FTSL News and Press, First Trust Senior Loan Fund From 09/27/22

Summary Income investors seeking to boost yields often find themselves depending on higher-yielding investments such as bank loans, high-yield bonds and dividend-paying equities. The key to an efficient income portfolio is selecting the most impactful building blocks and assemblin...

Summary A global multi-sector approach can deliver much more than just international diversification. If investors are willing to expand their horizons, in our view, they stand a much better chance of meeting their investment goals. No single fixed-income sector can dominate year ...

Summary High yield has generated much higher returns than loans over long periods of time even though loans had comparable drawdowns during the Global Financial Crisis (GFC) and the COVID bear market. High yield has outperformed loans by about 275 basis points per year for the tra...

First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund IV - First Trust Senior Loan Fund ( NASDAQ: FTSL ) declares $0.155/share monthly dividend , 1.6% increase from prior dividend of $0.152. Forward yield 4.14% Payable July 29; for shareholders of record July 22; ex-div July 21. ...

Amid soaring inflation and dislocated markets, it may feel like investors are in the midst of a storm. Recent spread-widening has created one of the most attractive entry points for the sector since the great financial crisis. Spreads on senior securitized bonds rated AAA now rang...

Bank loans have floating rates. So in periods of rising rates, they offer low duration - or interest rate sensitivity. Bank loans tend to provide attractive yields, on par with “high yield” bonds, but with lower volatility and higher “seniority” in the capi...

First Trust Senior Loan Fund (FTSL) - $0.1525. 30-Day SEC Yield of 4.66% as of May. 31. Payable Jun 30; for shareholders of record Jun 27; ex-div Jun 24. For further details see: First Trust Senior Loan Fund declares monthly distribution of $0.1525

This year has seen significant volatility in credit markets given the tumultuous macroeconomic backdrop and hawkish Federal Reserve. Investment-grade bonds, bank loans, and high-yield bonds could perform differently now than in prior risk-off periods due to asset class-specific develo...

For investors worried about continued higher policy rates, duration risk can be hedged to various degrees while allowing investors to retain exposure to the credit risk. Many issuers in bank loan and private credit markets issue floating rate instruments where the issuer is exposed to...

A challenging macro mix is set to make investing a lot more challenging in the years ahead: The share of the world’s population that’s of working age seems to have peaked. Equity beta tells the tale, and helps show how equity-like an asset is. With higher beta comes ...