Weiss Asset Management LP Quant / Systematic

Location: Boston, MA

CIK: 0001357550 · Show all filings

Period: Q4 2013 (← Previous) (Next →)

Filing Date: Feb 12, 2014

Total Value: $274M (85.6% shares, 14.4% debt)

Holdings (116)

PHYS SPROTT PHYSICAL GOLD TRUST 23.1%
Value $63.32M Shares 6,357,189 Share Price $9.96 Est. Cost/Share $9.99 Unrealized @ Report Date —
— OMNICARE CAP TR II 10.9%
Value $29.84M Shares 402,060 Share Price $74.22 Est. Cost/Share $63.29 Unrealized @ Report Date —
— L-3 COMMUNICATIONS CORP 7.0%
Value $19.1M Shares 16,000,000 Share Price $1.19 Est. Cost/Share $1.19 Unrealized @ Report Date —
— ALLIANT TECHSYSTEMS INC 6.7%
Value $18.37M Shares 11,500,000 Share Price $1.60 Est. Cost/Share $1.60 Unrealized @ Report Date —
EWY ISHARES 6.5%
Value $17.78M Shares 275,000 Share Price $64.67 Est. Cost/Share $57.96 Unrealized @ Report Date —
— HF2 FINL MGMT INC 4.5%
Value $12.22M Shares 1,200,000 Share Price $10.18 Est. Cost/Share $10.11 Unrealized @ Report Date —
SA SEABRIDGE GOLD INC 3.2%
Value $8.676M Shares 1,200,000 Share Price $7.23 * Est. Cost/Share $8.40 Unrealized @ Report Date 0.0%
— THAI FD INC 2.4%
Value $6.704M Shares 369,363 Share Price $18.15 Est. Cost/Share $18.15 Unrealized @ Report Date —
— PRETIUM RES INC 1.9%
Value $5.108M Shares 990,100 Share Price $5.16 Est. Cost/Share $6.78 Unrealized @ Report Date —
— QUARTET MERGER CORP 1.8%
Value $5.005M Shares 500,000 Share Price $10.01 Est. Cost/Share $10.01 Unrealized @ Report Date —
SPPP SPROTT PHYSICAL PLAT PALLAD 1.8%
Value $4.804M Shares 553,404 Share Price $8.68 Est. Cost/Share $8.56 Unrealized @ Report Date —
XXCHNXX CHINA FD INC 1.7%
Value $4.768M Shares 229,134 Share Price $20.81 Est. Cost/Share $20.81 Unrealized @ Report Date —
KODK EASTMAN KODAK CO 1.7%
Value $4.599M Shares 132,500 Share Price $34.71 * Est. Cost/Share $26.90 Unrealized @ Report Date 0.0%
— DOUBLELINE INCOME SOLUTIONS 1.6%
Value $4.384M Shares 207,858 Share Price $21.09 Est. Cost/Share $21.09 Unrealized @ Report Date —
— ABERDEEN EMERGING MKTS SMALL 1.2%
Value $3.311M Shares 240,070 Share Price $13.79 Est. Cost/Share $13.79 Unrealized @ Report Date —
DAL DELTA AIR LINES INC DEL 1.1%
Value $2.955M Shares 107,579 Share Price $27.47 * Est. Cost/Share $23.32 Unrealized @ Report Date 0.0%
IYT ISHARES 1.0%
Value $2.744M Shares 20,800 Share Price $131.92 Est. Cost/Share $131.92 Unrealized @ Report Date —
— BLACKROCK MUN TARGET TERM TR 1.0%
Value $2.699M Shares 157,669 Share Price $17.12 Est. Cost/Share $17.12 Unrealized @ Report Date —
— MERGEWORTHRX CORP 1.0%
Value $2.642M Shares 325,000 Share Price $8.13 Est. Cost/Share $8.13 Unrealized @ Report Date —
— INFINITY CROSS BORDER ACQUIS 0.9%
Value $2.544M Shares 320,000 Share Price $7.95 Est. Cost/Share $7.87 Unrealized @ Report Date —
— GAMCO GLOBAL GOLD NAT RES & 0.7%
Value $2.027M Shares 224,688 Share Price $9.02 Est. Cost/Share $9.02 Unrealized @ Report Date —
— GENCORP INC 0.7%
Value $1.986M Shares 1,000,000 Share Price $1.99 Est. Cost/Share $1.99 Unrealized @ Report Date —
— CREDIT SUISSE AG NASSAU BRH 0.7%
Value $1.95M Shares 259,936 Share Price $7.50 Est. Cost/Share $9.89 Unrealized @ Report Date —
— TURKISH INVT FD INC 0.7%
Value $1.947M Shares 132,719 Share Price $14.67 Est. Cost/Share $14.67 Unrealized @ Report Date —
— NUVEEN CA DIVIDEND ADV MUN F 0.6%
Value $1.761M Shares 137,068 Share Price $12.85 Est. Cost/Share $12.85 Unrealized @ Report Date —
— ROYCE VALUE TR INC 0.6%
Value $1.572M Shares 98,228 Share Price $16.00 Est. Cost/Share $16.00 Unrealized @ Report Date —
SPY SPDR S&P 500 ETF TR 0.6%
Value $1.57M Shares 8,500 Share Price $184.71 Est. Cost/Share $184.71 Unrealized @ Report Date —
— CLEARBRIDGE AMERN ENERG MLP 0.5%
Value $1.477M Shares 82,773 Share Price $17.84 Est. Cost/Share $18.16 Unrealized @ Report Date —
UAL UNITED CONTL HLDGS INC 0.5%
Value $1.324M Shares 35,003 Share Price $37.83 * Est. Cost/Share $35.03 Unrealized @ Report Date 0.0%
— COHEN & STEERS QUALITY RLTY 0.5%
Value $1.249M Shares 131,778 Share Price $9.48 Est. Cost/Share $9.48 Unrealized @ Report Date —
— NEW GERMANY FD INC 0.5%
Value $1.244M Shares 62,407 Share Price $19.93 Est. Cost/Share $19.93 Unrealized @ Report Date —
— ABERDEEN GTR CHINA FD INC 0.4%
Value $1.211M Shares 119,163 Share Price $10.16 Est. Cost/Share $10.16 Unrealized @ Report Date —
— INDIA FD INC 0.4%
Value $1.193M Shares 59,654 Share Price $20.00 Est. Cost/Share $20.00 Unrealized @ Report Date —
— TURQUOISE HILL RES LTD 0.4%
Value $1.177M Shares 1,250,000 Share Price $0.94 Est. Cost/Share $0.94 Unrealized @ Report Date —
— QUINPARIO ACQUISITION CORP 0.4%
Value $994K Shares 98,400 Share Price $10.10 Est. Cost/Share $10.10 Unrealized @ Report Date —
— NORTH AMERN PALLADIUM LTD 0.4%
Value $987K Shares 1,500,000 Share Price $0.66 Est. Cost/Share $0.98 Unrealized @ Report Date —
— WESTERN ASSET EMRG MKT DEBT 0.3%
Value $946K Shares 55,012 Share Price $17.20 Est. Cost/Share $17.20 Unrealized @ Report Date —
— KOREA EQUITY FD INC 0.3%
Value $885K Shares 106,384 Share Price $8.32 Est. Cost/Share $8.32 Unrealized @ Report Date —
— BROOKFIELD MTG OPP INC FD IN 0.3%
Value $878K Shares 53,004 Share Price $16.56 Est. Cost/Share $16.56 Unrealized @ Report Date —
— NUVEEN INTER DURATION MN TMF 0.3%
Value $846K Shares 73,535 Share Price $11.50 Est. Cost/Share $11.50 Unrealized @ Report Date —
— CENTER COAST MLP & INFRSTR F 0.3%
Value $817K Shares 44,608 Share Price $18.32 Est. Cost/Share $18.32 Unrealized @ Report Date —
— EUNITS 2 YR US EQTY MKT PTNT 0.3%
Value $789K Shares 67,398 Share Price $11.71 Est. Cost/Share $10.98 Unrealized @ Report Date —
— FLAHERTY&CRMN PFD SEC INCOM 0.3%
Value $705K Shares 40,311 Share Price $17.49 Est. Cost/Share $17.49 Unrealized @ Report Date —
— NUVEEN MUN VALUE FD INC 0.2%
Value $684K Shares 75,663 Share Price $9.04 Est. Cost/Share $9.04 Unrealized @ Report Date —
— STONE HBR EMERG MRKTS INC FD 0.2%
Value $664K Shares 36,268 Share Price $18.31 Est. Cost/Share $18.31 Unrealized @ Report Date —
— KAYNE ANDERSON ENRGY TTL RT 0.2%
Value $622K Shares 22,750 Share Price $27.34 Est. Cost/Share $27.34 Unrealized @ Report Date —
— WESTERN ASSET EMRG MKT INCM 0.2%
Value $612K Shares 51,708 Share Price $11.84 Est. Cost/Share $11.84 Unrealized @ Report Date —
— CENTRAL EUR RUSS & TURK FD I 0.2%
Value $605K Shares 19,805 Share Price $30.55 Est. Cost/Share $30.55 Unrealized @ Report Date —
LUV SOUTHWEST AIRLS CO 0.2%
Value $567K Shares 30,094 Share Price $18.84 * Est. Cost/Share $15.26 Unrealized @ Report Date 0.0%
— TEMPLETON EMERG MKTS INCOME 0.2%
Value $566K Shares 41,501 Share Price $13.64 Est. Cost/Share $13.64 Unrealized @ Report Date —
— ARES MULTI STRATEGY CR FD IN 0.2%
Value $542K Shares 25,600 Share Price $21.17 Est. Cost/Share $21.17 Unrealized @ Report Date —
— CLOUGH GLOBAL EQUITY FD 0.2%
Value $515K Shares 32,797 Share Price $15.70 Est. Cost/Share $15.70 Unrealized @ Report Date —
— NUVEEN FLTNG RTE INCM OPP FD 0.2%
Value $500K Shares 41,060 Share Price $12.18 Est. Cost/Share $12.18 Unrealized @ Report Date —
XMYDX BLACKROCK MUNIYIELD FD INC 0.2%
Value $498K Shares 38,863 Share Price $12.81 Est. Cost/Share $12.81 Unrealized @ Report Date —
— LIBERTY ALL-STAR GROWTH FD I 0.2%
Value $482K Shares 85,703 Share Price $5.62 Est. Cost/Share $5.62 Unrealized @ Report Date —
— NUVEEN DIV ADV MUNI FD 3 0.2%
Value $470K Shares 38,054 Share Price $12.35 Est. Cost/Share $12.35 Unrealized @ Report Date —
— HANCOCK JOHN PFD INCOME FD I 0.2%
Value $463K Shares 29,680 Share Price $15.60 Est. Cost/Share $15.60 Unrealized @ Report Date —
— GAMCO NAT RES GOLD & INCOME 0.2%
Value $459K Shares 45,828 Share Price $10.02 Est. Cost/Share $10.02 Unrealized @ Report Date —
— NUVEEN MUN ADVANTAGE FD INC 0.2%
Value $458K Shares 37,684 Share Price $12.15 Est. Cost/Share $12.15 Unrealized @ Report Date —
— EUNITS 2 YR U S MKT PARTN TR 0.2%
Value $444K Shares 38,036 Share Price $11.67 Est. Cost/Share $11.67 Unrealized @ Report Date —
— HANCOCK JOHN PFD INCOME FD 0.2%
Value $437K Shares 24,504 Share Price $17.83 Est. Cost/Share $17.83 Unrealized @ Report Date —
— EATON VANCE SR FLTNG RTE TR 0.1%
Value $399K Shares 26,521 Share Price $15.04 Est. Cost/Share $15.04 Unrealized @ Report Date —
— INVESCO TR INVT GRADE MUNS 0.1%
Value $392K Shares 32,177 Share Price $12.18 Est. Cost/Share $12.18 Unrealized @ Report Date —
— ING EMERGING MKTS HGH DIV EQ 0.1%
Value $387K Shares 32,919 Share Price $11.76 Est. Cost/Share $11.76 Unrealized @ Report Date —
— FIRST TR SR FLG RTE INCM FD 0.1%
Value $385K Shares 26,583 Share Price $14.48 Est. Cost/Share $14.48 Unrealized @ Report Date —
— NUVEEN CA SELECT QUALITY MUN 0.1%
Value $385K Shares 27,983 Share Price $13.76 Est. Cost/Share $13.76 Unrealized @ Report Date —
— BLACKROCK MUNIHLDS INVSTM QL 0.1%
Value $384K Shares 30,636 Share Price $12.53 Est. Cost/Share $12.53 Unrealized @ Report Date —
— BLACKROCK MUNIYIELD QLTY FD 0.1%
Value $384K Shares 30,300 Share Price $12.67 Est. Cost/Share $12.67 Unrealized @ Report Date —
XMVFX BLACKROCK MUNIVEST FD INC 0.1%
Value $380K Shares 42,608 Share Price $8.92 Est. Cost/Share $8.92 Unrealized @ Report Date —
XBFZX BLACKROCK CALIF MUN INCOME T 0.1%
Value $366K Shares 26,782 Share Price $13.67 Est. Cost/Share $13.67 Unrealized @ Report Date —
— GUGGENHEIM BLD AMR BDS MANG 0.1%
Value $364K Shares 18,390 Share Price $19.79 Est. Cost/Share $19.79 Unrealized @ Report Date —
— HANCOCK JOHN PFD INCOME FD I 0.1%
Value $361K Shares 20,152 Share Price $17.91 Est. Cost/Share $17.91 Unrealized @ Report Date —
— BLACKROCK MUNIYIELD NY QLTY 0.1%
Value $355K Shares 29,420 Share Price $12.07 Est. Cost/Share $12.07 Unrealized @ Report Date —
— BLACKROCK MUNIASSETS FD INC 0.1%
Value $350K Shares 30,276 Share Price $11.56 Est. Cost/Share $11.56 Unrealized @ Report Date —
— INVESCO QUALITY MUNI INC TRS 0.1%
Value $337K Shares 30,305 Share Price $11.12 Est. Cost/Share $11.12 Unrealized @ Report Date —
— EATON VANCE TAX-ADV BD & OPT 0.1%
Value $336K Shares 23,629 Share Price $14.22 Est. Cost/Share $14.22 Unrealized @ Report Date —
— NUVEEN ENHANCED MUN VALUE FD 0.1%
Value $335K Shares 25,880 Share Price $12.94 Est. Cost/Share $12.94 Unrealized @ Report Date —
— PUTNAM MUN OPPORTUNITIES TR 0.1%
Value $333K Shares 31,009 Share Price $10.74 Est. Cost/Share $10.74 Unrealized @ Report Date —
— NUVEEN SELECT QUALITY MUN FD 0.1%
Value $332K Shares 26,746 Share Price $12.41 Est. Cost/Share $12.41 Unrealized @ Report Date —
— NUVEEN DIV ADVANTAGE MUN FD 0.1%
Value $308K Shares 24,306 Share Price $12.67 Est. Cost/Share $12.67 Unrealized @ Report Date —
— FIRST TR ENERGY INCOME & GRW 0.1%
Value $305K Shares 9,452 Share Price $32.27 Est. Cost/Share $32.27 Unrealized @ Report Date —
— INVESCO VALUE MUN INCOME TR 0.1%
Value $295K Shares 21,847 Share Price $13.50 Est. Cost/Share $13.50 Unrealized @ Report Date —
— AMERICAN STRATEGIC INCM PTFL 0.1%
Value $283K Shares 31,505 Share Price $8.98 Est. Cost/Share $8.98 Unrealized @ Report Date —
— NUVEEN CAL AMT-FREE MUN INC 0.1%
Value $279K Shares 22,915 Share Price $12.18 Est. Cost/Share $12.18 Unrealized @ Report Date —
— NUVEEN AMT-FREE MUN INCOME F 0.1%
Value $268K Shares 22,227 Share Price $12.06 Est. Cost/Share $12.06 Unrealized @ Report Date —
— BLACKROCK MUNI INCOME TR II 0.1%
Value $260K Shares 19,664 Share Price $13.22 Est. Cost/Share $13.22 Unrealized @ Report Date —
— BLACKROCK MUNICIPL INC QLTY 0.1%
Value $253K Shares 19,971 Share Price $12.67 Est. Cost/Share $12.67 Unrealized @ Report Date —
— NUVEEN VA PREM INCOME MUN FD 0.1%
Value $247K Shares 20,929 Share Price $11.80 Est. Cost/Share $11.80 Unrealized @ Report Date —
— NUVEEN REAL ESTATE INCOME FD 0.1%
Value $245K Shares 25,778 Share Price $9.50 Est. Cost/Share $9.50 Unrealized @ Report Date —
— DWS MULTI MKT INCOME TR 0.1%
Value $237K Shares 25,239 Share Price $9.39 Est. Cost/Share $9.39 Unrealized @ Report Date —
— THL CR SR LN FD 0.1%
Value $236K Shares 12,848 Share Price $18.37 Est. Cost/Share $18.37 Unrealized @ Report Date —
— NUVEEN PREM INCOME MUN FD 2 0.1%
Value $232K Shares 18,523 Share Price $12.52 Est. Cost/Share $12.52 Unrealized @ Report Date —
— BLACKROCK MUNIYIELD CALIF FD 0.1%
Value $221K Shares 16,002 Share Price $13.81 Est. Cost/Share $13.81 Unrealized @ Report Date —
— BLACKROCK MUNIHLDGS NJ QLTY 0.1%
Value $211K Shares 16,112 Share Price $13.10 Est. Cost/Share $13.10 Unrealized @ Report Date —
— BLACKSTONE GSO FLTING RTE FU 0.1%
Value $208K Shares 11,013 Share Price $18.89 Est. Cost/Share $18.89 Unrealized @ Report Date —
JBLU JETBLUE AIRWAYS CORP 0.1%
Value $197K Shares 23,088 Share Price $8.53 * Est. Cost/Share $7.94 Unrealized @ Report Date 0.0%
— ASIA TIGERS FD INC 0.1%
Value $194K Shares 17,314 Share Price $11.20 Est. Cost/Share $11.20 Unrealized @ Report Date —
— BLACKROCK MUNIHLDGS NY QLTY 0.1%
Value $193K Shares 15,443 Share Price $12.50 Est. Cost/Share $12.50 Unrealized @ Report Date —
— INFINITY CROSS BORDER ACQUIS 0.1%
Value $192K Shares 320,000 Share Price $0.60 Est. Cost/Share $0.59 Unrealized @ Report Date —
— BLACKROCK MUNIYLD MICH QLTY 0.1%
Value $187K Shares 14,988 Share Price $12.48 Est. Cost/Share $12.48 Unrealized @ Report Date —
— BLACKROCK MUNIYIELD N J FD I 0.1%
Value $182K Shares 13,294 Share Price $13.69 Est. Cost/Share $13.69 Unrealized @ Report Date —
— MEXICO EQUITY & INCOME FD 0.1%
Value $172K Shares 11,531 Share Price $14.92 Est. Cost/Share $14.92 Unrealized @ Report Date —
— NUVEEN N C PREM INCOME MUN F 0.1%
Value $172K Shares 14,381 Share Price $11.96 Est. Cost/Share $11.96 Unrealized @ Report Date —
— NUVEEN QUALITY MUN FD INC 0.1%
Value $159K Shares 13,181 Share Price $12.06 Est. Cost/Share $12.06 Unrealized @ Report Date —
— EATON VANCE MUNI INCOME TRUS 0.1%
Value $159K Shares 15,126 Share Price $10.51 Est. Cost/Share $10.51 Unrealized @ Report Date —
— BLACKROCK MUNIHLDNGS CALI QL 0.1%
Value $146K Shares 11,047 Share Price $13.22 Est. Cost/Share $13.22 Unrealized @ Report Date —
— PIMCO MUN INCOME FD II 0.0%
Value $136K Shares 12,800 Share Price $10.63 Est. Cost/Share $10.63 Unrealized @ Report Date —
— CORNERSTONE STRATEGIC VALUE 0.0%
Value $131K Shares 19,902 Share Price $6.58 Est. Cost/Share $7.16 Unrealized @ Report Date —
— DREYFUS STRATEGIC MUNS INC 0.0%
Value $121K Shares 15,895 Share Price $7.61 Est. Cost/Share $7.61 Unrealized @ Report Date —
— ABERDEEN INDONESIA FD INC 0.0%
Value $115K Shares 13,908 Share Price $8.27 Est. Cost/Share $8.27 Unrealized @ Report Date —
— ABERDEEN GLOBAL INCOME FD IN 0.0%
Value $112K Shares 10,796 Share Price $10.37 Est. Cost/Share $10.37 Unrealized @ Report Date —
— AMERN STRATEGIC INCOME PTFL 0.0%
Value $107K Shares 13,887 Share Price $7.71 Est. Cost/Share $7.71 Unrealized @ Report Date —
— DREYFUS STRATEGIC MUN BD FD 0.0%
Value $106K Shares 14,278 Share Price $7.42 Est. Cost/Share $7.42 Unrealized @ Report Date —
— AMERICAN STRATEGIC INCOME II 0.0%
Value $88,000 Shares 13,466 Share Price $6.53 Est. Cost/Share $6.53 Unrealized @ Report Date —
— CREDIT SUISSE ASSET MGMT INC 0.0%
Value $71,000 Shares 19,957 Share Price $3.56 Est. Cost/Share $3.56 Unrealized @ Report Date —
— QUINPARIO ACQUISITION CORP 0.0%
Value $35,000 Shares 98,400 Share Price $0.36 Est. Cost/Share $0.36 Unrealized @ Report Date —