James Murchie, CEO and Portfolio Manager of Energy Income Partners, Rings The Opening BellSM
Who/What:
On Monday, July 23 executives and guests of First Trust Advisors L.P. ("First Trust"), a provider of more than 200 investment products, will visit the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) to celebrate the recent launch of new actively managed exchange-traded fund, the First Trust North American Energy Infrastructure Fund. The fund trades on NYSE Arca, the all-electronic trading platform of NYSE Euronext, under the ticker (EMLP).
In recognition of this occasion, James Murchie, CEO and Portfolio Manager of Energy Income Partners will ring the NYSE Opening Bell.
The First Trust North American Energy Infrastructure Fund seeks to provide investors total return with an emphasis on current distributions and dividends paid to shareholders. The First Trust North American Energy Infrastructure Fund will invest primarily in companies engaged in the energy infrastructure sector. For more information about The First Trust North American Energy Infrastructure Fund, please click here.
When/Where:
Monday, July 23, 2012
NYSE Security Checkpoint/Tent at corner of Exchange Place and Broad Street
9:00 a.m.: Media escorted into the building for bell ringing
9:30 a.m.: The Opening Bell rings
Contact:
Media interested in covering the bell ringing please contact Katrina Clay at 212.656.2017 or
kclay@nyx.com
Photo/Video:
Photos available via Associated Press/New York (212.621.1902), Reuters America (646.223.6285), Getty Images (646.613.4141), Bloomberg Photo (212.617.3420) and European Press Agency (917.670.1323). The Opening Bell (starting at 9:25 a.m.) feed is available via Ascent loop #4009. Media seeking footage via The Switch should contact NYSE Broadcast at 212.656.5483.
Facebook/Twitter/YouTube:
For photos and video of the bell ringing, connect with NYSE Euronext on Facebook (NYSE Euronext-Official Site), YouTube (nysetv1), and Twitter (@NYSE_Euronext), #NYSEBell.
About First Trust
First Trust provides a broad range of investment products and services that help financial advisors, registered investment advisors and other third-party asset managers meet the financial needs and objectives of their clients. Among the firm's more than 200 investment products are its family of 69 Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs), including First Trust's core AlphaDEX® series of ETFs. Founded in 1991 with the goal of offering investors a better way to invest, First Trust uses a proprietary, rules-based and quantitative investment methodology to select securities for its AlphaDEX® products. The result is a portfolio weighted on merit, not cap size, that lowers stock-specific risk and offers greater tax efficiency. As of May 31, 2012, 13 First Trust ETFs, including 5 AlphaDEX® ETFs, had four- or five-star ratings from Morningstar**. First Trust is based in Wheaton, Illinois. For more information, visit
http://www.ftportfolios.com.
(Source: First Trust)