Bank of Nova Scotia
BNS- Exchange
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- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United Services Automobile Association | 316,061 | $15.8M | 0.45% | −1,508−0.5% | Reduced |
| AXA S.A. | 316,255 | $15.8M | 0.05% | +39,768+14.4% | Added |
| UBS Group AG | 349,147 | $17.5M | 0.01% | −355−0.1% | Reduced |
| Forsta Ap-Fonden | 351,700 | $17.6M | 0.19% | +68,000+24.0% | Added |
| Twin Tree Management, LP | 353,898 | $17.7M | 0.36% | −113,850−24.3% | Reduced |
| State of Wisconsin Investment Board | 360,772 | $18.1M | 0.05% | −139,692−27.9% | Reduced |
| Portland Investment Counsel Inc. | 398,676 | $19.9M | 9.86% | +1,776+0.4% | Added |
| Neuberger Berman Group LLC | 409,863 | $20.5M | 0.02% | −4,225−1.0% | Reduced |
| AMF Pensionsforsakring AB | 457,352 | $23.0M | 0.21% | +163,118+55.4% | Added |
| Quadrature Capital Ltd | 462,400 | $23.1M | 0.51% | +462,400 | New |
| Unigestion Holding SA | 472,635 | $23.4M | 1.35% | +77,157+19.5% | Added |
| Bank of Nova Scotia Trust Co | 472,917 | $23.7M | 2.47% | −5,902−1.2% | Reduced |
| Pictet Asset Management SA | 495,272 | $24.8M | 0.03% | +12,657+2.6% | Added |
| Northern Trust Corp | 507,788 | $25.4M | 0.00% | +28,989+6.1% | Added |
| Citadel Advisors LLC | 519,103 | $26.0M | 0.03% | +517,977+46,001.5% | Added |
| Northwest & Ethical Investments L.P. | 522,953 | $26.2M | 0.84% | −83,754−13.8% | Reduced |
| Galibier Capital Management Ltd. | 526,199 | $26.4M | 6.05% | +1,251+0.2% | Added |
| Guardian Capital LP | 526,777 | $26.4M | 0.84% | −11,300−2.1% | Reduced |
| QV Investors Inc. | 537,630 | $26.9M | 2.43% | −13,371−2.4% | Reduced |
| Marshall Wace, LLP | 545,803 | $27.3M | 0.06% | +157,795+40.7% | Added |
| Voloridge Investment Management, LLC | 559,987 | $28.0M | 0.13% | −48,971−8.0% | Reduced |
| Guardian Capital Advisors LP | 617,855 | $29.5M | 3.35% | +43,256+7.5% | Added |
| Russell Investments Group, Ltd. | 632,515 | $31.6M | 0.06% | −33,628−5.0% | Reduced |
| Nexus Investment Management ULC | 655,380 | $32.8M | 3.57% | +1,030+0.2% | Added |
| DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale | 671,001 | $33.7M | 0.08% | −33,478−4.8% | Reduced |
| Intact Investment Management Inc. | 678,660 | $34.0M | 1.38% | −53,710−7.3% | Reduced |
| State of Tennessee, Treasury Department | 691,444 | $34.6M | 0.14% | +691,444 | New |
| Zurcher Kantonalbank (Zurich Cantonalbank) | 702,607 | $35.2M | 0.16% | +4,461+0.6% | Added |
| Dixon Mitchell Investment Counsel Inc. | 737,056 | $36.9M | 2.11% | +3,365+0.5% | Added |
| Public Sector Pension Investment Board | 744,525 | $37.3M | 0.27% | −1,277,050−63.2% | Reduced |
| Marathon Asset Mgmt Ltd | 791,267 | $39.7M | 1.11% | −16,984−2.1% | Reduced |
| Korea Investment CORP | 843,221 | $42.2M | 0.12% | −293,909−25.8% | Reduced |
| Great West Life Assurance Co | 860,532 | $43.4M | 0.10% | +23,058+2.8% | Added |
| Aviva PLC | 891,455 | $44.6M | 0.18% | +389,044+77.4% | Added |
| HSBC Holdings PLC | 904,189 | $45.2M | 0.05% | −14,999−1.6% | Reduced |
| Omers Administration Corp | 946,400 | $47.4M | 0.74% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Cidel Asset Management Inc | 1,009,048 | $50.5M | 2.29% | −59,183−5.5% | Reduced |
| Lincluden Management Ltd | 1,029,644 | $51.5M | 5.93% | +69,735+7.3% | Added |
| Triasima Portfolio Management inc. | 819,925 | $54.3M | 3.44% | +142,020+20.9% | Added |
| BlackRock Inc. | 1,223,492 | $61.2M | 0.00% | +133,814+12.3% | Added |
| Burgundy Asset Management Ltd. | 1,317,017 | $65.9M | 0.78% | −74,282−5.3% | Reduced |
| Value Partners Investments Inc. | 1,331,338 | $66.6M | 5.35% | +2,870+0.2% | Added |
| Deutsche Bank AG | 1,396,662 | $69.9M | 0.04% | +121,258+9.5% | Added |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp | 1,418,249 | $71.0M | 0.01% | +32,625+2.4% | Added |
| FMR LLC | 1,561,132 | $78.1M | 0.01% | −43,258−2.7% | Reduced |
| Addenda Capital Inc. | 1,194,498 | $79.2M | 3.32% | +734+0.1% | Added |
| Scheer, Rowlett & Associates Investment Management Ltd. | 1,635,756 | $81.8M | 6.55% | +28,195+1.8% | Added |
| Cardinal Capital Management, Inc. | 1,970,561 | $98.7M | 4.94% | +22,616+1.2% | Added |
| Credit Suisse AG | 2,013,573 | $100.8M | 0.10% | −236,063−10.5% | Reduced |
| Wellington Management Group LLP | 2,124,722 | $106.4M | 0.02% | −1,859,075−46.7% | Reduced |
| Morgan Stanley | 2,131,595 | $106.7M | 0.01% | −203,937−8.7% | Reduced |
| Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings, Inc. | 2,475,057 | $124.0M | 0.10% | −518,147−17.3% | Reduced |
| Nicola Wealth Management Ltd. | 2,500,000 | $125.2M | 12.29% | +1,000,000+66.7% | Added |
| Franklin Resources Inc | 2,763,920 | $138.3M | 0.07% | −322,162−10.4% | Reduced |
| Goldman Sachs Group Inc | 2,934,661 | $146.9M | 0.04% | +776,314+36.0% | Added |
| Manufacturers Life Insurance Company, The | 3,371,552 | $168.6M | 0.09% | +25,878+0.8% | Added |
| Beutel, Goodman & Co Ltd. | 3,431,505 | $171.9M | 0.96% | +15,758+0.5% | Added |
| Canada Pension Plan Investment Board | 3,462,820 | $173.4M | 0.26% | −5,128,480−59.7% | Reduced |
| Alberta Investment Management Corp | 3,753,796 | $188.0M | 1.81% | +486,231+14.9% | Added |
| Invesco Ltd. | 3,783,136 | $189.3M | 0.05% | −341,420−8.3% | Reduced |
| Letko, Brosseau & Associates Inc | 4,170,843 | $208.9M | 3.89% | −34,385−0.8% | Reduced |
| Geode Capital Management, LLC | 4,232,569 | $212.9M | 0.03% | +239,070+6.0% | Added |
| Amundi | 3,937,586 | $234.5M | 0.12% | −106,752−2.6% | Reduced |
| Federation des caisses Desjardins du Quebec | 5,001,735 | $252.8M | 2.48% | +222,487+4.7% | Added |
| FIL Ltd | 5,066,396 | $253.5M | 0.28% | −4,020,970−44.2% | Reduced |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co | 5,334,979 | $267.0M | 0.03% | −8,562−0.2% | Reduced |
| MUFG Securities EMEA plc | 4,040,000 | $267.8M | 6.15% | +4,040,000 | New |
| Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan Trust Fund | 5,564,203 | $278.5M | 1.25% | +2,577,203+86.3% | Added |
| Dimensional Fund Advisors LP | 5,614,177 | $280.9M | 0.09% | +279,872+5.2% | Added |
| Bank of America Corp | 6,101,935 | $305.3M | 0.04% | +942,666+18.3% | Added |
| Legal & General Group Plc | 6,784,985 | $339.8M | 0.11% | +204,526+3.1% | Added |
| CIBC Asset Management Inc | 7,879,445 | $394.5M | 1.55% | −119,138−1.5% | Reduced |
| Connor, Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd. | 9,818,229 | $491.1M | 2.45% | +355,271+3.8% | Added |
| Norges Bank | 11,642,474 | $582.4M | 0.11% | −502,757−4.1% | Reduced |
| Jarislowsky, Fraser Ltd | 12,826,024 | $642.4M | 3.82% | −602,826−4.5% | Reduced |
| Scotia Capital Inc. | 13,204,757 | $660.5M | 4.53% | +179,482+1.4% | Added |
| Mackenzie Financial Corp | 14,427,445 | $721.8M | 1.10% | −1,029,944−6.7% | Reduced |
| 1832 Asset Management L.P. | 16,011,921 | $801.2M | 1.56% | −105,006−0.7% | Reduced |
| TD Asset Management Inc | 16,697,877 | $836.4M | 0.95% | −1,067,287−6.0% | Reduced |
| National Bank of Canada | 19,479,135 | $973.7M | 1.96% | +753,908+4.0% | Added |
| Toronto Dominion Bank | 21,830,873 | $1.09B | 1.62% | −1,042,199−4.6% | Reduced |
| CIBC World Markets Inc. | 25,715,394 | $1.29B | 4.43% | +429,955+1.7% | Added |
| Vanguard Group Inc | 44,965,609 | $2.25B | 0.05% | +865,403+2.0% | Added |
| Bank of Montreal | 83,510,934 | $4.19B | 2.57% | +15,078,946+22.0% | Added |
| Royal Bank of Canada | 106,810,141 | $5.34B | 1.49% | −1,486,571−1.4% | Reduced |
| Quilter Plc | 4,000 | – | – | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Barometer Capital Management Inc. | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −218,170−100.0% | Sold out |
| Agf Management Ltd | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −283,019−100.0% | Sold out |
| Westpac Banking Corp | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −140,939−100.0% | Sold out |
| Montrusco Bolton Investments Inc. | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −170,021−100.0% | Sold out |
| HRT Financial LP | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −108,346−100.0% | Sold out |
| ClariVest Asset Management LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −83,610−100.0% | Sold out |
| Schonfeld Strategic Advisors LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −51,671−100.0% | Sold out |
| Radnor Capital Management, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −28,215−100.0% | Sold out |
| La Banque Postale Asset Management SA | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −25,716−100.0% | Sold out |
| Seven Eight Capital, LP | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −21,840−100.0% | Sold out |
| Vident Investment Advisory, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −19,916−100.0% | Sold out |
| Lombard Odier Asset Management (Switzerland) SA | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −9,371−100.0% | Sold out |
| First Republic Investment Management, Inc. | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −11,153−100.0% | Sold out |
| Qtron Investments LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −10,295−100.0% | Sold out |