First Trust Senior Loan Fund·Financial Services
The First Trust Senior Loan Fund is an actively managed exchange-traded fund. The fund's primary investment objective is to provide high current income by investing primarily in a diversified portfolio of first lien senior floating-rate bank loans ("Senior Loans"). The fund's secondary investment objective is the preservation of capital. Under normal market conditions, the fund will invest in at least 80% of its net assets in Senior Loans that are made predominantly to businesses operating in North America and may also invest up to 20% of its net assets in non-Senior Loan debt securities, warrants, equity securities and securities of other investment companies.
Financial Services
Asset Management
2013-05-02
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Market Peers

Invesco Senior Loan ETF (BKLN) is rated BUY as a core income portfolio holding due to its conservative ratings profile and minimal distressed exposure. BKLN offers liquidity, transparency, and low expense, tracking the 100 largest leveraged loans with a current ~7% yield and only 0.02% in distressed assets. Bank loans provide senior secured, floating-rate income with lower volatility than BDCs, but sector risks—especially software—remain material.

Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management raised its stake in First Trust Senior Loan ETF (NASDAQ: FTSL) by 10.5% in the undefined quarter, according to its most recent filing with the SEC. The fund owned 172,645 shares of the company's stock after purchasing an additional 16,409 shares during the period. Empirical

WHEATON, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--First Trust Advisors L.P. ("FTA") announces the declaration of the monthly distributions for certain exchange-traded funds advised by FTA. The following dates apply to today's distribution declarations: Expected Ex-Dividend Date: February 20, 2026 Record Date: February 20, 2026 Payable Date: February 27, 2026 Ticker Exchange Fund Name Frequency Ordinary Income Per Share Amount ACTIVELY MANAGED EXCHANGE-TRADED FUNDS First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund.

Assetmark Inc. lifted its position in shares of First Trust Senior Loan ETF (NASDAQ: FTSL) by 114.7% during the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 93,582 shares of the company's stock after purchasing an additional 49,990 shares during the

Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services LLC lowered its position in First Trust Senior Loan ETF (NASDAQ: FTSL) by 10.6% in the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 238,456 shares of the company's stock after selling 28,315 shares during