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Bank of Nova Scotia

BNS
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NYSE
Industry
State Commercial Banks
SEC CIK
0000009631

No open-market purchases or sales by Bank of Nova Scotia insiders were filed in the last 90 days; 535 institutions reported holding it in 13F filings for Q2 2026, worth $47.7B in total; superinvestors Fairfax Financial and Maverick Capital hold it.

13F holders, Q1 2021

Institutional positions in Bank of Nova Scotia as of Mar 31, 2021. Investment managers with $100 million or more in US stocks report their long positions on Form 13F within 45 days after each quarter ends. How 13F works

Institutional holders
385
No complete 13F data for Q4 2020
Shares held
578.9M
No complete 13F data for Q4 2020
Total value
$36.4B
No complete 13F data for Q4 2020

Holders and value by quarter

Institutions reporting BNS on Form 13F each quarter since Q1 2021, and the total value they reported. Values are as of each quarter end, so they also move with the share price.

Institutional holdersQ1 2021: 385 institutions
Q1 2021: 385 institutionsQ2 2021: 394 institutionsQ3 2021: 419 institutionsQ4 2021: 438 institutionsQ1 2022: 440 institutionsQ2 2022: 434 institutionsQ3 2022: 416 institutionsQ4 2022: 418 institutionsQ1 2023: 405 institutionsQ2 2023: 386 institutionsQ3 2023: 395 institutionsQ4 2023: 390 institutionsQ1 2024: 399 institutionsQ2 2024: 393 institutionsQ3 2024: 412 institutionsQ4 2024: 442 institutionsQ1 2025: 419 institutionsQ2 2025: 433 institutionsQ3 2025: 460 institutionsQ4 2025: 484 institutionsQ1 2026: 508 institutionsQ2 2026: 535 institutions
Value heldQ1 2021: $36.4B
Q1 2021: $36.4BQ2 2021: $37.1BQ3 2021: $36.0BQ4 2021: $39.4BQ1 2022: $38.8BQ2 2022: $33.2BQ3 2022: $26.9BQ4 2022: $26.8BQ1 2023: $28.3BQ2 2023: $27.3BQ3 2023: $24.5BQ4 2023: $26.4BQ1 2024: $29.1BQ2 2024: $26.0BQ3 2024: $31.4BQ4 2024: $29.3BQ1 2025: $27.3BQ2 2025: $33.5BQ3 2025: $35.8BQ4 2025: $42.2BQ1 2026: $37.3BQ2 2026: $47.7B
Institutions holding BNS and their total value by quarter
QuarterHoldersValue
Q2 2026535$47.7B
Q1 2026508$37.3B
Q4 2025484$42.2B
Q3 2025460$35.8B
Q2 2025433$33.5B
Q1 2025419$27.3B
Q4 2024442$29.3B
Q3 2024412$31.4B
Q2 2024393$26.0B
Q1 2024399$29.1B
Q4 2023390$26.4B
Q3 2023395$24.5B
Q2 2023386$27.3B
Q1 2023405$28.3B
Q4 2022418$26.8B
Q3 2022416$26.9B
Q2 2022434$33.2B
Q1 2022440$38.8B
Q4 2021438$39.4B
Q3 2021419$36.0B
Q2 2021394$37.1B
Q1 2021385$36.4B

Institutions, Q1 2021

Shares, value and share of portfolio for each institution holding Bank of Nova Scotia.

Livermore's 13F data starts with Q1 2021, so Q1 2021 has no change from the previous quarter.

Institutions holding BNS in Q1 2021
InstitutionSharesValue% of portfolioChange in sharesAction
Royal Bank of Canada110,398,334$6.91B2.15%––
Bank of Montreal51,890,838$3.23B2.27%––
Vanguard Group Inc36,796,370$2.30B0.06%––
TD Asset Management Inc25,842,710$1.62B1.81%––
CIBC World Markets Inc.24,347,596$1.52B4.67%––
FIL Ltd24,011,963$1.50B1.71%––
Mackenzie Financial Corp24,017,008$1.50B2.29%––
Capital World Investors20,407,290$1.28B0.24%––
1832 Asset Management L.P.17,896,204$1.13B2.44%––
Caisse de Depot Et Placement du Quebec17,585,000$1.10B2.48%––
Jarislowsky, Fraser Ltd16,939,225$1.06B5.23%––
Toronto Dominion Bank15,704,323$984.2M1.73%––
Manufacturers Life Insurance Company, The10,381,389$816.2M0.71%––
Norges Bank12,500,434$782.0M0.18%––
Scotia Capital Inc.12,160,806$760.4M6.33%––
CIBC Asset Management Inc8,886,205$555.5M2.37%––
British Columbia Investment Management Corp7,534,721$471.3M3.40%––
Connor, Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd.6,705,249$419.5M2.34%––
Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan Trust Fund6,461,260$404.4M1.02%––
Legal & General Group Plc6,254,083$391.2M0.15%––
Credit Suisse AG5,970,061$373.4M0.28%––
Invesco Ltd.4,858,568$303.9M0.08%––
Letko, Brosseau & Associates Inc4,675,334$292.5M3.99%––
MUFG Securities (Canada), Ltd.4,645,299$290.4M16.89%––
Federation des caisses Desjardins du Quebec4,443,612$277.7M3.06%––
Omers Administration Corp4,021,648$251.6M3.98%––
Dimensional Fund Advisors LP3,856,915$241.3M0.08%––
JPMorgan Chase & Co3,834,048$239.8M0.03%––
Bank of America Corp3,719,833$232.7M0.03%––
Franklin Resources Inc3,633,158$227.3M0.09%––
Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings, Inc.3,445,212$215.4M0.13%––
Wellington Management Group LLP3,129,544$195.8M0.03%––
Massachusetts Financial Services Co2,726,329$170.5M0.05%––
Geode Capital Management, LLC2,499,935$156.1M0.02%––
FMR LLC2,368,846$148.2M0.01%––
Canada Pension Plan Investment Board2,237,000$139.9M0.18%––
Beutel, Goodman & Co Ltd.2,004,850$125.3M0.79%––
Cardinal Capital Management, Inc.1,860,951$116.3M6.84%––
State of Wisconsin Investment Board1,818,078$113.7M0.24%––
Guardian Capital LP1,385,380$108.9M1.83%––
Addenda Capital Inc.1,525,434$105.0M5.36%––
Scheer, Rowlett & Associates Investment Management Ltd.1,644,897$102.9M7.90%––
Burgundy Asset Management Ltd.1,585,100$99.1M1.01%––
Schonfeld Strategic Advisors LLC1,506,700$94.3M1.25%––
Cidel Asset Management Inc1,492,594$93.4M4.22%––
Montrusco Bolton Investments Inc.1,444,832$90.4M2.95%––
Deutsche Bank AG1,428,338$89.3M0.05%––
Bank of New York Mellon Corp1,385,869$86.7M0.02%––
Intact Investment Management Inc.1,085,240$85.3M2.58%––
Public Sector Pension Investment Board1,339,149$83.8M0.56%––
Morgan Stanley1,329,357$83.2M0.01%––
Alberta Investment Management Corp1,136,445$71.1M0.63%––
Value Partners Investments Inc.1,078,825$67.4M5.87%––
QV Investors Inc.1,065,885$66.7M4.10%––
HSBC Holdings PLC1,058,180$66.3M0.09%––
Jupiter Asset Management Ltd1,042,189$65.2M0.64%––
Northern Trust Corp967,033$60.5M0.01%––
Lincluden Management Ltd960,666$60.1M5.83%––
Great West Life Assurance Co931,724$57.9M0.14%––
First Trust Advisors LP923,923$57.8M0.07%––
M&G Investment Management Ltd894,774$56.2M0.47%––
Credential Qtrade Securities Inc.879,242$55.0M4.96%––
Russell Investments Group, Ltd.853,477$53.4M0.09%––
Marshall Wace Asia Ltd833,127$52.1M1.16%––
Dixon Mitchell Investment Counsel Inc.832,403$52.0M4.31%––
Gluskin Sheff & Assoc Inc749,338$46.9M2.11%––
Goldman Sachs Group Inc737,185$46.1M0.01%––
Korea Investment CORP727,317$45.5M0.14%––
Guardian Capital Advisors LP579,264$44.8M5.12%––
Northwest & Ethical Investments L.P.713,538$44.6M1.56%––
Amundi Asset Management US, Inc.710,562$44.4M0.03%––
BlackRock Inc.681,872$42.7M0.00%––
Bank of Nova Scotia Trust Co669,945$41.9M4.03%––
AMF Pensionsforsakring AB651,991$40.8M0.31%––
Nexus Investment Management ULC556,956$34.8M3.97%––
Zurcher Kantonalbank (Zurich Cantonalbank)552,769$34.6M0.21%––
Parametric Portfolio Associates LLC550,788$34.5M0.02%––
Marshall Wace, LLP526,571$32.9M0.17%––
AXA S.A.522,624$32.7M0.10%––
Galibier Capital Management Ltd.516,026$32.3M4.85%––
Pictet Asset Management Ltd510,754$31.9M0.04%––
Neuberger Berman Group LLC499,268$31.5M0.03%––
Waratah Capital Advisors Ltd.447,070$28.0M1.65%––
Acadian Asset Management LLC444,575$27.8M0.11%––
Marathon Asset Management LLP434,479$27.2M0.38%––
Barclays PLC410,728$25.7M0.02%––
Triasima Portfolio Management inc.408,010$25.5M1.29%––
UBS Group AG406,633$25.4M0.01%––
Aviva PLC404,233$25.2M0.12%––
Evoke Wealth, LLC380,800$23.8M1.08%––
Marshall Wace North America L.P.372,548$23.3M0.10%––
NN Investment Partners Holdings N.V.369,550$23.1M0.14%––
AMP Capital Investors Ltd361,334$22.6M0.11%––
APG Asset Management N.V.381,773$20.3M0.03%––
DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale308,095$19.6M0.06%––
Ilmarinen Mutual Pension Insurance Co313,000$19.5M0.23%––
Schroder Investment Management Group243,512$19.1M0.02%––
Nicola Wealth Management Ltd.303,500$19.0M2.12%––
Hillsdale Investment Management Inc.295,909$18.5M1.55%––
Forsta Ap-Fonden287,000$18.0M0.25%––