# FT Confluence BDC & Specialty Finance Income ETF

FT Confluence BDC & Specialty Finance Income ETF is a ETF series of First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII (series S000090298). Net assets $34.3M as of 2026-05-31.

## Profile

- Series ID: S000090298
- Registrant: First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII
- LEI: 25490047JTRKDN6GJZ18
- Net assets: $34.3M
- Total assets: $34.3M
- As of: 2026-05-31
- Type: ETF

## Advisers

- [First Trust Advisors L.P. (Advisor)](https://search.stillhousedata.com/firm/107027)
- [CONFLUENCE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC (Subadvisor)](https://search.stillhousedata.com/firm/146019)

## Top holdings (21 reported)

_Showing 15 of 21 holdings by value._

| Holding | Ticker | Value | % of fund |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [MAIN STREET CAPITAL CORP](https://search.stillhousedata.com/security/56035L104) | MAIN | $4.0M | 1152.62% |
| [ARES CAPITAL CORP](https://search.stillhousedata.com/security/04010L103) | ARCC | $3.6M | 1058.68% |
| [HERCULES CAPITAL INC](https://search.stillhousedata.com/security/427096508) | HTGC | $3.5M | 1033.70% |
| [GOLUB CAPITAL BDC INC](https://search.stillhousedata.com/security/38173M102) | GBDC | $3.3M | 960.40% |
| [BLACKSTONE SECURED LENDING FUND](https://search.stillhousedata.com/security/09261X102) | BXSL | $2.8M | 807.49% |
| [SIXTH STREET SPECIALTY LENDING INC](https://search.stillhousedata.com/security/83012A109) | TSLX | $2.7M | 792.89% |
| [BLUE OWL CAPITAL CORP](https://search.stillhousedata.com/security/69121K104) | OBDC | $2.3M | 661.22% |
| [BARINGS BDC INC](https://search.stillhousedata.com/security/06759L103) | BBDC | $1.7M | 509.17% |
| [NEW MOUNTAIN FINANCE CORP](https://search.stillhousedata.com/security/647551100) | NMFC | $1.6M | 458.95% |
| [CAPITAL SOUTHWEST CORP](https://search.stillhousedata.com/security/140501107) | CSWC | $1.6M | 453.63% |
| [MIDCAP FINANCIAL INVESTMENT CORP](https://search.stillhousedata.com/security/03761U502) | MFIC | $1.1M | 308.83% |
| [BAIN CAPITAL SPECIALTY FINANCE INC](https://search.stillhousedata.com/security/05684B107) | BCSF | $926K | 269.84% |
| [MORGAN STANLEY DIRECT LENDING FUND](https://search.stillhousedata.com/security/61774A103) | MSDL | $750K | 218.73% |
| [OAKTREE SPECIALTY LENDING CORP](https://search.stillhousedata.com/security/67401P405) | OCSL | $749K | 218.26% |
| [KAYNE ANDERSON BDC INC](https://search.stillhousedata.com/security/48662X105) | KBDC | $738K | 215.10% |

## Net asset history

| Report date | Net assets |
| --- | --- |
| 2026-05-31 | $34.3M |
| 2026-02-28 | $32.9M |
| 2025-11-30 | $39.3M |
| 2025-08-31 | $45.1M |

## More

- [Registrant: First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII](https://search.stillhousedata.com/registrant/1667919)
- [This page as markdown (for LLM agents)](https://search.stillhousedata.com/fund/S000090298.md)
- [Search all SEC filings, advisers and people on Adviser Search](https://search.stillhousedata.com/)

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