First
Trust Advisors L.P. is currently responsible for managing or supervising
over $16 billion in assets, as of 1/31/05. In addition to supervision
of First Trust Defined Portfolios, First Trust Advisors also manages
investments for charitable foundations and endowments, high net worth
clients, pension and retirement systems, profit-sharing plans, mutual
funds, and insurance companies through its separately managed accounts.
First
Trust Advisors and its affiliate, First Trust Portfolios L.P., provide
a variety of investment services, including Asset Management, Financial
Advisory Services, Municipal and Corporate Investment Banking, and Unit
Investment Trust Sponsorship.
Our sole mission
is to offer our customers a better way to invest. Our experience, history
of innovation, and diversity of offerings are all part of this mission
and they continue to be the only way we know to become a trusted partner
to the broker and adviser community. With our reputation as a leader
in the securities industry, we are committed to the development and
marketing of quality investment products while providing innovative
investment ideas and services.
