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

Institutional Holders (2016Q3)
Portfolio Summary: 159 Institutional holders with a total value of $428,865,206.
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Manager Name
Shares
Value ($)
%
Options
Notes
1 Smith Affiliated Capital Corp. 7,202,573 78,868,174 18.39% PRN
2 Pekin Hardy Strauss, Inc. 4,893,686 53,586,000 12.49%
3 JOHNSON INVESTMENT COUNSEL INC 3,645,821 39,921,000 9.31%
4 Evanson Asset Management, LLC 3,087,041 33,803,000 7.88%
5 MORGAN STANLEY 1,814,221 19,866,000 4.63%
6 WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN 1,530,302 16,757,000 3.91%
7 Commonwealth Equity Services, Inc 1,202,130 13,163,000 3.07%
8 FRONTIER INVESTMENT MGMT CO 117,125 12,825,000 2.99%
9 Polar Asset Management Partners Inc. 1,043,548 11,427,000 2.66%
10 Anson Funds Management LP 1,017,849 11,145,000 2.60%
11 ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 917,576 10,066,000 2.35%
12 LPL Financial LLC 878,953 9,176,000 2.14%
13 Forest Hill Capital, LLC 600,000 6,570,000 1.53%
14 Raymond James Financial Services Advisors, Inc. 490,691 5,373,000 1.25%
15 RAYMOND JAMES & ASSOCIATES 438,728 4,804,000 1.12%
16 FEDERATED HERMES, INC. 382,615 4,190,000 0.98%
17 Choate Investment Advisors 315,707 3,456,992 0.81%
18 BAILARD, INC. 306,275 3,353,000 0.78%
19 LADENBURG THALMANN FINANCIAL SERVICES INC. 303,608 3,324,000 0.78%
20 Beaumont Financial Partners, LLC 302,127 3,308,000 0.77%
21 Fore Research & Management, LP 300,000 3,285,000 0.77%
22 CHASE INVESTMENT COUNSEL CORP 289,699 3,172,000 0.74%
23 Benchmark Capital Advisors 276,671 3,030,000 0.71%
24 Private Wealth Partners, LLC 243,300 2,664,000 0.62%
25 BENNICAS & ASSOCIATES, INC. 232,202 2,543,000 0.59%
26 Janney Montgomery Scott LLC 219,499 2,404,000 0.56%
27 ENVESTNET ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 199,843 2,188,000 0.51%
28 AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC 190,909 2,090,000 0.49%
29 Filament LLC 176,225 1,930,000 0.45%
30 JANUS HENDERSON GROUP PLC 168,933 1,850,000 0.43%
31 WFG Advisors, LP 164,798 1,805,000 0.42%
32 BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 160,302 1,756,000 0.41%
33 Freedom Investment Management, Inc. 158,506 1,736,000 0.40%
34 St. James Investment Company, LLC 155,413 1,702,000 0.40%
35 Private Advisor Group, LLC 153,796 1,632,000 0.38%
36 Cambridge Investment Research Advisors, Inc. 148,830 1,630,000 0.38%
37 Ancora Advisors LLC 147,116 1,611,000 0.38%
38 A. D. Beadell Investment Counsel, Inc. 144,508 1,582,000 0.37%
39 BLAIR WILLIAM & CO/IL 140,359 1,537,000 0.36%
40 Cetera Advisor Networks LLC 131,529 1,440,000 0.34%
41 SPROTT INC. 128,563 1,408,000 0.33%
42 BAIRD FINANCIAL GROUP, INC. 127,230 1,393,000 0.32%
43 HighTower Advisors, LLC 120,570 1,322,000 0.31%
44 UBS Group AG 114,589 1,255,000 0.29%
45 D.A. DAVIDSON & CO. 113,779 1,245,000 0.29%
46 Baker Avenue Asset Management, LP 112,740 1,235,000 0.29%
47 Quantum Capital Management, LLC / NJ 110,454 1,209,000 0.28%
48 MUFG Americas Holdings Corp 107,396 1,176,000 0.27%
49 STIFEL FINANCIAL CORP 106,384 1,170,000 0.27%
50 Hudock, Inc. 99,494 1,089,000 0.25%
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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.