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, Q4 2022
Institutional positions in Bank of Nova Scotia as of Dec 31, 2022. 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
- 418
- +11 vs. Q3 2022
- Shares held
- 544.4M
- −15.4M (−2.7%) vs. Q3 2022
- Total value
- $26.8B
- −$36.8M (−0.1%) vs. Q3 2022
- New holders
- 53
- 120 more added
- Sold out
- 42
- 171 more reduced
9 institutions that held it in Q3 2022 haven't filed for Q4 2022 yet. Not filing isn't selling, so they aren't counted as sold out or in the changes above.
Compare with Q3 2022: 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, Q4 2022
Shares, value and share of portfolio for each institution holding Bank of Nova Scotia; share changes are against Q3 2022.
| Institution | Shares | Value | % of portfolio | Change in shares | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Exencial Wealth Advisors, LLC | 13,359 | $654.3K | 0.04% | +94+0.7% | Added |
| First Republic Investment Management, Inc. | 13,733 | $672.6K | 0.00% | −785−5.4% | Reduced |
| Texas Yale Capital Corp. | 13,775 | $674.7K | 0.04% | −1,025−6.9% | Reduced |
| Campbell & CO Investment Adviser LLC | 14,077 | $689.5K | 0.16% | −70,859−83.4% | Reduced |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC | 14,127 | $691.9K | 0.01% | −25,843−64.7% | Reduced |
| Bessemer Group Inc | 14,519 | $712.0K | 0.00% | −386−2.6% | Reduced |
| Bollard Group LLC | 14,657 | $718.0K | 0.03% | −19,087−56.6% | Reduced |
| Bogart Wealth, LLC | 14,932 | $731.4K | 0.05% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Lombard Odier Asset Management (Switzerland) SA | 11,192 | $742.9K | 0.06% | +4,647+71.0% | Added |
| Rockefeller Capital Management L.P. | 15,263 | $747.0K | 0.00% | −1,744−10.3% | Reduced |
| CI Private Wealth, LLC | 15,327 | $756.4K | 0.00% | +15,327 | New |
| Ravenstone Capital Management Inc. | 15,506 | $759.9K | 0.62% | +449+3.0% | Added |
| AE Wealth Management LLC | 15,576 | $762.9K | 0.01% | +8,967+135.7% | Added |
| Advisor Group Holdings, Inc. | 15,582 | $763.5K | 0.00% | −559−3.5% | Reduced |
| Pinnacle Associates Ltd | 15,950 | $781.2K | 0.02% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Janney Montgomery Scott LLC | 16,768 | $821.0K | 0.00% | +5,026+42.8% | Added |
| Vident Investment Advisory, LLC | 16,966 | $831.2K | 0.03% | +1,759+11.6% | Added |
| Advisor Partners II, LLC | 17,023 | $833.8K | 0.05% | −63−0.4% | Reduced |
| Advisors Asset Management, Inc. | 17,493 | $856.8K | 0.02% | +1,248+7.7% | Added |
| M&T Bank Corp | 17,554 | $859.8K | 0.00% | −1,737−9.0% | Reduced |
| Resources Management Corp | 19,211 | $941.0K | 0.15% | −1,940−9.2% | Reduced |
| Cambridge Investment Research Advisors, Inc. | 19,502 | $955.0K | 0.00% | −4,019−17.1% | Reduced |
| Bowen Hanes & Co Inc | 19,881 | $973.8K | 0.03% | −2,475−11.1% | Reduced |
| Yousif Capital Management, LLC | 20,108 | $984.9K | 0.01% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Comerica Bank | 20,108 | $1.05M | 0.01% | −60−0.3% | Reduced |
| Intrua Financial, LLC | 20,805 | $1.07M | 0.25% | +11,136+115.2% | Added |
| Creative Planning | 21,909 | $1.07M | 0.00% | +9,772+80.5% | Added |
| Schonfeld Strategic Advisors LLC | 22,000 | $1.08M | 0.01% | +22,000 | New |
| BNP Paribas Arbitrage, SA | 22,066 | $1.08M | 0.00% | −165,847−88.3% | Reduced |
| HighTower Advisors, LLC | 22,586 | $1.11M | 0.00% | −5,394−19.3% | Reduced |
| Cigna Investments Inc | 22,943 | $1.12M | 0.24% | −319−1.4% | Reduced |
| Rocky Mountain Advisers, LLC | 23,000 | $1.13M | 0.63% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Principal Financial Group Inc | 24,003 | $1.18M | 0.00% | −900−3.6% | Reduced |
| DZ BANK AG Deutsche Zentral Genossenschafts Bank, Frankfurt am Main | 24,200 | $1.19M | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Raymond James Financial Services Advisors, Inc. | 24,427 | $1.20M | 0.00% | +6,627+37.2% | Added |
| Mariner, LLC | 25,523 | $1.25M | 0.00% | +3,971+18.4% | Added |
| Y-Intercept (Hong Kong) Ltd | 25,829 | $1.27M | 0.19% | −77,001−74.9% | Reduced |
| Ipswich Investment Management Co., Inc. | 25,851 | $1.27M | 0.36% | +3,500+15.7% | Added |
| La Banque Postale Asset Management SA | 27,508 | $1.35M | 0.04% | +27,508 | New |
| Avantax Advisory Services, Inc. | 27,806 | $1.36M | 0.02% | +13,615+95.9% | Added |
| Tacita Capital Inc | 28,030 | $1.37M | 1.03% | −5,925−17.4% | Reduced |
| Arnhold LLC | 28,600 | $1.40M | 0.17% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Radnor Capital Management, LLC | 28,215 | $1.41M | 0.34% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Highland Capital Management, LLC | 29,800 | $1.46M | 0.10% | −200−0.7% | Reduced |
| Employees Provident Fund Board | 30,000 | $1.47M | 0.04% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Natixis Advisors, L.P. | 30,043 | $1.47M | 0.01% | −5,033−14.3% | Reduced |
| Wetherby Asset Management Inc | 30,098 | $1.47M | 0.09% | +9,948+49.4% | Added |
| Pacifica Partners Inc. | 30,677 | $1.50M | 1.02% | −630−2.0% | Reduced |
| FORA Capital, LLC | 31,885 | $1.56M | 0.25% | −19,760−38.3% | Reduced |
| Kestra Advisory Services, LLC | 32,381 | $1.59M | 0.01% | −4,541−12.3% | Reduced |
| Summit Global Investments | 32,726 | $1.60M | 0.14% | +9,435+40.5% | Added |
| Callahan Advisors, LLC | 32,755 | $1.60M | 0.22% | −6,713−17.0% | Reduced |
| PCJ Investment Counsel Ltd. | 34,447 | $1.69M | 0.73% | −70−0.2% | Reduced |
| Stifel Financial Corp | 34,936 | $1.71M | 0.00% | −8,338−19.3% | Reduced |
| Davis-Rea Ltd. | 37,613 | $1.80M | 1.13% | −44−0.1% | Reduced |
| Capital Fund Management S.A. | 37,321 | $1.83M | 0.04% | −21,492−36.5% | Reduced |
| Keybank National Association | 37,678 | $1.85M | 0.01% | −1,120−2.9% | Reduced |
| Walleye Trading LLC | 38,089 | $1.87M | 0.05% | +20,991+122.8% | Added |
| Wolverine Trading, LLC | 38,937 | $1.91M | 0.03% | +22,415+135.7% | Added |
| Davenport & Co LLC | 40,412 | $1.98M | 0.02% | −877−2.1% | Reduced |
| Cutler Group LP | 43,210 | $2.12M | 0.26% | +5,778+15.4% | Added |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd | 43,564 | $2.13M | 0.01% | −125,642−74.3% | Reduced |
| Arabesque Asset Management Ltd | 44,198 | $2.16M | 0.73% | +44,198 | New |
| Fiera Capital Corp | 44,652 | $2.19M | 0.01% | −940−2.1% | Reduced |
| Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC | 46,800 | $2.29M | 0.01% | +46,800 | New |
| Metis Global Partners, LLC | 46,829 | $2.29M | 0.20% | +8,439+22.0% | Added |
| Cardinal Capital Management | 48,300 | $2.37M | 0.50% | −826−1.7% | Reduced |
| Shell Asset Management Co | 48,438 | $2.37M | 0.10% | −10,300−17.5% | Reduced |
| Natixis | 48,753 | $2.39M | 0.01% | −21,208−30.3% | Reduced |
| Commonwealth Equity Services, LLC | 53,245 | $2.61M | 0.01% | −9,302−14.9% | Reduced |
| Raymond James & Associates | 53,246 | $2.61M | 0.00% | −751−1.4% | Reduced |
| K.J. Harrison & Partners Inc | 41,521 | $2.75M | 0.54% | −537−1.3% | Reduced |
| LPL Financial LLC | 56,610 | $2.77M | 0.00% | −21,172−27.2% | Reduced |
| Pathway Financial Advisers, LLC | 57,750 | $2.83M | 1.15% | +57,750 | New |
| Cubist Systematic Strategies, LLC | 59,356 | $2.91M | 0.02% | −154,009−72.2% | Reduced |
| Mitsubishi UFJ Trust & Banking Corp | 61,313 | $3.00M | 0.01% | −20,138−24.7% | Reduced |
| Royal London Asset Management Ltd | 63,233 | $3.10M | 0.01% | −190,124−75.0% | Reduced |
| US Bancorp | 65,728 | $3.22M | 0.01% | −709−1.1% | Reduced |
| Ensign Peak Advisors, Inc | 61,506 | $3.22M | 0.01% | +3,200+5.5% | Added |
| Ilmarinen Mutual Pension Insurance Co | 66,485 | $3.26M | 0.05% | −246,515−78.8% | Reduced |
| Assenagon Asset Management S.A. | 69,198 | $3.39M | 0.01% | +50+0.1% | Added |
| Bank of Nova Scotia | 72,672 | $3.56M | 0.01% | +2,031+2.9% | Added |
| Andra AP-fonden | 55,400 | $3.67M | 0.11% | −18,100−24.6% | Reduced |
| Snowden Capital Advisors LLC | 80,685 | $3.95M | 0.17% | −4,450−5.2% | Reduced |
| Avalon Investment & Advisory | 82,297 | $4.03M | 0.11% | −14,305−14.8% | Reduced |
| ClariVest Asset Management LLC | 85,060 | $4.17M | 0.20% | −1,360−1.6% | Reduced |
| Wells Fargo & Company | 90,088 | $4.42M | 0.00% | −30,148−25.1% | Reduced |
| Alliancebernstein L.P. | 93,383 | $4.57M | 0.00% | +4,244+4.8% | Added |
| Two Sigma Investments, LP | 96,551 | $4.73M | 0.02% | −1,207,142−92.6% | Reduced |
| Duality Advisers, LP | 99,961 | $4.90M | 0.56% | +99,961 | New |
| American Assets Investment Management, LLC | 100,000 | $4.90M | 0.57% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Lorne Steinberg Wealth Management Inc. | 100,080 | $4.90M | 2.11% | +2,791+2.9% | Added |
| Group One Trading, L.P. | 100,459 | $4.92M | 0.17% | +19,857+24.6% | Added |
| Ossiam | 103,375 | $5.06M | 0.13% | +38,816+60.1% | Added |
| Cumberland Partners Ltd | 103,828 | $5.09M | 0.54% | −30,953−23.0% | Reduced |
| Candriam Luxembourg S.C.A. | 108,113 | $5.29M | 0.04% | −16,928−13.5% | Reduced |
| Covea Finance | 112,500 | $5.51M | 0.27% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Millennium Management LLC | 117,061 | $5.74M | 0.01% | −359,372−75.4% | Reduced |
| Investment Management Corp of Ontario | 123,361 | $6.04M | 0.29% | +123,361 | New |
| Rathbone Brothers plc | 126,208 | $6.18M | 0.07% | −7,858−5.9% | Reduced |