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As of 09/11/2026

Price

Aum/Mkt Cap

YIELD

Annualized forward dividend yield. Multiplies the most recent dividend payout amount by its frequency and divides by the previous close price.

Exp Ratio

Expense ratio is the fund’s total annual operating expenses, including management fees, distribution fees, and other expenses, expressed as a percentage of average net assets.

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First Trust Active Factor Emerging Markets ETF

RFEM | Active ETF

$99.61

$83.7 M

4.48%

$4.49

0.85%

Vitals

YTD Return

27.4%

1 yr return

34.8%

3 Yr Avg Return

25.9%

5 Yr Avg Return

11.1%

Net Assets

$83.7 M

Holdings in Top 10

40.8%

52 WEEK LOW AND HIGH

$98.5
$73.86
$100.10

Expenses

OPERATING FEES

Expense Ratio 0.85%

SALES FEES

Front Load N/A

Deferred Load N/A

TRADING FEES

Turnover 32.00%

Redemption Fee N/A

Min Investment

Standard (Taxable)

N/A

IRA

N/A

Fund Classification

Fund Type

Exchange Traded Fund

Name

As of 09/11/2026

Price

Aum/Mkt Cap

YIELD

Annualized forward dividend yield. Multiplies the most recent dividend payout amount by its frequency and divides by the previous close price.

Exp Ratio

Expense ratio is the fund’s total annual operating expenses, including management fees, distribution fees, and other expenses, expressed as a percentage of average net assets.

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First Trust Active Factor Emerging Markets ETF

RFEM | Active ETF

$99.61

$83.7 M

4.48%

$4.49

0.85%

RFEM - Profile

Distributions

  • YTD Total Return 27.4%
  • 3 Yr Annualized Total Return 25.9%
  • 5 Yr Annualized Total Return 11.1%
  • Capital Gain Distribution Frequency Annually
  • Net Income Ratio 2.19%
DIVIDENDS
  • Dividend Yield 4.5%
  • Dividend Distribution Frequency Quarterly

Fund Details

  • Legal Name
    First Trust Active Factor Emerging Markets ETF
  • Fund Family Name
    First Trust Advisors L.P.
  • Inception Date
    Jun 14, 2016
  • Shares Outstanding
    600002
  • Share Class
    N/A
  • Currency
    USD
  • Domiciled Country
    US
  • Manager
    Chris Konstantinos

Fund Description

Under normal market conditions, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets (plus any borrowings for investment purposes) in the securities of emerging market companies. The Fund will invest in equity securities listed and traded on U.S. and non-U.S. exchanges and depositary receipts. Such equity securities may include common stock and depositary receipts (including American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”), European Depositary Receipts (“EDRs”), Canadian Depositary Receipts “CDRs”) and Global Depositary Receipts (“GDRs”)). ADRs and CDRs are receipts that represent interests in foreign securities held on deposit by U.S. and Canadian banks or trust companies, respectively. EDRs and GDRs have the same qualities as ADRs, although they may be traded in several international trading markets. The Fund may invest in securities denominated in currencies other than the U.S. Dollar. The Fund defines "emerging market companies” as those headquartered, domiciled, listed, or deriving significant revenues from emerging market countries. Emerging market countries are those currently recognized as such by MSCI. MSCI is a financial services company that creates and maintains global stock market indexes and portfolio analytics.The Fund is actively managed primarily relying on a multi-factor quantitative methodology with active risk management to construct a portfolio of securities exhibiting exposures to one or more investing factors. The multi-factor quantitative methodology currently used by the Fund may take into account the following factors: (i) value; (ii) momentum; (iii) quality; and (iv) low volatility. These factors are briefly defined below.●Value is a measure of a security’s price relative to the fundamental value of that security.●Momentum is a measure of the price performance of a security versus a market average, another security or universe of securities.●Quality is a measure of the strength of a security’s fundamentals.●Volatility is a measure of the magnitude of a security’s price fluctuations over time.The Fund’s active strategy gives it the flexibility to alter the investing factors used in the construction of the Fund’s portfolio in response to changes in market conditions, newly available research regarding the factors above, or other considerations. The Fund’s active risk management allows the investment advisor to maintain exposure to desired factors while controlling exposure to industries/sectors, countries/regions, single stock risk and other risks. In order to gain exposure to certain Chinese companies that are are unavailable to direct investment by foreign investors, the Fund may invest in non-Chinese shell companies that have created structures known as variable interest entities (“VIEs”) in order to gain exposure to such Chinese companies. As of September 4, 2026, the Fund was expected to have significant investments in information technology companies, Taiwanese issuers and other Asian issuers, although this may change from time to time. To the extent the Fund invests a significant portion of its assets in a given jurisdiction or investment sector, the Fund may be exposed to the risks associated with that jurisdiction or investment sector.
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RFEM - Performance

Return Ranking - Trailing

Period RFEM Return Category Return Low Category Return High Rank in Category (%)
YTD 27.4% -20.3% 94.4% 26.00%
1 Yr 34.8% -26.6% 158.7% 36.36%
3 Yr 25.9%* -0.3% 62.4% 15.15%
5 Yr 11.1%* -8.7% 26.7% 11.07%
10 Yr 9.7%* 0.0% 19.0% 34.09%

* Annualized

Return Ranking - Calendar

Period RFEM Return Category Return Low Category Return High Rank in Category (%)
2025 25.1% -39.1% 56.9% 60.73%
2024 7.0% -24.0% 31.7% 25.28%
2023 16.7% -6.5% 35.5% 10.99%
2022 -25.0% -50.1% -2.4% 60.10%
2021 -2.1% -33.1% 22.5% 32.46%

Total Return Ranking - Trailing

Period RFEM Return Category Return Low Category Return High Rank in Category (%)
YTD 27.4% -20.3% 94.4% 26.00%
1 Yr 34.8% -26.6% 158.7% 36.36%
3 Yr 25.9%* -0.3% 62.4% 15.15%
5 Yr 11.1%* -8.7% 26.7% 11.07%
10 Yr 9.7%* 0.0% 19.0% 34.09%

* Annualized

Total Return Ranking - Calendar

Period RFEM Return Category Return Low Category Return High Rank in Category (%)
2025 27.7% 0.1% 87.2% 74.88%
2024 10.8% -16.6% 31.7% 17.17%
2023 20.8% -2.5% 42.0% 9.87%
2022 -19.0% -42.2% 1.9% 24.96%
2021 0.9% -32.5% 33.1% 38.05%

RFEM - Holdings

Concentration Analysis

RFEM Category Low Category High RFEM % Rank
Net Assets 83.7 M 682 K 168 B 87.28%
Number of Holdings 112 10 7646 43.08%
Net Assets in Top 10 31.7 M 290 K 62.5 B 86.65%
Weighting of Top 10 40.79% 2.9% 100.4% 59.87%

Top 10 Holdings

  1. TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTD TWD10 16.10%
  2. UNIMICRON TECHNOLOGY CORP TWD10 3.77%
  3. ISHARES TRUST MSCI CHINA ETF 3.53%
  4. TENCENT HOLDINGS LTD HKD0.00002 3.46%
  5. MEDIATEK INC TWD10 3.45%
  6. JENTECH PRECISION INDUSTRIAL CO LTD TWD10 2.38%
  7. INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL BANK OF CHINA LTD (THE) 'H'CNY1 2.17%
  8. ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING LTD USD0.000003125 2.15%
  9. GLOBAL UNICHIP CORP TWD10 1.91%
  10. INTERNATIONAL CONTAINER TERMINAL SERVICES INC PHP1 1.87%

Asset Allocation

Weighting Return Low Return High RFEM % Rank
Stocks 		99.55% 0.00% 105.11% 10.65%
Cash 		0.59% -2.03% 20.68% 82.19%
Other 		0.00% -7.78% 8.12% 25.76%
Preferred Stocks 		0.00% 0.00% 12.20% 81.40%
Convertible Bonds 		0.00% 0.00% 7.40% 52.56%
Bonds 		0.00% 0.00% 123.64% 56.60%

Stock Sector Breakdown

Weighting Return Low Return High RFEM % Rank
Technology 		27.28% 0.00% 47.50% 19.52%
Basic Materials 		15.47% 0.00% 30.03% 3.06%
Financial Services 		10.60% 0.00% 48.86% 95.81%
Industrials 		9.32% 0.00% 43.53% 20.48%
Energy 		9.08% 0.00% 24.80% 8.39%
Communication Services 		8.02% 0.00% 39.29% 57.58%
Consumer Cyclical 		6.47% 0.00% 43.28% 93.87%
Consumer Defense 		5.58% 0.00% 25.90% 65.16%
Healthcare 		4.01% 0.00% 16.53% 45.81%
Utilities 		3.25% 0.00% 39.12% 19.52%
Real Estate 		0.91% 0.00% 17.15% 67.26%

Stock Geographic Breakdown

Weighting Return Low Return High RFEM % Rank
Non US 		94.52% 0.00% 102.23% 15.42%
US 		5.03% 0.00% 93.13% 72.50%

RFEM - Expenses

Operational Fees

RFEM Fees (% of AUM) Category Return Low Category Return High Rank in Category (%)
Expense Ratio 0.85% 0.02% 26.99% 80.54%
Management Fee 0.85% 0.00% 1.50% 47.61%
12b-1 Fee 0.00% 0.00% 1.00% 5.84%
Administrative Fee N/A 0.01% 0.85% N/A

Sales Fees

RFEM Fees (% of AUM) Category Return Low Category Return High Rank in Category (%)
Front Load N/A 3.50% 5.75% N/A
Deferred Load N/A 1.00% 5.00% N/A

Trading Fees

RFEM Fees (% of AUM) Category Return Low Category Return High Rank in Category (%)
Max Redemption Fee N/A 1.00% 2.00% N/A

Related Fees

Turnover provides investors a proxy for the trading fees incurred by mutual fund managers who frequently adjust position allocations. Higher turnover means higher trading fees.

RFEM Fees (% of AUM) Category Return Low Category Return High Rank in Category (%)
Turnover 32.00% 0.00% 189.00% 28.40%

RFEM - Distributions

Dividend Yield Analysis

RFEM Category Low Category High RFEM % Rank
Dividend Yield 4.48% 0.00% 9.74% 19.87%

Dividend Distribution Analysis

RFEM Category Low Category High Category Mod
Dividend Distribution Frequency Quarterly Annual Annual Annual

Net Income Ratio Analysis

RFEM Category Low Category High RFEM % Rank
Net Income Ratio 2.19% -1.98% 17.62% 14.47%

Capital Gain Distribution Analysis

RFEM Category Low Category High Capital Mode
Capital Gain Distribution Frequency Annually Annually Quarterly Quarterly

Distributions History

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RFEM - Fund Manager Analysis

Managers

Chris Konstantinos

Start Date

Tenure

Tenure Rank

Jun 14, 2016

5.96

6.0%

Mr. Konstantinos is a co-manager of each Fund. In this role, he is responsible for both asset allocation and selection decisions. He is a Co-Chair of RiverFront’s Investment Committee and also serves on the RiverFront Investment Group, LLC’s Executive Committee. Mr. Konstantinos has been with RiverFront since the company’s founding in 2008. He began his career in 2000 as a corporate finance analyst in the Technology sector at a predecessor to Wachovia Securities. He joined Wachovia’s Advisory Services Group in 2002 as an equity strategist, and worked in various capacities within equity strategy and portfolio management until his departure in 2008. Mr. Konstantinos earned his BS in Business Administration from the Kenan-Flagler School of Business at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Mr. Konstantinos received his CFA designation in 2013 and holds FINRA Series 7 and 66 licenses.

Adam Grossman

Start Date

Tenure

Tenure Rank

Jun 14, 2016

5.96

6.0%

Adam serves as the Global Equity CIO, responsible for the investments of the US Equity and International Equity teams. In addition, he serves as the Co-Head of the Investment Committee and serves on the Operating Committee. He brings nearly 20 years’ worth of industry experience in quantitative risk management and portfolio analytics. Adam is responsible for the equity decisions made in the various strategies and the development of the factor models used in the investment processes at RiverFront. Prior to joining RiverFront, Adam worked at the Virginia Retirement System (VRS), where he managed International Equity and REIT Portfolios and developed research on equity selection and portfolio construction. He began his investment career as a fixed income analyst at VRS. Adam earned a BS from Baldwin-Wallace College with a double major in Mathematical Economics and Finance, and an MA in Financial Economics from Virginia Commonwealth University. He received his Chartered Financial Analyst® designation in 2009.

Tenure Analysis

Category Low Category High Category Average Category Mode
0.09 33.71 6.79 13.42

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