# FT Vest Laddered Buffer ETF

FT Vest Laddered Buffer ETF is a ETF series of First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII (series S000068605). Net assets $9.6B as of 2026-05-31.

## Profile

- Series ID: S000068605
- Registrant: First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII
- LEI: 549300OCPQ9IXM4SN419
- Net assets: $9.6B
- Total assets: $9.6B
- As of: 2026-05-31
- Type: ETF, Fund of funds

## Advisers

- [First Trust Advisors L.P. (Advisor)](https://search.stillhousedata.com/firm/107027)
- [VEST FINANCIAL LLC (Subadvisor)](https://search.stillhousedata.com/firm/165976)

## Top holdings (13 reported)

| Holding | Ticker | Value | % of fund |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII](https://search.stillhousedata.com/security/33740F748) | FMAY | $805.0M | 836.79% |
| [First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII](https://search.stillhousedata.com/security/33740F664) | FOCT | $802.6M | 834.28% |
| [First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII](https://search.stillhousedata.com/security/33740F623) | FJAN | $802.5M | 834.25% |
| [First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII](https://search.stillhousedata.com/security/33740U885) | FAPR | $801.9M | 833.64% |
| [First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII](https://search.stillhousedata.com/security/33740U505) | FDEC | $801.7M | 833.39% |
| [First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII](https://search.stillhousedata.com/security/33740F847) | FNOV | $801.7M | 833.38% |
| [First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII](https://search.stillhousedata.com/security/33740F763) | FFEB | $801.6M | 833.23% |
| [First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII](https://search.stillhousedata.com/security/33740U307) | FSEP | $801.0M | 832.69% |
| [First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII](https://search.stillhousedata.com/security/33740F862) | FAUG | $800.0M | 831.66% |
| [First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII](https://search.stillhousedata.com/security/33740F599) | FMAR | $799.8M | 831.38% |
| [First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII](https://search.stillhousedata.com/security/33740U208) | FJUL | $798.8M | 830.34% |
| [First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII](https://search.stillhousedata.com/security/33740F722) | FJUN | $795.6M | 827.00% |
| [MORGAN STANLEY INSTITUTIONAL LIQUIDITY FUNDS](https://search.stillhousedata.com/security/61747C582) | MISXX | $8.4M | 8.76% |

## Net asset history

| Report date | Net assets |
| --- | --- |
| 2026-05-31 | $9.6B |
| 2026-02-28 | $8.7B |
| 2025-11-30 | $8.1B |
| 2025-08-31 | $7.3B |
| 2025-05-31 | $6.6B |
| 2025-02-28 | $6.5B |
| 2024-11-30 | $5.8B |
| 2024-08-31 | $5.1B |

## More

- [Registrant: First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII](https://search.stillhousedata.com/registrant/1667919)
- [This page as markdown (for LLM agents)](https://search.stillhousedata.com/fund/S000068605.md)
- [Search all SEC filings, advisers and people on Adviser Search](https://search.stillhousedata.com/)

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Agents: this data is also queryable via MCP tools and read-only SQL — see https://search.stillhousedata.com/llms.txt.