First Trust Advisors Lp

Q4 2016 13F Combination Report, Stock Holdings

Signature - Title
Kathleen W. Brown - Chief Compliance Officer
Location
Wheaton
Holdings as of
December 31, 2016
Value $
$33.6B
Num holdings
2,413
Date filed
2/6/2017, 10:34 AM
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 FXN, FXU, FXR, QTEC, and FDN.
Previous filing
Q3 2016 - Nov 1, 2016
Next filing
Q1 2017 - May 2, 2017
Sym Weight Trade Impact Company Class Shares Change Activity Value Change $ Value $ * Price $ Shares Principal
Filing 2016 Q4 compared to 2016 Q3 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 2/6/2017

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
Ssi Investment Management Llc $1.47B Los Angeles, CA 028-04720
Heitman Real Estate Securities Llc $1.46B Chicago, IL 028-04321
Aberdeen Asset Management Plc/Uk $30B Aberdeen, United Kingdom 028-04701
Janus Henderson Group Plc $219B London, United Kingdom 028-10904
Energy Income Partners, LLC $5.19B Westport, CT 028-12170
Macquarie Group Ltd $85.7B Sydney, Nsw 2000, Australia 028-13120
Hl Financial Services Llc $6.5B Louisville, KY 028-13165
Confluence Investment Management Llc $7.01B St. Louis, MO 028-13334
Chartwell Investment Partners, Llc Berywn, PA 028-16224