# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0001589756
**File Stem:** 0000930413-23-000470
**Filing Date:** 2023-2
**Character Count:** 6940
**Document Hash:** 1b335db81ac23f0ac926514445684dc2
**Contains OCR:** False
**Source Format:** 

## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0000930413-23-000470.hdr.sgml**: 20230224

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0000930413-23-000470

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 485BXT

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 1

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20230224

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20230224

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** VIRTUS ALTERNATIVE SOLUTIONS TRUST
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0001589756
- **IRS NUMBER:** 000000000
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** DE
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1031

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 485BXT
- **SEC ACT:** 1940 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 811-22906
- **FILM NUMBER:** 23662696

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 101 MUNSON STREET
- **CITY:** GREENFIELD
- **STATE:** MA
- **ZIP:** 01301
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 860.263.4790

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** ONE FINANCIAL PLAZA
- **STREET 2:** 26TH FLOOR
- **CITY:** HARTFORD
- **STATE:** CT
- **ZIP:** 06103

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** VIRTUS ALTERNATIVE SOLUTIONS FUNDS
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 20140204

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** VIRTUS ALTERNATIVES TRUST I
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 20131022
**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** VIRTUS ALTERNATIVE SOLUTIONS TRUST
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0001589756
- **IRS NUMBER:** 000000000
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** DE
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1031

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 485BXT
- **SEC ACT:** 1933 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 333-191940
- **FILM NUMBER:** 23662695

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 101 MUNSON STREET
- **CITY:** GREENFIELD
- **STATE:** MA
- **ZIP:** 01301
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 860.263.4790

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** ONE FINANCIAL PLAZA
- **STREET 2:** 26TH FLOOR
- **CITY:** HARTFORD
- **STATE:** CT
- **ZIP:** 06103

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** VIRTUS ALTERNATIVE SOLUTIONS FUNDS
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 20140204

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** VIRTUS ALTERNATIVES TRUST I
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 20131022

## Series and Classes Contracts Data

### Virtus AlphaSimplex Global Alternatives Fund (Series ID: S000079777)

| Class ID   | Class Name   | Ticker Symbol   |
|:---|:---|:---|
| C000241131 | Class C      |  |
| C000241132 | Class I      |  |
| C000241133 | Class R6     |  |
| C000241134 | Class A      |  |

### Virtus AlphaSimplex Managed Futures Strategy Fund (Series ID: S000079778)

| Class ID   | Class Name   | Ticker Symbol   |
|:---|:---|:---|
| C000241135 | Class R6     |  |
| C000241136 | Class A      |  |
| C000241137 | Class C      |  |
| C000241138 | Class I      |  |

**As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 24, 2023**

**File No. 333-191940**

**File No. 811-22906**

**SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION**

**Washington, D.C. 20549**

**FORM N-1A**

**REGISTRATION STATEMENT**

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| **Under the SECURITIES ACT OF 1933** | □ |
| **Pre-Effective Amendment No.** | □ |
| **Post-Effective Amendment No. 47** | ⌧ |

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and/or

**REGISTRATION STATEMENT** 

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| **Under the INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940** | □ |
| **Amendment No. 53** | ⌧ |

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**(Check appropriate box or boxes)**

**Virtus Alternative Solutions Trust**

**(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)** 

**Area Code and Telephone Number: (800) 243-1574**

**101 Munson Street**

**Greenfield, Massachusetts 01301**

**(Address of Principal Executive Offices)**

**Jennifer Fromm, Esq.**

**Vice President, Chief Legal Officer, Counsel and Secretary**

**Virtus Alternative Solutions Trust**

**One Financial Plaza**

**Hartford, Connecticut 06103**

**(Name and Address of Agent for Service)**

***Copies of All Correspondence to:***

**Arie Heijkoop, Esq.**

**Haynes and Boone, LLP**

**800 17th Street, NW**

**Suite 500**

**Washington, DC 20006-3962**

It is proposed that this filing will become effective (check appropriate box):

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;□ immediately upon filing pursuant
 to paragraph (b)

⌧ on March 24, 2023 pursuant to paragraph
 (b) of Rule 485

□ 60 days after filing pursuant to
 paragraph (a)(1)

□ on __________ or at such later
 date as the Commission shall order pursuant to paragraph (a)(2)

□ 75 days after filing pursuant to
 paragraph (a)(2)

□ on __________ pursuant to paragraph
 (a)(2) of Rule 485.

If appropriate, check the following box:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;⌧ this post-effective amendment designates
 a new effective date for a previously filed post-effective amendment.

This Post-Effective Amendment consists of the following:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;1. Facing Sheet of the Registration Statement

2. Signature Page

This filing incorporates by reference Parts A, B and C of Registrant's Post-Effective Amendment No. 46 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 12, 2022 as Accession No. 0000930413-22-002079. This Post-Effective Amendment No. 47 is being filed for the sole purpose of delaying the effectiveness of the Registrant's Post-Effective Amendment No. 46 to its Registration Statement until March 24, 2023.

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**SIGNATURES**

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the Registrant certifies that it meets all of the requirements for effectiveness for this registration statement under Rule 485(b) of the Securities Act and has duly caused this amendment to the registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, duly authorized, in the City of Hartford and the State of Connecticut on the 24<sup>th</sup> day of February, 2023.

VIRTUS ALTERNATIVE SOLUTIONS TRUST

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| By: | /s/ George R. Aylward |
|  | **George R. Aylward<br> President** |

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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this amendment to the registration statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities indicated on the 24<sup>th</sup> day of February, 2023.

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| **Signature** | **Title** |
| /s/ George R. Aylward | Trustee, President and Chief Executive Officer |
| **George R. Aylward** <br>/s/ W. Patrick Bradley | Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer |
| **W. Patrick Bradley**<br>\* | Trustee |
| **Donald C. Burke**<br>\* | Trustee |
| **Sarah E. Cogan**<br>\* | Trustee |
| **Deborah A. DeCotis**<br>\* | Trustee |
| **F. Ford Drummond**<br>\* | Trustee |
| **Sydney E. Harris** <br>\* | Trustee |
| **John R. Mallin** <br>\* | Trustee |
| **Connie D. McDaniel** <br>\* | Trustee |
| **Philip McLoughlin** |  |

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| \* | Trustee |
| **Geraldine M. McNamara**<br>\* | Trustee |
| **R. Keith Walton**<br>\* | Trustee |
| **Brian T. Zino** |  |

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| \*By: |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/ George R. Aylward |
| **George R. Aylward, Attorney-In-Fact, pursuant to a power of attorney** |

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