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778 hedge funds and large institutions have $8.59B invested in SPDR Gold Trust in 2015 Q2 according to their latest regulatory filings, with 66 funds opening new positions, 197 increasing their positions, 327 reducing their positions, and 53 closing their positions.

New
Increased
Maintained
Reduced
Closed

125% more call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $8.32B | Put options by funds: $3.71B

25% more first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 66 | Existing positions closed: 53

0.63% more ownership

Funds ownership: 31.72%32.36% (+0.63%)

0% more funds holding

Funds holding: 775778 (+3)

4% less capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $8.98B → $8.59B (-$392M)

6% less funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 5451 (-3)

40% less repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 197 | Existing positions reduced: 327

Holders
778
Holders Change
+3
Holders Change %
+0.39%
% of All Funds
20.96%
Holding in Top 10
51
Holding in Top 10 Change
-3
Holding in Top 10 Change %
-5.56%
% of All Funds
1.37%
New
66
Increased
197
Reduced
327
Closed
53
Calls
$8.32B
Puts
$3.71B
Net Calls
+$4.62B
Net Calls Change
+$1.32B
Name Holding Trade Value Shares
Change
Change in
Stake
PC
1
Paulson & Co
New York
$1.04B -$114M -1,000,000 -10%
Morgan Stanley
2
Morgan Stanley
New York
$529M +$145M +1,265,803 +37%
First Eagle Investment Management
3
First Eagle Investment Management
New York
$526M +$61.3M +535,632 +13%
CS
4
Credit Suisse
Switzerland
$458M +$4.82M +42,105 +1%
Bank of America
5
Bank of America
North Carolina
$353M -$7.22M -63,075 -2%
DFO
6
Duquesne Family Office
New York
$324M +$330M +2,880,000 New
BA
7
BlackRock Advisors
Delaware
$277M -$61.5M -537,000 -18%
D.E. Shaw & Co
8
D.E. Shaw & Co
New York
$230M +$1.83M +16,000 +0.8%
UBS Group
9
UBS Group
Switzerland
$218M -$7.29M -63,731 -3%
JP Morgan Chase
10
JP Morgan Chase
New York
$189M +$10.7M +93,232 +6%
BG
11
BlackRock Group
United Kingdom
$140M +$18.4M +160,497 +15%
Schroder Investment Management Group
12
Schroder Investment Management Group
United Kingdom
$113M -$10.6M -92,514 -8%
MTB
13
Mizuho Trust & Banking
Japan
$110M -$764K -6,675 -0.7%
SCM
14
Steadfast Capital Management
New York
$106M -$67M -585,502 -38%
Lazard Asset Management
15
Lazard Asset Management
New York
$104M -$12.5M -109,400 -11%
O
16
OppenheimerFunds
New York
$104M -$4.22M -36,879 -4%
Citigroup
17
Citigroup
New York
$98.3M +$58.3M +508,944 +139%
Wellington Management Group
18
Wellington Management Group
Massachusetts
$94.7M -$4.96M -43,344 -5%
Wells Fargo
19
Wells Fargo
California
$94.6M +$1.7M +14,850 +2%
TT
20
Tiedemann Trust
Delaware
$93.6M -$3.73M -32,572 -4%
Goldman Sachs
21
Goldman Sachs
New York
$89.1M -$13.6M -119,141 -13%
Adage Capital Partners
22
Adage Capital Partners
Massachusetts
$84.3M -$11.4M -100,000 -12%
Northern Trust
23
Northern Trust
Illinois
$70.9M +$9.56M +83,545 +15%
IIM
24
Ivory Investment Management
New York
$70.5M +$2.58M +22,503 +4%
HSBC Holdings
25
HSBC Holdings
United Kingdom
$69.1M +$65.6M +573,243 +1,374%

GLD Hedge Fund Activity: Q2 2015 in Review

778 of the 3,711 institutional investors tracked by Wall St. Rank reported a position in SPDR Gold Trust (GLD) for Q2 2015, worth a combined $8.59B — down 4.4% from $8.98B a quarter earlier.

Buyers outnumbered sellers: 66 funds opened new GLD positions and 53 closed out — a net gain of 13 holders — while 197 added to existing stakes and 327 trimmed.

The largest buyer was Duquesne Family Office, opening a new position worth an estimated $330M. The largest seller was CI Investments Inc, cutting an estimated $650M.

  • 778 institutional investors held SPDR Gold Trust (GLD) as of Q2 2015, up from 775 in Q1 2015.
  • Funds reported $8.59B of SPDR Gold Trust stock for Q2 2015, down 4.4% quarter-over-quarter.
  • 66 funds opened new SPDR Gold Trust positions in Q2 2015 and 53 closed out, a net change of +13 holders.
  • The largest SPDR Gold Trust buyer in Q2 2015 was Duquesne Family Office, an estimated $330M added.
  • The largest SPDR Gold Trust seller in Q2 2015 was CI Investments Inc, an estimated $650M sold.

Based on aggregated 13F filings for Q2 2015.