FPEIX — First Trust Preferred Securities and Income Fund

Data updated: 2026-06-22

FPEIX — First Trust Preferred Securities and Income Fund data: holdings, portfolio allocation, expenses, performance, cashflows, risk and SEC filings. Corporate Bond · $207.10M AUM · 1.30% expense ratio · 11.0% 1-yr return. From SEC regulatory filings.

FPEIX Fund Overview

FPEIX — First Trust Preferred Securities and Income Fund is a US mutual fund managed by First Trust Series Fund, categorised as Corporate Bond. ABC INVEST provides holdings, performance, costs, cashflows, risk data, prospectus documents and SEC filings, sourced from SEC filings.

  • Type: US mutual fund
  • Manager: First Trust Series Fund
  • Category: Corporate Bond
  • Assets under management: $207.10M
  • 1-year return: 11.0%
  • Ticker: FPEIX
  • SEC CIK: 0001497778
  • SEC series ID: S000030198
  • Share class ID: C000092935

FPEIX Holdings

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

Holding% of net assets
Bank Of America Corp.2.58%
Wells Fargo & Company2.12%
Barclays PLC1.93%
Credit Agricole SA1.47%
Land O'lakes, Inc.1.44%
Hartford Insurance Group, Inc. (the)1.34%
Nextera Energy Capital Holdings, Inc.1.30%
Bnp Paribas SA1.25%
American Agcredit Aca1.20%
Xcel Energy, Inc.1.17%

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FPEIX Portfolio Allocation

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

Asset classAllocation
Fixed Income74.7%
Equity24.3%

FPEIX Performance

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

PeriodTotal return
YTD0.9%
1 year11.0%
3 years (annualised)10.5%
5 years (annualised)3.3%

FPEIX Risk Information

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

  • 1-year volatility (annualised): 4.3%

FPEIX Costs and Fees

FPEIX costs about $130 per $10,000 invested per year in fund expenses.

  • Net expense ratio: 1.30%
  • Gross expense ratio: 1.43%
  • Portfolio turnover: 48%
  • Brokerage commissions: 0.20 bps of average net assets (SEC N-CEN)

FPEIX Cashflows

Over the 12 months to 2026-04, First Trust Preferred Securities and Income Fund had net outflows of $3.87M, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.

MonthNet flow
2026-04−$354.01K
2026-03−$4.94M
2026-02$624.26K
2026-01$257.19K
2025-12−$24.56K
2025-11−$1.15M

FPEIX Debt Constituents

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

Debt holding% of net assets
Bank Of America Corp.2.58%
Barclays PLC1.93%
Credit Agricole SA1.47%
Land O'lakes, Inc.1.44%
Hartford Insurance Group, Inc. (the)1.34%
Bnp Paribas SA1.25%
American Agcredit Aca1.20%
Bank Of Montreal1.12%
Banco Santander SA1.03%
American Electric Power Company, Inc.1.02%

FPEIX Prospectus and SEC Filings

Official First Trust Preferred Securities and Income Fund 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.