First Trust Specialty Finance & Financial Opportunities Fund was a First Trust closed-end management investment company focused on specialty finance and financial opportunities. News about FGB centered on quarterly distribution declarations, NAV and market-price distribution-rate references, adviser and sub-adviser disclosures, and shareholder materials for fund governance matters.
In 2025, company updates also documented the completed reorganization of FGB into FT Confluence BDC & Specialty Finance Income ETF, including the transfer of assets and liabilities and the exchange of FGB shares for ETF shares based on net asset value.
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WHEATON, Ill. -- First Trust Specialty Finance and Financial Opportunities Fund (NYSE: FGB) has declared a quarterly distribution of $0.0825 per share, payable on February 28, 2023. Shareholders of record as of February 23, 2023 will receive the payment, with the ex-dividend date set for February 22, 2023. The distribution rate based on the February 10, 2023 NAV of $3.79 is 8.71%, and 10.00% based on the market price of $3.30. The Fund aims to deliver current income and total return by investing at least 80% of its managed assets in specialty finance and financial company securities.
The First Trust Specialty Finance and Financial Opportunities Fund (NYSE: FGB) has announced a quarterly distribution of $0.0825 per share, payable on December 1, 2022, to shareholders of record by November 23, 2022. The ex-dividend date is set for November 22, 2022. Based on the November 9, 2022 NAV of $3.68, the distribution rate is 8.97%, and 9.79% based on the closing market price of $3.37. The Fund invests primarily in securities of specialty finance companies, targeting both income and capital appreciation.
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The First Trust Specialty Finance and Financial Opportunities Fund (NYSE: FGB) has announced a quarterly distribution of $0.0825 per share, payable on August 31, 2022. Shareholders of record as of August 23, 2022 will receive this distribution, with an ex-dividend date of August 22, 2022. This distribution represents an annualized yield of 8.13% based on the NAV of $4.06 and 9.14% based on the market price of $3.61. The Fund aims to provide high current income while investing at least 80% of its assets in specialty finance securities.
The First Trust Specialty Finance and Financial Opportunities Fund (NYSE: FGB) has announced a quarterly distribution of $0.0825 per share. This distribution will be paid on May 31, 2022, to shareholders on record by May 23, 2022, with an ex-dividend date of May 20, 2022. Based on the May 9, 2022 NAV of $4.11, the distribution rate is 8.03%, and 9.12% based on the closing market price of $3.62.
The Fund aims to provide high current income and capital appreciation.
The First Trust Specialty Finance and Financial Opportunities Fund (NYSE: FGB) has announced a quarterly distribution of $0.0825 per share, payable on February 28, 2022. Shareholders of record as of February 23, 2022 will receive this distribution, with an ex-dividend date of February 22, 2022. The distribution represents a rate of 7.28% based on the February 9, 2022 NAV of $4.53 and 8.01% based on the closing market price of $4.12. The Fund primarily invests in securities of specialty finance companies.