First Trust Riverfront Dynamic Emerging Markets ETF (RFEM)

NASDAQ: RFEM · Real-Time Price · USD
82.42
+0.26 (0.32%)
Apr 1, 2026, 4:00 PM EDT - Market closed
Assets$68.04M
Expense Ratio0.99%
PE Ratio13.82
Shares Out850,002
Dividend (ttm)$1.61
Dividend Yield1.96%
Ex-Dividend DateMar 26, 2026
Payout FrequencyQuarterly
Payout Ratio27.15%
Volume18,690
Open82.59
Previous Close82.16
Day's Range82.21 - 82.90
52-Week Low57.44
52-Week High89.93
Beta0.78
Holdings119
Inception DateJun 14, 2016

About RFEM

Fund Home Page

The First Trust Riverfront Dynamic Emerging Markets ETF (RFEM) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in total market equity. The fund is actively-managed to select in emerging market stocks using multiple factors. The manager has discretion to hedge currency exposure up to 100% of the portfolio. RFEM was launched on Jun 14, 2016 and is issued by First Trust.

Asset Class Equity
Category Diversified Emerging Mkts
Region Global
Stock Exchange NASDAQ
Ticker Symbol RFEM
ETF Provider First Trust

Top 10 Holdings

53.13% of assets
NameSymbolWeight
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited233014.61%
Currency Contract - Usdn/a13.03%
Taiwan Dollarn/a6.44%
Tencent Holdings Limited07003.97%
iShares MSCI China ETFMCHI3.83%
Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited13982.35%
Unimicron Technology Corp.30372.32%
Alibaba Group Holding LimitedBABAF2.28%
MediaTek Inc.24542.21%
International Container Terminal Services IncICT.PM2.09%
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Dividend History

Ex-DividendAmountPay Date
Mar 26, 2026$0.0496Mar 31, 2026
Dec 12, 2025$0.6469Dec 31, 2025
Sep 25, 2025$0.6574Sep 30, 2025
Jun 26, 2025$0.2608Jun 30, 2025
Dec 13, 2024$1.2429Dec 31, 2024
Sep 26, 2024$0.3293Sep 30, 2024
Full Dividend History

Performance

RFEM had a total return of 29.33% in the past year, including dividends. Since the fund's inception, the average annual return has been 8.72%.

News

Emerging Markets: The Next Phase In Market-Broadening

At the same time developed markets have been generating policy and macro noise, emerging markets have been quietly outperforming. The inextricable relationship between the direction of U.S. monetary p...

2 months ago - Seeking Alpha

The Big Squeeze: EM Mega Caps Up, Breadth Down

Emerging markets equity returns have been driven by extreme mega-cap concentration, with index breadth collapsing to historic lows and masking weakness across much of the opportunity set. This concent...

3 months ago - Seeking Alpha

Emerging Markets Growth Remains Solid Amid Intensifying Inflationary Pressures

Emerging markets continued to expand at a solid pace midway into the first quarter of 2024, supported by broad-based expansion across both manufacturing and service sectors.

2 years ago - Seeking Alpha