Bank of Nova Scotia
BNS- Exchange
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- 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, Q3 2021
Institutional positions in Bank of Nova Scotia as of Sep 30, 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
- 419
- +29 vs. Q2 2021
- Shares held
- 579.5M
- +11.8M (+2.1%) vs. Q2 2021
- Total value
- $36.0B
- −$1.10B (−3.0%) vs. Q2 2021
- New holders
- 55
- 149 more added
- Sold out
- 26
- 121 more reduced
4 institutions that held it in Q2 2021 haven't filed for Q3 2021 yet. Not filing isn't selling, so they aren't counted as sold out or in the changes above.
Compare with Q2 2021: new holders, sold out and not filed yet
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.
| Quarter | Holders | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Q2 2026 | 535 | $47.7B |
| Q1 2026 | 508 | $37.3B |
| Q4 2025 | 484 | $42.2B |
| Q3 2025 | 460 | $35.8B |
| Q2 2025 | 433 | $33.5B |
| Q1 2025 | 419 | $27.3B |
| Q4 2024 | 442 | $29.3B |
| Q3 2024 | 412 | $31.4B |
| Q2 2024 | 393 | $26.0B |
| Q1 2024 | 399 | $29.1B |
| Q4 2023 | 390 | $26.4B |
| Q3 2023 | 395 | $24.5B |
| Q2 2023 | 386 | $27.3B |
| Q1 2023 | 405 | $28.3B |
| Q4 2022 | 418 | $26.8B |
| Q3 2022 | 416 | $26.9B |
| Q2 2022 | 434 | $33.2B |
| Q1 2022 | 440 | $38.8B |
| Q4 2021 | 438 | $39.4B |
| Q3 2021 | 419 | $36.0B |
| Q2 2021 | 394 | $37.1B |
| Q1 2021 | 385 | $36.4B |
Institutions, Q3 2021
Shares, value and share of portfolio for each institution holding Bank of Nova Scotia; share changes are against Q2 2021.
| Institution | Shares | Value | % of portfolio | Change in shares | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Royal Bank of Canada | 107,297,342 | $6.60B | 1.85% | −1,821,216−1.7% | Reduced |
| Bank of Montreal | 63,947,480 | $3.98B | 1.98% | +8,068,894+14.4% | Added |
| Vanguard Group Inc | 38,687,263 | $2.38B | 0.06% | +1,219,430+3.3% | Added |
| TD Asset Management Inc | 24,724,963 | $1.52B | 1.58% | −692,916−2.7% | Reduced |
| Mackenzie Financial Corp | 22,502,893 | $1.38B | 1.96% | −758,751−3.3% | Reduced |
| Capital World Investors | 20,662,570 | $1.27B | 0.22% | −216,846−1.0% | Reduced |
| CIBC World Markets Inc. | 20,380,277 | $1.25B | 4.53% | −1,448,738−6.6% | Reduced |
| 1832 Asset Management L.P. | 17,711,175 | $1.10B | 2.06% | +94,079+0.5% | Added |
| Jarislowsky, Fraser Ltd | 17,539,625 | $1.08B | 5.25% | +1,591,635+10.0% | Added |
| Manufacturers Life Insurance Company, The | 10,042,473 | $782.9M | 0.64% | −162,545−1.6% | Reduced |
| Toronto Dominion Bank | 12,583,060 | $777.0M | 1.22% | +44,379+0.4% | Added |
| MUFG Securities (Canada), Ltd. | 11,848,905 | $730.7M | 29.57% | +6,203,008+109.9% | Added |
| Scotia Capital Inc. | 11,742,895 | $722.5M | 5.33% | −589,245−4.8% | Reduced |
| FIL Ltd | 11,159,461 | $686.9M | 0.76% | −9,950,503−47.1% | Reduced |
| Norges Bank | 10,907,379 | $670.5M | 0.15% | −661,045−5.7% | Reduced |
| Caisse de Depot Et Placement du Quebec | 8,959,500 | $551.4M | 1.17% | −4,929,100−35.5% | Reduced |
| Bank of America Corp | 7,377,305 | $453.9M | 0.05% | −585,491−7.4% | Reduced |
| CIBC Asset Management Inc | 7,367,222 | $450.4M | 1.81% | −171,300−2.3% | Reduced |
| Connor, Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd. | 7,325,610 | $450.4M | 2.35% | +380,860+5.5% | Added |
| Legal & General Group Plc | 7,002,723 | $430.9M | 0.14% | +201,818+3.0% | Added |
| Invesco Ltd. | 6,706,936 | $412.7M | 0.10% | +279,270+4.3% | Added |
| British Columbia Investment Management Corp | 6,526,714 | $401.2M | 2.36% | −36,271−0.6% | Reduced |
| Canada Pension Plan Investment Board | 6,229,000 | $383.3M | 0.43% | +4,574,000+276.4% | Added |
| Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan Trust Fund | 6,184,860 | $380.2M | 0.95% | −390,000−5.9% | Reduced |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co | 4,540,971 | $279.4M | 0.04% | −332,944−6.8% | Reduced |
| Federation des caisses Desjardins du Quebec | 4,561,552 | $278.9M | 2.89% | +120,117+2.7% | Added |
| Letko, Brosseau & Associates Inc | 4,269,631 | $262.7M | 3.80% | −188,905−4.2% | Reduced |
| Franklin Resources Inc | 4,142,079 | $254.6M | 0.10% | +494,364+13.6% | Added |
| Omers Administration Corp | 4,021,648 | $247.5M | 3.60% | +4,021,648 | New |
| Dimensional Fund Advisors LP | 3,909,346 | $240.5M | 0.08% | +25,381+0.7% | Added |
| Wellington Management Group LLP | 3,486,143 | $214.5M | 0.04% | +141,462+4.2% | Added |
| Amundi | 2,764,595 | $201.2M | 0.14% | +2,011,953+267.3% | Added |
| Geode Capital Management, LLC | 3,136,839 | $192.7M | 0.03% | +358,362+12.9% | Added |
| Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings, Inc. | 3,065,599 | $188.4M | 0.12% | −163,584−5.1% | Reduced |
| Massachusetts Financial Services Co | 2,622,683 | $161.4M | 0.05% | −186,739−6.6% | Reduced |
| FMR LLC | 2,255,513 | $138.8M | 0.01% | −264,177−10.5% | Reduced |
| Credit Suisse AG | 2,081,363 | $128.1M | 0.10% | +189,975+10.0% | Added |
| Addenda Capital Inc. | 1,638,935 | $127.8M | 6.02% | −40,670−2.4% | Reduced |
| Cardinal Capital Management, Inc. | 1,940,526 | $118.6M | 6.48% | +62,100+3.3% | Added |
| Beutel, Goodman & Co Ltd. | 1,870,532 | $115.2M | 0.71% | −32,709−1.7% | Reduced |
| Alberta Investment Management Corp | 1,830,327 | $112.6M | 0.97% | +11,000+0.6% | Added |
| Scheer, Rowlett & Associates Investment Management Ltd. | 1,808,307 | $111.2M | 7.90% | +177,280+10.9% | Added |
| Montrusco Bolton Investments Inc. | 1,717,832 | $105.7M | 2.88% | +44,088+2.6% | Added |
| Cidel Asset Management Inc | 1,588,110 | $97.7M | 3.98% | −59,103−3.6% | Reduced |
| Deutsche Bank AG | 1,509,896 | $92.9M | 0.04% | +47,887+3.3% | Added |
| HSBC Holdings PLC | 1,433,543 | $88.3M | 0.10% | +135,680+10.5% | Added |
| State of Wisconsin Investment Board | 1,404,632 | $86.4M | 0.18% | −216,125−13.3% | Reduced |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp | 1,371,772 | $84.4M | 0.02% | +49,991+3.8% | Added |
| Burgundy Asset Management Ltd. | 1,362,783 | $83.9M | 0.82% | −54,579−3.9% | Reduced |
| Goldman Sachs Group Inc | 1,320,480 | $81.2M | 0.02% | +552,733+72.0% | Added |
| Guardian Capital LP | 1,316,885 | $81.0M | 1.68% | −68,727−5.0% | Reduced |
| Marshall Wace North America L.P. | 1,260,062 | $77.5M | 0.33% | +534,691+73.7% | Added |
| Intact Investment Management Inc. | 956,860 | $74.6M | 2.08% | −307,470−24.3% | Reduced |
| Credential Qtrade Securities Inc. | 1,202,698 | $74.0M | 5.74% | +61,976+5.4% | Added |
| Nicola Wealth Management Ltd. | 1,155,500 | $70.7M | 7.27% | +846,500+273.9% | Added |
| Morgan Stanley | 1,082,780 | $66.6M | 0.01% | +60,855+6.0% | Added |
| First Trust Advisors LP | 1,081,208 | $66.5M | 0.07% | +75,727+7.5% | Added |
| Dixon Mitchell Investment Counsel Inc. | 1,028,145 | $62.8M | 4.40% | +21,829+2.2% | Added |
| Marshall Wace Asia Ltd | 1,019,942 | $62.8M | 1.49% | +120,828+13.4% | Added |
| Value Partners Investments Inc. | 1,005,691 | $61.5M | 5.23% | −76,601−7.1% | Reduced |
| Citigroup Inc | 990,044 | $60.9M | 0.06% | +667,266+206.7% | Added |
| Great West Life Assurance Co | 964,627 | $59.7M | 0.14% | −5,428−0.6% | Reduced |
| AMF Pensionsforsakring AB | 957,791 | $59.0M | 0.43% | −429,578−31.0% | Reduced |
| Lincluden Management Ltd | 864,751 | $53.2M | 5.34% | −6,675−0.8% | Reduced |
| QV Investors Inc. | 837,856 | $51.6M | 3.91% | −152,046−15.4% | Reduced |
| Marshall Wace, LLP | 836,796 | $51.5M | 0.26% | +209,781+33.5% | Added |
| Jupiter Asset Management Ltd | 820,485 | $50.5M | 0.57% | −224,254−21.5% | Reduced |
| M&G Investment Management Ltd | 791,144 | $48.7M | 0.24% | −108,534−12.1% | Reduced |
| Russell Investments Group, Ltd. | 784,256 | $48.3M | 0.08% | −327,753−29.5% | Reduced |
| Korea Investment CORP | 780,217 | $48.0M | 0.14% | −132,300−14.5% | Reduced |
| DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale | 762,223 | $47.5M | 0.13% | +334,805+78.3% | Added |
| Marathon Asset Mgmt Ltd | 766,879 | $47.2M | 0.57% | +766,879 | New |
| Gluskin Sheff & Assoc Inc | 759,391 | $46.7M | 1.96% | −3,541−0.5% | Reduced |
| Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB (publ) | 757,661 | $46.6M | 0.26% | +180,976+31.4% | Added |
| Northwest & Ethical Investments L.P. | 747,286 | $46.0M | 1.50% | +25,879+3.6% | Added |
| BlackRock Inc. | 729,175 | $44.9M | 0.00% | −6,029−0.8% | Reduced |
| Bank of Nova Scotia Trust Co | 695,046 | $42.8M | 3.86% | +28,548+4.3% | Added |
| CIBC World Markets Corp | 542,905 | $42.3M | 0.29% | +542,905 | New |
| Pictet Asset Management SA | 660,231 | $40.6M | 0.04% | +660,231 | New |
| Quadrature Capital Ltd | 662,700 | $40.5M | 1.47% | +662,700 | New |
| Zurcher Kantonalbank (Zurich Cantonalbank) | 637,292 | $39.2M | 0.21% | +74,317+13.2% | Added |
| Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC | 599,500 | $36.9M | 0.18% | +39,200+7.0% | Added |
| Parametric Portfolio Associates LLC | 597,292 | $36.8M | 0.02% | +30,385+5.4% | Added |
| Guardian Capital Advisors LP | 589,071 | $36.0M | 3.74% | +7,636+1.3% | Added |
| AXA S.A. | 564,947 | $34.8M | 0.10% | +43,369+8.3% | Added |
| Nexus Investment Management ULC | 549,831 | $33.6M | 3.63% | −2,275−0.4% | Reduced |
| American Century Companies Inc | 537,663 | $33.1M | 0.02% | +496,791+1,215.5% | Added |
| Galibier Capital Management Ltd. | 527,635 | $32.5M | 4.45% | +9,782+1.9% | Added |
| Candriam Luxembourg S.C.A. | 506,216 | $31.1M | 0.21% | +41,978+9.0% | Added |
| Northern Trust Corp | 495,416 | $30.5M | 0.01% | −284,937−36.5% | Reduced |
| Barclays PLC | 481,988 | $29.7M | 0.02% | +50,868+11.8% | Added |
| Aviva PLC | 450,240 | $27.6M | 0.12% | +5,311+1.2% | Added |
| Janus Henderson Group PLC | 443,545 | $27.3M | 0.01% | −19,688−4.3% | Reduced |
| Citadel Advisors LLC | 441,046 | $27.1M | 0.03% | +168,547+61.9% | Added |
| Unigestion Holding SA | 419,923 | $26.1M | 1.06% | −78,426−15.7% | Reduced |
| Neuberger Berman Group LLC | 388,278 | $24.2M | 0.02% | −39,740−9.3% | Reduced |
| UBS Group AG | 389,280 | $24.0M | 0.01% | −12,151−3.0% | Reduced |
| AMP Capital Investors Ltd | 388,750 | $23.9M | 0.13% | −51,021−11.6% | Reduced |
| Evoke Wealth, LLC | 387,200 | $23.8M | 0.89% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| HAP Trading, LLC | 379,675 | $23.4M | 1.72% | +379,675 | New |