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About First Trust Institutional Preferred Securities and Income ETF
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Inception date
Aug 22, 2017
Structure
Open-Ended Fund
Dividend treatment
Distributes
Distribution tax treatment
Ordinary income
Income tax type
Capital Gains
Max ST capital gains rate
39.60%
Max LT capital gains rate
20.00%
Primary advisor
First Trust Advisors LP
Distributor
First Trust Portfolios LP
FPEI is a niche fund that focuses on selecting institutional preferred securities and other income-producing debt securities. The allocation to preferred securities include issues typically geared towards institutional investors, as they are preferreds generally issued in large lot sizes and typically trade over-the-counter. The fund's sub-advisor utilitzes a top-down approach to take into consideration sector, interest rate and systemic risks. Individual securities are selected based on credit fundamentals, relative value and technical aspects such as: call features, trading volumes, and pricing inefficiencies. Due to the nature of preferred securities, the fund's holdings are concentrated in the financial sector. The fund may also hold corporate bonds and convertible securities of various credit quality and duration.
Classification
What's in the fund
Exposure type
Corporate
Stock breakdown by region
Top 10 holdings
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