FCEF — First Trust Income Opportunities ETF
Data updated: 2026-07-22
FCEF — First Trust Income Opportunities ETF data: holdings, portfolio allocation, expenses, performance, cashflows, risk and SEC filings. United States Multi-Cap / All-Cap Value Equity · $79.25M AUM · 3.69% expense ratio · 18.1% 1-yr return. From SEC regulatory filings.
FCEF Fund Overview
FCEF — First Trust Income Opportunities ETF is a US ETF managed by First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII, categorised as United States Multi-Cap / All-Cap Value Equity. ABC INVEST provides holdings, performance, costs, cashflows, risk data, prospectus documents and SEC filings, sourced from SEC filings.
- Type: US ETF
- Manager: First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII
- Category: United States Multi-Cap / All-Cap Value Equity
- Assets under management: $79.25M
- 1-year return: 18.1%
- Ticker: FCEF
- SEC CIK: 0001667919
- SEC series ID: S000053967
- Share class ID: C000169819
FCEF Holdings
Top 10 holdings of First Trust Income Opportunities ETF by percentage of net assets, from the fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds | 3.78% |
| Invesco Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Fund Trust | 3.71% |
| Eaton Vance Tax - Advantaged Global Dividend Income Fund | 3.39% |
| Eaton Vance Tax Advantaged Global Dividend Opportunities Fund | 3.33% |
| Eaton Vance Tax Advantaged Dividend Income Fund | 3.27% |
| John Hancock Tax-Advantaged Dividend Income Fund | 3.19% |
| Blackrock Science And Technology Trust | 3.08% |
| Gabelli Dividend & Income Trust (the) | 2.93% |
| Tri-Continental Corp. | 2.76% |
| Cohen & Steers Infrastructure Fund, Inc. | 2.74% |
FCEF Portfolio Allocation
Asset-class allocation of First Trust Income Opportunities ETF by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Asset class | Allocation |
|---|---|
| Equity | 96.1% |
| Cash & Equivalents | 3.8% |
FCEF Performance
Total returns for FCEF (as of 2026-08-01), from SEC filings.
| Period | Total return |
|---|---|
| YTD | 7.7% |
| 1 year | 18.1% |
| 3 years (annualised) | 16.8% |
| 5 years (annualised) | 6.1% |
FCEF Risk Information
Risk metrics for FCEF, derived from monthly returns in SEC filings.
- 1-year volatility (annualised): 8.9%
FCEF Costs and Fees
FCEF costs about $369 per $10,000 invested per year in fund expenses.
- Net expense ratio: 3.69%
- Gross expense ratio: 3.69%
- Portfolio turnover: 15%
- Brokerage commissions: 4.17 bps of average net assets (SEC N-CEN)
FCEF Cashflows
Over the 12 months to 2026-02, First Trust Income Opportunities ETF had net inflows of $27.26M, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.
| Month | Net flow |
|---|---|
| 2026-02 | $4.71M |
| 2026-01 | $1.17M |
| 2025-12 | $2.28M |
| 2025-11 | $1.13M |
| 2025-10 | $2.27M |
| 2025-09 | $6.85M |
FCEF Debt Constituents
No individual debt constituents are reported in First Trust Income Opportunities ETF's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
FCEF Prospectus and SEC Filings
Official First Trust Income Opportunities ETF filings on SEC EDGAR — prospectus, portfolio holdings and annual reports.
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Data Sources
ABC INVEST compiles this page from public filings made to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) through EDGAR: portfolio holdings and monthly cashflows from Form N-PORT, expenses and returns from fund prospectuses (Form 485BPOS) and the SEC DERA Risk/Return Summary data sets, annual data from Form N-CEN, and shareholder reports from Form N-CSR.