FGD — First Trust Dow Jones Global Select Dividend Index Fund
Data updated: 2026-08-21
FGD — First Trust Dow Jones Global Select Dividend Index Fund. Developed ex-US Multi-Cap / All-Cap Value Equity. Holdings, fees, performance and SEC filings.
FGD Fund Overview
FGD — First Trust Dow Jones Global Select Dividend Index Fund is a US ETF managed by First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund II, categorised as Developed ex-US Multi-Cap / All-Cap Value Equity. ABC INVEST provides holdings, performance, costs, cashflows, risk data, prospectus documents and SEC filings, sourced from SEC filings.
- Type: US ETF
- Manager: First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund II
- Category: Developed ex-US Multi-Cap / All-Cap Value Equity
- Assets under management: $1.40B
- 1-year return: 22.8%
- Ticker: FGD
- SEC CIK: 0001364608
- SEC series ID: S000019507
- Share class ID: C000054156
FGD Holdings
Top 10 holdings of First Trust Dow Jones Global Select Dividend Index Fund by percentage of net assets, from the fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| Robert Half, Inc. | 2.03% |
| Hyundai Elevator Company Ltd. | 1.86% |
| Banco Bpm Spa | 1.70% |
| Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. | 1.52% |
| Legal & General Group PLC | 1.50% |
| Onemain Holdings, Inc. | 1.44% |
| Western Union Company (the) | 1.43% |
| Standard Life PLC | 1.42% |
| Telefonica SA | 1.41% |
| Omv AG | 1.38% |
FGD Portfolio Allocation
Asset-class allocation of First Trust Dow Jones Global Select Dividend Index Fund by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Asset class | Allocation |
|---|---|
| Equity | 99.4% |
FGD Performance
Total returns for FGD (as of 2026-09-01), from SEC filings.
| Period | Total return |
|---|---|
| YTD | 7.4% |
| 1 year | 22.8% |
| 3 years (annualised) | 20.8% |
| 5 years (annualised) | 10.6% |
FGD Risk Information
Risk metrics for FGD, derived from monthly returns in SEC filings.
- 1-year volatility (annualised): 13.1%
FGD Costs and Fees
FGD costs about $55 per $10,000 invested per year in fund expenses.
- Net expense ratio: 0.55%
- Gross expense ratio: 0.55%
- Brokerage commissions: 3.65 bps of average net assets (SEC N-CEN)
FGD Cashflows
Over the 12 months to 2026-06, First Trust Dow Jones Global Select Dividend Index Fund had net inflows of $458.19M, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.
| Month | Net flow |
|---|---|
| 2026-06 | $31.67M |
| 2026-05 | $48.61M |
| 2026-04 | $55.52M |
| 2026-03 | $63.56M |
| 2026-02 | $99.99M |
| 2026-01 | $46.96M |
FGD Debt Constituents
No individual debt constituents are reported in First Trust Dow Jones Global Select Dividend Index Fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
FGD Prospectus and SEC Filings
Official First Trust Dow Jones Global Select Dividend Index Fund filings on SEC EDGAR — prospectus, portfolio holdings and annual reports.
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2026-01-28
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2025-01-28
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2024-01-29
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-08-21
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-05-21
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-02-25
- Annual census (N-CEN) — filed 2024-12-16
- Annual census (N-CEN) — filed 2023-12-07
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Data Sources
ABC INVEST compiles this page from public filings made to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) through EDGAR: portfolio holdings and monthly cashflows from Form N-PORT, expenses and returns from fund prospectuses (Form 485BPOS) and the SEC DERA Risk/Return Summary data sets, annual data from Form N-CEN, and shareholder reports from Form N-CSR.