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Weiss Asset Management Portfolio holdings

AUM $9.54B
1-Year Est. Return 55.06%
This Fund
S&P 500
This Quarter Est. Return
+1.22%
1 Year Est. Return
+55.06%
3 Year Est. Return
+137.59%
5 Year Est. Return
+182.85%
10 Year Est. Return
+211.35%
AUM
$1.24B
AUM Growth
+$95.3M
Cap. Flow
-$237M
Cap. Flow %
-19.05%
Top 10 Hldgs %
50.38%
Holding
363
New
99
Increased
55
Reduced
34
Closed
135

Top Buys

Rank Stock Value
1
CRM icon
Salesforce
CRM
+$82M
2
CEF icon
Sprott Physical Gold and Silver Trust
CEF
+$25.2M
3
VRSN icon
VeriSign
VRSN
+$18.8M
4
BIOX icon
Bioceres Crop Solutions
BIOX
+$12.8M
5
STR
Sitio Royalties
STR
+$10.9M

Top Sells

Rank Stock Value
1
AGN.PRA
Allergan plc
AGN.PRA
+$116M
2
BOBE
Bob Evans Farms, Inc.
BOBE
+$72.1M
3
GOOGL icon
Alphabet (Google) Class A
GOOGL
+$24.4M
4
ANTX
Anthem, Inc.
ANTX
+$12.5M
5
JNJ icon
Johnson & Johnson
JNJ
+$11.8M

Sector Composition

Rank Sector Weight
1 Miscellaneous 67.26%
2 Technology 13.37%
3 Financials 3.85%
4 Industrials 3.28%
5 Healthcare 2.85%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Change
in Stake 		Capital Flow
CEF icon
1
Sprott Physical Gold and Silver Trust
CEF
$7.94B
$126M 10.18%
9,567,429
+1,884,700
+25% +$25.2M
CRM icon
2
Salesforce
CRM
$213B
$83.8M 6.74%
720,248
+713,790
+11,053% +$82M
CRM icon
3
PUT
Salesforce
CRM
$213B
$58.1M 4.68%
+500,000
New +$57.4M
TEVA icon
4
PUT
Teva Pharmaceuticals
TEVA
$42.4B
$29.1M 2.34%
1,700,000
+400,000
+31% +$7.81M
BAC icon
5
PUT
Bank of America
BAC
$438B
$23.4M 1.89%
+781,500
New +$24.5M
EWY icon
6
PUT
iShares MSCI South Korea ETF
EWY
$28.8B
$22.6M 1.82%
300,000
+100,000
+50% +$7.51M
KXIN icon
7
Kaixin Holdings
KXIN
$2.05M
$21.8M 1.75%
6
+2
+50% +$7.86M
IEF icon
8
PUT
iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF
IEF
$42.1B
$20.6M 1.66%
200,000
– –
RLJ.PRA icon
9
RLJ Lodging Trust $1.95 Series A Preferred Stock
RLJ.PRA
$327M
$19.8M 1.59%
779,959
+207,220
+36% +$5.39M
VRSN icon
10
VeriSign
VRSN
$26.4B
$19.3M 1.55%
+162,588
New +$18.8M
BBCP icon
11
Concrete Pumping Holdings
BBCP
$529M
$15.6M 1.25%
1,588,758
+1,095,563
+222% +$10.7M
FTRPR
12
DELISTED
Frontier Communications Corporation 11.125% Series A Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock
FTRPR
$14.9M 1.2%
1,294,293
+768,015
+146% +$9.53M
TWX
13
CALL
DELISTED
Time Warner Inc
TWX
$13.7M 1.1%
+144,700
New +$13.6M
BIOX icon
14
Bioceres Crop Solutions
BIOX
$27.7M
$12.8M 1.03%
+1,337,500
New +$12.8M
NRCG
15
DELISTED
NRC Group Holdings Corp.
NRCG
$11.2M 0.9%
1,131,401
-391,941
-26% -$3.87M
STR
16
DELISTED
Sitio Royalties
STR
$10.9M 0.88%
+283,443
New +$10.9M
VRSN icon
17
CALL
VeriSign
VRSN
$26.4B
$10.7M 0.86%
+90,000
New +$10.4M
GTYH
18
DELISTED
GTY Technology Holdings, Inc. Common Stock
GTYH
$10.5M 0.84%
1,053,678
+803,678
+321% +$7.98M
VDTH
19
DELISTED
Videocon d2h Limited
VDTH
$10.4M 0.83%
1,263,389
-678,138
-35% -$5.69M
VEAC
20
DELISTED
Vantage Energy Acquisition Corp. Class A
VEAC
$10M 0.81%
1,025,000
-75,000
-7% -$731K
EQC
21
DELISTED
Equity Commonwealth
EQC
$9.4M 0.76%
306,667
+54,300
+22% +$1.61M
KLR
22
DELISTED
Kaleyra, Inc.
KLR
$9.01M 0.73%
+263,549
New +$8.95M
FRMM
23
Forum Markets
FRMM
$70.1M
$8.98M 0.72%
240
+60
+33% +$2.23M
ELEC
24
DELISTED
Electrum Special Acquisition Corporation
ELEC
$8.84M 0.71%
851,819
– –
AIFA
25
All In FutureTech Alliance Inc
AIFA
$20.4M
$7.86M 0.63%
135,178
-27,322
-17% -$1.58M
1
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Weiss Asset Management's Q1 2018 Portfolio in Review

As of Q1 2018, Weiss Asset Management held 363 positions worth $1.24B, up 8.3% from $1.15B the previous quarter. Its ten largest holdings account for 50% of the portfolio.

Weiss Asset Management withdrew a net $237M in Q1 2018, closing 135 positions and reducing 34 holdings. Its most notable exit was Allergan plc, an estimated $116M position sold in full.

By sector, the portfolio is most concentrated in Miscellaneous at 67% of assets, down from 67% a quarter earlier, followed by Technology and Financials.

Against the trend, Weiss Asset Management opened a new position in VeriSign worth $19.3M.

  • Weiss Asset Management's largest Q1 2018 buy was VeriSign: 162,588 shares worth $19.3M.
  • Weiss Asset Management added most to Salesforce in Q1 2018, an estimated $82M increase.
  • Weiss Asset Management's biggest Q1 2018 reduction was Sprott Physical Platinum and Palladium Trust, cutting an estimated $7.02M.
  • Weiss Asset Management fully exited Allergan plc in Q1 2018, selling an estimated $116M.
  • Weiss Asset Management's ten largest holdings make up 50% of its $1.24B portfolio in Q1 2018.
  • Weiss Asset Management opened 99 new positions and closed 135 in Q1 2018.
  • Weiss Asset Management's portfolio value rose 8.3% quarter-over-quarter to $1.24B.

Based on Weiss Asset Management's 13F filing for Q1 2018, filed 15 May 2018.