FPEI — First Trust Institutional Preferred Securities and Income ETF

Data updated: 2026-06-22

FPEI — First Trust Institutional Preferred Securities and Income ETF data: holdings, portfolio allocation, expenses, performance, cashflows, risk and SEC filings. Corporate Bond · $1.89B AUM · 0.85% expense ratio · 10.9% 1-yr return. From SEC regulatory filings.

FPEI Fund Overview

FPEI — First Trust Institutional Preferred Securities and Income ETF is a US ETF managed by First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund III, categorised as Corporate Bond. 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 III
  • Category: Corporate Bond
  • Assets under management: $1.89B
  • 1-year return: 10.9%
  • Ticker: FPEI
  • SEC CIK: 0001424212
  • SEC series ID: S000058182
  • Share class ID: C000190801

FPEI Holdings

Top 10 holdings of First Trust Institutional Preferred Securities and Income ETF by percentage of net assets, from the fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.

Holding% of net assets
Bank Of America Corp.3.00%
Credit Agricole SA1.84%
Ing Groep NV1.74%
Toronto Dominion Bank (the)1.71%
Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA1.70%
Citigroup, Inc.1.68%
Enbridge, Inc.1.56%
Banco Santander SA1.53%
Charles Schwab Corp. (the)1.49%
Bank Of Montreal1.45%

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FPEI Portfolio Allocation

Asset-class allocation of First Trust Institutional Preferred Securities and Income ETF by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.

Asset classAllocation
Fixed Income97.6%
Equity1.3%

FPEI Performance

Total returns for FPEI (as of 2026-08-01), from SEC filings.

PeriodTotal return
YTD1.0%
1 year10.9%
3 years (annualised)10.8%
5 years (annualised)4.3%

FPEI Risk Information

Risk metrics for FPEI, derived from monthly returns in SEC filings.

  • 1-year volatility (annualised): 3.9%

FPEI Costs and Fees

FPEI costs about $85 per $10,000 invested per year in fund expenses.

  • Net expense ratio: 0.85%
  • Gross expense ratio: 0.85%
  • Portfolio turnover: 38%
  • Brokerage commissions: 0.06 bps of average net assets (SEC N-CEN)

FPEI Cashflows

Over the 12 months to 2026-04, First Trust Institutional Preferred Securities and Income ETF had net inflows of $318.00M, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.

MonthNet flow
2026-04−$27.92M
2026-03$6.26M
2026-02$49.62M
2026-01$48.55M
2025-12$17.44M
2025-11$24.21M

FPEI Debt Constituents

Largest debt holdings of First Trust Institutional Preferred Securities and Income ETF by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.

Debt holding% of net assets
Bank Of America Corp.3.00%
Credit Agricole SA1.84%
Ing Groep NV1.74%
Toronto Dominion Bank (the)1.71%
Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA1.70%
Citigroup, Inc.1.68%
Enbridge, Inc.1.56%
Banco Santander SA1.53%
Charles Schwab Corp. (the)1.49%
Bank Of Montreal1.45%

FPEI Prospectus and SEC Filings

Official First Trust Institutional Preferred Securities and Income 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.