VRTS

Virtus Investment Partners, Inc.

An asset management firm based in Hartford, Connecticut, that offers mutual funds, exchange-traded funds, and separately managed accounts to individual and institutional investors. It grew out of the investment arm of the Phoenix insurance company and was rebranded as Virtus in 2008, taking its name from the Latin word for excellence. Rather than managing everything in-house, it partners with dozens of boutique investment managers who run the strategies under its umbrella.