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PIPER SANDLER & CO.

MINNEAPOLIS, MN · CIK 724683 · 13F filing filed 2023-05-11

SEC-registered investment adviser since 2016 · corporation

As an employer

Where they work

people there (dot area)number not reportedmain officeHover or tap a dot. Australian and UK companies are placed at their business or registered address, with their staff across the whole country.

Offices

From Form ADV: the main office and the other offices where it does advisory work (at most the 25 largest), with the people doing investment work at each. “About” is worked out: the firm's investment staff less its other offices. Each city links to the other managers there.

CityCountryPeople
Minneapolis, MN (main office)United States United Statesabout 4
New York, NYUnited States United States11
Chicago, ILUnited States United States4
Portland, ORUnited States United States3
Greenwich, CTUnited States United States2
Leawood, KSUnited States United States2
Memphis, TNUnited States United States2
Melville, NYUnited States United States1
Milwaukee, WIUnited States United States1
West Palm Beach, FLUnited States United States1

US visa salary filings

Job titleFilingsMedianRange
Investment Banking AssociateNew York, NY 3 $175,000 $135,000 – $200,000
Investment Banking Associate IiNew York, NY 2 $187,500 $175,000 – $200,000
Senior Platform EngineerMinneapolis, MN 2 $151,500 $150,000 – $153,000
Investment Banking AnalystNew York, NY 2 $135,000
Managing Director, Biopharma M&ANew York, NY 1 $300,000
Investment Banking Vice PresidentChicago, IL 1 $250,000
Investment Banking Vice President, RestructuringNew York, NY 1 $250,000

Source: US Department of Labor, Labor Condition Application disclosure data (certified, full-time, yearly equivalent). These are the salaries the employer committed to pay the visa roles it filed for, at least the prevailing wage for the job and place; they are not the pay of all its staff. Filed by: Piper Sandler & Co..

Map: places from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), outlines from Natural Earth.

$143.2m reported value +48.3% vs Q4 2022
29positions
82.7%in top 10
9 new 10 added 1 reduced 14 sold out vs Q4 2022

Options: 0 call positions (— notional), 1 put positions ($2.8m notional) – listed below, not included above.

Holdings, Q1 2023

The small lines show how much was held over the last 4 quarters (adjusted for stock splits).

#SecurityTickerShares Value% of portfolioChangeShares change
1 HOPE BANCORP INC NOTE 2.000% 5/1 · principal HOPE 2 05.15.38 · principal HOPE 2 05.15.38 17,335,000 $16.8m11.71% 11.71% AddedPrincipal held: Q3 2022 7.4m, Q4 2022 7.9m, Q1 2023 17.3m +9.4m +9,416,000 118.9%
2 DIGITALBRIDGE GROUP INC NOTE 5.000% 4/1 · principal DBRG 5 04.15.23 · principal DBRG 5 04.15.23 16,754,000 $16.8m11.70% 11.70% AddedPrincipal held: Q3 2022 5.5m, Q4 2022 6.2m, Q1 2023 16.8m +10.6m +10,570,000 170.9%
3 SILICON LABORATORIES INC NOTE 0.625% 6/1 · principal SLAB 0.625 06.15.25 · principal SLAB 0.625 06.15.25 10,000,000 $15.0m10.44% 10.44% NewPrincipal held: Q3 2022 0, Q4 2022 0, Q1 2023 10.0m
4 IQIYI INC NOTE 2.000% 4/0 · principal IQ 2 04.01.25 · principal IQ 2 04.01.25 14,689,000 $14.7m10.26% 10.26% NewPrincipal held: Q3 2022 0, Q4 2022 0, Q1 2023 14.7m
5 KKR REAL ESTATE FIN TR INC NOTE 6.125% 5/1 · principal KREF 6.125 05.15.23 · principal KREF 6.125 05.15.23 13,246,000 $13.1m9.16% 9.16% AddedPrincipal held: Q3 2022 5.3m, Q4 2022 11.2m, Q1 2023 13.2m +2.1m +2,082,000 18.6%
6 PURE STORAGE INC NOTE 0.125% 4/1 · principal PSTG 0.125 04.15.23 · principal PSTG 0.125 04.15.23 10,000,000 $10.0m6.96% 6.96% NewPrincipal held: Q3 2022 0, Q4 2022 0, Q1 2023 10.0m
7 APOLLO COML REAL ESTATE FIN NOTE 5.375%10/1 · principal ARI 5.375 10.15.23 · principal ARI 5.375 10.15.23 9,993,000 $9.7m6.76% 6.76% AddedPrincipal held: Q3 2022 0, Q4 2022 3.3m, Q1 2023 10.0m +6.6m +6,644,000 198.4%
8 WESTERN DIGITAL CORP. NOTE 1.500% 2/0 · principal WDC 1.5 02.01.24 · principal WDC 1.5 02.01.24 8,982,000 $8.7m6.06% 6.06% NewPrincipal held: Q3 2022 0, Q4 2022 0, Q1 2023 9.0m
9 TERADYNE INC NOTE 1.250%12/1 · principal TER 1.25 12.15.23 · principal TER 1.25 12.15.23 2,300,000 $7.1m4.99% 4.99% AddedPrincipal held: Q3 2022 4.0m, Q4 2022 1.4m, Q1 2023 2.3m +948.0k +948,000 70.1%
10 SUPERNUS PHARMACEUTICALS NOTE 0.625% 4/0 · principal SUPN 0.625 04.01.23 · principal SUPN 0.625 04.01.23 6,695,000 $6.7m4.67% 4.67% AddedPrincipal held: Q3 2022 3.3m, Q4 2022 4.1m, Q1 2023 6.7m +2.6m +2,600,000 63.5%
11 TILRAY BRANDS INC NOTE 5.000%10/0 · principal TLRY 5 10.01.23 · principal TLRY 5 10.01.23 4,962,000 $4.9m3.41% 3.41% AddedPrincipal held: Q3 2022 0, Q4 2022 235.0k, Q1 2023 5.0m +4.7m +4,727,000 2011.5%
12 REDWOOD TRUST INC NOTE 4.750% 8/1 · principal RWT 4.75 08.15.23 · principal RWT 4.75 08.15.23 5,003,000 $4.9m3.40% 3.40% AddedPrincipal held: Q3 2022 100.0k, Q4 2022 100.0k, Q1 2023 5.0m +4.9m +4,903,000 4903.0%
13 SPLUNK INC NOTE 0.500% 9/1 · principal SPLK 0.5 09.15.23 · principal SPLK 0.5 09.15.23 4,757,000 $4.6m3.24% 3.24% NewPrincipal held: Q3 2022 0, Q4 2022 0, Q1 2023 4.8m
14 NICE SYS INC NOTE 1.250% 1/1 · principal NICEIT 1.25 01.15.24 · principal NICEIT 1.25 01.15.24 1,535,000 $3.7m2.58% 2.58% NewPrincipal held: Q3 2022 0, Q4 2022 0, Q1 2023 1.5m
15 HERBALIFE NUTRITION LTD NOTE 2.625% 3/1 · principal HLF 2.625 03.15.24 · principal HLF 2.625 03.15.24 3,000,000 $2.8m1.98% 1.98% NewPrincipal held: Q3 2022 0, Q4 2022 0, Q1 2023 3.0m
16 INTERCEPT PHARMACEUTICALS IN NOTE 3.250% 7/0 · principal ICPT 3.25 07.01.23 · principal ICPT 3.25 07.01.23 1,162,000 $1.2m0.81% 0.81% UnchangedPrincipal held: Q3 2022 0, Q4 2022 1.2m, Q1 2023 1.2m
17 ILLUMINA INC NOTE 8/1 · principal ILMN 0 08.15.23 · principal ILMN 0 08.15.23 1,040,000 $1.0m0.71% 0.71% ReducedPrincipal held: Q3 2022 1.3m, Q4 2022 1.3m, Q1 2023 1.0m -250.0k -250,000 -19.4%
18 BECTON DICKINSON & CO 6% DP CONV PFD B BDX 6 06.01.23 B BDX 6 06.01.23 B 5,510 $274.0k0.19% 0.19% NewShares held: Q3 2022 0, Q4 2022 0, Q1 2023 5.5k
19 TWO COM CL A COM CL A 25,003 $256.3k0.18% 0.18% UnchangedShares held: Q3 2022 25.0k, Q4 2022 25.0k, Q1 2023 25.0k
20 COLOMBIER ACQUISITION CORP CL A CL A 25,000 $253.2k0.18% 0.18% UnchangedShares held: Q3 2022 25.0k, Q4 2022 25.0k, Q1 2023 25.0k
21 DA32 LIFE SCNCE TEC ACQSTN C CLASS A COM CLASS A COM 25,003 $253.0k0.18% 0.18% UnchangedShares held: Q3 2022 25.0k, Q4 2022 25.0k, Q1 2023 25.0k
22 OPPFI INC COM CL A OPFI OPFI 59,438 $121.8k0.09% 0.09% UnchangedShares held: Q3 2022 59.4k, Q4 2022 59.4k, Q1 2023 59.4k
23 SHATTUCK LABS INC COM STTK STTK 39,467 $116.0k0.08% 0.08% UnchangedShares held: Q3 2022 39.5k, Q4 2022 39.5k, Q1 2023 39.5k
24 NEW RELIC INC NOTE 0.500% 5/0 · principal NEWR 0.5 05.01.23 · principal NEWR 0.5 05.01.23 110,000 $109.4k0.08% 0.08% AddedPrincipal held: Q3 2022 62.0k, Q4 2022 72.0k, Q1 2023 110.0k +38.0k +38,000 52.8%
25 PROFRAC HLDG CORP CLASS A COM ACDC ACDC 8,164 $103.4k0.07% 0.07% UnchangedShares held: Q3 2022 0, Q4 2022 8.2k, Q1 2023 8.2k
26 LIGAND PHARMACEUTICALS INC NOTE 0.750% 5/1 · principal LGND 0.75 05.15.23 · principal LGND 0.75 05.15.23 73,000 $72.3k0.05% 0.05% AddedPrincipal held: Q3 2022 0, Q4 2022 13.0k, Q1 2023 73.0k +60.0k +60,000 461.5%
27 CARTESIAN GROWTH CORP II *W EXP 07/12/202 REEWF REEWF 402,500 $64.4k0.04% 0.04% UnchangedShares held: Q3 2022 402.5k, Q4 2022 402.5k, Q1 2023 402.5k
28 INVESTAR HOLDING CORP COM ISTR ISTR 2,222 $31.0k0.02% 0.02% NewShares held: Q3 2022 0, Q4 2022 0, Q1 2023 2.2k
29 OPPFI INC *W EXP 07/20/202 *W EXP 07/20/202 29,719 $2.6k0.00% 0.00% UnchangedShares held: Q3 2022 29.7k, Q4 2022 29.7k, Q1 2023 29.7k

Sold out since Q4 2022

SecurityTickerShares held beforeValue then
NOVAVAX INC NVAX 3.75 02.01.23 NVAX 3.75 02.01.23 19,748,000 $19.6m19.7m shares
ATLAS AIR WORLDWIDE HLDGS IN AAWW 1.875 06.01.24 AAWW 1.875 06.01.24 7,250,000 $12.1m7.2m shares
BLACKSTONE MORTGAGE TRUST IN BXMT 4.75 03.15.23 BXMT 4.75 03.15.23 9,838,000 $9.6m9.8m shares
STARWOOD PPTY TR INC STWD 4.375 04.01.23 STWD 4.375 04.01.23 6,639,000 $6.4m6.6m shares
INNOVIVA INC INVA 2.125 01.15.23 INVA 2.125 01.15.23 4,233,000 $4.2m4.2m shares
ELEVANCE HEALTH INC ELV 2.75 10.15.42 ELV 2.75 10.15.42 350,000 $2.4m350.0k shares
NUTANIX INC NTNX 0 01.15.23 NTNX 0 01.15.23 1,902,000 $1.9m1.9m shares
PATRICK INDS INC PATK 1 02.01.23 PATK 1 02.01.23 423,000 $419.0k423.0k shares
SLAM CORP SLAMF SLAMF 25,100 $253.5k25.1k shares
ABG ACQUISITION CORP I 25,000 $252.2k25.0k shares
VEECO INSTRS INC DEL VECO 2.7 01.15.23 VECO 2.7 01.15.23 199,000 $196.3k199.0k shares
VECTOR ACQUISITION CORP II 16,888 $170.6k16.9k shares
FINTECH EVOLUTION ACQUIS GRO 5,705 $57.6k5.7k shares
SILK RD MED INC SILK SILK 146 $7.7k146 shares

Options (notional value)

UnderlyingTickerTypeShares controlled NotionalChange
HOPE BANCORP INC HOPE · Put HOPEPut 288,800 $2.8m288.8k shares New