First Trust Short Duration High Income Fund — new fund registration

FIRST TRUST SERIES FUND registered 1 new fund series on Form 485APOS, filed 2012-07-02. Featured series: First Trust Short Duration High Income Fund.

Registration

Registrant / trust: FIRST TRUST SERIES FUND
CIK: 0001497778
Form: 485APOS
Filed: 2012-07-02
State of incorporation: MA
Accession: 0001445546-12-002937
Reported net assets: $55.6M

Series & classes (1)

Series	Class	Ticker	New
First Trust Short Duration High Income Fund	First Trust Short Duration High Income Fund	FDHAX	Yes

Fees (from the effective prospectus)

12b-1 fee: 0.25%
Gross expense ratio: 1.17%
Management fee: 0.65%
Net expense ratio: 1.00%
Other expenses: 0.52%

Investment objective

The First Trust Short Duration High Income Fund (the "Fund" ) seeks to provide a high level of current income. As a secondary objective, the Fund seeks capital appreciation.

Advisers

First Trust Advisors L.P. (Advisor)