FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP

Q4 2015 13F Combination Report, Restatement, Stock Holdings

Signature - Title
Kathleen W. Brown - Chief Compliance Officer
Location
Wheaton, IL
Holdings as of
31 Dec 2015
Value $
$38,533,978,000
Num holdings
2,229
Filing time
04 May 2016, 16:29:58 UTC
Form type
13F-HR/A-1 - Restatement
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, FDN, FXH, FXG, and FXD.
Previous filing
Q3 2015 - 05 Nov 2015
Next filing
Q1 2016 - 10 May 2016
Sym Weight Trade Impact Company Class Share Change Activity Value Change $ Value $ * Price $ Shares Principal
Filing 2015 Q4 - Restatement compared to 2015 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 04 May 2016

List of Other Managers Reporting for FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP:

Name Holdings Value Location File Number
MACKAY SHIELDS LLC $2,857,443,441 New York, NY 028-00046
SSI INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC $1,473,505,458 Los Angeles, CA 028-04720
CHARTWELL INVESTMENT PARTNERS/PA $4,922,311,000 Berwyn, PA 028-06462
HEITMAN REAL ESTATE SECURITIES LLC $1,421,691,626 Chicago, IL 028-04321
ABERDEEN ASSET MANAGEMENT PLC/UK $29,978,783,000 Aberdeen, United Kingdom 028-04701
Brookfield Public Securities Group LLC New York, NY 028-13826
JANUS HENDERSON GROUP PLC $223,248,253,279 London, United Kingdom 028-10904
Energy Income Partners, LLC $5,521,226,254 Westport, CT 028-12170
MACQUARIE GROUP LTD $22,834,962,789 Sydney, Nsw 2000 028-13120
HL FINANCIAL SERVICES LLC $6,501,117,000 Louisville, KY 028-13165
CONFLUENCE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC $6,673,836,873 St. Louis, MO 028-13334