First Trust High Income Long/Short Fund (FSD)

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First Trust High Income Long/Short Fund

120 East Liberty Drive
Suite 400
Wheaton, IL 60187
United States
630-765-8000
https://www.ftportfolios.com/Retail/cef/cefsummary.aspx?Ticker=FSD

Sector(s): Financial Services
Industry: Asset Management
Full Time Employees: 

Key Executives

Name	Title	Pay	Exercised	Year Born
Mr. Louis N. Cohen CFA	Managing Director, Director of Research, High Yield Active Core Division	N/A	N/A	N/A
Mr. Michael J. Kimble CFA	Portfolio Mang.	N/A	N/A	N/A
Mr. Taylor Wagenseil	Portfolio Mang.	N/A	N/A	N/A

Amounts are as of and compensation values are for the last fiscal year ending on that date. Pay is salary, bonuses, etc. Exercised is the value of options exercised during the fiscal year. Currency in USD.

Description

First Trust High Income Long/Short Fund is a closed-ended fixed-income mutual fund launched and managed by First Trust Advisors, L.P. It is co-managed by MacKay Shields LLC. The fund invests in fixed-income markets across the globe. It primarily invests in high-yield corporate fixed-income securities of varying maturities that are rated below-investment grade, including corporate bonds, debentures, notes, and commercial papers. The fund employs fundamental analysis and a long/short strategy, with a focus on such factors as type, size, and cost of a security, financial statements of the issuer, credit quality and cash flow of the issuer, and evaluation of the forces which influence the market to create its portfolio. It benchmarks the performance of its portfolio against the Bank of America Merill Lynch U.S. High Yield Master II Constrained Index. First Trust High Income Long/Short Fund was formed on June 18, 2010 and is domiciled in the United States.

Corporate Governance

First Trust High Income Long/Short Fund’s ISS Governance QualityScore as of N/A is N/A. The pillar scores are Audit: N/A; Board: N/A; Shareholder Rights: N/A; Compensation: N/A.

Corporate governance scores courtesy of Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS). Scores indicate decile rank relative to index or region. A decile score of 1 indicates lower governance risk, while a 10 indicates higher governance risk.