First Trust to Ring The NASDAQ Stock Market Opening Bell


ADVISORY, July 28, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --

What:

First Trust, a company with a mission to offer investors a better way to invest, will visit the NASDAQ MarketSite in Times Square to celebrate their recent ETF listing on The NASDAQ Stock Market. First Trust Dorsey Wright International Focus 5 ETF (Nasdaq:IFV) is designed to provide targeted exposure to five First Trust international ETFs identified by Dorsey, Wright & Associates, LLC's index methodology.

The Fund seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield of the Dorsey Wright International Focus Five Index. This index methodology utilizes relative strength measurements to identify which ETFs may offer the greatest potential to outperform the other ETFs in the selection universe, which includes country/region-based ETFs advised by First Trust Advisors L.P.

In honor of the occasion, Andrew Subramanian, Senior Vice President and Head of ETF Distribution Strategy of First Trust and Tom Dorsey, President and Chief Executive Officer of Dorsey, Wright & Associates, LLC will ring the Opening Bell.

Where:

NASDAQ MarketSite – 4 Times Square – 43rd & Broadway – Broadcast Studio

When:

Tuesday, July 29, 2014 – 9:15 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. ET

First Trust Media Contact:
Ryan Issakainen
(630) 765-8689
RIssakainen@FTAdvisors.com

NASDAQ MarketSite:
Alexa Sugrue
(212) 231-5552
Alexa.Sugrue@nasdaqomx.com

Christine Barna
(646) 441-5310
Christine.Barna@nasdaqomx.com

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Webcast:

A webcast of the NASDAQ Opening Bell will be available at: https://new.livestream.com/nasdaq/live or http://www.nasdaq.com/about/marketsitetowervideo.asx.

Photos:

To obtain a hi-resolution photograph of the Market Open, please go to http://www.nasdaq.com/reference/marketsite_events.stm and click on the market open of your choice.

About First Trust:

First Trust Advisors L.P., along with its affiliate First Trust Portfolios L.P., are privately held companies which provide a variety of investment services, including asset management and financial advisory services, with collective assets under management or supervision of approximately $98 billion as of June 30, 2014 through unit investment trusts, exchange-traded funds, closed-end funds, mutual funds and separate managed accounts. First Trust is based in Wheaton, Illinois. For more information, visit http://www.ftportfolios.com.

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