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