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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crossmark Global Holdings, Inc. | 207,179 | $12.7M | 0.30% | +3,922+1.9% | Added |
| Parallax Volatility Advisers, L.P. | 222,237 | $13.7M | 0.15% | +217,978+5,118.1% | Added |
| Royal London Asset Management Ltd | 223,338 | $13.7M | 0.06% | −1,475−0.7% | Reduced |
| Dorchester Wealth Management Co | 226,217 | $13.8M | 3.41% | −7,810−3.3% | Reduced |
| Fairfax Financial Holdings LtdSuperinvestorFairfax Financial | 247,100 | $15.2M | 0.50% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Virginia Retirement Systems Et Al | 250,300 | $15.4M | 0.16% | +56,800+29.4% | Added |
| Triasima Portfolio Management inc. | 259,275 | $16.0M | 0.85% | −99,095−27.7% | Reduced |
| NN Investment Partners Holdings N.V. | 259,620 | $16.0M | 0.09% | +5,310+2.1% | Added |
| Mitsubishi UFJ Trust & Banking Corp | 162,234 | $16.1M | 0.04% | −9,321−5.4% | Reduced |
| Public Sector Pension Investment Board | 264,014 | $16.2M | 0.10% | −38,250−12.7% | Reduced |
| USS Investment Management Ltd | 267,751 | $16.5M | 0.14% | +267,751 | New |
| Hillsdale Investment Management Inc. | 280,284 | $17.2M | 1.33% | −19,595−6.5% | Reduced |
| Schroder Investment Management Group | 237,720 | $18.5M | 0.03% | −28,200−10.6% | Reduced |
| Agf Investments Inc. | 306,463 | $18.9M | 0.14% | −15,084−4.7% | Reduced |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. | 310,024 | $19.1M | 0.02% | −152,417−33.0% | Reduced |
| Ilmarinen Mutual Pension Insurance Co | 313,000 | $19.2M | 0.21% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Forsta Ap-Fonden | 312,300 | $19.2M | 0.22% | −17,900−5.4% | Reduced |
| Millennium Management LLC | 343,647 | $21.2M | 0.03% | +343,647 | New |
| Wells Fargo & Company | 354,077 | $21.8M | 0.00% | +18,115+5.4% | Added |
| HAP Trading, LLC | 379,675 | $23.4M | 1.72% | +379,675 | New |
| Evoke Wealth, LLC | 387,200 | $23.8M | 0.89% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| AMP Capital Investors Ltd | 388,750 | $23.9M | 0.13% | −51,021−11.6% | Reduced |
| UBS Group AG | 389,280 | $24.0M | 0.01% | −12,151−3.0% | Reduced |
| Neuberger Berman Group LLC | 388,278 | $24.2M | 0.02% | −39,740−9.3% | Reduced |
| Unigestion Holding SA | 419,923 | $26.1M | 1.06% | −78,426−15.7% | Reduced |
| Citadel Advisors LLC | 441,046 | $27.1M | 0.03% | +168,547+61.9% | Added |
| Janus Henderson Group PLC | 443,545 | $27.3M | 0.01% | −19,688−4.3% | Reduced |
| Aviva PLC | 450,240 | $27.6M | 0.12% | +5,311+1.2% | Added |
| Barclays PLC | 481,988 | $29.7M | 0.02% | +50,868+11.8% | Added |
| Northern Trust Corp | 495,416 | $30.5M | 0.01% | −284,937−36.5% | Reduced |
| Candriam Luxembourg S.C.A. | 506,216 | $31.1M | 0.21% | +41,978+9.0% | Added |
| Galibier Capital Management Ltd. | 527,635 | $32.5M | 4.45% | +9,782+1.9% | Added |
| American Century Companies Inc | 537,663 | $33.1M | 0.02% | +496,791+1,215.5% | Added |
| Nexus Investment Management ULC | 549,831 | $33.6M | 3.63% | −2,275−0.4% | Reduced |
| AXA S.A. | 564,947 | $34.8M | 0.10% | +43,369+8.3% | Added |
| Guardian Capital Advisors LP | 589,071 | $36.0M | 3.74% | +7,636+1.3% | Added |
| Parametric Portfolio Associates LLC | 597,292 | $36.8M | 0.02% | +30,385+5.4% | Added |
| Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC | 599,500 | $36.9M | 0.18% | +39,200+7.0% | Added |
| Zurcher Kantonalbank (Zurich Cantonalbank) | 637,292 | $39.2M | 0.21% | +74,317+13.2% | Added |
| Quadrature Capital Ltd | 662,700 | $40.5M | 1.47% | +662,700 | New |
| Pictet Asset Management SA | 660,231 | $40.6M | 0.04% | +660,231 | New |
| CIBC World Markets Corp | 542,905 | $42.3M | 0.29% | +542,905 | New |
| Bank of Nova Scotia Trust Co | 695,046 | $42.8M | 3.86% | +28,548+4.3% | Added |
| BlackRock Inc. | 729,175 | $44.9M | 0.00% | −6,029−0.8% | Reduced |
| Northwest & Ethical Investments L.P. | 747,286 | $46.0M | 1.50% | +25,879+3.6% | Added |
| Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB (publ) | 757,661 | $46.6M | 0.26% | +180,976+31.4% | Added |
| Gluskin Sheff & Assoc Inc | 759,391 | $46.7M | 1.96% | −3,541−0.5% | Reduced |
| Marathon Asset Mgmt Ltd | 766,879 | $47.2M | 0.57% | +766,879 | New |
| DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale | 762,223 | $47.5M | 0.13% | +334,805+78.3% | Added |
| Korea Investment CORP | 780,217 | $48.0M | 0.14% | −132,300−14.5% | Reduced |
| Russell Investments Group, Ltd. | 784,256 | $48.3M | 0.08% | −327,753−29.5% | Reduced |
| M&G Investment Management Ltd | 791,144 | $48.7M | 0.24% | −108,534−12.1% | Reduced |
| Jupiter Asset Management Ltd | 820,485 | $50.5M | 0.57% | −224,254−21.5% | Reduced |
| Marshall Wace, LLP | 836,796 | $51.5M | 0.26% | +209,781+33.5% | Added |
| QV Investors Inc. | 837,856 | $51.6M | 3.91% | −152,046−15.4% | Reduced |
| Lincluden Management Ltd | 864,751 | $53.2M | 5.34% | −6,675−0.8% | Reduced |
| AMF Pensionsforsakring AB | 957,791 | $59.0M | 0.43% | −429,578−31.0% | Reduced |
| Great West Life Assurance Co | 964,627 | $59.7M | 0.14% | −5,428−0.6% | Reduced |
| Citigroup Inc | 990,044 | $60.9M | 0.06% | +667,266+206.7% | Added |
| Value Partners Investments Inc. | 1,005,691 | $61.5M | 5.23% | −76,601−7.1% | Reduced |
| Marshall Wace Asia Ltd | 1,019,942 | $62.8M | 1.49% | +120,828+13.4% | Added |
| Dixon Mitchell Investment Counsel Inc. | 1,028,145 | $62.8M | 4.40% | +21,829+2.2% | Added |
| First Trust Advisors LP | 1,081,208 | $66.5M | 0.07% | +75,727+7.5% | Added |
| Morgan Stanley | 1,082,780 | $66.6M | 0.01% | +60,855+6.0% | Added |
| Nicola Wealth Management Ltd. | 1,155,500 | $70.7M | 7.27% | +846,500+273.9% | Added |
| Credential Qtrade Securities Inc. | 1,202,698 | $74.0M | 5.74% | +61,976+5.4% | Added |
| Intact Investment Management Inc. | 956,860 | $74.6M | 2.08% | −307,470−24.3% | Reduced |
| Marshall Wace North America L.P. | 1,260,062 | $77.5M | 0.33% | +534,691+73.7% | Added |
| Guardian Capital LP | 1,316,885 | $81.0M | 1.68% | −68,727−5.0% | Reduced |
| Goldman Sachs Group Inc | 1,320,480 | $81.2M | 0.02% | +552,733+72.0% | Added |
| Burgundy Asset Management Ltd. | 1,362,783 | $83.9M | 0.82% | −54,579−3.9% | Reduced |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp | 1,371,772 | $84.4M | 0.02% | +49,991+3.8% | Added |
| State of Wisconsin Investment Board | 1,404,632 | $86.4M | 0.18% | −216,125−13.3% | Reduced |
| HSBC Holdings PLC | 1,433,543 | $88.3M | 0.10% | +135,680+10.5% | Added |
| Deutsche Bank AG | 1,509,896 | $92.9M | 0.04% | +47,887+3.3% | Added |
| Cidel Asset Management Inc | 1,588,110 | $97.7M | 3.98% | −59,103−3.6% | Reduced |
| Montrusco Bolton Investments Inc. | 1,717,832 | $105.7M | 2.88% | +44,088+2.6% | Added |
| Scheer, Rowlett & Associates Investment Management Ltd. | 1,808,307 | $111.2M | 7.90% | +177,280+10.9% | Added |
| Alberta Investment Management Corp | 1,830,327 | $112.6M | 0.97% | +11,000+0.6% | Added |
| Beutel, Goodman & Co Ltd. | 1,870,532 | $115.2M | 0.71% | −32,709−1.7% | Reduced |
| Cardinal Capital Management, Inc. | 1,940,526 | $118.6M | 6.48% | +62,100+3.3% | Added |
| Addenda Capital Inc. | 1,638,935 | $127.8M | 6.02% | −40,670−2.4% | Reduced |
| Credit Suisse AG | 2,081,363 | $128.1M | 0.10% | +189,975+10.0% | Added |
| FMR LLC | 2,255,513 | $138.8M | 0.01% | −264,177−10.5% | Reduced |
| Massachusetts Financial Services Co | 2,622,683 | $161.4M | 0.05% | −186,739−6.6% | Reduced |
| Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings, Inc. | 3,065,599 | $188.4M | 0.12% | −163,584−5.1% | Reduced |
| Geode Capital Management, LLC | 3,136,839 | $192.7M | 0.03% | +358,362+12.9% | Added |
| Amundi | 2,764,595 | $201.2M | 0.14% | +2,011,953+267.3% | Added |
| Wellington Management Group LLP | 3,486,143 | $214.5M | 0.04% | +141,462+4.2% | Added |
| Dimensional Fund Advisors LP | 3,909,346 | $240.5M | 0.08% | +25,381+0.7% | Added |
| Omers Administration Corp | 4,021,648 | $247.5M | 3.60% | +4,021,648 | New |
| Franklin Resources Inc | 4,142,079 | $254.6M | 0.10% | +494,364+13.6% | Added |
| Letko, Brosseau & Associates Inc | 4,269,631 | $262.7M | 3.80% | −188,905−4.2% | Reduced |
| Federation des caisses Desjardins du Quebec | 4,561,552 | $278.9M | 2.89% | +120,117+2.7% | Added |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co | 4,540,971 | $279.4M | 0.04% | −332,944−6.8% | Reduced |
| Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan Trust Fund | 6,184,860 | $380.2M | 0.95% | −390,000−5.9% | Reduced |
| Canada Pension Plan Investment Board | 6,229,000 | $383.3M | 0.43% | +4,574,000+276.4% | Added |
| British Columbia Investment Management Corp | 6,526,714 | $401.2M | 2.36% | −36,271−0.6% | Reduced |
| Invesco Ltd. | 6,706,936 | $412.7M | 0.10% | +279,270+4.3% | Added |
| Legal & General Group Plc | 7,002,723 | $430.9M | 0.14% | +201,818+3.0% | Added |