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- Virtus Emerging Markets Opportunities Fund Institutional (AOTIX) is an open-end mutual fund that seeks capital appreciation through a systematic, bottom-up investment approach focused on emerging market equities; it employs a proprietary multi-factor model analyzing over 3,000 securities daily to construct an all-cap core portfolio emphasizing stocks with higher growth forecasts, lower valuations, and reduced volatility relative to the MSCI Emerging Markets Index benchmark. The fund primarily invests in non-U.S. equities across sectors such as financial services (approximately 30%), technology (20%), consumer cyclical, communication services, and industrials; top holdings as of late 2025 typically include Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd, Tencent Holdings Ltd, and Alibaba Group Holding Ltd, with significant geographic exposure to emerging Asia, developed Asia, Latin America, the Middle East, and Africa. It offers institutional class shares with a net expense ratio of 0.94%, a minimum initial investment of $1 million, and is available to U.S. investors through daily pricing. Launched on May 27, 2004, the fund is part of Virtus Investment Trust, domiciled in the United States with administrative operations in Greenfield, Massachusetts, and Hartford, Connecticut; it is managed by Virtus Investment Advisers, Inc. (VIA), with subadvisory services provided by Virtus Systematic, a division of Virtus Advisers, LLC (VA), led by portfolio managers Kunal Ghosh (since 2007) and Lu Yu (since 2010). In a key operational change effective January 1, 2025, Virtus Systematic transitioned from VIA to VA, resulting in VA serving as the subadviser to the fund without alterations to advisory fees, portfolio managers, or investment strategy; the fund's total net assets stood at approximately $181 million as of December 2025, with the institutional class comprising a substantial portion. Additionally, effective January 2026, Class C shares ceased new purchases and will convert to Class A shares, reflecting a strategic streamlining of share classes.