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Virtus Westchester Event-driven Fund Class I (WCEIX)

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Type:  Fund
Market:  United States
Asset Class:  Other
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  • Total Assets: 501.35M
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Virtus Westchester Event-driven Fund Class I Overview

 
On this page you'll find an in-depth profile of Virtus Westchester Event-driven Fund Class I. Learn about the key management, total assets, investment strategy and contact information of WCEIX among other information.
Category

Event Driven

Total Assets

501.35M

Expenses

1.53%

Inception Date

41641

Investment Strategy

The investment seeks to provide attractive risk-adjusted returns with low relative volatility in virtually all market environments. The fund adviser primarily employs investment strategies designed to capture price movements generated by specific events, including, but not limited to, equity and/or debt securities of companies involved in mergers, acquisitions, asset sales or other divestitures, restructurings, refinancings, recapitalizations, reorganizations or other special situations (referred to as "event-driven opportunities").

Contact Information

Address Greenfield, MA, 01301
Greenfield,MA 01301
United States
Phone +1 8002431574

Top Executives

Name Title Since Until
Roy D. Behren Co-President 2014 Now
Biography Mr. Roy Behren serves as Managing Partner, Member of Investment Committee, Managing Member and Portfolio Manager at Westchester Capital Funds. He was also their Chief Compliance Officer from September 2002 through June 2010. After earning a B.S. in Economics at The Wharton School, he received a J.D. degree from the University of Miami Law School and an LL.M. degree in corporate law from the New York University School of Law. In 1987, he joined the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's New York Regional Office, where he worked as an enforcement attorney for seven years prior to starting his investment career at WCM. From 2004 through 2006, Roy served as a member of Redback Networks' Board of Directors and its Audit Committee.
Michael T. Shannon Co-President 2014 Now
Biography Mr. Shannon has served as Co-President of the Adviser since 2011 and also serves as Co-President and a Trustee of each Fund. Mr. Shannon served as Westchester’s Director of Research from May 1996 until April 2005. From April 2005 to April 2006, Mr. Shannon was Senior Vice President in charge of the Special Situations and Mergers Group of D.E. Shaw & Co. Mr. Shannon returned to Westchester in May 2006 as a research analyst and portfolio strategist and has served as a portfolio manager for The Merger Fund since January 2007, for WCM Alternatives: Event-Driven Fund since it commenced investment operations in January 2014, and for WCM Alternatives: Credit Event Fund since it commenced investment operations in January 2018. He received a B.S. in Finance from Boston Colleg.
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