Article: First Trust Specialty Finance and Financial Opportunities Fund (formerly known as First Trust/Gallatin Specialty Finance and Financial Opportunities Fund) Decreases its Quarterly Distribution to $0.25 Per Share.

WHEATON, Ill. -- First Trust Specialty Finance and Financial Opportunities Fund (the "Fund") (NYSE: FGB) today declared the Fund's regularly scheduled quarterly distribution of $0.25 per share, payable on December 1, 2008 to shareholders of record on November 21, 2008. The ex-dividend date is expected to be November 19, 2008.

 
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The majority, and possibly all, of this distribution will be paid out of net investment income earned by the Fund. The final determination of the source and tax status of all distributions paid in 2008 will be made after the end of 2008.

The Fund is a non-diversified, closed-end management investment ...

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