FCT News and Press, First Trust Senior Floating Rate Income Fund II of Beneficial Interest From 03/20/23

First Trust Senior Floating Rate Income Fund II (the "Fund") (NYSE: FCT) has increased its regularly scheduled monthly common share distribution to $0.092 per share from $0.0695 per share. The distribution will be payable on April 17, 2023, to shareholders of record as of April 4, 2023. The ex-di...

First Trust Senior Floating Rate Income Fund II (the "Fund") (NYSE: FCT) has declared the Fund’s regularly scheduled monthly common share distribution in the amount of $0.0695 per share payable on March 15, 2023, to shareholders of record as of March 3, 2023. The ex-dividend date is expect...

Summary First Trust Senior Floating Rate Income Fund II is a fixed income closed end fund. The vehicle has a very low leverage ratio of 11%, which is suitable for the current bear cycle. The CEF has an otherwise normalized collateral build, without being aggressive via its CCC bucke...

First Trust Senior Floating Rate Income Fund II (the "Fund") (NYSE: FCT) has declared the Fund’s regularly scheduled monthly common share distribution in the amount of $0.0695 per share payable on February 15, 2023, to shareholders of record as of February 2, 2023. The ex-dividend date is ...

First Trust Senior Floating Rate Income Fund II (the "Fund") (NYSE: FCT) has declared the Fund’s regularly scheduled monthly common share distribution in the amount of $0.0695 per share payable on December 15, 2022, to shareholders of record as of December 2, 2022. The ex-dividen...

First Trust Advisors L.P. ("FTA") announced today that its Leveraged Finance Investment Team, portfolio manager for the First Trust Senior Floating Rate Income Fund II (NYSE: FCT) and First Trust High Yield Opportunities 2027 Term Fund (NYSE: FTHY) (each a "Fund" or collectively, the "F...

First Trust Senior Floating Rate Income Fund II ( NYSE: FCT ) declares $0.0695/share monthly dividend , in line with previous. Forward yield 8.67% Payable Nov. 15; for shareholders of record Nov. 2; ex-div Nov. 1. See FCT Dividend Scorecard, Yield Chart, &...

First Trust Senior Floating Rate Income Fund II (the "Fund") (NYSE: FCT) has declared the Fund’s regularly scheduled monthly common share distribution in the amount of $0.0695 per share payable on November 15, 2022, to shareholders of record as of November 2, 2022. The ex-dividen...

Summary 2 out of 23 CEF sectors positive on price and 0 out of 23 sectors positive on NAV last week. Tortoise tender offers are live. RIV rights offering. NCZ postpones its distribution. Author’s note: This article was released to CEF/ETF Income Lab...

Summary HIPS is a high-yield ETF with a portfolio diversified in CEFs, MLPs, mortgage REITs, and BDCs. The yield is very attractive, but price history shows a steep capital decay. The problem is structural: the 4 asset categories of its portfolio have the same issue. An al...