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Bank of Nova Scotia

BNS
Exchange
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
Sterling Manor Financial, LLC3,556$222.0K0.20%––
JustInvest LLC3,897$244.0K0.04%––
Envestnet Asset Management Inc3,911$245.0K0.00%––
Private Advisor Group, LLC3,928$246.0K0.00%––
Boston Private Wealth LLC3,934$246.0K0.00%––
Burney Co3,970$248.0K0.01%––
Robertson Stephens Wealth Management, LLC3,991$249.0K0.04%––
First Manhattan Co4,000$250.0K0.00%––
CIBC Private Wealth Group, LLC4,129$258.0K0.00%––
Magnus Financial Group LLC4,129$258.0K0.06%––
Sara-Bay Financial4,120$258.0K0.11%––
Venture Visionary Partners LLC4,150$259.0K0.02%––
Source Financial Advisors LLC4,152$259.0K0.07%––
Golden State Equity Partners4,258$266.0K0.15%––
Tower Research Capital LLC (TRC)4,262$267.0K0.00%––
Bayesian Capital Management, LP4,344$272.0K0.06%––
Caas Capital Management LP4,342$272.0K0.01%––
Exencial Wealth Advisors, LLC4,380$274.0K0.02%––
Checchi Capital Advisers, LLC4,465$279.0K0.04%––
Vident Investment Advisory, LLC4,642$290.0K0.01%––
Old North State Trust, LLC4,872$305.0K0.24%––
Capital Investment Advisors, LLC4,920$308.0K0.01%––
Evergreen Capital Management LLC4,950$310.0K0.02%––
Ridgewood Investments LLC5,000$313.0K0.19%––
Blair William & Co5,090$318.0K0.00%––
Ballentine Partners, LLC5,172$323.0K0.01%––
JJJ Advisors Inc.5,315$332.0K0.13%––
Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC5,400$338.0K0.00%––
Henshaw Capital LLC5,471$342.2K0.02%––
Macquarie Group Ltd5,510$345.0K0.00%––
Virtu Financial LLC5,573$349.0K0.02%––
Cresset Asset Management, LLC5,590$350.0K0.01%––
Guggenheim Capital LLC5,737$359.0K0.00%––
Nwam LLC5,745$359.0K0.04%––
Ritholtz Wealth Management5,764$361.0K0.03%––
Laurel Wealth Advisors, Inc.5,825$364.0K0.06%––
Unio Capital LLC5,943$372.0K0.18%––
Forbes J M & Co LLP6,000$375.0K0.05%––
Compagnie Lombard Odier SCmA6,035$378.0K0.01%––
Cohen Investment Advisors LLC6,211$388.0K0.32%––
Moors & Cabot, Inc.6,410$403.0K0.03%––
Hemenway Trust Co LLC6,575$411.0K0.04%––
Lombard Odier Asset Management (Switzerland) SA5,528$435.0K0.03%––
Veriti Management LLC7,303$457.0K0.12%––
Millennium Management LLC7,369$461.0K0.00%––
MAI Capital Management7,445$466.0K0.01%––
Kavar Capital Partners Group, LLC7,450$466.0K0.13%––
Caption Management, LLC7,500$470.0K0.06%––
Glenmede Trust Co NA7,617$475.0K0.00%––
Mitchell McLeod Pugh & Williams Inc7,650$479.0K0.20%––
Centiva Capital, LP7,834$490.0K0.07%––
The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.7,841$491.0K0.00%––
Marathon Capital Management7,895$493.0K0.13%––
Signaturefd, LLC7,938$497.0K0.02%––
Bridgecreek Investment Management, LLC8,000$500.0K0.08%––
Walleye Trading LLC8,019$502.0K0.02%––
Financial Advisory Service, Inc.8,048$503.0K0.05%––
Quilter Plc8,259$517.0K0.02%––
Bessemer Group Inc8,659$541.0K0.00%––
Baskin Financial Services Inc.8,669$542.0K0.06%––
Ethic Inc.8,984$562.0K0.10%––
Creative Planning9,088$568.0K0.00%––
Qtron Investments LLC9,073$568.0K0.16%––
180 Wealth Advisors, LLC8,750$573.0K0.14%––
Pacer Advisors, Inc.9,207$576.0K0.01%––
First National Trust Co9,318$583.0K0.04%––
Total Clarity Wealth Management, Inc.9,610$601.0K0.35%––
Ieq Capital, LLC9,625$602.0K0.02%––
Boston Trust Walden Corp9,725$608.0K0.01%––
Bridgefront Capital, LLC9,924$621.0K0.19%––
Bluestein R H & Co10,000$626.0K0.03%––
Dynamic Technology Lab Private Ltd10,424$652.0K0.07%––
Merit Financial Group, LLC10,469$655.0K0.07%––
Cornerstone Wealth Management, LLC11,743$735.0K0.09%––
Conning Inc.12,155$760.0K0.02%––
Avantax Advisory Services, Inc.12,255$770.0K0.02%––
Legg Mason Asset Management (Japan) Co., Ltd.12,600$788.0K0.86%––
Quadrature Capital Ltd12,900$803.0K0.04%––
Gulf International Bank (UK) Ltd13,333$834.0K0.01%––
Cambridge Investment Research Advisors, Inc.13,993$875.0K0.00%––
Quantitative Systematic Strategies LLC14,321$896.0K0.14%––
Brookstone Capital Management14,527$909.0K0.03%––
Smithbridge Asset Management Inc14,607$914.0K0.39%––
Bogart Wealth, LLC14,685$919.0K0.13%––
Texas Yale Capital Corp.14,745$922.0K0.06%––
Voya Investment Management LLC15,055$942.0K0.00%––
First Republic Investment Management, Inc.15,137$947.0K0.00%––
M&T Bank Corp15,235$952.0K0.00%––
Ontario Teachers Pension Plan Board15,820$990.0K0.01%––
Bollard Group LLC15,822$990.0K0.03%––
Raymond James Financial Services Advisors, Inc.16,591$1.04M0.00%––
Balyasny Asset Management LLC16,640$1.04M0.01%––
Wetherby Asset Management Inc16,724$1.05M0.08%––
Advisors Asset Management, Inc.17,262$1.08M0.02%––
Kestra Advisory Services, LLC17,409$1.09M0.01%––
Advisor Group Holdings, Inc.17,567$1.10M0.00%––
Advisor Partners LLC18,017$1.13M0.08%––
Cigna Investments Inc18,391$1.15M0.08%––
Todd Asset Management LLC18,395$1.15M0.03%––
Cubist Systematic Strategies, LLC18,797$1.18M0.02%––