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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001144204-14-060453
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		3
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20141008
ITEM INFORMATION:		Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers: Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20141010
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20141009

FILER:

	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

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-10994
		FILM NUMBER:		141150902

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		100 PEARL STREET
		STREET 2:		9TH FLOOR
		CITY:			HARTFORD
		STATE:			CT
		ZIP:			06103
		BUSINESS PHONE:		860-403-5000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		100 PEARL STREET
		STREET 2:		9TH FLOOR
		CITY:			HARTFORD
		STATE:			CT
		ZIP:			06103

	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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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934</B></P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 33%; padding: 0; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"><font style="font-size: 10pt">95-4191764</font></td></tr>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election
of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. </B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>(d) Election of Directors</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">On October 8, 2014, the Board of Directors
of Virtus Investment Partners (the &ldquo;Company&rdquo;) elected Ms. Melody L. Jones and Mr. Stephen T. Zarrilli as directors
of the Company. Ms. Jones currently is the Chief Administrative Officer of CEB. Mr. Zarrilli currently
is the President and CEO of Safeguard Scientifics, Inc. The Board appointed Ms. Jones to its Compensation Committee and appointed
Mr. Zarrilli to its Audit Committee.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Ms. Jones and Mr. Zarrilli will each be
compensated for their service on the Board in accordance with the Company&rsquo;s standard compensation policies and practices
for non-employee directors, the components of which were disclosed in the Company&rsquo;s Proxy Statement for its 2014 Annual Meeting
of Shareholders dated April 3, 2014. As a portion of their compensation, Ms. Jones and Mr. Zarrilli each also received a grant
of common stock upon the effectiveness of their election to the Board in the amounts of 294 and 304 shares, respectively.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">There are no arrangements or understandings
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">(d) Exhibits</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">99.1 Press release of Virtus Investment Partners, Inc., dated
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center; margin-bottom: 0pt">&nbsp;<B>SIGNATURES</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act
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    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-indent: 0"><font style="font-size: 10pt">Dated:&nbsp;&nbsp;October 9, 2014</font></td>
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    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; font-size: 18pt; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font: 18pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B>NEWS RELEASE</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="padding: 0; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B>For Immediate Release</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B>Contact:</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-align: right; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B>Joe Fazzino</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-align: right; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B>860-263-4725</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-align: right; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">joe.fazzino@virtus.com</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.25in; text-align: center"><B>Virtus Investment Partners
Announces Election of Two Board Members</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 13.5pt; text-align: center"><I>Melody Jones and Stephen Zarrilli
Join Board</I></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0in; text-indent: 0in; text-align: justify"><B>Hartford,
CT, October 9, 2014</B> &ndash; Virtus Investment Partners, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRTS), which operates a multi-manager asset management
business, today announced the election of Melody L. Jones and Stephen T. Zarrilli to the company&rsquo;s board of directors.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0in; text-indent: 0.25in; text-align: justify">Jones
is the chief administrative officer of CEB (NYSE: CEB), a global research and advisory company, and
Zarrilli is president and chief executive officer of Safeguard Scientifics (NYSE:SFE), a provider of growth capital to technology
and healthcare companies.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0in; text-indent: 0.25in; text-align: justify">&quot;Melody
and Steve bring significant executive leadership experience to our board and we are pleased to add directors with their expertise
as part of our strategic, long-term board succession planning,&rdquo; said Mark Treanor, chairman of the board. &ldquo;Melody
has successfully led the human resources, information technology and operations functions at global organizations, and Steve has
used his strategic and financial skills as a CEO and CFO to grow and manage a diverse group of public and private companies. We
welcome both of them to the board.&rdquo;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0in; text-indent: 0.25in; text-align: justify">Jones
has been chief administrative officer at CEB since 2012 and manages the company&rsquo;s global Product Development function
with additional responsibility for CEB&rsquo;s human resources, information technology, legal, and communications functions.
She joined CEB in 2005 as chief human resources officer after serving as global head of human resources at T. Rowe Price, an
investment management firm, and earlier as chief human resources officer at Aon Corporation, an insurance brokerage and
consulting company. She also served as a senior consultant with Organizational Dynamics, Inc.; a member of the senior
leadership team of HR Strategies, Inc.; and held several leadership positions at Citicorp Mortgage.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; color: #415968">Virtus Investment Partners,
Inc. | 100 Pearl Street | Hartford, CT 06103 | www.virtus.com</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0in; text-indent: 0.25in; text-align: justify">She
holds a bachelors and a master of fine arts degree from Southern Illinois University and completed post-graduate work in Organizational
Psychology at the University of Missouri.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0in; text-indent: 0.25in; text-align: justify">Zarrilli,
who has been president and CEO of Safeguard Scientifics since 2012, has served as CEO and CFO of both publicly traded and privately-held,
venture-backed companies. He joined Safeguard Scientifics in 2006 as senior vice president, chief financial officer and chief
administrative officer. Previously he was the chairman and CEO of Penn Valley Group, a management advisory firm that he founded,
and earlier was CFO at Fiberlink Communications Corp., a security software company; CEO of Concellera, a document management software
company; and CEO of US Interactive Inc., a digital marketing firm. He began his career at Deloitte LLP.</P>

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earned a bachelor of science degree in accounting from LaSalle University in Philadelphia and completed the Advanced Management
Program (AMP) at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. He is a member of the boards of Safeguard Scientifics and
NutriSystem Inc. and is a frequent lecturer on corporate governance, financial management, organizational and capital development
matters.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0in; text-indent: 0in; text-align: justify"><B>About
Virtus Investment Partners</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0in; text-indent: 0.25in; text-align: justify">Virtus
Investment Partners (NASDAQ: VRTS) is a distinctive partnership of boutique investment managers singularly committed to the long-term
success of individual and institutional investors. Virtus offers access to a variety of investment styles across multiple disciplines
to meet a wide array of investor needs, and provides products and services through affiliated managers and select subadvisers,
each with a distinct investment style, autonomous investment process and individual brand. Its affiliated managers include Cliffwater
Investments, Duff &amp; Phelps Investment Management, Euclid Advisors, Kayne Anderson Rudnick Investment Management, Kleinwort
Benson Investors International, Newfleet Asset Management, Newfound Investments, Rampart Investment Management, and Zweig Advisers.
Additional information can be found at virtus.com.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; color: #415968">Virtus Investment Partners,
Inc. | 100 Pearl Street | Hartford, CT 06103 | www.virtus.com</P>



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