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Sprott Physical Gold

167 hedge funds and large institutions have $3.7B invested in Sprott Physical Gold in 2016 Q4 according to their latest regulatory filings, with 22 funds opening new positions, 44 increasing their positions, 47 reducing their positions, and 16 closing their positions.

New
Increased
Maintained
Reduced
Closed

38% more first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 22 | Existing positions closed: 16

5.63% more ownership

Funds ownership: 14.7%20.33% (+5.6%)

2% more funds holding

Funds holding: 163167 (+4)

0% more funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 66 (0)

6% less repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 44 | Existing positions reduced: 47

95% less capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $79.2B → $3.7B (-$75.5B)

Holders
167
Holders Change
+4
Holders Change %
+2.45%
% of All Funds
4.17%
Holding in Top 10
6
Holding in Top 10 Change
Holding in Top 10 Change %
% of All Funds
0.15%
New
22
Increased
44
Reduced
47
Closed
16
Calls
Puts
Net Calls
Net Calls Change
Name Holding Trade Value Shares
Change
Change in
Stake
SAC
1
Smith Affiliated Capital
New York
$3.29B
PAMP
2
Polar Asset Management Partners
Ontario, Canada
$95.5M +$91.5M +9,128,756 +875%
PHS
3
Pekin Hardy Strauss
Illinois
$47.2M +$1.3M +129,620 +3%
JIC
4
Johnson Investment Counsel
Ohio
$33.7M -$536K -53,519 -1%
EAM
5
Evanson Asset Management
California
$32.1M +$3.31M +330,375 +11%
WAM
6
Weiss Asset Management
Massachusetts
$28.3M +$30.2M +3,017,325 New
Morgan Stanley
7
Morgan Stanley
New York
$15.9M -$1.19M -118,612 -7%
FHC
8
Forest Hill Capital
Arkansas
$13.6M +$8.5M +848,500 +141%
Wells Fargo
9
Wells Fargo
California
$13.1M -$1.36M -136,070 -9%
Commonwealth Equity Services
10
Commonwealth Equity Services
Massachusetts
$10.1M -$1.29M -129,011 -11%
Royal Bank of Canada
11
Royal Bank of Canada
Ontario, Canada
$9.28M +$707K +70,507 +8%
LPL Financial
12
LPL Financial
California
$7.97M -$355K -35,436 -4%
Federated Hermes
13
Federated Hermes
Pennsylvania
$6.43M +$3.03M +302,500 +79%
OFG
14
OTA Financial Group
New York
$4.87M +$5.2M +518,632 New
RJFSA
15
Raymond James Financial Services Advisors
Florida
$4.49M -$124K -12,380 -3%
RJA
16
Raymond James & Associates
Florida
$4.46M +$358K +35,725 +8%
BFA
17
Beaumont Financial Advisors
Massachusetts
$4.19M +$1.45M +144,246 +48%
VF
18
Virtu Financial
New York
$3.66M +$3.43M +342,743 +728%
B
19
Bailard
California
$3.39M +$546K +54,500 +18%
LTFS
20
Ladenburg Thalmann Financial Services
Florida
$3.38M +$563K +56,145 +18%
LCP
21
Legacy Capital Partners
Wisconsin
$3M -$139K -13,823 -4%
CIC
22
Chase Investment Counsel
Virginia
$2.69M -$36.2K -3,615 -1%
BCA
23
Benchmark Capital Advisors
New York
$2.53M -$77.2K -7,700 -3%
BA
24
Bennicas & Associates
California
$2.12M -$60.1K -6,000 -3%
VKH
25
Virtu KCG Holdings
New York
$2.09M +$2.23M +222,592 New