First TrustEmerging Markets Local-Currency BondFEMB · Nasdaq

First Trust Emerging Markets Local Currency Bond ETF (FEMB)

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Price: $29.60; —11 Sept 2026
Assets: $382.1M; Total net assets
Expense ratio: 0.85%; Category 1.12%
Yield: 6.32%; Trailing distributions

1Y return: 7.0%+0.3%; Category 6.6%
3Y CAGR: 8.2%+0.8%; Category 7.4%
5Y CAGR: 3.2%+1.0%; Category 2.2%

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First Trust Emerging Markets Local Currency Bond ETF

Calendar-year returns

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Risk statistics

Five years of daily closes. Risk-free rate 4% a year.

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Trailing returns compared with benchmark
Period	1M	3M	6M	YTD	1Y	3YCAGR	5YCAGR	10YCAGR	LaunchCAGR
ETF	+0.5%	+2.1%	+4.8%	+3.8%	+7.0%	+8.2%	+3.2%	+2.1%	+1.1%
Emerging Markets Local-Currency Bond average	0.3%	1.5%	4.9%	3.6%	6.6%	7.4%	2.2%	2.1%	1.3%
Difference	+0.2%	+0.6%	-0.1%	+0.2%	+0.3%	+0.8%	+1.0%	0.0%	-0.2%

Holdings

Allocation as last published by the fund.

Credit quality

Share of the bonds by rating.

US government97.7%
AAA12.7%
AA2.9%
A23.3%
BBB34.7%
BB26.4%

Asset mix

Bonds97.7%
Cash2.4%

ETF details

Issuer: First Trust
Category: Fixed Income · Emerging Markets Local-Currency Bond
Ticker: FEMB
Exchange: Nasdaq
Inception: 4 Nov 2014 (11.9 years)
Structure: Exchange Traded Fund
Expense ratio: 0.85% (category 1.12%)
Holdings turnover: 46% (category 76%)
Distribution yield: 6.32%
Beta, 3 years: 1.22
Total net assets: $382.1M
Average duration: 6.86 years
Average maturity: 9.76 years

Prices and returns as of 11 Sept 2026; total return with distributions reinvested, before brokerage and taxes. Not investment advice.

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