First Trust Low Duration Strategic Focus ETF
LDSF
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- Financial Services
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- Asset Management - Bonds
- Address
- 120 East Liberty Drive, Suite 400 Wheaton IL United States of America 60187
- IPO Date
- Jan 8, 2019
- CIK
- 0001667919
- Website
- ftportfolios.com
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- First Trust Low Duration Strategic Focus ETF (LDSF) is an actively managed exchange-traded fund that seeks to generate current income, with a secondary objective of capital preservation, by investing at least 80% of its net assets in a diversified portfolio of low duration fixed income ETFs and related securities. The fund's primary holdings include First Trust Low Duration Opportunities ETF (LMBS; 38.02%), First Trust Limited Duration Investment Grade Corporate ETF (FSIG; 34.91%), First Trust Tactical High Yield ETF (HYLS; 13.37%), First Trust Senior Loan Fund (FTSL; 4.99%), First Trust Emerging Markets Local Currency Bond ETF (FEMB; 3.01%), First Trust Enhanced Short Maturity ETF (FTSM; 2.99%), and First Trust Institutional Preferred Securities and Income ETF (FPEI; 2.50%) as of November 7, 2025; these underlying ETFs provide exposure to investment-grade mortgage-backed securities, limited duration corporate bonds, high yield bonds, senior loans, emerging markets debt, ultra-short maturity securities, and preferred securities and income strategies, respectively. Launched on January 3, 2019, and domiciled in the United States, LDSF trades on the Nasdaq with First Trust Advisors L.P. as investment adviser and First Trust Portfolios L.P. as distributor, headquartered in Wheaton, Illinois; it primarily targets income-seeking investors through U.S. dollar-denominated fixed income instruments with limited interest rate sensitivity across domestic and select non-U.S. bond markets. In recent developments, First Trust Advisors L.P. announced monthly distributions for LDSF, including $0.0727 per share in 2025 and consistent payouts such as $0.0688 in January 2024, alongside routine fund governance updates like trustee elections in May 2025 and a December 2025 fee waiver for certain fixed income funds that may apply to its portfolio; no major acquisitions, partnerships, or strategic shifts have been reported in the last 1-2 years.