# FT Vest Buffered Allocation Defensive ETF

FT Vest Buffered Allocation Defensive ETF is a ETF series of First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII (series S000074008). Net assets $144.8M as of 2026-05-31.

## Profile

- Series ID: S000074008
- Registrant: First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII
- LEI: 549300EMUIE72K43R305
- Net assets: $144.8M
- Total assets: $144.9M
- 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 (8 reported)

| Holding | Ticker | Value | % of fund |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII](https://search.stillhousedata.com/security/33740U844) | XJUN | $29.7M | 2051.29% |
| [First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII](https://search.stillhousedata.com/security/33740F433) | GJUN | $22.4M | 1547.23% |
| [First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII](https://search.stillhousedata.com/security/33740F425) | XJUL | $21.4M | 1479.19% |
| [First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII](https://search.stillhousedata.com/security/33740F714) | DJUN | $21.0M | 1450.04% |
| [First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII](https://search.stillhousedata.com/security/33740F391) | XAUG | $18.3M | 1265.76% |
| [First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII](https://search.stillhousedata.com/security/33740F722) | FJUN | $16.4M | 1134.35% |
| [First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII](https://search.stillhousedata.com/security/33740U810) | XSEP | $15.5M | 1072.18% |
| [MORGAN STANLEY INSTITUTIONAL LIQUIDITY FUNDS](https://search.stillhousedata.com/security/61747C582) | MISXX | $24K | 1.63% |

## Net asset history

| Report date | Net assets |
| --- | --- |
| 2026-05-31 | $144.8M |
| 2026-02-28 | $140.1M |
| 2025-11-30 | $133.0M |
| 2025-08-31 | $127.1M |
| 2025-05-31 | $120.2M |
| 2025-02-28 | $123.9M |
| 2024-11-30 | $118.8M |
| 2024-08-31 | $113.5M |

## 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/S000074008.md)
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