<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001541968-12-000004.txt : 20120223
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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001541968-12-000004
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	3
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20120223
FILED AS OF DATE:		20120223
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20120223

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Virtus Global Multi-Sector Income Fund
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001528811
		IRS NUMBER:				000000000
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		100 PEARL STREET
		CITY:			HARTFORD
		STATE:			CT
		ZIP:			06103
		BUSINESS PHONE:		860-243-1574

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		100 PEARL STREET
		CITY:			HARTFORD
		STATE:			CT
		ZIP:			06103

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	Virtus-Newfleet Global Multi-Sector Income Fund
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20110909

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	Newfleet Global Multi-Sector Income Fund
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20110829

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			AYLWARD GEORGE R
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001222403

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		3
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	811-22608
		FILM NUMBER:		12635134

	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:	AYLWARD GEORGE R JR
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20030310
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    <schemaVersion>X0204</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>3</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2012-02-23</periodOfReport>

    <noSecuritiesOwned>1</noSecuritiesOwned>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0001528811</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>Virtus Global Multi-Sector Income Fund</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>VGI</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001222403</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>AYLWARD GEORGE R</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O VIRTUS INVESTMENT PARTNERS, INC.</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>100 PEARL STREET</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>HARTFORD</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>CT</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>06103</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>1</isOther>
            <officerTitle>President of the Issuer</officerTitle>
            <otherText>Director of the Adviser</otherText>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/Kevin J. Carr, Attorney-in-Fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2012-02-23</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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<SEQUENCE>2
<FILENAME>aylward.txt
<DESCRIPTION>POA
<TEXT>
                             POWER OF ATTORNEY


     I, the undersigned Trustee of the Virtus Global Multi-Sector Income Fund,
hereby appoint Mark S. Flynn, Kevin J. Carr and Jennifer S. Fromm, Attorneys-
in-Fact, with full power of substitution, and with the full power to sign for
me and in my name in the following capacities: any Registration Statements on
Form N-2 or Form N-14; all Pre-Effective Amendments to any Registration
Statement; any and all subsequent Post-Effective Amendments to said
Registration Statements; any supplements or other instruments in connection
therewith; any statement of beneficial ownership on Form 3, 4 or 5 to be filed
with the United States Securitites and Exchange Commission;and generally to
do all such things in my name and behalf in connection therewith as said
Attorneys-in-Fact deem, together or individually, necessary or appropriate,
to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and any rules, regulations or
requirements of any federal or state regulatory agency in connection with
the filing and effectiveness of any Registration Statement, as amended, and
all related requirements of any federal or state regulatory agency.

     I hereby declare that a photostatic, xerographic or other similar copy of
this original instrument shall be as effective as the original.


	IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this day of December 21, 2011.



/s/ George R. Aylward
_________________________________________	___________________________________
George R. Aylward, Trustee			Philip R. McLoughlin, Trustee




_________________________________________	___________________________________
Thomas F. Mann, Trustee				William R. Moyer, Trustee





All signatures need not appear on the same copy of this Power of Attorney.
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