FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP

Q2 2016 13F Combination Report, Excl. Options

Signature - Title
Kelly Dehler - Chief Compliance Officer
Location
Wheaton, Illinois
Holdings as of
Jun 30, 2016
Value $
$31,753,046,209
Num holdings
2,269
Date filed
8/4/2016, 11:39 AM
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).
Previous filing
Q1 2016 - May 10, 2016
Next filing
Q3 2016 - Nov 1, 2016
Sym Weight Trade Impact Company Class Shares Change Activity Value Change $ Value $ * Price $ Shares Principal
Filing 2016 Q2 compared to 2016 Q1 by default.
* 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 8/4/2016

List of Other Managers Reporting for FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP:

Name Holdings Value Location File Number
JANUS HENDERSON GROUP PLC $183B London, United Kingdom 028-10904
MACQUARIE GROUP LTD $60.8B Sydney, Nsw 2000, Australia 028-13120
JARISLOWSKY, FRASER Ltd $17.4B Montreal, Quebec, Canada 028-06075
CONFLUENCE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC $7.44B St. Louis, Missouri 028-13334
Energy Income Partners, LLC $4.89B Westport, Connecticut 028-12170
Vest Financial, LLC $3.77B Mclean, Virginia 028-20621
MACKAY SHIELDS LLC $3.61B New York, New York 028-00046
CHARTWELL INVESTMENT PARTNERS, LLC $2.89B Berywn, Pennsylvania 028-16224
SSI INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC $1.32B Los Angeles, California 028-04720
First Trust Capital Management L.P. $1.15B Chicago, Illinois 028-17430