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, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Connor, Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd. | 7,325,610 | $450.4M | 2.35% | +380,860+5.5% | Added |
| CIBC Asset Management Inc | 7,367,222 | $450.4M | 1.81% | −171,300−2.3% | Reduced |
| Bank of America Corp | 7,377,305 | $453.9M | 0.05% | −585,491−7.4% | Reduced |
| Caisse de Depot Et Placement du Quebec | 8,959,500 | $551.4M | 1.17% | −4,929,100−35.5% | Reduced |
| Norges Bank | 10,907,379 | $670.5M | 0.15% | −661,045−5.7% | Reduced |
| FIL Ltd | 11,159,461 | $686.9M | 0.76% | −9,950,503−47.1% | Reduced |
| Scotia Capital Inc. | 11,742,895 | $722.5M | 5.33% | −589,245−4.8% | Reduced |
| MUFG Securities (Canada), Ltd. | 11,848,905 | $730.7M | 29.57% | +6,203,008+109.9% | Added |
| Toronto Dominion Bank | 12,583,060 | $777.0M | 1.22% | +44,379+0.4% | Added |
| Manufacturers Life Insurance Company, The | 10,042,473 | $782.9M | 0.64% | −162,545−1.6% | Reduced |
| Jarislowsky, Fraser Ltd | 17,539,625 | $1.08B | 5.25% | +1,591,635+10.0% | Added |
| 1832 Asset Management L.P. | 17,711,175 | $1.10B | 2.06% | +94,079+0.5% | Added |
| CIBC World Markets Inc. | 20,380,277 | $1.25B | 4.53% | −1,448,738−6.6% | Reduced |
| Capital World Investors | 20,662,570 | $1.27B | 0.22% | −216,846−1.0% | Reduced |
| Mackenzie Financial Corp | 22,502,893 | $1.38B | 1.96% | −758,751−3.3% | Reduced |
| TD Asset Management Inc | 24,724,963 | $1.52B | 1.58% | −692,916−2.7% | Reduced |
| Vanguard Group Inc | 38,687,263 | $2.38B | 0.06% | +1,219,430+3.3% | Added |
| Bank of Montreal | 63,947,480 | $3.98B | 1.98% | +8,068,894+14.4% | Added |
| Royal Bank of Canada | 107,297,342 | $6.60B | 1.85% | −1,821,216−1.7% | Reduced |
| Renaissance Technologies LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −437,300−100.0% | Sold out |
| Capital Research Global Investors | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −132,700−100.0% | Sold out |
| Radnor Capital Management, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −28,335−100.0% | Sold out |
| Two Sigma Investments, LP | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −22,156−100.0% | Sold out |
| Bridgefront Capital, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −15,392−100.0% | Sold out |
| Ethic Inc. | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −12,232−100.0% | Sold out |
| Y-Intercept (Hong Kong) Ltd | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −10,662−100.0% | Sold out |
| Simplex Trading, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −9,755−100.0% | Sold out |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −8,225−100.0% | Sold out |
| Lombard Odier Asset Management (Switzerland) SA | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −6,578−100.0% | Sold out |
| BSW Wealth Partners | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −4,336−100.0% | Sold out |
| Hotaling Investment Management, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −4,000−100.0% | Sold out |
| Quantitative Systematic Strategies LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −3,670−100.0% | Sold out |
| HRT Financial LP | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −3,448−100.0% | Sold out |
| Susquehanna International Group, LLP | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −3,419−100.0% | Sold out |
| CAPROCK Group, Inc. | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −3,298−100.0% | Sold out |
| Aull & Monroe Investment Management Corp | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −3,150−100.0% | Sold out |
| Trust Co of Vermont | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −1,531−100.0% | Sold out |
| Baldwin Brothers Inc | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −600−100.0% | Sold out |
| Red Door Wealth Management, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −608−100.0% | Sold out |
| Enterprise Financial Services Corp | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −417−100.0% | Sold out |
| Tradition Wealth Management, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −407−100.0% | Sold out |
| Advisory Services Network, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −376−100.0% | Sold out |
| Simon Quick Advisors, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −178−100.0% | Sold out |
| Financial Perspectives, Inc | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −100−100.0% | Sold out |
| Mach-1 Financial Group, Inc. | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −37−100.0% | Sold out |
| Marathon Asset Management LLP | – | – | – | – | Not filed |
| Pictet Asset Management Ltd | – | – | – | – | Not filed |
| QS Investors, LLC | – | – | – | – | Not filed |
| CWM, LLC | – | – | – | – | Not filed |