FCT News and Press, First Trust Senior Floating Rate Income Fund II of Beneficial Interest From 04/14/19

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First Trust Senior Floating Rate Income Fund II (the "Fund") (NYSE: FCT) has increased its regularly scheduled monthly common share distribution to $0.0625 per share from $0.06 per share. The distribution will be payable on April 15, 2019, to shareholders of record as of April 2, 2019. The e...

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The good news: U.S. household debt and U.S. financial corporate debt have declined significantly from the 2008 financial crisis, writes Dallas Fed President Robert Kaplan in an economic essay. More news on: Oxford Lane Capital, Invesco Senior Loan ETF, Eagle Point Credit Company Inc., Ne...

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 $0.06 per share payable on March 15, 2019, to shareholders of record as of March 4, 2019. The ex-dividend date is exp...

U.S. banks' direct exposure to leveraged loans is contained and mitigated, Moody's Investors Service says in a new report. More news on: Financial Select Sector SPDR ETF, Direxion Daily Financial Bull 3x Shares ETF, Direxion Daily Financial Bear 3x Shares ETF, Financial stocks news, News...

Goldman Sachs analyst Amanda Lynam advises investors to stay overweight on leveraged loans vs. high-yield bonds as she sees the "more room to run" in the asset class. More news on: Oxford Lane Capital, Invesco Senior Loan ETF, Eagle Point Credit Company Inc., Financial stocks news, News on...

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 Senior Floating Rate 2022 Target Term Fund (NYSE: FIV) (each a “Fund”...