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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wells Fargo & Company | 354,077 | $21.8M | 0.00% | +18,115+5.4% | Added |
| Millennium Management LLC | 343,647 | $21.2M | 0.03% | +343,647 | New |
| Forsta Ap-Fonden | 312,300 | $19.2M | 0.22% | −17,900−5.4% | Reduced |
| Ilmarinen Mutual Pension Insurance Co | 313,000 | $19.2M | 0.21% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. | 310,024 | $19.1M | 0.02% | −152,417−33.0% | Reduced |
| Agf Investments Inc. | 306,463 | $18.9M | 0.14% | −15,084−4.7% | Reduced |
| Schroder Investment Management Group | 237,720 | $18.5M | 0.03% | −28,200−10.6% | Reduced |
| Hillsdale Investment Management Inc. | 280,284 | $17.2M | 1.33% | −19,595−6.5% | Reduced |
| USS Investment Management Ltd | 267,751 | $16.5M | 0.14% | +267,751 | New |
| Public Sector Pension Investment Board | 264,014 | $16.2M | 0.10% | −38,250−12.7% | Reduced |
| Mitsubishi UFJ Trust & Banking Corp | 162,234 | $16.1M | 0.04% | −9,321−5.4% | Reduced |
| NN Investment Partners Holdings N.V. | 259,620 | $16.0M | 0.09% | +5,310+2.1% | Added |
| Triasima Portfolio Management inc. | 259,275 | $16.0M | 0.85% | −99,095−27.7% | Reduced |
| Virginia Retirement Systems Et Al | 250,300 | $15.4M | 0.16% | +56,800+29.4% | Added |
| Fairfax Financial Holdings LtdSuperinvestorFairfax Financial | 247,100 | $15.2M | 0.50% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Dorchester Wealth Management Co | 226,217 | $13.8M | 3.41% | −7,810−3.3% | Reduced |
| Royal London Asset Management Ltd | 223,338 | $13.7M | 0.06% | −1,475−0.7% | Reduced |
| Parallax Volatility Advisers, L.P. | 222,237 | $13.7M | 0.15% | +217,978+5,118.1% | Added |
| Crossmark Global Holdings, Inc. | 207,179 | $12.7M | 0.30% | +3,922+1.9% | Added |
| Westpac Banking Corp | 163,170 | $12.7M | 0.14% | −16,905−9.4% | Reduced |
| Artemis Investment Management LLP | 203,635 | $12.5M | 0.10% | +43,044+26.8% | Added |
| Wolverine Trading, LLC | 196,437 | $12.1M | 0.25% | +196,437 | New |
| K.J. Harrison & Partners Inc | 192,959 | $11.9M | 1.73% | −712−0.4% | Reduced |
| Natixis | 180,261 | $11.1M | 0.04% | +43,209+31.5% | Added |
| Walleye Trading LLC | 174,347 | $10.7M | 0.25% | +174,347 | New |
| Jane Street Group, LLC | 171,625 | $10.6M | 0.03% | +136,239+385.0% | Added |
| Howland Capital Management LLC | 168,984 | $10.4M | 0.55% | −4,417−2.5% | Reduced |
| Rathbone Brothers plc | 152,032 | $9.36M | 0.10% | −2,095−1.4% | Reduced |
| Acadian Asset Management LLC | 148,708 | $9.15M | 0.03% | −188,500−55.9% | Reduced |
| Portland Investment Counsel Inc. | 142,000 | $8.74M | 3.98% | +1,800+1.3% | Added |
| Cumberland Partners Ltd | 139,522 | $8.58M | 0.70% | +2,093+1.5% | Added |
| APG Asset Management N.V. | 155,973 | $8.28M | 0.01% | −112,600−41.9% | Reduced |
| Man Group plc | 132,424 | $8.15M | 0.03% | −163,485−55.2% | Reduced |
| Waratah Capital Advisors Ltd. | 130,848 | $8.05M | 0.41% | −259,288−66.5% | Reduced |
| Allianz Asset Management GmbH | 130,667 | $8.04M | 0.01% | −64,571−33.1% | Reduced |
| Capital Fund Management S.A. | 121,928 | $7.50M | 0.20% | +9,302+8.3% | Added |
| Investment Management Corp of Ontario | 121,470 | $7.47M | 0.48% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| ClariVest Asset Management LLC | 115,870 | $7.13M | 0.23% | +115,870 | New |
| AlphaCrest Capital Management LLC | 115,467 | $7.11M | 0.37% | −18,473−13.8% | Reduced |
| American Assets Investment Management, LLC | 95,000 | $5.84M | 0.72% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Snowden Capital Advisors LLC | 87,142 | $5.36M | 0.27% | +3,733+4.5% | Added |
| Lorne Steinberg Wealth Management Inc. | 87,098 | $5.33M | 2.58% | +6,032+7.4% | Added |
| Alliancebernstein L.P. | 84,938 | $5.23M | 0.00% | −1,973−2.3% | Reduced |
| Avalon Investment & Advisory | 84,628 | $5.21M | 0.12% | +5,888+7.5% | Added |
| Martin Capital Partners, LLC | 84,106 | $5.17M | 2.61% | −1,385−1.6% | Reduced |
| Susquehanna Fundamental Investments, LLC | 83,500 | $5.14M | 0.09% | +83,500 | New |
| Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. | 74,393 | $4.58M | 0.07% | +74,393 | New |
| Voya Investment Management LLC | 73,954 | $4.55M | 0.01% | +61,213+480.4% | Added |
| Barometer Capital Management Inc. | 54,600 | $4.21M | 0.81% | −85,100−60.9% | Reduced |
| Bank of Nova Scotia | 66,488 | $4.09M | 0.01% | +328+0.5% | Added |
| Manitou Investment Management Ltd. | 65,407 | $4.03M | 0.74% | +260+0.4% | Added |
| US Bancorp | 62,520 | $3.85M | 0.01% | +394+0.6% | Added |
| Cubist Systematic Strategies, LLC | 60,883 | $3.75M | 0.05% | +60,883 | New |
| Kempen Capital Management N.V. | 37,641 | $3.72M | 0.13% | +427+1.1% | Added |
| Ensign Peak Advisors, Inc | 58,606 | $3.60M | 0.01% | +300+0.5% | Added |
| Shell Asset Management Co | 55,638 | $3.42M | 0.08% | −53,879−49.2% | Reduced |
| Pendal Group Limited | 51,516 | $3.17M | 0.03% | −5,360−9.4% | Reduced |
| Cutler Group LP | 50,131 | $3.08M | 0.23% | +46,063+1,132.3% | Added |
| Cardinal Capital Management | 48,053 | $2.96M | 0.64% | +99+0.2% | Added |
| Andra AP-fonden | 37,000 | $2.88M | 0.06% | +37,000 | New |
| Davis-Rea Ltd. | 45,114 | $2.76M | 1.35% | −1,572−3.4% | Reduced |
| Keybank National Association | 42,928 | $2.64M | 0.01% | −93−0.2% | Reduced |
| Assenagon Asset Management S.A. | 41,672 | $2.56M | 0.01% | +16,738+67.1% | Added |
| LSV Asset Management | 41,600 | $2.56M | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Claret Asset Management Corp | 41,512 | $2.55M | 0.44% | +4,540+12.3% | Added |
| Fiera Capital Corp | 41,029 | $2.52M | 0.01% | −55,445−57.5% | Reduced |
| Van Eck Associates Corp | 40,843 | $2.51M | 0.01% | −6,857−14.4% | Reduced |
| Quantbot Technologies LP | 40,673 | $2.50M | 0.18% | +38,191+1,538.7% | Added |
| Davenport & Co LLC | 39,369 | $2.42M | 0.02% | +39,369 | New |
| Tacita Capital Inc | 38,360 | $2.35M | 1.44% | +257+0.7% | Added |
| Group One Trading, L.P. | 37,847 | $2.33M | 0.05% | +4,041+12.0% | Added |
| Trexquant Investment LP | 36,143 | $2.22M | 0.18% | +36,143 | New |
| Raymond James & Associates | 35,355 | $2.17M | 0.00% | +520+1.5% | Added |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd | 34,855 | $2.15M | 0.03% | +34,855 | New |
| Callahan Advisors, LLC | 34,831 | $2.14M | 0.27% | +9,626+38.2% | Added |
| Twin Tree Management, LP | 31,621 | $1.95M | 0.06% | +31,621 | New |
| Guggenheim Capital LLC | 31,199 | $1.92M | 0.01% | +18,893+153.5% | Added |
| Highland Capital Management, LLC | 30,600 | $1.88M | 0.11% | +30,600 | New |
| Anson Funds Management LP | 30,000 | $1.84M | 0.23% | +30,000 | New |
| LPL Financial LLC | 29,790 | $1.83M | 0.00% | +249+0.8% | Added |
| PCJ Investment Counsel Ltd. | 29,772 | $1.83M | 0.66% | −92,430−75.6% | Reduced |
| Arnhold LLC | 28,600 | $1.76M | 0.20% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Stifel Financial Corp | 28,534 | $1.76M | 0.00% | +641+2.3% | Added |
| Pacifica Partners Inc. | 28,211 | $1.75M | 1.27% | −20−0.1% | Reduced |
| HighTower Advisors, LLC | 26,052 | $1.59M | 0.00% | +157+0.6% | Added |
| Natixis Advisors, L.P. | 25,614 | $1.58M | 0.01% | −15,620−37.9% | Reduced |
| Magnetar Financial LLC | 25,593 | $1.57M | 0.02% | +25,593 | New |
| Polar Asset Management Partners Inc. | 25,323 | $1.56M | 0.02% | +25,323 | New |
| Brewin Dolphin Ltd | 24,597 | $1.51M | 0.06% | −195−0.8% | Reduced |
| Bollard Group LLC | 24,509 | $1.51M | 0.05% | +4,054+19.8% | Added |
| DZ BANK AG Deutsche Zentral Genossenschafts Bank, Frankfurt am Main | 24,200 | $1.49M | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Ameriprise Financial Inc | 24,168 | $1.49M | 0.00% | −4,524−15.8% | Reduced |
| Rocky Mountain Advisers, LLC | 23,000 | $1.42M | 1.72% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Ipswich Investment Management Co., Inc. | 22,612 | $1.39M | 0.36% | −100−0.4% | Reduced |
| O'Shaughnessy Asset Management, LLC | 22,269 | $1.37M | 0.03% | −227,455−91.1% | Reduced |
| MEAG MUNICH ERGO, Kapitalanlagegesellschaft mbH | 22,271 | $1.37M | 0.24% | +15,572+232.5% | Added |
| Nippon Life Global Investors Americas, Inc. | 21,870 | $1.35M | 0.07% | +7,000+47.1% | Added |
| Comerica Bank | 20,278 | $1.34M | 0.01% | −47,704−70.2% | Reduced |
| Commonwealth Equity Services, LLC | 21,668 | $1.33M | 0.00% | −1,032−4.5% | Reduced |
| Bowen Hanes & Co Inc | 21,506 | $1.32M | 0.04% | 00.0% | Unchanged |