iShares Gold Trust
Hedge Funds Holdings

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iShares Gold Trust‘s stocks are currently a part of 821 hedge funds’ portfolios, which represents 83.46% of the total amount of its stocks outstanding. This makes up a total of 308.19M shares of iShares Gold Trust. Compared to the previous quarter, the number fell by -27.74% or -118.30M shares fewer. As for the holding position changes, 31.43% (258) of current hedge fund investors increased the number of shares held, 36.54% (300) of current holders sold a part of the shares held, and 7.55% (62) closed the holdings completely. 86 hedge funds are new holders of iShares Gold Trust stock in Q1 2023, it is 10.48% of total holders.

Hedge funds holding iShares Gold Trust (Q2 2018 – Q1 2023)

Number of hedge funds
Q2 2018 557
Q3 2018 548
Q4 2018 589
Q1 2019 608
Q2 2019 613
Q3 2019 640
Q4 2019 726
Q1 2020 769
Q2 2020 822
Q3 2020 866
Q4 2020 958
Q1 2021 937
Q2 2021 862
Q3 2021 864
Q4 2021 963
Q1 2022 935
Q2 2022 983
Q3 2022 926
Q4 2022 967
Q1 2023 821

Hedge funds changes in iShares Gold Trust positions (Q2 2018 – Q1 2023)

Changes in positions
Q2 2018 5419115338121
Q3 2018 411592045094
Q4 2018 1051711836070
Q1 2019 7022217541100
Q2 2019 5422018242115
Q3 2019 7526614345111
Q4 2019 13225718543109
Q1 2020 1093082035693
Q2 2020 9938319041109
Q3 2020 9640919842121
Q4 2020 16137025956112
Q1 2021 783533389375
Q2 2021 8142325879-879
Q3 2021 1043072789580
Q4 2021 17027933562117
Q1 2022 1463392791629
Q2 2022 14732032590101
Q3 2022 552624169499
Q4 2022 12526339366120
Q1 2023 8625830062115

Hedge funds changes in iShares Gold Trust stock options (Q2 2018 – Q1 2023)

Changes in stock options
Q2 2018 409,000 25,000
Q3 2018 163,000 21,000
Q4 2018 1,747,000 11,000
Q1 2019 1,795,000 15,000
Q2 2019 1,891,000 544,000
Q3 2019 2,745,000 690,000
Q4 2019 2,057,000 324,000
Q1 2020 7,180,000 2,565,000
Q2 2020 15,917,000 3,758,000
Q3 2020 27,691,000 25,368,000
Q4 2020 30,310,000 26,290,000
Q1 2021 3,400,000 10,505,000
Q2 2021 35,062,000 10,500,000
Q3 2021 27,533,000 9,337,000
Q4 2021 37,279,000 7,934,000
Q1 2022 69,684,000 5,671,000
Q2 2022 52,024,000 4,966,000
Q3 2022 40,583,000 4,502,000
Q4 2022 39,161,538 3,606,393
Q1 2023 11,477,087,000 86,401,000

Top 50 hedge fund holders of iShares Gold Trust (AMEX:IAU)

Hedge fund Value Shares owned Portfolio share
NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL WEALTH MANAGEMENT CO 1.41B 44.76M 2.462%
FMR LLC 1.26B 40.10M 0.132%
BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 1.21B 38.63M 0.146%
SUMITOMO MITSUI TRUST HOLDINGS, INC. 912.41M 28.93M 0.750%
MORGAN STANLEY 679.13M 21.53M 0.093%
CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT ADVISORY, INC. 651.74M 20.67M 1.192%
PERSONAL CAPITAL ADVISORS CORP 444.37M 14.09M 2.402%
WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN 386.24M 12.25M 0.126%
ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. 340.56M 10.80M 0.165%
JANE STREET GROUP, LLC 264.00M 8.37M 0.116%
CITIGROUP INC 253.02M 8.02M 0.181%
UBS GROUP AG 242.53M 7.69M 0.106%
TEMASEK HOLDINGS (PRIVATE) LTD 228.85M 7.25M 1.367%
LPL FINANCIAL LLC 218.31M 6.92M 0.211%
AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC 171.51M 5.43M 0.063%
PACKER & CO LTD 160.74M 4.68M 63.991%
CRESSET ASSET MANAGEMENT, LLC 157.67M 5.00M 1.993%
BANK OF MONTREAL /CAN/ 150.60M 4.57M 0.065%
ENVESTNET ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 149.74M 4.74M 0.086%
JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 140.77M 4.46M 0.020%
RONALD BLUE TRUST, INC. 131.66M 3.83M 2.314%
CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 130.43M 4.13M 0.047%
BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON CORP 124.23M 3.94M 0.030%
HIGHTOWER ADVISORS, LLC 118.98M 3.77M 0.319%
ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 118.77M 3.76M 0.037%
RAYMOND JAMES & ASSOCIATES 115.61M 3.66M 0.117%
KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION/OH 103.01M 3.26M 0.536%
STIFEL FINANCIAL CORP 86.64M 2.74M 0.142%
ASSET MANAGEMENT ONE CO., LTD. 80.10M 2.54M 0.408%
PROFICIO CAPITAL PARTNERS LLC 77.19M 2.43M 14.217%
COMMONWEALTH EQUITY SERVICES, LLC 74.75M 2.37M 0.193%
BRIDGEWATER ASSOCIATES, LP Ray Dalio 74.54M 2.36M 0.377%
TOCQUEVILLE ASSET MANAGEMENT L.P. 73.01M 2.31M 1.488%
BLACKROCK INC. Larry Fink 69.23M 2.19M 0.002%
CAPTRUST FINANCIAL ADVISORS 67.98M 2.15M 0.396%
CENTRAL TRUST CO 63.88M 1.86M 2.107%
MONEY DESIGN CO.,LTD. 63.86M 2.02M 5.388%
MIZUHO BANK, LTD. 63.06M 2M 10.355%
ARNHOLD LLC 56.98M 1.80M 7.652%
NORTHERN TRUST CORP 55.26M 1.75M 0.013%
CERITY PARTNERS LLC 52.93M 1.67M 0.636%
BAIRD FINANCIAL GROUP, INC. 52.64M 1.66M 0.155%
NADLER FINANCIAL GROUP, INC. 52.45M 1.66M 9.981%
FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC 52.32M 1.65M 0.029%
WESTSIDE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, INC. 51.00M 24.18K 0.122%
TIEDEMANN ADVISORS, LLC 50.55M 1.60M 3.065%
MOON CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LP 49.15M 1.55M 62.716%
HRT FINANCIAL LP 49.11M 1.55M 0.531%
PNC FINANCIAL SERVICES GROUP, INC. 47.16M 1.49M 0.049%
GM ADVISORY GROUP, INC. 45.71M 1.44M 5.752%