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POWER OF ATTORNEY

     Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and
appoints each of Mark S. Flynn, Mardelle W. Pena, Kevin J. Carr, Michael A.
Angerthal and Mark W. Hollertz, the undersigneds true and lawful attorney-
in-fact to:

     (1) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigneds
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 undersigneds ownership, acquisition, or disposition of securities
of the Company;

     (2) do and perform any and all acts for 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

     (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-facts discretion.

     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-facts 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 undersigneds responsibilities to comply with
Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

	This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until
the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect
to the undersigneds 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.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to
be executed as of this 8th day of February 2012.


/s/Susan S. Fleming
_________________________________________________________
Signature

Susan S. Fleming
_________________________________________________________
Print Name

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