Bank of Nova Scotia
BNS- Exchange
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- Industry
- 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 2023
Institutional positions in Bank of Nova Scotia as of Dec 31, 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
- 390
- +1 vs. Q3 2023
- Shares held
- 541.0M
- +5.63M (+1.1%) vs. Q3 2023
- Total value
- $26.4B
- +$1.87B (+7.6%) vs. Q3 2023
- New holders
- 46
- 132 more added
- Sold out
- 45
- 153 more reduced
6 institutions that held it in Q3 2023 haven't filed for Q4 2023 yet. Not filing isn't selling, so they aren't counted as sold out or in the changes above.
Compare with Q3 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, Q4 2023
Shares, value and share of portfolio for each institution holding Bank of Nova Scotia; share changes are against Q3 2023.
| Institution | Shares | Value | % of portfolio | Change in shares | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Applied Capital LLC | 4,585 | $223.2K | 0.21% | −130−2.8% | Reduced |
| World Equity Group, Inc. | 4,648 | $226.3K | 0.05% | +76+1.7% | Added |
| Cetera Advisor Networks LLC | 4,678 | $227.8K | 0.00% | −161−3.3% | Reduced |
| Cresset Asset Management, LLC | 4,683 | $228.0K | 0.00% | −3,104−39.9% | Reduced |
| Emfo, LLC | 4,700 | $228.8K | 0.21% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Moors & Cabot, Inc. | 4,760 | $231.8K | 0.01% | −1,000−17.4% | Reduced |
| Ritholtz Wealth Management | 4,761 | $231.8K | 0.01% | −128−2.6% | Reduced |
| Clear Street Markets LLC | 4,800 | $234.0K | 0.09% | +4,800 | New |
| Prospera Financial Services Inc | 4,817 | $234.5K | 0.01% | −835−14.8% | Reduced |
| Verition Fund Management LLC | 4,845 | $235.9K | 0.00% | −7,438−60.6% | Reduced |
| Venture Visionary Partners LLC | 4,866 | $236.9K | 0.01% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Brinker Capital Investments, LLC | 4,937 | $237.3K | 0.00% | −794−13.9% | Reduced |
| Orion Portfolio Solutions, LLC | 4,937 | $237.3K | 0.00% | −794−13.9% | Reduced |
| Magnus Financial Group LLC | 4,916 | $239.4K | 0.03% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Sara-Bay Financial | 4,950 | $241.0K | 0.12% | −32−0.6% | Reduced |
| Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC | 4,973 | $242.1K | 0.00% | −135−2.6% | Reduced |
| Walleye Trading LLC | 5,025 | $244.7K | 0.00% | −7,594−60.2% | Reduced |
| PDS Planning, Inc | 5,219 | $254.1K | 0.03% | −672−11.4% | Reduced |
| Graham Capital Management, L.P. | 5,270 | $256.6K | 0.01% | +5,270 | New |
| Mercer Global Advisors Inc | 5,561 | $271.0K | 0.00% | +186+3.5% | Added |
| Todd Asset Management LLC | 5,604 | $272.9K | 0.01% | −12,367−68.8% | Reduced |
| Pinebridge Investments, L.P. | 4,259 | $274.7K | 0.00% | −982−18.7% | Reduced |
| Waratah Capital Advisors Ltd. | 5,710 | $277.9K | 0.02% | −59,052−91.2% | Reduced |
| Private Advisor Group, LLC | 5,757 | $280.3K | 0.00% | +5,757 | New |
| Emergent Wealth Advisors, LLC | 5,980 | $291.2K | 0.27% | +5,980 | New |
| Forbes J M & Co LLP | 6,000 | $292.1K | 0.03% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Allspring Global Investments Holdings, LLC | 6,032 | $293.7K | 0.00% | −800−11.7% | Reduced |
| Capital World Investors | 6,099 | $296.9K | 0.00% | +77+1.3% | Added |
| Hemenway Trust Co LLC | 6,175 | $300.7K | 0.03% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Dynamic Advisor Solutions LLC | 6,370 | $302.3K | 0.01% | −6−0.1% | Reduced |
| Veriti Management LLC | 6,285 | $306.0K | 0.03% | −334−5.0% | Reduced |
| Envestnet Asset Management Inc | 6,421 | $312.6K | 0.00% | −949−12.9% | Reduced |
| Tudor Investment Corp Et Al | 6,465 | $314.8K | 0.00% | +6,465 | New |
| Raymond James Financial Services Advisors, Inc. | 6,529 | $317.9K | 0.00% | +89+1.4% | Added |
| Evergreen Capital Management LLC | 6,668 | $324.7K | 0.01% | −6,261−48.4% | Reduced |
| HRT Financial LP | 6,783 | $330.0K | 0.00% | +6,783 | New |
| Cohen Investment Advisors LLC | 6,991 | $340.4K | 0.25% | −490−6.5% | Reduced |
| Koshinski Asset Management, Inc. | 7,000 | $340.8K | 0.05% | +7,000 | New |
| Two Sigma Securities, LLC | 7,021 | $341.9K | 0.02% | −379−5.1% | Reduced |
| Cerity Partners LLC | 7,269 | $354.1K | 0.00% | +2,307+46.5% | Added |
| Gulf International Bank (UK) Ltd | 7,319 | $356.0K | 0.01% | −1,600−17.9% | Reduced |
| Ridgewood Investments LLC | 7,410 | $360.8K | 0.21% | −82−1.1% | Reduced |
| Janney Montgomery Scott LLC | 7,679 | $374.0K | 0.00% | −3,854−33.4% | Reduced |
| Motco | 8,099 | $394.3K | 0.03% | +5,608+225.1% | Added |
| Barometer Capital Management Inc. | 6,300 | $399.7K | 0.11% | +6,300 | New |
| Silverlake Wealth Management LLC | 8,429 | $410.4K | 0.23% | +8+0.1% | Added |
| Kavar Capital Partners Group, LLC | 8,450 | $411.4K | 0.05% | +3,400+67.3% | Added |
| Blair William & Co | 8,786 | $427.8K | 0.00% | −1,502−14.6% | Reduced |
| Mitchell McLeod Pugh & Williams Inc | 8,800 | $428.5K | 0.11% | +1,150+15.0% | Added |
| Captrust Financial Advisors | 8,813 | $429.1K | 0.00% | −681−7.2% | Reduced |
| AE Wealth Management LLC | 9,291 | $431.0K | 0.00% | −17,202−64.9% | Reduced |
| Ballentine Partners, LLC | 8,872 | $432.0K | 0.01% | +3,798+74.9% | Added |
| Ruggaard & Associates LLC | 8,980 | $437.2K | 0.23% | −600−6.3% | Reduced |
| First National Trust Co | 9,318 | $453.7K | 0.02% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Lighthouse Investment Partners, LLC | 9,910 | $482.8K | 0.04% | +9,910 | New |
| Guggenheim Capital LLC | 10,174 | $495.4K | 0.00% | +1,625+19.0% | Added |
| Forum Financial Management, LP | 10,303 | $501.7K | 0.01% | −2,213−17.7% | Reduced |
| Nebula Research & Development LLC | 10,314 | $502.2K | 0.15% | +10,314 | New |
| Aigen Investment Management, LP | 10,532 | $512.8K | 0.09% | −6,109−36.7% | Reduced |
| First Affirmative Financial Network | 10,738 | $522.8K | 0.42% | +734+7.3% | Added |
| Quantinno Capital Management LP | 11,015 | $536.0K | 0.02% | −29,587−72.9% | Reduced |
| Rhumbline Advisers | 11,010 | $536.1K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Pacer Advisors, Inc. | 11,030 | $537.1K | 0.00% | +40+0.4% | Added |
| Merit Financial Group, LLC | 11,047 | $537.9K | 0.02% | +434+4.1% | Added |
| The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. | 11,498 | $559.8K | 0.00% | −3,065−21.0% | Reduced |
| Truist Financial Corp | 11,542 | $562.0K | 0.00% | −196−1.7% | Reduced |
| Lee Financial Group Hawaii, Inc. | 11,770 | $573.1K | 0.49% | +1,196+11.3% | Added |
| Virtu Financial LLC | 11,968 | $583.0K | 0.05% | −31,334−72.4% | Reduced |
| Power Corp of Canada | 12,037 | $586.9K | 0.06% | +226+1.9% | Added |
| Advisors Asset Management, Inc. | 12,452 | $606.3K | 0.01% | −4,400−26.1% | Reduced |
| Vise Technologies, Inc. | 13,011 | $633.5K | 0.14% | −702−5.1% | Reduced |
| Campbell & CO Investment Adviser LLC | 13,123 | $639.0K | 0.06% | +13,123 | New |
| Pathstone Holdings, LLC | 13,038 | $640.4K | 0.00% | +13,038 | New |
| Lombard Odier Asset Management (Switzerland) SA | 13,201 | $643.0K | 0.09% | +13,201 | New |
| Engineers Gate Manager LP | 13,818 | $672.7K | 0.02% | +13,818 | New |
| Equitable Holdings, Inc. | 13,947 | $679.1K | 0.01% | +2,304+19.8% | Added |
| Cutler Group LP | 14,042 | $683.0K | 0.09% | +234+1.7% | Added |
| Bowen Hanes & Co Inc | 14,567 | $709.3K | 0.02% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Ravenstone Capital Management Inc. | 14,566 | $711.3K | 0.52% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Bessemer Group Inc | 14,678 | $717.0K | 0.00% | −525−3.5% | Reduced |
| Bogart Wealth, LLC | 14,992 | $730.0K | 0.04% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| GPS Wealth Strategies Group, LLC | 15,117 | $736.0K | 0.13% | −300−1.9% | Reduced |
| Texas Yale Capital Corp. | 15,117 | $736.0K | 0.04% | −800−5.0% | Reduced |
| Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services, LLC | 15,213 | $740.7K | 0.00% | +86+0.6% | Added |
| Signaturefd, LLC | 15,660 | $762.5K | 0.02% | −295−1.8% | Reduced |
| Cambridge Investment Research Advisors, Inc. | 15,735 | $766.0K | 0.00% | −1,847−10.5% | Reduced |
| Victory Capital Management Inc | 16,292 | $793.3K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Radnor Capital Management, LLC | 16,303 | $794.0K | 0.15% | −1,932−10.6% | Reduced |
| True Wealth Design, LLC | 16,905 | $823.1K | 0.23% | −101−0.6% | Reduced |
| Point72 Asset Management, L.P. | 17,057 | $830.5K | 0.00% | +17,057 | New |
| JustInvest LLC | 17,105 | $832.8K | 0.02% | +2,252+15.2% | Added |
| DZ BANK AG Deutsche Zentral Genossenschafts Bank, Frankfurt am Main | 17,300 | $842.0K | 0.00% | −6,900−28.5% | Reduced |
| Cornerstone Wealth Management, LLC | 17,314 | $843.1K | 0.07% | +1,876+12.2% | Added |
| Pacifica Partners Inc. | 19,185 | $851.1K | 0.42% | +285+1.5% | Added |
| Davis-Rea Ltd. | 17,735 | $866.1K | 0.44% | −200−1.1% | Reduced |
| Natixis | 18,175 | $885.5K | 0.01% | +18,174+1,817,400.0% | Added |
| British Columbia Investment Management Corp | 18,268 | $889.3K | 0.01% | −199,293−91.6% | Reduced |
| Signal Advisors Wealth, LLC | 18,602 | $905.7K | 0.31% | +18,602 | New |
| Advisor Group Holdings, Inc. | 18,589 | $906.0K | 0.00% | −2,246−10.8% | Reduced |
| HighTower Advisors, LLC | 19,083 | $933.0K | 0.00% | −2,887−13.1% | Reduced |