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Key Stats

Net Expense Ratio Discount or Premium to NAV Total Assets Under Management 30-Day Average Daily Volume
2.08% -6.48% 284.78M 117239.1
Dividend Yield Turnover Ratio 1 Year Fund Level Flows Max Drawdown (Since Inception)
9.10% 67.00% -15.81M Upgrade

Basic Info

Investment Strategy
The primary investment objective of First Trust Senior Floating Rate Income Fund II is to seek a high level of current income with capital preservation as secondary objective. The Fund pursues its investment objectives by investing primarily in a portfolio of senior secured floating-rate corporate loans (“Senior Loans”).
General
Security Type Closed-End Fund
Equity Style --
Fixed Income Style --
Broad Asset Class Taxable Bond
Broad Category Fixed Income
Category Name Bank Loan
Category Index Morningstar LSTA US LL Index TR USD
Global Category Name US Fixed Income
YCharts Categorization US Fixed Income
YCharts Benchmark Bloomberg US Aggregate (^BBUSATR)
Prospectus Objective Corporate Bond - High Yield
Fund Owner Firm Name First Trust Advisors L.P.
Prospectus Benchmark Index
Morningstar LSTA US LL Index TR USD 100.0%
Broad Asset Class Benchmark Index
^BBUSATR 100.0%
Manager Tenure
William Housey 19.87 yrs
Jeffrey Scott 2.03 yrs

Performance Versus Category

 
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As of May 01, 2024. Returns for periods of 1 year and above are annualized.

Annual Total Returns Versus Peers

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Name
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
YTD
-1.08%
-8.09%
20.10%
2.03%
13.72%
-14.53%
18.02%
6.56%
3.54%
0.01%
8.72%
7.51%
-1.54%
-13.01%
5.53%
-2.92%
3.90%
-11.96%
18.97%
-0.84%
25.90%
-16.55%
26.28%
7.61%
3.88%
-6.95%
16.40%
0.86%
22.87%
-19.17%
29.27%
6.39%
1.67%
-6.12%
16.83%
2.55%
21.00%
-20.09%
27.15%
10.31%
2.65%
-8.96%
20.27%
-0.25%
21.30%
-17.26%
18.19%
8.30%
As of May 01, 2024.

Asset Allocation

As of November 30, 2023.
Type % Net % Long % Short
Cash 1.62% Upgrade Upgrade
Stock 0.00% Upgrade Upgrade
Bond 98.34% Upgrade Upgrade
Convertible 0.00% Upgrade Upgrade
Preferred 0.00% Upgrade Upgrade
Other 0.05% Upgrade Upgrade

Basic Info

Investment Strategy
The primary investment objective of First Trust Senior Floating Rate Income Fund II is to seek a high level of current income with capital preservation as secondary objective. The Fund pursues its investment objectives by investing primarily in a portfolio of senior secured floating-rate corporate loans (“Senior Loans”).
General
Security Type Closed-End Fund
Equity Style --
Fixed Income Style --
Broad Asset Class Taxable Bond
Broad Category Fixed Income
Category Name Bank Loan
Category Index Morningstar LSTA US LL Index TR USD
Global Category Name US Fixed Income
YCharts Categorization US Fixed Income
YCharts Benchmark Bloomberg US Aggregate (^BBUSATR)
Prospectus Objective Corporate Bond - High Yield
Fund Owner Firm Name First Trust Advisors L.P.
Prospectus Benchmark Index
Morningstar LSTA US LL Index TR USD 100.0%
Broad Asset Class Benchmark Index
^BBUSATR 100.0%
Manager Tenure
William Housey 19.87 yrs
Jeffrey Scott 2.03 yrs

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