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Total Assets: 221.56M

Type: Fund

Market: United States

Issuer: Virtus

Asset Class: Bond

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On this page you'll find an in-depth profile of Virtus Seix U.s. Government Securities Ultra-short Bond Fund Class I. Learn about the key management, total assets, investment strategy and contact information of SIGVX among other information.

Investment Strategy

The investment seeks to maximize current income consistent with capital preservation. The fund invests at least 80% of its net assets (plus any borrowings for investment purposes) in short duration U.S. government securities of any credit quality. These securities may include, but are not limited to, U.S. Treasury securities, U.S. agency securities, U.S. agency mortgage-backed securities, repurchase agreements and other U.S. government securities. The advisor expects to maintain an average effective duration between 3 months and 1 year. Individual purchases will generally be limited to securities with an effective duration of less than 5 years.

Contact Information

Address Greenfield, MA, 01301
Greenfield,MA 01301
United States

Phone +1 8002431574

Web www.virtus.com

Top Executives

Name	Title	Since	Until
Michael Rieger	Managing Director	2014	Now
Biography	Michael is a seasoned senior portfolio manager focused on the securitized sector. He is a member of the Seix Investment Policy Group. Before joining Seix, Michael was a portfolio manager at AIG Global Investment, where he managed an ABS portfolio covering the full rating spectrum in addition to non-agency senior residential MBS, adjustable rate senior mortgage portfolio and international AAA residential MBS portfolios. Michael began his investment management career at Aetna Life and Casualty's Portfolio Hedging Group as an analyst. Michael received an A.B. degree (Cum Laude) in Mathematics from Dartmouth College.
Perry Troisi	Managing Director, Head of Investment Grade, and Senior Portfolio Manager	2014	Now
Biography	Perry is a managing director and head of investment grade, where he focuses on corporate, government-related and securitized (residential mortgage-backed, commercial mortgage-backed, and asset-backed securities) asset classes. Perry is responsible for strategic oversight of the firm’s investment grade bond portfolio management activities and is the senior portfolio manager of all investment grade (taxable) portfolios. He is a member of the Seix Investment Policy Group. Before joining Seix in 1999, he was a portfolio manager at GRE Insurance Group, where he was responsible for all North American fixed income assets within the group. Prior to that, he was a portfolio manager and analyst at Home Insurance Company, focused primarily on mortgage backed securities. Perry began his career as an account analyst at Goldman, Sachs & Company. He received a B.S. degree in Economics and Computer Coordinate w/Economics from Trinity College and an M.B.A. degree in Finance from New York University.
James F. Keegan	Senior Vice President	2014	2022
Biography	As CIO, Jim has oversight responsibilities for the investment teams and specific portfolio management responsibilities within the investment grade team. He also leads the Seix Investment Policy Group. Prior to joining Seix, Jim was Head of Investment Grade Corporate & High Yield Bond Management for American Century Investments. In this role he was responsible for portfolio management, strategy, credit research and trading. Prior to this, Jim was Chief Investment Officer at Westmoreland Capital Management and Managing Director of Investment Grade and High Yield Fixed Income at UBS Global Asset Management. At UBS he was Chairman of the Investment Strategy and Credit Policy Committee and directly responsible for management of a number of funds. Earlier in his career he was Director of Research and Chairman of the Credit Strategy Committee at Bankers Trust. Jim received a B.S. degree (Magna Cum Laude) in Business Management from St. Francis College and an M.B.A. degree (Beta Gamma Sigma) from Fordham University.
Chad Stephens	Portfolio Manager	2006	2016
Biography	Chad serves as a Portfolio Manager on the firm’s Fixed Income and Balanced account investment teams. Prior to joining Buckhead Capital Management, he spent 15 years with StableRiver Captial Management where he specialized in securitized products on a fixed-income team that managed over $9 billion for institutional clients and mutual funds. Prior to joining StableRiver (owned by SunTrust Bank until June 2014), Chad worked for Wachovia Securities in fixed-income trading for seven years. He began his career with South Carolina National Bank as a credit analyst after graduating from the College of Charleston with a Bachelor of Science in Business.
H. Rick Nelson	Portfolio Manager	2004	2015
Biography	Mr. H. Rick Nelson currently serves as Managing Director and Senior Portfolio Manager of Seix.Nelson has served as a managing director of Trusco since 2002. He has more than 25 years of investment experience.
Robert Corner	Managing Director	2002	2010
Biography	Corner has served as managing director of Trusco since September1996. He has more than 19 years of investment experience.
David S. Yealy	Portfolio Manager	2002	2004
Biography	David S. Yealy, Portfolio Manager, joined Voya IM in November 2004. Prior to joining Voya IM, Mr. Yealy was a managing director with Trusco Capital Management where he worked beginning in 1991. During his 13-year tenure, he was instrumental in the development and marketing of that firm's cash management business.
Agnes Pampush	Vice President, Portfolio Manager	2002	2004
Biography	Pampush is vice president and portfolio manager with Trusco Asset Management. She joined the firm in 1983 as a research analyst and began managing portfolios in 1986. Prior to joining the firm, she spent two years as an accountant with Laventhal & Horwath. Pampush earned her Chartered Financial Analyst designation in 1986. She is a Certified Public Accountant. She is a member of the Atlanta Society of Financial Analysts and the Georgia Society of Public Accountants.
Robert S. Bowman	Vice President, Portfolio Manager	2002	2004
Biography	Bowman is vice president and portfolio manager with Trusco Capital Management. Prior to joining the firm, he served as an assistant trader from 1994 to 1995 and as vice president since 1995 of Crestar Asset Management. He has more than five years of investment experience. Bowman holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.

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