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First Trust Multi-Strategy Alternative ETF LALT

Issuer: First Trust SEC registrant: First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII Multi-asset · US
Last price 24.78 USD Change: Down −0.12 Percent change: Down −0.48%

Source: Yahoo Finance (opens in a new tab) Observed · 1 day ago Quotes may be delayed

Expense ratio
1.18%
Prospectus 2 Jan 2026
Net assets
$65.5M
As of 31 May 2026
Holdings
8
As of 31 May 2026
12-month distribution yield
3.97%
Quarterly
Asset class
Multi-asset
From holdings

First Trust Multi-Strategy Alternative ETF (LALT) is an exchange-traded fund listed on NYSE Arca in the United States, issued by First Trust. Its category is Multi-asset · US (multi-asset). Its last price was US$24.78 on 20 Oct 2026. Its expense ratio is 1.18% a year, from its prospectus dated 2 Jan 2026. It reported net assets of US$65.46 million as of 31 May 2026. Its latest holdings report lists 8 holdings as of 31 May 2026. Over the last 12 months it paid distributions of US$0.98 a unit, a 12-month distribution yield of 3.97%, paid quarterly.

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Fees

Total annual operating expenses (gross)
1.18%
Net, after fee waivers or reimbursements
No waiver stated
Management fee
0.20%
Prospectus date
2 Jan 2026
Filed with the SEC
29 Dec 2025

Size and reporting

Net assets
$65,459,780
Total assets
$65,470,489
Holdings as of
31 May 2026
Report made public
22 Jul 2026 (52 days after the month end)

Net assets are for the whole fund series, which for some funds (Vanguard's, for example) also includes mutual fund share classes.

Top holdings

Largest 8 of 8 positions, as of 31 May 2026. Weight is the percent of net assets the fund reported.

LALT top holdings as of 31 May 2026
# Holding Identifier Weight Value (USD) Type Country Currency
1 First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund V First Trust Managed Futures Strategy Fund US33739G1031 21.58% $14.1M Equity (common) United States USD
2 FIRST TRUST EXCHANGE-TRADED FUND VII First Trust Alternative Absolute Return Strategy ETF US33740Y1010 21.20% $13.9M Equity (common) United States USD
3 First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund III First Trust Long/Short Equity ETF US33739P1030 20.81% $13.6M Equity (common) United States USD
4 First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund IV First Trust Low Duration Opportunities ETF US33739Q2003 10.32% $6.8M Equity (common) United States USD
5 FIRST TRUST EXCHANGE-TRADED FUND VII First Trust Global Tactical Commodity Strategy Fund US33739H1014 7.97% $5.2M Equity (common) United States USD
6 ISHARES TRUST ISHARES TRUST 7-10 YEAR TREASURY BOND ETF US4642874402 7.30% $4.8M Equity (common) United States USD
7 Franklin Templeton ETF Trust Franklin Systematic Style Premia ETF US35473P5465 6.90% $4.5M Equity (common) United States USD
8 ISHARES GOLD TRUST ISHARES GOLD TRUST ISHARES NEW US4642852044 3.83% $2.5M Equity (common) United States USD

Breakdowns

Sums of reported weights over every position in the report. Totals can differ from 100% because of derivatives, borrowing and cash.

Asset type

Asset type by weight
TypeWeightBar
Equity (common) 99.91%

Country

Country by weight
CountryWeightBar
United States 99.91%

Currency exposure

Currency exposure by weight
CurrencyWeightBar
US dollar (USD) 99.91%

Sector

Sector weights for holdings matched to listed stocks
SectorWeightBar
Unknown 3.83%

Source: SEC Form N-PORT (opens in a new tab) Holdings as of

Distributions

Paid in the last 12 months
$0.9830
4 payments per unit
12-month yield
3.97%
Distributions only, not total return
Frequency
Quarterly
From the gaps between ex-dates
Latest ex-date
24 Sep 2026

12-month yield = distributions per unit with an ex-date in the last 12 months ($0.9830) ÷ latest price ($24.78) × 100 = 3.97%. It looks back, so it is not a forecast; special distributions in the window are included.

Why a distribution yield is not the fund's return: yield vs total return

Distribution history table (10 payments)
LALT distributions per unit by ex-date
Ex-dateAmount per unit
24 Sep 2026$0.0810
25 Jun 2026$0.0740
26 Mar 2026$0.5040
12 Dec 2025$0.3240
26 Jun 2025$0.0820
27 Mar 2025$0.0580
13 Dec 2024$0.3570
27 Jun 2024$0.0750
22 Dec 2023$0.3890
27 Jun 2023$0.0920

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