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First Trust Senior Loan Fund (FTSL)

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Price: $44.49; —30 Oct 2026
Assets: $2.4B; Total net assets
Expense ratio: 0.70%; Category 1.04%
Yield: 6.30%; Trailing distributions

1Y return: 3.4%-0.4%; Category 3.8%
3Y CAGR: 6.4%-0.5%; Category 6.9%
5Y CAGR: 5.1%-0.3%; Category 5.4%

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First Trust Senior Loan Fund

Calendar-year returns

Fund only: no comparison series covers this fund's history.

Risk statistics

Five years of daily closes. Risk-free rate 4% a year.

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Trailing returns compared with benchmark
Period	1M	3M	6M	YTD	1Y	3YCAGR	5YCAGR	10YCAGR	LaunchCAGR
ETF	+0.3%	+0.8%	+1.7%	+2.1%	+3.4%	+6.4%	+5.1%	+4.4%	+4.0%
Bank Loan average	-0.1%	1.0%	2.1%	2.8%	3.8%	6.9%	5.4%	4.5%	4.9%
Difference	+0.4%	-0.2%	-0.4%	-0.7%	-0.4%	-0.5%	-0.3%	-0.1%	-1.0%

Holdings

The 1 largest positions make up 8.2% of the fund.

Top holdings

Largest holdings by weight
Ticker	Holding	Weight
MISXX	Morgan Stanley Instl Lqudty Trs Instl	8.17%

Sector allocation

Share of the equity the fund holds.

Materials100.0%

Asset mix

Bonds92.3%
Cash7.7%

Credit quality

Share of the bonds by rating.

BBB5.6%
BB35.8%
B53.5%
Below B3.3%
Other1.9%

ETF details

Issuer: First Trust
Category: Fixed Income · Bank Loan
Ticker: FTSL
Exchange: Nasdaq
Inception: 1 May 2013 (13.5 years)
Structure: Exchange Traded Fund
Expense ratio: 0.70% (category 1.04%)
Holdings turnover: 127% (category 71%)
Distribution yield: 6.30%
Beta, 3 years: 0.08
Total net assets: $2.4B
Average duration: 6.37 years

Prices and returns as of 30 Oct 2026; total return with distributions reinvested, before brokerage and taxes. Not investment advice.

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