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 SA | 1.84% |
| Ing Groep NV | 1.74% |
| Toronto Dominion Bank (the) | 1.71% |
| Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA | 1.70% |
| Citigroup, Inc. | 1.68% |
| Enbridge, Inc. | 1.56% |
| Banco Santander SA | 1.53% |
| Charles Schwab Corp. (the) | 1.49% |
| Bank Of Montreal | 1.45% |
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 class | Allocation |
|---|---|
| Fixed Income | 97.6% |
| Equity | 1.3% |
FPEI Performance
Total returns for FPEI (as of 2026-08-01), from SEC filings.
| Period | Total return |
|---|---|
| YTD | 1.0% |
| 1 year | 10.9% |
| 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.
| Month | Net 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 SA | 1.84% |
| Ing Groep NV | 1.74% |
| Toronto Dominion Bank (the) | 1.71% |
| Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA | 1.70% |
| Citigroup, Inc. | 1.68% |
| Enbridge, Inc. | 1.56% |
| Banco Santander SA | 1.53% |
| Charles Schwab Corp. (the) | 1.49% |
| Bank Of Montreal | 1.45% |
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.