First Trust: ETF Issuer Profile

First Trust Advisors is a privately-owned investment advisor that was founded in 1991. With over $32 billion in assets under management, FT Advisors offers an array of size/style funds, sector funds, specialty funds, and global funds. In the ETF world, First Trust may be known best for their family of quant ETFs branded as AlphaDEX Funds, which are quantitatively driven, "beat the market"-style, active index funds.
First Trust Quick Facts
- Headquarters: Wheaton, IL
- U.S. Listed ETFs: 43
- Expense Ratio Range: 0.45% - 0.95%
- Avg. Expense Ratio: 0.66%
- First Trust maintains ETFs in the following ETFdb Categories: All Cap Equities, China Equities, Commodity Producers Equities, Consumer Discretionary Equities, Consumer Staples Equities, Energy Equities, Europe Equities, Financials Equities, Global Equities, Global Real Estate, Health & Biotech Equities, Industrials Equities, Large Cap Blend Equities, Large Cap Growth Equities, Large Cap Value Equities, Long-Short, Materials, Mid Cap Blend Equities, Miscellaneous Sector Equities, Quantitative Methodology Indexes, Real Estate, Small Cap Blend Equities, Technology Equities, Utilities Equities
First Trust ETF List
This is a list of all the First Trust ETFs that are currently listed in the US. Please note that the list may not contain newly issued ETFs. First Trust ETFs are listed in order of descending total market capitalization.
* Market Cap is shown in millions of dollars.
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- Three Key Differences Between Platinum and Palladium (March 04, 2010)
- Central Bank “March Mayhem” Puts Currency ETFs in Focus (March 03, 2010)
- February ETF Roundup: Launches, Filings, and Closures (March 01, 2010)



