First Trust Advisors Lp

Q3 2015 13F Combination Report, Stock Holdings

Signature - Title
Kathleen W. Brown - Chief Compliance Officer
Location
Wheaton
Holdings as of
September 30, 2015
Value $
$34.5B
Num holdings
2,253
Date filed
11/5/2015, 03:03 PM
Form type
13F-HR
Description
A portion of the US holdings for this investor are reported in this report and a portion are reported by other reporting manager(s). Top holdings included FBT, FXH, FDN, FXG, and FXD.
Previous filing
Q2 2015 - Aug 4, 2015
Next filing
Q4 2015 - May 4, 2016
Sym Weight Trade Impact Company Class Shares Change Activity Value Change $ Value $ * Price $ Shares Principal
Filing 2015 Q3 compared to 2015 Q2 by default.
* Reported Price is the price of the security as of the portfolio date. This value is significant in that it is the last known price at which the security was still held.
An asterisk sign (*) next to the price indicates that the price is likely invalid.

Person Signing this Report on Behalf of Reporting Manager:

Name Title City, State Date
Kathleen W. Brown Chief Compliance Officer Wheaton, Illinois 11/5/2015

List of Other Managers Reporting for First Trust Advisors Lp:

Name Holdings Value Location File Number
Mackay Shields Llc $2.94B New York, NY 028-00046
Chartwell Investment Partners/Pa $4.92B Berwyn, PA 028-06462
Aberdeen Asset Management Plc/Uk $30B Aberdeen, United Kingdom 028-04701
Brookfield Public Securities Group LLC New York, NY 028-13826
Henderson Global Investors (North America) Inc. Hartford, CT 028-11183
Energy Income Partners, LLC $5.19B Westport, CT 028-12170
Macquarie Group Ltd $85.7B Sydney, Nsw 2000, Australia 028-13120
Confluence Investment Management Llc $7.01B St. Louis, MO 028-13334