APEIX Performance — Virtus AllianzGI Preferred Securities and Income Fund, Institutional Class

Data updated: 2022-08-25

APEIX returned −12.19% over one year to Jun 2022. The annualised 3-year return is +2.02%. The fund beat its Emerging Markets Real Estate category average: $100 invested three years ago grew to $106, against $104 for the category, and to $88 over one year, against $83. Volatility over the past three years was 13.23% a year. In the 12 months to Jun 2022 the fund took in a net $49.1M, and assets reached $33.98M.

APEIX Growth of $100

What $100 invested in Virtus AllianzGI Preferred Securities and Income Fund grew to, compounded from monthly returns reported on SEC Form N-PORT, against the Emerging Markets Real Estate category average over the same months.

PeriodAPEIXCategory average
1 year (Jul 2021 – Jun 2022)$88$83
3 years (Jul 2019 – Jun 2022)$106$104

APEIX Trailing Returns

Total returns to Jun 2022, from SEC N-PORT.

PeriodTotal return
1 year−12.19%
3 years (annualised)+2.02%

APEIX Annual Returns

Calendar-year total returns of Virtus AllianzGI Preferred Securities and Income Fund, compounded from monthly SEC N-PORT returns. Partial years show the months covered.

YearTotal return
2022 (Jan–Jun)−13.29%
2021+7.91%
2020+5.93%
2019 (Jul–Dec)+7.13%

APEIX Monthly Returns

Monthly total returns as reported on SEC Form N-PORT.

YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2022−2.5%−3.1%−1.1%−2.8%+0.1%−4.6%——————
2021+0.5%−0.5%+0.9%+2.3%+1.4%+1.7%+1.1%+0.2%+0.2%−0.2%−1.4%+1.4%
2020+2.2%−1.4%−17.2%+8.8%+1.4%+1.2%+4.1%+2.7%−1.8%+0.8%+5.0%+2.3%
2019——————+1.6%+0.5%+1.4%+1.8%+0.4%+1.2%

APEIX Risk

Risk measures from monthly returns over Jul 2019 – Jun 2022.

  • 3-year volatility (annualised): 13.23%
  • 3-year Sharpe ratio: -0.19 (vs 4.5% risk-free rate)
  • Best month: +8.76% (Apr 2020)
  • Worst month: −17.17% (Mar 2020)

APEIX Fund Flows

Monthly money in and out of Virtus AllianzGI Preferred Securities and Income Fund, from SEC Form N-PORT.

  • 12-month net flow: $49.1M
  • 12-month gross sales (incl. reinvestments): $34.6M
  • Sales ÷ redemptions: -2.39×
MonthSalesRedemptionsNet flow
Jun 2022$612K−$4.3M$4.9M
May 2022$3.0M−$2.0M$5.0M
Apr 2022$3.0M−$1.1M$4.1M
Mar 2022$4.0M−$1.5M$5.5M
Feb 2022$2.9M−$2.9M$5.7M
Jan 2022$4.4M−$970K$5.4M
Dec 2021$4.3M−$597K$4.9M
Nov 2021$6.0M−$108K$6.2M
Oct 2021$4.2M−$130K$4.4M
Sep 2021$912K−$122K$1.0M
Aug 2021$978K−$564K$1.5M
Jul 2021$219K−$387K$606K

APEIX Assets Under Management

Net assets of Virtus AllianzGI Preferred Securities and Income Fund by report date, from SEC N-PORT filings.

Report dateNet assets
2022-06-30$33.98M
2022-03-31$38.08M
2021-12-31$35.04M
2021-09-30$23.09M
2021-06-30$22.00M
2021-03-31$21.21M
2020-12-31$22.14M
2020-09-30$25.51M
2020-06-30$25.93M
2020-03-31$18.66M
2019-12-31$17.79M
2019-09-30$17.44M

For information only. Not investment advice: figures are as reported in SEC filings and may contain errors or be out of date. Past performance does not guarantee future results.