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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
Horizon Investments, LLC19,241$1.19M0.04%––
USS Investment Management Ltd19,000$1.19M0.01%––
Founders Financial Securities LLC19,216$1.20M0.28%––
BI Asset Management Fondsmaeglerselskab A/S19,476$1.22M0.05%––
Callahan Advisors, LLC19,720$1.23M0.17%––
Commonwealth Equity Services, LLC21,232$1.33M0.00%––
Bowen Hanes & Co Inc21,506$1.34M0.04%––
Ipswich Investment Management Co., Inc.22,212$1.39M0.39%––
Rocky Mountain Advisers, LLC23,000$1.44M2.05%––
DZ BANK AG Deutsche Zentral Genossenschafts Bank, Frankfurt am Main24,200$1.51M0.00%––
Nippon Life Global Investors Americas, Inc.24,590$1.54M0.08%––
Brewin Dolphin Ltd24,792$1.55M0.08%––
Ameriprise Financial Inc25,808$1.61M0.00%––
HighTower Advisors, LLC26,483$1.67M0.01%––
Stifel Financial Corp27,193$1.70M0.00%––
Pacifica Partners Inc.28,239$1.76M1.45%––
Resources Management Corp28,100$1.76M0.27%––
Radnor Capital Management, LLC28,335$1.77M0.57%––
Arnhold LLC28,600$1.79M0.21%––
Quantbot Technologies LP28,966$1.81M0.17%––
Trexquant Investment LP29,575$1.85M0.17%––
LPL Financial LLC30,182$1.89M0.00%––
American Century Companies Inc32,490$2.03M0.00%––
Raymond James & Associates32,588$2.04M0.00%––
MEAG MUNICH ERGO, Kapitalanlagegesellschaft mbH32,674$2.04M0.21%––
Jane Street Group, LLC35,060$2.19M0.01%––
Claret Asset Management Corp36,183$2.27M0.42%––
Natixis Advisors, L.P.36,737$2.30M0.01%––
Tacita Capital Inc36,903$2.31M1.50%––
Candriam Luxembourg S.C.A.49,389$2.56M0.02%––
Natixis45,468$2.85M0.01%––
Davis-Rea Ltd.47,199$2.95M1.58%––
Cardinal Capital Management47,711$2.98M0.66%––
Van Eck Associates Corp49,732$3.11M0.01%––
Keybank National Association50,597$3.17M0.01%––
Ensign Peak Advisors, Inc53,806$3.32M0.01%––
AlphaCrest Capital Management LLC54,694$3.42M0.19%––
Twin Tree Management, LP59,110$3.70M0.14%––
Avalon Investment & Advisory59,916$3.75M0.09%––
US Bancorp61,515$3.85M0.01%––
Manitou Investment Management Ltd.63,108$3.95M0.75%––
Kempen Capital Management N.V.42,671$4.21M0.19%––
Comerica Bank67,944$4.25M0.03%––
Bank of Nova Scotia68,569$4.29M0.01%––
Vontobel Holding Ltd.68,829$4.30M0.03%––
Snowden Capital Advisors LLC78,765$4.93M0.28%––
Artemis Investment Management LLP81,486$5.10M0.05%––
Lorne Steinberg Wealth Management Inc.82,156$5.14M2.72%––
Allianz Asset Management GmbH84,549$5.29M0.01%––
Martin Capital Partners, LLC85,052$5.32M2.82%––
Fiera Capital Corp89,142$5.57M0.02%––
Andra AP-fonden73,800$5.80M0.13%––
QS Investors, LLC94,233$5.89M0.07%––
American Assets Investment Management, LLC95,000$5.94M0.82%––
Virginia Retirement Systems Et Al99,100$6.20M0.06%––
Renaissance Technologies LLC99,300$6.21M0.01%––
Citadel Advisors LLC100,231$6.27M0.01%––
Alliancebernstein L.P.102,197$6.39M0.00%––
Capital Fund Management S.A.102,940$6.44M0.22%––
Two Sigma Investments, LP109,583$6.85M0.02%––
Euro Pacific Asset Management, LLC110,583$6.92M1.78%––
Pendal Group Limited125,581$7.86M0.08%––
Wells Fargo & Company128,210$8.02M0.00%––
Shell Asset Management Co129,046$8.07M0.16%––
Portland Investment Counsel Inc.141,900$8.88M4.90%––
Cumberland Partners Ltd149,204$9.33M0.77%––
Rathbone Brothers plc153,431$9.60M0.12%––
Man Group plc161,989$10.1M0.04%––
Citigroup Inc164,227$10.3M0.01%––
PCJ Investment Counsel Ltd.166,082$10.4M4.09%––
Westpac Banking Corp134,275$10.6M0.12%––
Howland Capital Management LLC178,255$11.2M0.62%––
Crossmark Global Holdings, Inc.193,052$12.1M0.30%––
MD Financial Management Inc.197,965$12.3M0.36%––
Unigestion Holding SA199,444$12.5M0.44%––
Employees Provident Fund Board162,173$12.8M0.22%––
K.J. Harrison & Partners Inc225,054$14.1M2.17%––
Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB (publ)234,890$14.7M0.10%––
Royal London Asset Management Ltd235,677$14.7M0.07%––
Dorchester Wealth Management Co241,232$15.1M3.74%––
Agf Investments Inc.242,164$15.2M0.12%––
Fairfax Financial Holdings LtdSuperinvestorFairfax Financial247,100$15.5M0.54%––
O'Shaughnessy Asset Management, LLC252,538$15.8M0.35%––
D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc.266,279$16.7M0.02%––
Janus Henderson Group PLC285,398$17.9M0.01%––
Forsta Ap-Fonden287,000$18.0M0.25%––
Hillsdale Investment Management Inc.295,909$18.5M1.55%––
Nicola Wealth Management Ltd.303,500$19.0M2.12%––
Schroder Investment Management Group243,512$19.1M0.02%––
Ilmarinen Mutual Pension Insurance Co313,000$19.5M0.23%––
DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale308,095$19.6M0.06%––
APG Asset Management N.V.381,773$20.3M0.03%––
AMP Capital Investors Ltd361,334$22.6M0.11%––
NN Investment Partners Holdings N.V.369,550$23.1M0.14%––
Marshall Wace North America L.P.372,548$23.3M0.10%––
Evoke Wealth, LLC380,800$23.8M1.08%––
Aviva PLC404,233$25.2M0.12%––
UBS Group AG406,633$25.4M0.01%––
Triasima Portfolio Management inc.408,010$25.5M1.29%––
Barclays PLC410,728$25.7M0.02%––