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First Trust Senior Loan Fund (FTSL)

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Price: $44.95; —11 Sept 2026
Assets: $2.4B; Total net assets
Expense ratio: 0.70%; Category 1.04%
Yield: 6.29%; Trailing distributions

1Y return: 3.9%-0.5%; Category 4.4%
3Y CAGR: 6.5%-0.5%; Category 7.0%
5Y CAGR: 5.2%-0.3%; Category 5.5%

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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	+0.5%	+1.6%	+3.3%	+2.1%	+3.9%	+6.5%	+5.2%	+4.4%	+4.0%
Bank Loan average	0.7%	2.0%	4.0%	3.1%	4.4%	7.0%	5.5%	4.6%	5.4%
Difference	-0.2%	-0.4%	-0.8%	-1.0%	-0.5%	-0.5%	-0.3%	-0.1%	-1.4%

Holdings

The 1 largest positions make up 8.5% of the fund.

Top holdings

Largest holdings by weight
Ticker	Holding	Weight
MISXX	Morgan Stanley Instl Lqudty Trs Instl	8.52%

Sector allocation

Share of the equity the fund holds.

Materials100.0%

Asset mix

Bonds91.0%
Cash9.0%

Credit quality

Share of the bonds by rating.

BBB7.7%
BB33.5%
B52.9%
Below B4.1%
Other1.9%

ETF details

Issuer: First Trust
Category: Fixed Income · Bank Loan
Ticker: FTSL
Exchange: Nasdaq
Inception: 1 May 2013 (13.4 years)
Structure: Exchange Traded Fund
Expense ratio: 0.70% (category 1.04%)
Holdings turnover: 127% (category 71%)
Distribution yield: 6.29%
Beta, 3 years: 0.07
Total net assets: $2.4B
Average duration: 6.39 years

Prices and returns as of 11 Sept 2026; total return with distributions reinvested, before brokerage and taxes. Not investment advice.

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