Who the heck is Virtus?"rnUntil about a year ago this was the questionrnbuzzing around the executive offices of giant Wall Street brokerage firms from Merrill Lynch and UBS to Morgan Stanley. Suddenly a little-known Hartford, Conn, mutual fund company had become the hottest-selling name among armies of financial advisors.rnVirtus Investment Partners is a lucky casualty of the financial crisis-a sleepy mutual fund company spun off from insurer Phoenix Companies on Dec. 31, 2008, just as financial markets neared their depths.
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