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iShares Gold Trust

1,940 hedge funds and large institutions have $34.7B invested in iShares Gold Trust in 2026 Q1 according to their latest regulatory filings, with 179 funds opening new positions, 544 increasing their positions, 868 reducing their positions, and 107 closing their positions.

New
Increased
Maintained
Reduced
Closed

more call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $ | Put options by funds: $

more first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: | Existing positions closed:

more funds holding

Funds holding:

less capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $ → $

2% less funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 184180 (-4)

5.75% less ownership

Funds ownership: 52.15%46.41% (-5.7%)

37% less repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 544 | Existing positions reduced: 868

Holders
1,940
Holders Change
Holders Change %
% of All Funds
Holding in Top 10
180
Holding in Top 10 Change
Holding in Top 10 Change %
% of All Funds
New
Increased
Reduced
Closed
Calls
$529M
Puts
$172M
Net Calls
Net Calls Change

Top Buyers

1 +$582M
2 +$280M
3 +$132M
4
SG
SCHF (GPE)
Wyoming
+$123M
5
UBS AM
UBS AM
Illinois
+$120M
Name Holding Trade Value Shares
Change
Change in
Stake
WKSWA
1976
White Knight Strategic Wealth Advisors
New Jersey
BPAMU
1977
BTG Pactual Asset Management US
New York
FFG
1978
Fortune Financial Group
Florida
SGI
1979
Summit Global Investments
Utah
KWM
1980
KW Wealth Management
California
BCM
1981
Bourgeon Capital Management
Connecticut
AFW
1982
Avantra Family Wealth
Pennsylvania
Squarepoint
1983
Squarepoint
New York
BMA
1984
Brooks Moore & Associates
Tennessee
QPBE
1985
Quintet Private Bank (Europe)
Luxembourg
Lazard Asset Management
1986
Lazard Asset Management
New York
M1FG
1987
Mach-1 Financial Group
Arkansas
VC
1988
Vestor Capital
Illinois
MWM
1989
Maripau Wealth Management
Indiana
ACM
1990
Andina Capital Management
Utah
RI
1991
Rinkey Investments
California
WIA
1992
Westview Investment Advisors
Vermont
GRR
1993
Golden Reserve Retirement
Ohio
TF
1994
Theory Financial
Colorado
HIM
1995
Hanlon Investment Management
New Jersey
TA
1996
TFB Advisors
Kansas
GJWM
1997
Gilliland Jeter Wealth Management
Arkansas
CC
1998
Commons Capital
Massachusetts
UFA
1999
Unify Financial Advisors
Florida
ZIG
2000
Zuckerman Investment Group
Illinois