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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
Janus Henderson Group PLC285,398$17.9M0.01%––
D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc.266,279$16.7M0.02%––
O'Shaughnessy Asset Management, LLC252,538$15.8M0.35%––
Fairfax Financial Holdings LtdSuperinvestorFairfax Financial247,100$15.5M0.54%––
Agf Investments Inc.242,164$15.2M0.12%––
Dorchester Wealth Management Co241,232$15.1M3.74%––
Royal London Asset Management Ltd235,677$14.7M0.07%––
Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB (publ)234,890$14.7M0.10%––
K.J. Harrison & Partners Inc225,054$14.1M2.17%––
Employees Provident Fund Board162,173$12.8M0.22%––
Unigestion Holding SA199,444$12.5M0.44%––
MD Financial Management Inc.197,965$12.3M0.36%––
Crossmark Global Holdings, Inc.193,052$12.1M0.30%––
Howland Capital Management LLC178,255$11.2M0.62%––
Westpac Banking Corp134,275$10.6M0.12%––
PCJ Investment Counsel Ltd.166,082$10.4M4.09%––
Citigroup Inc164,227$10.3M0.01%––
Man Group plc161,989$10.1M0.04%––
Rathbone Brothers plc153,431$9.60M0.12%––
Cumberland Partners Ltd149,204$9.33M0.77%––
Portland Investment Counsel Inc.141,900$8.88M4.90%––
Shell Asset Management Co129,046$8.07M0.16%––
Wells Fargo & Company128,210$8.02M0.00%––
Pendal Group Limited125,581$7.86M0.08%––
Euro Pacific Asset Management, LLC110,583$6.92M1.78%––
Two Sigma Investments, LP109,583$6.85M0.02%––
Capital Fund Management S.A.102,940$6.44M0.22%––
Alliancebernstein L.P.102,197$6.39M0.00%––
Citadel Advisors LLC100,231$6.27M0.01%––
Renaissance Technologies LLC99,300$6.21M0.01%––
Virginia Retirement Systems Et Al99,100$6.20M0.06%––
American Assets Investment Management, LLC95,000$5.94M0.82%––
QS Investors, LLC94,233$5.89M0.07%––
Andra AP-fonden73,800$5.80M0.13%––
Fiera Capital Corp89,142$5.57M0.02%––
Martin Capital Partners, LLC85,052$5.32M2.82%––
Allianz Asset Management GmbH84,549$5.29M0.01%––
Lorne Steinberg Wealth Management Inc.82,156$5.14M2.72%––
Artemis Investment Management LLP81,486$5.10M0.05%––
Snowden Capital Advisors LLC78,765$4.93M0.28%––
Vontobel Holding Ltd.68,829$4.30M0.03%––
Bank of Nova Scotia68,569$4.29M0.01%––
Comerica Bank67,944$4.25M0.03%––
Kempen Capital Management N.V.42,671$4.21M0.19%––
Manitou Investment Management Ltd.63,108$3.95M0.75%––
US Bancorp61,515$3.85M0.01%––
Avalon Investment & Advisory59,916$3.75M0.09%––
Twin Tree Management, LP59,110$3.70M0.14%––
AlphaCrest Capital Management LLC54,694$3.42M0.19%––
Ensign Peak Advisors, Inc53,806$3.32M0.01%––
Keybank National Association50,597$3.17M0.01%––
Van Eck Associates Corp49,732$3.11M0.01%––
Cardinal Capital Management47,711$2.98M0.66%––
Davis-Rea Ltd.47,199$2.95M1.58%––
Natixis45,468$2.85M0.01%––
Candriam Luxembourg S.C.A.49,389$2.56M0.02%––
Tacita Capital Inc36,903$2.31M1.50%––
Natixis Advisors, L.P.36,737$2.30M0.01%––
Claret Asset Management Corp36,183$2.27M0.42%––
Jane Street Group, LLC35,060$2.19M0.01%––
MEAG MUNICH ERGO, Kapitalanlagegesellschaft mbH32,674$2.04M0.21%––
Raymond James & Associates32,588$2.04M0.00%––
American Century Companies Inc32,490$2.03M0.00%––
LPL Financial LLC30,182$1.89M0.00%––
Trexquant Investment LP29,575$1.85M0.17%––
Quantbot Technologies LP28,966$1.81M0.17%––
Arnhold LLC28,600$1.79M0.21%––
Radnor Capital Management, LLC28,335$1.77M0.57%––
Resources Management Corp28,100$1.76M0.27%––
Pacifica Partners Inc.28,239$1.76M1.45%––
Stifel Financial Corp27,193$1.70M0.00%––
HighTower Advisors, LLC26,483$1.67M0.01%––
Ameriprise Financial Inc25,808$1.61M0.00%––
Brewin Dolphin Ltd24,792$1.55M0.08%––
Nippon Life Global Investors Americas, Inc.24,590$1.54M0.08%––
DZ BANK AG Deutsche Zentral Genossenschafts Bank, Frankfurt am Main24,200$1.51M0.00%––
Rocky Mountain Advisers, LLC23,000$1.44M2.05%––
Ipswich Investment Management Co., Inc.22,212$1.39M0.39%––
Bowen Hanes & Co Inc21,506$1.34M0.04%––
Commonwealth Equity Services, LLC21,232$1.33M0.00%––
Callahan Advisors, LLC19,720$1.23M0.17%––
BI Asset Management Fondsmaeglerselskab A/S19,476$1.22M0.05%––
Founders Financial Securities LLC19,216$1.20M0.28%––
Horizon Investments, LLC19,241$1.19M0.04%––
USS Investment Management Ltd19,000$1.19M0.01%––
Cubist Systematic Strategies, LLC18,797$1.18M0.02%––
Cigna Investments Inc18,391$1.15M0.08%––
Todd Asset Management LLC18,395$1.15M0.03%––
Advisor Partners LLC18,017$1.13M0.08%––
Advisor Group Holdings, Inc.17,567$1.10M0.00%––
Kestra Advisory Services, LLC17,409$1.09M0.01%––
Advisors Asset Management, Inc.17,262$1.08M0.02%––
Wetherby Asset Management Inc16,724$1.05M0.08%––
Balyasny Asset Management LLC16,640$1.04M0.01%––
Raymond James Financial Services Advisors, Inc.16,591$1.04M0.00%––
Ontario Teachers Pension Plan Board15,820$990.0K0.01%––
Bollard Group LLC15,822$990.0K0.03%––
M&T Bank Corp15,235$952.0K0.00%––
First Republic Investment Management, Inc.15,137$947.0K0.00%––
Voya Investment Management LLC15,055$942.0K0.00%––