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SPROTT PHYSICAL GOLD TRUST UNIT
SPROTT PHYSICAL GOLD TRUST UNIT. Institutional holdings reported to the SEC.

Institutional Holders (2016Q2)
Portfolio Summary: 159 Institutional holders with a total value of $439,905,078.
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Manager Name
Shares
Value ($)
%
Options
Notes
1 Smith Affiliated Capital Corp. 7,201,772 79,075,457 17.98% PRN
2 Pekin Hardy Strauss, Inc. 4,849,726 53,250,000 12.10%
3 JOHNSON INVESTMENT COUNSEL INC 3,631,919 39,878,000 9.07%
4 Polar Asset Management Partners Inc. 3,329,370 36,556,000 8.31%
5 Evanson Asset Management, LLC 2,946,784 32,356,000 7.36%
6 MORGAN STANLEY 1,971,533 21,647,000 4.92%
7 WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN 1,496,529 16,433,000 3.74%
8 Commonwealth Equity Services, Inc 1,234,989 13,560,000 3.08%
9 FEDERATED HERMES, INC. 1,021,000 11,211,000 2.55%
10 Anson Funds Management LP 1,017,849 11,176,000 2.54%
11 LPL Financial LLC 848,961 9,636,000 2.19%
12 ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 815,687 8,956,000 2.04%
13 Forest Hill Capital, LLC 500,000 5,490,000 1.25%
14 Raymond James Financial Services Advisors, Inc. 480,974 5,281,000 1.20%
15 RAYMOND JAMES & ASSOCIATES 413,433 4,539,000 1.03%
16 BAILARD, INC. 306,275 3,363,000 0.76%
17 Fore Research & Management, LP 300,000 3,294,000 0.75%
18 Beaumont Financial Partners, LLC 289,765 3,182,000 0.72%
19 CHASE INVESTMENT COUNSEL CORP 289,699 3,180,000 0.72%
20 Benchmark Capital Advisors 276,671 3,038,000 0.69%
21 St. James Investment Company, LLC 253,235 2,781,000 0.63%
22 BENNICAS & ASSOCIATES, INC. 241,302 2,649,000 0.60%
23 LADENBURG THALMANN FINANCIAL SERVICES INC. 233,135 2,560,000 0.58%
24 Private Wealth Partners, LLC 233,000 2,558,000 0.58%
25 ENVESTNET ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 209,427 2,300,000 0.52%
26 AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC 167,583 1,840,000 0.42%
27 Virtu Financial LLC 164,220 1,803,000 0.41%
28 WFG Advisors, LP 163,352 1,794,000 0.41%
29 Global Endowment Management, LP 160,000 1,757,000 0.40%
30 Citizens Business Bank 145,500 1,598,000 0.36%
31 A. D. Beadell Investment Counsel, Inc. 144,508 1,586,000 0.36%
32 Filament LLC 139,650 1,533,000 0.35%
33 STIFEL FINANCIAL CORP 136,478 1,499,000 0.34%
34 Ancora Advisors LLC 128,516 1,411,000 0.32%
35 JANUS HENDERSON GROUP PLC 127,866 1,404,000 0.32%
36 BLAIR WILLIAM & CO/IL 126,859 1,393,000 0.32%
37 Cambridge Investment Research Advisors, Inc. 123,201 1,353,000 0.31%
38 Freedom Investment Management, Inc. 118,112 1,297,000 0.29%
39 FRONTIER INVESTMENT MGMT CO 117,125 1,286,000 0.29%
40 HighTower Advisors, LLC 116,437 1,281,000 0.29%
41 Private Advisor Group, LLC 112,643 1,260,000 0.29%
42 BAIRD FINANCIAL GROUP, INC. 112,975 1,241,000 0.28%
43 SPROTT INC. 110,763 1,216,000 0.28%
44 Quantum Capital Management, LLC / NJ 110,664 1,215,000 0.28%
45 MUFG Americas Holdings Corp 109,420 1,201,000 0.27%
46 Hudock, Inc. 99,494 1,092,000 0.25%
47 Cetera Advisor Networks LLC 92,972 1,021,000 0.23%
48 Baker Avenue Asset Management, LP 91,810 1,008,000 0.23%
49 BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 91,105 1,001,000 0.23%
50 Sterneck Capital Management, LLC 89,541 983,000 0.22%
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From 2023-01-03 onward, the SEC requires values to be reported in nearest dollars. Earlier filings reported values in thousands; therefore, positions shown as $0 in older filings may represent actual values between $0–$999.