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Significant Accounting Policies (Tables)
 9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2015
Significant Accounting Policies [Abstract]  
Quantitative Effect Of Adoption Of Investment Company Accounting

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Value at

 

 

 

Gain / (loss)

 

 

December 31, 2013

 

Value at

 

as a result of

 

 

at lower of cost

 

January 1, 2014

 

change in

(Amounts in 000's of US$)

 

or market value

 

at fair value

 

accounting principle

Investment in gold

 

$
1,040,003 

 

$
1,040,003 

 

$

- 

 

Categorization Of The Trust's Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Amounts in 000's of US$)

 

September 30, 2015

 

December 31, 2014

Level 2

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investment in gold

 

$
832,534 

 

$
940,011 

 

Schedule Of Investment In Gold

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nine Months

 

Year

 

 

Ended

 

Ended

(Amounts in 000's of US$, except for ounces data)

 

September 30, 2015

 

December 31, 2014

Ounces of gold

 

 

 

 

 

 

Opening balance

 

 
783,832.3 

 

 
865,587.1 

Creations

 

 
19,580.0 

 

 
4,907.1 

Redemptions

 

 
(53,811.2)

 

 
(83,347.4)

Transfers of gold to pay expenses

 

 
(2,263.4)

 

 
(3,314.5)

Closing balance

 

 
747,337.7 

 

 
783,832.3 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investment in gold

 

 

 

 

 

 

Opening balance

 

$
940,011 

 

$
1,040,003 

Creations

 

 
24,496 

 

 
6,437 

Redemptions

 

 
(62,870)

 

 
(100,689)

Realized (loss) / gain on gold distributed for the redemption of Shares

 

 
(1,862)

 

 
509 

Transfers of gold to pay expenses

 

 
(2,686)

 

 
(4,195)

Realized (loss) / gain on gold transferred to pay expenses

 

 
(37)

 

 
212 

Change in unrealized loss on investment in gold

 

 
(64,518)

 

 
(2,266)

Closing balance

 

$
832,534 

 

$
940,011