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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pendal Group Limited | 236,330 | $11.6M | 0.10% | +62,883+36.3% | Added |
| M&G Investment Management Ltd | 237,248 | $11.6M | 0.09% | −2,612−1.1% | Reduced |
| Crossmark Global Holdings, Inc. | 214,392 | $10.5M | 0.26% | +2,266+1.1% | Added |
| Dorchester Wealth Management Co | 215,166 | $10.5M | 2.48% | −22,417−9.4% | Reduced |
| USS Investment Management Ltd | 198,730 | $9.74M | 0.14% | +38,900+24.3% | Added |
| Massachusetts Financial Services Co | 196,164 | $9.61M | 0.00% | −1,342,293−87.2% | Reduced |
| Euro Pacific Asset Management, LLC | 178,332 | $8.80M | 2.01% | +1,028+0.6% | Added |
| Agf Management Ltd | 175,106 | $8.58M | 0.06% | +175,106 | New |
| Ameriprise Financial Inc | 140,654 | $8.37M | 0.00% | +99,859+244.8% | Added |
| Achmea Investment Management B.V. | 166,129 | $7.62M | 0.26% | −14,516−8.0% | Reduced |
| Van Eck Associates Corp | 153,011 | $7.49M | 0.02% | +83,170+119.1% | Added |
| Janus Henderson Group PLC | 144,110 | $7.05M | 0.01% | −114,487−44.3% | Reduced |
| Lombard Odier Asset Management (Europe) Ltd | 104,213 | $6.92M | 0.30% | −22,110−17.5% | Reduced |
| Balyasny Asset Management LLC | 140,991 | $6.91M | 0.02% | +140,991 | New |
| American Century Companies Inc | 136,339 | $6.68M | 0.01% | +32,212+30.9% | Added |
| Howland Capital Management LLC | 133,470 | $6.54M | 0.40% | −24,050−15.3% | Reduced |
| CenterBook Partners LP | 131,717 | $6.45M | 1.06% | −6,228−4.5% | Reduced |
| Allianz Asset Management GmbH | 126,862 | $6.22M | 0.01% | +12,719+11.1% | Added |
| Rathbone Brothers plc | 126,208 | $6.18M | 0.07% | −7,858−5.9% | Reduced |
| Investment Management Corp of Ontario | 123,361 | $6.04M | 0.29% | +123,361 | New |
| Millennium Management LLC | 117,061 | $5.74M | 0.01% | −359,372−75.4% | Reduced |
| Covea Finance | 112,500 | $5.51M | 0.27% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Candriam Luxembourg S.C.A. | 108,113 | $5.29M | 0.04% | −16,928−13.5% | Reduced |
| Cumberland Partners Ltd | 103,828 | $5.09M | 0.54% | −30,953−23.0% | Reduced |
| Ossiam | 103,375 | $5.06M | 0.13% | +38,816+60.1% | Added |
| Group One Trading, L.P. | 100,459 | $4.92M | 0.17% | +19,857+24.6% | Added |
| Lorne Steinberg Wealth Management Inc. | 100,080 | $4.90M | 2.11% | +2,791+2.9% | Added |
| American Assets Investment Management, LLC | 100,000 | $4.90M | 0.57% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Duality Advisers, LP | 99,961 | $4.90M | 0.56% | +99,961 | New |
| Two Sigma Investments, LP | 96,551 | $4.73M | 0.02% | −1,207,142−92.6% | Reduced |
| Alliancebernstein L.P. | 93,383 | $4.57M | 0.00% | +4,244+4.8% | Added |
| Wells Fargo & Company | 90,088 | $4.42M | 0.00% | −30,148−25.1% | Reduced |
| ClariVest Asset Management LLC | 85,060 | $4.17M | 0.20% | −1,360−1.6% | Reduced |
| Avalon Investment & Advisory | 82,297 | $4.03M | 0.11% | −14,305−14.8% | Reduced |
| Snowden Capital Advisors LLC | 80,685 | $3.95M | 0.17% | −4,450−5.2% | Reduced |
| Andra AP-fonden | 55,400 | $3.67M | 0.11% | −18,100−24.6% | Reduced |
| Bank of Nova Scotia | 72,672 | $3.56M | 0.01% | +2,031+2.9% | Added |
| Assenagon Asset Management S.A. | 69,198 | $3.39M | 0.01% | +50+0.1% | Added |
| Ilmarinen Mutual Pension Insurance Co | 66,485 | $3.26M | 0.05% | −246,515−78.8% | Reduced |
| Ensign Peak Advisors, Inc | 61,506 | $3.22M | 0.01% | +3,200+5.5% | Added |
| US Bancorp | 65,728 | $3.22M | 0.01% | −709−1.1% | Reduced |
| Royal London Asset Management Ltd | 63,233 | $3.10M | 0.01% | −190,124−75.0% | Reduced |
| Mitsubishi UFJ Trust & Banking Corp | 61,313 | $3.00M | 0.01% | −20,138−24.7% | Reduced |
| Cubist Systematic Strategies, LLC | 59,356 | $2.91M | 0.02% | −154,009−72.2% | Reduced |
| Pathway Financial Advisers, LLC | 57,750 | $2.83M | 1.15% | +57,750 | New |
| LPL Financial LLC | 56,610 | $2.77M | 0.00% | −21,172−27.2% | Reduced |
| K.J. Harrison & Partners Inc | 41,521 | $2.75M | 0.54% | −537−1.3% | Reduced |
| Raymond James & Associates | 53,246 | $2.61M | 0.00% | −751−1.4% | Reduced |
| Commonwealth Equity Services, LLC | 53,245 | $2.61M | 0.01% | −9,302−14.9% | Reduced |
| Natixis | 48,753 | $2.39M | 0.01% | −21,208−30.3% | Reduced |
| Shell Asset Management Co | 48,438 | $2.37M | 0.10% | −10,300−17.5% | Reduced |
| Cardinal Capital Management | 48,300 | $2.37M | 0.50% | −826−1.7% | Reduced |
| Metis Global Partners, LLC | 46,829 | $2.29M | 0.20% | +8,439+22.0% | Added |
| Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC | 46,800 | $2.29M | 0.01% | +46,800 | New |
| Fiera Capital Corp | 44,652 | $2.19M | 0.01% | −940−2.1% | Reduced |
| Arabesque Asset Management Ltd | 44,198 | $2.16M | 0.73% | +44,198 | New |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd | 43,564 | $2.13M | 0.01% | −125,642−74.3% | Reduced |
| Cutler Group LP | 43,210 | $2.12M | 0.26% | +5,778+15.4% | Added |
| Davenport & Co LLC | 40,412 | $1.98M | 0.02% | −877−2.1% | Reduced |
| Wolverine Trading, LLC | 38,937 | $1.91M | 0.03% | +22,415+135.7% | Added |
| Walleye Trading LLC | 38,089 | $1.87M | 0.05% | +20,991+122.8% | Added |
| Keybank National Association | 37,678 | $1.85M | 0.01% | −1,120−2.9% | Reduced |
| Capital Fund Management S.A. | 37,321 | $1.83M | 0.04% | −21,492−36.5% | Reduced |
| Davis-Rea Ltd. | 37,613 | $1.80M | 1.13% | −44−0.1% | Reduced |
| Stifel Financial Corp | 34,936 | $1.71M | 0.00% | −8,338−19.3% | Reduced |
| PCJ Investment Counsel Ltd. | 34,447 | $1.69M | 0.73% | −70−0.2% | Reduced |
| Callahan Advisors, LLC | 32,755 | $1.60M | 0.22% | −6,713−17.0% | Reduced |
| Summit Global Investments | 32,726 | $1.60M | 0.14% | +9,435+40.5% | Added |
| Kestra Advisory Services, LLC | 32,381 | $1.59M | 0.01% | −4,541−12.3% | Reduced |
| FORA Capital, LLC | 31,885 | $1.56M | 0.25% | −19,760−38.3% | Reduced |
| Pacifica Partners Inc. | 30,677 | $1.50M | 1.02% | −630−2.0% | Reduced |
| Wetherby Asset Management Inc | 30,098 | $1.47M | 0.09% | +9,948+49.4% | Added |
| Natixis Advisors, L.P. | 30,043 | $1.47M | 0.01% | −5,033−14.3% | Reduced |
| Employees Provident Fund Board | 30,000 | $1.47M | 0.04% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Highland Capital Management, LLC | 29,800 | $1.46M | 0.10% | −200−0.7% | Reduced |
| Radnor Capital Management, LLC | 28,215 | $1.41M | 0.34% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Arnhold LLC | 28,600 | $1.40M | 0.17% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Tacita Capital Inc | 28,030 | $1.37M | 1.03% | −5,925−17.4% | Reduced |
| Avantax Advisory Services, Inc. | 27,806 | $1.36M | 0.02% | +13,615+95.9% | Added |
| La Banque Postale Asset Management SA | 27,508 | $1.35M | 0.04% | +27,508 | New |
| Ipswich Investment Management Co., Inc. | 25,851 | $1.27M | 0.36% | +3,500+15.7% | Added |
| Y-Intercept (Hong Kong) Ltd | 25,829 | $1.27M | 0.19% | −77,001−74.9% | Reduced |
| Mariner, LLC | 25,523 | $1.25M | 0.00% | +3,971+18.4% | Added |
| Raymond James Financial Services Advisors, Inc. | 24,427 | $1.20M | 0.00% | +6,627+37.2% | Added |
| DZ BANK AG Deutsche Zentral Genossenschafts Bank, Frankfurt am Main | 24,200 | $1.19M | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Principal Financial Group Inc | 24,003 | $1.18M | 0.00% | −900−3.6% | Reduced |
| Rocky Mountain Advisers, LLC | 23,000 | $1.13M | 0.63% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Cigna Investments Inc | 22,943 | $1.12M | 0.24% | −319−1.4% | Reduced |
| HighTower Advisors, LLC | 22,586 | $1.11M | 0.00% | −5,394−19.3% | Reduced |
| BNP Paribas Arbitrage, SA | 22,066 | $1.08M | 0.00% | −165,847−88.3% | Reduced |
| Schonfeld Strategic Advisors LLC | 22,000 | $1.08M | 0.01% | +22,000 | New |
| Creative Planning | 21,909 | $1.07M | 0.00% | +9,772+80.5% | Added |
| Intrua Financial, LLC | 20,805 | $1.07M | 0.25% | +11,136+115.2% | Added |
| Comerica Bank | 20,108 | $1.05M | 0.01% | −60−0.3% | Reduced |
| Yousif Capital Management, LLC | 20,108 | $984.9K | 0.01% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Bowen Hanes & Co Inc | 19,881 | $973.8K | 0.03% | −2,475−11.1% | Reduced |
| Cambridge Investment Research Advisors, Inc. | 19,502 | $955.0K | 0.00% | −4,019−17.1% | Reduced |
| Resources Management Corp | 19,211 | $941.0K | 0.15% | −1,940−9.2% | Reduced |
| M&T Bank Corp | 17,554 | $859.8K | 0.00% | −1,737−9.0% | Reduced |
| Advisors Asset Management, Inc. | 17,493 | $856.8K | 0.02% | +1,248+7.7% | Added |