Robert Keith - First Trust Independent Trustee

FCT Etf  USD 10.44  0.03  0.29%   
Robert Keith is Portfolio Manager at First Trust Senior
Mr. Robert F. Keith serves as an Independent Trustee of First Trust Senior Floating Rate Income Fund II. He is President of Hibs Enterprises, a financial and management consulting firm. Mr. Keith was with Hibs Enterprises since 2003. Prior thereto, Mr. Keith spent 18 years with ServiceMaster and Aramark, including three years as President and COO of ServiceMaster Consumer Services, where he led the initial expansion of certain products overseas, five years as President and COO of ServiceMaster Management Services Company and two years as President of Aramark ServiceMaster Management Services. Mr. Keith is a certified public accountant and also has held the positions of Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer of ServiceMaster, at which time he oversaw the financial aspects of ServiceMaster expansion of its Management Services division into Europe, the Middle East and Asia. Mr. Keith has served as a Trustee of the Fund and of the First Trust Funds since June 2006. Mr. Keith has also served as Chairman of the Audit Committee, Chairman of the Nominating and Governance Committee and Lead Independent Trustee of the First Trust Funds. He currently serves as Chairman of the Valuation Committee and as a member of the Executive Committee and the Dividend and Pricing Committee of the First Trust Funds.
Age 64
Tenure 10 years
Phone(61) 02 9409 7000
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First Trust Management Efficiency

The company has Return on Asset of 2.2 % which means that on every $100 spent on assets, it made $2.2 of profit. This is way below average. In the same way, it shows a return on shareholders' equity (ROE) of (3.56) %, meaning that it generated no profit with money invested by stockholders. First Trust's management efficiency ratios could be used to measure how well First Trust manages its routine affairs as well as how well it operates its assets and liabilities.
First Trust Senior has 116 M in debt with debt to equity (D/E) ratio of 0.39, which is OK given its current industry classification. First Trust Senior has a current ratio of 0.11, suggesting that it has not enough short term capital to pay financial commitments when the payables are due. Debt can assist First Trust until it has trouble settling it off, either with new capital or with free cash flow. So, First Trust's shareholders could walk away with nothing if the company can't fulfill its legal obligations to repay debt. However, a more frequent occurrence is when companies like First Trust Senior sell additional shares at bargain prices, diluting existing shareholders. Debt, in this case, can be an excellent and much better tool for First to invest in growth at high rates of return. When we think about First Trust's use of debt, we should always consider it together with cash and equity.

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First Trust Senior Floating Rate Income Fund II is a closed-ended fixed income mutual fund launched and managed by First Trust Advisors L.P. Senior Floating is listed under Asset Management in the United States and is traded on New York Stock Exchange exchange. First Trust Senior [FCT] is traded in USA and was established 2004-05-25.

Management Performance

First Trust Senior Money Managers

James Bowen, Chairman of the Board of Trustees
Richard Erickson, Independent Trustee
Niel Nielson, Lead Independent Trustee
Robert Keith, Independent Trustee
James Dykas, Chief Financial Officer, Chief Accounting Officer, Treasurer
Denise Keefe, Trustee
Kristi Maher, Chief Compliance Officer and Assistant Secretary
Daniel Lindquist, Vice President
Donald Swade, Chief Financial Officer, Chief Accounting Officer, Treasurer
Thomas Kadlec, Independent Trustee
W Jardine, Secretary, Chief Legal Officer

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