First Trust Specialty Finance and Financial Opportunities Fund is a close-ended equity mutual fund launched and managed by First Trust Advisors L.P. The fund is co-managed by Confluence Investment Management LLC. It invests in the public equity markets of the United States. The fund invests in the stocks of specialty finance and business development companies. It employs fundamental analysis to create its portfolio. The fund benchmarks the performance of its portfolio against MSCI U.S. Investable Market Financials Index and a composite index comprising of Red Rocks Global Listed Private Equity Index, FTSE NAREIT Mortgage REIT Index, and S&P SmallCap Financials Index. First Trust Specialty Finance and Financial Opportunities Fund was formed on March 20, 2007 and domiciled in the United States.