Ishares Gold Trust IAU Institutional Ownership

Updated Oct 30, 2026

Ishares Gold Trust (NYSE:IAU) was reported as a holding by 1,905 institutional investors in 13F filings for the quarter ended June 30, 2026.

• Collectively, these holders controlled 48.65% of Ishares Gold Trust's outstanding shares in Q2 2026, up from 47.80% in Q1 2026.
• Total shares held in IAU fell 2.83% from Q1 2026; the number of holders rose 19.59% from Q2 2025.
• Looking at the 1,905 holders of IAU individually, 838 added to their positions, 626 reduced their stakes and 441 left their positions unchanged.
• Combined, institutional investors held 383.66Mn shares of IAU as of Q2 2026, down 11.16Mn from the prior quarter and up 563.89K from a year earlier.
• Bank of America Corp held the largest position in IAU at 27.85Mn shares as of June 30, 2026, or 3.53% of shares outstanding.
• Holders that added the most shares of Ishares Gold Trust in Q2 2026 were Wealthspire Advisors, LLC (+1.63Mn shares), HRTG Gpe, LLC (+1.09Mn shares), LPL Financial LLC (+772.73K shares), Jane Street Group, LLC (+753.46K shares) and EverSource Wealth Advisors, LLC (+616.07K shares).
• Among holders that kept a stake in Ishares Gold Trust, the biggest sellers in Q2 2026 were JPMorgan Chase & Co (-3.36Mn shares), UBS Group AG (-2.89Mn shares), Employees Retirement System of Texas (-2.63Mn shares), Truist Financial Corp (-2.28Mn shares) and Permanens Capital L.P. (-1.03Mn shares).
• Per Business Quant data, the 10 largest holders of Ishares Gold Trust at the end of Q2 2026 were Bank of America Corp (27.85Mn shares), Morgan Stanley (22.99Mn shares), FMR LLC (13.82Mn shares), Wells Fargo & Company (12.83Mn shares), UBS Group AG (12.42Mn shares), LPL Financial LLC (10.95Mn shares), Envestnet Asset Management Inc (8.8Mn shares), BlackRock, Inc. (8.73Mn shares), Citigroup Inc (7.26Mn shares) and Ameriprise Financial Inc (6.79Mn shares).