UCON — First Trust TCW Unconstrained Plus Bond ETF
Data updated: 2026-07-22
UCON — First Trust TCW Unconstrained Plus Bond ETF data: holdings, portfolio allocation, expenses, performance, cashflows, risk and SEC filings. Intermediate Corporate Bond · $3.28B AUM · 0.86% expense ratio · 5.3% 1-yr return. From SEC regulatory filings.
UCON Fund Overview
UCON — First Trust TCW Unconstrained Plus Bond ETF is a US ETF managed by First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII, categorised as Intermediate Corporate Bond. 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 VIII
- Category: Intermediate Corporate Bond
- Assets under management: $3.28B
- 1-year return: 5.3%
- Ticker: UCON
- SEC CIK: 0001667919
- SEC series ID: S000061961
- Share class ID: C000200735
UCON Holdings
Top 10 holdings of First Trust TCW Unconstrained Plus Bond ETF by percentage of net assets, from the fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| United States Of America - Bureau Of The Public Debt | 2.33% |
| United States Of America - Bureau Of The Public Debt | 2.13% |
| United States Of America - Bureau Of The Public Debt | 2.12% |
| United States Of America - Bureau Of The Public Debt | 1.69% |
| United States Of America - Bureau Of The Public Debt | 1.18% |
| United States Of America - Bureau Of The Public Debt | 1.04% |
| Federal National Mortgage Association | 0.96% |
| Boeing Company (the) | 0.81% |
| Federal National Mortgage Association | 0.73% |
| Albertsons Companies, Inc. / Safeway, Inc. / New Albertsons LP / Albertsons LLC | 0.71% |
UCON Portfolio Allocation
Asset-class allocation of First Trust TCW Unconstrained Plus Bond ETF by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Asset class | Allocation |
|---|---|
| Fixed Income | 82.2% |
| Securitized | 13.7% |
| Loans | 2.2% |
| Cash & Equivalents | 0.6% |
| Equity | 0.6% |
UCON Performance
Total returns for UCON (as of 2026-08-01), from SEC filings.
| Period | Total return |
|---|---|
| YTD | 0.9% |
| 1 year | 5.3% |
| 3 years (annualised) | 5.7% |
| 5 years (annualised) | 2.8% |
UCON Risk Information
Risk metrics for UCON, derived from monthly returns in SEC filings.
- 1-year volatility (annualised): 2.5%
UCON Costs and Fees
UCON costs about $86 per $10,000 invested per year in fund expenses.
- Net expense ratio: 0.86%
- Gross expense ratio: 0.86%
- Portfolio turnover: 305%
- Brokerage commissions: 3.16 bps of average net assets (SEC N-CEN)
UCON Cashflows
Over the 12 months to 2026-02, First Trust TCW Unconstrained Plus Bond ETF had net outflows of $267.23M, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.
| Month | Net flow |
|---|---|
| 2026-02 | $37.83M |
| 2026-01 | $23.86M |
| 2025-12 | $54.09M |
| 2025-11 | $28.99M |
| 2025-10 | $137.80M |
| 2025-09 | $0 |
UCON Debt Constituents
Largest debt holdings of First Trust TCW Unconstrained Plus Bond ETF by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Debt holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| United States Of America - Bureau Of The Public Debt | 2.33% |
| United States Of America - Bureau Of The Public Debt | 2.13% |
| United States Of America - Bureau Of The Public Debt | 2.12% |
| United States Of America - Bureau Of The Public Debt | 1.69% |
| United States Of America - Bureau Of The Public Debt | 1.18% |
| United States Of America - Bureau Of The Public Debt | 1.04% |
| Boeing Company (the) | 0.81% |
| Albertsons Companies, Inc. / Safeway, Inc. / New Albertsons LP / Albertsons LLC | 0.71% |
| Jane Street Group LLC / Jsg Finance, Inc. | 0.67% |
| Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC | 0.62% |
UCON Prospectus and SEC Filings
Official First Trust TCW Unconstrained Plus Bond ETF filings on SEC EDGAR — prospectus, portfolio holdings and annual reports.
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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.