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 $0.185 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 $0.185 per share, payable on February 27, 2009 to shareholders of record on February 20, 2009. The ex-dividend date is expected to be February 18, 2009. The distribution represents a decrease from the previous quarterly distribution of $0.25 per share.

 
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As the turmoil in the financial marketplace continues, additional securities within FGB's portfolio have decreased their dividends. These decreases require a reduction in FGB's quarterly distribution in order to ...

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