# First Trust/Abrdn Global Opportunity Income Fund (FAM): Mutual Fund Facts & Distributions > Markdown mirror of https://www.dividenddata.com/funds/fam for AI agents. Same live data as the HTML page, regenerated on the same refresh cycle. Not investment advice. - Issuer: First Trust · Asset class: Bond - Strategy: Thematic · Inception: 2004-11-24 The First Trust/Abrdn Global Opportunity Income Fund is a closed-end investment vehicle primarily focused on fixed-income assets. First Trust Advisors L.P. is responsible for its management, with Aberdeen Asset Management Inc. serving as a co-manager. This fund strategically invests in debt markets worldwide, concentrating its portfolio on government and corporate bonds across both investment-grade and below-investment-grade categories. A core criterion for its holdings is an average credit quality rating of BBB- or higher. To gauge its performance, the fund compares itself against several... ## Key Facts | Metric | Value | |---|---| | Price | $6.51 | | Expense Ratio | — | | Assets Under Management | $66.0M | | NAV | — | | Holdings Count | — | | Distribution Yield (TTM) | — | | Annual Distribution (TTM) | — /share | | Distribution Frequency | Monthly | | 52-Week Range | $5.43 – $6.74 | | Beta | 0.79 | ## Latest Distribution - Amount: $0.0271 /share - Ex-date: 2024-09-03 - Pay date: 2024-09-16 ## Frequently Asked Questions ### What does FAM invest in? The First Trust/Abrdn Global Opportunity Income Fund is a closed-end investment vehicle primarily focused on fixed-income assets. First Trust Advisors L.P. is responsible for its management, with Aberdeen Asset Management Inc. serving as a co-manager. This fund strategically invests in debt markets worldwide, concentrating its portfolio on government and corporate bonds across both investment-grade and below-investment-grade categories. A core criterion for its holdings is an average credit quality rating of BBB- or higher. To gauge its performance, the fund compares itself against several benchmarks: the Barclays Capital Global Emerging Markets Index, the Barclays Capital Global Aggregate Index, and a bespoke blended index. This custom index is weighted as follows: 40% Citigroup World Government Bond Index, 30% JPMorgan Emerging Markets Bond Index – Global Diversified, and 30% JPMorgan Global Bond Index - Emerging Markets Diversified. The fund commenced operations on November 23, 2004, and is located in the United States. ### What is the expense ratio of FAM? An expense ratio for First Trust/Abrdn Global Opportunity Income Fund (FAM) is not available from our data sources. Neither our market-data feed nor the SEC's structured prospectus and annual-report datasets report one for this share class. The fund's prospectus on the issuer's site carries the authoritative fee. ### What is the duration of FAM? Effective duration measures FAM's sensitivity to interest-rate changes: a duration of 6 means a 1% rate move shifts NAV by roughly 6% in the opposite direction. FAM's current duration is published on the fund's factsheet on the issuer's website. ### What is the credit quality of FAM? FAM's credit quality breakdown (the share of holdings rated AAA through CCC and below) is published on the fund's factsheet. Higher-quality (investment-grade) funds yield less but carry less default risk than high-yield / junk bond funds. ### What is the yield to maturity of FAM? Yield to maturity (YTM) is the total return you'd earn from FAM if every bond in the portfolio is held to maturity at the current price. FAM's YTM is published on the fund's factsheet on the issuer's website. It differs from the trailing-12-month yield because YTM reflects current bond prices rather than historical income paid. ### How big is FAM? First Trust/Abrdn Global Opportunity Income Fund (FAM) manages $66.0M in total assets. AUM determines bid-ask liquidity and the fund's vulnerability to closure. Funds below ~$50M are at higher risk of liquidation. ### Does FAM pay a dividend? First Trust/Abrdn Global Opportunity Income Fund (FAM) currently distributes little or no income. Trailing-twelve-month yield is —. Investors looking for income should consider income-focused alternatives. See the Peers tab. ### How often does FAM pay dividends? First Trust/Abrdn Global Opportunity Income Fund pays dividends Monthly. Each ex-dividend date, record date, and payment date is listed in the dividend history table on this page. ### What is FAM's dividend yield? FAM's trailing-twelve-month yield is —, calculated from the sum of dividends over the past year divided by the current price. ### When is FAM's next ex-dividend date? The most recently announced ex-dividend date for FAM was 2024-09-03. The next ex-date typically follows Monthly; once announced it appears at the top of the dividend history table on this page. ### Why is FAM's expense ratio not shown? Neither our market-data feed nor the SEC's structured filing datasets (prospectus fee tables and Form N-CEN annual reports, which we re-check monthly) report an expense ratio for First Trust/Abrdn Global Opportunity Income Fund (FAM). That usually means the fund family doesn't register this share class's ticker in the SEC's machine-readable data, or the vehicle reports fees outside the standard fund forms. Rather than estimate, we leave it blank; the prospectus on the issuer's site carries the authoritative number. ### How does FAM charge its expense ratio? The expense ratio is deducted in tiny daily slices from FAM's net asset value (NAV). You never see a bill. The price quoted on every exchange is already net of fees. There's no "fee day" to avoid; the cost is continuous and built into the trading price. ## More on Dividend Data - Overview (HTML): https://www.dividenddata.com/funds/fam - Distribution history: https://www.dividenddata.com/funds/fam/dividend - Holdings & diversification: https://www.dividenddata.com/funds/fam/diversification - Fees & cheaper alternatives: https://www.dividenddata.com/funds/fam/expenses - Peer comparison: https://www.dividenddata.com/funds/fam/peers Data sourced from primary filings and market data providers; see https://www.dividenddata.com/methodology.