Strategic Allocation Series

Doug Foreman is chief investment officer and a portfolio manager at Kayne Anderson Rudnick Investment Management. He is also a member of the executive management committee.

Before joining Kayne Anderson Rudnick in 2011, Mr. Foreman was director of equities at HighMark Capital Management, and before that, group managing director and chief investment officer of U.S. equities at Trust Company of the West (TCW) in Los Angeles. He began his investment career at Putnam Investments as an equity research analyst and portfolio manager.

Mr. Foreman earned a B.S. in marine engineering from The U.S. Naval Academy and an M.B.A. from Harvard University. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst^® (CFA^®) charter holder. He began working in the investment industry in 1986.

Frederick Brimberg is a senior managing director at Duff & Phelps Investment Management, an affiliate of Virtus Investment Partners, where he serves as senior portfolio manager of the International Equity strategy. Mr. Brimberg and the International Equity team joined Duff & Phelps in 2016 from Euclid Advisors LLC, another Virtus affiliate.

Mr. Brimberg’s career spans 30-plus years in investment management, trading, and capital markets. Prior to joining Euclid in 2012, he was a senior vice president and international equity portfolio manager at Avatar Associates where he started the international equity strategy in 2006. Earlier, he was vice president and portfolio manager for ING Investment Management with a focus on the international separately managed account product.

From 1990 to 2000, Mr. Brimberg held several positions at Lexington Management, including as a research analyst specializing in cyclical sectors within the developed international and emerging markets. Earlier in his financial career, he was a partner at Brimberg & Co., a New York Stock Exchange member firm, and he worked in institutional equity sales at Lehman Brothers Kuhn Loeb Inc.

Mr. Brimberg earned a B.A. in psychology from Washington & Lee University and an M.B.A. in finance from New York University. He is a member of the New York Society of Security Analysts and sits on the Bank of New York ADR committee. He has been working in the investment industry since 1979.

David Albrycht is president and chief investment officer of Newfleet Asset Management, an investment management affiliate of Virtus Investment Partners. Prior to joining Newfleet in 2011, Mr. Albrycht was executive managing director and senior portfolio manager with Goodwin Capital Advisers, a former Virtus investment management subsidiary. He joined the Goodwin multi-sector fixed income team in 1985 as a credit analyst and has managed fixed income portfolios since 1991.

Mr. Albrycht is portfolio manager of the Virtus Newfleet Multi-Sector Short Term Bond Fund since 1993 and Virtus Newfleet Multi-Sector Intermediate Bond Fund since 1994. He is co-manager of the Virtus Newfleet Senior Floating Rate Fund since 2008, Virtus Tactical Allocation Fund and Virtus Newfleet High Yield Fund since 2011; Virtus Newfleet Bond Fund, and Virtus Newfleet Low Duration Income Fund since 2012. In addition, he co-manages two variable investment options and three closed-end funds, Virtus Total Return Fund Inc. (NYSE: ZF), Virtus Global Multi-Sector Income Fund (NYSE: VGI), and Virtus Global Dividend & Income Fund Inc. (NYSE: ZTR). He also is a manager of three exchange-traded funds, AdvisorShares Newfleet Multi-Sector Income ETF (NYSE: MINC), Virtus Newfleet Multi-Sector Bond ETF (NFLT), and Virtus Newfleet Dynamic Credit ETF (BLHY), and two offshore funds, the Virtus GF Multi-Sector Short Duration Bond Fund and Virtus GF Multi-Sector Income Fund. He is also responsible for the structuring and management of Newfleet’s CLO platform.

In Barron’s “Best Fund Families of 2016” annual rankings published in 2017, Virtus Investment Partners was ranked the #2 Taxable Bond Fund Family, and held the #1 position in 2012 and 2010, due in large part to the expert management of the firm’s multi-sector fixed income funds by Mr. Albrycht and the Newfleet team.¹ The Virtus Newfleet Multi-Sector Short Term Bond Fund, managed by Mr. Albrycht, received the 2017 Lipper Fund Award for best Short-Intermediate Investment-Grade Debt Fund over five years.² Recognized in the industry as a leading multi-sector fixed income strategist, Mr. Albrycht has appeared on CNBC and Bloomberg Television, and been quoted or featured in Barron’s, The Wall Street Journal, Business Week, Dow Jones, and InvestmentNews.

While at Goodwin Capital, Mr. Albrycht also served as director of credit research. In addition, he managed the Phoenix MISTIC CDO, a $1 billion multi-sector collateralized debt obligation, where he was responsible for credit analysis and deal structure.

Mr. Albrycht earned a B.A., cum laude, from Central Connecticut State University and an M.B.A., with honors, from the University of Connecticut. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst^® (CFA^®) charterholder. He began his career in the investment industry in 1985.

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¹Barron's Best Mutual Fund Families Annual Rankings: Within the taxable bond category for 2016 (published February 11, 2017), 2012 (published February 11, 2013), and 2010 (published February 7, 2011), Virtus Investment Partners ranked 2 out of 61, 1 out of 62, and 1 out of 57 qualifying fund families for the 1-year period ended 12/31/16, 12/31/12, and 12/31/10, respectively. Barron’s annual fund family rankings are based on asset-weighted returns (excluding 12b-1 fees and sales charges) in five fund categories: U.S. equity, world equity, mixed asset, taxable bond, and tax-exempt bond, as calculated by Lipper. Each fund’s performance is measured against all other funds in its Lipper category, resulting in a percentile ranking which is weighted by asset size relative to the fund family’s other assets in its general classification.

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2Annual Lipper Fund Awards: Virtus Newfleet Multi-Sector Short Term Bond Fund (I: PIMSX) had the highest “Lipper Leader for Consistent Return (Effective Return)” value in its Lipper classification, Short-Intermediate Investment-Grade Debt Funds, out of 114 funds, based on total return for the 5-year period as of 11/30/16. Rankings do not include the effect of a fund’s sales load, if applicable. Ranking is for Class I shares only, other classes may have different performance characteristics.

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Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Strong ratings may not be indicative of positive fund performance. Performance for some funds may be negative.

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Stephen Hooker is a managing director and portfolio manager at Newfleet Asset Management, an investment management affiliate of Virtus Investment Partners.

Mr. Hooker is a member of the multi-sector portfolio management team with primary responsibilities for institutional accounts. He also serves as co-portfolio manager of the Virtus Newfleet Bond Fund and Virtus Strategic Allocation Fund, and assists in the management of the closed-end Virtus Global Dividend & Income Fund Inc. (NYSE: ZTR). He joined Newfleet in 2011 to serve as sector manager for emerging markets, where he was responsible for researching issuers in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.

From 2005 until 2011, Mr. Hooker was vice president, senior credit analyst at Aladdin Capital Management and Global Plus Investment Management, respectively, both of which specialize in high yield and structured credit products. Prior to 2005, he was at Goodwin Capital Advisers, a former Virtus investment management subsidiary, for 12 years, serving in various capacities, including as a senior credit analyst and emerging markets sector manager.

Mr. Hooker earned a B.A. in psychology from Trinity College. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst^® (CFA^®) charterholder. He began his career in the investment industry in 1993.