First Trust Advisors visited the NYSE to celebrate the initial public offering of the First Trust Energy Infrastructure Fund. The Fund (FIF) which began trading September 28 on the NYSE under the ticker symbol “FIF”, invests in energy infrastructure companies; including MLPs, utilities, the former Canadian Income Trusts and pipeline companies. The Fund’s Investment Advisor is First Trust Advisors and it is sub-advised by Energy Income Partners. In honor of the occasion, Eva Pao, Principal and Co-Portfolio Manager of Energy Income Partners rang The Opening BellSM.
About First Trust Advisors
Based in Wheaton, Illinois, First Trust Advisors L.P., and its affiliate, First Trust Portfolios L.P., are privately-held investment services companies which were established in 1991 and operate nationwide and in Canada. The firms provide a variety of investment services, including asset management, financial advisory services, and municipal and corporate investment banking, with collective assets under management or supervision of $46 billion as of August 31, 2011 through closed-end funds, open-end funds, unit investment trusts, separate managed accounts and exchange-traded funds.