First Trust Intermediate Duration Preferred & Income Fund filings document governance and shareholder-voting matters for the closed-end fund. Recent Schedule 14A definitive proxy materials were filed jointly with other First Trust funds and describe annual meeting business, including proposals to elect trustees.
The fund's proxy records identify the registrants included in the joint materials, the shareholder meeting framework, voting by proxy, and board-election matters. For FPF, these filings serve as formal records of closed-end fund governance rather than operating-company product or revenue disclosures.
First Trust Enhanced Equity Income Fund, First Trust Intermediate Duration Preferred & Income Fund, and First Trust Mortgage Income Fund are calling joint annual shareholder meetings to elect two Class I Trustees for each fund. The meetings are scheduled for April 14, 2026 at 11:30 a.m. Central Time at First Trust Advisors’ offices in Wheaton, Illinois, with February 24, 2026 set as the record date.
Incumbent Independent Trustees Denise M. Keefe and Robert F. Keith are nominated for three-year terms expiring at the 2029 annual meetings. Trustees serve on a unitary board overseeing 323 First Trust portfolios, supported by audit, nominating and governance, valuation and risk, executive, and dividend committees. Effective January 1, 2026, Independent Trustees receive a fixed annual retainer of $300,000 plus per‑fund fees, with each fund paying aggregate trustee fees of about $53,000–$55,000 in the most recent fiscal year. The boards of all three funds unanimously recommend voting FOR both nominees.
First Trust Enhanced Equity Income Fund, First Trust Intermediate Duration Preferred & Income Fund, and First Trust Mortgage Income Fund are calling joint annual shareholder meetings to elect two Class I Trustees for each fund. The meetings are scheduled for April 14, 2026 at 11:30 a.m. Central Time at First Trust Advisors’ offices in Wheaton, Illinois, with February 24, 2026 set as the record date.
Incumbent Independent Trustees Denise M. Keefe and Robert F. Keith are nominated for three-year terms expiring at the 2029 annual meetings. Trustees serve on a unitary board overseeing 323 First Trust portfolios, supported by audit, nominating and governance, valuation and risk, executive, and dividend committees. Effective January 1, 2026, Independent Trustees receive a fixed annual retainer of $300,000 plus per‑fund fees, with each fund paying aggregate trustee fees of about $53,000–$55,000 in the most recent fiscal year. The boards of all three funds unanimously recommend voting FOR both nominees.
Scott T. Fleming, identified as an Officer-Investment Sub-Advisor, filed an initial Form 3 for First Trust Intermediate Duration Preferred & Income Fund (FPF) as of 05/22/2013. He reported beneficial ownership of 47,712 common shares held directly and an additional 35,000 common shares held indirectly by his spouse. This filing establishes his baseline insider ownership in the fund's common shares.
The fund associated with ticker FPF filed a Form N‑CEN, an annual census report for registered investment companies. The filing is largely a structured questionnaire covering background details, service providers, governance, and trading activity, rather than a traditional performance report.
Within the trading data, the fund reports paying gross and aggregate brokerage commissions of 31,220.11000000 for the reporting period. It also discloses principal transactions with multiple dealers, with individual total purchase and sale values such as 77,075,138.21000000, 224,747,306.16000000, and 257,563,490.25000000, indicating significant trading volume across several counterparties.
First Trust Intermediate Duration Preferred & Income Fund (FPF) delivered an 11.02% total return on net asset value for the year ended October 31, 2025, with market-price return at 10.88%. This meaningfully exceeded its blended preferred and hybrid benchmark at 6.67% and the ICE BofA US Investment Grade Institutional Capital Securities Index at 8.28%.
Net assets were $1.22 billion, with a NAV of $20.02 per share and market price of $19.06, reflecting a 4.80% discount. The fund uses substantial leverage, including a $553.5 million loan and a $100 million reverse repurchase agreement, to enhance income from a portfolio focused on preferred and hybrid securities, heavily concentrated in banks and insurance issuers.
The fund maintained a stable monthly distribution of $0.1375 per share, equal to an 8.24% yield on NAV and 8.66% on market price. For the year, 76.00% of distributions were classified as ordinary income and 24.00% as return of capital. The portfolio is globally diversified, with 54.8% of investments in U.S. issuers and significant exposure to contingent convertible capital securities and privately placed issues.
Stonebridge Advisors, LLC, an investment sub-advisor and 10% owner of First Trust Intermediate Duration Preferred & Income Fund (FPF), filed an annual statement of changes in beneficial ownership for the fiscal year ended 12/31/2025. The filing shows beneficial ownership of 47,712 common shares held directly and an additional 35,000 common shares held indirectly through the reporting person's spouse. The report confirms Stonebridge’s role as a significant holder of the fund’s common shares and updates its status as a Section 16 reporting officer as of year-end.
First Trust Intermediate Duration Preferred & Income Fund (FPF) reported an initial ownership filing for a director as of 09/04/2025. The filing shows the reporting person serves as a Director of the fund and currently reports 0 common shares beneficially owned and no derivative securities. The form is filed as an individual reporting person statement.
Morgan Stanley filed Amendment No. 14 to Schedule 13G reporting beneficial ownership in First Trust Intermediate Duration Preferred & Income Fund (FPF).
Morgan Stanley reports 7,887,037 shares, representing 13.0% of the common stock, with shared voting power over 16,208 shares and shared dispositive power over 7,887,037 shares. Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC reports 7,870,830 shares, or 12.9%, with shared voting power over 1 share and shared dispositive power over 7,870,830 shares. The “Date of Event Which Requires Filing” is 09/30/2025.
The certification states the securities were acquired and are held in the ordinary course of business and not for the purpose of changing or influencing control.