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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crossmark Global Holdings, Inc. | 201,388 | $10.1M | 0.22% | −5,191−2.5% | Reduced |
| K.J. Harrison & Partners Inc | 179,020 | $8.93M | 1.62% | −340.0% | Reduced |
| Ameriprise Financial Inc | 141,967 | $8.92M | 0.00% | −17,334−10.9% | Reduced |
| UniSuper Management Pty Ltd | 134,168 | $8.89M | 0.10% | +134,168 | New |
| Janus Henderson Group PLC | 173,562 | $8.69M | 0.01% | +29,452+20.4% | Added |
| Lombard Odier Asset Management (Europe) Ltd | 95,297 | $8.40M | 0.40% | −1,309−1.4% | Reduced |
| Van Eck Associates Corp | 157,370 | $7.88M | 0.02% | −18,373−10.5% | Reduced |
| CenterBook Partners LP | 154,533 | $7.73M | 0.97% | +86,060+125.7% | Added |
| Acadian Asset Management LLC | 153,208 | $7.67M | 0.03% | −151,800−49.8% | Reduced |
| First Trust Advisors LP | 142,086 | $7.10M | 0.01% | +6,021+4.4% | Added |
| Utah Retirement Systems | 140,311 | $7.03M | 0.10% | −7,400−5.0% | Reduced |
| Barclays PLC | 138,970 | $6.95M | 0.00% | −357,157−72.0% | Reduced |
| Investment Management Corp of Ontario | 127,082 | $6.36M | 0.27% | +1,937+1.5% | Added |
| Rathbone Brothers plc | 124,408 | $6.23M | 0.06% | −1,500−1.2% | Reduced |
| Wells Fargo & Company | 118,441 | $5.93M | 0.00% | −2,893−2.4% | Reduced |
| Lorne Steinberg Wealth Management Inc. | 118,281 | $5.92M | 2.23% | +6,154+5.5% | Added |
| Maryland State Retirement & Pension System | 116,486 | $5.83M | 0.12% | +78,613+207.6% | Added |
| Cumberland Partners Ltd | 115,119 | $5.76M | 0.53% | +24,189+26.6% | Added |
| CI Private Wealth, LLC | 104,739 | $5.24M | 0.01% | +87,027+491.3% | Added |
| Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC | 103,158 | $5.16M | 0.02% | +103,158 | New |
| Balyasny Asset Management LLC | 100,198 | $5.01M | 0.01% | +80,973+421.2% | Added |
| American Assets Investment Management, LLC | 100,000 | $5.00M | 0.56% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Snowden Capital Advisors LLC | 89,291 | $4.47M | 0.16% | +3,041+3.5% | Added |
| Jane Street Group, LLC | 83,263 | $4.17M | 0.01% | −390,204−82.4% | Reduced |
| Alliancebernstein L.P. | 83,109 | $4.16M | 0.00% | −10,523−11.2% | Reduced |
| Ossiam | 80,758 | $4.05M | 0.07% | +15,078+23.0% | Added |
| Shell Asset Management Co | 75,447 | $3.78M | 0.15% | −6,891−8.4% | Reduced |
| Assenagon Asset Management S.A. | 75,402 | $3.78M | 0.01% | +1,736+2.4% | Added |
| Ensign Peak Advisors, Inc | 75,006 | $3.68M | 0.01% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| US Bancorp | 72,047 | $3.61M | 0.01% | +5,261+7.9% | Added |
| Hillsdale Investment Management Inc. | 70,067 | $3.51M | 0.32% | −175,355−71.5% | Reduced |
| Commonwealth Equity Services, LLC | 69,269 | $3.47M | 0.01% | +1,021+1.5% | Added |
| Bank of Nova Scotia | 68,105 | $3.41M | 0.01% | −3,937−5.5% | Reduced |
| Metis Global Partners, LLC | 57,498 | $2.88M | 0.15% | +1,039+1.8% | Added |
| Harvest Portfolios Group Inc. | 54,057 | $2.70M | 0.12% | +5,317+10.9% | Added |
| Natixis Advisors, L.P. | 54,045 | $2.70M | 0.01% | +4,117+8.2% | Added |
| Raymond James & Associates | 50,966 | $2.55M | 0.00% | −998−1.9% | Reduced |
| Man Group plc | 49,392 | $2.47M | 0.01% | – | – |
| Principal Financial Group Inc | 48,781 | $2.44M | 0.00% | +7,844+19.2% | Added |
| LPL Financial LLC | 48,200 | $2.41M | 0.00% | −998−2.0% | Reduced |
| Cardinal Capital Management | 47,175 | $2.36M | 0.48% | −689−1.4% | Reduced |
| Royal London Asset Management Ltd | 45,805 | $2.29M | 0.01% | −9,609−17.3% | Reduced |
| Mariner, LLC | 45,205 | $2.26M | 0.01% | +8,515+23.2% | Added |
| APG Asset Management N.V. | 46,514 | $2.14M | 0.00% | −3,526−7.0% | Reduced |
| Stifel Financial Corp | 41,834 | $2.09M | 0.00% | +3,118+8.1% | Added |
| Advisors Management Group Inc | 41,045 | $2.05M | 0.61% | +2,378+6.1% | Added |
| Davenport & Co LLC | 40,310 | $2.02M | 0.02% | −102−0.3% | Reduced |
| Wetherby Asset Management Inc | 39,568 | $1.98M | 0.11% | +9,120+30.0% | Added |
| Fiera Capital Corp | 36,010 | $1.80M | 0.01% | +716+2.0% | Added |
| PDT Partners, LLC | 35,368 | $1.77M | 0.24% | +35,368 | New |
| Andra AP-fonden | 26,400 | $1.75M | 0.04% | −12,700−32.5% | Reduced |
| Creative Planning | 34,967 | $1.75M | 0.00% | +10,776+44.5% | Added |
| PCJ Investment Counsel Ltd. | 32,367 | $1.62M | 0.69% | −320−1.0% | Reduced |
| Arrowstreet Capital, Limited Partnership | 32,050 | $1.60M | 0.00% | +32,050 | New |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC | 31,576 | $1.58M | 0.01% | −7,774−19.8% | Reduced |
| HAP Trading, LLC | 31,230 | $1.56M | 0.44% | +31,230 | New |
| Employees Provident Fund Board | 30,000 | $1.50M | 0.04% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| AE Wealth Management LLC | 30,028 | $1.50M | 0.01% | +9,592+46.9% | Added |
| Highland Capital Management, LLC | 29,950 | $1.50M | 0.10% | +50+0.2% | Added |
| Candriam Luxembourg S.C.A. | 28,913 | $1.45M | 0.01% | −68,091−70.2% | Reduced |
| Keybank National Association | 28,645 | $1.43M | 0.01% | −7,208−20.1% | Reduced |
| Arnhold LLC | 28,600 | $1.43M | 0.16% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Tacita Capital Inc | 28,030 | $1.40M | 1.03% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Millennium Management LLC | 27,020 | $1.35M | 0.00% | −32,632−54.7% | Reduced |
| Ipswich Investment Management Co., Inc. | 26,361 | $1.32M | 0.35% | +1,000+3.9% | Added |
| DZ BANK AG Deutsche Zentral Genossenschafts Bank, Frankfurt am Main | 24,200 | $1.21M | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Intrua Financial, LLC | 23,596 | $1.18M | 0.21% | +775+3.4% | Added |
| Rocky Mountain Advisers, LLC | 23,000 | $1.16M | 0.62% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| HighTower Advisors, LLC | 22,493 | $1.13M | 0.00% | −363−1.6% | Reduced |
| Cigna Investments Inc | 22,286 | $1.12M | 0.21% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Avantax Advisory Services, Inc. | 21,444 | $1.07M | 0.01% | −12,352−36.5% | Reduced |
| M&T Bank Corp | 20,971 | $1.05M | 0.00% | +2,255+12.0% | Added |
| Exencial Wealth Advisors, LLC | 20,626 | $1.03M | 0.05% | +2,593+14.4% | Added |
| Yousif Capital Management, LLC | 19,798 | $990.7K | 0.01% | −380−1.9% | Reduced |
| Genus Capital Management Inc. | 19,676 | $985.5K | 0.15% | +19,676 | New |
| Silvercrest Asset Management Group LLC | 19,163 | $958.9K | 0.01% | +8,637+82.1% | Added |
| Resources Management Corp | 19,014 | $951.0K | 0.15% | −103,001−84.4% | Reduced |
| Davis-Rea Ltd. | 18,783 | $940.4K | 0.53% | −14,830−44.1% | Reduced |
| Todd Asset Management LLC | 17,971 | $899.3K | 0.02% | +6,973+63.4% | Added |
| Advisor Partners II, LLC | 17,731 | $887.3K | 0.04% | −2,175−10.9% | Reduced |
| Cambridge Investment Research Advisors, Inc. | 17,699 | $886.0K | 0.00% | −58,192−76.7% | Reduced |
| Kestra Advisory Services, LLC | 17,445 | $872.9K | 0.01% | +192+1.1% | Added |
| Advisors Asset Management, Inc. | 17,289 | $865.1K | 0.02% | −278−1.6% | Reduced |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. | 17,200 | $860.5K | 0.00% | +5,800+50.9% | Added |
| Swiss Life Asset Management Ltd | 17,062 | $854.9K | 0.01% | +11,324+197.4% | Added |
| Victory Capital Management Inc | 16,292 | $815.3K | 0.00% | −3,491−17.6% | Reduced |
| Advisor Group Holdings, Inc. | 16,042 | $802.5K | 0.00% | −5,234−24.6% | Reduced |
| Pacifica Partners Inc. | 16,130 | $787.3K | 0.45% | −210−1.3% | Reduced |
| Elequin Capital LP | 15,692 | $785.2K | 0.40% | +15,692 | New |
| Truadvice, LLC | 16,173 | $772.3K | 0.28% | +7,543+87.4% | Added |
| Pinnacle Associates Ltd | 15,300 | $765.6K | 0.01% | −200−1.3% | Reduced |
| Cornerstone Wealth Management, LLC | 15,211 | $761.2K | 0.07% | −49−0.3% | Reduced |
| Bogart Wealth, LLC | 15,006 | $750.9K | 0.05% | −114−0.8% | Reduced |
| The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. | 14,959 | $748.5K | 0.00% | +1,180+8.6% | Added |
| Texas Yale Capital Corp. | 14,713 | $736.2K | 0.03% | +892+6.5% | Added |
| Bessemer Group Inc | 14,689 | $735.0K | 0.00% | +170+1.2% | Added |
| GPS Wealth Strategies Group, LLC | 14,661 | $733.7K | 0.14% | +881+6.4% | Added |
| Ravenstone Capital Management Inc. | 14,566 | $729.3K | 0.57% | −940−6.1% | Reduced |
| Bowen Hanes & Co Inc | 14,567 | $728.9K | 0.02% | −4,314−22.8% | Reduced |
| Vise Technologies, Inc. | 14,511 | $726.1K | 0.18% | +3,033+26.4% | Added |