FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP

Q4 2018 13F Combination Report, Stock Holdings

Signature - Title
Kathleen W. Brown - Chief Compliance Officer
Location
Wheaton
Holdings as of
31 Dec 2018
Value $
$42,172,498,058
Num holdings
2,392
Filing time
07 Feb 2019, 14:47:31 UTC
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 AMZN, META, FXL, QTEC, and FDN.
Previous filing
Q3 2018 - 25 Oct 2018
Next filing
Q1 2019 - 19 Jun 2019
Sym Weight Trade Impact Company Class Share Change Activity Value Change $ Value $ * Price $ Shares Principal
Filing 2018 Q4 compared to 2018 Q3 by default. Changes are calculated vs the previous SEC filing.
* 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 07 Feb 2019

List of Other Managers Reporting for FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP:

Name Holdings Value Location File Number
MACKAY SHIELDS LLC $2,939,899,446 New York, NY 028-00046
SSI INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC $1,465,812,467 Los Angeles, CA 028-04720
HEITMAN REAL ESTATE SECURITIES LLC $1,464,026,134 Chicago, IL 028-04321
ABERDEEN ASSET MANAGEMENT PLC/UK $29,979,278,000 Aberdeen, United Kingdom 028-04701
Energy Income Partners, LLC $5,186,468,730 Westport, CT 028-12170
MACQUARIE GROUP LTD $85,673,451,444 Sydney, Nsw 2000 028-13120
HL FINANCIAL SERVICES LLC $6,501,099,000 Louisville, KY 028-13165
CONFLUENCE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC $6,673,836,873 St. Louis, MO 028-13334
CHARTWELL INVESTMENT PARTNERS, LLC Berywn, PA 028-16224