First Trust Alt Abs Ret ETFFAARETF

13F holders, Q4 2025 (December 31)
67holders +2
10new positions
9sold out
$27.12avg. 13F price*

At the end of Q4 2025, 67 institutions reported holding First Trust Alt Abs Ret ETF (FAAR) in their 13F filings, up 2 from Q3 2025. 10 opened new positions and 9 sold out. The largest holders were Assetmark, Inc. ($17.6M), LPL Financial LLC ($11.4M) and Envestnet Asset Management Inc. ($10.0M).

Company
First Trust Alt Abs Ret ETF
CUSIP
33740Y101
Latest filing quarter
Q2 2026

History

Number of 13F holders

020406080100 Q1 2024: 81Q1 2024Q2 2024: 77Q2 2024Q3 2024: 72Q3 2024Q4 2024: 70Q4 2024Q1 2025: 69Q1 2025Q2 2025: 64Q2 2025Q3 2025: 65Q3 2025Q4 2025: 67Q4 2025Q1 2026: 74Q1 2026Q2 2026: 63Q2 2026

Total Exit/New Position Q3 2025 → Q4 2025

InstitutionsTotal Value
New Positions10$4.3M
Exits9$1.8M

All 13F filers, Q3 2025 → Q4 2025: 1,065,069 shares bought and 92,043 shares sold, net +973,026 shares. Counts holders who added, trimmed, opened or closed a position; split-adjusted.

Ownership 67 holders

Assetmark, Inc. 0.04% Add +335.0% 648,775 $17.6M
LPL Financial LLC 0.00% Add +20.4% 420,109 $11.4M
Envestnet Asset Management Inc. 0.00% Add +3.3% 368,689 $10.0M
Coppell Advisory Solutions LLC 0.77% Add +8.4% 287,296 $7.8M
First Trust Advisors LP 0.01% Add +47.5% 272,684 $7.4M
Cetera Investment Advisers 0.01% Add +10.4% 226,857 $6.1M
Center For Asset Management LLC 1.71% New 120,801 $3.3M
Benjamin Edwards Inc. 0.03% Add +39.8% 100,010 $2.7M
Osaic Holdings, Inc. 0.00% Add +0.1% 98,098 $2.7M
Captrust Financial Advisors 0.00% Reduce -6.7% 83,693 $2.3M
RFG Advisory, LLC 0.04% Add +31.7% 81,505 $2.2M
Cambridge Investment Research Advisors, Inc. 0.01% Add +1.4% 77,044 $2.1M
Morgan Stanley 0.00% Add +15116.1% 71,059 $1.9M
Raymond James Financial Inc. 0.00% Add +5.0% 68,833 $1.9M
Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.00% Add +11.2% 59,205 $1.6M
CreativeOne Wealth, LLC 0.04% Add +10.5% 57,134 $1.5M
Orion Porfolio Solutions, LLC 0.01% Add +14.1% 45,624 $1.2M
IFP Advisors, Inc 0.03% Add +5.5% 43,768 $1.2M
Simplicity Wealth,LLC 0.07% Add +46.6% 43,673 $1.2M
Gateway Wealth Partners, LLC 0.10% Add +44.5% 33,101 $897K
GeoWealth Management, LLC 0.03% Add +16.8% 31,881 $864K
Janney Montgomery Scott LLC 0.00% Add +9.3% 29,656 $804K
Pinnacle Family Advisors, LLC 0.35% Add +0.1% 29,272 $793K
Commonwealth Equity Services, LLC 0.00% Reduce -26.4% 21,501 $583K
World Investment Advisors 0.01% Add +38.3% 21,260 $576K
AE Wealth Management LLC 0.00% Add +6.7% 20,552 $557K
Richmond Investment Services, LLC 0.09% Add +1.6% 19,384 $525K
NewEdge Wealth, LLC 0.01% Add +0.2% 18,302 $496K
Triad Wealth Partners, LLC 0.05% New 17,763 $481K
Iams Wealth Management, LLC 0.17% Add +1.1% 17,751 $481K
BlueChip Wealth Advisors LLC 0.20% No change 17,497 $474K
Balboa Wealth Partners 0.08% Add +1.9% 17,333 $470K
TFB Advisors LLC 0.12% Add +17.2% 15,808 $428K
LaSalle St. Investment Advisors, LLC 0.07% Add +1.6% 15,447 $418K
Park Avenue Securities LLC 0.00% Reduce -8.3% 14,870 $403K
Kestra Advisory Services, LLC 0.00% Add +7.4% 11,695 $317K
Atria Investments, Inc 0.00% Add +15.6% 11,597 $314K
Snowden Capital Advisors LLC 0.01% Add +1.2% 10,396 $282K
FSB Premier Wealth Management, Inc. 0.09% Add +0.2% 10,365 $281K
Signal Advisors Wealth, LLC 0.02% Add +8.3% 10,041 $272K
Global Retirement Partners, LLC 0.00% Add +2.5% 9,241 $250K
Mercer Global Advisors Inc. 0.00% New 8,604 $233K
Envestnet Portfolio Solutions, Inc. 0.00% Add +5.8% 8,509 $231K
Maripau Wealth Management LLC 0.11% Add +8.6% 8,455 $229K
HBW Advisory Services LLC 0.02% New 7,502 $203K
Stifel Financial Corp. 0.00% Reduce -25.1% 7,457 $202K
Mutual Advisors, LLC 0.00% Add +0.3% 7,398 $200K
Harbour Investments, Inc. 0.00% Add +31.4% 5,645 $153K
Rossby Financial, LCC 0.04% Reduce -11.1% 4,345 $118K
Tucker Asset Management LLC 0.03% New 3,729 $101K
Royal Bank of Canada 0.00% Reduce -80.8% 3,387 $91K
CoreCap Advisors, LLC 0.00% Add +20.9% 2,205 $60K
Sound Income Strategies, LLC 0.00% New 1,109 $31K
Allworth Financial LP 0.00% Reduce -6.4% 928 $25K
Parallel Advisors, LLC 0.00% New 540 $15K
Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc. 0.00% Add +20.9% 457 $12K
Quest 10 Wealth Builders, Inc. 0.01% No change 403 $11K
McGuire Capital Advisors Inc. 0.01% — 402 $11K
Signature Equity Partners, LLC 0.01% — 375 $10K
Spire Wealth Management 0.00% No change 181 $5K
Flagship Harbor Advisors, LLC 0.00% New 135 $4K
Ameriflex Group, Inc. 0.00% Reduce -50.0% 112 $3K
Medallion Wealth Advisors, LLC 0.00% Add +8.7% 75 $2K
Farther Finance Advisors, LLC 0.00% New 58 $2K
DHJJ Financial Advisors, Ltd. 0.00% No change 10 $271
Lloyd Advisory Services, LLC. 0.00% New 7 $190
Wells Fargo & Company 0.00% No change 1 $16

"% of holder's portfolio" is FAAR's weight in each manager's 13F, not the share of First Trust Alt Abs Ret ETF the manager owns.