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First Trust Hedged Strategies Fund

First Trust Capital Solutions · Fund of Hedge Funds Interval Fund

Program Overview

Fund of Hedge Funds Interval Fund
First Trust Hedged Strategies Fund
Peer Group Filters
Objectives
Capital Appreciation
Asset Class
Hedge FundOther
Vehicle
Interval Fund
Single / Multi Asset
Multi-Asset
Asset Class
Hedge Fund
Issuer
First Trust Hedged Strategies Fund
Issuer Legal Structure
Delaware Statutory Trust
Program Life Structure
Evergreen
Target Leverage
Maximum 33% debt-to-total-assets Fund borrowing capped at 33 1/3% of total assets. $4M TriState line secured by substantially all Fund assets; $0 drawn at 3/31/2026 (peak $2.1M in FY2026). Underlying hedge funds may lever without limit; not counted here.
Strategy Risk/Return Profile
-
Managing Broker-Dealer
Scale
10,727 Class A shares outstanding · 5,150,880 Class I shares outstanding · 16 Underlying private investment vehicles held
Minimum Investment
$1,000
Class A Shares (HDGAX) · waivable
Strategy Overview

The prospectus states the Fund seeks long-term capital appreciation as a fund of hedge funds. Under normal conditions it allocates at least 80% of net assets to private investment vehicles run by multiple third-party managers pursuing relative value, credit, global macro, long/short equity, event driven, multi-strategy and mortgage strategies. Up to 20% may sit in cash, liquid fixed income, public equities, funds and derivatives for liquidity or hedging. The underlying funds may use leverage and short sales without limit and are not required to disclose holdings.

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