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Schedule of Investments

Virtus AllianzGI Equity & Convertible Income Fund

April 30, 2021 (unaudited)

 

    Shares     Value  

COMMON STOCK—63.1%

 

Air Freight & Logistics—0.6%

 

FedEx Corp. (f)

    19,070     $ 5,536,212  
   

 

 

 

Automobiles—2.3%

 

Ford Motor Co. (g)

    330,305       3,811,720  

Tesla, Inc. (f)(g)

    24,125       17,115,240  
   

 

 

 
      20,926,960  
   

 

 

 

Banks—1.5%

 

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

    48,020       7,385,956  

Wells Fargo & Co.

    133,440       6,011,472  
   

 

 

 
      13,397,428  
   

 

 

 

Biotechnology—0.7%

 

AbbVie, Inc.

    53,390       5,952,985  
   

 

 

 

Capital Markets—1.1%

 

Charles Schwab Corp.

    61,445       4,325,728  

S&P Global, Inc.

    14,935       5,830,475  
   

 

 

 
      10,156,203  
   

 

 

 

Chemicals—0.3%

 

Chemours Co.

    46,400       1,401,280  

Dow, Inc.

    21,498       1,343,625  
   

 

 

 
      2,744,905  
   

 

 

 

Entertainment—1.5%

 

Activision Blizzard, Inc. (f)

    63,000       5,744,970  

Netflix, Inc. (f)(g)

    5,745       2,949,885  

Roku, Inc. (g)

    13,150       4,510,056  
   

 

 

 
      13,204,911  
   

 

 

 

Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)—0.7%

 

Crown Castle International Corp.

    32,586       6,160,709  
   

 

 

 

Food & Staples Retailing—0.7%

 

Costco Wholesale Corp. (f)

    16,785       6,245,531  
   

 

 

 

Healthcare Equipment & Supplies—2.7%

 

Abbott Laboratories

    60,675       7,285,854  

Align Technology, Inc. (g)

    9,965       5,934,456  

DexCom, Inc. (f)(g)

    9,345       3,608,105  

Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (g)

    8,510       7,361,150  
   

 

 

 
      24,189,565  
   

 

 

 

Healthcare Providers & Services—1.6%

 

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

    35,265       14,063,682  
   

 

 

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure—2.8%

 

Booking Holdings, Inc. (g)

    3,960       9,765,677  

Darden Restaurants, Inc.

    27,945       4,100,090  

MGM Resorts International (f)

    83,120       3,384,646  

Starbucks Corp.

    69,963       8,010,064  
   

 

 

 
      25,260,477  
   

 

 

 
    Shares     Value  

Household Durables—0.8%

 

DR Horton, Inc. (f)

    73,960     $ 7,269,528  
   

 

 

 

Industrial Conglomerates—0.6%

 

Honeywell International, Inc.

    24,900       5,553,696  
   

 

 

 

Insurance—0.5%

 

Aon PLC, Class A

    16,935       4,258,136  
   

 

 

 

Interactive Media & Services—7.4%

 

Alphabet, Inc., Class A (g)

    13,385       31,501,597  

Facebook, Inc., Class A (g)

    93,625       30,435,615  

Match Group, Inc. (f)(g)

    28,804       4,482,767  
   

 

 

 
      66,419,979  
   

 

 

 

Internet & Direct Marketing Retail—3.1%

 

Amazon.com, Inc. (g)

    7,925       27,479,303  
   

 

 

 

IT Services—6.5%

 

Accenture PLC, Class A

    20,700       6,002,379  

Mastercard, Inc., Class A

    36,485       13,939,459  

PayPal Holdings, Inc. (f)(g)

    45,530       11,942,064  

Shopify, Inc., Class A (g)

    2,410       2,849,849  

Square, Inc., Class A (g)

    19,010       4,654,028  

Twilio, Inc., Class A (g)

    11,100       4,082,580  

Visa, Inc., Class A (f)

    62,610       14,623,192  
   

 

 

 
      58,093,551  
   

 

 

 

Life Sciences Tools & Services—2.4%

 

Agilent Technologies, Inc.

    35,226       4,707,603  

Illumina, Inc. (g)

    4,340       1,704,926  

IQVIA Holdings, Inc. (g)

    36,140       8,481,696  

Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.

    14,275       6,712,533  
   

 

 

 
      21,606,758  
   

 

 

 

Machinery—1.4%

 

Caterpillar, Inc. (f)

    25,485       5,813,383  

Deere & Co. (f)

    18,880       7,001,648  
   

 

 

 
      12,815,031  
   

 

 

 

Metals & Mining—0.7%

 

Freeport-McMoRan, Inc.

    171,210       6,456,329  
   

 

 

 

Multi-Line Retail—0.6%

 

Target Corp. (f)

    27,960       5,794,990  
   

 

 

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels—0.4%

 

Occidental Petroleum Corp.

    43,290       1,097,834  

Valero Energy Corp.

    32,855       2,429,956  
   

 

 

 
      3,527,790  
   

 

 

 

Pharmaceuticals—2.0%

 

Eli Lilly & Co.

    39,250       7,173,722  

Horizon Therapeutics PLC (g)

    47,200       4,466,064  

Zoetis, Inc.

    35,325       6,112,285  
   

 

 

 
      17,752,071  
   

 

 

 
 


Schedule of Investments

Virtus AllianzGI Equity & Convertible Income Fund

April 30, 2021 (unaudited) (continued)

 

        
    
Shares
    Value  

Road & Rail—0.5%

 

Union Pacific Corp.

    19,700     $ 4,375,173  
   

 

 

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment—6.0%

 

Advanced Micro Devices,
Inc. (f)(g)

    69,140       5,643,207  

Broadcom, Inc.

    10,730       4,895,026  

Enphase Energy, Inc. (g)

    29,475       4,104,394  

Intel Corp.

    21,655       1,245,812  

Lam Research Corp.

    14,475       8,981,014  

Marvell Technology, Inc.

    91,050       4,116,370  

Micron Technology, Inc. (f)(g)

    82,500       7,100,775  

NVIDIA Corp. (f)

    21,025       12,622,989  

QUALCOMM, Inc.

    33,375       4,632,450  
   

 

 

 
      53,342,037  
   

 

 

 

Software—7.4%

 

Adobe, Inc. (g)

    13,745       6,987,133  

Atlassian Corp. PLC,
Class A (f)(g)

    12,930       3,071,651  

Crowdstrike Holdings, Inc.,
Class A (f)(g)

    30,375       6,333,491  

DocuSign, Inc. (f)(g)

    13,690       3,052,049  

Intuit, Inc.

    14,510       5,980,442  

Microsoft Corp.

    115,705       29,178,487  

Salesforce.com, Inc. (g)

    19,371       4,461,529  

ServiceNow, Inc. (f)(g)

    5,255       2,660,974  

Workday, Inc., Class A (g)

    18,475       4,563,325  
   

 

 

 
      66,289,081  
   

 

 

 

Specialty Retail—2.0%

 

Home Depot, Inc.

    46,300       14,985,921  

TJX Cos., Inc.

    39,505       2,804,855  
   

 

 

 
      17,790,776  
   

 

 

 

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals—3.2%

 

Apple, Inc.

    219,200       28,816,032  
   

 

 

 

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods—1.1%

 

NIKE, Inc., Class B

    77,430       10,268,767  
   

 

 

 

Total Common Stock
(Cost—$433,225,759)

 

    565,748,596  
   

 

 

 
    Principal
Amount
(000s)
       

CONVERTIBLE BONDS & NOTES—27.9%

 

Airlines—0.7%

 

JetBlue Airways Corp.,

 

0.50%, 4/1/26 (a)(b)

  $ 2,245       2,452,662  

Southwest Airlines Co.,

   

1.25%, 5/1/25

    2,360       4,097,550  
   

 

 

 
      6,550,212  
   

 

 

 
    Principal
Amount
(000s)
    Value  

Auto Manufacturers—1.5%

 

Ford Motor Co.,

   

zero coupon, 3/15/26 (a)(b)

  $ 4,275     $ 4,221,562  

NIO, Inc., (a)(b)

   

zero coupon, 2/1/26

    1,015       866,607  

0.50%, 2/1/27

    1,565       1,305,210  

Tesla, Inc.,

   

2.00%, 5/15/24

    610       6,962,769  
   

 

 

 
      13,356,148  
   

 

 

 

Banks—0.3%

 

BofA Finance LLC,

   

0.125%, 9/1/22

    1,040       1,197,040  

JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A.,

   

0.125%, 1/1/23 (a)(b)

    1,100       1,252,350  
   

 

 

 
      2,449,390  
   

 

 

 

Biotechnology—1.6%

 

Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.,

 

3.50%, 9/15/26 (a)(b)

    565       882,135  

BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc.,

   

0.599%, 8/1/24

    1,195       1,215,913  

Bridgebio Pharma, Inc.,

   

2.25%, 2/1/29 (a)(b)

    1,885       1,732,143  

Exact Sciences Corp.,

   

0.375%, 3/15/27

    2,460       3,350,212  

0.375%, 3/1/28

    645       821,569  

Guardant Health, Inc.,

   

zero coupon, 11/15/27 (a)(b)

    2,285       2,994,778  

Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc.,

   

0.25%, 3/1/27 (a)(b)

    2,330       2,242,625  

Illumina, Inc.,

   

zero coupon, 8/15/23

    860       1,026,625  
   

 

 

 
      14,266,000  
   

 

 

 

Commercial Services—1.6%

 

Alarm.com Holdings, Inc.,

   

zero coupon, 1/15/26 (a)(b)

    1,715       1,599,238  
   

 

 

 

Chegg, Inc.,

   

zero coupon, 9/1/26 (a)(b)

    3,595       3,949,107  

0.125%, 3/15/25

    365       663,570  

Shift4 Payments, Inc.,

   

zero coupon, 12/15/25 (a)(b)

    1,250       1,754,750  

Square, Inc.,

   

zero coupon, 5/1/26 (a)(b)

    130       149,500  

0.125%, 3/1/25

    1,040       2,155,400  

0.25%, 11/1/27 (a)(b)

    3,190       3,748,250  
   

 

 

 
      14,019,815  
   

 

 

 
 


Schedule of Investments

Virtus AllianzGI Equity & Convertible Income Fund

April 30, 2021 (unaudited) (continued)

 

    Principal
Amount
(000s)
    Value  

Computers—0.5%

 

Lumentum Holdings, Inc.,

   

0.50%, 12/15/26

  $ 2,520     $ 2,781,576  

Zscaler, Inc.,

   

0.125%, 7/1/25 (a)(b)

    1,550       2,185,500  
   

 

 

 
      4,967,076  
   

 

 

 

Diversified Financial Services—0.2%

 

LendingTree, Inc.,

   

0.50%, 7/15/25 (a)(b)

    1,700       1,506,625  
   

 

 

 

Energy-Alternate Sources—0.5%

 

Enphase Energy, Inc., (a)(b)

   

zero coupon, 3/1/26

    1,355       1,226,953  

zero coupon, 3/1/28

    1,925       1,688,119  

SolarEdge Technologies, Inc.,

   

zero coupon, 9/15/25 (a)(b)

    1,165       1,410,815  
   

 

 

 
      4,325,887  
   

 

 

 

Entertainment—0.6%

 

DraftKings, Inc.,

   

zero coupon, 3/15/28 (a)(b)

    3,120       2,978,040  

Live Nation Entertainment, Inc.,

   

2.00%, 2/15/25

    885       971,288  

Vail Resorts, Inc.,

   

zero coupon, 1/1/26 (a)(b)

    1,645       1,744,728  
   

 

 

 
      5,694,056  
   

 

 

 

Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)—0.2%

 

Pebblebrook Hotel Trust,

   

1.75%, 12/15/26

    1,830       2,089,860  
   

 

 

 

Healthcare-Products—1.4%

 

Envista Holdings Corp.,

   

2.375%, 6/1/25 (a)(b)

    1,085       2,325,264  

Insulet Corp.,

   

0.375%, 9/1/26

    3,030       4,342,369  

Novocure Ltd.,

   

zero coupon, 11/1/25 (a)(b)

    1,605       2,282,109  

Omnicell, Inc.,

   

0.25%, 9/15/25 (a)(b)

    780       1,214,460  

Repligen Corp.,

   

0.375%, 7/15/24

    1,120       2,107,728  
   

 

 

 
      12,271,930  
   

 

 

 

Healthcare-Services—0.9%

 

Anthem, Inc.,

   

2.75%, 10/15/42

    405       2,146,257  

Oak Street Health, Inc.,

   

zero coupon, 3/15/26 (a)(b)

    2,430       2,525,681  

Teladoc Health, Inc.,

   

1.25%, 6/1/27 (a)(b)

    3,255       3,639,497  
   

 

 

 
      8,311,435  
   

 

 

 
    Principal
Amount
(000s)
    Value  

Internet—6.6%

 

21Vianet Group, Inc.,

   

zero coupon, 2/1/26 (a)(b)

  $ 1,470     $ 1,297,275  

Airbnb, Inc.,

   

zero coupon, 3/15/26 (a)(b)

    3,535       3,498,272  

Booking Holdings, Inc.,

   

0.75%, 5/1/25 (a)(b)

    1,095       1,655,640  

Etsy, Inc.,

   

0.125%, 9/1/27 (a)(b)

    3,185       4,114,622  

Expedia Group, Inc.,

   

zero coupon, 2/15/26 (a)(b)

    1,800       1,951,200  

Match Group Financeco 2, Inc.,

   

0.875%, 6/15/26 (a)(b)

    2,155       3,969,262  

Match Group Financeco 3, Inc.,

   

2.00%, 1/15/30 (a)(b)

    930       1,829,194  

Okta, Inc.,

   

0.125%, 9/1/25

    705       1,085,259  

0.375%, 6/15/26 (a)(b)

    1,670       2,190,831  

Palo Alto Networks, Inc.,

   

0.375%, 6/1/25 (a)(b)

    2,525       3,292,600  

0.75%, 7/1/23

    1,330       1,871,975  

Pinduoduo, Inc.,

   

zero coupon, 12/1/25

    1,425       1,487,700  

Shopify, Inc.,

   

0.125%, 11/1/25

    2,000       2,343,750  

Snap, Inc.,

   

zero coupon, 5/1/27 (a)(b)

    3,065       3,135,878  

0.75%, 8/1/26

    980       2,690,100  

Spotify USA, Inc.,

   

zero coupon, 3/15/26 (a)(b)

    2,355       2,171,310  

Twitter, Inc.,

   

zero coupon, 3/15/26 (a)(b)

    4,060       3,691,719  

Uber Technologies, Inc.,

   

zero coupon, 12/15/25 (a)(b)

    3,330       3,493,260  

Wayfair, Inc.,

   

0.625%, 10/1/25 (a)(b)

    3,485       3,613,509  

Wix.com Ltd.,

   

zero coupon, 8/15/25 (a)(b)

    2,205       2,422,744  

Zendesk, Inc.,

   

0.625%, 6/15/25 (a)(b)

    1,780       2,612,150  

Zillow Group, Inc.,

   

1.50%, 7/1/23

    1,105       1,845,350  

2.75%, 5/15/25

    1,230       2,540,719  
   

 

 

 
      58,804,319  
   

 

 

 

Iron/Steel—0.2%

 

Cleveland-Cliffs, Inc.,

   

1.50%, 1/15/25

    870       2,032,320  
   

 

 

 

Leisure—1.0%

 

NCL Corp., Ltd., (a)(b)

   

5.375%, 8/1/25

    895       1,694,235  

6.00%, 5/15/24

    495       1,208,728  

Peloton Interactive, Inc.,

   

zero coupon, 2/15/26 (a)(b)

    1,940       1,755,700  
 


Schedule of Investments

Virtus AllianzGI Equity & Convertible Income Fund

April 30, 2021 (unaudited) (continued)

 

    Principal
Amount
(000s)
    Value  

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd., (a)(b)

   

2.875%, 11/15/23

  $ 1,255     $ 1,623,343  

4.25%, 6/15/23

    2,015       2,828,052  
   

 

 

 
      9,110,058  
   

 

 

 

Media—1.0%

 

DISH Network Corp.,

   

zero coupon, 12/15/25 (a)(b)

    1,970       2,407,340  

Liberty Broadband Corp.,

   

2.75%, 9/30/50 (a)(b)

    1,240       1,276,108  

Liberty Media Corp.,

   

0.50%, 12/1/50 (a)(b)

    1,335       1,491,195  

1.00%, 1/30/23

    910       1,216,670  

1.375%, 10/15/23

    1,890       2,459,244  
   

 

 

 
      8,850,557  
   

 

 

 

Mining—0.1%

 

MP Materials Corp.,

0.25%, 4/1/26 (a)(b)

    1,230       1,169,269  
   

 

 

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels—0.7%

 

EQT Corp.,

   

1.75%, 5/1/26 (a)(b)

    1,550       2,300,820  

Pioneer Natural Resources Co.,

   

0.25%, 5/15/25 (a)(b)

    2,570       3,898,690  
   

 

 

 
      6,199,510  
   

 

 

 

Pharmaceuticals—0.7%

 

DexCom, Inc.,

   

0.25%, 11/15/25 (a)(b)

    1,950       1,950,000  

0.75%, 12/1/23

    440       1,037,300  

Jazz Investments I Ltd.,

   

2.00%, 6/15/26 (a)(b)

    2,410       3,081,788  
   

 

 

 
      6,069,088  
   

 

 

 

Pipelines—0.4%

 

Cheniere Energy, Inc.,

   

4.25%, 3/15/45

    4,200       3,456,833  
   

 

 

 

Real Estate—0.2%

 

Redfin Corp.,

   

zero coupon, 10/15/25 (a)(b)

    1,310       1,577,240  
   

 

 

 

Retail—0.8%

 

Burlington Stores, Inc.,

   

2.25%, 4/15/25 (a)(b)

    1,640       2,616,825  

Dick’s Sporting Goods, Inc.,

   

3.25%, 4/15/25

    835       2,049,925  

RH, zero coupon, 6/15/23

    790       2,797,627  
   

 

 

 
      7,464,377  
   

 

 

 

Semiconductors—1.6%

 

Cree, Inc.,

   

0.875%, 9/1/23

    1,015       1,709,641  

MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings, Inc.,

   

0.25%, 3/15/26 (a)(b)

    710       707,338  

Microchip Technology, Inc.,

   

0.125%, 11/15/24

    5,725       6,490,719  

ON Semiconductor Corp.,

   

1.625%, 10/15/23

    1,575       3,072,234  

Synaptics, Inc.,

   

0.50%, 6/15/22

    1,100       2,096,187  
   

 

 

 
      14,076,119  
   

 

 

 
    Principal
Amount
(000s)
    Value  

Software—4.4%

 

Akamai Technologies, Inc.,

   

0.125%, 5/1/25

  $ 2,205     $ 2,770,582  

Alteryx, Inc.,

   

0.50%, 8/1/24

    2,425       2,255,250  

Bentley Systems, Inc.,

   

0.125%, 1/15/26 (a)(b)

    1,955       2,069,856  

Bill.com Holdings, Inc.,

   

zero coupon, 12/1/25 (a)(b)

    1,660       2,010,675  

Cloudflare, Inc.,

   

0.75%, 5/15/25 (a)(b)

    875       2,028,906  

Coupa Software, Inc.,

   

0.375%, 6/15/26 (a)(b)

    3,030       3,492,075  

Datadog, Inc.,

   

0.125%, 6/15/25 (a)(b)

    1,710       2,039,175  

DocuSign, Inc.,

   

zero coupon, 1/15/24 (a)(b)

    2,475       2,427,047  

Fastly, Inc.,

   

zero coupon, 3/15/26 (a)(b)

    1,875       1,811,250  

Five9, Inc.,

   

0.50%, 6/1/25 (a)(b)

    1,465       2,224,501  

HubSpot, Inc.,

   

0.375%, 6/1/25 (a)(b)

    1,135       2,193,387  

Medallia, Inc.,

   

0.125%, 9/15/25 (a)(b)

    220       227,700  

MicroStrategy, Inc.,

   

zero coupon, 2/15/27 (a)(b)

    1,850       1,518,850  

MongoDB, Inc.,

   

0.25%, 1/15/26

    1,700       2,632,875  

RingCentral, Inc.,

   

zero coupon, 3/1/25

    2,725       3,085,485  

Splunk, Inc.,

   

0.50%, 9/15/23

    625       691,797  

1.125%, 6/15/27 (a)(b)

    2,700       2,489,062  

Workday, Inc.,

   

0.25%, 10/1/22

    535       910,517  

Zynga, Inc.,

   

zero coupon, 12/15/26 (a)(b)

    595       643,344  

0.25%, 6/1/24

    1,620       2,271,078  
   

 

 

 
      39,793,412  
   

 

 

 

Telecommunications—0.2%

 

Viavi Solutions, Inc., 1.00%, 3/1/24

    1,655       2,222,872  
   

 

 

 

Total Convertible Bonds & Notes
(Cost—$223,973,642)

 

    250,634,408  
   

 

 

 
    Shares        

CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK—6.0%

 

Auto Components—0.3%

 

Aptiv PLC,

   

5.50%, 6/15/23, Ser. A

    15,125       2,469,912  
   

 

 

 

Banks—0.8%

 

Bank of America Corp.,

   

7.25%, Ser. L (d)

    1,755       2,485,045  

Wells Fargo & Co., 7.50%, Ser. L (d)

    3,405       4,882,157  
   

 

 

 
      7,367,202  
   

 

 

 
 


Schedule of Investments

Virtus AllianzGI Equity & Convertible Income Fund

April 30, 2021 (unaudited) (continued)

 

    Shares     Value  

Chemicals—0.2%

 

 

International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc.,

   

6.00%, 9/15/21

    33,870     $ 1,678,259  
   

 

 

 

Diversified Financial Services—0.6%

   

2020 Mandatory Exchangeable Trust,

   

6.50%, 5/16/23 (a)(b)

    1,450       2,633,780  

KKR & Co., Inc.,

   

6.00%, 9/15/23, Ser. C

    34,290       2,571,064  
   

 

 

 
      5,204,844  
   

 

 

 

Electric Utilities—0.9%

 

AES Corp.,

   

6.875%, 2/15/24

    25,000       2,724,750  

NextEra Energy, Inc.,

   

5.279%, 3/1/23

    39,700       1,999,689  

6.219%, 9/1/23

    69,490       3,507,160  
   

 

 

 
      8,231,599  
   

 

 

 

Electronics—0.1%

 

II-VI, Inc.,

   

6.00%, 7/1/23, Ser. A

    3,415       952,785  
   

 

 

 

Environmental Services—0.2%

 

GFL Environmental, Inc.,

   

6.00%, 3/15/23

    25,870       1,980,866  
   

 

 

 

Hand/Machine Tools—0.1%

 

Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.,

   

5.25%, 11/15/22

    8,260       1,007,803  
   

 

 

 

Healthcare-Products—1.3%

 

Avantor, Inc.,

   

6.25%, 5/15/22, Ser. A

    26,240       2,593,562  

Boston Scientific Corp.,

   

5.50%, 6/1/23, Ser. A

    20,265       2,382,759  

Danaher Corp.,

   

5.00%, 4/15/23, Ser. B

    4,695       6,646,946  
   

 

 

 
      11,623,267  
   

 

 

 

Media—0.2%

 

ViacomCBS, Inc.,

   

5.75%, 4/1/24, Ser. A

    21,475       1,557,797  
   

 

 

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels—0.0%

 

Nabors Industries Ltd.,

   

6.00%, 5/1/21, Ser. A

    8,860       102,067  
   

 

 

 

Pharmaceuticals—0.2%

 

Elanco Animal Health, Inc.,

   

5.00%, 2/1/23

    31,335       1,490,606  
   

 

 

 

Semiconductors—0.7%

 

Broadcom, Inc.,

   

8.00%, 9/30/22, Ser. A

    4,725       6,848,651  
   

 

 

 
    Shares     Value  

Telecommunications—0.4%

 

2020 Cash Mandatory Exchangeable Trust,

   

5.25%, 6/1/23 (a)(b)

    3,225     $ 3,787,214  
   

 

 

 

Total Convertible Preferred Stock
(Cost—$46,530,058)

 

    54,302,872  
   

 

 

 
    Principal
Amount
(000s)
       

CORPORATE BONDS & NOTES—0.1%

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels—0.1%

 

Cobalt International Energy, Inc.,

   

7.75%, 12/1/23 (c)(e)

    $2,509       36,330  

Nabors Industries, Inc.,

   

9.00%, 2/1/25 (a)(b)

    409       423,315  
   

 

 

 

Total Corporate Bonds & Notes
(Cost—$2,303,914)

 

    459,645  
   

 

 

 

Repurchase Agreements—2.8%

 

State Street Bank and Trust Co., dated 4/30/21, 0.00%, due 5/3/21, proceeds $24,765,000; collateralized by U.S. Treasury Inflation Indexed Notes, 0.375%, due 1/15/27, valued at $25,260,329 including accrued interest
(cost—$24,765,000)

    24,765       24,765,000  
   

 

 

 

Total Investments, before options written
(cost—$730,798,373)—99.9%

 

    895,910,521  
   

 

 

 

Total Options Written—(0.0)%
(premiums received—$352,540) (g)

 

    (306,943
   

 

 

 

Total Investments, net of options written
(cost—$730,445,833)—99.9%

 

    895,603,578  
   

 

 

 

Other assets and liabilities, net—0.1%

 

    734,659  
   

 

 

 

Net Assets—100.0%

 

  $ 896,338,237  
   

 

 

 

Abbreviations:

REIT—Real Estate Investment Trust

 


Schedule of Investments

Virtus AllianzGI Equity & Convertible Income Fund

April 30, 2021 (unaudited) (continued)

 

 

Footnote Legend:

 

(a)

Private Placement—Restricted as to resale and may not have a readily available market. Private placement securities may include Rule 144A securities. These securities have an aggregate value of $162,424,982, representing 18.1% of net assets.

(b)

Security exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. At April 30, 2021, these securities amounted to a value of $162,424,982 or 18.1% of net assets.

(c)

Security in default; no interest payments are being received during the bankruptcy proceedings.

(d)

Perpetual maturity. The date shown, if any, is the next call date.

(e)

Level 3 security.

(f)

All or partial amount segregated for the benefit of the counterparty as collateral for options written.

(g)

Non-income producing.

Options written contracts outstanding at April 30, 2021:

 

Description

  

Exercise Price

   Expiration
Date
     Number of
Contracts
    Notional
Amount
    Market
Value
    Premiums
Received
    Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 

Call options:

 

Activision Blizzard, Inc.

   106.00 USD      5/21/21        (145   $ (14,500   $ (4,640   $ (7,360   $ 2,720  

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.

   105.00 USD      5/21/21        (230     (23,000     (2,300     (14,525     12,225  

Atlassian Corp. PLC

   270.00 USD      5/21/21        (65     (6,500     (3,575     (12,260     8,685  

Caterpillar, Inc.

   245.00 USD      5/21/21        (110     (11,000     (9,900     (10,087     187  

Costco Wholesale Corp.

   385.00 USD      5/21/21        (70     (7,000     (12,670     (11,987     (683

Crowdstrike Holdings, Inc.

   245.00 USD      5/21/21        (155     (15,500     (9,765     (13,101     3,336  

Deere & Co.

   415.00 USD      5/21/21        (95     (9,500     (10,355     (12,350     1,995  

DexCom, Inc.

   440.00 USD      5/21/21        (40     (4,000     (2,800     (4,278     1,478  

DocuSign, Inc.

   250.00 USD      5/21/21        (65     (6,500     (6,890     (9,441     2,551  

DR Horton, Inc.

   105.00 USD      5/21/21        (185     (18,500     (12,950     (13,783     833  

FedEx Corp.

   320.00 USD      5/21/21        (95     (9,500     (6,555     (9,904     3,349  

Match Group, Inc.

   180.00 USD      5/21/21        (140     (14,000     (19,110     (18,291     (819

MGM Resorts International

   45.00 USD      5/21/21        (385     (38,500     (12,705     (14,299     1,594  

Microchip Technology, Inc.

   96.00 USD      5/21/21        (410     (41,000     (20,910     (25,478     4,568  

Netflix, Inc.

   640.00 USD      5/21/21        (42     (4,200     (1,008     (13,126     12,118  

NVIDIA Corp.

   675.00 USD      5/21/21        (105     (10,500     (20,370     (27,175     6,805  

PayPal Holdings, Inc.

   305.00 USD      5/21/21        (230     (23,000     (20,700     (25,210     4,510  

ServiceNow, Inc.

   600.00 USD      5/21/21        (40     (4,000     (1,800     (16,544     14,744  

Target Corp.

   230.00 USD      5/21/21        (135     (13,500     (12,825     (12,809     (16

Tesla, Inc.

   850.00 USD      5/21/21        (115     (11,500     (28,865     (49,674     20,809  

Visa, Inc.

   235.00 USD      5/21/21        (250     (25,000     (86,250     (30,858     (55,392
            

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total options written contracts

 

       $ (306,943   $ (352,540   $ 45,597  
      

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 


1. Security Valuation

The Fund utilizes a fair value hierarchy which prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value into three broad levels. The Fund’s policy is to recognize transfers into or out of Level 3 at the end of the reporting period.

 

   

Level 1—quoted prices in active markets for identical securities (security types generally include listed equities).

 

   

Level 2—prices determined using other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.).

 

   

Level 3—prices determined using significant unobservable inputs (including the Valuation Committee’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments).

A description of the valuation techniques applied to a Fund’s major categories of assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis is as follows:

Equity securities are valued at the official closing price (typically last sale) on the exchange on which the securities are primarily traded or, if no closing price is available, at the last bid price and are categorized as Level 1 in the hierarchy. Restricted equity securities and private placements that are illiquid, or are internally fair valued by the Valuation Committee, are generally categorized as Level 3 in the hierarchy.

Certain non-U.S. securities may be fair valued in cases where closing prices are not readily available or are deemed not reflective of readily available market prices. For example, significant events (such as movement in the U.S. securities market, or other regional and local developments) may occur between the time that non-U.S. markets close (where the security is principally traded) and the time that the Fund calculates its net asset value (“NAV”) at the close of regular trading on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) (generally 4 p.m. Eastern time) that may impact the value of securities traded in these non-U.S. markets. In such cases, the Fund’s fair value non-U.S. securities using an independent pricing service which considers the correlation of the trading patterns of the non-U.S. security to the trading in the U.S. markets for investments such as ADRs, financial futures, Exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”), and certain indexes, as well as prices for similar securities. Such fair valuations are categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy. Because the frequency of significant events is not predictable, fair valuation of certain non-U.S. common stocks may occur on a frequent basis.

Debt securities, including convertible bonds and restricted securities, are valued based on evaluated quotations received from independent pricing services or from dealers who make markets in such securities. For most bond types, the pricing service utilizes matrix pricing that considers one or more of the following factors: yield or price of bonds of comparable quality, coupon, maturity, current cash flows, type, activity of the underlying equities, and current day trade information, as well as dealer supplied prices. These valuations are generally categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy. Structured debt instruments, such as mortgage-backed and asset-backed securities may also incorporate collateral analysis and utilize cash flow models for valuation and are generally categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy. Pricing services do not provide pricing for all securities and therefore indicative bids from dealers are utilized which are based on pricing models used by market makers in the security and are generally categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy. Debt securities that are internally fair valued by the Valuation Committee are generally categorized as Level 3 in the hierarchy.

Listed derivatives, such as options and futures, that are actively traded are valued at the last posted settlement price from the exchange where they are principally traded and are categorized as Level 1 in the hierarchy. Over-the-counter (“OTC”) derivative contracts, which include forward currency contracts, swaps, swaptions, options and equity linked instruments, are valued based on model prices provided by independent pricing services or from dealer quotes. Depending on the derivative type and the specific terms of the transaction, these models vary and include observable inputs in actively quoted markets including but not limited to: underlying reference entity details, indices, spreads, interest rates, yield curves, dividend and exchange rates. These instruments are generally categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy. Centrally cleared swaps listed or traded on a bilateral or trade facility platform, such as a registered exchange, are valued at the last posted settlement price determined by the respective exchange. These securities are generally categorized as Level 2 within the hierarchy.

Investments in open-end mutual funds are valued at NAV. Investments in closed-end funds and ETFs are valued as of the close of regular trading on the NYSE each business day. Each is categorized as Level 1 in the hierarchy.

The following is a summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s net assets by each major security type. The inputs or methodologies used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.

 

     Level 1 -
Quoted Prices
     Level 2 -
Other Significant
Observable
Inputs
     Level 3 -
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
     Total Value at
4/30/21
 

Assets:

 

Common Stock

   $ 565,748,596        —          —        $ 565,748,596  

Convertible Bonds & Notes

     —        $ 250,634,408        —          250,634,408  

Convertible Preferred Stock

     47,881,878        6,420,994        —          54,302,872  

Corporate Bonds & Notes

     —          423,315      $ 36,330        459,645  

Repurchase Agreements

     —          24,765,000        —          24,765,000  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
     613,630,474        282,243,717        36,330        895,910,521  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Liabilities:

 

Options Written

     (306,943      —          —          (306,943
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Investments

   $ 613,323,531      $ 282,243,717      $ 36,330      $ 895,603,578  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Securities held by the Fund with an end of period value of $36,330 were transferred from Level 2 to Level 3 due to a decrease in trading activities during the period.

Management has determined that the total value of Level 3 securities compared to total net assets is not material; therefore, the rollforward of Level 3 securities and valuation inputs are not shown for the period ended April 30, 2021.