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ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001357550-11-000009
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 13F-HR
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20110331
FILED AS OF DATE: 20110513
DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20110513
EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20110513
FILER:
COMPANY DATA:
COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Weiss Asset Management LP
CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001357550
IRS NUMBER: 611451623
STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE
FISCAL YEAR END: 1231
FILING VALUES:
FORM TYPE: 13F-HR
SEC ACT: 1934 Act
SEC FILE NUMBER: 028-12911
FILM NUMBER: 11839267
BUSINESS ADDRESS:
STREET 1: 222 BERKELEY STREET, 16TH FLOOR
CITY: BOSTON
STATE: MA
ZIP: 02116
BUSINESS PHONE: 617-778-7780
MAIL ADDRESS:
STREET 1: 222 BERKELEY STREET, 16TH FLOOR
CITY: BOSTON
STATE: MA
ZIP: 02116
FORMER COMPANY:
FORMER CONFORMED NAME: WEISS CAPITAL LLC
DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20060327
13F-HR
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wamlp13fhrq12011.txt
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form 13F
FORM 13F COVER PAGE
Report for the Calendar Year or Quarter Ended: March 31, 2011
Check here if Amendment [ ]; Amendment Number: ___
This Amendment (Check only one.): [ ] is a restatement.
[ ] adds new holdings entries.
Institutional Investment Manager Filing this Report:
Name: Weiss Asset Management LP
Address: 222 Berkeley Street, 16th Floor,
Boston, MA 02116
Form 13F File Number: 028-12911
The institutional investment manager filing this report and the person by whom
it is signed hereby represent that the person signing the report is authorized
to submit it, that all information contained herein is true, correct and
complete, and that it is understood that all required items, statements,
schedules, lists, and tables, are considered integral parts of this form.
Person Signing this Report on Behalf of Reporting Manager:
Name: Georgiy Nikitin
Title: Chief Compliance Officer
Phone: (617) 778-7780
Signature, Place, and Date of Signing:
/s/ Georgiy Nikitin Boston, MA May 13, 2010
----------------------------- --------------------- -------------------------
[Signature][City, State][Date]
Report Type (Check only one.):
[X] 13F HOLDINGS REPORT. (Check here if all holdings of this reporting manager
are reported in this report.)
[ ] 13F NOTICE. (Check here if no holdings reported are in this report, and
all holdings are reported by other reporting manager(s).)
[ ] 13F COMBINATION REPORT. (Check here if a portion of the holdings for this
reporting manager are reported in this report and a portion are reported by
other reporting manager(s).)
List of Other Managers Reporting for this Manager: None
FORM 13F SUMMARY PAGE
Report Summary:
Number of Other Included Managers: 2
Form 13F Information Table Entry Total: 28
Form 13F Information Table Value Total: $ 111,519
(thousands)
List of Other Included Managers:
No.: Form 13F File Number: Name:
1 028-12279 Andrew Weiss
2 028-12910 BIP GP LLC
COLUMN 1 COLUMN 2 COLUMN 3 COLUMN 4 COLUMN 5 COLUMN 6 COLUMN 7 COLUMN 8
AMOUNT AND TYPE OF VOTING AUTHORITY
SECURITY
VALUE SHR OR INVESTMENT OTHER
NAME OF ISSUER TITLE OF CUSIP (x$1000) PRN AMT SH/PRN PUT/CALL DISCRETION MANAGERS SOLE SHARED NONE
CLASS
AU OPTRONICS CORP SPONSORED ADR 002255107 3,383 385,251 SH SHARED-DEFINED 1,2 385,251 0
ADVANCED SEMICONDUCTOR ENGR SPONSORED ADR 00756M404 3,163 577,152 SH SHARED-DEFINED 1,2 577,152 0
BARCLAYS BK PLC IPMS INDIA 06739F291 3,022 41,671 SH SHARED-DEFINED 1,2 41,671 0
ETN
BMB MUNAI INC COM 09656A105 448 479,146 SH SHARED-DEFINED 1,2 479,146 0
CENTRAL FD CDA LTD CL A 153501101 4,474 200,000 SH SHARED-DEFINED 1 200,000 0
CHUNGHWA TELECOM CO LTD SPON ADR 17133Q502 286 9,183 SH SHARED-DEFINED 1,2 9,183 0
NEW11
CLAYMORE EXCHANGE TRD FD TR GUGG FRNTR 18383Q838 1,097 49,706 SH SHARED-DEFINED 1,2 49,706 0
MKT
FIRST TR BICK INDEX FD COM SHS 33733H107 307 9,158 SH SHARED-DEFINED 1,2 9,158 0
HELIX BIOPHARMA CORP COM 422910109 1,190 350,000 SH SHARED-DEFINED 1,2 350,000 0
INFOSYS TECHNOLOGIES LTD SPONSORED ADR 456788108 1,538 21,445 SH SHARED-DEFINED 1,2 21,445 0
ISHARES INC MSCI THAILAND 464286624 434 6,500 SH SHARED-DEFINED 1,2 6,500 0
ISHARES TR HIGH YLD CORP 464288513 5,982 65,047 SH SHARED-DEFINED 1,2 65,047 0
ISHARES TR INDO INVS 46429B309 1,744 58,419 SH SHARED-DEFINED 1,2 58,419 0
MRKT
KT CORP SPONSORED ADR 48268K101 21,286 1,089,930 SH SHARED-DEFINED 1,2 1,089,930 0
MI DEVS INC CL A SUB VTG 55304X104 9,853 339,994 SH SHARED-DEFINED 1,2 339,994 0
MARKET VECTORS ETF TR EGYPT INDX 57060U548 213 13,197 SH SHARED-DEFINED 1,2 13,197 0
ETF
MARKET VECTORS ETF TR INDONESIA ETF 57060U753 731 24,400 SH SHARED-DEFINED 1,2 24,400 0
MONTGOMERY STR INCOME SECS COM 614115103 176 11,249 SH SHARED-DEFINED 1,2 11,249 0
I
MYREXIS INC COM 62856H107 60 15,499 SH SHARED-DEFINED 1,2 15,499 0
NFJ DIVID INT & PREM STRTGY COM SHS 65337H109 356 19,600 SH SHARED-DEFINED 1,2 19,600 0
POWERSHARES INDIA ETF TR INDIA PORT 73935L100 1,104 46,055 SH SHARED-DEFINED 1,2 46,055 0
POWERSHARES ETF TRUST II MENA FRNTR 73936Q603 602 47,794 SH SHARED-DEFINED 1,2 47,794 0
ETF
RIVERSOURCE LASALLE INTL COM 76932W102 2,539 256,752 SH SHARED-DEFINED 1,2 256,752 0
R/E
SPDR INDEX SHS FDS S&P EMKTSC 78463X756 252 4,683 SH SHARED-DEFINED 1,2 4,683 0
ETF
SIGA TECHNOLOGIES INC COM 826917106 4,818 398,181 SH SHARED-DEFINED 1,2 398,181 0
SILICONWARE PRECISION INDS SPONSD ADR 827084864 940 155,640 SH SHARED-DEFINED 1,2 155,640 0
L SPL