Key Takeaways
- • Virtus Investment Partners (NYSE: VRTS) reported preliminary assets under management of $141.4 billion as of September 30, 2026, plus $1.6 billion in other fee-earning assets for total client assets of $143.0 billion.
- • Preliminary average AUM for the quarter was $149.5 billion.
- • Net outflows from retail separate accounts, institutional accounts, U.S. retail funds, and global funds were partially offset by positive net flows into exchange-traded funds and tender offer funds.
- • An institutional subadvisory mandate of approximately $7.0 billion in a quality-oriented equity strategy is set to terminate in October 2026, with revenue impact expected to be meaningfully smaller than the AUM reduction due to the mandate's lower fee profile.
Summary
Virtus Investment Partners, Inc. (NYSE: VRTS) reported preliminary assets under management (AUM) of $141.4 billion as of September 30, 2026, according to a Business Wire release. The firm also reported other fee-earning assets of $1.6 billion, bringing total client assets to $143.0 billion. Preliminary average AUM for the quarter stood at $149.5 billion.
The change in AUM from June 30, 2026 reflected market performance and net outflows across retail separate accounts, institutional accounts, U.S. retail funds, and global funds. These outflows were partially offset by positive net flows into exchange-traded funds and tender offer funds.
The company disclosed that in September it received notice that an institutional subadvisory mandate representing approximately $7.0 billion of assets in a quality-oriented equity strategy will terminate in October. Virtus stated that the anticipated impact on revenues is expected to be meaningfully less than the corresponding reduction in AUM, given the lower-fee nature of the mandate.
Virtus describes itself as a partnership of boutique investment managers serving individual and institutional investors, offering products from its investment managers, each with a distinct investment style and autonomous process, as well as select subadvisers.
The change in AUM from June 30, 2026 reflected market performance and net outflows across retail separate accounts, institutional accounts, U.S. retail funds, and global funds. These outflows were partially offset by positive net flows into exchange-traded funds and tender offer funds.
The company disclosed that in September it received notice that an institutional subadvisory mandate representing approximately $7.0 billion of assets in a quality-oriented equity strategy will terminate in October. Virtus stated that the anticipated impact on revenues is expected to be meaningfully less than the corresponding reduction in AUM, given the lower-fee nature of the mandate.
Virtus describes itself as a partnership of boutique investment managers serving individual and institutional investors, offering products from its investment managers, each with a distinct investment style and autonomous process, as well as select subadvisers.
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