset Class Taxable Bond
Broad Category Fixed Income
Category Name Emerging Markets Bond
Category Index JPM EMBI Global Diversified TR USD
Global Category Name Emerging Markets Fixed Income
YCharts Categorization Emerging Markets Bond
YCharts Benchmark Bloomberg EM USD Aggregate (^BBEMUSDATR)
Prospectus Objective Growth and Income
Fund Owner Firm Name Virtus Alternative Investment Advisers Inc
Prospectus Benchmark Index
JPM CEMBI Broad Diversified TR USD 100.0%
Broad Asset Class Benchmark Index
^BBUSATR 100.0%
Manager Tenure
Darin Batchman 11.10 yrs
David Griffiths 11.10 yrs
David Oliver 11.10 yrs
David Scott 11.10 yrs
James Craige 11.10 yrs
Jeffrey Kaczmarski 11.10 yrs
Kumaran Damodaran 11.10 yrs
Peter Wilby 11.10 yrs
Richard Lange 11.10 yrs
Steffen Reichold 11.10 yrs
Stuart Sclater-Booth 11.10 yrs
William Perry 11.10 yrs

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Annual Total Returns Versus Peers

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2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023 *
39.37%
27.27%
-19.79%
26.36%
-11.09%
-4.86%
-27.90%
20.67%
2.65%
3.54%
0.01%
8.72%
7.51%
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4.64%
42.47%
24.28%
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45.14%
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-10.88%
-27.78%
26.01%
19.61%
12.91%
-12.48%
29.88%
3.00%
0.04%
-31.13%
14.66%
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8.95%
4.14%
-12.32%
-10.15%
2.90%
16.18%
16.32%
-14.13%
25.43%
-2.82%
-7.04%
-14.13%
15.76%
As of December 18, 2023. *Indicates data for the year is incomplete.

Asset Allocation

As of September 30, 2023.
Type % Net % Long % Short
Cash -10.14% Upgrade Upgrade
Stock 10.96% Upgrade Upgrade
Bond 99.17% Upgrade Upgrade
Convertible 0.00% Upgrade Upgrade
Preferred 0.00% Upgrade Upgrade
Other 0.00% Upgrade Upgrade

Basic Info

Investment Strategy
The Fund's primary investment objective is to maximize total return, which consists of income and capital appreciation on its investments in emerging markets securities. The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing at least 80% of its net assets (plus borrowings for investment purposes) in emerging markets debt.
General
Security Type Closed-End Fund
Equity Style --
Fixed Income Style --
Broad Asset Class Taxable Bond
Broad Category Fixed Income
Category Name Emerging Markets Bond
Category Index JPM EMBI Global Diversified TR USD
Global Category Name Emerging Markets Fixed Income
YCharts Categorization Emerging Markets Bond
YCharts Benchmark Bloomberg EM USD Aggregate (^BBEMUSDATR)
Prospectus Objective Growth and Income
Fund Owner Firm Name Virtus Alternative Investment Advisers Inc
Prospectus Benchmark Index
JPM CEMBI Broad Diversified TR USD 100.0%
Broad Asset Class Benchmark Index
^BBUSATR 100.0%
Manager Tenure
Darin Batchman 11.10 yrs
David Griffiths 11.10 yrs
David Oliver 11.10 yrs
David Scott 11.10 yrs
James Craige 11.10 yrs
Jeffrey Kaczmarski 11.10 yrs
Kumaran Damodaran 11.10 yrs
Peter Wilby 11.10 yrs
Richard Lange 11.10 yrs
Steffen Reichold 11.10 yrs
Stuart Sclater-Booth 11.10 yrs
William Perry 11.10 yrs

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