First Trust Specialty Finance and Financial Opportunities Fund

NYSE:FGB Stock Report

Market Cap: US$58.5m

First Trust Specialty Finance and Financial Opportunities Fund Management

Management criteria checks 1/4

We currently do not have sufficient information about the CEO.

Key information

Chief executive officer

n/a

Total compensation

CEO salary percentagen/a
CEO tenureno data
CEO ownershipn/a
Management average tenureno data
Board average tenure21.3yrs

Recent management updates

Recent updates

FGB: Potential Acquisition Taking An Extended Amount Of Time

Aug 09

FGB: Remains A Pass For Serious BDC Investors

Jul 28

FGB: Basket Of BDCs At A Discount

Jul 16

FGB: Back In Deep Discount Territory

Feb 21

FGB: Attractive Discount And Distribution Coverage Jumps

Oct 31

FGB: Discount And Decline Make This An Interesting Play

Jul 21

FGB: Higher Interest Rates Make This Fund Hold Up Better

Apr 30

FGB: Discount Indicates A Good Buying Opportunity

Dec 27

FGB: Discounted BDC Exposure With An 8.33% Distribution Yield

Sep 22

CEO

First Trust Specialty Finance and Financial Opportunities Fund has no CEO, or we have no data on them.

Board Members

NamePositionTenureCompensationOwnership
Niel Nielson
Independent Trustee21.3yrsUS$5.00kno data
Thomas Kadlec
Independent Trustee21.3yrsUS$4.96kno data
Richard Erickson
Lead Trustee21.3yrsUS$5.01kno data
James Bowen
Executive Chairman21.3yrsno datano data
Robert Keith
Independent Trustee18.9yrsUS$5.04kno data
21.3yrs
Average Tenure
69yo
Average Age

Experienced Board: FGB's board of directors are seasoned and experienced ( 21.3 years average tenure).

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2025/05/22 08:53
End of Day Share Price 2025/05/22 00:00
EarningsN/A
Annual EarningsN/A

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

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Analyst Sources

First Trust Specialty Finance and Financial Opportunities Fund is covered by 0 analysts. 0 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.