Weiss Asset Management LP — Q4 2019 13F Holdings

Name: Weiss Asset Management LP — 13F Holdings, Q4 2019
Creator: AlphaSMO
License: https://www.sec.gov/forms

CIK: 0001357550

Total reported value

$5.9B

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Full holdings list this quarter

Showing top 200 holdings (of 315 total)

#	Ticker	Issuer	Asset Subclass	Weight	Weight Change	Shares Change
1	MCHP 1.625 02-15-25	Microchip Technology INC	Stock-Tech	9.54%	—	-6.41%
2	MDCO 2.75 07-15-23	Medicines Company	Stock-Other	7.34%	—	—
3	CZR 5 10-01-24	Caesars Holdings INC	Stock-Consumer Disc	6.81%	—	+323.82%
4	SPY	Ss Spdr S&p 500 ETF Trust-us	ETF-Large Cap & Growth	5.94%	+0.73%	NEW
5	MDCO 3.5 01-15-24	Medicines Company	Stock-Other	4.18%	—	—
6	LINTA 3.5 01-15-31	Liberty Interactive LLC	Stock-Other	3.60%	—	-46.30%
7	MDCO 2.5 01-15-22	Medicines Company	Stock-Other	3.00%	—	+600.00%
8	CAI1USD	Cai International INC	Stock-Other	2.75%	—	+31.87%
9	BDX 6.125 05-01-20 A	Becton Dickinson And Co	Stock-Healthcare	2.57%	—	-42.57%
10	PFF	Ishares Preferred & Income S	ETF-Other	2.54%	—	-24.10%
11	EPR 5.75 PERP C	Epr Properties	Stock-Real Estate	2.47%	+0.80%	NEW
12	EPR 9 PERP E	Epr Properties	Stock-Real Estate	2.42%	—	+77.05%
13	GLRE 4 08-01-23	Greenlight Capital Re	Stock-Other	2.09%	—	—
14	✓	New York Times Co	Stock-Other	2.03%	—	-17.09%
15	VRTS 7.25 02-01-20 D	Virtus Investment Partne	Stock-Other	1.75%	—	+8.20%
16	✓		Stock-Other	1.73%	—	+138.40%
17	EWY	Ishares Msci South Korea ETF	ETF-Other	1.68%	—	—
18	EPR	Epr Properties	Stock-Real Estate	1.43%	—	—
19	BXG	Bluegreen Vacations CORP	Stock-Other	1.32%	—	—
20	✓	Pure Acquisition CORP	Stock-Other	1.27%	—	—
21	SEA1EUR	Seabridge Gold INC	Stock-Other	1.22%	—	—
22	SWK	Stanley Black & Decker INC	Stock-Industrials	1.18%	—	+39.74%
23	XLF	Ss Financial Select Sector	ETF-Other	1.00%	—	—
24	✓	Leisure Acquisition CORP	Stock-Other	0.92%	—	—
25	GDXJ	Vaneck Junior Gold Miners	ETF-Commodities	0.89%	—	-16.26%
26	✓	Mosaic Acquisition CORP	Stock-Other	0.84%	—	-13.84%
27	JIH	Juniper Industrial Hldgs	Stock-Other	0.83%	—	—
28	IFXGR 4.5 01-15-22	Cypress Semiconductor Co	Stock-Other	0.81%	—	+14.72%
29	IQ 3.75 12-01-23	Iqiyi INC	Stock-Other	0.79%	—	—
30	XLE	Ss Energy Select Sector	ETF-Other	0.77%	—	+112.28%
31	LMCA 1.375 10-15-23	Liberty Media CORP	Stock-Other	0.76%	—	—
32	FEZ	State Street Spdr Euro Stoxx	ETF-Other	0.70%	—	—
33	NIHDEUR	Nii Holdings INC	Stock-Other	0.69%	—	+76.32%
34	UNP	Union Pacific Corporation	Stock-Industrials	0.67%	—	—
35	DHT 4.5 08-15-21	Dht Holdings INC	Stock-Other	0.66%	—	—
36	✓	Chp Merger CORP	Stock-Other	0.55%	—	—
37	✓	Software Acquisition Group I	Stock-Other	0.55%	—	—
38	CTO 4.5 03-15-20	Consolidated-tomoka Land	Stock-Other	0.51%	—	—
39	✓	Finserv Acquisition CORP	Stock-Other	0.50%	—	—
40	LGCUSD	Parts Id INC	Stock-Other	0.46%	—	—
41	EWZ	Ishares Msci Brazil ETF	ETF-Other	0.45%	—	+75.63%
42	BBDC	Barings Bdc INC	Stock-Other	0.44%	—	-2.01%
43	✓		Stock-Other	0.43%	—	—
44	✓	Ciig Merger CORP	Stock-Other	0.41%	—	—
45	IWM	Ishares Russell 2000 ETF	ETF-Small Cap	0.40%	—	-30.20%
46	✓	Boxwood Merger CORP	Stock-Other	0.40%	—	—
47	✓	Qudian INC	Stock-Other	0.38%	—	—
48	✓	Galileo Acquisition CORP	Stock-Other	0.37%	—	—
49	XRT	Ss Spdr S&p Retail ETF	ETF-Other	0.36%	—	—
50	PSEC 6.375 03-01-25	Prospect Capital CORP	Stock-Other	0.36%	—	—

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Holding changes this quarter

Position changes disclosed by Weiss Asset Management LP for the quarter ending Q4 2019, including ticker, issuer, weight change, shares change, and action
#	Ticker	Issuer	Weight Change	Shares Change	Action
1	CZR 5 10-01-24	Caesars Holdings INC	+5.1%	+323.82%	Add
2	MDCO 2.5 01-15-22	Medicines Company	+2.7%	+600.00%	Add
3	SPY	Ss Spdr S&p 500 ETF Trust-us	+2.6%	+91.59%	Add
4	✓		+1%	+138.40%	Add
5	CAI1USD	Cai International INC	+0.9%	+31.87%	Add
6	EPR 9 PERP E	Epr Properties	+0.8%	+77.05%	Add
7	XLE	Ss Energy Select Sector	+0.4%	+112.28%	Add
8	SWK	Stanley Black & Decker INC	+0.3%	+39.74%	Add
9	NIHDEUR	Nii Holdings INC	+0.3%	+76.32%	Add
10	XBI	Ss Spdr S&p Biotech ETF	-0.8%	-80.84%	Trim
11	GDX	Vaneck Gold Miners ETF	-0.9%	-73.04%	Trim
12	MCHP 1.625 02-15-25	Microchip Technology INC	-1.1%	-6.41%	Trim
13	PFF	Ishares Preferred & Income S	-1.4%	-24.10%	Trim
14	BDX 6.125 05-01-20 A	Becton Dickinson And Co	-2.4%	-42.57%	Trim
15	✓	Spirit Mta Reit	-2.4%	—	Unchanged
16	LINTA 3.5 01-15-31	Liberty Interactive LLC	-4.8%	-46.30%	Trim
17	MDCO 2.75 07-15-23	Medicines Company	—	NEW	New buy
18	IIVI 0.5 12-15-36	Finisar CORP	—	EXIT	Sold out
19	MDCO 3.5 01-15-24	Medicines Company	—	NEW	New buy
20	EPR	Epr Properties	—	NEW	New buy
21	✓	Iqiyi INC	—	EXIT	Sold out
22	CELG	Celgene CORP	—	EXIT	Sold out
23	AABAUSD	Altaba INC	—	EXIT	Sold out
24	✓	Thunder Brdg Acquistion Ii L	—	EXIT	Sold out
25	XLF	Ss Financial Select Sector	—	NEW	New buy
26	✓	Leisure Acquisition CORP	—	NEW	New buy
27	XLU	St Sr Utl Sl Se Spdr Etf-usd	—	EXIT	Sold out
28	JIH	Juniper Industrial Hldgs	—	NEW	New buy
29	IQ 3.75 12-01-23	Iqiyi INC	—	NEW	New buy
30	✓	Silver Spike Acquisition Cor	—	EXIT	Sold out
31	✓	Gigcapital INC	—	EXIT	Sold out
32	LMCA 1.375 10-15-23	Liberty Media CORP	—	NEW	New buy
33	ALDR1EUR	Alder Biopharmaceuticals INC	—	EXIT	Sold out
34	UNP	Union Pacific Corporation	—	NEW	New buy
35	DHT 4.5 08-15-21	Dht Holdings INC	—	NEW	New buy
36	✓	Chp Merger CORP	—	NEW	New buy
37	✓	Software Acquisition Group I	—	NEW	New buy
38	✓	Kbl Merger CORP. Iv	—	EXIT	Sold out
39	ALDR 2.5 02-01-25	Lundbeck Seatle Bioph In	—	EXIT	Sold out
40	✓	Sc Health CORP	—	EXIT	Sold out
41	✓	Finserv Acquisition CORP	—	NEW	New buy
42	COHR	Coherent Corp.	—	EXIT	Sold out
43	✓		—	NEW	New buy
44	✓	Ciig Merger CORP	—	NEW	New buy
45	✓	Qudian INC	—	NEW	New buy
46	✓	Galileo Acquisition CORP	—	NEW	New buy
47	✓	Gores Holdings Iii INC	—	NEW	New buy
48	✓	Proptech Acquisition Corpora	—	NEW	New buy
49	✓		—	NEW	New buy
50	✓	Amplitude Healthcare Acquisi	—	NEW	New buy