Full text of FIRST TRUST PORTFOLIOS L.P.'s X-17A-5 filed 2024-02-23 (period 2023-12-31). Broker-dealer annual report from SEC EDGAR — readable, searchable, and available as markdown for AI agents.
{0}------------------------------------------------ # First Trust Portfolios L.P. (SEC I.D. No. 8-43843) Statement of Financial Condition as of December 31, 2023, and Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm # **PUBLIC** Filed pursuant to Rule 17a-5(e)(3) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 as a **PUBLIC DOCUMENT**. {1}------------------------------------------------ # **FIRST TRUST PORTFOLIOS L.P.** | | | TABLE OF CONTENTS | | |--|--|-------------------|--| | | | | | | REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM | 1 | |---------------------------------------------------------|-----| | STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL CONDITION | 2 | | NOTES TO THE STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL CONDITION | 3-9 | {2}------------------------------------------------ **Deloitte & Touche LLP** 111 South Wacker Drive Chicago, IL 60606 USA Tel: 312-486-1000 Fax: 312-247-1000 www2.deloitte.com #### REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM To the General and Limited Partners of First Trust Portfolios L.P.: #### Opinion on the Financial Statement We have audited the accompanying statement of financial condition of First Trust Portfolios L.P. (the "Partnership") as of December 31, 2023, and the related notes (collectively referred to as the "financial statement"). In our opinion, the financial statement presents fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Partnership as of December 31, 2023, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. #### Basis for Opinion The financial statement is the responsibility of the Partnership's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on this financial statement based on our audit. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB) and are required to be independent with respect to the Partnership in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB. We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statement is free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. Our audit included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statement, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that r…Read the full text as markdown