TO INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT

Exhibit d.1.f 

SIXTH AMENDMENT

TO INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT

THIS AMENDMENT effective as of the 14th day of November, 2018, amends that certain Investment Advisory Agreement dated as of February 19, 2014, as amended (the “Agreement”), by and between Virtus Alternative Solutions Trust, a Delaware statutory trust (the “Trust”), and Virtus Alternative Investment Advisers, Inc., a Connecticut corporation (the “Adviser”), as follows:

1. Virtus KAR Long / Short Equity Fund (the “Fund”) is hereby added as an additional series to the Agreement.

2. The investment advisory fees for the Funds are hereby set forth on Schedule A to the Agreement, Schedule A is hereby deleted and Schedule A attached hereto is substituted in its place to reflect such addition and to otherwise update the schedule.

3. Except as expressly amended hereby, all provisions of the Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and are unchanged in all other respects. All initial capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Agreement, as amended.

4. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts (including executed counterparts delivered and exchanged by facsimile transmission) with the same effect as if all signing parties had originally signed the same document, and all counterparts shall be construed together and shall constitute the same instrument. For all purposes, signatures delivered and exchanged by facsimile transmission shall be binding and effective to the same extent as original signatures.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto intending to be legally bound have caused this Agreement to be executed by their duly authorized officers or other representatives.

	VIRTUS ALTERNATIVE SOLUTIONS TRUST
	By:	/s/ W. Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
	Name: W. Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
	Title:   Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer & Treasurer
	VIRTUS ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENT ADVISERS, INC.
	By:	/s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
	Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
	Title:   Executive Vice President

SCHEDULE A

Series		Annual Investment Advisory Fee		Based upon
Xxxxxx Xxxx & Xxxxxx Select MLP and Energy Fund		0.90%		“net assets”
Virtus Newfleet Credit Opportunities Fund		0.75%		“managed assets”

		Annual Investment Advisory Fee
Series		1st $5 Billion		$5+ Billon		Based upon
Virtus Aviva Multi-Strategy Target Return Fund		1.30%		1.25%		“net assets”

		Annual Investment Advisory Fee
Series		1st $1 Billion		$1+ Billon		Based upon
Virtus KAR Long / Short Equity Fund		1.25%		1.20%		“net assets”