The First Trust North American Energy Infrastructure Fund (NYSEArca: EMLP), 2014’s top performing energy ETF, is a prime example. EMLP has added $413 million in new assets this year and with $971.3 million in assets under management, EMLP is one of the largest actively managed ETFs in the U.S. [Meet This Year’s Top Energy ETF]
The First Trust Enhanced Short Maturity Fund (NasdaqGM: FTSM) is another actively managed success story for First Trust. FTSM launched in early August and saw its AUM total swell to over $1.6 billion by mid-November. Although the ETF now has $798 million in AUM, it is still one of the most successful ETFs to come to market this year.
Other successful actively managed ETFs from First Trust include the First Trust Senior Loan ETF (NasdaqGM: FTSL) and the First Trust Preferred Securities and Income ETF (NYSEArca: FPE). FPE debuted in February 2013 and has $104.1 million in assets while FTSL launched in May 2013 and now has almost $212 million in assets.
For the week ending Dec. 12, First Trust had $2.44 billion in actively managed ETF assets under management across 14 funds, according to AdvisorShares data.
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