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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 9th day of February 2012.


/s/Mark Treanor
______________________________
Signature



Mark Treanor
______________________________
Print Name

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