497 1 d497.htm PHOENIX INSTITUTIONAL MUTUAL FUNDS Phoenix Institutional Mutual Funds

 

Phoenix Equity Trust

Supplement dated September 12, 2008 to the Prospectuses and Statement of Additional Information
dated June 6, 2008, as supplemented

Phoenix Insight Funds Trust

Supplement dated September 12, 2008 to the Prospectuses and Statement of Additional Information
dated May 1, 2008, as supplemented

Phoenix Institutional Mutual Funds

Supplement dated September 12, 2008 to the Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information
dated May 1, 2008, as supplemented

Phoenix Opportunities Trust

Supplement dated September 12, 2008 to the Prospectuses and Statement of Additional Information
dated January 31, 2008, as supplemented

IMPORTANT NOTICE TO INVESTORS

Effective on October 1, 2008, the Phoenix Funds will become Virtus Mutual Funds and all of the Funds’ names will change. Also on October 1, 2008, Phoenix Investment Partners, Ltd. and certain of its affiliates, including Phoenix Investment Counsel, Inc., adviser to the Phoenix Funds, will change their names as described in the tables below. All references in the Funds’ current Prospectuses and Statements of Additional Information to any of these entities are hereby amended to reflect such entity’s new name, as of the effective dates indicated in the tables below.

The Funds

 

Old Fund Name    New Fund Name

Phoenix All-Cap Growth Fund

   Virtus All-Cap Growth Fund

Phoenix Balanced Fund

   Virtus Balanced Fund

Phoenix Bond Fund

   Virtus Bond Fund

Phoenix CA Tax-Exempt Bond Fund

   Virtus CA Tax-Exempt Bond Fund

Phoenix Capital Growth Fund

   Virtus Capital Growth Fund

Phoenix Core Bond Fund

   Virtus Core Bond Fund

Phoenix Diversifier PHOLIO

   Virtus Alternatives Diversifier Fund

Phoenix Global Infrastructure Fund

   Virtus Global Infrastructure Fund

Phoenix Foreign Opportunities Fund

   Virtus Foreign Opportunities Fund

Phoenix Growth & Income Fund

   Virtus Growth & Income Fund

Phoenix Growth Opportunities Fund

   Virtus Growth Opportunities Fund

Phoenix High Yield Fund

   Virtus High Yield Fund

Phoenix Income & Growth Fund

   Virtus Income & Growth Fund

Phoenix Insight Balanced Fund

   Virtus Balanced Allocation Fund

Phoenix Insight Core Equity Fund

   Virtus Core Equity Fund

Phoenix Insight Emerging Markets Fund

   Virtus Emerging Markets Opportunities Fund

Phoenix Insight Government Money Market Fund

   Virtus Insight Government Money Market Fund

Phoenix Insight High Yield Bond Fund

   Virtus High Yield Income Fund

Phoenix Insight Index Fund

   Virtus Index Fund

Phoenix Insight Intermediate Government Bond Fund

   Virtus Intermediate Government Bond Fund

Phoenix Insight Intermediate Tax-Exempt Bond Fund

   Virtus Intermediate Tax-Exempt Bond Fund

Phoenix Insight Money Market Fund

   Virtus Insight Money Market Fund

Phoenix Insight Short/Intermediate Bond Fund

   Virtus Short/Intermediate Bond Fund

Phoenix Insight Small-Cap Growth Fund

   Virtus Disciplined Small-Cap Growth Fund

Phoenix Insight Small-Cap Opportunity Fund

   Virtus Disciplined Small-Cap Opportunity Fund

Phoenix Insight Small-Cap Value Fund

   Virtus Disciplined Small-Cap Value Fund


 

Old Fund Name    New Fund Name

Phoenix Insight Tax-Exempt Bond Fund

   Virtus Tax-Exempt Bond Fund

Phoenix Insight Tax-Exempt Money Market Fund

   Virtus Insight Tax-Exempt Money Market Fund

Phoenix Insight Value Equity Fund

   Virtus Value Equity Fund

Phoenix Institutional Bond Fund

   Virtus Institutional Bond Fund

Phoenix International Real Estate Securities Fund

   Virtus International Real Estate Securities Fund

Phoenix Market Neutral Fund

   Virtus Market Neutral Fund

Phoenix Money Market Fund

   Virtus Money Market Fund

Phoenix Mid-Cap Growth Fund

   Virtus Mid-Cap Growth Fund

Phoenix Mid-Cap Value Fund

   Virtus Mid-Cap Value Fund

Phoenix Multi-Sector Fixed Income Fund

   Virtus Multi-Sector Fixed Income Fund

Phoenix Multi-Sector Short Term Bond Fund

   Virtus Multi-Sector Short Term Bond Fund

Phoenix Quality Small-Cap Fund

   Virtus Quality Small-Cap Fund

Phoenix Real Estate Securities Fund

   Virtus Real Estate Securities Fund

Phoenix Senior Floating Rate Fund

   Virtus Senior Floating Rate Fund

Phoenix Small-Cap Growth Fund

   Virtus Small-Cap Growth Fund

Phoenix Small-Cap Sustainable Growth Fund

   Virtus Small-Cap Sustainable Growth Fund

Phoenix Small-Cap Value Fund

   Virtus Small-Cap Value Fund

Phoenix Small-Mid Cap Fund

   Virtus Small-Mid Cap Fund

Phoenix Strategic Growth Fund

   Virtus Strategic Growth Fund

Phoenix Value Opportunities Fund

   Virtus Value Opportunities Fund

Phoenix Wealth Accumulator PHOLIO

   Virtus Wealth Accumulator Fund

Phoenix Wealth Builder PHOLIO

   Virtus Wealth Builder Fund

Phoenix Wealth Guardian PHOLIO

   Virtus Wealth Guardian Fund

Phoenix Worldwide Strategies Fund

   Virtus Worldwide Strategies Fund

The Adviser, the Distributor/Transfer Agent/Administrator and the Parent Company

 

Old Name    New Name

Phoenix Investment Counsel, Inc.

   Virtus Investment Advisers, Inc.

Phoenix Equity Planning Corporation

   VP Distributors, Inc.*

Phoenix Investment Partners, Ltd.

   Virtus Investment Partners, Inc.

The Trusts

 

Old Trust Name    New Trust Name

Phoenix Equity Trust

   Virtus Equity Trust**

Phoenix Insight Funds Trust

   Virtus Insight Trust**

Phoenix Institutional Mutual Funds

   Virtus Institutional Trust**

Phoenix Opportunities Trust

   Virtus Opportunities Trust**
* Effective date to be determined and announced separately.

 

** Effective on or about October 20, 2008.

Also effective October 1, 2008, all references to the Funds’ Internet location are amended to refer to VirtusInvestmentPartners.com.

Investors should retain this supplement with the Prospectuses and
Statements of Additional Information for future reference.

PXP 5183/NameChanges (09/08)