World Gold Trust GLDM Institutional Ownership

Updated Oct 22, 2026

World Gold Trust (NYSE:GLDM) had 909 institutional holders reporting a position on Form 13F for the quarter ended June 30, 2026.

• These investors held 51.07% of World Gold Trust's outstanding shares at the end of Q2 2026, up from 50.21% in Q1 2026.
• Total shares held in World Gold Trust rose 7.18% from Q1 2026, while the number of holders rose 30.42% from Q2 2025.
• Of the 909 holders, 513 added to their positions, 262 reduced their stakes and 134 left their positions unchanged in Q2 2026.
• The aggregate institutional position in World Gold Trust was 174.77Mn shares at the end of Q2 2026, up 11.71Mn from the prior quarter and up 43.85Mn from a year earlier.
• Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group, Inc. held the largest position in GLDM at 20.06Mn shares as of June 30, 2026, or 5.86% of shares outstanding.
• The largest position increases in GLDM for Q2 2026 were by MAI Capital Management (+7.48Mn shares), SBI Okasan Asset Management Co.Ltd. (+6.02Mn shares), WealthNavi Inc. (+1.52Mn shares), Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group, Inc. (+1.46Mn shares) and Wells Fargo & Company (+1.11Mn shares).
• On the other side, among holders that kept a position in World Gold Trust, the largest reductions in Q2 2026 came from Principal Financial Group Inc (-1.22Mn shares), Evergreen Quality Fund GP, Ltd. (-1.1Mn shares), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (-521.73K shares), Tradewinds Capital Management, LLC (-411.89K shares) and Morgan Stanley (-377.41K shares).
• Business Quant data shows the 10 biggest positions in World Gold Trust as of Q2 2026 were held by Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group, Inc. (20.06Mn shares), Wells Fargo & Company (10.61Mn shares), Morgan Stanley (8.43Mn shares), SBI Okasan Asset Management Co.Ltd. (7.87Mn shares), MAI Capital Management (7.5Mn shares), Bank of America Corp (7.18Mn shares), Empower Advisory Group, LLC (6.58Mn shares), State Street Corp (3.99Mn shares), Resona Asset Management Co.,Ltd. (3.71Mn shares) and LPL Financial LLC (3.37Mn shares).