On Monday, July 23 executives and guests of First Trust Advisors L.P. (“First Trust”), a provider of more than 200 investment products, will visit the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) to celebrate the recent launch of new actively managed exchange-traded fund, the First Trust North American Energy Infrastructure Fund. The fund trades on NYSE Arca, the all-electronic trading platform of NYSE Euronext, under the ticker (NYSE Arca: EMLP).
In recognition of this occasion, James Murchie, CEO and Portfolio Manager of Energy Income Partners will ring The Opening BellSM.
The First Trust North American Energy Infrastructure Fund seeks to provide investors total return with an emphasis on current distributions and dividends paid to shareholders. The First Trust North American Energy Infrastructure Fund will invest primarily in companies engaged in the energy infrastructure sector. For more information about The First Trust North American Energy Infrastructure Fund, please click here.
About First Trust
First Trust provides a broad range of investment products and services that help financial advisors, registered investment advisors and other third-party asset managers meet the financial needs and objectives of their clients. Among the firm’s more than 200 investment products are its family of 69 Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs), including First Trust’s core AlphaDEX® series of ETFs. Founded in 1991 with the goal of offering investors a better way to invest, First Trust uses a proprietary, rules-based and quantitative investment methodology to select securities for its AlphaDEX® products. The result is a portfolio weighted on merit, not cap size, that lowers stock-specific risk and offers greater tax efficiency. As of May 31, 2012, 13 First Trust ETFs, including 5 AlphaDEX® ETFs, had four- or five-star ratings from Morningstar**. First Trust is based in Wheaton, Illinois. For more information, visit http://www.ftportfolios.com. (Source: First Trust)