FPERX — First Trust Preferred Securities and Income Fund
Data updated: 2026-06-22
FPERX — First Trust Preferred Securities and Income Fund data: holdings, portfolio allocation, expenses, performance, cashflows, risk and SEC filings. Corporate Bond · $207.10M AUM · 1.06% expense ratio · 10.4% 1-yr return. From SEC regulatory filings.
FPERX Fund Overview
FPERX — 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: 10.4%
- Ticker: FPERX
- SEC CIK: 0001497778
- SEC series ID: S000030198
- Share class ID: C000092936
FPERX 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 & Company | 2.12% |
| Barclays PLC | 1.93% |
| Credit Agricole SA | 1.47% |
| Land O'lakes, Inc. | 1.44% |
| Hartford Insurance Group, Inc. (the) | 1.34% |
| Nextera Energy Capital Holdings, Inc. | 1.30% |
| Bnp Paribas SA | 1.25% |
| American Agcredit Aca | 1.20% |
| Xcel Energy, Inc. | 1.17% |
FPERX 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 class | Allocation |
|---|---|
| Fixed Income | 74.7% |
| Equity | 24.3% |
FPERX Performance
Total returns for FPERX (as of 2026-08-01), from SEC filings.
| Period | Total return |
|---|---|
| YTD | 0.8% |
| 1 year | 10.4% |
| 3 years (annualised) | 9.8% |
| 5 years (annualised) | 2.7% |
FPERX Risk Information
Risk metrics for FPERX, derived from monthly returns in SEC filings.
- 1-year volatility (annualised): 4.3%
FPERX Costs and Fees
FPERX costs about $106 per $10,000 invested per year in fund expenses.
- Net expense ratio: 1.06%
- Gross expense ratio: 1.06%
- Portfolio turnover: 48%
- Brokerage commissions: 0.20 bps of average net assets (SEC N-CEN)
FPERX 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.
| Month | Net 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 |
FPERX 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 PLC | 1.93% |
| Credit Agricole SA | 1.47% |
| Land O'lakes, Inc. | 1.44% |
| Hartford Insurance Group, Inc. (the) | 1.34% |
| Bnp Paribas SA | 1.25% |
| American Agcredit Aca | 1.20% |
| Bank Of Montreal | 1.12% |
| Banco Santander SA | 1.03% |
| American Electric Power Company, Inc. | 1.02% |
FPERX 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.