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, Q3 2023
Institutional positions in Bank of Nova Scotia as of Sep 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
- 395
- +15 vs. Q2 2023
- Shares held
- 535.5M
- −6.62M (−1.2%) vs. Q2 2023
- Total value
- $24.5B
- −$2.74B (−10.0%) vs. Q2 2023
- New holders
- 48
- 119 more added
- Sold out
- 33
- 141 more reduced
6 institutions that held it in Q2 2023 haven't filed for Q3 2023 yet. Not filing isn't selling, so they aren't counted as sold out or in the changes above.
Compare with Q2 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, Q3 2023
Shares, value and share of portfolio for each institution holding Bank of Nova Scotia; share changes are against Q2 2023.
| Institution | Shares | Value | % of portfolio | Change in shares | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Todd Asset Management LLC | 17,971 | $819.3K | 0.02% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Davis-Rea Ltd. | 17,935 | $820.4K | 0.44% | −848−4.5% | Reduced |
| Pacifica Partners Inc. | 18,900 | $821.5K | 0.45% | +2,770+17.2% | Added |
| Axq Capital, LP | 18,100 | $825.2K | 0.29% | +18,100 | New |
| Radnor Capital Management, LLC | 18,235 | $831.0K | 0.17% | +18,235 | New |
| Genus Capital Management Inc. | 18,846 | $848.6K | 0.13% | −830−4.2% | Reduced |
| Pearl River Capital, LLC | 19,400 | $869.6K | 0.14% | +19,400 | New |
| M&T Bank Corp | 19,363 | $882.8K | 0.00% | −1,608−7.7% | Reduced |
| Resources Management Corp | 19,694 | $898.0K | 0.15% | +680+3.6% | Added |
| Yousif Capital Management, LLC | 19,728 | $899.4K | 0.01% | −70−0.4% | Reduced |
| Simplex Trading, LLC | 19,752 | $900.0K | 0.03% | +19,752 | New |
| Candriam Luxembourg S.C.A. | 20,725 | $933.2K | 0.01% | −8,188−28.3% | Reduced |
| SG Americas Securities, LLC | 15,364 | $945.0K | 0.01% | +15,364 | New |
| Advisor Group Holdings, Inc. | 20,835 | $950.9K | 0.00% | +4,793+29.9% | Added |
| Exencial Wealth Advisors, LLC | 21,042 | $959.3K | 0.05% | +416+2.0% | Added |
| Silvercrest Asset Management Group LLC | 21,473 | $979.0K | 0.01% | +2,310+12.1% | Added |
| HighTower Advisors, LLC | 21,970 | $1.00M | 0.00% | −523−2.3% | Reduced |
| Avantax Advisory Services, Inc. | 22,162 | $1.01M | 0.01% | +718+3.3% | Added |
| Cigna Investments Inc | 22,462 | $1.01M | 0.23% | +176+0.8% | Added |
| BNP Paribas Arbitrage, SA | 22,413 | $1.02M | 0.00% | +11,857+112.3% | Added |
| Rocky Mountain Advisers, LLC | 23,000 | $1.05M | 0.51% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Intrua Financial, LLC | 23,595 | $1.08M | 0.19% | −10.0% | Reduced |
| Barclays PLC | 23,676 | $1.08M | 0.00% | −115,294−83.0% | Reduced |
| DZ BANK AG Deutsche Zentral Genossenschafts Bank, Frankfurt am Main | 24,200 | $1.09M | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| FMR LLC | 24,774 | $1.11M | 0.00% | −1,536,358−98.4% | Reduced |
| Ipswich Investment Management Co., Inc. | 26,361 | $1.20M | 0.33% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| AE Wealth Management LLC | 26,493 | $1.21M | 0.01% | −3,535−11.8% | Reduced |
| Keybank National Association | 27,856 | $1.27M | 0.01% | −789−2.8% | Reduced |
| Tacita Capital Inc | 28,685 | $1.29M | 1.01% | +655+2.3% | Added |
| Arnhold LLC | 28,600 | $1.30M | 0.16% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Millennium Management LLC | 29,151 | $1.33M | 0.00% | +2,131+7.9% | Added |
| Employees Provident Fund Board | 30,000 | $1.35M | 0.03% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Highland Capital Management, LLC | 30,150 | $1.37M | 0.09% | +200+0.7% | Added |
| Quadrature Capital Ltd | 31,800 | $1.43M | 0.03% | −430,600−93.1% | Reduced |
| Fiera Capital Corp | 33,137 | $1.51M | 0.00% | −2,873−8.0% | Reduced |
| Parallax Volatility Advisers, L.P. | 34,396 | $1.57M | 0.06% | +34,396 | New |
| Wetherby Asset Management Inc | 37,633 | $1.72M | 0.10% | −1,935−4.9% | Reduced |
| Davenport & Co LLC | 38,825 | $1.77M | 0.01% | −1,485−3.7% | Reduced |
| Creative Planning | 39,355 | $1.79M | 0.00% | +4,388+12.5% | Added |
| Quantinno Capital Management LP | 40,602 | $1.85M | 0.08% | +28,476+234.8% | Added |
| PCJ Investment Counsel Ltd. | 42,967 | $1.93M | 0.89% | +10,600+32.7% | Added |
| Advisors Management Group Inc | 42,444 | $1.94M | 0.58% | +1,399+3.4% | Added |
| Virtu Financial LLC | 43,302 | $1.97M | 0.20% | +43,302 | New |
| Stifel Financial Corp | 45,169 | $2.06M | 0.00% | +3,335+8.0% | Added |
| Mariner, LLC | 46,107 | $2.10M | 0.01% | +902+2.0% | Added |
| Raymond James & Associates | 47,110 | $2.15M | 0.00% | −3,856−7.6% | Reduced |
| Principal Financial Group Inc | 47,981 | $2.16M | 0.00% | −800−1.6% | Reduced |
| Cardinal Capital Management | 47,985 | $2.19M | 0.45% | +810+1.7% | Added |
| SIG North Trading, ULC | 49,421 | $2.25M | 1.02% | +49,421 | New |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. | 50,609 | $2.27M | 0.00% | +33,409+194.2% | Added |
| Natixis Advisors, L.P. | 52,158 | $2.38M | 0.01% | −1,887−3.5% | Reduced |
| HAP Trading, LLC | 54,541 | $2.49M | 0.62% | +23,311+74.6% | Added |
| Harvest Portfolios Group Inc. | 56,283 | $2.52M | 0.12% | +2,226+4.1% | Added |
| LPL Financial LLC | 56,560 | $2.58M | 0.00% | +8,360+17.3% | Added |
| Metis Global Partners, LLC | 58,807 | $2.64M | 0.13% | +1,309+2.3% | Added |
| APG Asset Management N.V. | 46,314 | $2.82M | 0.01% | −200−0.4% | Reduced |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC | 62,630 | $2.86M | 0.01% | +31,054+98.3% | Added |
| Waratah Capital Advisors Ltd. | 64,762 | $2.90M | 0.13% | +64,762 | New |
| Bank of Nova Scotia | 68,083 | $3.05M | 0.01% | −220.0% | Reduced |
| US Bancorp | 67,166 | $3.06M | 0.01% | −4,881−6.8% | Reduced |
| Commonwealth Equity Services, LLC | 71,072 | $3.24M | 0.01% | +1,803+2.6% | Added |
| Pathway Financial Advisers, LLC | 71,461 | $3.26M | 1.35% | +71,461 | New |
| Shell Asset Management Co | 74,256 | $3.34M | 0.14% | −1,191−1.6% | Reduced |
| Ensign Peak Advisors, Inc | 75,706 | $3.41M | 0.01% | +700+0.9% | Added |
| Man Group plc | – | $3.45M | 0.01% | – | – |
| Ossiam | 76,742 | $3.46M | 0.06% | −4,016−5.0% | Reduced |
| Assenagon Asset Management S.A. | 82,694 | $3.72M | 0.01% | +7,292+9.7% | Added |
| Susquehanna International Group, LLP | 82,329 | $3.75M | 0.01% | −231,471−73.8% | Reduced |
| La Banque Postale Asset Management SA | 83,980 | $3.78M | 0.08% | +83,980 | New |
| Alliancebernstein L.P. | 85,348 | $3.89M | 0.00% | +2,239+2.7% | Added |
| Snowden Capital Advisors LLC | 89,726 | $4.09M | 0.17% | +435+0.5% | Added |
| Lombard Odier Asset Management (Europe) Ltd | 96,523 | $4.33M | 0.23% | +1,226+1.3% | Added |
| Allianz Asset Management GmbH | 98,824 | $4.45M | 0.01% | −9,344−8.6% | Reduced |
| American Assets Investment Management, LLC | 100,000 | $4.56M | 0.51% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| CI Private Wealth, LLC | 101,743 | $4.64M | 0.01% | −2,996−2.9% | Reduced |
| Cumberland Partners Ltd | 108,750 | $4.89M | 0.47% | −6,369−5.5% | Reduced |
| Maryland State Retirement & Pension System | 120,670 | $5.41M | 0.12% | +4,184+3.6% | Added |
| Group One Trading, L.P. | 121,538 | $5.54M | 0.22% | +121,538 | New |
| Lorne Steinberg Wealth Management Inc. | 125,555 | $5.66M | 2.18% | +7,274+6.1% | Added |
| CenterBook Partners LP | 127,228 | $5.80M | 0.72% | −27,305−17.7% | Reduced |
| Investment Management Corp of Ontario | 129,145 | $5.89M | 0.23% | +2,063+1.6% | Added |
| Wells Fargo & Company | 134,527 | $6.04M | 0.00% | +16,086+13.6% | Added |
| Rathbone Brothers plc | 138,237 | $6.22M | 0.05% | +13,829+11.1% | Added |
| Janus Henderson Group PLC | 138,419 | $6.23M | 0.00% | −35,143−20.2% | Reduced |
| First Trust Advisors LP | 139,266 | $6.24M | 0.01% | −2,820−2.0% | Reduced |
| Utah Retirement Systems | 140,311 | $6.32M | 0.09% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB (publ) | 146,818 | $6.69M | 0.04% | −115,672−44.1% | Reduced |
| Hillsdale Investment Management Inc. | 157,487 | $7.05M | 0.65% | +87,420+124.8% | Added |
| Royal London Asset Management Ltd | 158,754 | $7.24M | 0.02% | +112,949+246.6% | Added |
| O'Shaughnessy Asset Management, LLC | 161,761 | $7.26M | 0.11% | −51,411−24.1% | Reduced |
| Van Eck Associates Corp | 175,894 | $7.89M | 0.02% | +18,524+11.8% | Added |
| K.J. Harrison & Partners Inc | 177,573 | $8.00M | 1.80% | −1,447−0.8% | Reduced |
| UniSuper Management Pty Ltd | 134,168 | $8.17M | 0.10% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| M&G Investment Management Ltd | 182,417 | $8.19M | 0.06% | −63,927−26.0% | Reduced |
| Crossmark Global Holdings, Inc. | 199,657 | $8.85M | 0.20% | −1,731−0.9% | Reduced |
| American Century Companies Inc | 200,328 | $8.98M | 0.01% | −7,917−3.8% | Reduced |
| USS Investment Management Ltd | 202,746 | $9.09M | 0.10% | +1,489+0.7% | Added |
| Renaissance Technologies LLC | 205,800 | $9.24M | 0.02% | −107,800−34.4% | Reduced |
| Gluskin Sheff & Assoc Inc | 211,461 | $9.48M | 0.73% | −43,705−17.1% | Reduced |
| Dorchester Wealth Management Co | 215,891 | $9.64M | 1.95% | −13,194−5.8% | Reduced |