FPF vs MCB Comparison

First Trust Inter Dur Pref& Income Fund is a diversified, closed-end management investment company. Its primary investment objective is to seek a high level of current income. Further, it has a secondary objective of capital appreciation. The Fund invests in the traditional preferred securities, hybrid preferred securities, floating rate & fixed-to-floating rate preferred securities, debt securities, convertible securities, and contingent convertible securities issued by U.S. and non-U.S. companies. Its investment portfolio includes industries such as Banks, Insurance, Capital Markets, Electric Utilities, Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels, Food Products, and others.

Metropolitan Bank Holding Corp is a bank holding company. It provides a broad range of business, commercial, and retail banking products and services to small businesses, middle-market enterprises, public entities, and individuals in the New York metropolitan area. The services provided by the company include deposits, trade finance, cash management solutions, savings, electronic banking, cards, and others. The company also provides various lending products such as acquisition loans, construction loans, and lines of credit, for retail, office, hospitality, multifamily, mixed-use, warehouse and distribution, and specialty-use properties. The bank derives its revenue in the form of interest income on loans.