Jun. 30, 2026 |
| Virtus Newfleet ABS MACS
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Risk Table - Virtus Newfleet ABS MACS
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Risk [Text Block] |
| Principal Risks |
Principal Risks The
fund may not achieve its objective(s), and it is not intended to be a complete investment program. The
value of the fund’s investments that supports your share value may decrease. If between the time you
purchase shares and the time you sell shares the value of the fund’s investments decreases, you will
lose money. Investment values can decrease for a number of reasons. Conditions affecting the overall
economy, specific industries or companies in which the fund invests can be worse than expected, and investments
may fail to perform as the subadviser expects. As a result, the value of your shares may decrease. Purchase
and redemption activities by fund shareholders may impact the management of the fund and its ability
to achieve its investment objective(s). The principal risks of investing in the fund are identified below.
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| Risk Lose Money [Member] |
If between the time you
purchase shares and the time you sell shares the value of the fund’s investments decreases, you will
lose money.
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| Asset-Backed Securities Risk |
> Asset-Backed Securities Risk: Changes in interest rates
may cause both extension and prepayment risks for asset-backed securities. These securities are also
subject to risks associated with the non-repayment of underlying collateral, including losses to the
fund.
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| Income Risk |
> Income Risk: Income received from the fund may vary widely
over the short- and long-term and/or be less than anticipated if the proceeds from maturing securities
in the fund are reinvested in lower-yielding securities.
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| Credit Risk |
> Credit
Risk: If the issuer of a debt instrument fails to pay interest or
principal in a timely manner, or negative perceptions exist in the market of the issuer’s ability to
make such payments, the price of the security may decline.
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| Interest Rate Risk |
> Interest
Rate Risk: The values of debt instruments may rise or fall in response
to changes in interest rates, and this risk may be enhanced for securities with longer maturities.
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| Prepayment/Call Risk |
> Prepayment/Call Risk: Issuers may prepay or call
their fixed rate obligations when interest rates fall, forcing the fund to reinvest in obligations with
lower interest rates and the fund may not benefit fully from the increase in value that other fixed income
investments experience when interest rates decline.
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| Sector Focused Investing Risk |
> Sector
Focused Investing Risk: Events negatively affecting the asset-backed
securities sector and its sub-sectors, in which the fund focuses its investments may cause the value
of the fund’s shares to decrease, perhaps significantly.
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| Illiquid and Restricted Securities Risk |
> Illiquid
and Restricted Securities Risk: Certain securities in which the fund invests
may be difficult to sell at the time and price beneficial to the fund, for example due to low trading
volumes or legal restrictions.
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| Market Volatility Risk |
> Market
Volatility Risk: The value of the securities in the fund may go up or down
in response to the prospects of individual companies and/or general economic conditions. Price changes
may be short- or long-term. Local, regional or global events such as war or military conflict (e.g.,
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine), geopolitical risk, acts of terrorism, the spread of infectious illness
or other public health issue, recessions, tariffs and other restrictions on trade, or the threat or potential
of one or more such events and developments, could have a significant impact on the fund and its investments,
including hampering the ability of the fund’s portfolio manager(s) to invest the fund’s assets as
intended.
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| Large Shareholder Risk |
> Large Shareholder Risk:
Certain account holders, including the subadviser or funds or accounts over which
the subadviser has investment discretion, may from time to time own or control a significant percentage
of the fund’s shares. The fund is subject to the risk that a redemption by large shareholders of all
or a portion of their fund shares or a purchase of fund shares in large amounts and/or on a frequent
basis, including as a result of asset allocation decisions made by the subadviser, will adversely affect
the fund’s performance if it is forced to sell portfolio securities or invest cash when the subadviser
would not otherwise choose to do so. This risk will be particularly pronounced if one shareholder owns
a substantial portion of the fund. Redemptions of a large number of shares may affect the liquidity of
the fund’s portfolio, increase the fund’s transaction costs and/or lead to the liquidation of the
fund. Such transactions also potentially limit the use of any capital loss carryforwards and certain
other losses to offset future realized capital gains (if any). The effects of taxable gains resulting
from large redemptions of fund shares would particularly impact non-redeeming shareholders who do not
hold their fund shares in a tax-advantaged or tax-exempt vehicle.
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| Virtus Newfleet CMBS MACS
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Risk Table - Virtus Newfleet CMBS MACS
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Risk [Text Block] |
| Principal Risks |
Principal
Risks The fund may not achieve its objective(s), and it is not intended to be a complete
investment program. The value of the fund’s investments that supports your share value may decrease.
If between the time you purchase shares and the time you sell shares the value of the fund’s investments
decreases, you will lose money. Investment values can decrease for a number of reasons. Conditions affecting
the overall economy, specific industries or companies in which the fund invests can be worse than expected,
and investments may fail to perform as the subadviser expects. As a result, the value of your shares
may decrease. Purchase and redemption activities by fund shareholders may impact the management of the
fund and its ability to achieve its investment objective(s). The principal risks of investing in the
fund are identified below.
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| Risk Lose Money [Member] |
If between the time you purchase shares and the time you sell shares the value of the fund’s investments
decreases, you will lose money.
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| Mortgage-Backed Securities Risk |
> Mortgage-Backed Securities Risk: Changes in interest rates may cause both extension and prepayment risks for mortgage-backed
securities. These securities are also subject to risks associated with the non-repayment of underlying
collateral, including losses to the fund.
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| Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities Risk |
> Commercial
Mortgage-Backed Securities Risk: CMBS are not backed by the full faith and credit
of the U.S. government and are subject to risk of default on the underlying mortgages, particularly during
periods of economic downturn. CMBS are subject to a greater degree of prepayment and extension risk than
many other forms of fixed income investments and therefore react differently to changes in interest rates
than other bonds, and the prices of CMBS may reflect adverse economic and market conditions.
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| Income Risk |
> Income Risk: Income received from the fund may vary widely
over the short- and long-term and/or be less than anticipated if the proceeds from maturing securities
in the fund are reinvested in lower-yielding securities.
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| Credit Risk |
> Credit
Risk: If the issuer of a debt instrument fails to pay interest or
principal in a timely manner, or negative perceptions exist in the market of the issuer’s ability to
make such payments, the price of the security may decline.
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| Interest Rate Risk |
> Interest
Rate Risk: The values of debt instruments may rise or fall in response
to changes in interest rates, and this risk may be enhanced for securities with longer maturities.
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| Prepayment/Call Risk |
> Prepayment/Call Risk: Issuers may prepay or call
their fixed rate obligations when interest rates fall, forcing the fund to reinvest in obligations with
lower interest rates and the fund may not benefit fully from the increase in value that other fixed income
investments experience when interest rates decline.
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| High-Yield/High-Risk Fixed Income Securities (Junk Bonds) Risk |
> High-Yield/High-Risk
Fixed Income Securities (Junk Bonds) Risk: There is a greater risk
of issuer default, less liquidity, and increased price volatility related to high-yield/high-risk securities
than investment grade securities, and high-yield/high-risk securities are generally considered to be
speculative.
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| Illiquid and Restricted Securities Risk |
> Illiquid and Restricted Securities Risk: Certain securities in which the fund invests may be difficult to sell at the time
and price beneficial to the fund, for example due to low trading volumes or legal restrictions.
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| Market Volatility Risk |
> Market Volatility Risk: The value of the securities
in the fund may go up or down in response to the prospects of individual companies and/or general economic
conditions. Price changes may be short- or long-term. Local, regional or global events such as war or
military conflict (e.g., Russia’s invasion of Ukraine), geopolitical risk, acts of terrorism, the spread
of infectious illness or other public health issue, recessions, tariffs and other restrictions on trade,
or the threat or potential of one or more such events and developments, could have a significant impact
on the fund and its investments, including hampering the ability of the fund’s portfolio manager(s)
to invest the fund’s assets as intended.
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| MBS Sector Focused Investing Risk |
> MBS
Sector Focused Investing Risk: Events negatively affecting the commercial
mortgage-backed securities sector and its sub-sectors, in which the fund focuses its investments may
cause the value of the fund’s shares to decrease, perhaps significantly.
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| Large Shareholder Risk |
> Large Shareholder Risk: Certain
account holders, including the subadviser or funds or accounts over which the subadviser has investment
discretion, may from time to time own or control a significant percentage of the fund’s shares. The
fund is subject to the risk that a redemption by large shareholders of all or a portion of their fund
shares or a purchase of fund shares in large amounts and/or on a frequent basis, including as a result
of asset allocation decisions made by the subadviser, will adversely affect the fund’s performance
if it is forced to sell portfolio securities or invest cash when the subadviser would not otherwise choose
to do so. This risk will be particularly pronounced if one shareholder owns a substantial portion of
the fund. Redemptions of a large number of shares may affect the liquidity of the fund’s portfolio,
increase the fund’s transaction costs and/or lead to the liquidation of the fund. Such transactions
also potentially limit the use of any capital loss carryforwards and certain other losses to offset future
realized capital gains (if any). The effects of taxable gains resulting from large redemptions of fund
shares would particularly impact non-redeeming shareholders who do not hold their fund shares in a tax-advantaged
or tax-exempt vehicle.
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| Virtus Newfleet Floating Rate MACS
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Risk Table - Virtus Newfleet Floating Rate MACS
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Risk [Text Block] |
| Principal Risks |
Principal Risks The fund may not achieve its objective(s),
and it is not intended to be a complete investment program. The value of the fund’s investments that
supports your share value may decrease. If between the time you purchase shares and the time you sell
shares the value of the fund’s investments decreases, you will lose money. Investment values can decrease
for a number of reasons. Conditions affecting the overall economy, specific industries or companies in
which the fund invests can be worse than expected, and investments may fail to perform as the subadviser
expects. As a result, the value of your shares may decrease. Purchase and redemption activities by fund
shareholders may impact the management of the fund and its ability to achieve its investment objective(s).
The principal risks of investing in the fund are identified below.
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| Risk Lose Money [Member] |
If between the time you purchase shares and the time you sell
shares the value of the fund’s investments decreases, you will lose money.
|
| Credit Risk |
> Credit
Risk: If the issuer of a debt instrument fails to pay interest or
principal in a timely manner, or negative perceptions exist in the market of the issuer’s ability to
make such payments, the price of the security may decline.
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| Interest Rate Risk |
> Interest
Rate Risk: The values of debt instruments may rise or fall in response
to changes in interest rates, and this risk may be enhanced for securities with longer maturities.
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| Bank Loan Risk |
> Bank Loan Risk: In addition to the risks typically associated
with high-yield/high-risk fixed income securities, bank loans may be unsecured or not fully collateralized,
may be subject to restrictions on resale, may be less liquid and may trade infrequently on the secondary
market. Bank loans settle on a delayed basis; thus, sale proceeds may not be available to meet redemptions
for a substantial period of time after the sale of the loan.
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| Floating-Rate Securities Risk |
> Floating-Rate
Securities Risk: The market value of floating-rate securities may fall in a
declining interest rate environment and may also fall in a rising interest rate environment if there
is a lag between the rise in interest rates and the reset. Income earned by the Fund on floating-rate
securities also may decline in a declining interest rate environment due to lower coupon payments on
floating-rate securities.
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| High-Yield/High-Risk Fixed Income Securities (Junk Bonds) Risk |
> High-Yield/High-Risk
Fixed Income Securities (Junk Bonds) Risk: There is a greater risk
of issuer default, less liquidity, and increased price volatility related to high-yield/high-risk securities
than investment grade securities, and high-yield/high-risk securities are generally considered to be
speculative.
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| Illiquid and Restricted Securities Risk |
> Illiquid and Restricted Securities Risk: Certain securities in which the fund invests may be difficult to sell at the time
and price beneficial to the fund, for example due to low trading volumes or legal restrictions.
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| Leverage Risk |
> Leverage Risk: When the fund leverages its portfolio by borrowing
or by engaging in certain types of transactions or instruments, including derivatives, the fund may be
less liquid, may liquidate positions at an unfavorable time, and the volatility of the fund’s value
may increase.
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| Market Volatility Risk |
> Market Volatility Risk:
The value of the securities in the fund may go up or down in response to the prospects of individual
companies and/or general economic conditions. Price changes may be short- or long-term. Local, regional
or global events such as war or military conflict (e.g., Russia’s invasion of Ukraine), geopolitical
risk, acts of terrorism, the spread of infectious illness or other public health issue, recessions, tariffs
and other restrictions on trade, or the threat or potential of one or more such events and developments,
could have a significant impact on the fund and its investments, including hampering the ability of the
fund’s portfolio manager(s) to invest the fund’s assets as intended.
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| Affiliated Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) Risk |
> Affiliated Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) Risk: The
fund’s subadviser may select and substitute affiliated and/or unaffiliated ETFs, which may create a
conflict of interest.
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| Covenant Lite Loans Risk |
> Covenant Lite Loans Risk:
The lack of financial maintenance covenants in covenant lite loans increases the risk that the fund will
experience difficulty or delays in enforcing its rights on its holdings of such loans, which may result
in losses, especially during a downturn in the credit cycle.
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| Prepayment/Call Risk |
> Prepayment/Call
Risk: Issuers may prepay or call their fixed rate obligations when
interest rates fall, forcing the fund to reinvest in obligations with lower interest rates and the fund
may not benefit fully from the increase in value that other fixed income investments experience when
interest rates decline.
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| Currency Rate Risk |
> Currency
Rate Risk: Fluctuations in the exchange rates between the U.S. dollar
and foreign currencies may negatively affect the value of the fund’s shares.
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| Derivatives Risk |
> Derivatives Risk: Derivatives and other similar
instruments (collectively referred to in this section as “derivatives”) may include, among other
things, futures, options, forwards, and swap agreements, and may be used in order to hedge portfolio
risks, create leverage or attempt to increase returns. Investments in derivatives may result in increased
volatility and the fund may incur a loss greater than its principal investment.
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| Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) Risk |
> Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) Risk: The value of an ETF may
be more volatile than the underlying portfolio of securities the ETF is designed to track. The costs
to the fund of owning shares of an ETF may exceed the cost of investing directly in the underlying securities.
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| Foreign Investing Risk |
> Foreign Investing Risk: Investing in foreign securities
subjects the fund to additional risks such as increased volatility; currency fluctuations; less liquidity;
less publicly available information about the foreign investment; and political, regulatory, economic,
and market risk.
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| Income Risk |
> Income Risk: Income received from the fund may vary widely
over the short- and long-term and/or be less than anticipated if the proceeds from maturing securities
in the fund are reinvested in lower-yielding securities.
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| Large Shareholder Risk |
> Large
Shareholder Risk: Certain account holders,
including the subadviser or funds or accounts over which the subadviser has investment discretion, may
from time to time own or control a significant percentage of the fund’s shares. The fund is subject
to the risk that a redemption by large shareholders of all or a portion of their fund shares or a purchase
of fund shares in large amounts and/or on a frequent basis, including as a result of asset allocation
decisions made by the subadviser, will adversely affect the fund’s performance if it is forced to
sell portfolio securities or invest cash when the subadviser would not otherwise choose to do so. This
risk will be particularly pronounced if one shareholder owns a substantial portion of the fund. Redemptions
of a large number of shares may affect the liquidity of the fund’s portfolio, increase the fund’s
transaction costs and/or lead to the liquidation of the fund. Such transactions also potentially limit
the use of any capital loss carryforwards and certain other losses to offset future realized capital
gains (if any). The effects of taxable gains resulting from large redemptions of fund shares would particularly
impact non-redeeming shareholders who do not hold their fund shares in a tax-advantaged or tax-exempt
vehicle.
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| Virtus Newfleet High Yield MACS
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Risk Table - Virtus Newfleet High Yield MACS
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Risk [Text Block] |
| Principal Risks |
Principal Risks The
fund may not achieve its objective(s), and it is not intended to be a complete investment program. The
value of the fund’s investments that supports your share value may decrease. If between the time you
purchase shares and the time you sell shares the value of the fund’s investments decreases, you will
lose money. Investment values can decrease for a number of reasons. Conditions affecting the overall
economy, specific industries or companies in which the fund invests can be worse than expected, and investments
may fail to perform as the subadviser expects. As a result, the value of your shares may decrease. Purchase
and redemption activities by fund shareholders may impact the management of the fund and its ability
to achieve its investment objective(s). The principal risks of investing in the fund are identified below.
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| Risk Lose Money [Member] |
If between the time you
purchase shares and the time you sell shares the value of the fund’s investments decreases, you will
lose money.
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| Credit Risk |
> Credit Risk: If the issuer of a debt instrument fails to
pay interest or principal in a timely manner, or negative perceptions exist in the market of the issuer’s
ability to make such payments, the price of the security may decline.
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| Interest Rate Risk |
> Interest Rate Risk: The values of debt instruments
may rise or fall in response to changes in interest rates, and this risk may be enhanced for securities
with longer maturities.
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| High-Yield/High-Risk Fixed Income Securities (Junk Bonds) Risk |
> High-Yield/High-Risk
Fixed Income Securities (Junk Bonds) Risk: There is a greater risk
of issuer default, less liquidity, and increased price volatility related to high-yield/high-risk securities
than investment grade securities, and high-yield/high-risk securities are generally considered to be
speculative.
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| Industry/Sector Concentration Risk |
> Industry/Sector Concentration Risk: A fund that focuses its investments in a particular industry or sector will be
more sensitive to conditions that affect that industry or sector than a non-concentrated fund. Such a
focus may cause a decrease in the fund’s value, perhaps significantly.
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| Foreign Investing Risk |
> Foreign Investing Risk: Investing in foreign securities
subjects the fund to additional risks such as increased volatility; currency fluctuations; less liquidity;
less publicly available information about the foreign investment; and political, regulatory, economic,
and market risk.
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| Market Volatility Risk |
> Market Volatility Risk:
The value of the securities in the fund may go up or down in response to the prospects of individual
companies and/or general economic conditions. Price changes may be short- or long-term. Local, regional
or global events such as war or military conflict (e.g., Russia’s invasion of Ukraine), geopolitical
risk, acts of terrorism, the spread of infectious illness or other public health issue, recessions, tariffs
and other restrictions on trade, or the threat or potential of one or more such events and developments,
could have a significant impact on the fund and its investments, including hampering the ability of the
fund’s portfolio manager(s) to invest the fund’s assets as intended.
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| Currency Rate Risk |
> Currency Rate Risk: Fluctuations in the exchange
rates between the U.S. dollar and foreign currencies may negatively affect the value of the fund’s
shares.
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| Derivatives Risk |
> Derivatives Risk: Derivatives
and other similar instruments (collectively referred to in this section as “derivatives”) may include,
among other things, futures, options, forwards, and swap agreements, and may be used in order to hedge
portfolio risks, create leverage or attempt to increase returns. Investments in derivatives may result
in increased volatility and the fund may incur a loss greater than its principal investment.
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| Credit Default Swaps Risk |
> Credit Default Swaps Risk: Credit default swaps are
subject to the credit risk of the underlying reference obligation and to counterparty credit risk. If
the counterparty fails to meet its obligations, the fund may lose money. Credit default swaps are also
subject to the risk that the fund’s subadviser will not properly assess the risk of the underlying
reference obligation. If the fund is selling credit protection, there is a risk that a credit event will
occur and the fund will have to pay the counterparty. If the fund is buying credit protection, there
is a risk that no credit event will occur and the fund will receive no benefit for the premium paid.
Credit default swaps may be difficult to value and may result in increased volatility, and the fund may
incur a loss greater than its principal investment.
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| Emerging Market Risk |
> Emerging
Market Risk: Emerging markets securities may be more volatile, or more
greatly affected by negative conditions, than those of their counterparts in more established foreign
markets. Such securities may also be subject to Sanctions Risk.
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| Sanctions Risk |
> Sanctions Risk: The imposition of sanctions and other similar
measures could cause a decline in the value and/or liquidity of securities issued by or tied to the sanctioned
country and increase market volatility and disruption in the sanctioned country and throughout the world.
Sanctions and other similar measures could limit or prevent the fund from buying and selling securities
(in the sanctioned country and other markets), significantly delay or prevent the settlement of transactions,
and negatively impact the fund’s liquidity and performance.
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| Income Risk |
> Income
Risk: Income received from the fund may vary widely over the short-
and long-term and/or be less than anticipated if the proceeds from maturing securities in the fund are
reinvested in lower-yielding securities.
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| Long-Term Maturities/Durations Risk |
> Long-Term Maturities/Durations Risk: Debt instruments with longer
maturities or durations may experience greater price fluctuations than instruments having shorter maturities
or durations.
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| Prepayment/Call Risk |
> Prepayment/Call Risk: Issuers
may prepay or call their fixed rate obligations when interest rates fall, forcing the fund to reinvest
in obligations with lower interest rates and the fund may not benefit fully from the increase in value
that other fixed income investments experience when interest rates decline.
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| Large Shareholder Risk |
> Large Shareholder Risk: Certain
account holders, including the subadviser or funds or accounts over which the subadviser has investment
discretion, may from time to time own or control a significant percentage of the fund’s shares. The
fund is subject to the risk that a redemption by large shareholders of all or a portion of their fund
shares or a purchase of fund shares in large amounts and/or on a frequent basis, including as a result
of asset allocation decisions made by the subadviser, will adversely affect the fund’s performance
if it is forced to sell portfolio securities or invest cash when the subadviser would not otherwise choose
to do so. This risk will be particularly pronounced if one shareholder owns a substantial portion of
the fund. Redemptions of a large number of shares may affect the liquidity of the fund’s portfolio,
increase the fund’s transaction costs and/or lead to the liquidation of the fund. Such transactions
also potentially limit the use of any capital loss carryforwards and certain other losses to offset future
realized capital gains (if any). The effects of taxable gains resulting from large redemptions of fund
shares would particularly impact non-redeeming shareholders who do not hold their fund shares in a tax-advantaged
or tax-exempt vehicle.
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| Government Securities Risk |
> U.S.
Government Securities Risk: U.S. Government securities may be subject to
price fluctuations. An agency may default on an obligation not backed by the full faith and credit of
the United States. Any guarantee on U.S. government securities does not apply to the value of the fund’s
shares.
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| Virtus Newfleet RMBS MACS
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Risk Table - Virtus Newfleet RMBS MACS
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Risk [Text Block] |
| Principal Risks |
Principal Risks The fund may not achieve its objective(s),
and it is not intended to be a complete investment program. The value of the fund’s investments that
supports your share value may decrease. If between the time you purchase shares and the time you sell
shares the value of the fund’s investments decreases, you will lose money. Investment values can decrease
for a number of reasons. Conditions affecting the overall economy, specific industries or companies in
which the fund invests can be worse than expected, and investments may fail to perform as the subadviser
expects. As a result, the value of your shares may decrease. Purchase and redemption activities by fund
shareholders may impact the management of the fund and its ability to achieve its investment objective(s).
The principal risks of investing in the fund are identified below.
|
| Risk Lose Money [Member] |
If between the time you purchase shares and the time you sell
shares the value of the fund’s investments decreases, you will lose money.
|
| Mortgage-Backed Securities Risk |
> Mortgage-Backed
Securities Risk: Changes in interest rates may cause both extension and prepayment
risks for mortgage-backed securities. These securities are also subject to risks associated with the
non-repayment of underlying collateral, including losses to the fund.
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| Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities Risk |
> Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities Risk: RMBS
are subject to the risks of default, foreclosure timeline extension, fraud, home price depreciation and
unfavorable modification of loan principal amount, interest rate and amortization of principal accompanying
the underlying residential mortgage loans. Non-agency RMBS may be subject to greater volatility than
agency RMBS, for which principal and interest are guaranteed by federally chartered entities such as
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
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| Income Risk |
> Income
Risk: Income received from the fund may vary widely over the short-
and long-term and/or be less than anticipated if the proceeds from maturing securities in the fund are
reinvested in lower-yielding securities.
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| Credit Risk |
> Credit
Risk: If the issuer of a debt instrument fails to pay interest or
principal in a timely manner, or negative perceptions exist in the market of the issuer’s ability to
make such payments, the price of the security may decline.
|
| Interest Rate Risk |
> Interest
Rate Risk: The values of debt instruments may rise or fall in response
to changes in interest rates, and this risk may be enhanced for securities with longer maturities.
|
| Prepayment/Call Risk |
> Prepayment/Call Risk: Issuers may prepay or call
their fixed rate obligations when interest rates fall, forcing the fund to reinvest in obligations with
lower interest rates and the fund may not benefit fully from the increase in value that other fixed income
investments experience when interest rates decline.
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| RMBS Sector Focused Investing Risk |
> RMBS
Sector Focused Investing Risk: Events negatively affecting the residential
mortgage-backed securities sector and its sub-sectors, in which the fund focuses its investments may
cause the value of the fund’s shares to decrease, perhaps significantly.
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| Illiquid and Restricted Securities Risk |
> Illiquid and Restricted Securities Risk: Certain
securities in which the fund invests may be difficult to sell at the time and price beneficial to the
fund, for example due to low trading volumes or legal restrictions.
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| Market Volatility Risk |
> Market Volatility Risk: The value of the securities
in the fund may go up or down in response to the prospects of individual companies and/or general economic
conditions. Price changes may be short- or long-term. Local, regional or global events such as war or
military conflict (e.g., Russia’s invasion of Ukraine), geopolitical risk, acts of terrorism, the spread
of infectious illness or other public health issue, recessions, tariffs and other restrictions on trade,
or the threat or potential of one or more such events and developments, could have a significant impact
on the fund and its investments, including hampering the ability of the fund’s portfolio manager(s)
to invest the fund’s assets as intended.
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| Large Shareholder Risk |
> Large
Shareholder Risk: Certain account holders,
including the subadviser or funds or accounts over which the subadviser has investment discretion, may
from time to time own or control a significant percentage of the fund’s shares. The fund is subject
to the risk that a redemption by large shareholders of all or a portion of their fund shares or a purchase
of fund shares in large amounts and/or on a frequent basis, including as a result of asset allocation
decisions made by the subadviser, will adversely affect the fund’s performance if it is forced to
sell portfolio securities or invest cash when the subadviser would not otherwise choose to do so. This
risk will be particularly pronounced if one shareholder owns a substantial portion of the fund. Redemptions
of a large number of shares may affect the liquidity of the fund’s portfolio, increase the fund’s
transaction costs and/or lead to the liquidation of the fund. Such transactions also potentially limit
the use of any capital loss carryforwards and certain other losses to offset future realized capital
gains (if any). The effects of taxable gains resulting from large redemptions of fund shares would particularly
impact non-redeeming shareholders who do not hold their fund shares in a tax-advantaged or tax-exempt
vehicle.
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| Virtus Seix High Yield MACS
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Risk Table - Virtus Seix High Yield MACS
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Risk [Text Block] |
| Principal Risks |
Principal Risks The
fund may not achieve its objective(s), and it is not intended to be a complete investment program. The
value of the fund’s investments that supports your share value may decrease. If between the time you
purchase shares and the time you sell shares the value of the fund’s investments decreases, you will
lose money. Investment values can decrease for a number of reasons. Conditions affecting the overall
economy, specific industries or companies in which the fund invests can be worse than expected, and investments
may fail to perform as the subadviser expects. As a result, the value of your shares may decrease. Purchase
and redemption activities by fund shareholders may impact the management of the fund and its ability
to achieve its investment objective(s). The principal risks of investing in the fund are identified below.
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| Risk Lose Money [Member] |
If between the time you
purchase shares and the time you sell shares the value of the fund’s investments decreases, you will
lose money.
|
| Credit Risk |
> Credit Risk: If the issuer of a debt instrument fails to
pay interest or principal in a timely manner, or negative perceptions exist in the market of the issuer’s
ability to make such payments, the price of the security may decline.
|
| Interest Rate Risk |
> Interest Rate Risk: The values of debt instruments
may rise or fall in response to changes in interest rates, and this risk may be enhanced for securities
with longer maturities.
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| High-Yield/High-Risk Fixed Income Securities (Junk Bonds) Risk |
> High-Yield/High-Risk
Fixed Income Securities (Junk Bonds) Risk: There is a greater risk
of issuer default, less liquidity, and increased price volatility related to high-yield/high-risk securities
than investment grade securities, and high-yield/high-risk securities are generally considered to be
speculative.
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| Foreign Investing Risk |
> Foreign Investing Risk: Investing
in foreign securities subjects the fund to additional risks such as increased volatility; currency fluctuations;
less liquidity; less publicly available information about the foreign investment; and political, regulatory,
economic, and market risk.
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| Currency Rate Risk |
> Currency
Rate Risk: Fluctuations in the exchange rates between the U.S. dollar
and foreign currencies may negatively affect the value of the fund’s shares.
|
| Emerging Market Risk |
> Emerging Market Risk: Emerging markets securities
may be more volatile, or more greatly affected by negative conditions, than those of their counterparts
in more established foreign markets. Such securities may also be subject to Sanctions Risk.
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| Sanctions Risk |
> Sanctions Risk: The imposition of sanctions and other similar
measures could cause a decline in the value and/or liquidity of securities issued by or tied to the sanctioned
country and increase market volatility and disruption in the sanctioned country and throughout the world.
Sanctions and other similar measures could limit or prevent the fund from buying and selling securities
(in the sanctioned country and other markets), significantly delay or prevent the settlement of transactions,
and negatively impact the fund’s liquidity and performance.
|
| Market Volatility Risk |
> Market
Volatility Risk: The value of the securities in the fund may go up or down
in response to the prospects of individual companies and/or general economic conditions. Price changes
may be short- or long-term. Local, regional or global events such as war or military conflict (e.g.,
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine), geopolitical risk, acts of terrorism, the spread of infectious illness
or other public health issue, recessions, tariffs and other restrictions on trade, or the threat or potential
of one or more such events and developments, could have a significant impact on the fund and its investments,
including hampering the ability of the fund’s portfolio manager(s) to invest the fund’s assets as
intended.
|
| Bank Loan Risk |
> Bank Loan Risk: In
addition to the risks typically associated with high-yield/high-risk fixed income securities, bank loans
may be unsecured or not fully collateralized, may be subject to restrictions on resale, may be less liquid
and may trade infrequently on the secondary market. Bank loans settle on a delayed basis; thus, sale
proceeds may not be available to meet redemptions for a substantial period of time after the sale of
the loan.
|
| Illiquid and Restricted Securities Risk |
> Illiquid and Restricted Securities Risk: Certain securities in which the fund invests may be difficult to sell at the time
and price beneficial to the fund, for example due to low trading volumes or legal restrictions.
|
| Income Risk |
> Income Risk: Income received from the fund may vary widely
over the short- and long-term and/or be less than anticipated if the proceeds from maturing securities
in the fund are reinvested in lower-yielding securities.
|
| Prepayment/Call Risk |
> Prepayment/Call
Risk: Issuers may prepay or call their fixed rate obligations when
interest rates fall, forcing the fund to reinvest in obligations with lower interest rates and the fund
may not benefit fully from the increase in value that other fixed income investments experience when
interest rates decline.
|
| Large Shareholder Risk |
> Large
Shareholder Risk: Certain account holders,
including the subadviser or funds or accounts over which the subadviser has investment discretion, may
from time to time own or control a significant percentage of the fund’s shares. The fund is subject
to the risk that a redemption by large shareholders of all or a portion of their fund shares or a purchase
of fund shares in large amounts and/or on a frequent basis, including as a result of asset allocation
decisions made by the subadviser, will adversely affect the fund’s performance if it is forced to
sell portfolio securities or invest cash when the subadviser would not otherwise choose to do so. This
risk will be particularly pronounced if one shareholder owns a substantial portion of the fund. Redemptions
of a large number of shares may affect the liquidity of the fund’s portfolio, increase the fund’s
transaction costs and/or lead to the liquidation of the fund. Such transactions also potentially limit
the use of any capital loss carryforwards and certain other losses to offset future realized capital gains (if any).
The effects of taxable gains resulting from large redemptions of fund shares would particularly impact
non-redeeming shareholders who do not hold their fund shares in a tax-advantaged or tax-exempt vehicle.
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Risk Table - Virtus Stone Harbor EMD MACS
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Risk [Text Block] |
| Principal Risks |
Principal
Risks The fund may not achieve its objective(s), and it is not intended to be a complete
investment program. The value of the fund’s investments that supports your share value may decrease.
If between the time you purchase shares and the time you sell shares the value of the fund’s investments
decreases, you will lose money. Investment values can decrease for a number of reasons. Conditions affecting
the overall economy, specific industries or companies in which the fund invests can be worse than expected,
and investments may fail to perform as the subadviser expects. As a result, the value of your shares
may decrease. Purchase and redemption activities by fund shareholders may impact the management of the
fund and its ability to achieve its investment objective(s). The principal risks of investing in the
fund are identified below.
|
| Risk Lose Money [Member] |
If between the time you purchase shares and the time you sell shares the value of the fund’s investments
decreases, you will lose money.
|
| Emerging Market Risk |
> Emerging Market Risk: Emerging
markets securities may be more volatile, or more greatly affected by negative conditions, than those
of their counterparts in more established foreign markets. Such securities may also be subject to Sanctions
Risk.
|
| Sanctions Risk |
> Sanctions Risk: The imposition of sanctions and other similar
measures could cause a decline in the value and/or liquidity of securities issued by or tied to the sanctioned
country and increase market volatility and disruption in the sanctioned country and throughout the world.
Sanctions and other similar measures could limit or prevent the fund from buying and selling securities
(in the sanctioned country and other markets), significantly delay or prevent the settlement of transactions,
and negatively impact the fund’s liquidity and performance.
|
| Foreign Investing Risk |
> Foreign
Investing Risk: Investing in foreign securities subjects the fund to additional
risks such as increased volatility; currency fluctuations; less liquidity; less publicly available information
about the foreign investment; and political, regulatory, economic, and market risk.
|
| Credit Risk |
> Credit Risk: If the issuer of a debt instrument fails to
pay interest or principal in a timely manner, or negative perceptions exist in the market of the issuer’s
ability to make such payments, the price of the security may decline.
|
| Interest Rate Risk |
> Interest Rate Risk: The values of debt instruments
may rise or fall in response to changes in interest rates, and this risk may be enhanced for securities
with longer maturities.
|
| Counterparty Risk |
> Counterparty
Risk: There is risk that a party upon whom the fund relies to complete a transaction
will default.
|
| Currency Rate Risk |
> Currency Rate Risk: Fluctuations
in the exchange rates between the U.S. dollar and foreign currencies may negatively affect the value
of the fund’s shares.
|
| Derivatives Risk |
> Derivatives
Risk: Derivatives and other similar instruments (collectively referred
to in this section as “derivatives”) may include, among other things, futures, options, forwards,
and swap agreements, and may be used in order to hedge portfolio risks, create leverage or attempt to
increase returns. Investments in derivatives may result in increased volatility and the fund may incur
a loss greater than its principal investment.
|
| Bank Loan Risk |
> Bank
Loan Risk: In addition to the risks typically associated with high-yield/high-risk
fixed income securities, bank loans may be unsecured or not fully collateralized, may be subject to restrictions
on resale, may be less liquid and may trade infrequently on the secondary market. Bank loans settle on
a delayed basis; thus, sale proceeds may not be available to meet redemptions for a substantial period
of time after the sale of the loan.
|
| Credit Default Swaps Risk |
> Credit
Default Swaps Risk: Credit default swaps are subject to the credit risk of the
underlying reference obligation and to counterparty credit risk. If the counterparty fails to meet its
obligations, the fund may lose money. Credit default swaps are also subject to the risk that the fund’s
subadviser will not properly assess the risk of the underlying reference obligation. If the fund is selling
credit protection, there is a risk that a credit event will occur and the fund will have to pay the counterparty.
If the fund is buying credit protection, there is a risk that no credit event will occur and the fund
will receive no benefit for the premium paid. Credit default swaps may be difficult to value and may
result in increased volatility, and the fund may incur a loss greater than its principal investment.
|
| High-Yield/High-Risk Fixed Income Securities (Junk Bonds) Risk |
> High-Yield/High-Risk Fixed Income Securities (Junk Bonds) Risk: There
is a greater risk of issuer default, less liquidity, and increased price volatility related to high-yield/high-risk
securities than investment grade securities, and high-yield/high-risk securities are generally considered
to be speculative.
|
| Illiquid and Restricted Securities Risk |
> Illiquid and Restricted Securities Risk: Certain securities in which the fund invests may be difficult to sell at the time
and price beneficial to the fund, for example due to low trading volumes or legal restrictions.
|
| Income Risk |
> Income Risk: Income received from the fund may vary widely
over the short- and long-term and/or be less than anticipated if the proceeds from maturing securities
in the fund are reinvested in lower-yielding securities.
|
| Large Shareholder Risk |
> Large
Shareholder Risk: Certain account holders,
including the subadviser or funds or accounts over which the subadviser has investment discretion, may
from time to time own or control a significant percentage of the fund’s shares. The fund is subject
to the risk that a redemption by large shareholders of all or a portion of their fund shares or a purchase
of fund shares in large amounts and/or on a frequent basis, including as a result of asset allocation
decisions made by the subadviser, will adversely affect the fund’s performance if it is forced to
sell portfolio securities or invest cash when the subadviser would not otherwise choose to do so. This
risk will be particularly pronounced if one shareholder owns a substantial portion of the fund. Redemptions
of a large number of shares may affect the liquidity of the fund’s portfolio, increase the fund’s
transaction costs and/or lead to the liquidation of the fund. Such transactions also potentially limit
the use of any capital loss carryforwards and certain other losses to offset future realized capital
gains (if any). The effects of taxable gains resulting from large redemptions of fund shares would particularly
impact non-redeeming shareholders who do not hold their fund shares in a tax-advantaged or tax-exempt
vehicle.
|
| Market Volatility Risk |
> Market Volatility Risk:
The value of the securities in the fund may go up or down in response to the prospects of individual
companies and/or general economic conditions. Price changes may be short- or long-term. Local, regional
or global events such as war or military conflict (e.g., Russia’s invasion of Ukraine), geopolitical
risk, acts of terrorism, the spread of infectious illness or other public health issue, recessions, tariffs
and other restrictions on trade, or the threat or potential of one or more such events and developments,
could have a significant impact on the fund and its investments, including hampering the ability of the
fund’s portfolio manager(s) to invest the fund’s assets as intended.
|
| Prepayment/Call Risk |
> Prepayment/Call Risk: Issuers may prepay or call
their fixed rate obligations when interest rates fall, forcing the fund to reinvest in obligations with
lower interest rates and the fund may not benefit fully from the increase in value that other fixed income
investments experience when interest rates decline.
|
| Private Placement Risk |
> Private
Placement Risk: Private placements may have limited liquidity and/or be difficult
to value. As a result, the fund may have difficulty selling these securities and may incur losses to
the fund.
|
| Short-Term Investments Risk |
> Short-Term Investments Risk: The
fund’s short-term investments may not provide the liquidity or protection intended or may prevent the
fund from experiencing positive movements in the fund’s principal investment strategies.
|
| Sovereign, Quasi-sovereign and Supranational Debt Risk |
> Sovereign, Quasi-sovereign and Supranational Debt Risk: Investing
in foreign government obligations, debt obligations of supranational entities and the sovereign debt
of foreign countries creates exposure to the direct or indirect consequences of political, social or
economic changes in the countries that issue the securities or in which the issuers are located. A governmental
entity may delay, refuse or be unable to pay interest or principal on its debt due to cash flow problems,
insufficient foreign currency reserves, political considerations, the relative size of the governmental
entity’s debt position in relation to the economy or the failure to put in place economic reforms.
There may be no legal or bankruptcy process for collecting sovereign debt. Emerging markets countries
tend to have economic, political and legal systems that are less fully developed and are less stable
than those of more advanced countries.
|
| Structured Products Risk |
> Structured
Products Risk: The risk that, in addition
to the general risks associated with investing in debt instruments, the fund’s exposure to certain
risks -- such as counterparty risk, liquidity risk and market volatility risk -- will be different or
greater as a result of investing through structured products.
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Risk Table - Virtus Stone Harbor EMD Sovereign MACS
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Risk [Text Block] |
| Principal Risks |
Principal Risks The fund may not achieve its
objective(s), and it is not intended to be a complete investment program. The value of the fund’s investments
that supports your share value may decrease. If between the time you purchase shares and the time you
sell shares the value of the fund’s investments decreases, you will lose money. Investment values can
decrease for a number of reasons. Conditions affecting the overall economy, specific industries or companies
in which the fund invests can be worse than expected, and investments may fail to perform as the subadviser
expects. As a result, the value of your shares may decrease. Purchase and redemption activities by fund
shareholders may impact the management of the fund and its ability to achieve its investment objective(s).
The principal risks of investing in the fund are identified below.
|
| Risk Lose Money [Member] |
If between the time you purchase shares and the time you
sell shares the value of the fund’s investments decreases, you will lose money.
|
| Emerging Market Risk |
> Emerging
Market Risk: Emerging markets securities may be more volatile, or more
greatly affected by negative conditions, than those of their counterparts in more established foreign
markets. Such securities may also be subject to Sanctions Risk.
|
| Sanctions Risk |
> Sanctions Risk: The imposition of sanctions and other similar
measures could cause a decline in the value and/or liquidity of securities issued by or tied to the sanctioned
country and increase market volatility and disruption in the sanctioned country and throughout the world.
Sanctions and other similar measures could limit or prevent the fund from buying and selling securities
(in the sanctioned country and other markets), significantly delay or prevent the settlement of transactions,
and negatively impact the fund’s liquidity and performance.
|
| Foreign Investing Risk |
> Foreign
Investing Risk: Investing in foreign securities subjects the fund to additional
risks such as increased volatility; currency fluctuations; less liquidity; less publicly available information
about the foreign investment; and political, regulatory, economic, and market risk.
|
| Credit Risk |
> Credit Risk: If the issuer of a debt instrument fails to
pay interest or principal in a timely manner, or negative perceptions exist in the market of the issuer’s
ability to make such payments, the price of the security may decline.
|
| Interest Rate Risk |
> Interest Rate Risk: The values of debt instruments
may rise or fall in response to changes in interest rates, and this risk may be enhanced for securities
with longer maturities.
|
| Counterparty Risk |
> Counterparty
Risk: There is risk that a party upon whom the fund relies to complete a transaction
will default.
|
| Sovereign, Quasi-sovereign and Supranational Debt Risk |
> Sovereign, Quasi-sovereign and Supranational
Debt Risk: Investing in foreign government obligations, debt obligations
of supranational entities and the sovereign debt of foreign countries creates exposure to the direct
or indirect consequences of political, social or economic changes in the countries that issue the securities
or in which the issuers are located. A governmental entity may delay, refuse or be unable to pay interest
or principal on its debt due to cash flow problems, insufficient foreign currency reserves, political
considerations, the relative size of the governmental entity’s debt position in relation to the economy
or the failure to put in place economic reforms. There may be no legal or bankruptcy process for collecting
sovereign debt. Emerging markets countries tend to have economic, political and legal systems that are
less fully developed and are less stable than those of more advanced countries.
|
| Bank Loan Risk |
> Bank Loan Risk: In addition to the risks typically associated
with high-yield/high-risk fixed income securities, bank loans may be unsecured or not fully collateralized,
may be subject to restrictions on resale, may be less liquid and may trade infrequently on the secondary
market. Bank loans settle on a delayed basis; thus, sale proceeds may not be available to meet redemptions
for a substantial period of time after the sale of the loan.
|
| Credit Default Swaps Risk |
> Credit
Default Swaps Risk: Credit default swaps are subject to the credit risk of the
underlying reference obligation and to counterparty credit risk. If the counterparty fails to meet its
obligations, the fund may lose money. Credit default swaps are also subject to the risk that the fund’s
subadviser will not properly assess the risk of the underlying reference obligation. If the fund is selling
credit protection, there is a risk that a credit event will occur and the fund will have to pay the counterparty.
If the fund is buying credit protection, there is a risk that no credit event will occur and the fund
will receive no benefit for the premium paid. Credit default swaps may be difficult to value and may
result in increased volatility, and the fund may incur a loss greater than its principal investment.
|
| Currency Rate Risk |
> Currency Rate Risk: Fluctuations in the exchange
rates between the U.S. dollar and foreign currencies may negatively affect the value of the fund’s
shares.
|
| Derivatives Risk |
> Derivatives Risk: Derivatives and other similar
instruments (collectively referred to in this section as “derivatives”) may include, among other
things, futures, options, forwards, and swap agreements, and may be used in order to hedge portfolio
risks, create leverage or attempt to increase returns. Investments in derivatives may result in increased
volatility and the fund may incur a loss greater than its principal investment.
|
| High-Yield/High-Risk Fixed Income Securities (Junk Bonds) Risk |
> High-Yield/High-Risk Fixed Income Securities (Junk Bonds) Risk: There
is a greater risk of issuer default, less liquidity, and increased price volatility related to high-yield/high-risk
securities than investment grade securities, and high-yield/high-risk securities are generally considered
to be speculative.
|
| Illiquid and Restricted Securities Risk |
> Illiquid and Restricted Securities Risk: Certain securities in which the fund invests may be difficult to sell at the time
and price beneficial to the fund, for example due to low trading volumes or legal restrictions.
|
| Income Risk |
> Income Risk: Income received from the fund may vary widely
over the short- and long-term and/or be less than anticipated if the proceeds from maturing securities
in the fund are reinvested in lower-yielding securities.
|
| Large Shareholder Risk |
> Large
Shareholder Risk: Certain account holders,
including the subadviser or funds or accounts over which the subadviser has investment discretion, may
from time to time own or control a significant percentage of the fund’s shares. The fund is subject
to the risk that a redemption by large shareholders of all or a portion of their fund shares or a purchase
of fund shares in large amounts and/or on a frequent basis, including as a result of asset allocation
decisions made by the subadviser, will adversely affect the fund’s performance if it is forced to
sell portfolio securities or invest cash when the subadviser would not otherwise choose to do so. This
risk will be particularly pronounced if one shareholder owns a substantial portion of the fund. Redemptions
of a large number of shares may affect the liquidity of the fund’s portfolio, increase the fund’s
transaction costs and/or lead to the liquidation of the fund. Such transactions also potentially limit
the use of any capital loss carryforwards and certain other losses to offset future realized capital
gains (if any). The effects of taxable gains resulting from large redemptions of fund shares would particularly
impact non-redeeming shareholders who do not hold their fund shares in a tax-advantaged or tax-exempt
vehicle.
|
| Market Volatility Risk |
> Market Volatility Risk:
The value of the securities in the fund may go up or down in response to the prospects of individual
companies and/or general economic conditions. Price changes may be short- or long-term. Local, regional
or global events such as war or military conflict (e.g., Russia’s invasion of Ukraine), geopolitical
risk, acts of terrorism, the spread of infectious illness or other public health issue, recessions, tariffs
and other restrictions on trade, or the threat or potential of one or more such events and developments,
could have a significant impact on the fund and its investments, including hampering the ability of the
fund’s portfolio manager(s) to invest the fund’s assets as intended.
|
| Portfolio Turnover Risk |
> Portfolio Turnover Risk: The fund’s principal
investment strategies may result in a high portfolio turnover rate. See the “Portfolio Turnover”
section above for more information about the impact that portfolio turnover can have on your investment.
|
| Prepayment/Call Risk |
> Prepayment/Call Risk: Issuers may prepay or call
their fixed rate obligations when interest rates fall, forcing the fund to reinvest in obligations with
lower interest rates and the fund may not benefit fully from the increase in value that other fixed income
investments experience when interest rates decline.
|
| Private Placement Risk |
> Private
Placement Risk: Private placements may have limited liquidity and/or be difficult
to value. As a result, the fund may have difficulty selling these securities and may incur losses to
the fund.
|
| Short-Term Investments Risk |
> Short-Term Investments Risk: The
fund’s short-term investments may not provide the liquidity or protection intended or may prevent the
fund from experiencing positive movements in the fund’s principal investment strategies.
|
| Structured Products Risk |
> Structured Products Risk: The
risk that, in addition to the general risks associated with investing in debt instruments, the fund’s
exposure to certain risks -- such as counterparty risk, liquidity risk and market volatility risk --
will be different or greater as a result of investing through structured products.
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