First Trust Fund Fund Managers

FPF Fund  USD 18.71  0.13  0.69%   
First Trust is run by 11 fund managers with a total tenure of about 139 years, averaging roughly 12.0 years of service per executive, having 1.0 employees per reported executive. Fund managers are in charge of implementing First Trust Intermediate investing strategy and managing its portfolio trading activities. Examination of First Trust's management performance can provide insight into the mutual fund's overall performance. Note that fund manager's attribution analysis is becoming a valuable factor that both investors and analysts use to determine the amount of risk that may be associated with First Trust's future under-performance.
James Bowen  Chairman
Chairman of the Board of Trustees, CEO
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Richard Erickson  Executive
Lead Independent Trustee
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First Trust Intermediate Benchmark Summation

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The output start index for this execution was zero with a total number of output elements of sixty-one. First Trust Intermediate Price Series Summation is a cross summation of First Trust price series and its benchmark/peer.

First Trust Notable Stakeholders

A First Trust stakeholder refers to an individual interested in an outcome of the business. Different stakeholders have different interests, and companies such as First Trust often face trade-offs trying to please all of them. First Trust's stakeholders can have a positive or negative influence on the entity's direction, and there are a lot of executives involved in getting First Trust's stock to the level that pleases all shareholders. Keeping track of the stakeholders is a great way to stay on top of things affecting its ongoing price.
James BowenChairman of the Board of Trustees, CEOProfile
Daniel LindquistVice PresidentProfile
James DykasCFO, Chief Accounting Officer, TreasurerProfile
Donald SwadeChief Financial Officer, Chief Accounting Officer, TreasurerProfile
Richard EricksonLead Independent TrusteeProfile
Niel NielsonLead Independent TrusteeProfile
Robert KeithLead Independent TrusteeProfile
Denise KeefeTrusteeProfile
Kristi MaherChief Compliance Officer, Assistant SecretaryProfile
Thomas KadlecIndependent TrusteeProfile
W JardineChief Legal Officer, SecretaryProfile

About First Trust Management Performance

The success or failure of an entity such as First Trust Intermediate often depends on how effective the management is. First Trust management team is responsible for propelling the future growth in the right direction and administering and controlling the business activities and accounting for the results. Ineffective management usually contributes to failure in the company's future performance for all stakeholders equally, but most importantly, for investors. So it is important to measure the effectiveness of First management before purchasing its stock. In many ways, it's all about finding the answer to one important question - Are they doing the right thing right now? How would we assess whether the First management is utilizing all available resources in the best possible way? Also, how well is the company doing relative to others in its sector and the market as a whole? The answer can be found by analyzing a few important fundamental indicators such as return on assets and return on equity.
First Trust Intermediate Duration Preferred Income Fund is a closed end fixed income mutual fund launched and managed by First Trust Advisors L.P. The fund is co-managed by Stonebridge Advisors, LLC. It invests in fixed income markets. The fund will also invest in below investment-grade securities like junk or high-yield securities. First Trust Intermediate Duration Preferred Income Fund was formed on May 23, 2013 and is domiciled in the United States.
Please note that past performance is not an indicator of the future performance of First Trust, its manager's success, or the effectiveness of its strategy. The performance results shown here may have been adversely or favorably impacted by events and economic conditions that may not prevail in the future.

Other Information on Investing in First Fund

First Trust financial ratios help investors to determine whether First Fund is cheap or expensive when compared to a particular measure, such as profits or enterprise value. In other words, they help investors to determine the cost of investment in First with respect to the benefits of owning First Trust security.
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