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Weiss Asset Management Portfolio holdings

AUM $5.91B
1-Year Est. Return 42.42%
This Fund
S&P 500
This Quarter Est. Return
-1.33%
1 Year Est. Return
+42.42%
3 Year Est. Return
+87.34%
5 Year Est. Return
+112.49%
10 Year Est. Return
+166%
AUM
$1.15B
AUM Growth
+$246M
Cap. Flow
+$338M
Cap. Flow %
29.49%
Top 10 Hldgs %
51.16%
Holding
297
New
190
Increased
37
Reduced
7
Closed
37

Top Buys

Rank Stock Value
1
AGN.PRA
Allergan plc
AGN.PRA
+$128M
2
CEF icon
Sprott Physical Gold and Silver Trust
CEF
+$101M
3
BOBE
Bob Evans Farms, Inc.
BOBE
+$71M
4
GOOGL icon
Alphabet (Google) Class A
GOOGL
+$23.9M
5
VDTH
Videocon d2h Limited
VDTH
+$17.2M

Top Sells

Rank Stock Value
1
ARNC.PRB
Arconic Inc.
ARNC.PRB
+$76.5M
2
ALR.PRB
Alere Inc
ALR.PRB
+$19M
3
ELEC
Electrum Special Acquisition Corporation
ELEC
+$14.7M
4
ANIP icon
ANI Pharmaceuticals
ANIP
+$8.92M
5
AGI icon
Alamos Gold
AGI
+$8.79M

Sector Composition

Rank Sector Weight
1 Consumer Discretionary 9.82%
2 Financials 4.3%
3 Technology 3.72%
4 Industrials 3.25%
5 Communication Services 2.98%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Change
in Stake 		Capital Flow
AET
26
DELISTED
Aetna Inc
AET
$8.63M 0.75%
+47,826
New +$8.22M
MMDM
27
DELISTED
Modern Media Acquisition Corp. Common Stock
MMDM
$8.25M 0.72%
842,000
– –
MCD icon
28
McDonald's
MCD
$188B
$7.92M 0.69%
+46,000
New +$7.72M
SPPP
29
Sprott Physical Platinum and Palladium Trust
SPPP
$560M
$7.71M 0.67%
826,085
+501,245
+154% +$4.45M
EQC
30
DELISTED
Equity Commonwealth
EQC
$7.7M 0.67%
+252,367
New +$7.64M
AVCT
31
DELISTED
American Virtual Cloud Technologies, Inc. Common Stock
AVCT
$7.25M 0.63%
50,000
+3,333
+7% +$483K
PSLV icon
32
Sprott Physical Silver Trust
PSLV
$11.9B
$6.67M 0.58%
1,052,680
+877,720
+502% +$5.51M
FRMM
33
Forum Markets
FRMM
$75.7M
$6.63M 0.58%
180
+68
+61% +$2.51M
DMTK
34
DELISTED
DermTech, Inc. Common Stock
DMTK
$6.56M 0.57%
337,150
+62,150
+23% +$1.21M
RTX icon
35
RTX Corp
RTX
$287B
$6.12M 0.53%
+76,272
New +$5.79M
FTRPR
36
DELISTED
Frontier Communications Corporation 11.125% Series A Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock
FTRPR
$5.69M 0.5%
+526,278
New +$8.25M
GAB icon
37
Gabelli Equity Trust
GAB
$1.74B
$5.51M 0.48%
+911,348
New +$5.55M
ASAP
38
DELISTED
Waitr Holdings Inc. Common Stock
ASAP
$5.51M 0.48%
+27,667
New +$5.53M
NESR
39
National Energy Services Reunited Corp
NESR
$2.79B
$5.17M 0.45%
519,302
-847,281
-62% -$8.35M
ACTA
40
DELISTED
Actua Corp
ACTA
$5.04M 0.44%
323,345
+194,497
+151% +$3.02M
LMT icon
41
Lockheed Martin
LMT
$134B
$4.82M 0.42%
+15,000
New +$4.73M
AMJ
42
DELISTED
JP Morgan Alerian MLP Index ETN 5/24/24
AMJ
$4.81M 0.42%
+175,000
New +$4.75M
BBCP icon
43
Concrete Pumping Holdings
BBCP
$531M
$4.79M 0.42%
+493,195
New +$4.8M
BCAC
44
DELISTED
Bison Capital Acquistion Corp Ordinary Shares
BCAC
$4.69M 0.41%
475,000
+50,000
+12% +$492K
HFFG icon
45
HF Foods Group
HFFG
$83.2M
$4.63M 0.4%
470,000
+370,000
+370% +$3.68M
AAMI
46
Acadian Asset Management
AAMI
$2.88B
$4.31M 0.38%
+257,449
New +$4.09M
PHYS icon
47
Sprott Physical Gold
PHYS
$14.6B
$4.1M 0.36%
387,183
+328,218
+557% +$3.41M
PMT
48
PennyMac Mortgage Investment
PMT
$849M
$3.23M 0.28%
+200,983
New +$3.26M
LRCX icon
49
Lam Research
LRCX
$382B
$3M 0.26%
+163,220
New +$3.21M
GIG.U
50
DELISTED
GigCapital, Inc.
GIG.U
$3M 0.26%
+300,000
New +$3M
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Weiss Asset Management's Q4 2017 Portfolio in Review

As of Q4 2017, Weiss Asset Management held 297 positions worth $1.15B, up 27% from $901M the previous quarter. Its ten largest holdings account for 51% of the portfolio.

Weiss Asset Management deployed $338M of net new capital in Q4 2017, opening 190 new positions and adding to 37 existing holdings. Its largest new stake was Allergan plc: 198,161 shares worth $116M.

By sector, the portfolio is most concentrated in Consumer Discretionary at 9.8% of assets, up from 1.5% a quarter earlier, followed by Financials and Technology.

On the sell side, the largest reduction was Electrum Special Acquisition Corporation, an estimated $14.7M trimmed.

  • Weiss Asset Management's largest Q4 2017 buy was Allergan plc: 198,161 shares worth $116M.
  • Weiss Asset Management added most to NRC Group Holdings Corp. in Q4 2017, an estimated $12M increase.
  • Weiss Asset Management's biggest Q4 2017 reduction was Electrum Special Acquisition Corporation, cutting an estimated $14.7M.
  • Weiss Asset Management fully exited Arconic Inc. in Q4 2017, selling an estimated $76.5M.
  • Weiss Asset Management's ten largest holdings make up 51% of its $1.15B portfolio in Q4 2017.
  • Weiss Asset Management opened 190 new positions and closed 37 in Q4 2017.
  • Weiss Asset Management's portfolio value rose 27% quarter-over-quarter to $1.15B.

Based on Weiss Asset Management's 13F filing for Q4 2017, filed 14 Feb 2018.