First Trust

May was another busy month ETF issuers as 39 new exchange traded products made their debuts during the month. That's below the 43 that rolled out in April, according to ETFdb.com, but 82 new ETPs in two months is still a robust total. Russell Investments made its foray into the ETF business a big...

First Trust, the Illinois-based ETF issuer with 58 funds and over $8 billion in assets under management, filed plans with the SEC to introduce the First Trust North American Energy Infrastructure Fund ETF. While the filing did not include a ticker or an expense ratio, it appears as the though the...

Global X, the New York-based ETF issuer now with 31 ETFs listed in the U.S. and over $1.8 billion in assets under management, introduced the Global X Auto ETF (NYSE: VROM) today. The 50-stock ETF becomes the second fund devoted to the auto industry to be introduced this month. With an expense...

First Trust, the Illinois-based ETF issuer now with 58 funds and over $8 billion in assets under management, introduced the First Trust Mega Cap AlphaDex Fund (NYSE: FMK) today, an ETF that holds some of the largest and most familiar stocks listed in the U.S. With an expense ratio of 0.7%, FMK...

First Trust, the Illinois-based ETF issuer with 57 funds and $8 billion in assets under management as of the end of April, will roll out the First Trust NASDAQ Global Auto Index Fund on Tuesday May 10. The ETF will trade on the Nasdaq under the ticker “CARZ.” CARZ will track the NASDAQ OMX Global...