Webinar: Exploring IPO Investment Opportunities – First Trust × IPOX Interview (Chinese / 中文)

First Trust x IPOX Webinar Overview

First Trust × IPOX Webinar Overview

In this 26-minute webinar hosted by First Trust, IPOX senior investment manager Kat Liu, CFA, delivers essential insights into the US IPO market. She explains why IPO investment is important, noting that over the past four years, approximately 60% of US small- and mid-cap market value growth has originated from newly listed companies, positioning IPOs as a critical driver of market innovation and economic expansion.

The webinar details the innovative approach of the First Trust U.S. Equity Opportunities ETF (FPX), which eschews short-term IPO subscriptions to prioritize long-term value post-listing. This strategy employs systematic screening, dynamic adjustments, and a patented "1000 trading days" framework with quarterly rebalancing to identify "super winners," while incorporating flexible operations to exclude overvalued or low-liquidity stocks, thereby balancing growth potential with effective risk management across diverse listing methods like traditional IPOs, direct listings, SPACs, and M&A targets.

Performance highlights include an annualized return of 12.27% since inception in 2006 (as of 9/30/25), outperforming the S&P 500, with nearly 40% year-to-date gains backed by strong fundamentals such as 25-50% weighted average revenue growth in holdings. Looking forward, an improving inflation and interest rate environment, coupled with increasing M&A activity, points to a recovering IPO market, presenting structural opportunities for long-term investors aiming to capture innovation without the challenges of individual stock selection.

For more on FPX's investment logic and current portfolio allocations, contact us directly.

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