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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M&T Bank Corp | 19,362 | $942.7K | 0.00% | −10.0% | Reduced |
| Resources Management Corp | 19,549 | $952.0K | 0.14% | −145−0.7% | Reduced |
| Axq Capital, LP | 19,600 | $954.3K | 0.25% | +1,500+8.3% | Added |
| Yousif Capital Management, LLC | 19,728 | $960.6K | 0.01% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Candriam Luxembourg S.C.A. | 20,725 | $1.01M | 0.01% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Y-Intercept (Hong Kong) Ltd | 20,829 | $1.01M | 0.09% | +20,829 | New |
| Silvercrest Asset Management Group LLC | 22,383 | $1.09M | 0.01% | +910+4.2% | Added |
| Cigna Investments Inc | 22,659 | $1.11M | 0.23% | +197+0.9% | Added |
| Rocky Mountain Advisers, LLC | 23,000 | $1.12M | 0.39% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Eldred Rock Partners, LLC | 23,070 | $1.12M | 0.72% | +23,070 | New |
| Exencial Wealth Advisors, LLC | 23,338 | $1.14M | 0.05% | +2,296+10.9% | Added |
| Intrua Financial, LLC | 23,698 | $1.15M | 0.18% | +103+0.4% | Added |
| Capital Fund Management S.A. | 23,895 | $1.16M | 0.01% | +23,895 | New |
| Avantax Advisory Services, Inc. | 24,368 | $1.19M | 0.01% | +2,206+10.0% | Added |
| Swiss Life Asset Management Ltd | 24,765 | $1.21M | 0.01% | +8,079+48.4% | Added |
| Mitsubishi UFJ Trust & Banking Corp | 25,328 | $1.23M | 0.00% | +20,700+447.3% | Added |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. | 25,400 | $1.24M | 0.00% | −25,209−49.8% | Reduced |
| Ipswich Investment Management Co., Inc. | 25,986 | $1.27M | 0.32% | −375−1.4% | Reduced |
| Mariner, LLC | 26,233 | $1.28M | 0.00% | −19,874−43.1% | Reduced |
| Keybank National Association | 26,656 | $1.30M | 0.01% | −1,200−4.3% | Reduced |
| Pinnacle Associates Ltd | 27,800 | $1.35M | 0.02% | +12,500+81.7% | Added |
| Arnhold LLC | 28,600 | $1.39M | 0.16% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Tacita Capital Inc | 29,622 | $1.45M | 1.07% | +937+3.3% | Added |
| Highland Capital Management, LLC | 29,950 | $1.46M | 0.09% | −200−0.7% | Reduced |
| Employees Provident Fund Board | 30,000 | $1.47M | 0.03% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| FMR LLC | 30,737 | $1.50M | 0.00% | +5,963+24.1% | Added |
| Fiera Capital Corp | 31,091 | $1.52M | 0.00% | −2,046−6.2% | Reduced |
| Creative Planning | 32,522 | $1.58M | 0.00% | −6,833−17.4% | Reduced |
| Schonfeld Strategic Advisors LLC | 34,900 | $1.70M | 0.01% | +34,900 | New |
| Principal Financial Group Inc | 35,700 | $1.75M | 0.00% | −12,281−25.6% | Reduced |
| Wetherby Asset Management Inc | 35,923 | $1.75M | 0.09% | −1,710−4.5% | Reduced |
| Raymond James & Associates | 36,561 | $1.78M | 0.00% | −10,549−22.4% | Reduced |
| Trexquant Investment LP | 36,602 | $1.78M | 0.04% | +36,602 | New |
| Prudential PLC | 38,482 | $1.87M | 0.02% | +22,561+141.7% | Added |
| Davenport & Co LLC | 38,700 | $1.88M | 0.01% | −125−0.3% | Reduced |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC | 39,484 | $1.92M | 0.01% | −23,146−37.0% | Reduced |
| APG Asset Management N.V. | 44,140 | $1.95M | 0.00% | −2,174−4.7% | Reduced |
| Advisors Management Group Inc | 43,141 | $2.10M | 0.57% | +697+1.6% | Added |
| Assenagon Asset Management S.A. | 43,616 | $2.13M | 0.01% | −39,078−47.3% | Reduced |
| Natixis Advisors, L.P. | 43,952 | $2.14M | 0.01% | −8,206−15.7% | Reduced |
| Stifel Financial Corp | 44,401 | $2.16M | 0.00% | −768−1.7% | Reduced |
| PCJ Investment Counsel Ltd. | 46,867 | $2.28M | 0.88% | +3,900+9.1% | Added |
| Cardinal Capital Management | 48,165 | $2.35M | 0.44% | +180+0.4% | Added |
| Barclays PLC | 58,912 | $2.87M | 0.00% | +35,236+148.8% | Added |
| Shell Asset Management Co | 58,656 | $2.87M | 0.13% | −15,600−21.0% | Reduced |
| Metis Global Partners, LLC | 59,065 | $2.88M | 0.11% | +258+0.4% | Added |
| Harvest Portfolios Group Inc. | 59,551 | $2.90M | 0.12% | +3,268+5.8% | Added |
| Renaissance Technologies LLC | 60,100 | $2.93M | 0.00% | −145,700−70.8% | Reduced |
| LPL Financial LLC | 60,654 | $2.95M | 0.00% | +4,094+7.2% | Added |
| AXA S.A. | 61,944 | $3.02M | 0.01% | −296,885−82.7% | Reduced |
| HAP Trading, LLC | 63,702 | $3.10M | 0.91% | +9,161+16.8% | Added |
| Bank of Nova Scotia | 64,484 | $3.14M | 0.01% | −3,599−5.3% | Reduced |
| Pathway Financial Advisers, LLC | 66,219 | $3.22M | 1.23% | −5,242−7.3% | Reduced |
| US Bancorp | 68,826 | $3.35M | 0.00% | +1,660+2.5% | Added |
| Parallax Volatility Advisers, L.P. | 69,132 | $3.37M | 0.09% | +34,736+101.0% | Added |
| Wells Fargo & Company | 72,253 | $3.52M | 0.00% | −62,274−46.3% | Reduced |
| Commonwealth Equity Services, LLC | 73,798 | $3.59M | 0.01% | +2,726+3.8% | Added |
| BNP Paribas Arbitrage, SA | 74,149 | $3.61M | 0.01% | +51,736+230.8% | Added |
| AJOVista, LLC | 74,400 | $3.62M | 4.57% | +74,400 | New |
| CenterBook Partners LP | 74,912 | $3.65M | 0.44% | −52,316−41.1% | Reduced |
| Snowden Capital Advisors LLC | 79,136 | $3.85M | 0.15% | −10,590−11.8% | Reduced |
| Ensign Peak Advisors, Inc | 83,706 | $3.99M | 0.01% | +8,000+10.6% | Added |
| La Banque Postale Asset Management SA | 83,980 | $4.11M | 0.09% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Alliancebernstein L.P. | 86,480 | $4.21M | 0.00% | +1,132+1.3% | Added |
| Balyasny Asset Management LLC | 94,065 | $4.58M | 0.01% | +94,065 | New |
| Lombard Odier Asset Management (Europe) Ltd | 97,239 | $4.74M | 0.32% | +716+0.7% | Added |
| American Assets Investment Management, LLC | 100,000 | $4.87M | 0.50% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Cumberland Partners Ltd | 108,765 | $4.89M | 0.45% | +150.0% | Added |
| CI Private Wealth, LLC | 101,449 | $4.94M | 0.01% | −294−0.3% | Reduced |
| Ossiam | 100,991 | $4.94M | 0.08% | +24,249+31.6% | Added |
| Maryland State Retirement & Pension System | 106,397 | $5.18M | 0.11% | −14,273−11.8% | Reduced |
| Gold Investment Management Ltd. | 111,272 | $5.42M | 2.32% | +111,272 | New |
| Triasima Portfolio Management inc. | 119,592 | $5.83M | 0.48% | −621,933−83.9% | Reduced |
| First Trust Advisors LP | 130,710 | $6.36M | 0.01% | −8,556−6.1% | Reduced |
| Wolverine Trading, LLC | 132,565 | $6.45M | 0.05% | +120,756+1,022.6% | Added |
| Lorne Steinberg Wealth Management Inc. | 135,249 | $6.59M | 2.21% | +9,694+7.7% | Added |
| Janus Henderson Group PLC | 135,619 | $6.64M | 0.00% | −2,800−2.0% | Reduced |
| Rathbone Brothers plc | 136,787 | $6.69M | 0.04% | −1,450−1.0% | Reduced |
| Quantbot Technologies LP | 139,186 | $6.78M | 0.39% | +138,259+14,914.7% | Added |
| O'Shaughnessy Asset Management, LLC | 143,108 | $6.97M | 0.09% | −18,653−11.5% | Reduced |
| Utah Retirement Systems | 142,511 | $6.97M | 0.09% | +2,200+1.6% | Added |
| Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB (publ) | 149,986 | $7.30M | 0.04% | +3,168+2.2% | Added |
| Royal London Asset Management Ltd | 156,642 | $7.63M | 0.02% | −2,112−1.3% | Reduced |
| Cubist Systematic Strategies, LLC | 165,643 | $8.07M | 0.10% | +154,829+1,431.7% | Added |
| K.J. Harrison & Partners Inc | 167,713 | $8.18M | 1.39% | −9,860−5.6% | Reduced |
| Citadel Advisors LLC | 174,816 | $8.51M | 0.01% | −49,925−22.2% | Reduced |
| Hillsdale Investment Management Inc. | 174,787 | $8.51M | 0.69% | +17,300+11.0% | Added |
| UniSuper Management Pty Ltd | 134,629 | $8.68M | 0.10% | +461+0.3% | Added |
| Louisbourg Investments Inc. | 180,036 | $8.81M | 2.66% | +180,036 | New |
| USS Investment Management Ltd | 185,481 | $9.03M | 0.08% | −17,265−8.5% | Reduced |
| M&G Investment Management Ltd | 185,910 | $9.12M | 0.05% | +3,493+1.9% | Added |
| Allianz Asset Management GmbH | 187,527 | $9.17M | 0.02% | +88,703+89.8% | Added |
| Crossmark Global Holdings, Inc. | 194,959 | $9.49M | 0.20% | −4,698−2.4% | Reduced |
| Gluskin Sheff & Assoc Inc | 198,188 | $9.65M | 0.95% | −13,273−6.3% | Reduced |
| Van Eck Associates Corp | 211,443 | $10.3M | 0.02% | +35,549+20.2% | Added |
| Dorchester Wealth Management Co | 217,477 | $10.5M | 1.95% | +1,586+0.7% | Added |
| Millennium Management LLC | 224,665 | $10.9M | 0.01% | +195,514+670.7% | Added |
| American Century Companies Inc | 228,261 | $11.1M | 0.01% | +27,933+13.9% | Added |
| Investment Management Corp of Ontario | 236,607 | $11.5M | 0.28% | +107,462+83.2% | Added |
| Euro Pacific Asset Management, LLC | 242,152 | $11.7M | 2.50% | +1,758+0.7% | Added |