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

Institutional Holders (2016Q4)
Portfolio Summary: 166 Institutional holders with a total value of $411,071,758.
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Manager Name
Shares
Value ($)
%
Options
Notes
1 Polar Asset Management Partners Inc. 10,172,304 95,518,000 23.24%
2 Pekin Hardy Strauss, Inc. 5,023,306 47,169,000 11.47%
3 JOHNSON INVESTMENT COUNSEL INC 3,592,302 33,731,000 8.21%
4 Evanson Asset Management, LLC 3,417,416 32,090,000 7.81%
5 Weiss Asset Management LP 3,017,325 28,333,000 6.89%
6 MORGAN STANLEY 1,695,609 15,922,000 3.87%
7 Forest Hill Capital, LLC 1,448,500 13,601,000 3.31%
8 WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN 1,394,232 13,092,000 3.18%
9 Commonwealth Equity Services, Inc 1,073,119 10,077,000 2.45%
10 ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 988,083 9,279,000 2.26%
11 LPL Financial LLC 843,517 7,971,000 1.94%
12 FEDERATED HERMES, INC. 685,115 6,433,000 1.56%
13 OTA Financial Group L.P. 518,632 4,869,000 1.18%
14 Raymond James Financial Services Advisors, Inc. 478,311 4,491,000 1.09%
15 RAYMOND JAMES & ASSOCIATES 474,453 4,455,000 1.08%
16 Beaumont Financial Partners, LLC 446,373 4,191,000 1.02%
17 Virtu Financial LLC 389,822 3,660,000 0.89%
18 BAILARD, INC. 360,775 3,388,000 0.82%
19 LADENBURG THALMANN FINANCIAL SERVICES INC. 359,753 3,379,000 0.82%
20 Smith Affiliated Capital Corp. 350,464 3,290,857 0.80% PRN
21 CHASE INVESTMENT COUNSEL CORP 286,084 2,686,000 0.65%
22 Benchmark Capital Advisors 268,971 2,526,000 0.61%
23 BENNICAS & ASSOCIATES, INC. 226,202 2,124,000 0.52%
24 Virtu KCG Holdings LLC 222,592 2,090,000 0.51%
25 BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 196,904 1,849,000 0.45%
26 Janney Montgomery Scott LLC 181,727 1,706,000 0.42%
27 WFG Advisors, LP 161,411 1,516,000 0.37%
28 Cambridge Investment Research Advisors, Inc. 158,116 1,485,000 0.36%
29 St. James Investment Company, LLC 155,413 1,459,000 0.35%
30 D.A. DAVIDSON & CO. 150,931 1,417,000 0.34%
31 OLD MISSION CAPITAL, LLC 145,229 1,364,000 0.33%
32 A. D. Beadell Investment Counsel, Inc. 143,600 1,348,000 0.33%
33 SPROTT INC. 138,713 1,303,000 0.32%
34 JANUS HENDERSON GROUP PLC 129,644 1,217,000 0.30%
35 BAIRD FINANCIAL GROUP, INC. 128,460 1,206,000 0.29%
36 Filament LLC 127,011 1,193,000 0.29%
37 FRONTIER INVESTMENT MGMT CO 118,125 1,109,000 0.27%
38 Cetera Advisor Networks LLC 116,045 1,090,000 0.27%
39 Private Wealth Partners, LLC 113,300 1,064,000 0.26%
40 Quantum Capital Management, LLC / NJ 111,189 1,044,000 0.25%
41 Private Advisor Group, LLC 107,423 1,034,000 0.25%
42 STIFEL FINANCIAL CORP 105,631 993,000 0.24%
43 HighTower Advisors, LLC 104,789 986,000 0.24%
44 PROFICIO CAPITAL PARTNERS LLC 101,698 955,000 0.23%
45 Ancora Advisors LLC 99,830 938,000 0.23%
46 Hudock, Inc. 99,494 934,000 0.23%
47 Freedom Investment Management, Inc. 97,644 917,000 0.22%
48 BANK OF MONTREAL /CAN/ 94,646 909,000 0.22%
49 MUFG Americas Holdings Corp 94,834 890,000 0.22%
50 Sterneck Capital Management, LLC 92,084 865,000 0.21%
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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.