World Gold Trust
Close on Oct 19, 2026
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About World Gold Trust
Commodity Contracts Brokers & Dealers, SIC 6221
The World Gold Trust is an investment trust consisting of multiple series designed to offer investors exposure to gold bullion. Its sole operational fund, the SPDR Gold MiniShares Trust, operates as a passive investment vehicle seeking to reflect the performance of the price of gold bullion, less fund expenses, by issuing and redeeming shares backed by physical gold bars. The fund serves both institutional investors, who transact directly in large share blocks as authorized participants, and retail investors, who buy and sell shares through secondary exchange trading and brokerage accounts.
The trust's operations and physical gold assets are maintained across international financial centers, with vaulted gold storage located in London, New York, and Zurich. In addition to primary trading on the NYSE Arca, fund shares are listed on the Mexican Stock Exchange. Principal offices for the trust and its operational fund are situated in New York, New York, within the offices of the sponsor.
Summary of the business section of World Gold Trust's latest annual report, written by StockData.
Company profile
Company
- Legal name
- World Gold Trust
- Founded
- 2014
- Headquarters
- New York, NY
- Address
- 685 Third Avenue, 27th Floor 10017
- Phone
- (212) 317-3800
- Website
- spdrgoldshares.com
- Employees
- 4, Sep 30, 2025
- Industry
- Commodity Contracts Brokers & Dealers
- Incorporated in
- Delaware
- Fiscal year ends
- September 30
- Auditor
- KPMGLLP, New York, NY
Stock & identifiers
- Ticker
- GLDM
- Exchange
- NYSE
- IPO date
- Jun 26, 2018
- Shares outstanding
- 344M, Aug 3, 2026
- Public float
- $13.23B, Mar 31, 2025
- Filer category
- Large accelerated filer
- Stock splits
- 1-for-2 reverse, Feb 23, 2022
- SEC CIK
- 1618181
- CUSIP
- 98149E303
- ISIN
- US98149E3036
- LEI
- 5493002IEEMEY6LRJ932
- EIN
- 00-0000000
Executives and directors
Officers and directors who filed ownership reports (Forms 3, 4, 5) in the last two years
No recent ownership filings by officers or directors
World Gold Trust's leadership is listed in its proxy statement (Form DEF 14A).
Employees
Headcount reported in annual reports
“The Board of Directors of the Sponsor consists of four individuals, of whom three serve on its Audit Committee.”
Corporate history
Events identified from SEC filings
| Date | Event | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Dec 11, 2019 | Deregistration | Termination of SEC registration (Form 15) |
| Sep 11, 2019 | Delisting | Notice of delisting from exchange (Form 25) |
| Jul 15, 2019 | Listing notice | Notice of delisting or failure to satisfy a listing rule (8-K Item 3.01) |
| Jun 21, 2018 | Listing | Registration of securities on an exchange (Form 8-A) |
| Mar 7, 2018 | Name change | Name changed from World Currency Gold Trust to World Gold Trust |
| Jan 24, 2017 | Listing | Registration of securities on an exchange (Form 8-A) |
| May 27, 2016 | Name change | Name changed from Global Currency Gold Trust to World Currency Gold Trust |