FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP

Q3 2018 13F Combination Report, Stock Holdings

Signature - Title
Kathleen W. Brown - Chief Compliance Officer
Location
Wheaton, IL
Holdings as of
30 Sep 2018
Value $
$53,707,146,000
Num holdings
2,420
Filing time
25 Oct 2018, 11:57:53 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, FBT, QTEC, and FDN.
Previous filing
Q2 2018 - 02 Aug 2018
Next filing
Q4 2018 - 07 Feb 2019
Sym Weight Trade Impact Company Class Share Change Activity Value Change $ Value $ * Price $ Shares Principal
Filing 2018 Q3 compared to 2018 Q2 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 25 Oct 2018

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
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
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
CHARTWELL INVESTMENT PARTNERS, LLC Berywn, PA 028-16224