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, Q2 2023
Institutional positions in Bank of Nova Scotia as of Jun 30, 2023. 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
- 386
- −16 vs. Q1 2023
- Shares held
- 542.6M
- +8.96M (+1.7%) vs. Q1 2023
- Total value
- $27.3B
- −$938.1M (−3.3%) vs. Q1 2023
- New holders
- 35
- 136 more added
- Sold out
- 51
- 134 more reduced
3 institutions that held it in Q1 2023 haven't filed for Q2 2023 yet. Not filing isn't selling, so they aren't counted as sold out or in the changes above.
Compare with Q1 2023: 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, Q2 2023
Shares, value and share of portfolio for each institution holding Bank of Nova Scotia; share changes are against Q1 2023.
| Institution | Shares | Value | % of portfolio | Change in shares | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Swiss Life Asset Management Ltd | 17,062 | $854.9K | 0.01% | +11,324+197.4% | Added |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. | 17,200 | $860.5K | 0.00% | +5,800+50.9% | Added |
| Advisors Asset Management, Inc. | 17,289 | $865.1K | 0.02% | −278−1.6% | Reduced |
| Kestra Advisory Services, LLC | 17,445 | $872.9K | 0.01% | +192+1.1% | Added |
| Cambridge Investment Research Advisors, Inc. | 17,699 | $886.0K | 0.00% | −58,192−76.7% | Reduced |
| Advisor Partners II, LLC | 17,731 | $887.3K | 0.04% | −2,175−10.9% | Reduced |
| Todd Asset Management LLC | 17,971 | $899.3K | 0.02% | +6,973+63.4% | Added |
| Davis-Rea Ltd. | 18,783 | $940.4K | 0.53% | −14,830−44.1% | Reduced |
| Resources Management Corp | 19,014 | $951.0K | 0.15% | −103,001−84.4% | Reduced |
| Silvercrest Asset Management Group LLC | 19,163 | $958.9K | 0.01% | +8,637+82.1% | Added |
| Genus Capital Management Inc. | 19,676 | $985.5K | 0.15% | +19,676 | New |
| Yousif Capital Management, LLC | 19,798 | $990.7K | 0.01% | −380−1.9% | Reduced |
| Exencial Wealth Advisors, LLC | 20,626 | $1.03M | 0.05% | +2,593+14.4% | Added |
| M&T Bank Corp | 20,971 | $1.05M | 0.00% | +2,255+12.0% | Added |
| Avantax Advisory Services, Inc. | 21,444 | $1.07M | 0.01% | −12,352−36.5% | Reduced |
| Cigna Investments Inc | 22,286 | $1.12M | 0.21% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| HighTower Advisors, LLC | 22,493 | $1.13M | 0.00% | −363−1.6% | Reduced |
| Rocky Mountain Advisers, LLC | 23,000 | $1.16M | 0.62% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Intrua Financial, LLC | 23,596 | $1.18M | 0.21% | +775+3.4% | Added |
| DZ BANK AG Deutsche Zentral Genossenschafts Bank, Frankfurt am Main | 24,200 | $1.21M | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Ipswich Investment Management Co., Inc. | 26,361 | $1.32M | 0.35% | +1,000+3.9% | Added |
| Millennium Management LLC | 27,020 | $1.35M | 0.00% | −32,632−54.7% | Reduced |
| Tacita Capital Inc | 28,030 | $1.40M | 1.03% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Arnhold LLC | 28,600 | $1.43M | 0.16% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Keybank National Association | 28,645 | $1.43M | 0.01% | −7,208−20.1% | Reduced |
| Candriam Luxembourg S.C.A. | 28,913 | $1.45M | 0.01% | −68,091−70.2% | Reduced |
| Highland Capital Management, LLC | 29,950 | $1.50M | 0.10% | +50+0.2% | Added |
| AE Wealth Management LLC | 30,028 | $1.50M | 0.01% | +9,592+46.9% | Added |
| Employees Provident Fund Board | 30,000 | $1.50M | 0.04% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| HAP Trading, LLC | 31,230 | $1.56M | 0.44% | +31,230 | New |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC | 31,576 | $1.58M | 0.01% | −7,774−19.8% | Reduced |
| Arrowstreet Capital, Limited Partnership | 32,050 | $1.60M | 0.00% | +32,050 | New |
| PCJ Investment Counsel Ltd. | 32,367 | $1.62M | 0.69% | −320−1.0% | Reduced |
| Creative Planning | 34,967 | $1.75M | 0.00% | +10,776+44.5% | Added |
| Andra AP-fonden | 26,400 | $1.75M | 0.04% | −12,700−32.5% | Reduced |
| PDT Partners, LLC | 35,368 | $1.77M | 0.24% | +35,368 | New |
| Fiera Capital Corp | 36,010 | $1.80M | 0.01% | +716+2.0% | Added |
| Wetherby Asset Management Inc | 39,568 | $1.98M | 0.11% | +9,120+30.0% | Added |
| Davenport & Co LLC | 40,310 | $2.02M | 0.02% | −102−0.3% | Reduced |
| Advisors Management Group Inc | 41,045 | $2.05M | 0.61% | +2,378+6.1% | Added |
| Stifel Financial Corp | 41,834 | $2.09M | 0.00% | +3,118+8.1% | Added |
| APG Asset Management N.V. | 46,514 | $2.14M | 0.00% | −3,526−7.0% | Reduced |
| Mariner, LLC | 45,205 | $2.26M | 0.01% | +8,515+23.2% | Added |
| Royal London Asset Management Ltd | 45,805 | $2.29M | 0.01% | −9,609−17.3% | Reduced |
| Cardinal Capital Management | 47,175 | $2.36M | 0.48% | −689−1.4% | Reduced |
| LPL Financial LLC | 48,200 | $2.41M | 0.00% | −998−2.0% | Reduced |
| Principal Financial Group Inc | 48,781 | $2.44M | 0.00% | +7,844+19.2% | Added |
| Man Group plc | 49,392 | $2.47M | 0.01% | – | – |
| Raymond James & Associates | 50,966 | $2.55M | 0.00% | −998−1.9% | Reduced |
| Natixis Advisors, L.P. | 54,045 | $2.70M | 0.01% | +4,117+8.2% | Added |
| Harvest Portfolios Group Inc. | 54,057 | $2.70M | 0.12% | +5,317+10.9% | Added |
| Metis Global Partners, LLC | 57,498 | $2.88M | 0.15% | +1,039+1.8% | Added |
| Bank of Nova Scotia | 68,105 | $3.41M | 0.01% | −3,937−5.5% | Reduced |
| Commonwealth Equity Services, LLC | 69,269 | $3.47M | 0.01% | +1,021+1.5% | Added |
| Hillsdale Investment Management Inc. | 70,067 | $3.51M | 0.32% | −175,355−71.5% | Reduced |
| US Bancorp | 72,047 | $3.61M | 0.01% | +5,261+7.9% | Added |
| Ensign Peak Advisors, Inc | 75,006 | $3.68M | 0.01% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Assenagon Asset Management S.A. | 75,402 | $3.78M | 0.01% | +1,736+2.4% | Added |
| Shell Asset Management Co | 75,447 | $3.78M | 0.15% | −6,891−8.4% | Reduced |
| Ossiam | 80,758 | $4.05M | 0.07% | +15,078+23.0% | Added |
| Alliancebernstein L.P. | 83,109 | $4.16M | 0.00% | −10,523−11.2% | Reduced |
| Jane Street Group, LLC | 83,263 | $4.17M | 0.01% | −390,204−82.4% | Reduced |
| Snowden Capital Advisors LLC | 89,291 | $4.47M | 0.16% | +3,041+3.5% | Added |
| American Assets Investment Management, LLC | 100,000 | $5.00M | 0.56% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Balyasny Asset Management LLC | 100,198 | $5.01M | 0.01% | +80,973+421.2% | Added |
| Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC | 103,158 | $5.16M | 0.02% | +103,158 | New |
| CI Private Wealth, LLC | 104,739 | $5.24M | 0.01% | +87,027+491.3% | Added |
| Cumberland Partners Ltd | 115,119 | $5.76M | 0.53% | +24,189+26.6% | Added |
| Maryland State Retirement & Pension System | 116,486 | $5.83M | 0.12% | +78,613+207.6% | Added |
| Lorne Steinberg Wealth Management Inc. | 118,281 | $5.92M | 2.23% | +6,154+5.5% | Added |
| Wells Fargo & Company | 118,441 | $5.93M | 0.00% | −2,893−2.4% | Reduced |
| Rathbone Brothers plc | 124,408 | $6.23M | 0.06% | −1,500−1.2% | Reduced |
| Investment Management Corp of Ontario | 127,082 | $6.36M | 0.27% | +1,937+1.5% | Added |
| Barclays PLC | 138,970 | $6.95M | 0.00% | −357,157−72.0% | Reduced |
| Utah Retirement Systems | 140,311 | $7.03M | 0.10% | −7,400−5.0% | Reduced |
| First Trust Advisors LP | 142,086 | $7.10M | 0.01% | +6,021+4.4% | Added |
| Acadian Asset Management LLC | 153,208 | $7.67M | 0.03% | −151,800−49.8% | Reduced |
| CenterBook Partners LP | 154,533 | $7.73M | 0.97% | +86,060+125.7% | Added |
| Van Eck Associates Corp | 157,370 | $7.88M | 0.02% | −18,373−10.5% | Reduced |
| Lombard Odier Asset Management (Europe) Ltd | 95,297 | $8.40M | 0.40% | −1,309−1.4% | Reduced |
| Janus Henderson Group PLC | 173,562 | $8.69M | 0.01% | +29,452+20.4% | Added |
| UniSuper Management Pty Ltd | 134,168 | $8.89M | 0.10% | +134,168 | New |
| Ameriprise Financial Inc | 141,967 | $8.92M | 0.00% | −17,334−10.9% | Reduced |
| K.J. Harrison & Partners Inc | 179,020 | $8.93M | 1.62% | −340.0% | Reduced |
| Crossmark Global Holdings, Inc. | 201,388 | $10.1M | 0.22% | −5,191−2.5% | Reduced |
| USS Investment Management Ltd | 201,257 | $10.1M | 0.12% | +2,527+1.3% | Added |
| British Columbia Investment Management Corp | 205,006 | $10.3M | 0.10% | +2,177+1.1% | Added |
| American Century Companies Inc | 208,245 | $10.4M | 0.01% | +23,524+12.7% | Added |
| O'Shaughnessy Asset Management, LLC | 213,172 | $10.7M | 0.16% | −12,639−5.6% | Reduced |
| Euro Pacific Asset Management, LLC | 229,144 | $11.1M | 2.43% | +9,745+4.4% | Added |
| Dorchester Wealth Management Co | 229,085 | $11.4M | 2.32% | −6,255−2.7% | Reduced |
| M&G Investment Management Ltd | 246,344 | $12.3M | 0.07% | −22,611−8.4% | Reduced |
| Gluskin Sheff & Assoc Inc | 255,166 | $12.8M | 0.77% | +23,543+10.2% | Added |
| Jupiter Asset Management Ltd | 261,629 | $13.1M | 0.14% | +261,629 | New |
| Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB (publ) | 262,490 | $13.1M | 0.09% | −170,328−39.4% | Reduced |
| Citigroup Inc | 265,733 | $13.3M | 0.02% | −23,095−8.0% | Reduced |
| Fairfax Financial Holdings LtdSuperinvestorFairfax Financial | 289,100 | $14.5M | 0.77% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Credential Qtrade Securities Inc. | 312,725 | $15.6M | 0.98% | +7,808+2.6% | Added |
| Renaissance Technologies LLC | 313,600 | $15.7M | 0.02% | +313,600 | New |
| Susquehanna International Group, LLP | 313,800 | $15.7M | 0.03% | −373,377−54.3% | Reduced |