FTSL — First Trust Senior Loan Fund
Data updated: 2026-06-22
FTSL — First Trust Senior Loan Fund data: holdings, portfolio allocation, expenses, performance, cashflows, risk and SEC filings. Short Bank Loans / Floating Rate Bond · $2.29B AUM · 0.70% expense ratio · 5.4% 1-yr return. From SEC regulatory filings.
FTSL Fund Overview
FTSL — First Trust Senior Loan Fund is a US ETF managed by First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund IV, categorised as Short Bank Loans / Floating Rate 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 IV
- Category: Short Bank Loans / Floating Rate Bond
- Assets under management: $2.29B
- 1-year return: 5.4%
- Ticker: FTSL
- SEC CIK: 0001517936
- SEC series ID: S000034146
- Share class ID: C000105232
FTSL Holdings
Top 10 holdings of First Trust Senior Loan Fund by percentage of net assets, from the fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds | 9.54% |
| Whatabrands LLC | 1.92% |
| AthenaHealth Group Inc | 1.80% |
| IRB Holding Corp | 1.59% |
| White Cap Supply Holdings LLC(f/k/a White Cap Buyer LLC) | 1.30% |
| Transdigm Inc | 1.24% |
| Proofpoint Inc | 1.23% |
| Quikrete Holdings Inc | 1.18% |
| Acrisure LLC | 1.18% |
| Post Holdings, Inc. | 1.16% |
FTSL Portfolio Allocation
Asset-class allocation of First Trust Senior Loan Fund by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Asset class | Allocation |
|---|---|
| Loans | 83.7% |
| Fixed Income | 11.7% |
| Cash & Equivalents | 9.5% |
FTSL Performance
Total returns for FTSL (as of 2026-08-01), from SEC filings.
| Period | Total return |
|---|---|
| YTD | 0.1% |
| 1 year | 5.4% |
| 3 years (annualised) | 7.3% |
| 5 years (annualised) | 5.1% |
FTSL Risk Information
Risk metrics for FTSL, derived from monthly returns in SEC filings.
- 1-year volatility (annualised): 2.2%
FTSL Costs and Fees
FTSL costs about $70 per $10,000 invested per year in fund expenses.
- Net expense ratio: 0.70%
- Gross expense ratio: 0.70%
- Portfolio turnover: 127%
- Brokerage commissions: 0.00 bps of average net assets (SEC N-CEN)
FTSL Cashflows
Over the 12 months to 2026-04, First Trust Senior Loan Fund had net outflows of $38.75M, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.
| Month | Net flow |
|---|---|
| 2026-04 | $112.13M |
| 2026-03 | −$56.03M |
| 2026-02 | −$78.96M |
| 2026-01 | $0 |
| 2025-12 | $9.18M |
| 2025-11 | −$6.88M |
FTSL Debt Constituents
Largest debt holdings of First Trust Senior Loan Fund by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Debt holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| Post Holdings, Inc. | 1.16% |
| Qxo, Inc. | 0.84% |
| 1011778 B.c. Ulc / New Red Finance, Inc. | 0.70% |
| Csc Holdings LLC | 0.61% |
| Crc Insurance Group LLC | 0.48% |
| Dish Network Corp. | 0.48% |
| Viking Ocean Cruises Ship Vii Ltd. | 0.43% |
| Cloud Software Group, Inc. | 0.41% |
| Echostar Corp. | 0.40% |
| Gfl Environmental, Inc. | 0.38% |
FTSL Prospectus and SEC Filings
Official First Trust Senior Loan 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.