Risk Table - Virtus Stone Harbor Local Markets 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 subadviser expects. As a result, the value of your shares may decrease. 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.
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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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| High-Yield/High-Risk Fixed Income Securities (Junk Bonds) Risk |
> High-Yield/High-Risk
Fixed Income Securities (Junk Bonds) Risk: There is a greater risk
of issuer default, less liquidity, and increased price volatility related to high-yield/high-risk securities
than investment grade securities, and high-yield/high-risk securities are generally considered to be
speculative.
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| Liquidity Risk |
> Liquidity Risk: Certain
instruments may be difficult or impossible to sell at a time and price beneficial to the fund.
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| Non-Diversification Risk |
> Non-Diversification Risk: The fund is not diversified
and may be more susceptible to factors negatively impacting its holdings to the extent the fund invests
more of its assets in the securities of fewer issuers than would a diversified fund.
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| Income Risk |
> Income Risk: Income received from the fund may vary widely
over the short- and long-term and/or be less than anticipated if the proceeds from maturing securities
in the fund are reinvested in lower-yielding securities.
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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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| Bank Loan Risk |
> Bank
Loan Risk: In addition to the risks typically associated with high-yield/high-risk
fixed income securities, bank loans may be unsecured or not fully collateralized, may be subject to restrictions
on resale, may be less liquid and may trade infrequently on the secondary market. Bank loans settle on
a delayed basis; thus, sale proceeds may not be available to meet redemptions for a substantial period
of time after the sale of the loan.
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| Foreign Currency Transactions Risk |
> Foreign
Currency Transactions Risk: The fund’s transactions with respect to foreign
currency may not be successful or have the effect of limiting gains from favorable market movements.
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| Investing in China Risk |
> Investing in China Risk: The fund may invest in China,
where the government maintains strict currency controls, and where the government plays a major role
in the country’s economic policies regarding foreign investments.
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| Non-U.S. Government Securities Risk |
> Non-U.S. Government Securities Risk: The governmental entity
that controls the repayment of government debt may not be willing or able to repay the principal and/or
to pay the interest when it becomes due.
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| Portfolio Turnover Risk |
> Portfolio
Turnover Risk: The fund’s principal investment strategies may result in
a high portfolio turnover rate. See the “Portfolio Turnover” section above for more information about
the impact that portfolio turnover can have on your investment.
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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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| 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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| Short-Term Investments Risk |
> Short-Term Investments Risk: The fund’s short-term
investments may not provide the liquidity or protection intended or may prevent the fund from experiencing
positive movements in the fund’s principal investment strategies.
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