about us

Weiss Asset Management ‘WAM’ combines a highly disciplined value investing, quantitative investment approach with economic analysis of data to maximize risk adjusted returns. The primary strategy is market neutral with arbitrage across various classes of securities, and other forms of arbitrage across various classes of equities. WAM sticks closely to its areas of expertise.

WAM is non-hierarchical: we assign the best qualified people to tasks irrespective of age or seniority. All employees are encouraged to take initiative and to challenge their co-workers. The atmosphere is intellectually challenging and the investment teams function in ways that mimic research groups at major universities. Investment decisions are based on economic analysis and statistical tests.