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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001214659-09-000020
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	3
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20081231
FILED AS OF DATE:		20090102
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20090102

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Cabrera Susan F
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001179676

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		3
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-10994
		FILM NUMBER:		09502143

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		BUSINESS PHONE:		860-403-5000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O VIRTUS INVESTMENT PARTNERS, INC.
		STREET 2:		100 PEARL STREET
		CITY:			HARTFORD
		STATE:			CT
		ZIP:			06103

	FORMER NAME:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	FLEMING SUSAN S
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20020808

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			VIRTUS INVESTMENT PARTNERS, INC.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000883237
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	INVESTMENT ADVICE [6282]
		IRS NUMBER:				954191764
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		56 PROSPECT ST
		CITY:			HARTFORD
		STATE:			CT
		ZIP:			06115-0480
		BUSINESS PHONE:		8604035000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		56 PROSPECT STREET
		CITY:			HARTFORD
		STATE:			CT
		ZIP:			06115

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	PHOENIX INVESTMENT PARTNERS LTD/CT
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19990312

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	PHOENIX DUFF & PHELPS CORP
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19951117

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	DUFF & PHELPS CORP
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19930328
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    <remarks>Exhibit 24 - Power of Attorney</remarks>

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        <signatureDate>2009-01-02</signatureDate>
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24</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"></font>Know all by these presents, that the
undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of George R. Aylward, Jr.,
Nancy G. Curtiss, Kevin J. Carr, and the following attorneys at Day Pitney LLP:
Warren J. Casey and Colleen R. Diver, the undersigned&#8217;s true and lawful
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undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity as an officer and/or director of
Virtus Investment Partners, Inc. (the "Company"), Forms 3, 4, and 5 in
accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the
rules thereunder, and any other forms or reports the undersigned may be required
to file in connection with the undersigned's ownership, acquisition, or
disposition of securities of the Company;</font></div>
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and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete
and execute any such Form 3, 4, or 5, or other form or report, and timely file
such form or report with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission
and any stock exchange or similar authority; and</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"></font>(3) take any other action of any type
whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of
such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally
required by, the undersigned, including without limitation, the completion and
signing of any document that may be required to obtain EDGAR codes or any other
required filing codes on behalf of the undersigned, it being understood that the
documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned
pursuant to the Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such
terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such
attorney-in-fact's discretion.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"></font>The undersigned hereby grants to each
such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every
act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the
exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents
and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with
full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or
substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of
attorney and the rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges
that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request
of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the
undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934.</font></div>
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full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms
3, 4, and 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in
securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a
signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.</font></div>
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