First Trust Exchange Traded Fund VIII - First Trust TCW Securitized Plus ETF is an exchange traded fund launched and managed by First Trust Advisors L.P. It is co-managed by TCW Investment Management Company. The fund invests in the fixed income markets of the United States. It primarily invests in securitized debt securities, including asset-backed securities, residential and commercial mortgage-backed securities and collateralized loan obligations issued or guaranteed by the U.S. government, its agencies or instrumentalities, and U.S. government-sponsored entities. It seeks to invest in securities of any maturity. The fund employs fundamental analysis with bottom-up security picking approach to create its portfolio. It seeks to benchmark the performance of its portfolio against the Bloomberg U.S. Mortgage-Backed Securities Index and the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index. First Trust Exchange Traded Fund VIII - First Trust TCW Securitized Plus ETF was formed on April 29, 2020 and is domiciled in the United States.