Risk Table - Virtus Global Allocation Fund
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| Principal Risks |
Principal
Risks The fund may not achieve its objective(s), and it is not intended to be a complete
investment program. The value of the fund’s investments that supports your share value may decrease.
If between the time you purchase shares and the time you sell shares the value of the fund’s investments
decreases, you will lose money. Investment values can decrease for a number of reasons. Conditions affecting
the overall economy, specific industries or companies in which the fund invests can be worse than expected,
and investments may fail to perform as the subadvisers expect. As a result, the value of your shares
may decrease. In addition, you will also be subject to the risks associated with the principal investment
strategies of any underlying funds in which the fund invests. Purchase and redemption activities by
fund shareholders may impact the management of the fund and its ability to achieve its investment objective(s).
The principal risks of investing in the fund are identified below (in alphabetical order after the first
seven risks).
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| Risk Lose Money [Member] |
If between the time you purchase shares and the time you sell shares the value of the fund’s investments
decreases, you will lose money.
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| Allocation Risk |
> Allocation Risk: If the fund’s exposure
to equities and fixed income securities, or to other asset classes, deviates from the intended allocation,
or if the fund’s allocation is not optimal for market conditions at a given time, the fund’s performance
may suffer.
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| Market Volatility Risk |
> Market Volatility Risk:
The value of the securities in the fund may go up or down in response to the prospects of individual
companies and/or general economic conditions. Price changes may be short- or long-term. Local, regional
or global events such as war or military conflict (e.g., Russia’s invasion of Ukraine), geopolitical
risk, acts of terrorism, the spread of infectious illness or other public health issue, recessions, tariffs
and other restrictions on trade, or the threat or potential of one or more such events and developments,
could have a significant impact on the fund and its investments, including hampering the ability of the
fund’s portfolio manager(s) to invest the fund’s assets as intended.
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| Issuer Risk |
> Issuer Risk: The fund will be affected by factors specific
to the issuers of securities and other instruments in which the fund invests, including actual or perceived
changes in the financial condition or business prospects of such issuers.
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| Equity Securities Risk |
> Equity Securities Risk: The
value of the stocks held by the fund may be negatively affected by the financial market, industries in
which the fund invests, or issuer-specific events. Focus on a particular style or in small or medium-sized
companies may enhance that risk.
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| Debt Instruments Risk |
> Debt
Instruments Risk: Debt instruments are subject to greater levels of credit and
liquidity risk, may be speculative and may decline in value due to changes in interest rates or an issuer’s
or counterparty’s deterioration or default.
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| Interest Rate Risk |
> Interest
Rate Risk: The values of debt instruments may rise or fall in response
to changes in interest rates, and this risk may be enhanced for securities with longer maturities.
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| Derivatives Risk |
> Derivatives Risk: Derivatives and other similar
instruments (collectively referred to in this section as “derivatives”) may include, among other
things, futures, options, forwards and swap agreements and may be used in order to hedge portfolio risks,
create leverage or attempt to increase returns. Investments in derivatives may result in increased volatility
and the fund may incur a loss greater than its principal investment.
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| Affiliated Fund and ETF Risk |
> Affiliated Fund and ETF Risk: The fund’s subadviser
may select and substitute affiliated and/or unaffiliated mutual funds and/or exchange-traded funds (ETFs),
which may create a conflict of interest because the subadviser or its affiliate(s) may receive fees from
affiliated funds and/or ETFs, some of which pay the subadviser or its affiliate(s) more than others.
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| Convertible Securities Risk |
> Convertible Securities Risk: The value of a convertible
security may decline as interest rates rise and/or vary with fluctuations in the market value of the
underlying securities. The security may be called for redemption at a time and/or price unfavorable to
the fund.
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| Counterparty Risk |
> Counterparty Risk:
There is risk that a party upon whom the fund relies to complete a transaction will default.
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| Covered Call Option Writing Risk |
> Covered Call Option Writing Risk:
By writing covered call options in return for the receipt of premiums, the fund will give up the opportunity
to benefit from potential increases in the value of the reference benchmark above the exercise prices
of such options, but will continue to bear the risk of declines in the value of the reference benchmark.
The premiums received from the options may not be sufficient to offset any losses sustained from the
volatility of the underlying benchmark over time.
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| Credit Risk |
> Credit
Risk: If the issuer of a debt instrument fails to pay interest or
principal in a timely manner, or negative perceptions exist in the market of the issuer’s ability to
make such payments, the price of the security may decline.
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| Currency Rate Risk |
> Currency
Rate Risk: Fluctuations in the exchange rates between the U.S. dollar
and foreign currencies may negatively affect the value of the fund’s shares.
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| Emerging Market Risk |
> Emerging Market Risk: Emerging markets securities
may be more volatile, or more greatly affected by negative conditions, than those of their counterparts
in more established foreign markets. Such securities may also be subject to Sanctions Risk.
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| Equity-Linked Instruments Risk |
> Equity-Linked Instruments Risk: The
performance of equity-linked instruments is subject to similar risks to those of the referenced equity
security, in addition to the risk that the equity-linked instruments fail to replicate the performance
of the referenced equity security. Equity-linked instruments also expose the fund to counterparty risk,
which could result in a loss of all or part of the fund’s investment.
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| Equity Linked Notes (ELNs) Risk |
> Equity Linked Notes (ELNs) Risk: When the fund invests in
ELNs, it receives cash but limits its opportunity to profit from an increase in the market value of the
reference benchmark because of the limits relating to the call options written within the particular
ELN. Investments in ELNs often have risks similar to the reference benchmark, which include market risk.
Should the price of the reference benchmark move in an unexpected manner, the fund may not achieve the
anticipated benefits of an investment in an ELN, and may realize losses, which could be significant and
could include the fund’s entire principal investment.
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| Focused Investment Risk |
> Focused Investment Risk: To the extent the fund focuses
its investments on a limited number of issuers, sectors, industries, geographic regions or portfolio
themes, it may be subject to increased risk and volatility.
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| Foreign Investing Risk |
> Foreign
Investing Risk: Investing in foreign securities subjects the fund to additional
risks such as increased volatility; currency fluctuations; less liquidity; less publicly available information
about the foreign investment; and political, regulatory, economic, and market risk.
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| Fund of Funds Risk |
> Fund of Funds Risk: Because the fund can invest
in other funds, it bears its proportionate share of the operating expenses and management fees of, and
may be adversely affected by, the underlying fund(s). The expenses associated with the fund’s investment
in other funds will cost shareholders more than direct investments would have cost.
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| High-Yield Fixed Income Securities (Junk Bonds) Risk |
> High-Yield Fixed Income Securities (Junk Bonds) Risk: High-yield
or junk bonds are subject to greater levels of credit and liquidity risk, may be speculative and may
decline in value due to increases in interest rates or an issuer’s deterioration or default.
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| Index Risk |
> Index Risk: Investments in index-linked derivatives are
subject to the risks associated with the applicable index.
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| Leverage Risk |
> Leverage
Risk: When the fund leverages its portfolio by borrowing or by engaging
in certain types of transactions or instruments, including derivatives, the fund may be less liquid,
may liquidate positions at an unfavorable time, and the volatility of the fund’s value may increase.
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| Liquidity Risk |
> Liquidity Risk: Certain securities may be substantially less
liquid than many other securities, such as U.S. Government securities or common stocks. To the extent
the fund invests in less liquid securities or the level of liquidity in a particular market is constrained,
the lack of an active market for investments may cause delay in disposition or force a sale below fair
value.
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| Mortgage-Backed and Asset-Backed Securities Risk |
> Mortgage-Backed and Asset-Backed Securities Risk: Changes
in interest rates may cause both extension and prepayment risks for mortgage-backed and asset-backed
securities. These securities are also subject to risks associated with the non-repayment of underlying
collateral, including losses to the fund.
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| Mutual Fund and ETF Investing Risk |
> Mutual
Fund and ETF Investing Risk: The fund will be indirectly affected by factors,
risks and performance specific to any other mutual fund and/or exchange-traded fund (ETF) (“underlying
fund”) in which it invests. Further, the net asset value per share of each underlying fund will include
the effect of any fees and expenses of the underlying fund, so the fund’s investment in such underlying
funds will cause the fund to indirectly bear its proportionate share of such fees and expenses, which
are reflected in the fund’s Fees and Expenses table as “Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses” if they
are estimated to amount to at least 0.01% of the fund’s total net assets.
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| Portfolio Turnover Risk |
> Portfolio Turnover Risk: High levels
of portfolio
turnover increase
transaction costs
and taxes and may lower
investment performance.
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| Prepayment/Call Risk |
> Prepayment/Call
Risk: Issuers may prepay or call their fixed rate obligations when
interest rates fall, forcing the fund to reinvest in obligations with lower interest rates and the fund
may not benefit fully from the increase in value that other fixed income investments experience when
interest rates decline.
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| Real Estate Investment Risk |
> Real Estate Investment Risk: The fund may be negatively
affected by changes in real estate values or economic conditions, credit risk and interest rate fluctuations,
changes in the value of the underlying real estate and defaults by lessees and/or borrowers.
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| Redemption Risk |
> Redemption Risk: One or more large shareholders
or groups of shareholders may redeem their holdings in the fund, resulting in an adverse impact on remaining
shareholders in the fund by causing the fund to take actions it would not otherwise have taken.
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| Sanctions Risk |
> Sanctions Risk: The imposition of sanctions and other similar
measures could cause a decline in the value and/or liquidity of securities issued by or tied to the sanctioned
country and increase market volatility and disruption in the sanctioned country and throughout the world.
Sanctions and other similar measures could limit or prevent the fund from buying and selling securities
(in the sanctioned country and other markets), significantly delay or prevent the settlement of transactions,
and negatively impact the fund’s liquidity and performance.
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| Small and Medium Market Capitalization Companies Risk |
> Small
and Medium Market Capitalization Companies Risk: The fund’s investments
in small and medium market capitalization companies may increase the volatility and risk of loss to the
fund, as compared with investments in larger, more established companies.
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| Variable Distribution Risk |
> Variable Distribution Risk: Periodic distributions
by investments of variable or floating interest rates vary with fluctuations in market interest rates. Please see “More Information About Risks of Investing in the Fund” in the fund’s
prospectus for a more detailed description of the fund’s risks.
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