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Category	Bonds - Corporate
Sponsor	First Trust
Fund Family
Index	-
Index Weighting
Active/Passive
Dividend TTM	2.88 (6.43%)
Dividend Ex-Date	Jun 25, 2026
Dividend Gr. 3/5Y	12.51% 12.81%
Expense	0.70%
Inverse/Leveraged
IPO	May 02, 2013

Asset Type	Bonds
ETF Type
Bond Type
Average Maturity
Commodity Type
Quant Type
ESG Type
Dividend Type
Structure Type
Growth/Value
Market Cap
Option/Short	No / Yes

Tags	Global
Tags	fixed-income
Tags	senior-loans
Tags	-
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Tags	-
Sector/Theme
Region
SMA20	-0.14%
SMA50	-0.38%
SMA200	-1.30%

Return% 1Y	3.93%
Return% 3Y	7.14%
Return% 5Y	5.03%
Return% 10Y
Return% SI
Flows% 1M	0.68%
Flows% 3M	6.41%
Flows% YTD	0.67%
Flows% 1Y
Flows% 3Y
Flows% 5Y
Trades

Total Holdings	322
AUM	2.31B
NAV/sh
52W High	46.19 -2.95%
52W Low	44.37 1.03%
Volatility	0.29% 0.19%
ATR (14)	0.11
RSI (14)	43.63
Beta	0.13
Rel Volume	0.89
Avg Volume	237.30K
Volume	210,075

Perf Week	0.29%
Perf Month	-0.34%
Perf Quarter	-0.05%
Perf Half Y	-2.29%
Perf YTD	-2.29%
Perf Year	-2.46%
Perf 3Y	-1.04%
Perf 5Y	-6.78%
Perf 10Y	-6.34%
Prev Close	44.77
Price	44.83
Change	0.13%

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First Trust Senior Loan Fund seeks to provide high current income; the fund's secondary investment objective is the preservation of capital. Under normal market conditions, the fund invests at least 80% of its net assets (including investment borrowings) in first lien senior floating rate bank loans ("Senior Loans"). The fund invests in Senior Loans made predominantly to businesses operating in North America, but may also invest in Senior Loans made to businesses operating outside of North America.

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