Last week, NYSE completed its acquisition of the Amex, prompting more consolidation within the industry.

The parade of exchange-traded products over to NYSE Arca is continuing this week, with First Trust Portfolios and iPath transferring exchange-traded portfolios to NYSE from the American Stock Exchange.

Since the NYSE announced its acquisition of the Amex, it has been as if July Fourth came early to the ETF world, with many providers moving portfolios to the NYSE Arca platform en masse.

Last week, NYSE completed its acquisition of Amex, and with the closing of the deal, cemented its position as the largest ETF platform: NYSE Arca now hosts 680 of the total 813 industry ETFs, and more than $320 billion in exchange-traded product assets (see story).

In the most recent ETF moves related to the NYSE-Amex deal, Barclays said it will transfer its iPath CBOE S&P 500 BuyWrite Index ETN to NYSE Arca as of October 31.

Barclays expects to move all Amex-listed ETNs and ETFs to NYSE Arca by the end of October.

The Vanguard Group, among other ETF providers, also recently moved a slate of ETFs over to NYSE Arca (see story).

In the case of First Trust, the ETF parade is slated for the first week of November, with 29 portfolios in all moving over to the NYSE Arca platform. The affected ETFs are:

First Trust Dow Jones Select MicroCap Index^SM Fund (FDM)

First Trust Morningstar^® Dividend Leaders^SM Index Fund (FDL)

First Trust IPOX-100 Index Fund (FPX)

First Trust Amex Biotechnology Index Fund (FBT)

First Trust Dow Jones Internet Index^SM Fund (FDN)

First Trust DB Strategic Value Index Fund (FDV)

First Trust Value Line^® Equity Allocation Index Fund (FVI)

First Trust Value Line^® Dividend Index Fund (FVD)

First Trust S&P REIT Index Fund (FRI)

First Trust Value Line^® 100 Exchange-Traded Fund (FVL)

First Trust DJ STOXX^® Select Dividend 30 Index Fund (FDD)

First Trust FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Global Real Estate Index Fund (FFR)

First Trust Dow Jones Global Select Dividend Index Fund (FGD)

First Trust Consumer Discretionary AlphaDEX^® Fund (FXD)

First Trust Consumer Staples AlphaDEX^® Fund (FXG)

First Trust Energy AlphaDEX^® Fund (FXN)

First Trust Financials AlphaDEX^® Fund (FXO)

First Trust Health Care AlphaDEX^® Fund (FXH)

First Trust Industrials/Producer Durables AlphaDEX^® Fund (FXR)

First Trust Materials AlphaDEX^® Fund (FXZ)

First Trust Technology AlphaDEX^® Fund (FXL)

First Trust Utilities AlphaDEX^® Fund (FXU)

First Trust Large Cap Core AlphaDEX^® Fund (FEX)

First Trust Mid Cap Core AlphaDEX^® Fund (FNX)

First Trust Small Cap Core AlphaDEX^® Fund (FYX)

First Trust Large Cap Growth Opportunities AlphaDEX^® Fund (FTC)

First Trust Large Cap Value Opportunities AlphaDEX^® Fund (FTA)

First Trust Multi Cap Growth AlphaDEX^® Fund (FAD)

First Trust Multi Cap Value AlphaDEX^® Fund (FAB)

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